{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "A month after Hurricane Matthew, 800,000 Haitians urgently need food \u2014  FONDTOUTANU, Haiti \u2014 There is no food, so along the road through the mountains there are children begging for something to eat. Most of the trucks rumble past with donations for somewhere else. But one stopped here the other day with sacks of rice, beans and dried herring, setting off a stampede. Valleur Noel, a trim, short man with a checkered shirt and a shiny crucifix, climbed to the top of the tailgate and told everyone to calm down. It was futile. His organization, Pwoje Men Kontre, had 412 bags of food, a gift from the German ambassador and U.S. donors. Within minutes there were people pouring through a notch between the mountains, hollering and stumbling down the rocky hillside toward the truck. \u201cNo pushing, no pushing!\u201d Noel yelled. \u201cThere is enough for everyone!\u201d It wasn\u2019t true. The latecomers got nothing. But many others did, and Figaro Phito, 29, hugged his sack with both arms, like a pillow. \u201cThis will keep us alive until another donation arrives,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause that is our only way to survive right now.\u201d A month after Hurricane Matthew blasted through southwestern Haiti, the region is a blighted, apocalyptic landscape of wrecked homes and growling hunger. At least 800,000 people need food urgently, according to the United Nations, including more than two-thirds of families in the worst-hit departments of Grand\u2019Anse and Sud. Emergency help is arriving, but there is not enough of it, and it will take several more weeks to reach remote mountain communities where officials say the destruction was total. The desperation is so explosive that truckloads of food and medical supplies have been looted by crowds gathered along the roadways. A teenage boy was killed Tuesday by police in the city of Les Cayes, where hungry crowds burned tires and blocked roads. Haitian police shot four people, one fatally, on Oct. 26 in the coastal village of Dame Marie, where the arrival of an aid shipment sent crowds surging onto the docks. The Oct. 4 hurricane hit some of the poorest places in the Western hemisphere. It smashed fishing villages and shredded mountain hamlets with the force of a bomb blast, obliterating crops, killing livestock and leaving fruit trees as bare as matchsticks. Haiti, a country still digging out from its devastating 2010 earthquake, will need months of emergency aid to stave off famine, according to relief groups and government officials. More than 141,000 storm victims are in shelters, and those are just the ones with someplace to go. \u201cWe are sleeping under the trees,\u201d said Jeudina Alexis, 63, who hadn\u2019t eaten in two days but now had a sack of food from Noel to carry home up the mountain. In some towns, 80 to 90 percent of homes were destroyed by Matthew\u2019s 140-mile-per-hour winds. The Category 4 storm converted tin roofing panels into flying razors and broken tree branches into spears. The death toll stands at 546, according to the government, but local officials have reported more than twice that many killed. Some remote mountain villages are so inaccessible that government emergency workers say they will not be able to reach them until the end of November. One man who walked out of the mountains recently after hiking two days told authorities that too many people had died in his town to bury the bodies, so villagers burned them and put the ashes in the river. The United Nations has raised just one-third of the $120 million in emergency funding it says it needs to help 750,000 people, including 315,000 children, get through the next three months. Noel has told his donors he will need to feed people for even longer. \u201cIf they plant sweet potatoes and corn, it will be three or four months before they can harvest, but they don\u2019t have seeds,\u201d he said. \u2018We are starving, too\u2019 The storm-hit areas have reported at least 3,500 suspected cholera cases in recent weeks, but some of the outbreaks are happening in far-off settlements where help has yet to arrive. The aid organization Doctors Without Borders recently sent staff by helicopter to one village, Pourcine, to investigate reports of a patient with cholera, only to find 20 stricken from it. The disease spreads rampantly once the bacteria enters the water supply. \u201cWe are sending materials to contain the epidemic, but there are people dying from cholera every day,\u201d said Emmanuel Massart, the group\u2019s field coordinator in Grand\u2019Anse. It is largely a challenge of distribution. Tim Callahan, the U.S. official in charge of the American emergency response, said the U.S. government has delivered 34 metric tons of water treatment tablets to Haiti, enough to supply the entire country for three months. But getting them to families is another matter because roads are impassable or nonexistent in the worst-affected areas. The 2010 earthquake killed at least 200,000 and damaged many of the government buildings in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. The city was largely spared by the recent storm, and that has allowed the Haitian government to take a more active role in directing the relief effort, Callahan and others say. Peter Mulrean, the U.S. ambassador to Haiti, said the fact that so many international relief organizations were doing post-quake reconstruction left them better prepared to respond to the hurricane. Unlike in the post-quake period, when aid efforts were often haphazard and inefficient, international relief organizations have been coordinating their donations and activities with Haitian officials, using the network of modern, air-conditioned emergency response centers set up in every region after the earthquake. \u201cWe want Haitian institutions to come out stronger than before,\u201d Mulrean said. But the man-made disasters of Haitian politics remain an obstacle. Last year\u2019s contested presidential election led to a political impasse and the installation of a caretaker government. New elections are scheduled for Nov. 20, but it\u2019s hard to see how Haitian officials can deliver and count ballots in hurricane-hit areas. Making matters worse, the public schools that double as polling stations are being used as homeless shelters. At the Lycee Nord Alexis in Jeremie, the battered capital of Grand\u2019Anse, children sleep on the cement floors of classrooms, some naked or clothed in adult-sized T-shirts that hang below the knee. Food comes irregularly. The blind, disabled and maimed lie around in dark, stifling rooms, swarmed by mosquitoes. Guerline Brumaches, 40, was languishing in a corner, naked from the waist up, with a suppurating wound the size of a baseball on her swollen left foot where she had been cut by flying debris. A month-old chemistry lesson was written on the chalkboard above her. Flies nibbled at her foot. \u201cIf I lose my foot, I don\u2019t know what I\u2019ll do,\u201d she said. The school had no running water. One of the stairwells had become a latrine. Xavier Charlemagne, 20, said there were several hundred people sleepingevery night in the classrooms and corridors. \u201cWe\u2019re not leaving until they give us tarps,\u201d he said. Jeremie is the only town with large-scale daily food distribution in Grand\u2019Anse, in part because it is the only place with armed security to suppress potential rioting. The U.N. World Food Program gives out 1,000 one-month rations of rice, chickpeas and cooking oil each day in the central plaza, in the shadow of a 200-year-old cathedral with a ripped-off roof. But the sight of so many convoys headed to Jeremie has stirred resentment in towns that say they are not getting their share. At one highway junction where a broken-down truck carrying beans had been attacked a day earlier, dozens of young men lingered on a recent day, watching for signs of mechanical trouble among the vehicles groaning up the pass, as if stalking wounded herd animals. \u201cWe are starving, too,\u201d said Ricardo Dauphin, 29, alongside dozens of other men in the town of Carrefour Charles, watching U.N. trucks roll by in a cloud of dust, escorted by police and Brazilian soldiers. There is no electricity across a wide swath of southern Haiti where utility lines are down, so at night families burn storm debris and garbage with huge bonfires that leap into the darkness and foul the air. On a muddy hillside near the town of Cavaillon, scores of people have settled in crude lean-tos made of sticks, plastic and tattered bedsheets. The nearby river flooded in the storm, forcing those living along the banks to higher ground. Olicia Jean-Louis, 23, said her widowed mother was washed away in the storm, along with the family\u2019s house and all the secondhand footwear they used to sell in the market. Now Jean-Louis was in charge of her siblings, ages 12, 10, 5 and 2. The youngest ones had started calling her \u201cmama,\u201d she said. None of them had eaten that day, Jean-Louis said. It was raining again, and the 2-year-old boy, naked, leaned into her threadbare blue dress, his nose running. Asked what she would do next, Jean-Louis shook her head. \u201cI will rely on you,\u201d she said. \u201cCan you help me?\u201d", "essay": "How sad is it that this kind of pain and suffering, and those kind of living conditions still exsist today? what a gap we have in society between developed countries and those that aren't. It's crazy to drive around the US and see all the money people spend on pointless things, and then to think about how the people in Haiti are living. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "A month after Hurricane Matthew, 800,000 Haitians urgently need food \u2014  FONDTOUTANU, Haiti \u2014 There is no food, so along the road through the mountains there are children begging for something to eat. Most of the trucks rumble past with donations for somewhere else. But one stopped here the other day with sacks of rice, beans and dried herring, setting off a stampede. Valleur Noel, a trim, short man with a checkered shirt and a shiny crucifix, climbed to the top of the tailgate and told everyone to calm down. It was futile. His organization, Pwoje Men Kontre, had 412 bags of food, a gift from the German ambassador and U.S. donors. Within minutes there were people pouring through a notch between the mountains, hollering and stumbling down the rocky hillside toward the truck. \u201cNo pushing, no pushing!\u201d Noel yelled. \u201cThere is enough for everyone!\u201d It wasn\u2019t true. The latecomers got nothing. But many others did, and Figaro Phito, 29, hugged his sack with both arms, like a pillow. \u201cThis will keep us alive until another donation arrives,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause that is our only way to survive right now.\u201d A month after Hurricane Matthew blasted through southwestern Haiti, the region is a blighted, apocalyptic landscape of wrecked homes and growling hunger. At least 800,000 people need food urgently, according to the United Nations, including more than two-thirds of families in the worst-hit departments of Grand\u2019Anse and Sud. Emergency help is arriving, but there is not enough of it, and it will take several more weeks to reach remote mountain communities where officials say the destruction was total. The desperation is so explosive that truckloads of food and medical supplies have been looted by crowds gathered along the roadways. A teenage boy was killed Tuesday by police in the city of Les Cayes, where hungry crowds burned tires and blocked roads. Haitian police shot four people, one fatally, on Oct. 26 in the coastal village of Dame Marie, where the arrival of an aid shipment sent crowds surging onto the docks. The Oct. 4 hurricane hit some of the poorest places in the Western hemisphere. It smashed fishing villages and shredded mountain hamlets with the force of a bomb blast, obliterating crops, killing livestock and leaving fruit trees as bare as matchsticks. Haiti, a country still digging out from its devastating 2010 earthquake, will need months of emergency aid to stave off famine, according to relief groups and government officials. More than 141,000 storm victims are in shelters, and those are just the ones with someplace to go. \u201cWe are sleeping under the trees,\u201d said Jeudina Alexis, 63, who hadn\u2019t eaten in two days but now had a sack of food from Noel to carry home up the mountain. In some towns, 80 to 90 percent of homes were destroyed by Matthew\u2019s 140-mile-per-hour winds. The Category 4 storm converted tin roofing panels into flying razors and broken tree branches into spears. The death toll stands at 546, according to the government, but local officials have reported more than twice that many killed. Some remote mountain villages are so inaccessible that government emergency workers say they will not be able to reach them until the end of November. One man who walked out of the mountains recently after hiking two days told authorities that too many people had died in his town to bury the bodies, so villagers burned them and put the ashes in the river. The United Nations has raised just one-third of the $120 million in emergency funding it says it needs to help 750,000 people, including 315,000 children, get through the next three months. Noel has told his donors he will need to feed people for even longer. \u201cIf they plant sweet potatoes and corn, it will be three or four months before they can harvest, but they don\u2019t have seeds,\u201d he said. \u2018We are starving, too\u2019 The storm-hit areas have reported at least 3,500 suspected cholera cases in recent weeks, but some of the outbreaks are happening in far-off settlements where help has yet to arrive. The aid organization Doctors Without Borders recently sent staff by helicopter to one village, Pourcine, to investigate reports of a patient with cholera, only to find 20 stricken from it. The disease spreads rampantly once the bacteria enters the water supply. \u201cWe are sending materials to contain the epidemic, but there are people dying from cholera every day,\u201d said Emmanuel Massart, the group\u2019s field coordinator in Grand\u2019Anse. It is largely a challenge of distribution. Tim Callahan, the U.S. official in charge of the American emergency response, said the U.S. government has delivered 34 metric tons of water treatment tablets to Haiti, enough to supply the entire country for three months. But getting them to families is another matter because roads are impassable or nonexistent in the worst-affected areas. The 2010 earthquake killed at least 200,000 and damaged many of the government buildings in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. The city was largely spared by the recent storm, and that has allowed the Haitian government to take a more active role in directing the relief effort, Callahan and others say. Peter Mulrean, the U.S. ambassador to Haiti, said the fact that so many international relief organizations were doing post-quake reconstruction left them better prepared to respond to the hurricane. Unlike in the post-quake period, when aid efforts were often haphazard and inefficient, international relief organizations have been coordinating their donations and activities with Haitian officials, using the network of modern, air-conditioned emergency response centers set up in every region after the earthquake. \u201cWe want Haitian institutions to come out stronger than before,\u201d Mulrean said. But the man-made disasters of Haitian politics remain an obstacle. Last year\u2019s contested presidential election led to a political impasse and the installation of a caretaker government. New elections are scheduled for Nov. 20, but it\u2019s hard to see how Haitian officials can deliver and count ballots in hurricane-hit areas. Making matters worse, the public schools that double as polling stations are being used as homeless shelters. At the Lycee Nord Alexis in Jeremie, the battered capital of Grand\u2019Anse, children sleep on the cement floors of classrooms, some naked or clothed in adult-sized T-shirts that hang below the knee. Food comes irregularly. The blind, disabled and maimed lie around in dark, stifling rooms, swarmed by mosquitoes. Guerline Brumaches, 40, was languishing in a corner, naked from the waist up, with a suppurating wound the size of a baseball on her swollen left foot where she had been cut by flying debris. A month-old chemistry lesson was written on the chalkboard above her. Flies nibbled at her foot. \u201cIf I lose my foot, I don\u2019t know what I\u2019ll do,\u201d she said. The school had no running water. One of the stairwells had become a latrine. Xavier Charlemagne, 20, said there were several hundred people sleepingevery night in the classrooms and corridors. \u201cWe\u2019re not leaving until they give us tarps,\u201d he said. Jeremie is the only town with large-scale daily food distribution in Grand\u2019Anse, in part because it is the only place with armed security to suppress potential rioting. The U.N. World Food Program gives out 1,000 one-month rations of rice, chickpeas and cooking oil each day in the central plaza, in the shadow of a 200-year-old cathedral with a ripped-off roof. But the sight of so many convoys headed to Jeremie has stirred resentment in towns that say they are not getting their share. At one highway junction where a broken-down truck carrying beans had been attacked a day earlier, dozens of young men lingered on a recent day, watching for signs of mechanical trouble among the vehicles groaning up the pass, as if stalking wounded herd animals. \u201cWe are starving, too,\u201d said Ricardo Dauphin, 29, alongside dozens of other men in the town of Carrefour Charles, watching U.N. trucks roll by in a cloud of dust, escorted by police and Brazilian soldiers. There is no electricity across a wide swath of southern Haiti where utility lines are down, so at night families burn storm debris and garbage with huge bonfires that leap into the darkness and foul the air. On a muddy hillside near the town of Cavaillon, scores of people have settled in crude lean-tos made of sticks, plastic and tattered bedsheets. The nearby river flooded in the storm, forcing those living along the banks to higher ground. Olicia Jean-Louis, 23, said her widowed mother was washed away in the storm, along with the family\u2019s house and all the secondhand footwear they used to sell in the market. Now Jean-Louis was in charge of her siblings, ages 12, 10, 5 and 2. The youngest ones had started calling her \u201cmama,\u201d she said. None of them had eaten that day, Jean-Louis said. It was raining again, and the 2-year-old boy, naked, leaned into her threadbare blue dress, his nose running. Asked what she would do next, Jean-Louis shook her head. \u201cI will rely on you,\u201d she said. \u201cCan you help me?\u201d", "essay": "It breaks my heart to see people living in those conditions. I hope that all the aid that was sent to the island makes it to the people who need it the most. I do not know what I would do it that was my family and I. I would hope that I would do my best, but I can see how depressing and hopeless you could feel having your whole life changed because of a storm and not knowing where your next meal is coming from."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "A month after Hurricane Matthew, 800,000 Haitians urgently need food \u2014  FONDTOUTANU, Haiti \u2014 There is no food, so along the road through the mountains there are children begging for something to eat. Most of the trucks rumble past with donations for somewhere else. But one stopped here the other day with sacks of rice, beans and dried herring, setting off a stampede. Valleur Noel, a trim, short man with a checkered shirt and a shiny crucifix, climbed to the top of the tailgate and told everyone to calm down. It was futile. His organization, Pwoje Men Kontre, had 412 bags of food, a gift from the German ambassador and U.S. donors. Within minutes there were people pouring through a notch between the mountains, hollering and stumbling down the rocky hillside toward the truck. \u201cNo pushing, no pushing!\u201d Noel yelled. \u201cThere is enough for everyone!\u201d It wasn\u2019t true. The latecomers got nothing. But many others did, and Figaro Phito, 29, hugged his sack with both arms, like a pillow. \u201cThis will keep us alive until another donation arrives,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause that is our only way to survive right now.\u201d A month after Hurricane Matthew blasted through southwestern Haiti, the region is a blighted, apocalyptic landscape of wrecked homes and growling hunger. At least 800,000 people need food urgently, according to the United Nations, including more than two-thirds of families in the worst-hit departments of Grand\u2019Anse and Sud. Emergency help is arriving, but there is not enough of it, and it will take several more weeks to reach remote mountain communities where officials say the destruction was total. The desperation is so explosive that truckloads of food and medical supplies have been looted by crowds gathered along the roadways. A teenage boy was killed Tuesday by police in the city of Les Cayes, where hungry crowds burned tires and blocked roads. Haitian police shot four people, one fatally, on Oct. 26 in the coastal village of Dame Marie, where the arrival of an aid shipment sent crowds surging onto the docks. The Oct. 4 hurricane hit some of the poorest places in the Western hemisphere. It smashed fishing villages and shredded mountain hamlets with the force of a bomb blast, obliterating crops, killing livestock and leaving fruit trees as bare as matchsticks. Haiti, a country still digging out from its devastating 2010 earthquake, will need months of emergency aid to stave off famine, according to relief groups and government officials. More than 141,000 storm victims are in shelters, and those are just the ones with someplace to go. \u201cWe are sleeping under the trees,\u201d said Jeudina Alexis, 63, who hadn\u2019t eaten in two days but now had a sack of food from Noel to carry home up the mountain. In some towns, 80 to 90 percent of homes were destroyed by Matthew\u2019s 140-mile-per-hour winds. The Category 4 storm converted tin roofing panels into flying razors and broken tree branches into spears. The death toll stands at 546, according to the government, but local officials have reported more than twice that many killed. Some remote mountain villages are so inaccessible that government emergency workers say they will not be able to reach them until the end of November. One man who walked out of the mountains recently after hiking two days told authorities that too many people had died in his town to bury the bodies, so villagers burned them and put the ashes in the river. The United Nations has raised just one-third of the $120 million in emergency funding it says it needs to help 750,000 people, including 315,000 children, get through the next three months. Noel has told his donors he will need to feed people for even longer. \u201cIf they plant sweet potatoes and corn, it will be three or four months before they can harvest, but they don\u2019t have seeds,\u201d he said. \u2018We are starving, too\u2019 The storm-hit areas have reported at least 3,500 suspected cholera cases in recent weeks, but some of the outbreaks are happening in far-off settlements where help has yet to arrive. The aid organization Doctors Without Borders recently sent staff by helicopter to one village, Pourcine, to investigate reports of a patient with cholera, only to find 20 stricken from it. The disease spreads rampantly once the bacteria enters the water supply. \u201cWe are sending materials to contain the epidemic, but there are people dying from cholera every day,\u201d said Emmanuel Massart, the group\u2019s field coordinator in Grand\u2019Anse. It is largely a challenge of distribution. Tim Callahan, the U.S. official in charge of the American emergency response, said the U.S. government has delivered 34 metric tons of water treatment tablets to Haiti, enough to supply the entire country for three months. But getting them to families is another matter because roads are impassable or nonexistent in the worst-affected areas. The 2010 earthquake killed at least 200,000 and damaged many of the government buildings in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. The city was largely spared by the recent storm, and that has allowed the Haitian government to take a more active role in directing the relief effort, Callahan and others say. Peter Mulrean, the U.S. ambassador to Haiti, said the fact that so many international relief organizations were doing post-quake reconstruction left them better prepared to respond to the hurricane. Unlike in the post-quake period, when aid efforts were often haphazard and inefficient, international relief organizations have been coordinating their donations and activities with Haitian officials, using the network of modern, air-conditioned emergency response centers set up in every region after the earthquake. \u201cWe want Haitian institutions to come out stronger than before,\u201d Mulrean said. But the man-made disasters of Haitian politics remain an obstacle. Last year\u2019s contested presidential election led to a political impasse and the installation of a caretaker government. New elections are scheduled for Nov. 20, but it\u2019s hard to see how Haitian officials can deliver and count ballots in hurricane-hit areas. Making matters worse, the public schools that double as polling stations are being used as homeless shelters. At the Lycee Nord Alexis in Jeremie, the battered capital of Grand\u2019Anse, children sleep on the cement floors of classrooms, some naked or clothed in adult-sized T-shirts that hang below the knee. Food comes irregularly. The blind, disabled and maimed lie around in dark, stifling rooms, swarmed by mosquitoes. Guerline Brumaches, 40, was languishing in a corner, naked from the waist up, with a suppurating wound the size of a baseball on her swollen left foot where she had been cut by flying debris. A month-old chemistry lesson was written on the chalkboard above her. Flies nibbled at her foot. \u201cIf I lose my foot, I don\u2019t know what I\u2019ll do,\u201d she said. The school had no running water. One of the stairwells had become a latrine. Xavier Charlemagne, 20, said there were several hundred people sleepingevery night in the classrooms and corridors. \u201cWe\u2019re not leaving until they give us tarps,\u201d he said. Jeremie is the only town with large-scale daily food distribution in Grand\u2019Anse, in part because it is the only place with armed security to suppress potential rioting. The U.N. World Food Program gives out 1,000 one-month rations of rice, chickpeas and cooking oil each day in the central plaza, in the shadow of a 200-year-old cathedral with a ripped-off roof. But the sight of so many convoys headed to Jeremie has stirred resentment in towns that say they are not getting their share. At one highway junction where a broken-down truck carrying beans had been attacked a day earlier, dozens of young men lingered on a recent day, watching for signs of mechanical trouble among the vehicles groaning up the pass, as if stalking wounded herd animals. \u201cWe are starving, too,\u201d said Ricardo Dauphin, 29, alongside dozens of other men in the town of Carrefour Charles, watching U.N. trucks roll by in a cloud of dust, escorted by police and Brazilian soldiers. There is no electricity across a wide swath of southern Haiti where utility lines are down, so at night families burn storm debris and garbage with huge bonfires that leap into the darkness and foul the air. On a muddy hillside near the town of Cavaillon, scores of people have settled in crude lean-tos made of sticks, plastic and tattered bedsheets. The nearby river flooded in the storm, forcing those living along the banks to higher ground. Olicia Jean-Louis, 23, said her widowed mother was washed away in the storm, along with the family\u2019s house and all the secondhand footwear they used to sell in the market. Now Jean-Louis was in charge of her siblings, ages 12, 10, 5 and 2. The youngest ones had started calling her \u201cmama,\u201d she said. None of them had eaten that day, Jean-Louis said. It was raining again, and the 2-year-old boy, naked, leaned into her threadbare blue dress, his nose running. Asked what she would do next, Jean-Louis shook her head. \u201cI will rely on you,\u201d she said. \u201cCan you help me?\u201d", "essay": "I wonder why there aren't more people trying to help these people. I understand Haiti is not the richest nor less corrupt country but surely there must be a way to help. Supplies being looted by crowds is understandable because they are hungry and people need food and water to survive. We must think of other ways to distribute the food and water."}
{"user_id": "ec_p041", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 64000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 64000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "A month after Hurricane Matthew, 800,000 Haitians urgently need food \u2014  FONDTOUTANU, Haiti \u2014 There is no food, so along the road through the mountains there are children begging for something to eat. Most of the trucks rumble past with donations for somewhere else. But one stopped here the other day with sacks of rice, beans and dried herring, setting off a stampede. Valleur Noel, a trim, short man with a checkered shirt and a shiny crucifix, climbed to the top of the tailgate and told everyone to calm down. It was futile. His organization, Pwoje Men Kontre, had 412 bags of food, a gift from the German ambassador and U.S. donors. Within minutes there were people pouring through a notch between the mountains, hollering and stumbling down the rocky hillside toward the truck. \u201cNo pushing, no pushing!\u201d Noel yelled. \u201cThere is enough for everyone!\u201d It wasn\u2019t true. The latecomers got nothing. But many others did, and Figaro Phito, 29, hugged his sack with both arms, like a pillow. \u201cThis will keep us alive until another donation arrives,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause that is our only way to survive right now.\u201d A month after Hurricane Matthew blasted through southwestern Haiti, the region is a blighted, apocalyptic landscape of wrecked homes and growling hunger. At least 800,000 people need food urgently, according to the United Nations, including more than two-thirds of families in the worst-hit departments of Grand\u2019Anse and Sud. Emergency help is arriving, but there is not enough of it, and it will take several more weeks to reach remote mountain communities where officials say the destruction was total. The desperation is so explosive that truckloads of food and medical supplies have been looted by crowds gathered along the roadways. A teenage boy was killed Tuesday by police in the city of Les Cayes, where hungry crowds burned tires and blocked roads. Haitian police shot four people, one fatally, on Oct. 26 in the coastal village of Dame Marie, where the arrival of an aid shipment sent crowds surging onto the docks. The Oct. 4 hurricane hit some of the poorest places in the Western hemisphere. It smashed fishing villages and shredded mountain hamlets with the force of a bomb blast, obliterating crops, killing livestock and leaving fruit trees as bare as matchsticks. Haiti, a country still digging out from its devastating 2010 earthquake, will need months of emergency aid to stave off famine, according to relief groups and government officials. More than 141,000 storm victims are in shelters, and those are just the ones with someplace to go. \u201cWe are sleeping under the trees,\u201d said Jeudina Alexis, 63, who hadn\u2019t eaten in two days but now had a sack of food from Noel to carry home up the mountain. In some towns, 80 to 90 percent of homes were destroyed by Matthew\u2019s 140-mile-per-hour winds. The Category 4 storm converted tin roofing panels into flying razors and broken tree branches into spears. The death toll stands at 546, according to the government, but local officials have reported more than twice that many killed. Some remote mountain villages are so inaccessible that government emergency workers say they will not be able to reach them until the end of November. One man who walked out of the mountains recently after hiking two days told authorities that too many people had died in his town to bury the bodies, so villagers burned them and put the ashes in the river. The United Nations has raised just one-third of the $120 million in emergency funding it says it needs to help 750,000 people, including 315,000 children, get through the next three months. Noel has told his donors he will need to feed people for even longer. \u201cIf they plant sweet potatoes and corn, it will be three or four months before they can harvest, but they don\u2019t have seeds,\u201d he said. \u2018We are starving, too\u2019 The storm-hit areas have reported at least 3,500 suspected cholera cases in recent weeks, but some of the outbreaks are happening in far-off settlements where help has yet to arrive. The aid organization Doctors Without Borders recently sent staff by helicopter to one village, Pourcine, to investigate reports of a patient with cholera, only to find 20 stricken from it. The disease spreads rampantly once the bacteria enters the water supply. \u201cWe are sending materials to contain the epidemic, but there are people dying from cholera every day,\u201d said Emmanuel Massart, the group\u2019s field coordinator in Grand\u2019Anse. It is largely a challenge of distribution. Tim Callahan, the U.S. official in charge of the American emergency response, said the U.S. government has delivered 34 metric tons of water treatment tablets to Haiti, enough to supply the entire country for three months. But getting them to families is another matter because roads are impassable or nonexistent in the worst-affected areas. The 2010 earthquake killed at least 200,000 and damaged many of the government buildings in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. The city was largely spared by the recent storm, and that has allowed the Haitian government to take a more active role in directing the relief effort, Callahan and others say. Peter Mulrean, the U.S. ambassador to Haiti, said the fact that so many international relief organizations were doing post-quake reconstruction left them better prepared to respond to the hurricane. Unlike in the post-quake period, when aid efforts were often haphazard and inefficient, international relief organizations have been coordinating their donations and activities with Haitian officials, using the network of modern, air-conditioned emergency response centers set up in every region after the earthquake. \u201cWe want Haitian institutions to come out stronger than before,\u201d Mulrean said. But the man-made disasters of Haitian politics remain an obstacle. Last year\u2019s contested presidential election led to a political impasse and the installation of a caretaker government. New elections are scheduled for Nov. 20, but it\u2019s hard to see how Haitian officials can deliver and count ballots in hurricane-hit areas. Making matters worse, the public schools that double as polling stations are being used as homeless shelters. At the Lycee Nord Alexis in Jeremie, the battered capital of Grand\u2019Anse, children sleep on the cement floors of classrooms, some naked or clothed in adult-sized T-shirts that hang below the knee. Food comes irregularly. The blind, disabled and maimed lie around in dark, stifling rooms, swarmed by mosquitoes. Guerline Brumaches, 40, was languishing in a corner, naked from the waist up, with a suppurating wound the size of a baseball on her swollen left foot where she had been cut by flying debris. A month-old chemistry lesson was written on the chalkboard above her. Flies nibbled at her foot. \u201cIf I lose my foot, I don\u2019t know what I\u2019ll do,\u201d she said. The school had no running water. One of the stairwells had become a latrine. Xavier Charlemagne, 20, said there were several hundred people sleepingevery night in the classrooms and corridors. \u201cWe\u2019re not leaving until they give us tarps,\u201d he said. Jeremie is the only town with large-scale daily food distribution in Grand\u2019Anse, in part because it is the only place with armed security to suppress potential rioting. The U.N. World Food Program gives out 1,000 one-month rations of rice, chickpeas and cooking oil each day in the central plaza, in the shadow of a 200-year-old cathedral with a ripped-off roof. But the sight of so many convoys headed to Jeremie has stirred resentment in towns that say they are not getting their share. At one highway junction where a broken-down truck carrying beans had been attacked a day earlier, dozens of young men lingered on a recent day, watching for signs of mechanical trouble among the vehicles groaning up the pass, as if stalking wounded herd animals. \u201cWe are starving, too,\u201d said Ricardo Dauphin, 29, alongside dozens of other men in the town of Carrefour Charles, watching U.N. trucks roll by in a cloud of dust, escorted by police and Brazilian soldiers. There is no electricity across a wide swath of southern Haiti where utility lines are down, so at night families burn storm debris and garbage with huge bonfires that leap into the darkness and foul the air. On a muddy hillside near the town of Cavaillon, scores of people have settled in crude lean-tos made of sticks, plastic and tattered bedsheets. The nearby river flooded in the storm, forcing those living along the banks to higher ground. Olicia Jean-Louis, 23, said her widowed mother was washed away in the storm, along with the family\u2019s house and all the secondhand footwear they used to sell in the market. Now Jean-Louis was in charge of her siblings, ages 12, 10, 5 and 2. The youngest ones had started calling her \u201cmama,\u201d she said. None of them had eaten that day, Jean-Louis said. It was raining again, and the 2-year-old boy, naked, leaned into her threadbare blue dress, his nose running. Asked what she would do next, Jean-Louis shook her head. \u201cI will rely on you,\u201d she said. \u201cCan you help me?\u201d", "essay": "The article is kind of tragic and hits close to home as I am the son of Haitian immigrants. Haiti has a lot of problems that only become exaggerated during natural disasters. I think what the Haitian people really need from the international community is help developing infrastructure so they can address these issues themselves. Foreign aid only acts as a band aid."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "A month after Hurricane Matthew, 800,000 Haitians urgently need food \u2014  FONDTOUTANU, Haiti \u2014 There is no food, so along the road through the mountains there are children begging for something to eat. Most of the trucks rumble past with donations for somewhere else. But one stopped here the other day with sacks of rice, beans and dried herring, setting off a stampede. Valleur Noel, a trim, short man with a checkered shirt and a shiny crucifix, climbed to the top of the tailgate and told everyone to calm down. It was futile. His organization, Pwoje Men Kontre, had 412 bags of food, a gift from the German ambassador and U.S. donors. Within minutes there were people pouring through a notch between the mountains, hollering and stumbling down the rocky hillside toward the truck. \u201cNo pushing, no pushing!\u201d Noel yelled. \u201cThere is enough for everyone!\u201d It wasn\u2019t true. The latecomers got nothing. But many others did, and Figaro Phito, 29, hugged his sack with both arms, like a pillow. \u201cThis will keep us alive until another donation arrives,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause that is our only way to survive right now.\u201d A month after Hurricane Matthew blasted through southwestern Haiti, the region is a blighted, apocalyptic landscape of wrecked homes and growling hunger. At least 800,000 people need food urgently, according to the United Nations, including more than two-thirds of families in the worst-hit departments of Grand\u2019Anse and Sud. Emergency help is arriving, but there is not enough of it, and it will take several more weeks to reach remote mountain communities where officials say the destruction was total. The desperation is so explosive that truckloads of food and medical supplies have been looted by crowds gathered along the roadways. A teenage boy was killed Tuesday by police in the city of Les Cayes, where hungry crowds burned tires and blocked roads. Haitian police shot four people, one fatally, on Oct. 26 in the coastal village of Dame Marie, where the arrival of an aid shipment sent crowds surging onto the docks. The Oct. 4 hurricane hit some of the poorest places in the Western hemisphere. It smashed fishing villages and shredded mountain hamlets with the force of a bomb blast, obliterating crops, killing livestock and leaving fruit trees as bare as matchsticks. Haiti, a country still digging out from its devastating 2010 earthquake, will need months of emergency aid to stave off famine, according to relief groups and government officials. More than 141,000 storm victims are in shelters, and those are just the ones with someplace to go. \u201cWe are sleeping under the trees,\u201d said Jeudina Alexis, 63, who hadn\u2019t eaten in two days but now had a sack of food from Noel to carry home up the mountain. In some towns, 80 to 90 percent of homes were destroyed by Matthew\u2019s 140-mile-per-hour winds. The Category 4 storm converted tin roofing panels into flying razors and broken tree branches into spears. The death toll stands at 546, according to the government, but local officials have reported more than twice that many killed. Some remote mountain villages are so inaccessible that government emergency workers say they will not be able to reach them until the end of November. One man who walked out of the mountains recently after hiking two days told authorities that too many people had died in his town to bury the bodies, so villagers burned them and put the ashes in the river. The United Nations has raised just one-third of the $120 million in emergency funding it says it needs to help 750,000 people, including 315,000 children, get through the next three months. Noel has told his donors he will need to feed people for even longer. \u201cIf they plant sweet potatoes and corn, it will be three or four months before they can harvest, but they don\u2019t have seeds,\u201d he said. \u2018We are starving, too\u2019 The storm-hit areas have reported at least 3,500 suspected cholera cases in recent weeks, but some of the outbreaks are happening in far-off settlements where help has yet to arrive. The aid organization Doctors Without Borders recently sent staff by helicopter to one village, Pourcine, to investigate reports of a patient with cholera, only to find 20 stricken from it. The disease spreads rampantly once the bacteria enters the water supply. \u201cWe are sending materials to contain the epidemic, but there are people dying from cholera every day,\u201d said Emmanuel Massart, the group\u2019s field coordinator in Grand\u2019Anse. It is largely a challenge of distribution. Tim Callahan, the U.S. official in charge of the American emergency response, said the U.S. government has delivered 34 metric tons of water treatment tablets to Haiti, enough to supply the entire country for three months. But getting them to families is another matter because roads are impassable or nonexistent in the worst-affected areas. The 2010 earthquake killed at least 200,000 and damaged many of the government buildings in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. The city was largely spared by the recent storm, and that has allowed the Haitian government to take a more active role in directing the relief effort, Callahan and others say. Peter Mulrean, the U.S. ambassador to Haiti, said the fact that so many international relief organizations were doing post-quake reconstruction left them better prepared to respond to the hurricane. Unlike in the post-quake period, when aid efforts were often haphazard and inefficient, international relief organizations have been coordinating their donations and activities with Haitian officials, using the network of modern, air-conditioned emergency response centers set up in every region after the earthquake. \u201cWe want Haitian institutions to come out stronger than before,\u201d Mulrean said. But the man-made disasters of Haitian politics remain an obstacle. Last year\u2019s contested presidential election led to a political impasse and the installation of a caretaker government. New elections are scheduled for Nov. 20, but it\u2019s hard to see how Haitian officials can deliver and count ballots in hurricane-hit areas. Making matters worse, the public schools that double as polling stations are being used as homeless shelters. At the Lycee Nord Alexis in Jeremie, the battered capital of Grand\u2019Anse, children sleep on the cement floors of classrooms, some naked or clothed in adult-sized T-shirts that hang below the knee. Food comes irregularly. The blind, disabled and maimed lie around in dark, stifling rooms, swarmed by mosquitoes. Guerline Brumaches, 40, was languishing in a corner, naked from the waist up, with a suppurating wound the size of a baseball on her swollen left foot where she had been cut by flying debris. A month-old chemistry lesson was written on the chalkboard above her. Flies nibbled at her foot. \u201cIf I lose my foot, I don\u2019t know what I\u2019ll do,\u201d she said. The school had no running water. One of the stairwells had become a latrine. Xavier Charlemagne, 20, said there were several hundred people sleepingevery night in the classrooms and corridors. \u201cWe\u2019re not leaving until they give us tarps,\u201d he said. Jeremie is the only town with large-scale daily food distribution in Grand\u2019Anse, in part because it is the only place with armed security to suppress potential rioting. The U.N. World Food Program gives out 1,000 one-month rations of rice, chickpeas and cooking oil each day in the central plaza, in the shadow of a 200-year-old cathedral with a ripped-off roof. But the sight of so many convoys headed to Jeremie has stirred resentment in towns that say they are not getting their share. At one highway junction where a broken-down truck carrying beans had been attacked a day earlier, dozens of young men lingered on a recent day, watching for signs of mechanical trouble among the vehicles groaning up the pass, as if stalking wounded herd animals. \u201cWe are starving, too,\u201d said Ricardo Dauphin, 29, alongside dozens of other men in the town of Carrefour Charles, watching U.N. trucks roll by in a cloud of dust, escorted by police and Brazilian soldiers. There is no electricity across a wide swath of southern Haiti where utility lines are down, so at night families burn storm debris and garbage with huge bonfires that leap into the darkness and foul the air. On a muddy hillside near the town of Cavaillon, scores of people have settled in crude lean-tos made of sticks, plastic and tattered bedsheets. The nearby river flooded in the storm, forcing those living along the banks to higher ground. Olicia Jean-Louis, 23, said her widowed mother was washed away in the storm, along with the family\u2019s house and all the secondhand footwear they used to sell in the market. Now Jean-Louis was in charge of her siblings, ages 12, 10, 5 and 2. The youngest ones had started calling her \u201cmama,\u201d she said. None of them had eaten that day, Jean-Louis said. It was raining again, and the 2-year-old boy, naked, leaned into her threadbare blue dress, his nose running. Asked what she would do next, Jean-Louis shook her head. \u201cI will rely on you,\u201d she said. \u201cCan you help me?\u201d", "essay": "After reading the article, you can't help but feel really sad and terrible for the people that were affected by the hurricane. It was a situation that they did not deserve and one that they most likely did not cause but mother nature has other plans for us. I feel bad for all the children as well as animals that are there as well with no shelter or food."}
{"user_id": "ec_p020", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 50000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 50000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Miami Marlins star pitcher Jose Fernandez killed in boating accident \u2014  Miami Marlins pitcher Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez, who defected from Cuba at 15 and went on to become one of baseball's brightest stars, was killed early Sunday in a boating accident, Florida authorities said.   Fern\u00e1ndez, who was 24, and two other men were found dead after their boat was discovered at the entrance of Miami Harbor, said Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Lorenzo Veloz. Coast Guard personnel on patrol noticed the vessel upside down on the north end of a rocky jetty shortly after 3:15 a.m., Veloz said at a news conference. Divers recovered two bodies under the boat, and a third victim was found on the rocks. The names of the two other victims -- also in their 20s -- are being withheld until relatives are notified. The men were Fernandez's friends, Veloz said. Veloz said Fern\u00e1ndez's death was a loss to Miami, to baseball and to anyone who ever met him. \"He was pillar to our community. He was involved in everything that he could be to give back,\" Veloz said. \"I had the experience of talking to him several times -- down-to-earth, great person ... I'm sorry I'm getting goosebumps right now. It's really hitting home and it's horrible.\" Based on impact evidence and the severity of damage, officials concluded the boat -- a 32-foot SeaVee center console model -- hit the rocks at full speed, Veloz said. Top speed on the boat would be between 50 mph and 65 mph, depending on the engines with which it was equipped, according to SeeVee's website. Fern\u00e1ndez was a passenger on the boat, and was not the owner, Veloz said. \"The boat is a total loss right now from what we can see,\" Veloz said. \"It's horrible, it's bad, it's bad.\" Drugs and alcohol did not appear to be factors in the accident, he said, but he added that investigators had been been unable to get under the overturned wreckage. Autopsies have not been conducted. None of the three victims was wearing a life vest, he said. \"The magnanimity of his personality transcended culture, religion and race, I mean it just did,\" Marlins President David Samson said at a news conference where he was flanked by the team and other officials. Several people appeared visibly shaken. \"Jose is a member of this family for all time,\" Samson said. \"His story is representative of a story of hope, and of love and of faith, and no one will ever let that story die.\" Sunday's game against the Atlanta Braves has been canceled. The Marlins' game against the Atlanta Braves on Sunday was canceled, Samson said. \"When you watch kids playing Little League... that's the joy that Jose played with -- and the passion he felt about playing,\" said Marlins Manager Don Mattingly, stopping midsentence to wipe away tears. He appeared too emotionally shaken to continue. People we've lost in 2016 Fern\u00e1ndez was born in Santa Clara, Cuba, and defected to the United States in 2008. Drafted by the Marlins in 2011, he went on to become the franchise's star pitcher, named National League Rookie of the Year 2013 and a two-time All-Star. But his story is about more than baseball accolades, and Mattingly certainly isn't the only person to shed tears over Fern\u00e1ndez's death. The oft-smiling Fern\u00e1ndez had many friends in the game, owing to his cheerful demeanor and fierce competitiveness. He also owned what Miami Herald sportswriter Dan Le Batard once called a \"rags to pitches\" story that many, especially those in Florida's Cuban-American communities, found inspiring. In 2008, Fern\u00e1ndez made his fourth attempt to flee Cuba, according to a 2013 Miami Herald story. He'd been jailed for a previous failed attempt and, this time, was attempting to reach America, via Mexico, with his mother and sister. Once on the open water, the newspaper reported, someone fell off of the boat, and Fern\u00e1ndez, a good swimmer, asked no questions; he jumped in to save the person. It turned out to be his mother, Maritza. \"I dove to help a person not thinking who that person was. Imagine when I realized it was my own mother. If that does not leave a mark on you for the rest of your life, I don't know what will,\" he told the Herald. Once in the United States, Fern\u00e1ndez had trouble adjusting. Fifteen at the time, he missed his grandmother, Olga, desperately, Le Batard wrote in a 2013 profile. Back home, he was \"really, really poor,\" Fern\u00e1ndez told his fellow Cuban-American Le Batard, and he was happy to make $4 a day selling tomatoes and onions. In the U.S., the simplest things, such as computers and motion-activated faucets, eluded him. He wrote phone numbers down in a book because he didn't realize his phone would store them, the profile said. His grasp of English didn't extend much beyond curse words. But there was one language besides Spanish that he understood perfectly: baseball. As a high school sophomore, Fern\u00e1ndez threw 94-mph fastballs, as fast as some pros, and he led Braulio Alonso High School to two state championships, Le Batard reported. The Marlins selected him in the first round of 2011 Major League Baseball draft, and he first took the mound for them in April 2013 en route to National League Rookie of the Year honors. It was after that season -- when Fern\u00e1ndez told Le Batard how much he missed Olga, who had climbed to her Santa Clara roof with a radio to catch the Marlins games when Fern\u00e1ndez pitched -- that the Marlins arranged a surprise. A heartwarming reunion While he conducted an interview in the Marlins locker room that ventured into the topics of his mother and grandmother, whose names he has tattooed inside his bicep, the interviewer asks Fernandez what Olga would tell him if she were there in Miami. \"I don't think she would be here,\" he replied, his sadness evident in his eyes. Little did he know that Olga had arrived in Miami a half hour prior. The Marlins had arranged for her visa. As Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria escorts Olga into the locker room, Fern\u00e1ndez beams a boyish grin, clearly in disbelief. He says only, \"Oh,\" as she rushes over to him. His face is bright red as Olga embraces him for the first time in six years. \"Oh my God,\" he says, almost as if he's exhaling. \"You've got to be kidding me.\" \"You look so great, papi. You look so great,\" Olga tells him in Spanish as he clutches her, kissing the top of her head. Jeffrey Loria explained the team's motivation in getting Olga to the United States. \"Having watched the dynamic unfold with him, caring about his grandmother so much, it kind of came to our attention here. We have a big family here in this organization and there was a link missing in that family so we closed the gap. We got her here,\" he said. Baseball world stunned News of his death sent shockwaves through the baseball community, with players and fans alike taking to social media to express their grief. \"We are stunned and devastated,\" Major League Baseball said in a statement. \"I've never met anyone who extracted more joy, more passion out of what he did than Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez,\" baseball analyst Buster Olney said on ESPN. \"When you watched him pitch, he loved it so much. He had so much emotion.\" \"He's sort of the American dream for the Cuban baseball player,\" Le Batard said. \"This kid is a symbol for Cuban life and the things that can be accomplished in this country.\" Former MLB pitcher Dan Haren tweeted: \"Jose Fernandez is one of the most genuine guys I've ever played with. He loved life, he loved baseball... he will be missed dearly.\" Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred issued a statement saying, \"He was one of our game's great young stars who made a dramatic impact on and off the field since his debut in 2013.\" Many fans spoke of their sadness that, having already achieved remarkable sporting success, Fern\u00e1ndez's life had been cut short just as he was starting a family. Five days ago, the young star had posted a picture to Instagram of his pregnant girlfriend, with the caption: \"I'm so glad you came into my life. I'm ready for where this journey is gonna take us together.\" Baseball fan Matt Birnbach wrote: \"Jose was a reason you watched baseball. He was must-see TV and his personality is what made him great. Absolutely crushed right now.\"", "essay": "It is so sad that someone who had such an amazing story died in such a freak accident. His life was filled with amazing triumphs only for him to die in such a sad way. It is truly heart breaking to think about. He came from nothing and truly got the american dream. He died in such a rare and crazy way that it is so sad."}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Miami Marlins star pitcher Jose Fernandez killed in boating accident \u2014  Miami Marlins pitcher Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez, who defected from Cuba at 15 and went on to become one of baseball's brightest stars, was killed early Sunday in a boating accident, Florida authorities said.   Fern\u00e1ndez, who was 24, and two other men were found dead after their boat was discovered at the entrance of Miami Harbor, said Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Lorenzo Veloz. Coast Guard personnel on patrol noticed the vessel upside down on the north end of a rocky jetty shortly after 3:15 a.m., Veloz said at a news conference. Divers recovered two bodies under the boat, and a third victim was found on the rocks. The names of the two other victims -- also in their 20s -- are being withheld until relatives are notified. The men were Fernandez's friends, Veloz said. Veloz said Fern\u00e1ndez's death was a loss to Miami, to baseball and to anyone who ever met him. \"He was pillar to our community. He was involved in everything that he could be to give back,\" Veloz said. \"I had the experience of talking to him several times -- down-to-earth, great person ... I'm sorry I'm getting goosebumps right now. It's really hitting home and it's horrible.\" Based on impact evidence and the severity of damage, officials concluded the boat -- a 32-foot SeaVee center console model -- hit the rocks at full speed, Veloz said. Top speed on the boat would be between 50 mph and 65 mph, depending on the engines with which it was equipped, according to SeeVee's website. Fern\u00e1ndez was a passenger on the boat, and was not the owner, Veloz said. \"The boat is a total loss right now from what we can see,\" Veloz said. \"It's horrible, it's bad, it's bad.\" Drugs and alcohol did not appear to be factors in the accident, he said, but he added that investigators had been been unable to get under the overturned wreckage. Autopsies have not been conducted. None of the three victims was wearing a life vest, he said. \"The magnanimity of his personality transcended culture, religion and race, I mean it just did,\" Marlins President David Samson said at a news conference where he was flanked by the team and other officials. Several people appeared visibly shaken. \"Jose is a member of this family for all time,\" Samson said. \"His story is representative of a story of hope, and of love and of faith, and no one will ever let that story die.\" Sunday's game against the Atlanta Braves has been canceled. The Marlins' game against the Atlanta Braves on Sunday was canceled, Samson said. \"When you watch kids playing Little League... that's the joy that Jose played with -- and the passion he felt about playing,\" said Marlins Manager Don Mattingly, stopping midsentence to wipe away tears. He appeared too emotionally shaken to continue. People we've lost in 2016 Fern\u00e1ndez was born in Santa Clara, Cuba, and defected to the United States in 2008. Drafted by the Marlins in 2011, he went on to become the franchise's star pitcher, named National League Rookie of the Year 2013 and a two-time All-Star. But his story is about more than baseball accolades, and Mattingly certainly isn't the only person to shed tears over Fern\u00e1ndez's death. The oft-smiling Fern\u00e1ndez had many friends in the game, owing to his cheerful demeanor and fierce competitiveness. He also owned what Miami Herald sportswriter Dan Le Batard once called a \"rags to pitches\" story that many, especially those in Florida's Cuban-American communities, found inspiring. In 2008, Fern\u00e1ndez made his fourth attempt to flee Cuba, according to a 2013 Miami Herald story. He'd been jailed for a previous failed attempt and, this time, was attempting to reach America, via Mexico, with his mother and sister. Once on the open water, the newspaper reported, someone fell off of the boat, and Fern\u00e1ndez, a good swimmer, asked no questions; he jumped in to save the person. It turned out to be his mother, Maritza. \"I dove to help a person not thinking who that person was. Imagine when I realized it was my own mother. If that does not leave a mark on you for the rest of your life, I don't know what will,\" he told the Herald. Once in the United States, Fern\u00e1ndez had trouble adjusting. Fifteen at the time, he missed his grandmother, Olga, desperately, Le Batard wrote in a 2013 profile. Back home, he was \"really, really poor,\" Fern\u00e1ndez told his fellow Cuban-American Le Batard, and he was happy to make $4 a day selling tomatoes and onions. In the U.S., the simplest things, such as computers and motion-activated faucets, eluded him. He wrote phone numbers down in a book because he didn't realize his phone would store them, the profile said. His grasp of English didn't extend much beyond curse words. But there was one language besides Spanish that he understood perfectly: baseball. As a high school sophomore, Fern\u00e1ndez threw 94-mph fastballs, as fast as some pros, and he led Braulio Alonso High School to two state championships, Le Batard reported. The Marlins selected him in the first round of 2011 Major League Baseball draft, and he first took the mound for them in April 2013 en route to National League Rookie of the Year honors. It was after that season -- when Fern\u00e1ndez told Le Batard how much he missed Olga, who had climbed to her Santa Clara roof with a radio to catch the Marlins games when Fern\u00e1ndez pitched -- that the Marlins arranged a surprise. A heartwarming reunion While he conducted an interview in the Marlins locker room that ventured into the topics of his mother and grandmother, whose names he has tattooed inside his bicep, the interviewer asks Fernandez what Olga would tell him if she were there in Miami. \"I don't think she would be here,\" he replied, his sadness evident in his eyes. Little did he know that Olga had arrived in Miami a half hour prior. The Marlins had arranged for her visa. As Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria escorts Olga into the locker room, Fern\u00e1ndez beams a boyish grin, clearly in disbelief. He says only, \"Oh,\" as she rushes over to him. His face is bright red as Olga embraces him for the first time in six years. \"Oh my God,\" he says, almost as if he's exhaling. \"You've got to be kidding me.\" \"You look so great, papi. You look so great,\" Olga tells him in Spanish as he clutches her, kissing the top of her head. Jeffrey Loria explained the team's motivation in getting Olga to the United States. \"Having watched the dynamic unfold with him, caring about his grandmother so much, it kind of came to our attention here. We have a big family here in this organization and there was a link missing in that family so we closed the gap. We got her here,\" he said. Baseball world stunned News of his death sent shockwaves through the baseball community, with players and fans alike taking to social media to express their grief. \"We are stunned and devastated,\" Major League Baseball said in a statement. \"I've never met anyone who extracted more joy, more passion out of what he did than Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez,\" baseball analyst Buster Olney said on ESPN. \"When you watched him pitch, he loved it so much. He had so much emotion.\" \"He's sort of the American dream for the Cuban baseball player,\" Le Batard said. \"This kid is a symbol for Cuban life and the things that can be accomplished in this country.\" Former MLB pitcher Dan Haren tweeted: \"Jose Fernandez is one of the most genuine guys I've ever played with. He loved life, he loved baseball... he will be missed dearly.\" Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred issued a statement saying, \"He was one of our game's great young stars who made a dramatic impact on and off the field since his debut in 2013.\" Many fans spoke of their sadness that, having already achieved remarkable sporting success, Fern\u00e1ndez's life had been cut short just as he was starting a family. Five days ago, the young star had posted a picture to Instagram of his pregnant girlfriend, with the caption: \"I'm so glad you came into my life. I'm ready for where this journey is gonna take us together.\" Baseball fan Matt Birnbach wrote: \"Jose was a reason you watched baseball. He was must-see TV and his personality is what made him great. Absolutely crushed right now.\"", "essay": "I think that these kinds of stories, are sad, yet inspirational and leave you with kind of a good feeling. Even though his story is sad, it's cool and inspiring/motivational to see that he rose up against his circumstances. That he worked hard to make something of himself and he succeeded in what he wanted to do. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Miami Marlins star pitcher Jose Fernandez killed in boating accident \u2014  Miami Marlins pitcher Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez, who defected from Cuba at 15 and went on to become one of baseball's brightest stars, was killed early Sunday in a boating accident, Florida authorities said.   Fern\u00e1ndez, who was 24, and two other men were found dead after their boat was discovered at the entrance of Miami Harbor, said Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Lorenzo Veloz. Coast Guard personnel on patrol noticed the vessel upside down on the north end of a rocky jetty shortly after 3:15 a.m., Veloz said at a news conference. Divers recovered two bodies under the boat, and a third victim was found on the rocks. The names of the two other victims -- also in their 20s -- are being withheld until relatives are notified. The men were Fernandez's friends, Veloz said. Veloz said Fern\u00e1ndez's death was a loss to Miami, to baseball and to anyone who ever met him. \"He was pillar to our community. He was involved in everything that he could be to give back,\" Veloz said. \"I had the experience of talking to him several times -- down-to-earth, great person ... I'm sorry I'm getting goosebumps right now. It's really hitting home and it's horrible.\" Based on impact evidence and the severity of damage, officials concluded the boat -- a 32-foot SeaVee center console model -- hit the rocks at full speed, Veloz said. Top speed on the boat would be between 50 mph and 65 mph, depending on the engines with which it was equipped, according to SeeVee's website. Fern\u00e1ndez was a passenger on the boat, and was not the owner, Veloz said. \"The boat is a total loss right now from what we can see,\" Veloz said. \"It's horrible, it's bad, it's bad.\" Drugs and alcohol did not appear to be factors in the accident, he said, but he added that investigators had been been unable to get under the overturned wreckage. Autopsies have not been conducted. None of the three victims was wearing a life vest, he said. \"The magnanimity of his personality transcended culture, religion and race, I mean it just did,\" Marlins President David Samson said at a news conference where he was flanked by the team and other officials. Several people appeared visibly shaken. \"Jose is a member of this family for all time,\" Samson said. \"His story is representative of a story of hope, and of love and of faith, and no one will ever let that story die.\" Sunday's game against the Atlanta Braves has been canceled. The Marlins' game against the Atlanta Braves on Sunday was canceled, Samson said. \"When you watch kids playing Little League... that's the joy that Jose played with -- and the passion he felt about playing,\" said Marlins Manager Don Mattingly, stopping midsentence to wipe away tears. He appeared too emotionally shaken to continue. People we've lost in 2016 Fern\u00e1ndez was born in Santa Clara, Cuba, and defected to the United States in 2008. Drafted by the Marlins in 2011, he went on to become the franchise's star pitcher, named National League Rookie of the Year 2013 and a two-time All-Star. But his story is about more than baseball accolades, and Mattingly certainly isn't the only person to shed tears over Fern\u00e1ndez's death. The oft-smiling Fern\u00e1ndez had many friends in the game, owing to his cheerful demeanor and fierce competitiveness. He also owned what Miami Herald sportswriter Dan Le Batard once called a \"rags to pitches\" story that many, especially those in Florida's Cuban-American communities, found inspiring. In 2008, Fern\u00e1ndez made his fourth attempt to flee Cuba, according to a 2013 Miami Herald story. He'd been jailed for a previous failed attempt and, this time, was attempting to reach America, via Mexico, with his mother and sister. Once on the open water, the newspaper reported, someone fell off of the boat, and Fern\u00e1ndez, a good swimmer, asked no questions; he jumped in to save the person. It turned out to be his mother, Maritza. \"I dove to help a person not thinking who that person was. Imagine when I realized it was my own mother. If that does not leave a mark on you for the rest of your life, I don't know what will,\" he told the Herald. Once in the United States, Fern\u00e1ndez had trouble adjusting. Fifteen at the time, he missed his grandmother, Olga, desperately, Le Batard wrote in a 2013 profile. Back home, he was \"really, really poor,\" Fern\u00e1ndez told his fellow Cuban-American Le Batard, and he was happy to make $4 a day selling tomatoes and onions. In the U.S., the simplest things, such as computers and motion-activated faucets, eluded him. He wrote phone numbers down in a book because he didn't realize his phone would store them, the profile said. His grasp of English didn't extend much beyond curse words. But there was one language besides Spanish that he understood perfectly: baseball. As a high school sophomore, Fern\u00e1ndez threw 94-mph fastballs, as fast as some pros, and he led Braulio Alonso High School to two state championships, Le Batard reported. The Marlins selected him in the first round of 2011 Major League Baseball draft, and he first took the mound for them in April 2013 en route to National League Rookie of the Year honors. It was after that season -- when Fern\u00e1ndez told Le Batard how much he missed Olga, who had climbed to her Santa Clara roof with a radio to catch the Marlins games when Fern\u00e1ndez pitched -- that the Marlins arranged a surprise. A heartwarming reunion While he conducted an interview in the Marlins locker room that ventured into the topics of his mother and grandmother, whose names he has tattooed inside his bicep, the interviewer asks Fernandez what Olga would tell him if she were there in Miami. \"I don't think she would be here,\" he replied, his sadness evident in his eyes. Little did he know that Olga had arrived in Miami a half hour prior. The Marlins had arranged for her visa. As Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria escorts Olga into the locker room, Fern\u00e1ndez beams a boyish grin, clearly in disbelief. He says only, \"Oh,\" as she rushes over to him. His face is bright red as Olga embraces him for the first time in six years. \"Oh my God,\" he says, almost as if he's exhaling. \"You've got to be kidding me.\" \"You look so great, papi. You look so great,\" Olga tells him in Spanish as he clutches her, kissing the top of her head. Jeffrey Loria explained the team's motivation in getting Olga to the United States. \"Having watched the dynamic unfold with him, caring about his grandmother so much, it kind of came to our attention here. We have a big family here in this organization and there was a link missing in that family so we closed the gap. We got her here,\" he said. Baseball world stunned News of his death sent shockwaves through the baseball community, with players and fans alike taking to social media to express their grief. \"We are stunned and devastated,\" Major League Baseball said in a statement. \"I've never met anyone who extracted more joy, more passion out of what he did than Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez,\" baseball analyst Buster Olney said on ESPN. \"When you watched him pitch, he loved it so much. He had so much emotion.\" \"He's sort of the American dream for the Cuban baseball player,\" Le Batard said. \"This kid is a symbol for Cuban life and the things that can be accomplished in this country.\" Former MLB pitcher Dan Haren tweeted: \"Jose Fernandez is one of the most genuine guys I've ever played with. He loved life, he loved baseball... he will be missed dearly.\" Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred issued a statement saying, \"He was one of our game's great young stars who made a dramatic impact on and off the field since his debut in 2013.\" Many fans spoke of their sadness that, having already achieved remarkable sporting success, Fern\u00e1ndez's life had been cut short just as he was starting a family. Five days ago, the young star had posted a picture to Instagram of his pregnant girlfriend, with the caption: \"I'm so glad you came into my life. I'm ready for where this journey is gonna take us together.\" Baseball fan Matt Birnbach wrote: \"Jose was a reason you watched baseball. He was must-see TV and his personality is what made him great. Absolutely crushed right now.\"", "essay": "From reading the article, it looks like the world lost a kindhearted and generous person. If no drugs or alcohol were involved in the accident. I wonder what happen to make them crash. I wonder if it was common to be on the boat with no life jacket. The life jacket may not even mattered because of the speed and the rocks."}
{"user_id": "ec_p048", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 55000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 55000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "Miami Marlins star pitcher Jose Fernandez killed in boating accident \u2014  Miami Marlins pitcher Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez, who defected from Cuba at 15 and went on to become one of baseball's brightest stars, was killed early Sunday in a boating accident, Florida authorities said.   Fern\u00e1ndez, who was 24, and two other men were found dead after their boat was discovered at the entrance of Miami Harbor, said Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Lorenzo Veloz. Coast Guard personnel on patrol noticed the vessel upside down on the north end of a rocky jetty shortly after 3:15 a.m., Veloz said at a news conference. Divers recovered two bodies under the boat, and a third victim was found on the rocks. The names of the two other victims -- also in their 20s -- are being withheld until relatives are notified. The men were Fernandez's friends, Veloz said. Veloz said Fern\u00e1ndez's death was a loss to Miami, to baseball and to anyone who ever met him. \"He was pillar to our community. He was involved in everything that he could be to give back,\" Veloz said. \"I had the experience of talking to him several times -- down-to-earth, great person ... I'm sorry I'm getting goosebumps right now. It's really hitting home and it's horrible.\" Based on impact evidence and the severity of damage, officials concluded the boat -- a 32-foot SeaVee center console model -- hit the rocks at full speed, Veloz said. Top speed on the boat would be between 50 mph and 65 mph, depending on the engines with which it was equipped, according to SeeVee's website. Fern\u00e1ndez was a passenger on the boat, and was not the owner, Veloz said. \"The boat is a total loss right now from what we can see,\" Veloz said. \"It's horrible, it's bad, it's bad.\" Drugs and alcohol did not appear to be factors in the accident, he said, but he added that investigators had been been unable to get under the overturned wreckage. Autopsies have not been conducted. None of the three victims was wearing a life vest, he said. \"The magnanimity of his personality transcended culture, religion and race, I mean it just did,\" Marlins President David Samson said at a news conference where he was flanked by the team and other officials. Several people appeared visibly shaken. \"Jose is a member of this family for all time,\" Samson said. \"His story is representative of a story of hope, and of love and of faith, and no one will ever let that story die.\" Sunday's game against the Atlanta Braves has been canceled. The Marlins' game against the Atlanta Braves on Sunday was canceled, Samson said. \"When you watch kids playing Little League... that's the joy that Jose played with -- and the passion he felt about playing,\" said Marlins Manager Don Mattingly, stopping midsentence to wipe away tears. He appeared too emotionally shaken to continue. People we've lost in 2016 Fern\u00e1ndez was born in Santa Clara, Cuba, and defected to the United States in 2008. Drafted by the Marlins in 2011, he went on to become the franchise's star pitcher, named National League Rookie of the Year 2013 and a two-time All-Star. But his story is about more than baseball accolades, and Mattingly certainly isn't the only person to shed tears over Fern\u00e1ndez's death. The oft-smiling Fern\u00e1ndez had many friends in the game, owing to his cheerful demeanor and fierce competitiveness. He also owned what Miami Herald sportswriter Dan Le Batard once called a \"rags to pitches\" story that many, especially those in Florida's Cuban-American communities, found inspiring. In 2008, Fern\u00e1ndez made his fourth attempt to flee Cuba, according to a 2013 Miami Herald story. He'd been jailed for a previous failed attempt and, this time, was attempting to reach America, via Mexico, with his mother and sister. Once on the open water, the newspaper reported, someone fell off of the boat, and Fern\u00e1ndez, a good swimmer, asked no questions; he jumped in to save the person. It turned out to be his mother, Maritza. \"I dove to help a person not thinking who that person was. Imagine when I realized it was my own mother. If that does not leave a mark on you for the rest of your life, I don't know what will,\" he told the Herald. Once in the United States, Fern\u00e1ndez had trouble adjusting. Fifteen at the time, he missed his grandmother, Olga, desperately, Le Batard wrote in a 2013 profile. Back home, he was \"really, really poor,\" Fern\u00e1ndez told his fellow Cuban-American Le Batard, and he was happy to make $4 a day selling tomatoes and onions. In the U.S., the simplest things, such as computers and motion-activated faucets, eluded him. He wrote phone numbers down in a book because he didn't realize his phone would store them, the profile said. His grasp of English didn't extend much beyond curse words. But there was one language besides Spanish that he understood perfectly: baseball. As a high school sophomore, Fern\u00e1ndez threw 94-mph fastballs, as fast as some pros, and he led Braulio Alonso High School to two state championships, Le Batard reported. The Marlins selected him in the first round of 2011 Major League Baseball draft, and he first took the mound for them in April 2013 en route to National League Rookie of the Year honors. It was after that season -- when Fern\u00e1ndez told Le Batard how much he missed Olga, who had climbed to her Santa Clara roof with a radio to catch the Marlins games when Fern\u00e1ndez pitched -- that the Marlins arranged a surprise. A heartwarming reunion While he conducted an interview in the Marlins locker room that ventured into the topics of his mother and grandmother, whose names he has tattooed inside his bicep, the interviewer asks Fernandez what Olga would tell him if she were there in Miami. \"I don't think she would be here,\" he replied, his sadness evident in his eyes. Little did he know that Olga had arrived in Miami a half hour prior. The Marlins had arranged for her visa. As Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria escorts Olga into the locker room, Fern\u00e1ndez beams a boyish grin, clearly in disbelief. He says only, \"Oh,\" as she rushes over to him. His face is bright red as Olga embraces him for the first time in six years. \"Oh my God,\" he says, almost as if he's exhaling. \"You've got to be kidding me.\" \"You look so great, papi. You look so great,\" Olga tells him in Spanish as he clutches her, kissing the top of her head. Jeffrey Loria explained the team's motivation in getting Olga to the United States. \"Having watched the dynamic unfold with him, caring about his grandmother so much, it kind of came to our attention here. We have a big family here in this organization and there was a link missing in that family so we closed the gap. We got her here,\" he said. Baseball world stunned News of his death sent shockwaves through the baseball community, with players and fans alike taking to social media to express their grief. \"We are stunned and devastated,\" Major League Baseball said in a statement. \"I've never met anyone who extracted more joy, more passion out of what he did than Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez,\" baseball analyst Buster Olney said on ESPN. \"When you watched him pitch, he loved it so much. He had so much emotion.\" \"He's sort of the American dream for the Cuban baseball player,\" Le Batard said. \"This kid is a symbol for Cuban life and the things that can be accomplished in this country.\" Former MLB pitcher Dan Haren tweeted: \"Jose Fernandez is one of the most genuine guys I've ever played with. He loved life, he loved baseball... he will be missed dearly.\" Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred issued a statement saying, \"He was one of our game's great young stars who made a dramatic impact on and off the field since his debut in 2013.\" Many fans spoke of their sadness that, having already achieved remarkable sporting success, Fern\u00e1ndez's life had been cut short just as he was starting a family. Five days ago, the young star had posted a picture to Instagram of his pregnant girlfriend, with the caption: \"I'm so glad you came into my life. I'm ready for where this journey is gonna take us together.\" Baseball fan Matt Birnbach wrote: \"Jose was a reason you watched baseball. He was must-see TV and his personality is what made him great. Absolutely crushed right now.\"", "essay": "It's crazy that random accidents like this happen everyday. I am not a baseball fan but of course enjoy a baseball game every now and again. I lived and worked in Miami too so I am vaguely familiar with that baseball player who unfortunately passed away. The effort to save him was great but unfortunately bad things seem to happen every day. He was so young too so it makes it worse. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p063", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 31 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 82000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 3.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 31, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 82000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 3.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Miami Marlins star pitcher Jose Fernandez killed in boating accident \u2014  Miami Marlins pitcher Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez, who defected from Cuba at 15 and went on to become one of baseball's brightest stars, was killed early Sunday in a boating accident, Florida authorities said.   Fern\u00e1ndez, who was 24, and two other men were found dead after their boat was discovered at the entrance of Miami Harbor, said Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Lorenzo Veloz. Coast Guard personnel on patrol noticed the vessel upside down on the north end of a rocky jetty shortly after 3:15 a.m., Veloz said at a news conference. Divers recovered two bodies under the boat, and a third victim was found on the rocks. The names of the two other victims -- also in their 20s -- are being withheld until relatives are notified. The men were Fernandez's friends, Veloz said. Veloz said Fern\u00e1ndez's death was a loss to Miami, to baseball and to anyone who ever met him. \"He was pillar to our community. He was involved in everything that he could be to give back,\" Veloz said. \"I had the experience of talking to him several times -- down-to-earth, great person ... I'm sorry I'm getting goosebumps right now. It's really hitting home and it's horrible.\" Based on impact evidence and the severity of damage, officials concluded the boat -- a 32-foot SeaVee center console model -- hit the rocks at full speed, Veloz said. Top speed on the boat would be between 50 mph and 65 mph, depending on the engines with which it was equipped, according to SeeVee's website. Fern\u00e1ndez was a passenger on the boat, and was not the owner, Veloz said. \"The boat is a total loss right now from what we can see,\" Veloz said. \"It's horrible, it's bad, it's bad.\" Drugs and alcohol did not appear to be factors in the accident, he said, but he added that investigators had been been unable to get under the overturned wreckage. Autopsies have not been conducted. None of the three victims was wearing a life vest, he said. \"The magnanimity of his personality transcended culture, religion and race, I mean it just did,\" Marlins President David Samson said at a news conference where he was flanked by the team and other officials. Several people appeared visibly shaken. \"Jose is a member of this family for all time,\" Samson said. \"His story is representative of a story of hope, and of love and of faith, and no one will ever let that story die.\" Sunday's game against the Atlanta Braves has been canceled. The Marlins' game against the Atlanta Braves on Sunday was canceled, Samson said. \"When you watch kids playing Little League... that's the joy that Jose played with -- and the passion he felt about playing,\" said Marlins Manager Don Mattingly, stopping midsentence to wipe away tears. He appeared too emotionally shaken to continue. People we've lost in 2016 Fern\u00e1ndez was born in Santa Clara, Cuba, and defected to the United States in 2008. Drafted by the Marlins in 2011, he went on to become the franchise's star pitcher, named National League Rookie of the Year 2013 and a two-time All-Star. But his story is about more than baseball accolades, and Mattingly certainly isn't the only person to shed tears over Fern\u00e1ndez's death. The oft-smiling Fern\u00e1ndez had many friends in the game, owing to his cheerful demeanor and fierce competitiveness. He also owned what Miami Herald sportswriter Dan Le Batard once called a \"rags to pitches\" story that many, especially those in Florida's Cuban-American communities, found inspiring. In 2008, Fern\u00e1ndez made his fourth attempt to flee Cuba, according to a 2013 Miami Herald story. He'd been jailed for a previous failed attempt and, this time, was attempting to reach America, via Mexico, with his mother and sister. Once on the open water, the newspaper reported, someone fell off of the boat, and Fern\u00e1ndez, a good swimmer, asked no questions; he jumped in to save the person. It turned out to be his mother, Maritza. \"I dove to help a person not thinking who that person was. Imagine when I realized it was my own mother. If that does not leave a mark on you for the rest of your life, I don't know what will,\" he told the Herald. Once in the United States, Fern\u00e1ndez had trouble adjusting. Fifteen at the time, he missed his grandmother, Olga, desperately, Le Batard wrote in a 2013 profile. Back home, he was \"really, really poor,\" Fern\u00e1ndez told his fellow Cuban-American Le Batard, and he was happy to make $4 a day selling tomatoes and onions. In the U.S., the simplest things, such as computers and motion-activated faucets, eluded him. He wrote phone numbers down in a book because he didn't realize his phone would store them, the profile said. His grasp of English didn't extend much beyond curse words. But there was one language besides Spanish that he understood perfectly: baseball. As a high school sophomore, Fern\u00e1ndez threw 94-mph fastballs, as fast as some pros, and he led Braulio Alonso High School to two state championships, Le Batard reported. The Marlins selected him in the first round of 2011 Major League Baseball draft, and he first took the mound for them in April 2013 en route to National League Rookie of the Year honors. It was after that season -- when Fern\u00e1ndez told Le Batard how much he missed Olga, who had climbed to her Santa Clara roof with a radio to catch the Marlins games when Fern\u00e1ndez pitched -- that the Marlins arranged a surprise. A heartwarming reunion While he conducted an interview in the Marlins locker room that ventured into the topics of his mother and grandmother, whose names he has tattooed inside his bicep, the interviewer asks Fernandez what Olga would tell him if she were there in Miami. \"I don't think she would be here,\" he replied, his sadness evident in his eyes. Little did he know that Olga had arrived in Miami a half hour prior. The Marlins had arranged for her visa. As Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria escorts Olga into the locker room, Fern\u00e1ndez beams a boyish grin, clearly in disbelief. He says only, \"Oh,\" as she rushes over to him. His face is bright red as Olga embraces him for the first time in six years. \"Oh my God,\" he says, almost as if he's exhaling. \"You've got to be kidding me.\" \"You look so great, papi. You look so great,\" Olga tells him in Spanish as he clutches her, kissing the top of her head. Jeffrey Loria explained the team's motivation in getting Olga to the United States. \"Having watched the dynamic unfold with him, caring about his grandmother so much, it kind of came to our attention here. We have a big family here in this organization and there was a link missing in that family so we closed the gap. We got her here,\" he said. Baseball world stunned News of his death sent shockwaves through the baseball community, with players and fans alike taking to social media to express their grief. \"We are stunned and devastated,\" Major League Baseball said in a statement. \"I've never met anyone who extracted more joy, more passion out of what he did than Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez,\" baseball analyst Buster Olney said on ESPN. \"When you watched him pitch, he loved it so much. He had so much emotion.\" \"He's sort of the American dream for the Cuban baseball player,\" Le Batard said. \"This kid is a symbol for Cuban life and the things that can be accomplished in this country.\" Former MLB pitcher Dan Haren tweeted: \"Jose Fernandez is one of the most genuine guys I've ever played with. He loved life, he loved baseball... he will be missed dearly.\" Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred issued a statement saying, \"He was one of our game's great young stars who made a dramatic impact on and off the field since his debut in 2013.\" Many fans spoke of their sadness that, having already achieved remarkable sporting success, Fern\u00e1ndez's life had been cut short just as he was starting a family. Five days ago, the young star had posted a picture to Instagram of his pregnant girlfriend, with the caption: \"I'm so glad you came into my life. I'm ready for where this journey is gonna take us together.\" Baseball fan Matt Birnbach wrote: \"Jose was a reason you watched baseball. He was must-see TV and his personality is what made him great. Absolutely crushed right now.\"", "essay": "That's sad.  Regardless of what they find out happened, who was controlling what or if they had drugs in their system or whatever, it's sad.  I don't know that they will find out anything, i just feel like lots of people will turn this into something it's not.  It's unfortunate anytime a young person like this, with the world at their fingertips, loses their life in something that was controllable."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Brothers Behind Bars \u2014  \u201cThe only photograph I had of her, growing up, is from a scrapbook from a social worker,\u201d Shelton McElroy says about his mother, \u201cfrom a visitation that we had at a women\u2019s prison called Pewee Valley.\u201d Shelton and his two brothers grew up careening between one foster home to the next. Their mother had been sentenced to prison when Shelton was just 4 and his brothers were 6 and 8 years old. Neither Shelton nor his brothers were ever adopted, and he sees his and one of his brother\u2019s subsequent prison sentences as extensions of the same state-ward system they grew up in. \u201cWe never came out of it,\u201d he says. \u201cFrom being a ward of the state from 4 to 12, in less than six months, I was a prison ward of the state.\u201d   At first, the brothers were sent to two different foster homes in their hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. \u201cMy earliest memories are of being in this place called the Home of the Innocent,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cI was in a crib with other kids, because they had so many kids, each of us couldn\u2019t have our own crib. It wasn\u2019t with Mom. I do have vague recollections with Mom.\u201d As the youngest of the group, Shelton was allowed to go to the same foster home as his oldest brother, William. Middle-child David went to another foster home alone. About every other week, Shelton would visit him. Later on, when Shelton was 6 years old, the three were assigned together to a foster home in Fort Knox, a military base outside the city. For a time, it seemed possible that the sergeant who\u2019d taken them in might even adopt the three of them together. \u201cWe ended up messing that up,\u201d Shelton says. It came down to a bike. While at a swimming pool on base, David, then 8, stole a bicycle. Shelton jumped on the back, and the two started pedaling away from the pool and toward the sergeant\u2019s house. But the sergeant\u2019s two biological sons jumped out from behind some bushes, catching the two boys with the contraband red-handed. According to Shelton, the sergeant was embarrassed, and he sent the brothers back to the foster-care system. \u201cWe had that happen a lot,\u201d says Shelton. \u201cWe\u2019d go somewhere with particular people being interested in us, maybe 10 times, and then we would get sent away.\u201d As the boys got older, Shelton says, the possibility of being adopted began to fade: \u201cYou get to an age where three black boys are\u2026 there\u2019s really a low probability of anybody taking us. That started to be really apparent to the social workers.\u201d The fact that David had been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and prescribed Ritalin likely did not help his case. William, on the other hand, exhibited no behavioral issues and instead showed musical aptitude and high intelligence. So administrators nominated him for a special foster-care program for promising children. \u201cIf you were in foster care, it was the one place in the whole state of Kentucky that everybody wanted to go,\u201d Shelton says. But he wasn\u2019t so lucky: \u201cI ended up going to a group home for misbehavior.\u201d   After just a few months, he was returned to the foster-care mill. That\u2019s when, on Halloween, Shelton pointed a BB gun at a couple of young girls and demanded they give him their candy. \u201cI was arrested and charged with wanton endangerment,\u201d he says. That would be his first experience in a men\u2019s jail; at the time, there were no separate facilities for juvenile arrestees in Kentucky. Because he was underage, Shelton had to be separated from the general population in the men\u2019s jail until his trial. When he was finally sentenced, he was sent to another group home for a couple of years. Following his release, Shelton ran away from the foster-care system. He was homeless. Desperate and hungry, Shelton broke into the house of a friend who dealt weed\u2014and who kept his stash at home. Shelton planned to steal the drugs and sell them. But he lingered too long, eating sandwiches and drinking beer. He was caught and charged with burglary. The mandatory sentence for that crime was between one and five years. The judge gave Shelton four. From 16 to 18, Shelton lived in Georgetown, Kentucky, a dry county with a handful of bootleg businesses. He got by with petty crime\u2014stealing things and trading them for cash. At night, he slept in a bootlegging den. \u201cSitting down at a dinner table with my head on my arms for rest at night,\u201d he says. By the time he turned 18, Shelton had not seen David for four years.   By his 19th birthday, Shelton was in prison again for a minor crime\u2014but he broke out. \u201cI climbed this 16-foot-high razor-wire fence and escaped,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cI was caught less than three or four hours later.\u201d For that, a judge added three years to his sentence, for a new total of seven years. The maximum-security prison he was then sent to had two 16-foot-high razor-wire fences back to back and gun towers around the perimeter.   Shelton reimagines the scene in disbelief: \u201cI come in a petty criminal, but now I\u2019m incarcerated with people with every level and degree of charges.\u201d He served at Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex, known as the \u201cPink Palace\u201d because of its paint job. Inside, the building was organized into two halves, each housing about 1,000 inmates. The two sets rarely mix, but they can see one another through thick glass partitions. On occasion, some of them might run into each other in the library or medical area. One day in the cafeteria, as he was pushing his tray down the food line, someone caught his eye. \u201cAcross from me, it\u2019s the first time in almost five years that I\u2019ve seen my biological brother David,\u201d he says. \u201cYou can\u2019t really put that in words, what that\u2019s like, to look across and see your brother through glass.\u201d Through improvised sign language, they arranged to meet. \u201cMy brother was in there for murder at 19 years old,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe had murdered a man who had tried to steal his drugs from him. It was a drug deal gone bad. He fought his case completely himself.\u201d As Shelton tells it, the judge wouldn\u2019t allow David to represent himself alone and assigned him an attorney, but David took the lead and eventually got his charge reduced to manslaughter and a 10-year sentence. The two brothers were able to move into a cell together. \u201cIt was awkward and strained and still is to this day,\u201d Shelton says of the adjustment to one another after such a long absence. Shelton says it felt more like being half-brothers, and they would often even refer to one another as \u201cbrothers from different fathers.\u201d   Being brothers also had an unexpected consequence. \u201cIt actually increased the potential for violence, because were somebody to have a beef with me, now they understand that my brother was there,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cYou have to know that you\u2019re going to fight my brother and me. Then you need to go get a couple of people, and then that turns into maybe a gang.\u201d But that kind of escalation also put the differences between the two brothers into sharp relief. David may have been in for the more violent and serious crime, but it was Shelton who was into \u201ca bunch of inappropriate activity\u201d in prison. By contrast, David was a \u201cmodel prisoner\u201d who did not fight, who converted to Islam, and changed his name from David to Dawud. \u201cI was playing poker and gambling and being involved,\u201d says Shelton. \u201cIf anybody smuggled in any kind of drugs, I wanted in on it\u2014maybe not to use it as much as to sell it. [David] wasn\u2019t. I kind of brought more drama his way than he would have anticipated.\u201d David also ended up leaving prison before his younger brother, because Shelton compounded his sentence by constantly getting into trouble while in custody.   At 25, Shelton was finally released from prison. He headed home to Louisville.   The three brothers had become strangers to each other. After decades of personal limbo between foster homes, juvenile institutions, and bouts of incarcerations, the three lost touch. While Shelton and David struggled to create lives they could be proud of, William, who had gone to the special foster program for gifted children, found success. Shelton says that William was \u201colder, wiser, more settled, not having behavior issues.\u201d He got a job and a car. He visited his younger brothers when he could. Once William surprised Shelton by bringing a young girl along with him on a prison visit; she was their youngest sibling, a child their mother had had after being released from prison herself.     William tried to be there for his brothers. He hired an attorney for Shelton and paid the legal fees. But the circumstances would prove overwhelming, even for a committed older brother. \u201cHe really became very dismayed,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe gave up, because he tried so hard.\u201d But it\u2019s hard to help someone when they won\u2019t help themselves. \u201cThe pressure was always on Will to be some kind of father figure,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe never could do it to the level that he put on himself and maybe even the level we put on him.\u201d Shelton recalled his brother trying to offer support to David and himself while also attempting to get close to the new sister who had appeared in their lives. \u201cIt was just too much for him,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe\u2019s this guy trying to weave all of these things together.\u201d   William ended up leaving the United States for a while. He lived in multiple places, including the Netherlands and London. \u201cHim traveling internationally and getting away from it all was, for him, probably the best thing he could have done, because we were real selfish,\u201d Shelton says. Even from across an ocean, William\u2019s brothers still demanded much from him. \u201cMy letters to him were all about \u2018I need money for this, I need money for that,\u2019 with no idea what I was asking a young man to provide. I really wanted him to be my father. I wanted him to provide just as if a father or my mother would provide to me.\u201d   Today, William is a music producer and entrepreneur with his own business. Both David and Shelton are fathers, but David struggles with addiction. Maybe the good behavior in prison and the conversion to Islam were not enough to fill the void that a troubled life had left him with. \u201cNow the roles have changed,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe actually tells relatives of mine that he\u2019s younger than me. The role has turned into me being this older brother to him.\u201d He worries about David constantly. \u201cHe\u2019s stuck. He\u2019s stuck. My brother will reference what happened in 1983 as if that\u2019s justification for why he\u2019s at the hospital witnessing the birth of his baby six months early and yet he\u2019s asking me for $5 for gas money.\u201d David seems to be \u201cnot healing, not overcoming, not being able to rewrite the narrative of his story, and really being stuck in his resentful, bitter state,\u201d Shelton says. That wisdom has been hard to come by for Shelton. After cycling through the foster-care system from the time he was 4, and then rotating through the correctional system from age 18 to 27, Shelton was left with a fractured existence, knowing little about the world beyond those institutions. His experiences cemented his belief in the interconnectivity of the foster system and the penal system in the United States. \u201cA lot of my concern is about how that system perpetuates and helps to contribute to the prison-industrial complex,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHow the foster-care system has done that in a really insidious way.\u201d   \u201cI\u2019d been running away from foster homes and trying to get to Louisville my whole life,\u201d he says, looking for a family that didn\u2019t exist\u2014not the way he needed it to. Usually when Shelton ran away as a teenager, he\u2019d be found within three days and be sent back to foster care, back to the system. But during those furtive days of freedom he\u2019d search for his extended family. \u201cI would get a phone book and look up \u2018McElroy,\u2019\u201d he says. \u201cI would say, \u2018Are you a McElroy?\u2019\u201d Nine times out of 10, he heard a stranger on the other end of the line say, \u201cNope, don\u2019t know you.\u201d But once in a while, he\u2019d stumble on a cousin or older relative. When the topic turned to his mother, there was little variation to the answers: \u201cWe don\u2019t know where your mom\u2019s at.\u201d   His mother\u2019s drug addition and mental-health complications contributed to an untenable situation that led to the brothers\u2019 removal. But it didn\u2019t have to be an irrevocable severing. Through William, Shelton saw his mother again while she was raising his half-sister. His mother was receiving appropriate help and had become functional, even successful, and was leading her life instead of falling prey to it. What if they had reconnected earlier? \u201cWe don\u2019t have a system that\u2019s set up that helps people that struggle with mental health. The only way our system knows how to do it is to take their children and not even to look at familial alternatives,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cIn Europe, they never terminate the parents\u2019 rights, never. In the U.S., they terminate the rights.\u201d As a result, he says, there\u2019s a lot of unnecessary hurt, and \u201cevery foster child at 18 is looking for their biological family.\u201d In his late 20s, Shelton recognized that to become a man, he\u2019d have to go it alone. \u201cI started this introspection, this external experience of rebuilding who I was without foster care as the dominating factor, without being a child who had no mother or father\u2014becoming a man who didn\u2019t have that as the catalyst of his life,\u201d he says. \u201cThe only way you do that and you move forward is turning it into some way to help others heal. The pain is there, but as long as you\u2019re healing others in that nexus, you don\u2019t suffer from it. It becomes almost like gold in your hands when you walk toward another person who suffered any atrocity\u2014molestation, incarceration. You just go to them in this genuine way, and you say, \u2018Let me tell you just a snippet about me, so that you identify, and you know that I come from a very similar, horrific background.\u2019\u201d   At age 39, Shelton now has a master\u2019s degree and is a trained counselor. Today, he works at an alcohol-counseling program for recently released inmates. He also does pro bono work with families who \u201chave lost their children to the system\u201d to help them navigate their cases until they are reunited with their kids. He has also worked in the foster-care system itself, helping children redefine the narratives of their lives. His own experiences, of course, are central to his work. \u201cI can connect with you from my pain and also show you my change and make it so that you realize that it\u2019s possible,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cThat\u2019s what my life has been about.\u201d", "essay": "After reading the article, my reaction is that it is very sad that boys that young have to be put behind bars. I think that children should be able to experience their childhood and have fun at that age. They should not be facing hardships at all. They should be playing with friends and be in school at that age and not locked up behind a cell."}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Brothers Behind Bars \u2014  \u201cThe only photograph I had of her, growing up, is from a scrapbook from a social worker,\u201d Shelton McElroy says about his mother, \u201cfrom a visitation that we had at a women\u2019s prison called Pewee Valley.\u201d Shelton and his two brothers grew up careening between one foster home to the next. Their mother had been sentenced to prison when Shelton was just 4 and his brothers were 6 and 8 years old. Neither Shelton nor his brothers were ever adopted, and he sees his and one of his brother\u2019s subsequent prison sentences as extensions of the same state-ward system they grew up in. \u201cWe never came out of it,\u201d he says. \u201cFrom being a ward of the state from 4 to 12, in less than six months, I was a prison ward of the state.\u201d   At first, the brothers were sent to two different foster homes in their hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. \u201cMy earliest memories are of being in this place called the Home of the Innocent,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cI was in a crib with other kids, because they had so many kids, each of us couldn\u2019t have our own crib. It wasn\u2019t with Mom. I do have vague recollections with Mom.\u201d As the youngest of the group, Shelton was allowed to go to the same foster home as his oldest brother, William. Middle-child David went to another foster home alone. About every other week, Shelton would visit him. Later on, when Shelton was 6 years old, the three were assigned together to a foster home in Fort Knox, a military base outside the city. For a time, it seemed possible that the sergeant who\u2019d taken them in might even adopt the three of them together. \u201cWe ended up messing that up,\u201d Shelton says. It came down to a bike. While at a swimming pool on base, David, then 8, stole a bicycle. Shelton jumped on the back, and the two started pedaling away from the pool and toward the sergeant\u2019s house. But the sergeant\u2019s two biological sons jumped out from behind some bushes, catching the two boys with the contraband red-handed. According to Shelton, the sergeant was embarrassed, and he sent the brothers back to the foster-care system. \u201cWe had that happen a lot,\u201d says Shelton. \u201cWe\u2019d go somewhere with particular people being interested in us, maybe 10 times, and then we would get sent away.\u201d As the boys got older, Shelton says, the possibility of being adopted began to fade: \u201cYou get to an age where three black boys are\u2026 there\u2019s really a low probability of anybody taking us. That started to be really apparent to the social workers.\u201d The fact that David had been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and prescribed Ritalin likely did not help his case. William, on the other hand, exhibited no behavioral issues and instead showed musical aptitude and high intelligence. So administrators nominated him for a special foster-care program for promising children. \u201cIf you were in foster care, it was the one place in the whole state of Kentucky that everybody wanted to go,\u201d Shelton says. But he wasn\u2019t so lucky: \u201cI ended up going to a group home for misbehavior.\u201d   After just a few months, he was returned to the foster-care mill. That\u2019s when, on Halloween, Shelton pointed a BB gun at a couple of young girls and demanded they give him their candy. \u201cI was arrested and charged with wanton endangerment,\u201d he says. That would be his first experience in a men\u2019s jail; at the time, there were no separate facilities for juvenile arrestees in Kentucky. Because he was underage, Shelton had to be separated from the general population in the men\u2019s jail until his trial. When he was finally sentenced, he was sent to another group home for a couple of years. Following his release, Shelton ran away from the foster-care system. He was homeless. Desperate and hungry, Shelton broke into the house of a friend who dealt weed\u2014and who kept his stash at home. Shelton planned to steal the drugs and sell them. But he lingered too long, eating sandwiches and drinking beer. He was caught and charged with burglary. The mandatory sentence for that crime was between one and five years. The judge gave Shelton four. From 16 to 18, Shelton lived in Georgetown, Kentucky, a dry county with a handful of bootleg businesses. He got by with petty crime\u2014stealing things and trading them for cash. At night, he slept in a bootlegging den. \u201cSitting down at a dinner table with my head on my arms for rest at night,\u201d he says. By the time he turned 18, Shelton had not seen David for four years.   By his 19th birthday, Shelton was in prison again for a minor crime\u2014but he broke out. \u201cI climbed this 16-foot-high razor-wire fence and escaped,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cI was caught less than three or four hours later.\u201d For that, a judge added three years to his sentence, for a new total of seven years. The maximum-security prison he was then sent to had two 16-foot-high razor-wire fences back to back and gun towers around the perimeter.   Shelton reimagines the scene in disbelief: \u201cI come in a petty criminal, but now I\u2019m incarcerated with people with every level and degree of charges.\u201d He served at Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex, known as the \u201cPink Palace\u201d because of its paint job. Inside, the building was organized into two halves, each housing about 1,000 inmates. The two sets rarely mix, but they can see one another through thick glass partitions. On occasion, some of them might run into each other in the library or medical area. One day in the cafeteria, as he was pushing his tray down the food line, someone caught his eye. \u201cAcross from me, it\u2019s the first time in almost five years that I\u2019ve seen my biological brother David,\u201d he says. \u201cYou can\u2019t really put that in words, what that\u2019s like, to look across and see your brother through glass.\u201d Through improvised sign language, they arranged to meet. \u201cMy brother was in there for murder at 19 years old,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe had murdered a man who had tried to steal his drugs from him. It was a drug deal gone bad. He fought his case completely himself.\u201d As Shelton tells it, the judge wouldn\u2019t allow David to represent himself alone and assigned him an attorney, but David took the lead and eventually got his charge reduced to manslaughter and a 10-year sentence. The two brothers were able to move into a cell together. \u201cIt was awkward and strained and still is to this day,\u201d Shelton says of the adjustment to one another after such a long absence. Shelton says it felt more like being half-brothers, and they would often even refer to one another as \u201cbrothers from different fathers.\u201d   Being brothers also had an unexpected consequence. \u201cIt actually increased the potential for violence, because were somebody to have a beef with me, now they understand that my brother was there,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cYou have to know that you\u2019re going to fight my brother and me. Then you need to go get a couple of people, and then that turns into maybe a gang.\u201d But that kind of escalation also put the differences between the two brothers into sharp relief. David may have been in for the more violent and serious crime, but it was Shelton who was into \u201ca bunch of inappropriate activity\u201d in prison. By contrast, David was a \u201cmodel prisoner\u201d who did not fight, who converted to Islam, and changed his name from David to Dawud. \u201cI was playing poker and gambling and being involved,\u201d says Shelton. \u201cIf anybody smuggled in any kind of drugs, I wanted in on it\u2014maybe not to use it as much as to sell it. [David] wasn\u2019t. I kind of brought more drama his way than he would have anticipated.\u201d David also ended up leaving prison before his younger brother, because Shelton compounded his sentence by constantly getting into trouble while in custody.   At 25, Shelton was finally released from prison. He headed home to Louisville.   The three brothers had become strangers to each other. After decades of personal limbo between foster homes, juvenile institutions, and bouts of incarcerations, the three lost touch. While Shelton and David struggled to create lives they could be proud of, William, who had gone to the special foster program for gifted children, found success. Shelton says that William was \u201colder, wiser, more settled, not having behavior issues.\u201d He got a job and a car. He visited his younger brothers when he could. Once William surprised Shelton by bringing a young girl along with him on a prison visit; she was their youngest sibling, a child their mother had had after being released from prison herself.     William tried to be there for his brothers. He hired an attorney for Shelton and paid the legal fees. But the circumstances would prove overwhelming, even for a committed older brother. \u201cHe really became very dismayed,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe gave up, because he tried so hard.\u201d But it\u2019s hard to help someone when they won\u2019t help themselves. \u201cThe pressure was always on Will to be some kind of father figure,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe never could do it to the level that he put on himself and maybe even the level we put on him.\u201d Shelton recalled his brother trying to offer support to David and himself while also attempting to get close to the new sister who had appeared in their lives. \u201cIt was just too much for him,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe\u2019s this guy trying to weave all of these things together.\u201d   William ended up leaving the United States for a while. He lived in multiple places, including the Netherlands and London. \u201cHim traveling internationally and getting away from it all was, for him, probably the best thing he could have done, because we were real selfish,\u201d Shelton says. Even from across an ocean, William\u2019s brothers still demanded much from him. \u201cMy letters to him were all about \u2018I need money for this, I need money for that,\u2019 with no idea what I was asking a young man to provide. I really wanted him to be my father. I wanted him to provide just as if a father or my mother would provide to me.\u201d   Today, William is a music producer and entrepreneur with his own business. Both David and Shelton are fathers, but David struggles with addiction. Maybe the good behavior in prison and the conversion to Islam were not enough to fill the void that a troubled life had left him with. \u201cNow the roles have changed,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe actually tells relatives of mine that he\u2019s younger than me. The role has turned into me being this older brother to him.\u201d He worries about David constantly. \u201cHe\u2019s stuck. He\u2019s stuck. My brother will reference what happened in 1983 as if that\u2019s justification for why he\u2019s at the hospital witnessing the birth of his baby six months early and yet he\u2019s asking me for $5 for gas money.\u201d David seems to be \u201cnot healing, not overcoming, not being able to rewrite the narrative of his story, and really being stuck in his resentful, bitter state,\u201d Shelton says. That wisdom has been hard to come by for Shelton. After cycling through the foster-care system from the time he was 4, and then rotating through the correctional system from age 18 to 27, Shelton was left with a fractured existence, knowing little about the world beyond those institutions. His experiences cemented his belief in the interconnectivity of the foster system and the penal system in the United States. \u201cA lot of my concern is about how that system perpetuates and helps to contribute to the prison-industrial complex,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHow the foster-care system has done that in a really insidious way.\u201d   \u201cI\u2019d been running away from foster homes and trying to get to Louisville my whole life,\u201d he says, looking for a family that didn\u2019t exist\u2014not the way he needed it to. Usually when Shelton ran away as a teenager, he\u2019d be found within three days and be sent back to foster care, back to the system. But during those furtive days of freedom he\u2019d search for his extended family. \u201cI would get a phone book and look up \u2018McElroy,\u2019\u201d he says. \u201cI would say, \u2018Are you a McElroy?\u2019\u201d Nine times out of 10, he heard a stranger on the other end of the line say, \u201cNope, don\u2019t know you.\u201d But once in a while, he\u2019d stumble on a cousin or older relative. When the topic turned to his mother, there was little variation to the answers: \u201cWe don\u2019t know where your mom\u2019s at.\u201d   His mother\u2019s drug addition and mental-health complications contributed to an untenable situation that led to the brothers\u2019 removal. But it didn\u2019t have to be an irrevocable severing. Through William, Shelton saw his mother again while she was raising his half-sister. His mother was receiving appropriate help and had become functional, even successful, and was leading her life instead of falling prey to it. What if they had reconnected earlier? \u201cWe don\u2019t have a system that\u2019s set up that helps people that struggle with mental health. The only way our system knows how to do it is to take their children and not even to look at familial alternatives,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cIn Europe, they never terminate the parents\u2019 rights, never. In the U.S., they terminate the rights.\u201d As a result, he says, there\u2019s a lot of unnecessary hurt, and \u201cevery foster child at 18 is looking for their biological family.\u201d In his late 20s, Shelton recognized that to become a man, he\u2019d have to go it alone. \u201cI started this introspection, this external experience of rebuilding who I was without foster care as the dominating factor, without being a child who had no mother or father\u2014becoming a man who didn\u2019t have that as the catalyst of his life,\u201d he says. \u201cThe only way you do that and you move forward is turning it into some way to help others heal. The pain is there, but as long as you\u2019re healing others in that nexus, you don\u2019t suffer from it. It becomes almost like gold in your hands when you walk toward another person who suffered any atrocity\u2014molestation, incarceration. You just go to them in this genuine way, and you say, \u2018Let me tell you just a snippet about me, so that you identify, and you know that I come from a very similar, horrific background.\u2019\u201d   At age 39, Shelton now has a master\u2019s degree and is a trained counselor. Today, he works at an alcohol-counseling program for recently released inmates. He also does pro bono work with families who \u201chave lost their children to the system\u201d to help them navigate their cases until they are reunited with their kids. He has also worked in the foster-care system itself, helping children redefine the narratives of their lives. His own experiences, of course, are central to his work. \u201cI can connect with you from my pain and also show you my change and make it so that you realize that it\u2019s possible,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cThat\u2019s what my life has been about.\u201d", "essay": "This story makes me so so sad.... As someone who also grew up in the system, I can strongly relate. It's sad that America has not figured out a better and more safe system to handle kid's without parents or with parents who are unfit. A lot of the times, the system is no better, or even worse than the situation kids were in before, and I think this story is a good example of that. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Brothers Behind Bars \u2014  \u201cThe only photograph I had of her, growing up, is from a scrapbook from a social worker,\u201d Shelton McElroy says about his mother, \u201cfrom a visitation that we had at a women\u2019s prison called Pewee Valley.\u201d Shelton and his two brothers grew up careening between one foster home to the next. Their mother had been sentenced to prison when Shelton was just 4 and his brothers were 6 and 8 years old. Neither Shelton nor his brothers were ever adopted, and he sees his and one of his brother\u2019s subsequent prison sentences as extensions of the same state-ward system they grew up in. \u201cWe never came out of it,\u201d he says. \u201cFrom being a ward of the state from 4 to 12, in less than six months, I was a prison ward of the state.\u201d   At first, the brothers were sent to two different foster homes in their hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. \u201cMy earliest memories are of being in this place called the Home of the Innocent,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cI was in a crib with other kids, because they had so many kids, each of us couldn\u2019t have our own crib. It wasn\u2019t with Mom. I do have vague recollections with Mom.\u201d As the youngest of the group, Shelton was allowed to go to the same foster home as his oldest brother, William. Middle-child David went to another foster home alone. About every other week, Shelton would visit him. Later on, when Shelton was 6 years old, the three were assigned together to a foster home in Fort Knox, a military base outside the city. For a time, it seemed possible that the sergeant who\u2019d taken them in might even adopt the three of them together. \u201cWe ended up messing that up,\u201d Shelton says. It came down to a bike. While at a swimming pool on base, David, then 8, stole a bicycle. Shelton jumped on the back, and the two started pedaling away from the pool and toward the sergeant\u2019s house. But the sergeant\u2019s two biological sons jumped out from behind some bushes, catching the two boys with the contraband red-handed. According to Shelton, the sergeant was embarrassed, and he sent the brothers back to the foster-care system. \u201cWe had that happen a lot,\u201d says Shelton. \u201cWe\u2019d go somewhere with particular people being interested in us, maybe 10 times, and then we would get sent away.\u201d As the boys got older, Shelton says, the possibility of being adopted began to fade: \u201cYou get to an age where three black boys are\u2026 there\u2019s really a low probability of anybody taking us. That started to be really apparent to the social workers.\u201d The fact that David had been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and prescribed Ritalin likely did not help his case. William, on the other hand, exhibited no behavioral issues and instead showed musical aptitude and high intelligence. So administrators nominated him for a special foster-care program for promising children. \u201cIf you were in foster care, it was the one place in the whole state of Kentucky that everybody wanted to go,\u201d Shelton says. But he wasn\u2019t so lucky: \u201cI ended up going to a group home for misbehavior.\u201d   After just a few months, he was returned to the foster-care mill. That\u2019s when, on Halloween, Shelton pointed a BB gun at a couple of young girls and demanded they give him their candy. \u201cI was arrested and charged with wanton endangerment,\u201d he says. That would be his first experience in a men\u2019s jail; at the time, there were no separate facilities for juvenile arrestees in Kentucky. Because he was underage, Shelton had to be separated from the general population in the men\u2019s jail until his trial. When he was finally sentenced, he was sent to another group home for a couple of years. Following his release, Shelton ran away from the foster-care system. He was homeless. Desperate and hungry, Shelton broke into the house of a friend who dealt weed\u2014and who kept his stash at home. Shelton planned to steal the drugs and sell them. But he lingered too long, eating sandwiches and drinking beer. He was caught and charged with burglary. The mandatory sentence for that crime was between one and five years. The judge gave Shelton four. From 16 to 18, Shelton lived in Georgetown, Kentucky, a dry county with a handful of bootleg businesses. He got by with petty crime\u2014stealing things and trading them for cash. At night, he slept in a bootlegging den. \u201cSitting down at a dinner table with my head on my arms for rest at night,\u201d he says. By the time he turned 18, Shelton had not seen David for four years.   By his 19th birthday, Shelton was in prison again for a minor crime\u2014but he broke out. \u201cI climbed this 16-foot-high razor-wire fence and escaped,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cI was caught less than three or four hours later.\u201d For that, a judge added three years to his sentence, for a new total of seven years. The maximum-security prison he was then sent to had two 16-foot-high razor-wire fences back to back and gun towers around the perimeter.   Shelton reimagines the scene in disbelief: \u201cI come in a petty criminal, but now I\u2019m incarcerated with people with every level and degree of charges.\u201d He served at Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex, known as the \u201cPink Palace\u201d because of its paint job. Inside, the building was organized into two halves, each housing about 1,000 inmates. The two sets rarely mix, but they can see one another through thick glass partitions. On occasion, some of them might run into each other in the library or medical area. One day in the cafeteria, as he was pushing his tray down the food line, someone caught his eye. \u201cAcross from me, it\u2019s the first time in almost five years that I\u2019ve seen my biological brother David,\u201d he says. \u201cYou can\u2019t really put that in words, what that\u2019s like, to look across and see your brother through glass.\u201d Through improvised sign language, they arranged to meet. \u201cMy brother was in there for murder at 19 years old,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe had murdered a man who had tried to steal his drugs from him. It was a drug deal gone bad. He fought his case completely himself.\u201d As Shelton tells it, the judge wouldn\u2019t allow David to represent himself alone and assigned him an attorney, but David took the lead and eventually got his charge reduced to manslaughter and a 10-year sentence. The two brothers were able to move into a cell together. \u201cIt was awkward and strained and still is to this day,\u201d Shelton says of the adjustment to one another after such a long absence. Shelton says it felt more like being half-brothers, and they would often even refer to one another as \u201cbrothers from different fathers.\u201d   Being brothers also had an unexpected consequence. \u201cIt actually increased the potential for violence, because were somebody to have a beef with me, now they understand that my brother was there,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cYou have to know that you\u2019re going to fight my brother and me. Then you need to go get a couple of people, and then that turns into maybe a gang.\u201d But that kind of escalation also put the differences between the two brothers into sharp relief. David may have been in for the more violent and serious crime, but it was Shelton who was into \u201ca bunch of inappropriate activity\u201d in prison. By contrast, David was a \u201cmodel prisoner\u201d who did not fight, who converted to Islam, and changed his name from David to Dawud. \u201cI was playing poker and gambling and being involved,\u201d says Shelton. \u201cIf anybody smuggled in any kind of drugs, I wanted in on it\u2014maybe not to use it as much as to sell it. [David] wasn\u2019t. I kind of brought more drama his way than he would have anticipated.\u201d David also ended up leaving prison before his younger brother, because Shelton compounded his sentence by constantly getting into trouble while in custody.   At 25, Shelton was finally released from prison. He headed home to Louisville.   The three brothers had become strangers to each other. After decades of personal limbo between foster homes, juvenile institutions, and bouts of incarcerations, the three lost touch. While Shelton and David struggled to create lives they could be proud of, William, who had gone to the special foster program for gifted children, found success. Shelton says that William was \u201colder, wiser, more settled, not having behavior issues.\u201d He got a job and a car. He visited his younger brothers when he could. Once William surprised Shelton by bringing a young girl along with him on a prison visit; she was their youngest sibling, a child their mother had had after being released from prison herself.     William tried to be there for his brothers. He hired an attorney for Shelton and paid the legal fees. But the circumstances would prove overwhelming, even for a committed older brother. \u201cHe really became very dismayed,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe gave up, because he tried so hard.\u201d But it\u2019s hard to help someone when they won\u2019t help themselves. \u201cThe pressure was always on Will to be some kind of father figure,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe never could do it to the level that he put on himself and maybe even the level we put on him.\u201d Shelton recalled his brother trying to offer support to David and himself while also attempting to get close to the new sister who had appeared in their lives. \u201cIt was just too much for him,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe\u2019s this guy trying to weave all of these things together.\u201d   William ended up leaving the United States for a while. He lived in multiple places, including the Netherlands and London. \u201cHim traveling internationally and getting away from it all was, for him, probably the best thing he could have done, because we were real selfish,\u201d Shelton says. Even from across an ocean, William\u2019s brothers still demanded much from him. \u201cMy letters to him were all about \u2018I need money for this, I need money for that,\u2019 with no idea what I was asking a young man to provide. I really wanted him to be my father. I wanted him to provide just as if a father or my mother would provide to me.\u201d   Today, William is a music producer and entrepreneur with his own business. Both David and Shelton are fathers, but David struggles with addiction. Maybe the good behavior in prison and the conversion to Islam were not enough to fill the void that a troubled life had left him with. \u201cNow the roles have changed,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe actually tells relatives of mine that he\u2019s younger than me. The role has turned into me being this older brother to him.\u201d He worries about David constantly. \u201cHe\u2019s stuck. He\u2019s stuck. My brother will reference what happened in 1983 as if that\u2019s justification for why he\u2019s at the hospital witnessing the birth of his baby six months early and yet he\u2019s asking me for $5 for gas money.\u201d David seems to be \u201cnot healing, not overcoming, not being able to rewrite the narrative of his story, and really being stuck in his resentful, bitter state,\u201d Shelton says. That wisdom has been hard to come by for Shelton. After cycling through the foster-care system from the time he was 4, and then rotating through the correctional system from age 18 to 27, Shelton was left with a fractured existence, knowing little about the world beyond those institutions. His experiences cemented his belief in the interconnectivity of the foster system and the penal system in the United States. \u201cA lot of my concern is about how that system perpetuates and helps to contribute to the prison-industrial complex,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHow the foster-care system has done that in a really insidious way.\u201d   \u201cI\u2019d been running away from foster homes and trying to get to Louisville my whole life,\u201d he says, looking for a family that didn\u2019t exist\u2014not the way he needed it to. Usually when Shelton ran away as a teenager, he\u2019d be found within three days and be sent back to foster care, back to the system. But during those furtive days of freedom he\u2019d search for his extended family. \u201cI would get a phone book and look up \u2018McElroy,\u2019\u201d he says. \u201cI would say, \u2018Are you a McElroy?\u2019\u201d Nine times out of 10, he heard a stranger on the other end of the line say, \u201cNope, don\u2019t know you.\u201d But once in a while, he\u2019d stumble on a cousin or older relative. When the topic turned to his mother, there was little variation to the answers: \u201cWe don\u2019t know where your mom\u2019s at.\u201d   His mother\u2019s drug addition and mental-health complications contributed to an untenable situation that led to the brothers\u2019 removal. But it didn\u2019t have to be an irrevocable severing. Through William, Shelton saw his mother again while she was raising his half-sister. His mother was receiving appropriate help and had become functional, even successful, and was leading her life instead of falling prey to it. What if they had reconnected earlier? \u201cWe don\u2019t have a system that\u2019s set up that helps people that struggle with mental health. The only way our system knows how to do it is to take their children and not even to look at familial alternatives,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cIn Europe, they never terminate the parents\u2019 rights, never. In the U.S., they terminate the rights.\u201d As a result, he says, there\u2019s a lot of unnecessary hurt, and \u201cevery foster child at 18 is looking for their biological family.\u201d In his late 20s, Shelton recognized that to become a man, he\u2019d have to go it alone. \u201cI started this introspection, this external experience of rebuilding who I was without foster care as the dominating factor, without being a child who had no mother or father\u2014becoming a man who didn\u2019t have that as the catalyst of his life,\u201d he says. \u201cThe only way you do that and you move forward is turning it into some way to help others heal. The pain is there, but as long as you\u2019re healing others in that nexus, you don\u2019t suffer from it. It becomes almost like gold in your hands when you walk toward another person who suffered any atrocity\u2014molestation, incarceration. You just go to them in this genuine way, and you say, \u2018Let me tell you just a snippet about me, so that you identify, and you know that I come from a very similar, horrific background.\u2019\u201d   At age 39, Shelton now has a master\u2019s degree and is a trained counselor. Today, he works at an alcohol-counseling program for recently released inmates. He also does pro bono work with families who \u201chave lost their children to the system\u201d to help them navigate their cases until they are reunited with their kids. He has also worked in the foster-care system itself, helping children redefine the narratives of their lives. His own experiences, of course, are central to his work. \u201cI can connect with you from my pain and also show you my change and make it so that you realize that it\u2019s possible,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cThat\u2019s what my life has been about.\u201d", "essay": "It sounds like these boys had a really rough life.  I do think we all have personal responsibility for our choices at the end of the day though.  Even though you might have it rough, ultimately it is up to you to decide to break the law or use drugs or not.  So they had free will too and could have exercised that.  Regardless, it is still sad that they went through a rough childhood.  Nobody should have to endure that and kids are the saddest victims."}
{"user_id": "ec_p054", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Brothers Behind Bars \u2014  \u201cThe only photograph I had of her, growing up, is from a scrapbook from a social worker,\u201d Shelton McElroy says about his mother, \u201cfrom a visitation that we had at a women\u2019s prison called Pewee Valley.\u201d Shelton and his two brothers grew up careening between one foster home to the next. Their mother had been sentenced to prison when Shelton was just 4 and his brothers were 6 and 8 years old. Neither Shelton nor his brothers were ever adopted, and he sees his and one of his brother\u2019s subsequent prison sentences as extensions of the same state-ward system they grew up in. \u201cWe never came out of it,\u201d he says. \u201cFrom being a ward of the state from 4 to 12, in less than six months, I was a prison ward of the state.\u201d   At first, the brothers were sent to two different foster homes in their hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. \u201cMy earliest memories are of being in this place called the Home of the Innocent,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cI was in a crib with other kids, because they had so many kids, each of us couldn\u2019t have our own crib. It wasn\u2019t with Mom. I do have vague recollections with Mom.\u201d As the youngest of the group, Shelton was allowed to go to the same foster home as his oldest brother, William. Middle-child David went to another foster home alone. About every other week, Shelton would visit him. Later on, when Shelton was 6 years old, the three were assigned together to a foster home in Fort Knox, a military base outside the city. For a time, it seemed possible that the sergeant who\u2019d taken them in might even adopt the three of them together. \u201cWe ended up messing that up,\u201d Shelton says. It came down to a bike. While at a swimming pool on base, David, then 8, stole a bicycle. Shelton jumped on the back, and the two started pedaling away from the pool and toward the sergeant\u2019s house. But the sergeant\u2019s two biological sons jumped out from behind some bushes, catching the two boys with the contraband red-handed. According to Shelton, the sergeant was embarrassed, and he sent the brothers back to the foster-care system. \u201cWe had that happen a lot,\u201d says Shelton. \u201cWe\u2019d go somewhere with particular people being interested in us, maybe 10 times, and then we would get sent away.\u201d As the boys got older, Shelton says, the possibility of being adopted began to fade: \u201cYou get to an age where three black boys are\u2026 there\u2019s really a low probability of anybody taking us. That started to be really apparent to the social workers.\u201d The fact that David had been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and prescribed Ritalin likely did not help his case. William, on the other hand, exhibited no behavioral issues and instead showed musical aptitude and high intelligence. So administrators nominated him for a special foster-care program for promising children. \u201cIf you were in foster care, it was the one place in the whole state of Kentucky that everybody wanted to go,\u201d Shelton says. But he wasn\u2019t so lucky: \u201cI ended up going to a group home for misbehavior.\u201d   After just a few months, he was returned to the foster-care mill. That\u2019s when, on Halloween, Shelton pointed a BB gun at a couple of young girls and demanded they give him their candy. \u201cI was arrested and charged with wanton endangerment,\u201d he says. That would be his first experience in a men\u2019s jail; at the time, there were no separate facilities for juvenile arrestees in Kentucky. Because he was underage, Shelton had to be separated from the general population in the men\u2019s jail until his trial. When he was finally sentenced, he was sent to another group home for a couple of years. Following his release, Shelton ran away from the foster-care system. He was homeless. Desperate and hungry, Shelton broke into the house of a friend who dealt weed\u2014and who kept his stash at home. Shelton planned to steal the drugs and sell them. But he lingered too long, eating sandwiches and drinking beer. He was caught and charged with burglary. The mandatory sentence for that crime was between one and five years. The judge gave Shelton four. From 16 to 18, Shelton lived in Georgetown, Kentucky, a dry county with a handful of bootleg businesses. He got by with petty crime\u2014stealing things and trading them for cash. At night, he slept in a bootlegging den. \u201cSitting down at a dinner table with my head on my arms for rest at night,\u201d he says. By the time he turned 18, Shelton had not seen David for four years.   By his 19th birthday, Shelton was in prison again for a minor crime\u2014but he broke out. \u201cI climbed this 16-foot-high razor-wire fence and escaped,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cI was caught less than three or four hours later.\u201d For that, a judge added three years to his sentence, for a new total of seven years. The maximum-security prison he was then sent to had two 16-foot-high razor-wire fences back to back and gun towers around the perimeter.   Shelton reimagines the scene in disbelief: \u201cI come in a petty criminal, but now I\u2019m incarcerated with people with every level and degree of charges.\u201d He served at Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex, known as the \u201cPink Palace\u201d because of its paint job. Inside, the building was organized into two halves, each housing about 1,000 inmates. The two sets rarely mix, but they can see one another through thick glass partitions. On occasion, some of them might run into each other in the library or medical area. One day in the cafeteria, as he was pushing his tray down the food line, someone caught his eye. \u201cAcross from me, it\u2019s the first time in almost five years that I\u2019ve seen my biological brother David,\u201d he says. \u201cYou can\u2019t really put that in words, what that\u2019s like, to look across and see your brother through glass.\u201d Through improvised sign language, they arranged to meet. \u201cMy brother was in there for murder at 19 years old,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe had murdered a man who had tried to steal his drugs from him. It was a drug deal gone bad. He fought his case completely himself.\u201d As Shelton tells it, the judge wouldn\u2019t allow David to represent himself alone and assigned him an attorney, but David took the lead and eventually got his charge reduced to manslaughter and a 10-year sentence. The two brothers were able to move into a cell together. \u201cIt was awkward and strained and still is to this day,\u201d Shelton says of the adjustment to one another after such a long absence. Shelton says it felt more like being half-brothers, and they would often even refer to one another as \u201cbrothers from different fathers.\u201d   Being brothers also had an unexpected consequence. \u201cIt actually increased the potential for violence, because were somebody to have a beef with me, now they understand that my brother was there,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cYou have to know that you\u2019re going to fight my brother and me. Then you need to go get a couple of people, and then that turns into maybe a gang.\u201d But that kind of escalation also put the differences between the two brothers into sharp relief. David may have been in for the more violent and serious crime, but it was Shelton who was into \u201ca bunch of inappropriate activity\u201d in prison. By contrast, David was a \u201cmodel prisoner\u201d who did not fight, who converted to Islam, and changed his name from David to Dawud. \u201cI was playing poker and gambling and being involved,\u201d says Shelton. \u201cIf anybody smuggled in any kind of drugs, I wanted in on it\u2014maybe not to use it as much as to sell it. [David] wasn\u2019t. I kind of brought more drama his way than he would have anticipated.\u201d David also ended up leaving prison before his younger brother, because Shelton compounded his sentence by constantly getting into trouble while in custody.   At 25, Shelton was finally released from prison. He headed home to Louisville.   The three brothers had become strangers to each other. After decades of personal limbo between foster homes, juvenile institutions, and bouts of incarcerations, the three lost touch. While Shelton and David struggled to create lives they could be proud of, William, who had gone to the special foster program for gifted children, found success. Shelton says that William was \u201colder, wiser, more settled, not having behavior issues.\u201d He got a job and a car. He visited his younger brothers when he could. Once William surprised Shelton by bringing a young girl along with him on a prison visit; she was their youngest sibling, a child their mother had had after being released from prison herself.     William tried to be there for his brothers. He hired an attorney for Shelton and paid the legal fees. But the circumstances would prove overwhelming, even for a committed older brother. \u201cHe really became very dismayed,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe gave up, because he tried so hard.\u201d But it\u2019s hard to help someone when they won\u2019t help themselves. \u201cThe pressure was always on Will to be some kind of father figure,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe never could do it to the level that he put on himself and maybe even the level we put on him.\u201d Shelton recalled his brother trying to offer support to David and himself while also attempting to get close to the new sister who had appeared in their lives. \u201cIt was just too much for him,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe\u2019s this guy trying to weave all of these things together.\u201d   William ended up leaving the United States for a while. He lived in multiple places, including the Netherlands and London. \u201cHim traveling internationally and getting away from it all was, for him, probably the best thing he could have done, because we were real selfish,\u201d Shelton says. Even from across an ocean, William\u2019s brothers still demanded much from him. \u201cMy letters to him were all about \u2018I need money for this, I need money for that,\u2019 with no idea what I was asking a young man to provide. I really wanted him to be my father. I wanted him to provide just as if a father or my mother would provide to me.\u201d   Today, William is a music producer and entrepreneur with his own business. Both David and Shelton are fathers, but David struggles with addiction. Maybe the good behavior in prison and the conversion to Islam were not enough to fill the void that a troubled life had left him with. \u201cNow the roles have changed,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe actually tells relatives of mine that he\u2019s younger than me. The role has turned into me being this older brother to him.\u201d He worries about David constantly. \u201cHe\u2019s stuck. He\u2019s stuck. My brother will reference what happened in 1983 as if that\u2019s justification for why he\u2019s at the hospital witnessing the birth of his baby six months early and yet he\u2019s asking me for $5 for gas money.\u201d David seems to be \u201cnot healing, not overcoming, not being able to rewrite the narrative of his story, and really being stuck in his resentful, bitter state,\u201d Shelton says. That wisdom has been hard to come by for Shelton. After cycling through the foster-care system from the time he was 4, and then rotating through the correctional system from age 18 to 27, Shelton was left with a fractured existence, knowing little about the world beyond those institutions. His experiences cemented his belief in the interconnectivity of the foster system and the penal system in the United States. \u201cA lot of my concern is about how that system perpetuates and helps to contribute to the prison-industrial complex,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHow the foster-care system has done that in a really insidious way.\u201d   \u201cI\u2019d been running away from foster homes and trying to get to Louisville my whole life,\u201d he says, looking for a family that didn\u2019t exist\u2014not the way he needed it to. Usually when Shelton ran away as a teenager, he\u2019d be found within three days and be sent back to foster care, back to the system. But during those furtive days of freedom he\u2019d search for his extended family. \u201cI would get a phone book and look up \u2018McElroy,\u2019\u201d he says. \u201cI would say, \u2018Are you a McElroy?\u2019\u201d Nine times out of 10, he heard a stranger on the other end of the line say, \u201cNope, don\u2019t know you.\u201d But once in a while, he\u2019d stumble on a cousin or older relative. When the topic turned to his mother, there was little variation to the answers: \u201cWe don\u2019t know where your mom\u2019s at.\u201d   His mother\u2019s drug addition and mental-health complications contributed to an untenable situation that led to the brothers\u2019 removal. But it didn\u2019t have to be an irrevocable severing. Through William, Shelton saw his mother again while she was raising his half-sister. His mother was receiving appropriate help and had become functional, even successful, and was leading her life instead of falling prey to it. What if they had reconnected earlier? \u201cWe don\u2019t have a system that\u2019s set up that helps people that struggle with mental health. The only way our system knows how to do it is to take their children and not even to look at familial alternatives,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cIn Europe, they never terminate the parents\u2019 rights, never. In the U.S., they terminate the rights.\u201d As a result, he says, there\u2019s a lot of unnecessary hurt, and \u201cevery foster child at 18 is looking for their biological family.\u201d In his late 20s, Shelton recognized that to become a man, he\u2019d have to go it alone. \u201cI started this introspection, this external experience of rebuilding who I was without foster care as the dominating factor, without being a child who had no mother or father\u2014becoming a man who didn\u2019t have that as the catalyst of his life,\u201d he says. \u201cThe only way you do that and you move forward is turning it into some way to help others heal. The pain is there, but as long as you\u2019re healing others in that nexus, you don\u2019t suffer from it. It becomes almost like gold in your hands when you walk toward another person who suffered any atrocity\u2014molestation, incarceration. You just go to them in this genuine way, and you say, \u2018Let me tell you just a snippet about me, so that you identify, and you know that I come from a very similar, horrific background.\u2019\u201d   At age 39, Shelton now has a master\u2019s degree and is a trained counselor. Today, he works at an alcohol-counseling program for recently released inmates. He also does pro bono work with families who \u201chave lost their children to the system\u201d to help them navigate their cases until they are reunited with their kids. He has also worked in the foster-care system itself, helping children redefine the narratives of their lives. His own experiences, of course, are central to his work. \u201cI can connect with you from my pain and also show you my change and make it so that you realize that it\u2019s possible,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cThat\u2019s what my life has been about.\u201d", "essay": "This is a tragic and sad story about how some children can experience the foster care system. Shelton bounced from one home to another, getting into trouble along the way, before beginning a life of crime and going to prison as a young adult and then as an adult. Given the way he was raised, it is almost impossible to imagine an alternate ending."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Brothers Behind Bars \u2014  \u201cThe only photograph I had of her, growing up, is from a scrapbook from a social worker,\u201d Shelton McElroy says about his mother, \u201cfrom a visitation that we had at a women\u2019s prison called Pewee Valley.\u201d Shelton and his two brothers grew up careening between one foster home to the next. Their mother had been sentenced to prison when Shelton was just 4 and his brothers were 6 and 8 years old. Neither Shelton nor his brothers were ever adopted, and he sees his and one of his brother\u2019s subsequent prison sentences as extensions of the same state-ward system they grew up in. \u201cWe never came out of it,\u201d he says. \u201cFrom being a ward of the state from 4 to 12, in less than six months, I was a prison ward of the state.\u201d   At first, the brothers were sent to two different foster homes in their hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. \u201cMy earliest memories are of being in this place called the Home of the Innocent,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cI was in a crib with other kids, because they had so many kids, each of us couldn\u2019t have our own crib. It wasn\u2019t with Mom. I do have vague recollections with Mom.\u201d As the youngest of the group, Shelton was allowed to go to the same foster home as his oldest brother, William. Middle-child David went to another foster home alone. About every other week, Shelton would visit him. Later on, when Shelton was 6 years old, the three were assigned together to a foster home in Fort Knox, a military base outside the city. For a time, it seemed possible that the sergeant who\u2019d taken them in might even adopt the three of them together. \u201cWe ended up messing that up,\u201d Shelton says. It came down to a bike. While at a swimming pool on base, David, then 8, stole a bicycle. Shelton jumped on the back, and the two started pedaling away from the pool and toward the sergeant\u2019s house. But the sergeant\u2019s two biological sons jumped out from behind some bushes, catching the two boys with the contraband red-handed. According to Shelton, the sergeant was embarrassed, and he sent the brothers back to the foster-care system. \u201cWe had that happen a lot,\u201d says Shelton. \u201cWe\u2019d go somewhere with particular people being interested in us, maybe 10 times, and then we would get sent away.\u201d As the boys got older, Shelton says, the possibility of being adopted began to fade: \u201cYou get to an age where three black boys are\u2026 there\u2019s really a low probability of anybody taking us. That started to be really apparent to the social workers.\u201d The fact that David had been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and prescribed Ritalin likely did not help his case. William, on the other hand, exhibited no behavioral issues and instead showed musical aptitude and high intelligence. So administrators nominated him for a special foster-care program for promising children. \u201cIf you were in foster care, it was the one place in the whole state of Kentucky that everybody wanted to go,\u201d Shelton says. But he wasn\u2019t so lucky: \u201cI ended up going to a group home for misbehavior.\u201d   After just a few months, he was returned to the foster-care mill. That\u2019s when, on Halloween, Shelton pointed a BB gun at a couple of young girls and demanded they give him their candy. \u201cI was arrested and charged with wanton endangerment,\u201d he says. That would be his first experience in a men\u2019s jail; at the time, there were no separate facilities for juvenile arrestees in Kentucky. Because he was underage, Shelton had to be separated from the general population in the men\u2019s jail until his trial. When he was finally sentenced, he was sent to another group home for a couple of years. Following his release, Shelton ran away from the foster-care system. He was homeless. Desperate and hungry, Shelton broke into the house of a friend who dealt weed\u2014and who kept his stash at home. Shelton planned to steal the drugs and sell them. But he lingered too long, eating sandwiches and drinking beer. He was caught and charged with burglary. The mandatory sentence for that crime was between one and five years. The judge gave Shelton four. From 16 to 18, Shelton lived in Georgetown, Kentucky, a dry county with a handful of bootleg businesses. He got by with petty crime\u2014stealing things and trading them for cash. At night, he slept in a bootlegging den. \u201cSitting down at a dinner table with my head on my arms for rest at night,\u201d he says. By the time he turned 18, Shelton had not seen David for four years.   By his 19th birthday, Shelton was in prison again for a minor crime\u2014but he broke out. \u201cI climbed this 16-foot-high razor-wire fence and escaped,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cI was caught less than three or four hours later.\u201d For that, a judge added three years to his sentence, for a new total of seven years. The maximum-security prison he was then sent to had two 16-foot-high razor-wire fences back to back and gun towers around the perimeter.   Shelton reimagines the scene in disbelief: \u201cI come in a petty criminal, but now I\u2019m incarcerated with people with every level and degree of charges.\u201d He served at Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex, known as the \u201cPink Palace\u201d because of its paint job. Inside, the building was organized into two halves, each housing about 1,000 inmates. The two sets rarely mix, but they can see one another through thick glass partitions. On occasion, some of them might run into each other in the library or medical area. One day in the cafeteria, as he was pushing his tray down the food line, someone caught his eye. \u201cAcross from me, it\u2019s the first time in almost five years that I\u2019ve seen my biological brother David,\u201d he says. \u201cYou can\u2019t really put that in words, what that\u2019s like, to look across and see your brother through glass.\u201d Through improvised sign language, they arranged to meet. \u201cMy brother was in there for murder at 19 years old,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe had murdered a man who had tried to steal his drugs from him. It was a drug deal gone bad. He fought his case completely himself.\u201d As Shelton tells it, the judge wouldn\u2019t allow David to represent himself alone and assigned him an attorney, but David took the lead and eventually got his charge reduced to manslaughter and a 10-year sentence. The two brothers were able to move into a cell together. \u201cIt was awkward and strained and still is to this day,\u201d Shelton says of the adjustment to one another after such a long absence. Shelton says it felt more like being half-brothers, and they would often even refer to one another as \u201cbrothers from different fathers.\u201d   Being brothers also had an unexpected consequence. \u201cIt actually increased the potential for violence, because were somebody to have a beef with me, now they understand that my brother was there,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cYou have to know that you\u2019re going to fight my brother and me. Then you need to go get a couple of people, and then that turns into maybe a gang.\u201d But that kind of escalation also put the differences between the two brothers into sharp relief. David may have been in for the more violent and serious crime, but it was Shelton who was into \u201ca bunch of inappropriate activity\u201d in prison. By contrast, David was a \u201cmodel prisoner\u201d who did not fight, who converted to Islam, and changed his name from David to Dawud. \u201cI was playing poker and gambling and being involved,\u201d says Shelton. \u201cIf anybody smuggled in any kind of drugs, I wanted in on it\u2014maybe not to use it as much as to sell it. [David] wasn\u2019t. I kind of brought more drama his way than he would have anticipated.\u201d David also ended up leaving prison before his younger brother, because Shelton compounded his sentence by constantly getting into trouble while in custody.   At 25, Shelton was finally released from prison. He headed home to Louisville.   The three brothers had become strangers to each other. After decades of personal limbo between foster homes, juvenile institutions, and bouts of incarcerations, the three lost touch. While Shelton and David struggled to create lives they could be proud of, William, who had gone to the special foster program for gifted children, found success. Shelton says that William was \u201colder, wiser, more settled, not having behavior issues.\u201d He got a job and a car. He visited his younger brothers when he could. Once William surprised Shelton by bringing a young girl along with him on a prison visit; she was their youngest sibling, a child their mother had had after being released from prison herself.     William tried to be there for his brothers. He hired an attorney for Shelton and paid the legal fees. But the circumstances would prove overwhelming, even for a committed older brother. \u201cHe really became very dismayed,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe gave up, because he tried so hard.\u201d But it\u2019s hard to help someone when they won\u2019t help themselves. \u201cThe pressure was always on Will to be some kind of father figure,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe never could do it to the level that he put on himself and maybe even the level we put on him.\u201d Shelton recalled his brother trying to offer support to David and himself while also attempting to get close to the new sister who had appeared in their lives. \u201cIt was just too much for him,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe\u2019s this guy trying to weave all of these things together.\u201d   William ended up leaving the United States for a while. He lived in multiple places, including the Netherlands and London. \u201cHim traveling internationally and getting away from it all was, for him, probably the best thing he could have done, because we were real selfish,\u201d Shelton says. Even from across an ocean, William\u2019s brothers still demanded much from him. \u201cMy letters to him were all about \u2018I need money for this, I need money for that,\u2019 with no idea what I was asking a young man to provide. I really wanted him to be my father. I wanted him to provide just as if a father or my mother would provide to me.\u201d   Today, William is a music producer and entrepreneur with his own business. Both David and Shelton are fathers, but David struggles with addiction. Maybe the good behavior in prison and the conversion to Islam were not enough to fill the void that a troubled life had left him with. \u201cNow the roles have changed,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe actually tells relatives of mine that he\u2019s younger than me. The role has turned into me being this older brother to him.\u201d He worries about David constantly. \u201cHe\u2019s stuck. He\u2019s stuck. My brother will reference what happened in 1983 as if that\u2019s justification for why he\u2019s at the hospital witnessing the birth of his baby six months early and yet he\u2019s asking me for $5 for gas money.\u201d David seems to be \u201cnot healing, not overcoming, not being able to rewrite the narrative of his story, and really being stuck in his resentful, bitter state,\u201d Shelton says. That wisdom has been hard to come by for Shelton. After cycling through the foster-care system from the time he was 4, and then rotating through the correctional system from age 18 to 27, Shelton was left with a fractured existence, knowing little about the world beyond those institutions. His experiences cemented his belief in the interconnectivity of the foster system and the penal system in the United States. \u201cA lot of my concern is about how that system perpetuates and helps to contribute to the prison-industrial complex,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHow the foster-care system has done that in a really insidious way.\u201d   \u201cI\u2019d been running away from foster homes and trying to get to Louisville my whole life,\u201d he says, looking for a family that didn\u2019t exist\u2014not the way he needed it to. Usually when Shelton ran away as a teenager, he\u2019d be found within three days and be sent back to foster care, back to the system. But during those furtive days of freedom he\u2019d search for his extended family. \u201cI would get a phone book and look up \u2018McElroy,\u2019\u201d he says. \u201cI would say, \u2018Are you a McElroy?\u2019\u201d Nine times out of 10, he heard a stranger on the other end of the line say, \u201cNope, don\u2019t know you.\u201d But once in a while, he\u2019d stumble on a cousin or older relative. When the topic turned to his mother, there was little variation to the answers: \u201cWe don\u2019t know where your mom\u2019s at.\u201d   His mother\u2019s drug addition and mental-health complications contributed to an untenable situation that led to the brothers\u2019 removal. But it didn\u2019t have to be an irrevocable severing. Through William, Shelton saw his mother again while she was raising his half-sister. His mother was receiving appropriate help and had become functional, even successful, and was leading her life instead of falling prey to it. What if they had reconnected earlier? \u201cWe don\u2019t have a system that\u2019s set up that helps people that struggle with mental health. The only way our system knows how to do it is to take their children and not even to look at familial alternatives,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cIn Europe, they never terminate the parents\u2019 rights, never. In the U.S., they terminate the rights.\u201d As a result, he says, there\u2019s a lot of unnecessary hurt, and \u201cevery foster child at 18 is looking for their biological family.\u201d In his late 20s, Shelton recognized that to become a man, he\u2019d have to go it alone. \u201cI started this introspection, this external experience of rebuilding who I was without foster care as the dominating factor, without being a child who had no mother or father\u2014becoming a man who didn\u2019t have that as the catalyst of his life,\u201d he says. \u201cThe only way you do that and you move forward is turning it into some way to help others heal. The pain is there, but as long as you\u2019re healing others in that nexus, you don\u2019t suffer from it. It becomes almost like gold in your hands when you walk toward another person who suffered any atrocity\u2014molestation, incarceration. You just go to them in this genuine way, and you say, \u2018Let me tell you just a snippet about me, so that you identify, and you know that I come from a very similar, horrific background.\u2019\u201d   At age 39, Shelton now has a master\u2019s degree and is a trained counselor. Today, he works at an alcohol-counseling program for recently released inmates. He also does pro bono work with families who \u201chave lost their children to the system\u201d to help them navigate their cases until they are reunited with their kids. He has also worked in the foster-care system itself, helping children redefine the narratives of their lives. His own experiences, of course, are central to his work. \u201cI can connect with you from my pain and also show you my change and make it so that you realize that it\u2019s possible,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cThat\u2019s what my life has been about.\u201d", "essay": "After reading the article, my first reaction and feeling is that i feel really bad for the brothers. I feel like people their age should not have to be locked inside a jail cell. They should be out in the world improving themselves and being normal people. It's also really sad for the family members of these brothers as well because they are probably all suffering and worrying."}
{"user_id": "ec_p043", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 27000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 3.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 27000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 3.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "The human and animal costs of India's unregulated coal industry \u2014  India is one of the largest producers of coal in the world and more than half of its commercial energy needs are met by coal. But unregulated mining has caused serious health and environmental issues, and led to growing conflicts between elephants and humans. In the coal-rich central state of Chhattisgarh, for example, fly ash has caused respiratory problems and serious illnesses like tuberculosis among people, but their troubles don't end there. Forests are being cleared for coal mining and wild elephants are entering villages in search of food and attacking people. Photojournalist Subrata Biswas has documented the fallout of India's dependence on coal. \"As thousands of acres of forest land are destroyed to mining, foraging elephants attracted by the crops in the fields often enter villages, resulting in an alarmingly high number of human-elephant conflict situations,\" says Biswas. Officials estimate elephants have been responsible for 8,657 incidents of property damage and 99,152 incidents of crop damage in Chhattisgarh between 2005 and 2014. \"We were sleeping when the elephants broke into our room. Somehow we managed to escape but I fractured my left leg when a large part of the wall fell on my leg. My husband saved my life,\" says Rujri Khalkho, 70, whose home was damaged by a herd of wild elephants almost a year ago. A compensation of 10,000 rupees ($149; \u00a3114) has not been enough to repair her house or pay for her medical care. Deaths of elephants due to electrocution have become common in the state. In Dharamjaigarh, the most affected area, officials have recorded 30 elephant and 75 human deaths so far. In 2009, Kanti Bai Sau, 40, lost her home and farm to an open-cast coal mine. She was promised compensation of 200,000 rupees ($2,980; \u00a32,290) and a job to a family member, but received neither. Her son died last year of respiratory complications. \"There is no fresh air to breath, fresh water to drink. Coal has usurped everything here.\" \"We lived next to this mine for almost 10 years and watched helplessly as our wells went dry, forests disappeared and fields become unproductive,\" says Girja Bai Chauhan. \"We have lost almost eight acres of our fields to the mine and authorities haven't fulfilled a single promise they made while acquiring land. They sent us into a dark future and unhealthy environment to live and breathe in.\" Pipelines carry fly ash slurry from a local thermal power power plant in Korba to a fly ash pond. Environment activists say that every year approximately 50 million tonnes of fly ash is generated by power plants in Chhattishgarh but not even the half of this amount have been reutilized to reduce the pollution from fly ash. Fly ash is known to contain trace elements such as arsenic, barium and mercury among others, and unlined ponds like this could be polluting groundwater by leaching. \"The ash is everywhere. When the wind blows, everything is coated with a layer of white grey ash. The road, ponds, our houses, sometimes even our spectacles get coated with a fine layer of the ash,\" says Biswas. Rohit Rathia, 55, suffers from tuberculosis. He lives in a village next to an open cast mine where lung diseases such as coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), silicosis and tuberculosis have become common ailments.", "essay": "I didn't know coal mining had such adverse effects on the surrounding environment. It has basically ruined the lives of the people who live nearby these mines. And the animal populations too, imagine a heard of elephants not able to sustain themselves with the food available and needing to invade human territory...They must really be in a desperate situation. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p037", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 52000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 52000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "The human and animal costs of India's unregulated coal industry \u2014  India is one of the largest producers of coal in the world and more than half of its commercial energy needs are met by coal. But unregulated mining has caused serious health and environmental issues, and led to growing conflicts between elephants and humans. In the coal-rich central state of Chhattisgarh, for example, fly ash has caused respiratory problems and serious illnesses like tuberculosis among people, but their troubles don't end there. Forests are being cleared for coal mining and wild elephants are entering villages in search of food and attacking people. Photojournalist Subrata Biswas has documented the fallout of India's dependence on coal. \"As thousands of acres of forest land are destroyed to mining, foraging elephants attracted by the crops in the fields often enter villages, resulting in an alarmingly high number of human-elephant conflict situations,\" says Biswas. Officials estimate elephants have been responsible for 8,657 incidents of property damage and 99,152 incidents of crop damage in Chhattisgarh between 2005 and 2014. \"We were sleeping when the elephants broke into our room. Somehow we managed to escape but I fractured my left leg when a large part of the wall fell on my leg. My husband saved my life,\" says Rujri Khalkho, 70, whose home was damaged by a herd of wild elephants almost a year ago. A compensation of 10,000 rupees ($149; \u00a3114) has not been enough to repair her house or pay for her medical care. Deaths of elephants due to electrocution have become common in the state. In Dharamjaigarh, the most affected area, officials have recorded 30 elephant and 75 human deaths so far. In 2009, Kanti Bai Sau, 40, lost her home and farm to an open-cast coal mine. She was promised compensation of 200,000 rupees ($2,980; \u00a32,290) and a job to a family member, but received neither. Her son died last year of respiratory complications. \"There is no fresh air to breath, fresh water to drink. Coal has usurped everything here.\" \"We lived next to this mine for almost 10 years and watched helplessly as our wells went dry, forests disappeared and fields become unproductive,\" says Girja Bai Chauhan. \"We have lost almost eight acres of our fields to the mine and authorities haven't fulfilled a single promise they made while acquiring land. They sent us into a dark future and unhealthy environment to live and breathe in.\" Pipelines carry fly ash slurry from a local thermal power power plant in Korba to a fly ash pond. Environment activists say that every year approximately 50 million tonnes of fly ash is generated by power plants in Chhattishgarh but not even the half of this amount have been reutilized to reduce the pollution from fly ash. Fly ash is known to contain trace elements such as arsenic, barium and mercury among others, and unlined ponds like this could be polluting groundwater by leaching. \"The ash is everywhere. When the wind blows, everything is coated with a layer of white grey ash. The road, ponds, our houses, sometimes even our spectacles get coated with a fine layer of the ash,\" says Biswas. Rohit Rathia, 55, suffers from tuberculosis. He lives in a village next to an open cast mine where lung diseases such as coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), silicosis and tuberculosis have become common ailments.", "essay": "Hello. I feel really terrible about the current coal mining situation in India. Many lives have been lost, properties destroyed, so many losses for the people of that country. It's really pathetic how the government has failed in their duty to protect the citizens. It's even more worrisome that they have also failed to compensate the victims. It's a pity "}
{"user_id": "ec_p050", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 165000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.75 in openness, 6.25 in conscientiousness, 3.25 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 165000, "personality": {"openness": 5.75, "conscientiousness": 6.25, "extraversion": 3.25, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "The human and animal costs of India's unregulated coal industry \u2014  India is one of the largest producers of coal in the world and more than half of its commercial energy needs are met by coal. But unregulated mining has caused serious health and environmental issues, and led to growing conflicts between elephants and humans. In the coal-rich central state of Chhattisgarh, for example, fly ash has caused respiratory problems and serious illnesses like tuberculosis among people, but their troubles don't end there. Forests are being cleared for coal mining and wild elephants are entering villages in search of food and attacking people. Photojournalist Subrata Biswas has documented the fallout of India's dependence on coal. \"As thousands of acres of forest land are destroyed to mining, foraging elephants attracted by the crops in the fields often enter villages, resulting in an alarmingly high number of human-elephant conflict situations,\" says Biswas. Officials estimate elephants have been responsible for 8,657 incidents of property damage and 99,152 incidents of crop damage in Chhattisgarh between 2005 and 2014. \"We were sleeping when the elephants broke into our room. Somehow we managed to escape but I fractured my left leg when a large part of the wall fell on my leg. My husband saved my life,\" says Rujri Khalkho, 70, whose home was damaged by a herd of wild elephants almost a year ago. A compensation of 10,000 rupees ($149; \u00a3114) has not been enough to repair her house or pay for her medical care. Deaths of elephants due to electrocution have become common in the state. In Dharamjaigarh, the most affected area, officials have recorded 30 elephant and 75 human deaths so far. In 2009, Kanti Bai Sau, 40, lost her home and farm to an open-cast coal mine. She was promised compensation of 200,000 rupees ($2,980; \u00a32,290) and a job to a family member, but received neither. Her son died last year of respiratory complications. \"There is no fresh air to breath, fresh water to drink. Coal has usurped everything here.\" \"We lived next to this mine for almost 10 years and watched helplessly as our wells went dry, forests disappeared and fields become unproductive,\" says Girja Bai Chauhan. \"We have lost almost eight acres of our fields to the mine and authorities haven't fulfilled a single promise they made while acquiring land. They sent us into a dark future and unhealthy environment to live and breathe in.\" Pipelines carry fly ash slurry from a local thermal power power plant in Korba to a fly ash pond. Environment activists say that every year approximately 50 million tonnes of fly ash is generated by power plants in Chhattishgarh but not even the half of this amount have been reutilized to reduce the pollution from fly ash. Fly ash is known to contain trace elements such as arsenic, barium and mercury among others, and unlined ponds like this could be polluting groundwater by leaching. \"The ash is everywhere. When the wind blows, everything is coated with a layer of white grey ash. The road, ponds, our houses, sometimes even our spectacles get coated with a fine layer of the ash,\" says Biswas. Rohit Rathia, 55, suffers from tuberculosis. He lives in a village next to an open cast mine where lung diseases such as coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), silicosis and tuberculosis have become common ailments.", "essay": "I find it disturbing that thousands of acres of forest land are destroyed to mining, foraging elephants attracted by the crops in the fields often enter villages, resulting in an alarmingly high number of human-elephant conflict situations. This shouldnt be. This is wrong. I mean the selfishness of some people shouldnt be a problem for all"}
{"user_id": "ec_p016", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 60000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 60000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "The human and animal costs of India's unregulated coal industry \u2014  India is one of the largest producers of coal in the world and more than half of its commercial energy needs are met by coal. But unregulated mining has caused serious health and environmental issues, and led to growing conflicts between elephants and humans. In the coal-rich central state of Chhattisgarh, for example, fly ash has caused respiratory problems and serious illnesses like tuberculosis among people, but their troubles don't end there. Forests are being cleared for coal mining and wild elephants are entering villages in search of food and attacking people. Photojournalist Subrata Biswas has documented the fallout of India's dependence on coal. \"As thousands of acres of forest land are destroyed to mining, foraging elephants attracted by the crops in the fields often enter villages, resulting in an alarmingly high number of human-elephant conflict situations,\" says Biswas. Officials estimate elephants have been responsible for 8,657 incidents of property damage and 99,152 incidents of crop damage in Chhattisgarh between 2005 and 2014. \"We were sleeping when the elephants broke into our room. Somehow we managed to escape but I fractured my left leg when a large part of the wall fell on my leg. My husband saved my life,\" says Rujri Khalkho, 70, whose home was damaged by a herd of wild elephants almost a year ago. A compensation of 10,000 rupees ($149; \u00a3114) has not been enough to repair her house or pay for her medical care. Deaths of elephants due to electrocution have become common in the state. In Dharamjaigarh, the most affected area, officials have recorded 30 elephant and 75 human deaths so far. In 2009, Kanti Bai Sau, 40, lost her home and farm to an open-cast coal mine. She was promised compensation of 200,000 rupees ($2,980; \u00a32,290) and a job to a family member, but received neither. Her son died last year of respiratory complications. \"There is no fresh air to breath, fresh water to drink. Coal has usurped everything here.\" \"We lived next to this mine for almost 10 years and watched helplessly as our wells went dry, forests disappeared and fields become unproductive,\" says Girja Bai Chauhan. \"We have lost almost eight acres of our fields to the mine and authorities haven't fulfilled a single promise they made while acquiring land. They sent us into a dark future and unhealthy environment to live and breathe in.\" Pipelines carry fly ash slurry from a local thermal power power plant in Korba to a fly ash pond. Environment activists say that every year approximately 50 million tonnes of fly ash is generated by power plants in Chhattishgarh but not even the half of this amount have been reutilized to reduce the pollution from fly ash. Fly ash is known to contain trace elements such as arsenic, barium and mercury among others, and unlined ponds like this could be polluting groundwater by leaching. \"The ash is everywhere. When the wind blows, everything is coated with a layer of white grey ash. The road, ponds, our houses, sometimes even our spectacles get coated with a fine layer of the ash,\" says Biswas. Rohit Rathia, 55, suffers from tuberculosis. He lives in a village next to an open cast mine where lung diseases such as coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), silicosis and tuberculosis have become common ailments.", "essay": "That's so sad about the situation with the coal and all the wildlife it's misplacing. It was kind of crazy reading the story about having the elephant crash into those people's houses -- i can't imagine having a giant two ton creature come through my wall! I'm glad no one was hurt, but it still sounds pretty scary."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "The human and animal costs of India's unregulated coal industry \u2014  India is one of the largest producers of coal in the world and more than half of its commercial energy needs are met by coal. But unregulated mining has caused serious health and environmental issues, and led to growing conflicts between elephants and humans. In the coal-rich central state of Chhattisgarh, for example, fly ash has caused respiratory problems and serious illnesses like tuberculosis among people, but their troubles don't end there. Forests are being cleared for coal mining and wild elephants are entering villages in search of food and attacking people. Photojournalist Subrata Biswas has documented the fallout of India's dependence on coal. \"As thousands of acres of forest land are destroyed to mining, foraging elephants attracted by the crops in the fields often enter villages, resulting in an alarmingly high number of human-elephant conflict situations,\" says Biswas. Officials estimate elephants have been responsible for 8,657 incidents of property damage and 99,152 incidents of crop damage in Chhattisgarh between 2005 and 2014. \"We were sleeping when the elephants broke into our room. Somehow we managed to escape but I fractured my left leg when a large part of the wall fell on my leg. My husband saved my life,\" says Rujri Khalkho, 70, whose home was damaged by a herd of wild elephants almost a year ago. A compensation of 10,000 rupees ($149; \u00a3114) has not been enough to repair her house or pay for her medical care. Deaths of elephants due to electrocution have become common in the state. In Dharamjaigarh, the most affected area, officials have recorded 30 elephant and 75 human deaths so far. In 2009, Kanti Bai Sau, 40, lost her home and farm to an open-cast coal mine. She was promised compensation of 200,000 rupees ($2,980; \u00a32,290) and a job to a family member, but received neither. Her son died last year of respiratory complications. \"There is no fresh air to breath, fresh water to drink. Coal has usurped everything here.\" \"We lived next to this mine for almost 10 years and watched helplessly as our wells went dry, forests disappeared and fields become unproductive,\" says Girja Bai Chauhan. \"We have lost almost eight acres of our fields to the mine and authorities haven't fulfilled a single promise they made while acquiring land. They sent us into a dark future and unhealthy environment to live and breathe in.\" Pipelines carry fly ash slurry from a local thermal power power plant in Korba to a fly ash pond. Environment activists say that every year approximately 50 million tonnes of fly ash is generated by power plants in Chhattishgarh but not even the half of this amount have been reutilized to reduce the pollution from fly ash. Fly ash is known to contain trace elements such as arsenic, barium and mercury among others, and unlined ponds like this could be polluting groundwater by leaching. \"The ash is everywhere. When the wind blows, everything is coated with a layer of white grey ash. The road, ponds, our houses, sometimes even our spectacles get coated with a fine layer of the ash,\" says Biswas. Rohit Rathia, 55, suffers from tuberculosis. He lives in a village next to an open cast mine where lung diseases such as coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), silicosis and tuberculosis have become common ailments.", "essay": "This is very sad.  I can't imagine having elephants come stampede my house in the middle of the night.  What a terrible and sad situation, and these poor people can't even do anything about it.  Someone needs to stop the deforestation and stop polluting the air these people breathe, it is not right ehat they are doing and all for the sake of turning a profit.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Sally Brampton: Journalist killed herself after 'missed opportunities' \u2014  Sally Brampton, founding editor of Elle magazine in the UK, killed herself after health professionals \"missed opportunities\" to offer her help, an inquest has heard. Ms Brampton, 60, who wrote a Daily Mail advice column, drowned after walking into the sea near her home on 10 May. Hastings Coroners' Court heard she was \"in crisis\" in March 2016 and had sought help from a psychiatrist and GP. But \"that help did not come\", assistant coroner James Healy-Pratt added. Ms Brampton, from St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, was pulled ashore at Galley Hill, Bexhill, on 10 May. The agony aunt, who had spoken out publicly about her long-running battle with depression, had been referred to local mental health services two months earlier, the inquest heard. However, she was not offered any help and she again contacted a GP in April. Psychiatrist's letter It was agreed she was \"out of crisis\" at this stage. However, the coroner heard her full clinical details - including a letter from her private psychiatrist - had not been provided to the relevant services. The letter, dated 19 March, stated Ms Brampton was \"in crisis\" and having \"strong suicidal thoughts\". It said Ms Brampton was having feelings of \"hopelessness and helplessness\", adding that she had spent most of the last week in bed and had hardly left the house. Ms Brampton had \"disengaged\" from local services and had \"painted a very jaundiced view of them\", the letter added. Mr Healy-Pratt said there was \"a missed opportunity\" to help Ms Brampton in March and more information should have been provided before the second referral. \"However, we don't know that those missed opportunities would have changed Sally's outcome and that is an important factor,\" he added. Mr Healy-Pratt said he was satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that Ms Brampton wanted to walk into the sea and he recorded a verdict of suicide. A 'bright star' Christine Henham, a general manager at Hastings and Rother mental health services, said lessons had been learned and changes have been made since Ms Brampton's death. She said the team no longer sends or receive faxes, after the GP said he had faxed the psychiatrist's letter to them. Ms Brampton had studied fashion at Central Saint Martin's College of Art & Design before starting at Vogue. She became fashion editor at The Observer and was then headhunted to launch women's lifestyle magazine Elle in the UK at the age of 30 in the 1980s. She later had a weekly agony aunt column in the Sunday Times Style magazine from 2006 until 2014. In 2008 she gave a personal account of her efforts to overcome depression in her book \"Shoot the Damn Dog\". The coroner described Ms Brampton as a \"bright star\" and began his conclusion with the writer's words: \"We don't kill ourselves. We are simply defeated by the long, hard struggle to stay alive.\"", "essay": "It's very tragic what happened to this woman.  It just seems like it was so avoidable.  There were so many warning signs that were ignored where people could have intervened and gotten her the help she needed.  I just think things like this happen too often where people get swept under the rug and professionals and others overlook what should really be treated as major warning signs.  I think lives could be saved if people would be a little more attentive to things like this.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p046", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 38 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 24000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 38, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 24000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Sally Brampton: Journalist killed herself after 'missed opportunities' \u2014  Sally Brampton, founding editor of Elle magazine in the UK, killed herself after health professionals \"missed opportunities\" to offer her help, an inquest has heard. Ms Brampton, 60, who wrote a Daily Mail advice column, drowned after walking into the sea near her home on 10 May. Hastings Coroners' Court heard she was \"in crisis\" in March 2016 and had sought help from a psychiatrist and GP. But \"that help did not come\", assistant coroner James Healy-Pratt added. Ms Brampton, from St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, was pulled ashore at Galley Hill, Bexhill, on 10 May. The agony aunt, who had spoken out publicly about her long-running battle with depression, had been referred to local mental health services two months earlier, the inquest heard. However, she was not offered any help and she again contacted a GP in April. Psychiatrist's letter It was agreed she was \"out of crisis\" at this stage. However, the coroner heard her full clinical details - including a letter from her private psychiatrist - had not been provided to the relevant services. The letter, dated 19 March, stated Ms Brampton was \"in crisis\" and having \"strong suicidal thoughts\". It said Ms Brampton was having feelings of \"hopelessness and helplessness\", adding that she had spent most of the last week in bed and had hardly left the house. Ms Brampton had \"disengaged\" from local services and had \"painted a very jaundiced view of them\", the letter added. Mr Healy-Pratt said there was \"a missed opportunity\" to help Ms Brampton in March and more information should have been provided before the second referral. \"However, we don't know that those missed opportunities would have changed Sally's outcome and that is an important factor,\" he added. Mr Healy-Pratt said he was satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that Ms Brampton wanted to walk into the sea and he recorded a verdict of suicide. A 'bright star' Christine Henham, a general manager at Hastings and Rother mental health services, said lessons had been learned and changes have been made since Ms Brampton's death. She said the team no longer sends or receive faxes, after the GP said he had faxed the psychiatrist's letter to them. Ms Brampton had studied fashion at Central Saint Martin's College of Art & Design before starting at Vogue. She became fashion editor at The Observer and was then headhunted to launch women's lifestyle magazine Elle in the UK at the age of 30 in the 1980s. She later had a weekly agony aunt column in the Sunday Times Style magazine from 2006 until 2014. In 2008 she gave a personal account of her efforts to overcome depression in her book \"Shoot the Damn Dog\". The coroner described Ms Brampton as a \"bright star\" and began his conclusion with the writer's words: \"We don't kill ourselves. We are simply defeated by the long, hard struggle to stay alive.\"", "essay": "That article is so sad. I feel so bad for her, that she wasn't able to get the help that she needed. I also feel bad for her family. I can't imagine how bad they feel and how helpless they felt seeing their family member going through something and not being able to help them. I hope that mental health services improve so that things like that don't continue to happen. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p007", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 3.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 3.0}}, "article": "Sally Brampton: Journalist killed herself after 'missed opportunities' \u2014  Sally Brampton, founding editor of Elle magazine in the UK, killed herself after health professionals \"missed opportunities\" to offer her help, an inquest has heard. Ms Brampton, 60, who wrote a Daily Mail advice column, drowned after walking into the sea near her home on 10 May. Hastings Coroners' Court heard she was \"in crisis\" in March 2016 and had sought help from a psychiatrist and GP. But \"that help did not come\", assistant coroner James Healy-Pratt added. Ms Brampton, from St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, was pulled ashore at Galley Hill, Bexhill, on 10 May. The agony aunt, who had spoken out publicly about her long-running battle with depression, had been referred to local mental health services two months earlier, the inquest heard. However, she was not offered any help and she again contacted a GP in April. Psychiatrist's letter It was agreed she was \"out of crisis\" at this stage. However, the coroner heard her full clinical details - including a letter from her private psychiatrist - had not been provided to the relevant services. The letter, dated 19 March, stated Ms Brampton was \"in crisis\" and having \"strong suicidal thoughts\". It said Ms Brampton was having feelings of \"hopelessness and helplessness\", adding that she had spent most of the last week in bed and had hardly left the house. Ms Brampton had \"disengaged\" from local services and had \"painted a very jaundiced view of them\", the letter added. Mr Healy-Pratt said there was \"a missed opportunity\" to help Ms Brampton in March and more information should have been provided before the second referral. \"However, we don't know that those missed opportunities would have changed Sally's outcome and that is an important factor,\" he added. Mr Healy-Pratt said he was satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that Ms Brampton wanted to walk into the sea and he recorded a verdict of suicide. A 'bright star' Christine Henham, a general manager at Hastings and Rother mental health services, said lessons had been learned and changes have been made since Ms Brampton's death. She said the team no longer sends or receive faxes, after the GP said he had faxed the psychiatrist's letter to them. Ms Brampton had studied fashion at Central Saint Martin's College of Art & Design before starting at Vogue. She became fashion editor at The Observer and was then headhunted to launch women's lifestyle magazine Elle in the UK at the age of 30 in the 1980s. She later had a weekly agony aunt column in the Sunday Times Style magazine from 2006 until 2014. In 2008 she gave a personal account of her efforts to overcome depression in her book \"Shoot the Damn Dog\". The coroner described Ms Brampton as a \"bright star\" and began his conclusion with the writer's words: \"We don't kill ourselves. We are simply defeated by the long, hard struggle to stay alive.\"", "essay": "Guys, reading this article really hits home for me. If you  or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please get help from the available sources. Suicide is no joke and it is a shame when someone does not get the help they need. I've struggled with this for a few years now but I got the help I needed. This woman was not as fortuante."}
{"user_id": "ec_p025", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 58000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 33, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 58000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Sally Brampton: Journalist killed herself after 'missed opportunities' \u2014  Sally Brampton, founding editor of Elle magazine in the UK, killed herself after health professionals \"missed opportunities\" to offer her help, an inquest has heard. Ms Brampton, 60, who wrote a Daily Mail advice column, drowned after walking into the sea near her home on 10 May. Hastings Coroners' Court heard she was \"in crisis\" in March 2016 and had sought help from a psychiatrist and GP. But \"that help did not come\", assistant coroner James Healy-Pratt added. Ms Brampton, from St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, was pulled ashore at Galley Hill, Bexhill, on 10 May. The agony aunt, who had spoken out publicly about her long-running battle with depression, had been referred to local mental health services two months earlier, the inquest heard. However, she was not offered any help and she again contacted a GP in April. Psychiatrist's letter It was agreed she was \"out of crisis\" at this stage. However, the coroner heard her full clinical details - including a letter from her private psychiatrist - had not been provided to the relevant services. The letter, dated 19 March, stated Ms Brampton was \"in crisis\" and having \"strong suicidal thoughts\". It said Ms Brampton was having feelings of \"hopelessness and helplessness\", adding that she had spent most of the last week in bed and had hardly left the house. Ms Brampton had \"disengaged\" from local services and had \"painted a very jaundiced view of them\", the letter added. Mr Healy-Pratt said there was \"a missed opportunity\" to help Ms Brampton in March and more information should have been provided before the second referral. \"However, we don't know that those missed opportunities would have changed Sally's outcome and that is an important factor,\" he added. Mr Healy-Pratt said he was satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that Ms Brampton wanted to walk into the sea and he recorded a verdict of suicide. A 'bright star' Christine Henham, a general manager at Hastings and Rother mental health services, said lessons had been learned and changes have been made since Ms Brampton's death. She said the team no longer sends or receive faxes, after the GP said he had faxed the psychiatrist's letter to them. Ms Brampton had studied fashion at Central Saint Martin's College of Art & Design before starting at Vogue. She became fashion editor at The Observer and was then headhunted to launch women's lifestyle magazine Elle in the UK at the age of 30 in the 1980s. She later had a weekly agony aunt column in the Sunday Times Style magazine from 2006 until 2014. In 2008 she gave a personal account of her efforts to overcome depression in her book \"Shoot the Damn Dog\". The coroner described Ms Brampton as a \"bright star\" and began his conclusion with the writer's words: \"We don't kill ourselves. We are simply defeated by the long, hard struggle to stay alive.\"", "essay": "I just read a really interesting but depressing article. It was about a woman who lived in the UK. She was the founding editor of Elle magazine. She was only thirty when the magazine started which is crazy to me. Imagine being thirty and running a whole magazine. She suffered from depression all of her life and even wrote a book about it. She was admitted into a mental hospital because she was struggling with her depression. The mental hospoital cleared her and let her go. Soon after she walked into the ocean and drowned. It is so sad that she did not get the help she needed. I hope all of our friends know that we are here for them and support them no matter whatthey are going through. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Sally Brampton: Journalist killed herself after 'missed opportunities' \u2014  Sally Brampton, founding editor of Elle magazine in the UK, killed herself after health professionals \"missed opportunities\" to offer her help, an inquest has heard. Ms Brampton, 60, who wrote a Daily Mail advice column, drowned after walking into the sea near her home on 10 May. Hastings Coroners' Court heard she was \"in crisis\" in March 2016 and had sought help from a psychiatrist and GP. But \"that help did not come\", assistant coroner James Healy-Pratt added. Ms Brampton, from St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, was pulled ashore at Galley Hill, Bexhill, on 10 May. The agony aunt, who had spoken out publicly about her long-running battle with depression, had been referred to local mental health services two months earlier, the inquest heard. However, she was not offered any help and she again contacted a GP in April. Psychiatrist's letter It was agreed she was \"out of crisis\" at this stage. However, the coroner heard her full clinical details - including a letter from her private psychiatrist - had not been provided to the relevant services. The letter, dated 19 March, stated Ms Brampton was \"in crisis\" and having \"strong suicidal thoughts\". It said Ms Brampton was having feelings of \"hopelessness and helplessness\", adding that she had spent most of the last week in bed and had hardly left the house. Ms Brampton had \"disengaged\" from local services and had \"painted a very jaundiced view of them\", the letter added. Mr Healy-Pratt said there was \"a missed opportunity\" to help Ms Brampton in March and more information should have been provided before the second referral. \"However, we don't know that those missed opportunities would have changed Sally's outcome and that is an important factor,\" he added. Mr Healy-Pratt said he was satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that Ms Brampton wanted to walk into the sea and he recorded a verdict of suicide. A 'bright star' Christine Henham, a general manager at Hastings and Rother mental health services, said lessons had been learned and changes have been made since Ms Brampton's death. She said the team no longer sends or receive faxes, after the GP said he had faxed the psychiatrist's letter to them. Ms Brampton had studied fashion at Central Saint Martin's College of Art & Design before starting at Vogue. She became fashion editor at The Observer and was then headhunted to launch women's lifestyle magazine Elle in the UK at the age of 30 in the 1980s. She later had a weekly agony aunt column in the Sunday Times Style magazine from 2006 until 2014. In 2008 she gave a personal account of her efforts to overcome depression in her book \"Shoot the Damn Dog\". The coroner described Ms Brampton as a \"bright star\" and began his conclusion with the writer's words: \"We don't kill ourselves. We are simply defeated by the long, hard struggle to stay alive.\"", "essay": "After reading the article, i really felt bad for the lady. I felt like she was just trying to get some help for her mental state and people didn't really believe her. I felt like people were just brushing off the fact that she needed help and it was pretty disturbing. I think that society as a whole needs to understand mental health better and how to help people."}
{"user_id": "ec_p007", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 3.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 3.0}}, "article": "Iraqi Christians, scarred by Islamic State\u2019s cruelty, doubt they will return to Mosul \u2014  IRBIL, Iraq \u2014 At the evening service, the priest counseled forgiveness to a congregation with little reason to forgive. They were Christians from Mosul, brutalized by the Islamic State and betrayed, in some cases, by neighbors, and nothing \u2014 not the priest\u2019s pleas, not his invocation of Cain and Abel \u2014 seemed likely to heal those scars. Khalid Ramzi, a congregant, seemed to choke on the sermon. \u201cWe can\u2019t fall into the same hole twice. We don\u2019t want our children to be raised in violence and fear,\u201d he said, standing outside the church in Irbil. \u201cOnly in our dreams can we go back to Mosul.\u201d When the militants swept into the city two years ago, Christians were ordered to convert, pay a tax or die. As the Islamic State pushed beyond the city, onto the plains of Nineveh, its advance scattered the rich patchwork of religious and ethnic minorities \u2014 Yazidis and Assyrians, Kurds and Shabaks \u2014 that made the area a microcosm of diverse Iraq and a place unlike perhaps any in the world. Churches were torched. Yazidis were massacred or enslaved. Villages emptied as hundreds of thousands of people fled. Iraqi forces advancing toward Mosul have recaptured some of the villages, raising the possibility of return for the minorities. But it is difficult to imagine the villages whole again, with their emptied streets and houses lying in ruin or despoiled by the militants. A new order in Mosul and the surrounding region already has begun to take shape, before troops even have entered the city. With competing visions, powerful players including Turkey, Iran, the Kurds and the U.S.-backed Iraqi government are jostling for influence. The battle will forge its own reality, with the violence possibly sending hundreds of thousands of people searching for shelter away from their homes. And the future of the region will be defined, in many ways, by who decides to return. [Islamic State is kidnapping thousands of people to use as human shields] In Shaqouli, an ethnically mixed village about 12 miles east of Mosul, a few villagers drove back two weeks ago, with one, Asem Hussein, making a forceful case that his neighbors will eventually follow. Some sort of munition had caved in his living room, leaving a tangle of concrete and rebar, and all he had been able to recover was a few blankets and an air conditioner that somehow had survived. \u201cI am going to rebuild it and stay, and we will rebuild all ruined Iraqi villages,\u201d he insisted. Shaqouli, he added, \u201cwill remain as mixed as it used to be \u2014 a mini-Iraq.\u201d But the mayor, Mamel Qassim, who is Kurdish, had written off the place as lost. It was partly personal: During the Islamic State occupation, the militants had used his house as their headquarters. As a result, it had been crushed by an airstrike, the debris littered with copies of a weekly paper that the militants distributed. It was more than that, though. The Iraqi government \u2014 part of the sectarian political order that took hold after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 \u2014 was as weak as it ever had been, Qassim reckoned, and ill-equipped to protect minorities. Sunni Arabs from the village had fled or been forced to retreat toward Mosul along with the Islamic State, and the Kurds, like the mayor, had mostly moved to Irbil, in the semiautonomous Kurdish region. Only the members of the Shabak minority, who were without any powerful patron or a region to call their own, seemed inclined to move back. \u201cIt will never be good here,\u201d said Qassim, adding that he intended to resign as mayor. \u201cIt will only get worse.\u201d [Concerns about \u2018collective punishment\u2019 after Sunni Arabs flee Kirkuk] Iraq\u2019s news media has been awash with photos and videos in recent days showing soldiers recapturing churches desecrated by the militants \u2014 with the implicit message that it will soon be safe for Christians to return. In some of the Christian villages around Mosul, residents said they did intend to move back, but they portrayed the move as more a responsibility than a choice. \u201cWe want to bring back the beauty of this area,\u201d said Benham Shamani, a writer from Bartella, a majority-Christian town east of Mosul, invoking more than a thousand years of Christian heritage in the area. \u201cOnly the original people of the area can return this beauty. Only the people of this area can rebuild it,\u201d Shamani said. In reality, though, Christians have been leaving Iraq for years, an exodus that began in earnest after the U.S.-led invasion. At the time, the country had around 1.5 million Christians; by the time of the Islamic State\u2019s takeover of Mosul, they were believed to be fewer than 500,000. Now community leaders say at least a third of those who remained have left. In 2014, France said it would grant asylum to Christians forced to flee Mosul. Some community leaders criticized the move, saying it would devastate what remains of Iraq\u2019s Christians. But even the community\u2019s leaders concede it will be difficult to go back to Mosul. To return to the city would be to \u201cremember all the pain, all the threats, all the killing, all the letters with bullets inside. We\u2019ll remember the looks on the street,\u201d said another priest at the Irbil church, the Rev. Zakareya Ewas, as families milled about after the service. The problems for Christians started before the Islamic State takeover, as the group\u2019s predecessor, al-Qaeda, extended its grip in the city. Ewas said he received threatening phone calls and attempts at extortion. He stopped wearing his black robes and collar on the street. His wife covered her hair in an effort to blend in. Priests were murdered as Christians were targeted for their religion but also their perceived wealth, with many kidnapped for ransom. Ewas, a Syriac Orthodox priest, fled Mosul as the militants took over in 2014. The cross in his old church has been pulled down, he said, and the building now is used as a shelter for the militants\u2019 livestock. His brother moved to Jordan two weeks ago after struggling to find work in Irbil \u2014 and after hearing several months ago that his yogurt factory in the city had been wiped out in a coalition airstrike. \u201cNow there\u2019s nothing for him to go back to,\u201d Ewas said, adding that there were many others like his brother. If the Christians of Mosul did return, he said, \u201cit will be just to sell their houses and leave.\u201d Kareem Fahim reported from Shaqouli, Iraq. Mustafa Salim in Irbil and Aaso Ameen Shwan in Shaqouli also contributed to this report.", "essay": "Hey guys. So I just read this article about Iraqi Christians being persecuted by Muslims in Iraq. I don't understand why people of different religious backgrounds can't get along there. I'm sure it is a cultural thing but it is such unneccesary violence and conflict. It hurts both sides and I wish there was a way we could get them to set aside their differences. But not military action. We don't need another war."}
{"user_id": "ec_p055", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 46 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 22000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 46, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 22000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Iraqi Christians, scarred by Islamic State\u2019s cruelty, doubt they will return to Mosul \u2014  IRBIL, Iraq \u2014 At the evening service, the priest counseled forgiveness to a congregation with little reason to forgive. They were Christians from Mosul, brutalized by the Islamic State and betrayed, in some cases, by neighbors, and nothing \u2014 not the priest\u2019s pleas, not his invocation of Cain and Abel \u2014 seemed likely to heal those scars. Khalid Ramzi, a congregant, seemed to choke on the sermon. \u201cWe can\u2019t fall into the same hole twice. We don\u2019t want our children to be raised in violence and fear,\u201d he said, standing outside the church in Irbil. \u201cOnly in our dreams can we go back to Mosul.\u201d When the militants swept into the city two years ago, Christians were ordered to convert, pay a tax or die. As the Islamic State pushed beyond the city, onto the plains of Nineveh, its advance scattered the rich patchwork of religious and ethnic minorities \u2014 Yazidis and Assyrians, Kurds and Shabaks \u2014 that made the area a microcosm of diverse Iraq and a place unlike perhaps any in the world. Churches were torched. Yazidis were massacred or enslaved. Villages emptied as hundreds of thousands of people fled. Iraqi forces advancing toward Mosul have recaptured some of the villages, raising the possibility of return for the minorities. But it is difficult to imagine the villages whole again, with their emptied streets and houses lying in ruin or despoiled by the militants. A new order in Mosul and the surrounding region already has begun to take shape, before troops even have entered the city. With competing visions, powerful players including Turkey, Iran, the Kurds and the U.S.-backed Iraqi government are jostling for influence. The battle will forge its own reality, with the violence possibly sending hundreds of thousands of people searching for shelter away from their homes. And the future of the region will be defined, in many ways, by who decides to return. [Islamic State is kidnapping thousands of people to use as human shields] In Shaqouli, an ethnically mixed village about 12 miles east of Mosul, a few villagers drove back two weeks ago, with one, Asem Hussein, making a forceful case that his neighbors will eventually follow. Some sort of munition had caved in his living room, leaving a tangle of concrete and rebar, and all he had been able to recover was a few blankets and an air conditioner that somehow had survived. \u201cI am going to rebuild it and stay, and we will rebuild all ruined Iraqi villages,\u201d he insisted. Shaqouli, he added, \u201cwill remain as mixed as it used to be \u2014 a mini-Iraq.\u201d But the mayor, Mamel Qassim, who is Kurdish, had written off the place as lost. It was partly personal: During the Islamic State occupation, the militants had used his house as their headquarters. As a result, it had been crushed by an airstrike, the debris littered with copies of a weekly paper that the militants distributed. It was more than that, though. The Iraqi government \u2014 part of the sectarian political order that took hold after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 \u2014 was as weak as it ever had been, Qassim reckoned, and ill-equipped to protect minorities. Sunni Arabs from the village had fled or been forced to retreat toward Mosul along with the Islamic State, and the Kurds, like the mayor, had mostly moved to Irbil, in the semiautonomous Kurdish region. Only the members of the Shabak minority, who were without any powerful patron or a region to call their own, seemed inclined to move back. \u201cIt will never be good here,\u201d said Qassim, adding that he intended to resign as mayor. \u201cIt will only get worse.\u201d [Concerns about \u2018collective punishment\u2019 after Sunni Arabs flee Kirkuk] Iraq\u2019s news media has been awash with photos and videos in recent days showing soldiers recapturing churches desecrated by the militants \u2014 with the implicit message that it will soon be safe for Christians to return. In some of the Christian villages around Mosul, residents said they did intend to move back, but they portrayed the move as more a responsibility than a choice. \u201cWe want to bring back the beauty of this area,\u201d said Benham Shamani, a writer from Bartella, a majority-Christian town east of Mosul, invoking more than a thousand years of Christian heritage in the area. \u201cOnly the original people of the area can return this beauty. Only the people of this area can rebuild it,\u201d Shamani said. In reality, though, Christians have been leaving Iraq for years, an exodus that began in earnest after the U.S.-led invasion. At the time, the country had around 1.5 million Christians; by the time of the Islamic State\u2019s takeover of Mosul, they were believed to be fewer than 500,000. Now community leaders say at least a third of those who remained have left. In 2014, France said it would grant asylum to Christians forced to flee Mosul. Some community leaders criticized the move, saying it would devastate what remains of Iraq\u2019s Christians. But even the community\u2019s leaders concede it will be difficult to go back to Mosul. To return to the city would be to \u201cremember all the pain, all the threats, all the killing, all the letters with bullets inside. We\u2019ll remember the looks on the street,\u201d said another priest at the Irbil church, the Rev. Zakareya Ewas, as families milled about after the service. The problems for Christians started before the Islamic State takeover, as the group\u2019s predecessor, al-Qaeda, extended its grip in the city. Ewas said he received threatening phone calls and attempts at extortion. He stopped wearing his black robes and collar on the street. His wife covered her hair in an effort to blend in. Priests were murdered as Christians were targeted for their religion but also their perceived wealth, with many kidnapped for ransom. Ewas, a Syriac Orthodox priest, fled Mosul as the militants took over in 2014. The cross in his old church has been pulled down, he said, and the building now is used as a shelter for the militants\u2019 livestock. His brother moved to Jordan two weeks ago after struggling to find work in Irbil \u2014 and after hearing several months ago that his yogurt factory in the city had been wiped out in a coalition airstrike. \u201cNow there\u2019s nothing for him to go back to,\u201d Ewas said, adding that there were many others like his brother. If the Christians of Mosul did return, he said, \u201cit will be just to sell their houses and leave.\u201d Kareem Fahim reported from Shaqouli, Iraq. Mustafa Salim in Irbil and Aaso Ameen Shwan in Shaqouli also contributed to this report.", "essay": "It's sad that people anywhere are still threatened because of their beliefs. I don't understand why any religion is so set against other that they want to hurt, kill and threaten them. How does someone else's belief harm your own? I guess I just don't get why people get so fanatic about religion and ignore parts of the teachings about tolerance, peace and understanding. It seems wrong that people use religion as an excuse for violence."}
{"user_id": "ec_p021", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 34 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 60000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 3.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 34, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 60000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 3.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "Iraqi Christians, scarred by Islamic State\u2019s cruelty, doubt they will return to Mosul \u2014  IRBIL, Iraq \u2014 At the evening service, the priest counseled forgiveness to a congregation with little reason to forgive. They were Christians from Mosul, brutalized by the Islamic State and betrayed, in some cases, by neighbors, and nothing \u2014 not the priest\u2019s pleas, not his invocation of Cain and Abel \u2014 seemed likely to heal those scars. Khalid Ramzi, a congregant, seemed to choke on the sermon. \u201cWe can\u2019t fall into the same hole twice. We don\u2019t want our children to be raised in violence and fear,\u201d he said, standing outside the church in Irbil. \u201cOnly in our dreams can we go back to Mosul.\u201d When the militants swept into the city two years ago, Christians were ordered to convert, pay a tax or die. As the Islamic State pushed beyond the city, onto the plains of Nineveh, its advance scattered the rich patchwork of religious and ethnic minorities \u2014 Yazidis and Assyrians, Kurds and Shabaks \u2014 that made the area a microcosm of diverse Iraq and a place unlike perhaps any in the world. Churches were torched. Yazidis were massacred or enslaved. Villages emptied as hundreds of thousands of people fled. Iraqi forces advancing toward Mosul have recaptured some of the villages, raising the possibility of return for the minorities. But it is difficult to imagine the villages whole again, with their emptied streets and houses lying in ruin or despoiled by the militants. A new order in Mosul and the surrounding region already has begun to take shape, before troops even have entered the city. With competing visions, powerful players including Turkey, Iran, the Kurds and the U.S.-backed Iraqi government are jostling for influence. The battle will forge its own reality, with the violence possibly sending hundreds of thousands of people searching for shelter away from their homes. And the future of the region will be defined, in many ways, by who decides to return. [Islamic State is kidnapping thousands of people to use as human shields] In Shaqouli, an ethnically mixed village about 12 miles east of Mosul, a few villagers drove back two weeks ago, with one, Asem Hussein, making a forceful case that his neighbors will eventually follow. Some sort of munition had caved in his living room, leaving a tangle of concrete and rebar, and all he had been able to recover was a few blankets and an air conditioner that somehow had survived. \u201cI am going to rebuild it and stay, and we will rebuild all ruined Iraqi villages,\u201d he insisted. Shaqouli, he added, \u201cwill remain as mixed as it used to be \u2014 a mini-Iraq.\u201d But the mayor, Mamel Qassim, who is Kurdish, had written off the place as lost. It was partly personal: During the Islamic State occupation, the militants had used his house as their headquarters. As a result, it had been crushed by an airstrike, the debris littered with copies of a weekly paper that the militants distributed. It was more than that, though. The Iraqi government \u2014 part of the sectarian political order that took hold after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 \u2014 was as weak as it ever had been, Qassim reckoned, and ill-equipped to protect minorities. Sunni Arabs from the village had fled or been forced to retreat toward Mosul along with the Islamic State, and the Kurds, like the mayor, had mostly moved to Irbil, in the semiautonomous Kurdish region. Only the members of the Shabak minority, who were without any powerful patron or a region to call their own, seemed inclined to move back. \u201cIt will never be good here,\u201d said Qassim, adding that he intended to resign as mayor. \u201cIt will only get worse.\u201d [Concerns about \u2018collective punishment\u2019 after Sunni Arabs flee Kirkuk] Iraq\u2019s news media has been awash with photos and videos in recent days showing soldiers recapturing churches desecrated by the militants \u2014 with the implicit message that it will soon be safe for Christians to return. In some of the Christian villages around Mosul, residents said they did intend to move back, but they portrayed the move as more a responsibility than a choice. \u201cWe want to bring back the beauty of this area,\u201d said Benham Shamani, a writer from Bartella, a majority-Christian town east of Mosul, invoking more than a thousand years of Christian heritage in the area. \u201cOnly the original people of the area can return this beauty. Only the people of this area can rebuild it,\u201d Shamani said. In reality, though, Christians have been leaving Iraq for years, an exodus that began in earnest after the U.S.-led invasion. At the time, the country had around 1.5 million Christians; by the time of the Islamic State\u2019s takeover of Mosul, they were believed to be fewer than 500,000. Now community leaders say at least a third of those who remained have left. In 2014, France said it would grant asylum to Christians forced to flee Mosul. Some community leaders criticized the move, saying it would devastate what remains of Iraq\u2019s Christians. But even the community\u2019s leaders concede it will be difficult to go back to Mosul. To return to the city would be to \u201cremember all the pain, all the threats, all the killing, all the letters with bullets inside. We\u2019ll remember the looks on the street,\u201d said another priest at the Irbil church, the Rev. Zakareya Ewas, as families milled about after the service. The problems for Christians started before the Islamic State takeover, as the group\u2019s predecessor, al-Qaeda, extended its grip in the city. Ewas said he received threatening phone calls and attempts at extortion. He stopped wearing his black robes and collar on the street. His wife covered her hair in an effort to blend in. Priests were murdered as Christians were targeted for their religion but also their perceived wealth, with many kidnapped for ransom. Ewas, a Syriac Orthodox priest, fled Mosul as the militants took over in 2014. The cross in his old church has been pulled down, he said, and the building now is used as a shelter for the militants\u2019 livestock. His brother moved to Jordan two weeks ago after struggling to find work in Irbil \u2014 and after hearing several months ago that his yogurt factory in the city had been wiped out in a coalition airstrike. \u201cNow there\u2019s nothing for him to go back to,\u201d Ewas said, adding that there were many others like his brother. If the Christians of Mosul did return, he said, \u201cit will be just to sell their houses and leave.\u201d Kareem Fahim reported from Shaqouli, Iraq. Mustafa Salim in Irbil and Aaso Ameen Shwan in Shaqouli also contributed to this report.", "essay": "This was pretty troubling to read about the events going on overseas. The families are struggling so much and there's no hope in sight for them to get any relief. Looking over their backs all the time and trying to protect their children. Trying to maintain work available to support their family. I can't imagine what it would be like."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Iraqi Christians, scarred by Islamic State\u2019s cruelty, doubt they will return to Mosul \u2014  IRBIL, Iraq \u2014 At the evening service, the priest counseled forgiveness to a congregation with little reason to forgive. They were Christians from Mosul, brutalized by the Islamic State and betrayed, in some cases, by neighbors, and nothing \u2014 not the priest\u2019s pleas, not his invocation of Cain and Abel \u2014 seemed likely to heal those scars. Khalid Ramzi, a congregant, seemed to choke on the sermon. \u201cWe can\u2019t fall into the same hole twice. We don\u2019t want our children to be raised in violence and fear,\u201d he said, standing outside the church in Irbil. \u201cOnly in our dreams can we go back to Mosul.\u201d When the militants swept into the city two years ago, Christians were ordered to convert, pay a tax or die. As the Islamic State pushed beyond the city, onto the plains of Nineveh, its advance scattered the rich patchwork of religious and ethnic minorities \u2014 Yazidis and Assyrians, Kurds and Shabaks \u2014 that made the area a microcosm of diverse Iraq and a place unlike perhaps any in the world. Churches were torched. Yazidis were massacred or enslaved. Villages emptied as hundreds of thousands of people fled. Iraqi forces advancing toward Mosul have recaptured some of the villages, raising the possibility of return for the minorities. But it is difficult to imagine the villages whole again, with their emptied streets and houses lying in ruin or despoiled by the militants. A new order in Mosul and the surrounding region already has begun to take shape, before troops even have entered the city. With competing visions, powerful players including Turkey, Iran, the Kurds and the U.S.-backed Iraqi government are jostling for influence. The battle will forge its own reality, with the violence possibly sending hundreds of thousands of people searching for shelter away from their homes. And the future of the region will be defined, in many ways, by who decides to return. [Islamic State is kidnapping thousands of people to use as human shields] In Shaqouli, an ethnically mixed village about 12 miles east of Mosul, a few villagers drove back two weeks ago, with one, Asem Hussein, making a forceful case that his neighbors will eventually follow. Some sort of munition had caved in his living room, leaving a tangle of concrete and rebar, and all he had been able to recover was a few blankets and an air conditioner that somehow had survived. \u201cI am going to rebuild it and stay, and we will rebuild all ruined Iraqi villages,\u201d he insisted. Shaqouli, he added, \u201cwill remain as mixed as it used to be \u2014 a mini-Iraq.\u201d But the mayor, Mamel Qassim, who is Kurdish, had written off the place as lost. It was partly personal: During the Islamic State occupation, the militants had used his house as their headquarters. As a result, it had been crushed by an airstrike, the debris littered with copies of a weekly paper that the militants distributed. It was more than that, though. The Iraqi government \u2014 part of the sectarian political order that took hold after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 \u2014 was as weak as it ever had been, Qassim reckoned, and ill-equipped to protect minorities. Sunni Arabs from the village had fled or been forced to retreat toward Mosul along with the Islamic State, and the Kurds, like the mayor, had mostly moved to Irbil, in the semiautonomous Kurdish region. Only the members of the Shabak minority, who were without any powerful patron or a region to call their own, seemed inclined to move back. \u201cIt will never be good here,\u201d said Qassim, adding that he intended to resign as mayor. \u201cIt will only get worse.\u201d [Concerns about \u2018collective punishment\u2019 after Sunni Arabs flee Kirkuk] Iraq\u2019s news media has been awash with photos and videos in recent days showing soldiers recapturing churches desecrated by the militants \u2014 with the implicit message that it will soon be safe for Christians to return. In some of the Christian villages around Mosul, residents said they did intend to move back, but they portrayed the move as more a responsibility than a choice. \u201cWe want to bring back the beauty of this area,\u201d said Benham Shamani, a writer from Bartella, a majority-Christian town east of Mosul, invoking more than a thousand years of Christian heritage in the area. \u201cOnly the original people of the area can return this beauty. Only the people of this area can rebuild it,\u201d Shamani said. In reality, though, Christians have been leaving Iraq for years, an exodus that began in earnest after the U.S.-led invasion. At the time, the country had around 1.5 million Christians; by the time of the Islamic State\u2019s takeover of Mosul, they were believed to be fewer than 500,000. Now community leaders say at least a third of those who remained have left. In 2014, France said it would grant asylum to Christians forced to flee Mosul. Some community leaders criticized the move, saying it would devastate what remains of Iraq\u2019s Christians. But even the community\u2019s leaders concede it will be difficult to go back to Mosul. To return to the city would be to \u201cremember all the pain, all the threats, all the killing, all the letters with bullets inside. We\u2019ll remember the looks on the street,\u201d said another priest at the Irbil church, the Rev. Zakareya Ewas, as families milled about after the service. The problems for Christians started before the Islamic State takeover, as the group\u2019s predecessor, al-Qaeda, extended its grip in the city. Ewas said he received threatening phone calls and attempts at extortion. He stopped wearing his black robes and collar on the street. His wife covered her hair in an effort to blend in. Priests were murdered as Christians were targeted for their religion but also their perceived wealth, with many kidnapped for ransom. Ewas, a Syriac Orthodox priest, fled Mosul as the militants took over in 2014. The cross in his old church has been pulled down, he said, and the building now is used as a shelter for the militants\u2019 livestock. His brother moved to Jordan two weeks ago after struggling to find work in Irbil \u2014 and after hearing several months ago that his yogurt factory in the city had been wiped out in a coalition airstrike. \u201cNow there\u2019s nothing for him to go back to,\u201d Ewas said, adding that there were many others like his brother. If the Christians of Mosul did return, he said, \u201cit will be just to sell their houses and leave.\u201d Kareem Fahim reported from Shaqouli, Iraq. Mustafa Salim in Irbil and Aaso Ameen Shwan in Shaqouli also contributed to this report.", "essay": "This article made me think about something that I have never thought about before. Returning to a place where a war happen is not only the repairing of the physical, but the place may have memories that you may never want to return to. For some reason, I always thought that people would just be able to return when the fighting stopped. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Iraqi Christians, scarred by Islamic State\u2019s cruelty, doubt they will return to Mosul \u2014  IRBIL, Iraq \u2014 At the evening service, the priest counseled forgiveness to a congregation with little reason to forgive. They were Christians from Mosul, brutalized by the Islamic State and betrayed, in some cases, by neighbors, and nothing \u2014 not the priest\u2019s pleas, not his invocation of Cain and Abel \u2014 seemed likely to heal those scars. Khalid Ramzi, a congregant, seemed to choke on the sermon. \u201cWe can\u2019t fall into the same hole twice. We don\u2019t want our children to be raised in violence and fear,\u201d he said, standing outside the church in Irbil. \u201cOnly in our dreams can we go back to Mosul.\u201d When the militants swept into the city two years ago, Christians were ordered to convert, pay a tax or die. As the Islamic State pushed beyond the city, onto the plains of Nineveh, its advance scattered the rich patchwork of religious and ethnic minorities \u2014 Yazidis and Assyrians, Kurds and Shabaks \u2014 that made the area a microcosm of diverse Iraq and a place unlike perhaps any in the world. Churches were torched. Yazidis were massacred or enslaved. Villages emptied as hundreds of thousands of people fled. Iraqi forces advancing toward Mosul have recaptured some of the villages, raising the possibility of return for the minorities. But it is difficult to imagine the villages whole again, with their emptied streets and houses lying in ruin or despoiled by the militants. A new order in Mosul and the surrounding region already has begun to take shape, before troops even have entered the city. With competing visions, powerful players including Turkey, Iran, the Kurds and the U.S.-backed Iraqi government are jostling for influence. The battle will forge its own reality, with the violence possibly sending hundreds of thousands of people searching for shelter away from their homes. And the future of the region will be defined, in many ways, by who decides to return. [Islamic State is kidnapping thousands of people to use as human shields] In Shaqouli, an ethnically mixed village about 12 miles east of Mosul, a few villagers drove back two weeks ago, with one, Asem Hussein, making a forceful case that his neighbors will eventually follow. Some sort of munition had caved in his living room, leaving a tangle of concrete and rebar, and all he had been able to recover was a few blankets and an air conditioner that somehow had survived. \u201cI am going to rebuild it and stay, and we will rebuild all ruined Iraqi villages,\u201d he insisted. Shaqouli, he added, \u201cwill remain as mixed as it used to be \u2014 a mini-Iraq.\u201d But the mayor, Mamel Qassim, who is Kurdish, had written off the place as lost. It was partly personal: During the Islamic State occupation, the militants had used his house as their headquarters. As a result, it had been crushed by an airstrike, the debris littered with copies of a weekly paper that the militants distributed. It was more than that, though. The Iraqi government \u2014 part of the sectarian political order that took hold after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 \u2014 was as weak as it ever had been, Qassim reckoned, and ill-equipped to protect minorities. Sunni Arabs from the village had fled or been forced to retreat toward Mosul along with the Islamic State, and the Kurds, like the mayor, had mostly moved to Irbil, in the semiautonomous Kurdish region. Only the members of the Shabak minority, who were without any powerful patron or a region to call their own, seemed inclined to move back. \u201cIt will never be good here,\u201d said Qassim, adding that he intended to resign as mayor. \u201cIt will only get worse.\u201d [Concerns about \u2018collective punishment\u2019 after Sunni Arabs flee Kirkuk] Iraq\u2019s news media has been awash with photos and videos in recent days showing soldiers recapturing churches desecrated by the militants \u2014 with the implicit message that it will soon be safe for Christians to return. In some of the Christian villages around Mosul, residents said they did intend to move back, but they portrayed the move as more a responsibility than a choice. \u201cWe want to bring back the beauty of this area,\u201d said Benham Shamani, a writer from Bartella, a majority-Christian town east of Mosul, invoking more than a thousand years of Christian heritage in the area. \u201cOnly the original people of the area can return this beauty. Only the people of this area can rebuild it,\u201d Shamani said. In reality, though, Christians have been leaving Iraq for years, an exodus that began in earnest after the U.S.-led invasion. At the time, the country had around 1.5 million Christians; by the time of the Islamic State\u2019s takeover of Mosul, they were believed to be fewer than 500,000. Now community leaders say at least a third of those who remained have left. In 2014, France said it would grant asylum to Christians forced to flee Mosul. Some community leaders criticized the move, saying it would devastate what remains of Iraq\u2019s Christians. But even the community\u2019s leaders concede it will be difficult to go back to Mosul. To return to the city would be to \u201cremember all the pain, all the threats, all the killing, all the letters with bullets inside. We\u2019ll remember the looks on the street,\u201d said another priest at the Irbil church, the Rev. Zakareya Ewas, as families milled about after the service. The problems for Christians started before the Islamic State takeover, as the group\u2019s predecessor, al-Qaeda, extended its grip in the city. Ewas said he received threatening phone calls and attempts at extortion. He stopped wearing his black robes and collar on the street. His wife covered her hair in an effort to blend in. Priests were murdered as Christians were targeted for their religion but also their perceived wealth, with many kidnapped for ransom. Ewas, a Syriac Orthodox priest, fled Mosul as the militants took over in 2014. The cross in his old church has been pulled down, he said, and the building now is used as a shelter for the militants\u2019 livestock. His brother moved to Jordan two weeks ago after struggling to find work in Irbil \u2014 and after hearing several months ago that his yogurt factory in the city had been wiped out in a coalition airstrike. \u201cNow there\u2019s nothing for him to go back to,\u201d Ewas said, adding that there were many others like his brother. If the Christians of Mosul did return, he said, \u201cit will be just to sell their houses and leave.\u201d Kareem Fahim reported from Shaqouli, Iraq. Mustafa Salim in Irbil and Aaso Ameen Shwan in Shaqouli also contributed to this report.", "essay": "This was a sad situation.  It is unfair for all these people to live in such conflict and persecution fo their beliefs.  It makes me very grateful to live somewhere that I have the freedom to believe what I want.  People complain so much about America and don't realize how good we have it here.  These people are literally dying just for what they believe which is really sad.  I feel sad for the families. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p056", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 31 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 34999 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 3.5 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 31, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 34999, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 3.5, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "What Veterans Want You To Know About PTSD \u2014  For many, this Veterans Day comes with a little extra heaviness. Just days ago, our country elected a new president who has insulted decorated war veterans and suggested that post-traumatic stress disorder is a sign of weakness.    Unfortunately, PTSD myths and stereotypes like this are all too common. An estimated 8 million Americans \u2015 and up to 31 percent of Vietnam War veterans and 20 percent of Iraq veterans \u2015 suffer from PTSD, and rates of the disorder in the U.S. are now higher than ever.    But still, the disorder is poorly understood, stigmatized and often misrepresented, and the negative connotations surrounding PTSD are a major part of what keeps many veterans from seeking help. Increasing understanding around the disorder can only help more veterans to seek help and get better treatment.   In honor of Veterans Day, here are five things vets wish others knew about PTSD. Anyone who refers to veterans with PTSD as \u201cweak\u201d has no idea what those people have seen and experienced in a war zone, or the toll that these experiences can take on an individual \u2015 no matter how \u201cstrong\u201d they are.    \u201cWar, I believe, dare not be commented on by those who has yet to experience it,\u201d one military veteran told Gawker. \u201cUntil you kill other human beings for survival, what could you possibly say about it? It assaults all your scenes, the smell of death and the machines that cause it. Noises so loud you feel like an ant under a lawnmower. It is incomprehensible.\u201d   \u201cOn my best days I tell myself I killed to survive,\u201d he added. \u201cOn my worst my mind tells me I committed acts of madness so that I didn\u2019t go mad.\u201d   The blog PTSD: A Soldier\u2019s Perspective aims to share stories from and inspiration for veterans struggling with after-effects of their service.   \u201cThere is disconnection between everything human and what has to be done in combat,\u201d a vet named Scott Lee wrote on the platform in 2008. \u201cImagine being in an unimaginable situation and having to do the unthinkable.\u201d   That being said, some veterans say there\u2019s a common misperception that counselors or therapists can\u2019t do anything because they can\u2019t possibly understand. Psychologists can help even if they don\u2019t understand everything about war, according to Jeffrey Denning, the author of Warrior SOS: Military Veterans\u2019 Stories of Faith, Emotional Survival and Living with PTSD.   PTSD isn\u2019t always easy to recognize.   Symptoms of the disorder often go masked and unnoticed. War journalist Sebastian Junger, who spent months embedded with American troops in Afghanistan, wrote a Vanity Fair essay about the experience last June. In it, he highlighted his own struggle to recognize PTSD.    \u201cI had no idea that what I\u2019d just experienced had anything to do with combat; I just thought I was going crazy,\u201d he wrote. \u201cFor the next several months I kept having panic attacks whenever I was in a small place with too many people \u2014 airplanes, ski gondolas, crowded bars. Gradually the incidents stopped, and I didn\u2019t think about them again until I found myself talking to a woman at a picnic who worked as a psychotherapist. She asked whether I\u2019d been affected by my war experiences, and I said no, I didn\u2019t think so. But for some reason I described my puzzling panic attack in the subway. \u2018That\u2019s called post-traumatic stress disorder,\u2019 she said.\u201d   Much of the suffering of PTSD is silent.    PTSD survivors often suffer in silence, trying to present a strong face to the world and not seeking help for fear of being seen as week. A veteran who served in Baghdad in 2007 and 2008 opened up about the struggle to admit to himself that he needed care.    \u201cThe few nights a week I\u2019d get drunk and start crying inconsolably, although often silently, I tried to shake off as simple moments of weakness,\u201d he wrote, according to Gawker. \u201cI should be tough, like my grandfather returning from WW2, or all the others who seemed to get on day after day without noticeable problems.\u201d    \u201cSome of the toughest guys I had ended up the worst off\u201d he added. \u201cI simply hope that everyone, at some point, can get the help they need and I hope the VA can get its act together to assist those who so desperately need it.\u201d   PTSD doesn\u2019t make you violent.    A harmful stereotype about PTSD is that it leads to aggressive behavior. But research indicates that the prevalence of violence among individuals with PTSD is only slightly higher than the general population, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.   In a viral blog post published on the website RhinoDen, a veteran named Rob fights back against the dangerous stereotype that veterans with PTSD have violent tendencies.    \u201cI have never committed violence in the workplace, just like the vast majority of those who suffer with me,\u201d he writes. \u201cI have never physically assaulted anyone out of anger or rage. It pains me when I listen to the news and every time a veteran commits a crime (or commits suicide); it is automatically linked to and blamed on PTSD. Yes, there are some who cannot control their actions due to this imbalance in our heads, but don\u2019t put a label on us that we are all incorrigible. Very few of us are bad.\u201d    Recovery is possible.   One of the most damaging stereotypes about PTSD is the idea that people with the disorder are somehow broken or can\u2019t heal.    Roy Webb, a Marine who served in Vietnam and suffered from PTSD and insomnia for four decades, told CBS News about his recovery through yoga and meditation.    \u201cI did feel at total peace, like I hadn\u2019t known in years. You don\u2019t have all those thoughts flying through your mind at night,\u201d he said.   Iraq veteran Gordon Ewell, who has overcome PTSD, sent a message of hope to his fellow veterans: Recovery is always possible, and you\u2019re never alone.    \u201cYou may not be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel yet, but I promise it is there,\u201d he said in an interview published in Denning\u2019s book. \u201cI promise you can get through anything. I also promise that there are people willing to walk with you every step of the way.\u201d", "essay": "I was saddened by the content in the article. I do think PTSD is real and is a serious issue. I can't even imagine what those soldiers have to go through, and I hope that my loved ones never find out. I think it's understandable that adjusting back would be difficult. I really think we need to do better taking care of our troops... even in the beginning. Do we really need them? Are we putting their interests at heart, or just our political ones?"}
{"user_id": "ec_p055", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 46 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 22000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 46, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 22000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "What Veterans Want You To Know About PTSD \u2014  For many, this Veterans Day comes with a little extra heaviness. Just days ago, our country elected a new president who has insulted decorated war veterans and suggested that post-traumatic stress disorder is a sign of weakness.    Unfortunately, PTSD myths and stereotypes like this are all too common. An estimated 8 million Americans \u2015 and up to 31 percent of Vietnam War veterans and 20 percent of Iraq veterans \u2015 suffer from PTSD, and rates of the disorder in the U.S. are now higher than ever.    But still, the disorder is poorly understood, stigmatized and often misrepresented, and the negative connotations surrounding PTSD are a major part of what keeps many veterans from seeking help. Increasing understanding around the disorder can only help more veterans to seek help and get better treatment.   In honor of Veterans Day, here are five things vets wish others knew about PTSD. Anyone who refers to veterans with PTSD as \u201cweak\u201d has no idea what those people have seen and experienced in a war zone, or the toll that these experiences can take on an individual \u2015 no matter how \u201cstrong\u201d they are.    \u201cWar, I believe, dare not be commented on by those who has yet to experience it,\u201d one military veteran told Gawker. \u201cUntil you kill other human beings for survival, what could you possibly say about it? It assaults all your scenes, the smell of death and the machines that cause it. Noises so loud you feel like an ant under a lawnmower. It is incomprehensible.\u201d   \u201cOn my best days I tell myself I killed to survive,\u201d he added. \u201cOn my worst my mind tells me I committed acts of madness so that I didn\u2019t go mad.\u201d   The blog PTSD: A Soldier\u2019s Perspective aims to share stories from and inspiration for veterans struggling with after-effects of their service.   \u201cThere is disconnection between everything human and what has to be done in combat,\u201d a vet named Scott Lee wrote on the platform in 2008. \u201cImagine being in an unimaginable situation and having to do the unthinkable.\u201d   That being said, some veterans say there\u2019s a common misperception that counselors or therapists can\u2019t do anything because they can\u2019t possibly understand. Psychologists can help even if they don\u2019t understand everything about war, according to Jeffrey Denning, the author of Warrior SOS: Military Veterans\u2019 Stories of Faith, Emotional Survival and Living with PTSD.   PTSD isn\u2019t always easy to recognize.   Symptoms of the disorder often go masked and unnoticed. War journalist Sebastian Junger, who spent months embedded with American troops in Afghanistan, wrote a Vanity Fair essay about the experience last June. In it, he highlighted his own struggle to recognize PTSD.    \u201cI had no idea that what I\u2019d just experienced had anything to do with combat; I just thought I was going crazy,\u201d he wrote. \u201cFor the next several months I kept having panic attacks whenever I was in a small place with too many people \u2014 airplanes, ski gondolas, crowded bars. Gradually the incidents stopped, and I didn\u2019t think about them again until I found myself talking to a woman at a picnic who worked as a psychotherapist. She asked whether I\u2019d been affected by my war experiences, and I said no, I didn\u2019t think so. But for some reason I described my puzzling panic attack in the subway. \u2018That\u2019s called post-traumatic stress disorder,\u2019 she said.\u201d   Much of the suffering of PTSD is silent.    PTSD survivors often suffer in silence, trying to present a strong face to the world and not seeking help for fear of being seen as week. A veteran who served in Baghdad in 2007 and 2008 opened up about the struggle to admit to himself that he needed care.    \u201cThe few nights a week I\u2019d get drunk and start crying inconsolably, although often silently, I tried to shake off as simple moments of weakness,\u201d he wrote, according to Gawker. \u201cI should be tough, like my grandfather returning from WW2, or all the others who seemed to get on day after day without noticeable problems.\u201d    \u201cSome of the toughest guys I had ended up the worst off\u201d he added. \u201cI simply hope that everyone, at some point, can get the help they need and I hope the VA can get its act together to assist those who so desperately need it.\u201d   PTSD doesn\u2019t make you violent.    A harmful stereotype about PTSD is that it leads to aggressive behavior. But research indicates that the prevalence of violence among individuals with PTSD is only slightly higher than the general population, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.   In a viral blog post published on the website RhinoDen, a veteran named Rob fights back against the dangerous stereotype that veterans with PTSD have violent tendencies.    \u201cI have never committed violence in the workplace, just like the vast majority of those who suffer with me,\u201d he writes. \u201cI have never physically assaulted anyone out of anger or rage. It pains me when I listen to the news and every time a veteran commits a crime (or commits suicide); it is automatically linked to and blamed on PTSD. Yes, there are some who cannot control their actions due to this imbalance in our heads, but don\u2019t put a label on us that we are all incorrigible. Very few of us are bad.\u201d    Recovery is possible.   One of the most damaging stereotypes about PTSD is the idea that people with the disorder are somehow broken or can\u2019t heal.    Roy Webb, a Marine who served in Vietnam and suffered from PTSD and insomnia for four decades, told CBS News about his recovery through yoga and meditation.    \u201cI did feel at total peace, like I hadn\u2019t known in years. You don\u2019t have all those thoughts flying through your mind at night,\u201d he said.   Iraq veteran Gordon Ewell, who has overcome PTSD, sent a message of hope to his fellow veterans: Recovery is always possible, and you\u2019re never alone.    \u201cYou may not be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel yet, but I promise it is there,\u201d he said in an interview published in Denning\u2019s book. \u201cI promise you can get through anything. I also promise that there are people willing to walk with you every step of the way.\u201d", "essay": "The fact that we don't take care of our veterans is worse than sad. We have a duty to honor them and take care of them. I'm happy to see so many people speaking out and making issues with PTSD more easy to talk about. We can't keep ignoring these issues and pretending that we just can't do anything for our vets. We need to make sure we take more time to work with each vet and get them the help they not only need but deserve!"}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "What Veterans Want You To Know About PTSD \u2014  For many, this Veterans Day comes with a little extra heaviness. Just days ago, our country elected a new president who has insulted decorated war veterans and suggested that post-traumatic stress disorder is a sign of weakness.    Unfortunately, PTSD myths and stereotypes like this are all too common. An estimated 8 million Americans \u2015 and up to 31 percent of Vietnam War veterans and 20 percent of Iraq veterans \u2015 suffer from PTSD, and rates of the disorder in the U.S. are now higher than ever.    But still, the disorder is poorly understood, stigmatized and often misrepresented, and the negative connotations surrounding PTSD are a major part of what keeps many veterans from seeking help. Increasing understanding around the disorder can only help more veterans to seek help and get better treatment.   In honor of Veterans Day, here are five things vets wish others knew about PTSD. Anyone who refers to veterans with PTSD as \u201cweak\u201d has no idea what those people have seen and experienced in a war zone, or the toll that these experiences can take on an individual \u2015 no matter how \u201cstrong\u201d they are.    \u201cWar, I believe, dare not be commented on by those who has yet to experience it,\u201d one military veteran told Gawker. \u201cUntil you kill other human beings for survival, what could you possibly say about it? It assaults all your scenes, the smell of death and the machines that cause it. Noises so loud you feel like an ant under a lawnmower. It is incomprehensible.\u201d   \u201cOn my best days I tell myself I killed to survive,\u201d he added. \u201cOn my worst my mind tells me I committed acts of madness so that I didn\u2019t go mad.\u201d   The blog PTSD: A Soldier\u2019s Perspective aims to share stories from and inspiration for veterans struggling with after-effects of their service.   \u201cThere is disconnection between everything human and what has to be done in combat,\u201d a vet named Scott Lee wrote on the platform in 2008. \u201cImagine being in an unimaginable situation and having to do the unthinkable.\u201d   That being said, some veterans say there\u2019s a common misperception that counselors or therapists can\u2019t do anything because they can\u2019t possibly understand. Psychologists can help even if they don\u2019t understand everything about war, according to Jeffrey Denning, the author of Warrior SOS: Military Veterans\u2019 Stories of Faith, Emotional Survival and Living with PTSD.   PTSD isn\u2019t always easy to recognize.   Symptoms of the disorder often go masked and unnoticed. War journalist Sebastian Junger, who spent months embedded with American troops in Afghanistan, wrote a Vanity Fair essay about the experience last June. In it, he highlighted his own struggle to recognize PTSD.    \u201cI had no idea that what I\u2019d just experienced had anything to do with combat; I just thought I was going crazy,\u201d he wrote. \u201cFor the next several months I kept having panic attacks whenever I was in a small place with too many people \u2014 airplanes, ski gondolas, crowded bars. Gradually the incidents stopped, and I didn\u2019t think about them again until I found myself talking to a woman at a picnic who worked as a psychotherapist. She asked whether I\u2019d been affected by my war experiences, and I said no, I didn\u2019t think so. But for some reason I described my puzzling panic attack in the subway. \u2018That\u2019s called post-traumatic stress disorder,\u2019 she said.\u201d   Much of the suffering of PTSD is silent.    PTSD survivors often suffer in silence, trying to present a strong face to the world and not seeking help for fear of being seen as week. A veteran who served in Baghdad in 2007 and 2008 opened up about the struggle to admit to himself that he needed care.    \u201cThe few nights a week I\u2019d get drunk and start crying inconsolably, although often silently, I tried to shake off as simple moments of weakness,\u201d he wrote, according to Gawker. \u201cI should be tough, like my grandfather returning from WW2, or all the others who seemed to get on day after day without noticeable problems.\u201d    \u201cSome of the toughest guys I had ended up the worst off\u201d he added. \u201cI simply hope that everyone, at some point, can get the help they need and I hope the VA can get its act together to assist those who so desperately need it.\u201d   PTSD doesn\u2019t make you violent.    A harmful stereotype about PTSD is that it leads to aggressive behavior. But research indicates that the prevalence of violence among individuals with PTSD is only slightly higher than the general population, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.   In a viral blog post published on the website RhinoDen, a veteran named Rob fights back against the dangerous stereotype that veterans with PTSD have violent tendencies.    \u201cI have never committed violence in the workplace, just like the vast majority of those who suffer with me,\u201d he writes. \u201cI have never physically assaulted anyone out of anger or rage. It pains me when I listen to the news and every time a veteran commits a crime (or commits suicide); it is automatically linked to and blamed on PTSD. Yes, there are some who cannot control their actions due to this imbalance in our heads, but don\u2019t put a label on us that we are all incorrigible. Very few of us are bad.\u201d    Recovery is possible.   One of the most damaging stereotypes about PTSD is the idea that people with the disorder are somehow broken or can\u2019t heal.    Roy Webb, a Marine who served in Vietnam and suffered from PTSD and insomnia for four decades, told CBS News about his recovery through yoga and meditation.    \u201cI did feel at total peace, like I hadn\u2019t known in years. You don\u2019t have all those thoughts flying through your mind at night,\u201d he said.   Iraq veteran Gordon Ewell, who has overcome PTSD, sent a message of hope to his fellow veterans: Recovery is always possible, and you\u2019re never alone.    \u201cYou may not be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel yet, but I promise it is there,\u201d he said in an interview published in Denning\u2019s book. \u201cI promise you can get through anything. I also promise that there are people willing to walk with you every step of the way.\u201d", "essay": "PTSD is a tough problem to have I feel bad for those veterans that have to deal with it they must relive those awful memories over and over again in their mind it can not be easy to live with all the things that they had to go through in the theater of war they need to spend more on mental health for them."}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "What Veterans Want You To Know About PTSD \u2014  For many, this Veterans Day comes with a little extra heaviness. Just days ago, our country elected a new president who has insulted decorated war veterans and suggested that post-traumatic stress disorder is a sign of weakness.    Unfortunately, PTSD myths and stereotypes like this are all too common. An estimated 8 million Americans \u2015 and up to 31 percent of Vietnam War veterans and 20 percent of Iraq veterans \u2015 suffer from PTSD, and rates of the disorder in the U.S. are now higher than ever.    But still, the disorder is poorly understood, stigmatized and often misrepresented, and the negative connotations surrounding PTSD are a major part of what keeps many veterans from seeking help. Increasing understanding around the disorder can only help more veterans to seek help and get better treatment.   In honor of Veterans Day, here are five things vets wish others knew about PTSD. Anyone who refers to veterans with PTSD as \u201cweak\u201d has no idea what those people have seen and experienced in a war zone, or the toll that these experiences can take on an individual \u2015 no matter how \u201cstrong\u201d they are.    \u201cWar, I believe, dare not be commented on by those who has yet to experience it,\u201d one military veteran told Gawker. \u201cUntil you kill other human beings for survival, what could you possibly say about it? It assaults all your scenes, the smell of death and the machines that cause it. Noises so loud you feel like an ant under a lawnmower. It is incomprehensible.\u201d   \u201cOn my best days I tell myself I killed to survive,\u201d he added. \u201cOn my worst my mind tells me I committed acts of madness so that I didn\u2019t go mad.\u201d   The blog PTSD: A Soldier\u2019s Perspective aims to share stories from and inspiration for veterans struggling with after-effects of their service.   \u201cThere is disconnection between everything human and what has to be done in combat,\u201d a vet named Scott Lee wrote on the platform in 2008. \u201cImagine being in an unimaginable situation and having to do the unthinkable.\u201d   That being said, some veterans say there\u2019s a common misperception that counselors or therapists can\u2019t do anything because they can\u2019t possibly understand. Psychologists can help even if they don\u2019t understand everything about war, according to Jeffrey Denning, the author of Warrior SOS: Military Veterans\u2019 Stories of Faith, Emotional Survival and Living with PTSD.   PTSD isn\u2019t always easy to recognize.   Symptoms of the disorder often go masked and unnoticed. War journalist Sebastian Junger, who spent months embedded with American troops in Afghanistan, wrote a Vanity Fair essay about the experience last June. In it, he highlighted his own struggle to recognize PTSD.    \u201cI had no idea that what I\u2019d just experienced had anything to do with combat; I just thought I was going crazy,\u201d he wrote. \u201cFor the next several months I kept having panic attacks whenever I was in a small place with too many people \u2014 airplanes, ski gondolas, crowded bars. Gradually the incidents stopped, and I didn\u2019t think about them again until I found myself talking to a woman at a picnic who worked as a psychotherapist. She asked whether I\u2019d been affected by my war experiences, and I said no, I didn\u2019t think so. But for some reason I described my puzzling panic attack in the subway. \u2018That\u2019s called post-traumatic stress disorder,\u2019 she said.\u201d   Much of the suffering of PTSD is silent.    PTSD survivors often suffer in silence, trying to present a strong face to the world and not seeking help for fear of being seen as week. A veteran who served in Baghdad in 2007 and 2008 opened up about the struggle to admit to himself that he needed care.    \u201cThe few nights a week I\u2019d get drunk and start crying inconsolably, although often silently, I tried to shake off as simple moments of weakness,\u201d he wrote, according to Gawker. \u201cI should be tough, like my grandfather returning from WW2, or all the others who seemed to get on day after day without noticeable problems.\u201d    \u201cSome of the toughest guys I had ended up the worst off\u201d he added. \u201cI simply hope that everyone, at some point, can get the help they need and I hope the VA can get its act together to assist those who so desperately need it.\u201d   PTSD doesn\u2019t make you violent.    A harmful stereotype about PTSD is that it leads to aggressive behavior. But research indicates that the prevalence of violence among individuals with PTSD is only slightly higher than the general population, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.   In a viral blog post published on the website RhinoDen, a veteran named Rob fights back against the dangerous stereotype that veterans with PTSD have violent tendencies.    \u201cI have never committed violence in the workplace, just like the vast majority of those who suffer with me,\u201d he writes. \u201cI have never physically assaulted anyone out of anger or rage. It pains me when I listen to the news and every time a veteran commits a crime (or commits suicide); it is automatically linked to and blamed on PTSD. Yes, there are some who cannot control their actions due to this imbalance in our heads, but don\u2019t put a label on us that we are all incorrigible. Very few of us are bad.\u201d    Recovery is possible.   One of the most damaging stereotypes about PTSD is the idea that people with the disorder are somehow broken or can\u2019t heal.    Roy Webb, a Marine who served in Vietnam and suffered from PTSD and insomnia for four decades, told CBS News about his recovery through yoga and meditation.    \u201cI did feel at total peace, like I hadn\u2019t known in years. You don\u2019t have all those thoughts flying through your mind at night,\u201d he said.   Iraq veteran Gordon Ewell, who has overcome PTSD, sent a message of hope to his fellow veterans: Recovery is always possible, and you\u2019re never alone.    \u201cYou may not be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel yet, but I promise it is there,\u201d he said in an interview published in Denning\u2019s book. \u201cI promise you can get through anything. I also promise that there are people willing to walk with you every step of the way.\u201d", "essay": "I hate hearing stories like this... I feel so bad for veterans, not only for what they have to deal with if they were on the battlefield, but because of the lack of respect for them in this country. Even if you don't agree with the war we are fighting, that is not their fault, don't take it out on them, take it out on their leaders. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "What Veterans Want You To Know About PTSD \u2014  For many, this Veterans Day comes with a little extra heaviness. Just days ago, our country elected a new president who has insulted decorated war veterans and suggested that post-traumatic stress disorder is a sign of weakness.    Unfortunately, PTSD myths and stereotypes like this are all too common. An estimated 8 million Americans \u2015 and up to 31 percent of Vietnam War veterans and 20 percent of Iraq veterans \u2015 suffer from PTSD, and rates of the disorder in the U.S. are now higher than ever.    But still, the disorder is poorly understood, stigmatized and often misrepresented, and the negative connotations surrounding PTSD are a major part of what keeps many veterans from seeking help. Increasing understanding around the disorder can only help more veterans to seek help and get better treatment.   In honor of Veterans Day, here are five things vets wish others knew about PTSD. Anyone who refers to veterans with PTSD as \u201cweak\u201d has no idea what those people have seen and experienced in a war zone, or the toll that these experiences can take on an individual \u2015 no matter how \u201cstrong\u201d they are.    \u201cWar, I believe, dare not be commented on by those who has yet to experience it,\u201d one military veteran told Gawker. \u201cUntil you kill other human beings for survival, what could you possibly say about it? It assaults all your scenes, the smell of death and the machines that cause it. Noises so loud you feel like an ant under a lawnmower. It is incomprehensible.\u201d   \u201cOn my best days I tell myself I killed to survive,\u201d he added. \u201cOn my worst my mind tells me I committed acts of madness so that I didn\u2019t go mad.\u201d   The blog PTSD: A Soldier\u2019s Perspective aims to share stories from and inspiration for veterans struggling with after-effects of their service.   \u201cThere is disconnection between everything human and what has to be done in combat,\u201d a vet named Scott Lee wrote on the platform in 2008. \u201cImagine being in an unimaginable situation and having to do the unthinkable.\u201d   That being said, some veterans say there\u2019s a common misperception that counselors or therapists can\u2019t do anything because they can\u2019t possibly understand. Psychologists can help even if they don\u2019t understand everything about war, according to Jeffrey Denning, the author of Warrior SOS: Military Veterans\u2019 Stories of Faith, Emotional Survival and Living with PTSD.   PTSD isn\u2019t always easy to recognize.   Symptoms of the disorder often go masked and unnoticed. War journalist Sebastian Junger, who spent months embedded with American troops in Afghanistan, wrote a Vanity Fair essay about the experience last June. In it, he highlighted his own struggle to recognize PTSD.    \u201cI had no idea that what I\u2019d just experienced had anything to do with combat; I just thought I was going crazy,\u201d he wrote. \u201cFor the next several months I kept having panic attacks whenever I was in a small place with too many people \u2014 airplanes, ski gondolas, crowded bars. Gradually the incidents stopped, and I didn\u2019t think about them again until I found myself talking to a woman at a picnic who worked as a psychotherapist. She asked whether I\u2019d been affected by my war experiences, and I said no, I didn\u2019t think so. But for some reason I described my puzzling panic attack in the subway. \u2018That\u2019s called post-traumatic stress disorder,\u2019 she said.\u201d   Much of the suffering of PTSD is silent.    PTSD survivors often suffer in silence, trying to present a strong face to the world and not seeking help for fear of being seen as week. A veteran who served in Baghdad in 2007 and 2008 opened up about the struggle to admit to himself that he needed care.    \u201cThe few nights a week I\u2019d get drunk and start crying inconsolably, although often silently, I tried to shake off as simple moments of weakness,\u201d he wrote, according to Gawker. \u201cI should be tough, like my grandfather returning from WW2, or all the others who seemed to get on day after day without noticeable problems.\u201d    \u201cSome of the toughest guys I had ended up the worst off\u201d he added. \u201cI simply hope that everyone, at some point, can get the help they need and I hope the VA can get its act together to assist those who so desperately need it.\u201d   PTSD doesn\u2019t make you violent.    A harmful stereotype about PTSD is that it leads to aggressive behavior. But research indicates that the prevalence of violence among individuals with PTSD is only slightly higher than the general population, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.   In a viral blog post published on the website RhinoDen, a veteran named Rob fights back against the dangerous stereotype that veterans with PTSD have violent tendencies.    \u201cI have never committed violence in the workplace, just like the vast majority of those who suffer with me,\u201d he writes. \u201cI have never physically assaulted anyone out of anger or rage. It pains me when I listen to the news and every time a veteran commits a crime (or commits suicide); it is automatically linked to and blamed on PTSD. Yes, there are some who cannot control their actions due to this imbalance in our heads, but don\u2019t put a label on us that we are all incorrigible. Very few of us are bad.\u201d    Recovery is possible.   One of the most damaging stereotypes about PTSD is the idea that people with the disorder are somehow broken or can\u2019t heal.    Roy Webb, a Marine who served in Vietnam and suffered from PTSD and insomnia for four decades, told CBS News about his recovery through yoga and meditation.    \u201cI did feel at total peace, like I hadn\u2019t known in years. You don\u2019t have all those thoughts flying through your mind at night,\u201d he said.   Iraq veteran Gordon Ewell, who has overcome PTSD, sent a message of hope to his fellow veterans: Recovery is always possible, and you\u2019re never alone.    \u201cYou may not be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel yet, but I promise it is there,\u201d he said in an interview published in Denning\u2019s book. \u201cI promise you can get through anything. I also promise that there are people willing to walk with you every step of the way.\u201d", "essay": "The sights and sounds of war are horrible and I would never blame a person for having PTSD. I'm happy that the one solider although he has PTSD, he is working though it and wants to show people that now all people with PTSD are dangerous and there is away to heal yourself after being in a such bad of a place."}
{"user_id": "ec_p056", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 31 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 34999 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 3.5 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 31, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 34999, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 3.5, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "Animals Starving in Venezuela Zoos \u2014  The country\u2019s poor economy, triggered by a drop in the price of oil, has led people as well as zoo animals to go hungry. When a nation is plagued by hard times, people aren\u2019t the only ones to suffer. About 50 animals at Venezuela\u2019s Caricuao Zoo have starved in the last six months due to the rising cost of food, caused by the nation\u2019s economic downturn. Rabbits, tapirs, porcupines, pigs, and birds are among the fallen at the country\u2019s northern zoo. Some went without food for two weeks. The National Parks Institute (INPARQUES), which oversees the country\u2019s zoos, blames the shortages on the nation's economic crash, caused by a plummet in the price of oil (Venezuela is a major oil producer). The country can\u2019t afford to import food, medicine, and other necessities, and inflation has caused prices to skyrocket. \u201cThe story of the animals at Caricuao is a metaphor for Venezuelan suffering,\u201d Marlene Sifontes, union leader for INPARQUES employees, tells Reuters. Caricuao Zoo staffers have been feeding carnivorous lions and tigers diets of mango and pumpkin. They are also giving an elephant tropical fruit instead of hay. Other big cats are reportedly being fed slaughteredThoroughbred horses from a nearby racetrack. Meanwhile, many Venezuelans go without food on a daily basis and wait in supermarket lines for hours. The nation\u2019s starving economy has driven people to hunt dogs, cats, and pigeons for food. On Monday, visitors to a zoo in Caracas, the nation\u2019s capital, reportedly stole a horse and butcheredit for meat. Care and Feeding \u201cLong-term, feeding the incorrect diet for any animal can have significant long-lasting health effects,\u201d says Meredith Whitney, a wildlife rescue program officer of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), an animal protection organization based in Washington, D.C. Short-term, Whitney adds, animals can be affected psychologically. She works on improving living standards for big cats, and once encountered a malnourished animal with neurological difficulties. Diarrhea, bone abnormalities, and organ function are also side effects of malnourishment. The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) outlines animals\u2019 nutritional needs in its Animal Welfare Strategy. Lack of food can lead to mental decline, the group warns. Given Venezuela\u2019s nationwide economic situation, says Gail A\u2019Brunzo, IFAW wildlife rescue manager, \u201cYou can expect the animals to be impacted in some way.\u201d Moving Animals Outside the capital, zoo administrators in the western state of T\u00e1chira have asked local businesses to donate fruit, vegetables, and meat to feed the animals. In May, three animals died at a zoo in the Paraguan\u00e1 Peninsula, in northwestern Venezuela. Staff are now attempting to move 12 animals more than 420 miles (676 kilometers) south to a park in M\u00e9rida. \u201cIf these zoos continue to operate after these animals are transferred and get new animals, [the suffering] could arise again,\u201d Whitney says. As of this writing, no international animal rights organizations have committed to relocating the remaining zoo animals. All animals in the country, bipedal or not, are suffering. And Venezuela isn\u2019t the only place where animals have been hurt by a poor social climate. Global Threat In March, the World Post reported 200 animals dead at the Khan Younis Zoo in southern Gaza. Mohammad Oweida, owner of the zoo, says the Israeli-Palestinian conflict prevented staff from adequately feeding or caring for the animals. Oweida started to amateurishly mummify the animal carcasses and kept them on display, but the cadavers have since been removed. He also tried to sell an emaciated tiger, ostrich, and pelican to buy food for the zoo\u2019s remaining animals. Four Paws, an animal protection agency based in the U.S., is raising fundsto go to Gaza to shut down the Khan Younis Zoo. Four Paws has been in direct communication with Oweida since February and is now working to finalize arrangements. \"If owners can no longer properly care for these precious lives, the animals should be handed over and/or confiscated by the proper authorities and placed with an accredited organization or sanctuary that would best care for them,\" Four Paws writes in a statement. Animals at the Taiz Zoo in southwestern Yemen are also victims of a nationwide crisis. The raging civil war there prevents tourists from visiting, which stifles the zoo\u2019s revenue. Without funds, animals went without food or medicine while zoo workers went without pay. As of February, at least 12 lions and six leopards have died there. Four Paws doesn't currently have plans to enter Yemen due to safety concerns for its staff. \u201cIt all comes down to organizational management,\u201d A\u2019Brunzo says. \u201cIf the zoo is in imminent financial crisis, they need to take steps to provide for these animals. Ailing zoos should reach out to partner zoos or organizations that might be able to help, she adds. \u201cThis does not appear to be a short-term thing.\u201d", "essay": "I had never considered the zoos in countries like Venezuela. I'm concerned that it seems like they're being fined and punished for their predicament. I think other zoos throughout the world should step up and try to rescue the animals, or at the very least, preserve them for a scientific purpose and euthanize them humanely. Those that are endangered should be removed. It's just a terrible situation for everyone, but the zoo owners and animals aren't at fault, it's the political constraints."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Animals Starving in Venezuela Zoos \u2014  The country\u2019s poor economy, triggered by a drop in the price of oil, has led people as well as zoo animals to go hungry. When a nation is plagued by hard times, people aren\u2019t the only ones to suffer. About 50 animals at Venezuela\u2019s Caricuao Zoo have starved in the last six months due to the rising cost of food, caused by the nation\u2019s economic downturn. Rabbits, tapirs, porcupines, pigs, and birds are among the fallen at the country\u2019s northern zoo. Some went without food for two weeks. The National Parks Institute (INPARQUES), which oversees the country\u2019s zoos, blames the shortages on the nation's economic crash, caused by a plummet in the price of oil (Venezuela is a major oil producer). The country can\u2019t afford to import food, medicine, and other necessities, and inflation has caused prices to skyrocket. \u201cThe story of the animals at Caricuao is a metaphor for Venezuelan suffering,\u201d Marlene Sifontes, union leader for INPARQUES employees, tells Reuters. Caricuao Zoo staffers have been feeding carnivorous lions and tigers diets of mango and pumpkin. They are also giving an elephant tropical fruit instead of hay. Other big cats are reportedly being fed slaughteredThoroughbred horses from a nearby racetrack. Meanwhile, many Venezuelans go without food on a daily basis and wait in supermarket lines for hours. The nation\u2019s starving economy has driven people to hunt dogs, cats, and pigeons for food. On Monday, visitors to a zoo in Caracas, the nation\u2019s capital, reportedly stole a horse and butcheredit for meat. Care and Feeding \u201cLong-term, feeding the incorrect diet for any animal can have significant long-lasting health effects,\u201d says Meredith Whitney, a wildlife rescue program officer of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), an animal protection organization based in Washington, D.C. Short-term, Whitney adds, animals can be affected psychologically. She works on improving living standards for big cats, and once encountered a malnourished animal with neurological difficulties. Diarrhea, bone abnormalities, and organ function are also side effects of malnourishment. The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) outlines animals\u2019 nutritional needs in its Animal Welfare Strategy. Lack of food can lead to mental decline, the group warns. Given Venezuela\u2019s nationwide economic situation, says Gail A\u2019Brunzo, IFAW wildlife rescue manager, \u201cYou can expect the animals to be impacted in some way.\u201d Moving Animals Outside the capital, zoo administrators in the western state of T\u00e1chira have asked local businesses to donate fruit, vegetables, and meat to feed the animals. In May, three animals died at a zoo in the Paraguan\u00e1 Peninsula, in northwestern Venezuela. Staff are now attempting to move 12 animals more than 420 miles (676 kilometers) south to a park in M\u00e9rida. \u201cIf these zoos continue to operate after these animals are transferred and get new animals, [the suffering] could arise again,\u201d Whitney says. As of this writing, no international animal rights organizations have committed to relocating the remaining zoo animals. All animals in the country, bipedal or not, are suffering. And Venezuela isn\u2019t the only place where animals have been hurt by a poor social climate. Global Threat In March, the World Post reported 200 animals dead at the Khan Younis Zoo in southern Gaza. Mohammad Oweida, owner of the zoo, says the Israeli-Palestinian conflict prevented staff from adequately feeding or caring for the animals. Oweida started to amateurishly mummify the animal carcasses and kept them on display, but the cadavers have since been removed. He also tried to sell an emaciated tiger, ostrich, and pelican to buy food for the zoo\u2019s remaining animals. Four Paws, an animal protection agency based in the U.S., is raising fundsto go to Gaza to shut down the Khan Younis Zoo. Four Paws has been in direct communication with Oweida since February and is now working to finalize arrangements. \"If owners can no longer properly care for these precious lives, the animals should be handed over and/or confiscated by the proper authorities and placed with an accredited organization or sanctuary that would best care for them,\" Four Paws writes in a statement. Animals at the Taiz Zoo in southwestern Yemen are also victims of a nationwide crisis. The raging civil war there prevents tourists from visiting, which stifles the zoo\u2019s revenue. Without funds, animals went without food or medicine while zoo workers went without pay. As of February, at least 12 lions and six leopards have died there. Four Paws doesn't currently have plans to enter Yemen due to safety concerns for its staff. \u201cIt all comes down to organizational management,\u201d A\u2019Brunzo says. \u201cIf the zoo is in imminent financial crisis, they need to take steps to provide for these animals. Ailing zoos should reach out to partner zoos or organizations that might be able to help, she adds. \u201cThis does not appear to be a short-term thing.\u201d", "essay": "I find the article comical.  In these places, people are starving to death and the concern of some people is whether zoo animals are getting enough to eat.  The zoo animals should be slaughtered to feed people.  The horses slaughtered to feed to animals should be fed to people.  The animals probably shouldn't be in zoos to begin with, but now that they are they shouldn't come before human needs.  That's idiotic.  Just butcher the zoo animals, feed them to people, and be done with the problem.  That's my opinion."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Animals Starving in Venezuela Zoos \u2014  The country\u2019s poor economy, triggered by a drop in the price of oil, has led people as well as zoo animals to go hungry. When a nation is plagued by hard times, people aren\u2019t the only ones to suffer. About 50 animals at Venezuela\u2019s Caricuao Zoo have starved in the last six months due to the rising cost of food, caused by the nation\u2019s economic downturn. Rabbits, tapirs, porcupines, pigs, and birds are among the fallen at the country\u2019s northern zoo. Some went without food for two weeks. The National Parks Institute (INPARQUES), which oversees the country\u2019s zoos, blames the shortages on the nation's economic crash, caused by a plummet in the price of oil (Venezuela is a major oil producer). The country can\u2019t afford to import food, medicine, and other necessities, and inflation has caused prices to skyrocket. \u201cThe story of the animals at Caricuao is a metaphor for Venezuelan suffering,\u201d Marlene Sifontes, union leader for INPARQUES employees, tells Reuters. Caricuao Zoo staffers have been feeding carnivorous lions and tigers diets of mango and pumpkin. They are also giving an elephant tropical fruit instead of hay. Other big cats are reportedly being fed slaughteredThoroughbred horses from a nearby racetrack. Meanwhile, many Venezuelans go without food on a daily basis and wait in supermarket lines for hours. The nation\u2019s starving economy has driven people to hunt dogs, cats, and pigeons for food. On Monday, visitors to a zoo in Caracas, the nation\u2019s capital, reportedly stole a horse and butcheredit for meat. Care and Feeding \u201cLong-term, feeding the incorrect diet for any animal can have significant long-lasting health effects,\u201d says Meredith Whitney, a wildlife rescue program officer of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), an animal protection organization based in Washington, D.C. Short-term, Whitney adds, animals can be affected psychologically. She works on improving living standards for big cats, and once encountered a malnourished animal with neurological difficulties. Diarrhea, bone abnormalities, and organ function are also side effects of malnourishment. The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) outlines animals\u2019 nutritional needs in its Animal Welfare Strategy. Lack of food can lead to mental decline, the group warns. Given Venezuela\u2019s nationwide economic situation, says Gail A\u2019Brunzo, IFAW wildlife rescue manager, \u201cYou can expect the animals to be impacted in some way.\u201d Moving Animals Outside the capital, zoo administrators in the western state of T\u00e1chira have asked local businesses to donate fruit, vegetables, and meat to feed the animals. In May, three animals died at a zoo in the Paraguan\u00e1 Peninsula, in northwestern Venezuela. Staff are now attempting to move 12 animals more than 420 miles (676 kilometers) south to a park in M\u00e9rida. \u201cIf these zoos continue to operate after these animals are transferred and get new animals, [the suffering] could arise again,\u201d Whitney says. As of this writing, no international animal rights organizations have committed to relocating the remaining zoo animals. All animals in the country, bipedal or not, are suffering. And Venezuela isn\u2019t the only place where animals have been hurt by a poor social climate. Global Threat In March, the World Post reported 200 animals dead at the Khan Younis Zoo in southern Gaza. Mohammad Oweida, owner of the zoo, says the Israeli-Palestinian conflict prevented staff from adequately feeding or caring for the animals. Oweida started to amateurishly mummify the animal carcasses and kept them on display, but the cadavers have since been removed. He also tried to sell an emaciated tiger, ostrich, and pelican to buy food for the zoo\u2019s remaining animals. Four Paws, an animal protection agency based in the U.S., is raising fundsto go to Gaza to shut down the Khan Younis Zoo. Four Paws has been in direct communication with Oweida since February and is now working to finalize arrangements. \"If owners can no longer properly care for these precious lives, the animals should be handed over and/or confiscated by the proper authorities and placed with an accredited organization or sanctuary that would best care for them,\" Four Paws writes in a statement. Animals at the Taiz Zoo in southwestern Yemen are also victims of a nationwide crisis. The raging civil war there prevents tourists from visiting, which stifles the zoo\u2019s revenue. Without funds, animals went without food or medicine while zoo workers went without pay. As of February, at least 12 lions and six leopards have died there. Four Paws doesn't currently have plans to enter Yemen due to safety concerns for its staff. \u201cIt all comes down to organizational management,\u201d A\u2019Brunzo says. \u201cIf the zoo is in imminent financial crisis, they need to take steps to provide for these animals. Ailing zoos should reach out to partner zoos or organizations that might be able to help, she adds. \u201cThis does not appear to be a short-term thing.\u201d", "essay": "I just read an article about how animals in Venezuela are starving to death because of the turmoil that is happening in that country. I feel like there should be some kind of action plan in place for animals in countries that are experiencing hardship so that they can be transported to other places in times of crisis. The thought of innocent creatures starving to death in cages really turns my stomach."}
{"user_id": "ec_p016", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 60000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 60000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Animals Starving in Venezuela Zoos \u2014  The country\u2019s poor economy, triggered by a drop in the price of oil, has led people as well as zoo animals to go hungry. When a nation is plagued by hard times, people aren\u2019t the only ones to suffer. About 50 animals at Venezuela\u2019s Caricuao Zoo have starved in the last six months due to the rising cost of food, caused by the nation\u2019s economic downturn. Rabbits, tapirs, porcupines, pigs, and birds are among the fallen at the country\u2019s northern zoo. Some went without food for two weeks. The National Parks Institute (INPARQUES), which oversees the country\u2019s zoos, blames the shortages on the nation's economic crash, caused by a plummet in the price of oil (Venezuela is a major oil producer). The country can\u2019t afford to import food, medicine, and other necessities, and inflation has caused prices to skyrocket. \u201cThe story of the animals at Caricuao is a metaphor for Venezuelan suffering,\u201d Marlene Sifontes, union leader for INPARQUES employees, tells Reuters. Caricuao Zoo staffers have been feeding carnivorous lions and tigers diets of mango and pumpkin. They are also giving an elephant tropical fruit instead of hay. Other big cats are reportedly being fed slaughteredThoroughbred horses from a nearby racetrack. Meanwhile, many Venezuelans go without food on a daily basis and wait in supermarket lines for hours. The nation\u2019s starving economy has driven people to hunt dogs, cats, and pigeons for food. On Monday, visitors to a zoo in Caracas, the nation\u2019s capital, reportedly stole a horse and butcheredit for meat. Care and Feeding \u201cLong-term, feeding the incorrect diet for any animal can have significant long-lasting health effects,\u201d says Meredith Whitney, a wildlife rescue program officer of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), an animal protection organization based in Washington, D.C. Short-term, Whitney adds, animals can be affected psychologically. She works on improving living standards for big cats, and once encountered a malnourished animal with neurological difficulties. Diarrhea, bone abnormalities, and organ function are also side effects of malnourishment. The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) outlines animals\u2019 nutritional needs in its Animal Welfare Strategy. Lack of food can lead to mental decline, the group warns. Given Venezuela\u2019s nationwide economic situation, says Gail A\u2019Brunzo, IFAW wildlife rescue manager, \u201cYou can expect the animals to be impacted in some way.\u201d Moving Animals Outside the capital, zoo administrators in the western state of T\u00e1chira have asked local businesses to donate fruit, vegetables, and meat to feed the animals. In May, three animals died at a zoo in the Paraguan\u00e1 Peninsula, in northwestern Venezuela. Staff are now attempting to move 12 animals more than 420 miles (676 kilometers) south to a park in M\u00e9rida. \u201cIf these zoos continue to operate after these animals are transferred and get new animals, [the suffering] could arise again,\u201d Whitney says. As of this writing, no international animal rights organizations have committed to relocating the remaining zoo animals. All animals in the country, bipedal or not, are suffering. And Venezuela isn\u2019t the only place where animals have been hurt by a poor social climate. Global Threat In March, the World Post reported 200 animals dead at the Khan Younis Zoo in southern Gaza. Mohammad Oweida, owner of the zoo, says the Israeli-Palestinian conflict prevented staff from adequately feeding or caring for the animals. Oweida started to amateurishly mummify the animal carcasses and kept them on display, but the cadavers have since been removed. He also tried to sell an emaciated tiger, ostrich, and pelican to buy food for the zoo\u2019s remaining animals. Four Paws, an animal protection agency based in the U.S., is raising fundsto go to Gaza to shut down the Khan Younis Zoo. Four Paws has been in direct communication with Oweida since February and is now working to finalize arrangements. \"If owners can no longer properly care for these precious lives, the animals should be handed over and/or confiscated by the proper authorities and placed with an accredited organization or sanctuary that would best care for them,\" Four Paws writes in a statement. Animals at the Taiz Zoo in southwestern Yemen are also victims of a nationwide crisis. The raging civil war there prevents tourists from visiting, which stifles the zoo\u2019s revenue. Without funds, animals went without food or medicine while zoo workers went without pay. As of February, at least 12 lions and six leopards have died there. Four Paws doesn't currently have plans to enter Yemen due to safety concerns for its staff. \u201cIt all comes down to organizational management,\u201d A\u2019Brunzo says. \u201cIf the zoo is in imminent financial crisis, they need to take steps to provide for these animals. Ailing zoos should reach out to partner zoos or organizations that might be able to help, she adds. \u201cThis does not appear to be a short-term thing.\u201d", "essay": "Honestly the entire story is just so sad and really highlights how devastating the effects of greed are. It's not enough that our policies and hunger for power wreck human lives, we have to wreck entire environments and species, too. I feel so bad for the animals, and it just goes to show how much worse things must be for the actual humans."}
{"user_id": "ec_p020", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 50000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 50000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Animals Starving in Venezuela Zoos \u2014  The country\u2019s poor economy, triggered by a drop in the price of oil, has led people as well as zoo animals to go hungry. When a nation is plagued by hard times, people aren\u2019t the only ones to suffer. About 50 animals at Venezuela\u2019s Caricuao Zoo have starved in the last six months due to the rising cost of food, caused by the nation\u2019s economic downturn. Rabbits, tapirs, porcupines, pigs, and birds are among the fallen at the country\u2019s northern zoo. Some went without food for two weeks. The National Parks Institute (INPARQUES), which oversees the country\u2019s zoos, blames the shortages on the nation's economic crash, caused by a plummet in the price of oil (Venezuela is a major oil producer). The country can\u2019t afford to import food, medicine, and other necessities, and inflation has caused prices to skyrocket. \u201cThe story of the animals at Caricuao is a metaphor for Venezuelan suffering,\u201d Marlene Sifontes, union leader for INPARQUES employees, tells Reuters. Caricuao Zoo staffers have been feeding carnivorous lions and tigers diets of mango and pumpkin. They are also giving an elephant tropical fruit instead of hay. Other big cats are reportedly being fed slaughteredThoroughbred horses from a nearby racetrack. Meanwhile, many Venezuelans go without food on a daily basis and wait in supermarket lines for hours. The nation\u2019s starving economy has driven people to hunt dogs, cats, and pigeons for food. On Monday, visitors to a zoo in Caracas, the nation\u2019s capital, reportedly stole a horse and butcheredit for meat. Care and Feeding \u201cLong-term, feeding the incorrect diet for any animal can have significant long-lasting health effects,\u201d says Meredith Whitney, a wildlife rescue program officer of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), an animal protection organization based in Washington, D.C. Short-term, Whitney adds, animals can be affected psychologically. She works on improving living standards for big cats, and once encountered a malnourished animal with neurological difficulties. Diarrhea, bone abnormalities, and organ function are also side effects of malnourishment. The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) outlines animals\u2019 nutritional needs in its Animal Welfare Strategy. Lack of food can lead to mental decline, the group warns. Given Venezuela\u2019s nationwide economic situation, says Gail A\u2019Brunzo, IFAW wildlife rescue manager, \u201cYou can expect the animals to be impacted in some way.\u201d Moving Animals Outside the capital, zoo administrators in the western state of T\u00e1chira have asked local businesses to donate fruit, vegetables, and meat to feed the animals. In May, three animals died at a zoo in the Paraguan\u00e1 Peninsula, in northwestern Venezuela. Staff are now attempting to move 12 animals more than 420 miles (676 kilometers) south to a park in M\u00e9rida. \u201cIf these zoos continue to operate after these animals are transferred and get new animals, [the suffering] could arise again,\u201d Whitney says. As of this writing, no international animal rights organizations have committed to relocating the remaining zoo animals. All animals in the country, bipedal or not, are suffering. And Venezuela isn\u2019t the only place where animals have been hurt by a poor social climate. Global Threat In March, the World Post reported 200 animals dead at the Khan Younis Zoo in southern Gaza. Mohammad Oweida, owner of the zoo, says the Israeli-Palestinian conflict prevented staff from adequately feeding or caring for the animals. Oweida started to amateurishly mummify the animal carcasses and kept them on display, but the cadavers have since been removed. He also tried to sell an emaciated tiger, ostrich, and pelican to buy food for the zoo\u2019s remaining animals. Four Paws, an animal protection agency based in the U.S., is raising fundsto go to Gaza to shut down the Khan Younis Zoo. Four Paws has been in direct communication with Oweida since February and is now working to finalize arrangements. \"If owners can no longer properly care for these precious lives, the animals should be handed over and/or confiscated by the proper authorities and placed with an accredited organization or sanctuary that would best care for them,\" Four Paws writes in a statement. Animals at the Taiz Zoo in southwestern Yemen are also victims of a nationwide crisis. The raging civil war there prevents tourists from visiting, which stifles the zoo\u2019s revenue. Without funds, animals went without food or medicine while zoo workers went without pay. As of February, at least 12 lions and six leopards have died there. Four Paws doesn't currently have plans to enter Yemen due to safety concerns for its staff. \u201cIt all comes down to organizational management,\u201d A\u2019Brunzo says. \u201cIf the zoo is in imminent financial crisis, they need to take steps to provide for these animals. Ailing zoos should reach out to partner zoos or organizations that might be able to help, she adds. \u201cThis does not appear to be a short-term thing.\u201d", "essay": "In Valenzuela the animals in the zoo are starving.. The staff cannot afford to feed them many days. This is so sad and disturbing. These poor animals have no freedom and cannot go anywhere to find food. That is torture and wrong. Someone needs to step into this sad situation before it gets any worse. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p055", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 46 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 22000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 46, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 22000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Shannen Doherty Shares Her Cancer Story With Chelsea Handler In Emotional, Tear-Filled Interview \u2014  Shannen Doherty recalled what it\u2019s like to be diagnosed with cancer in an emotional new interview with Chelsea Handler. During the sit-down, set to air on Handler\u2019s Netflix show, Chelsea, the actress holds back tears while revealing what she\u2019s learned through her health crisis. \u201cI think what\u2019s beautiful and hard and interesting about cancer is that it tears you down and builds you, and tears you down and builds you,\u201d the Beverly Hills, 90210alum says in the clip. \u201cIt remakes you so many different times. The person I thought I was supposed to be or was going to be or who I thought I was six months ago is now somebody completely different. I realize, \u2018Wow, I really thought that I was so brave and so gracious this entire time and really I was just hiding.\u2019\u201d Handler, whose mom died of breast cancer in 2006, got choked up during the emotional interview.  \u201cDon\u2019t cry! Don\u2019t cry!\u201d Doherty told the talk show host as Handler tried to hold back tears. \u201cWell, I mean, all right \u2014 hold on a second,\u201d Handler, 41, said, while tilting her head back to keep the tears from streaming down her face. \u201cThis was very hard and not humbling \u2014 because I\u2019ve already been humbled by cancer,\u201d Doherty then continues. \u201cIt was hard in the sense of rethinking sort of who you are and how you come to terms with who are now and accepting it and looking at your husband and thinking like, \u2018Dude, I\u2019m so sorry.\u2019\u201d The actress, 45, was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2015 and had a single mastectomy this past May. In August, she revealed that the cancer had spread and she was going to undergo chemotherapy followed by radiation. Last week, she shared an emotional flashback Friday photo from one day after undergoing chemo.  \u201cHope is possible. Possibility is possible. To my cancer family and everyone suffering.... stay courageous. Stay strong. Stay positive. #wegotthis,\u201d she captioned the snap of herself curled up in a hospital bed. \u201c#fightlikeagirl.\u201d", "essay": "This is such a sad story. Cancer is so hard on everyone and even the same cancer experience makes it different from everyone else. And yet, there is so much the same about people that have to suffer through this disease. It takes such a toll  on them and everyone around them as you feel so helpless while battling this terrible illness. I am so proud of people that maintain such a positive outlook and fight so hard."}
{"user_id": "ec_p072", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 20 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 3.0 in extraversion, 2.5 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 20, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 3.0, "agreeableness": 2.5, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Shannen Doherty Shares Her Cancer Story With Chelsea Handler In Emotional, Tear-Filled Interview \u2014  Shannen Doherty recalled what it\u2019s like to be diagnosed with cancer in an emotional new interview with Chelsea Handler. During the sit-down, set to air on Handler\u2019s Netflix show, Chelsea, the actress holds back tears while revealing what she\u2019s learned through her health crisis. \u201cI think what\u2019s beautiful and hard and interesting about cancer is that it tears you down and builds you, and tears you down and builds you,\u201d the Beverly Hills, 90210alum says in the clip. \u201cIt remakes you so many different times. The person I thought I was supposed to be or was going to be or who I thought I was six months ago is now somebody completely different. I realize, \u2018Wow, I really thought that I was so brave and so gracious this entire time and really I was just hiding.\u2019\u201d Handler, whose mom died of breast cancer in 2006, got choked up during the emotional interview.  \u201cDon\u2019t cry! Don\u2019t cry!\u201d Doherty told the talk show host as Handler tried to hold back tears. \u201cWell, I mean, all right \u2014 hold on a second,\u201d Handler, 41, said, while tilting her head back to keep the tears from streaming down her face. \u201cThis was very hard and not humbling \u2014 because I\u2019ve already been humbled by cancer,\u201d Doherty then continues. \u201cIt was hard in the sense of rethinking sort of who you are and how you come to terms with who are now and accepting it and looking at your husband and thinking like, \u2018Dude, I\u2019m so sorry.\u2019\u201d The actress, 45, was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2015 and had a single mastectomy this past May. In August, she revealed that the cancer had spread and she was going to undergo chemotherapy followed by radiation. Last week, she shared an emotional flashback Friday photo from one day after undergoing chemo.  \u201cHope is possible. Possibility is possible. To my cancer family and everyone suffering.... stay courageous. Stay strong. Stay positive. #wegotthis,\u201d she captioned the snap of herself curled up in a hospital bed. \u201c#fightlikeagirl.\u201d", "essay": "I feel very bad for this person. I know I have seen people go through cancer and it is always sad as it just seems to tear them apart so quickly. This person is clearly strong and has an abundance of support so I wish them the best in their fight. Besides that, I wish they can find a cure for this soon. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Shannen Doherty Shares Her Cancer Story With Chelsea Handler In Emotional, Tear-Filled Interview \u2014  Shannen Doherty recalled what it\u2019s like to be diagnosed with cancer in an emotional new interview with Chelsea Handler. During the sit-down, set to air on Handler\u2019s Netflix show, Chelsea, the actress holds back tears while revealing what she\u2019s learned through her health crisis. \u201cI think what\u2019s beautiful and hard and interesting about cancer is that it tears you down and builds you, and tears you down and builds you,\u201d the Beverly Hills, 90210alum says in the clip. \u201cIt remakes you so many different times. The person I thought I was supposed to be or was going to be or who I thought I was six months ago is now somebody completely different. I realize, \u2018Wow, I really thought that I was so brave and so gracious this entire time and really I was just hiding.\u2019\u201d Handler, whose mom died of breast cancer in 2006, got choked up during the emotional interview.  \u201cDon\u2019t cry! Don\u2019t cry!\u201d Doherty told the talk show host as Handler tried to hold back tears. \u201cWell, I mean, all right \u2014 hold on a second,\u201d Handler, 41, said, while tilting her head back to keep the tears from streaming down her face. \u201cThis was very hard and not humbling \u2014 because I\u2019ve already been humbled by cancer,\u201d Doherty then continues. \u201cIt was hard in the sense of rethinking sort of who you are and how you come to terms with who are now and accepting it and looking at your husband and thinking like, \u2018Dude, I\u2019m so sorry.\u2019\u201d The actress, 45, was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2015 and had a single mastectomy this past May. In August, she revealed that the cancer had spread and she was going to undergo chemotherapy followed by radiation. Last week, she shared an emotional flashback Friday photo from one day after undergoing chemo.  \u201cHope is possible. Possibility is possible. To my cancer family and everyone suffering.... stay courageous. Stay strong. Stay positive. #wegotthis,\u201d she captioned the snap of herself curled up in a hospital bed. \u201c#fightlikeagirl.\u201d", "essay": "It is nice for her to share her journey with cancer. I like how both of them connected with each other. I know that cancer is a sad thing and I'm happy they she found a way to change how she thinks about herself and thinks about life. It was interesting to see how she thought about her husband during that time."}
{"user_id": "ec_p007", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 3.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 3.0}}, "article": "Shannen Doherty Shares Her Cancer Story With Chelsea Handler In Emotional, Tear-Filled Interview \u2014  Shannen Doherty recalled what it\u2019s like to be diagnosed with cancer in an emotional new interview with Chelsea Handler. During the sit-down, set to air on Handler\u2019s Netflix show, Chelsea, the actress holds back tears while revealing what she\u2019s learned through her health crisis. \u201cI think what\u2019s beautiful and hard and interesting about cancer is that it tears you down and builds you, and tears you down and builds you,\u201d the Beverly Hills, 90210alum says in the clip. \u201cIt remakes you so many different times. The person I thought I was supposed to be or was going to be or who I thought I was six months ago is now somebody completely different. I realize, \u2018Wow, I really thought that I was so brave and so gracious this entire time and really I was just hiding.\u2019\u201d Handler, whose mom died of breast cancer in 2006, got choked up during the emotional interview.  \u201cDon\u2019t cry! Don\u2019t cry!\u201d Doherty told the talk show host as Handler tried to hold back tears. \u201cWell, I mean, all right \u2014 hold on a second,\u201d Handler, 41, said, while tilting her head back to keep the tears from streaming down her face. \u201cThis was very hard and not humbling \u2014 because I\u2019ve already been humbled by cancer,\u201d Doherty then continues. \u201cIt was hard in the sense of rethinking sort of who you are and how you come to terms with who are now and accepting it and looking at your husband and thinking like, \u2018Dude, I\u2019m so sorry.\u2019\u201d The actress, 45, was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2015 and had a single mastectomy this past May. In August, she revealed that the cancer had spread and she was going to undergo chemotherapy followed by radiation. Last week, she shared an emotional flashback Friday photo from one day after undergoing chemo.  \u201cHope is possible. Possibility is possible. To my cancer family and everyone suffering.... stay courageous. Stay strong. Stay positive. #wegotthis,\u201d she captioned the snap of herself curled up in a hospital bed. \u201c#fightlikeagirl.\u201d", "essay": "I just read an article about cancer and how it effects a person. I know how cancer feels; I've dealt with family members getting cancer in my childhood. It was rough. But it takes a lot fo strength to get through the treatments. And I just want to say that if you have cancer, you can do it. you can beat it and get through it. No matter how gloomy the day may be look forward to a brighter tomorrow."}
{"user_id": "ec_p056", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 31 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 34999 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 3.5 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 31, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 34999, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 3.5, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "Members of Eagles of Death Metal, Band That Played Bataclan, Attend Paris Attacks Memorial \u2014  Members of Eagles of Death Metal, the band that was playing at the Bataclan concert hall when the deadly Paris Attacks occurred, attended a town hall memorial in the city Saturday to remember the 130 people killed in coordinated terrorist attacks across Paris one year ago. Dozens were killed and hundreds were injured at the Bataclan after jihadists opened fire during the band's set on Nov. 13, 2015, taking fans of the band and venue workers hostage in the hall. \"I wouldn't imagine anyone not wanting to be here. This city is a shining example of really the best possible way to react to something that's awful and evil,\" said Jesse Hughes, Eagles of Death Metal's controversial frontman. \"This is the leadership core of what to do, and I'm very proud that I get to count so many people amongst my family and friends now.\" On Saturday, Sting, the British pop legend and former frontman of the Police, played the first show at the Bataclan since the tragedy. Hughes was not admitted entrance to the concert, according to the Agence France-Presse (AFP).   The AFP reported that the venue's co-director would not allow Hughes to enter after he told Fox Business Channel that he thought Muslim security personnel at the venue collaborated with attackers.   Hughes later apologized and retracted his statement. The band's manager, Marc Pollack, refuted the claim that Hughes was not admitted to the concert in an interview with Billboard, describing the co-director's description of the situation as false.   Hughes, at the town hall, offered his gratitude to the people of France.   \"And from the second that the first bullets started flying, this country took care of us. And we are grateful forever, and I just hope everyone here knows how much we love this country and every person in it,\" he said.   Sting's performance at the newly restored Bataclan included a moment of silence and statement in French, saying he hoped \"to remember and honor those who lost their lives in the attacks a year ago and to celebrate the life and the music of this historic venue.\"", "essay": "I'm curious why the singer was labeled controversial. I guess only the statement that was made about security. I remember the event in this article happening because I like the band, and was familiar with them, and it could have been me at the show. All of those people were innocent and had no idea what was going on, didn't ask for it, etc. Hearing the stories was really traumatizing. I can't even imagine. I'm glad that everyone is able to overcome."}
{"user_id": "ec_p073", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Members of Eagles of Death Metal, Band That Played Bataclan, Attend Paris Attacks Memorial \u2014  Members of Eagles of Death Metal, the band that was playing at the Bataclan concert hall when the deadly Paris Attacks occurred, attended a town hall memorial in the city Saturday to remember the 130 people killed in coordinated terrorist attacks across Paris one year ago. Dozens were killed and hundreds were injured at the Bataclan after jihadists opened fire during the band's set on Nov. 13, 2015, taking fans of the band and venue workers hostage in the hall. \"I wouldn't imagine anyone not wanting to be here. This city is a shining example of really the best possible way to react to something that's awful and evil,\" said Jesse Hughes, Eagles of Death Metal's controversial frontman. \"This is the leadership core of what to do, and I'm very proud that I get to count so many people amongst my family and friends now.\" On Saturday, Sting, the British pop legend and former frontman of the Police, played the first show at the Bataclan since the tragedy. Hughes was not admitted entrance to the concert, according to the Agence France-Presse (AFP).   The AFP reported that the venue's co-director would not allow Hughes to enter after he told Fox Business Channel that he thought Muslim security personnel at the venue collaborated with attackers.   Hughes later apologized and retracted his statement. The band's manager, Marc Pollack, refuted the claim that Hughes was not admitted to the concert in an interview with Billboard, describing the co-director's description of the situation as false.   Hughes, at the town hall, offered his gratitude to the people of France.   \"And from the second that the first bullets started flying, this country took care of us. And we are grateful forever, and I just hope everyone here knows how much we love this country and every person in it,\" he said.   Sting's performance at the newly restored Bataclan included a moment of silence and statement in French, saying he hoped \"to remember and honor those who lost their lives in the attacks a year ago and to celebrate the life and the music of this historic venue.\"", "essay": "That is so sad what happened to the people at the concert. I can't imagine why someone would want to do something like that. What would they get from it? I feel so badly for the families involved. It was over 100 people. It is just so sad. It's nice what they are doing with the concerts now, but nothing will bring those people's family members back."}
{"user_id": "ec_p028", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 23 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 70000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 4.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 3.5 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 23, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 70000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 4.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 3.5, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Members of Eagles of Death Metal, Band That Played Bataclan, Attend Paris Attacks Memorial \u2014  Members of Eagles of Death Metal, the band that was playing at the Bataclan concert hall when the deadly Paris Attacks occurred, attended a town hall memorial in the city Saturday to remember the 130 people killed in coordinated terrorist attacks across Paris one year ago. Dozens were killed and hundreds were injured at the Bataclan after jihadists opened fire during the band's set on Nov. 13, 2015, taking fans of the band and venue workers hostage in the hall. \"I wouldn't imagine anyone not wanting to be here. This city is a shining example of really the best possible way to react to something that's awful and evil,\" said Jesse Hughes, Eagles of Death Metal's controversial frontman. \"This is the leadership core of what to do, and I'm very proud that I get to count so many people amongst my family and friends now.\" On Saturday, Sting, the British pop legend and former frontman of the Police, played the first show at the Bataclan since the tragedy. Hughes was not admitted entrance to the concert, according to the Agence France-Presse (AFP).   The AFP reported that the venue's co-director would not allow Hughes to enter after he told Fox Business Channel that he thought Muslim security personnel at the venue collaborated with attackers.   Hughes later apologized and retracted his statement. The band's manager, Marc Pollack, refuted the claim that Hughes was not admitted to the concert in an interview with Billboard, describing the co-director's description of the situation as false.   Hughes, at the town hall, offered his gratitude to the people of France.   \"And from the second that the first bullets started flying, this country took care of us. And we are grateful forever, and I just hope everyone here knows how much we love this country and every person in it,\" he said.   Sting's performance at the newly restored Bataclan included a moment of silence and statement in French, saying he hoped \"to remember and honor those who lost their lives in the attacks a year ago and to celebrate the life and the music of this historic venue.\"", "essay": "Reading about the attack on Paris that happened years ago brought up a lot of bad feelings and thoughts. I had completely forgotton about it because of how often things like that happen. It makes me upset to think that we are becoming numb to terror attacks in a way. i can only hope that the people affected have found peace and eventually we all will find peace"}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "Members of Eagles of Death Metal, Band That Played Bataclan, Attend Paris Attacks Memorial \u2014  Members of Eagles of Death Metal, the band that was playing at the Bataclan concert hall when the deadly Paris Attacks occurred, attended a town hall memorial in the city Saturday to remember the 130 people killed in coordinated terrorist attacks across Paris one year ago. Dozens were killed and hundreds were injured at the Bataclan after jihadists opened fire during the band's set on Nov. 13, 2015, taking fans of the band and venue workers hostage in the hall. \"I wouldn't imagine anyone not wanting to be here. This city is a shining example of really the best possible way to react to something that's awful and evil,\" said Jesse Hughes, Eagles of Death Metal's controversial frontman. \"This is the leadership core of what to do, and I'm very proud that I get to count so many people amongst my family and friends now.\" On Saturday, Sting, the British pop legend and former frontman of the Police, played the first show at the Bataclan since the tragedy. Hughes was not admitted entrance to the concert, according to the Agence France-Presse (AFP).   The AFP reported that the venue's co-director would not allow Hughes to enter after he told Fox Business Channel that he thought Muslim security personnel at the venue collaborated with attackers.   Hughes later apologized and retracted his statement. The band's manager, Marc Pollack, refuted the claim that Hughes was not admitted to the concert in an interview with Billboard, describing the co-director's description of the situation as false.   Hughes, at the town hall, offered his gratitude to the people of France.   \"And from the second that the first bullets started flying, this country took care of us. And we are grateful forever, and I just hope everyone here knows how much we love this country and every person in it,\" he said.   Sting's performance at the newly restored Bataclan included a moment of silence and statement in French, saying he hoped \"to remember and honor those who lost their lives in the attacks a year ago and to celebrate the life and the music of this historic venue.\"", "essay": "that was many people that were killed in that paris attack these muslims are out of control killing people left and right Trump is right to stop immigration from those countries to america we need to protect ourselves from these savages killing people who are out celebrating and havina good time something needs to be done"}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Members of Eagles of Death Metal, Band That Played Bataclan, Attend Paris Attacks Memorial \u2014  Members of Eagles of Death Metal, the band that was playing at the Bataclan concert hall when the deadly Paris Attacks occurred, attended a town hall memorial in the city Saturday to remember the 130 people killed in coordinated terrorist attacks across Paris one year ago. Dozens were killed and hundreds were injured at the Bataclan after jihadists opened fire during the band's set on Nov. 13, 2015, taking fans of the band and venue workers hostage in the hall. \"I wouldn't imagine anyone not wanting to be here. This city is a shining example of really the best possible way to react to something that's awful and evil,\" said Jesse Hughes, Eagles of Death Metal's controversial frontman. \"This is the leadership core of what to do, and I'm very proud that I get to count so many people amongst my family and friends now.\" On Saturday, Sting, the British pop legend and former frontman of the Police, played the first show at the Bataclan since the tragedy. Hughes was not admitted entrance to the concert, according to the Agence France-Presse (AFP).   The AFP reported that the venue's co-director would not allow Hughes to enter after he told Fox Business Channel that he thought Muslim security personnel at the venue collaborated with attackers.   Hughes later apologized and retracted his statement. The band's manager, Marc Pollack, refuted the claim that Hughes was not admitted to the concert in an interview with Billboard, describing the co-director's description of the situation as false.   Hughes, at the town hall, offered his gratitude to the people of France.   \"And from the second that the first bullets started flying, this country took care of us. And we are grateful forever, and I just hope everyone here knows how much we love this country and every person in it,\" he said.   Sting's performance at the newly restored Bataclan included a moment of silence and statement in French, saying he hoped \"to remember and honor those who lost their lives in the attacks a year ago and to celebrate the life and the music of this historic venue.\"", "essay": "After reading the article, it's great that the band members still made time to visit the people that were killed during the attack. I also feel that these attacks have been happening way too often now and is now a normal thing. We should be doing more to prevent these attacks from happening and acknowledging the people who died instead of the killers."}
{"user_id": "ec_p005", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 22 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 100000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 22, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 100000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "All polar bears across the Arctic face shorter sea ice season \u2014  It's no secret that Arctic sea ice is melting.                                                                                                                                    Polar bears, the poster-child for climate change, are among the animals most affected by the seasonal and year-to-year changes in Arctic sea ice, because they rely on this surface for essential activities such as hunting, traveling and breeding. A new University of Washington study, with funding and satellite data from NASA and other agencies, finds a trend toward earlier sea ice melt in the spring and later ice growth in the fall across all 19 polar bear populations, which can negatively impact the feeding and breeding capabilities of the bears. The paper, to appear Sept. 14 in The Cryosphere, is the first to quantify the sea ice changes in each polar bear subpopulation across the entire Arctic region using metrics that are specifically relevant to polar bear biology. \"This study shows declining sea ice for all subpopulations of polar bears,\" said co-author Harry Stern, a researcher with the UW's Polar Science Center. \"We have used the same metric across all of the polar bear subpopulations in the Arctic so we can compare and contrast, for example, the Hudson Bay region with the Baffin Bay region using the same metric.\" The analysis shows that the critical timing of the sea ice break-up and sea ice freeze-up is changing in all areas in a direction that is harmful for polar bears. Nineteen separate polar bear populations live throughout the Arctic, spending their winters and springs roaming on sea ice and hunting. The bears have evolved mainly to eat seals, which provide necessary fats and nutrients in the harsh Arctic environment. Polar bears can't outswim their prey, so instead they perch on the ice as a platform and ambush seals at breathing holes or break through the ice to access their dens. \"Sea ice really is their platform for life,\" said co-author Kristin Laidre, a researcher at the UW's Polar Science Center. \"They are capable of existing on land for part of the year, but the sea ice is where they obtain their main prey.\" The new study draws upon 35 years of satellite data showing sea ice concentration each day in the Arctic. NASA scientists process the data, stored at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado. The center also reports each fall the yearly minimum low for Arctic sea ice. This August saw the fourth lowest in the satellite record. Across all 19 polar bear populations, the researchers found that the total number of ice-covered days declined at the rate of seven to 19 days per decade between 1979 and 2014. Sea ice concentration during the summer months -- an important measure because summertime is when some subpopulations are forced to fast on land -- also declined in all regions, by 1 percent to 9 percent per decade. The most striking result, researchers said, is the consistent trend across all polar bear regions for an earlier spring ice melt and a later fall freeze-up. Arctic sea ice retreats in the springtime as daylight reappears and temperatures warm. In the fall months the ice sheets build again as temperatures drop. \"These spring and fall transitions bound the period when there is good ice habitat available for bears to feed,\" Laidre said. \"Those periods are also tied to the breeding season when bears find mates, and when females come out of their maternity dens with very small cubs and haven't eaten for months.\" The researchers found that on average, spring melting was three to nine days earlier per decade, and fall freeze-up was three to nine days later per decade. That corresponds to a roughly 3 \u00bd week shift at either end -- and seven weeks of total loss of good sea ice habitat for polar bears -- over the 35 years of Arctic sea ice data. \"We expect that if the trends continue, compared with today, polar bears will experience another six to seven weeks of ice-free periods by mid-century,\" Stern said. The trend appears to be linear and isn't accelerating or leveling off, Stern added. The researchers recommend that the National Climate Assessment incorporate the timing of spring ice retreat and fall ice advance as measures of climate change in future reports. The study's results currently are used by the International Union for Conservation of Nature's polar bear specialist group, which completes assessments of polar bears and issues the species' conservation status. The researchers plan to update their findings each year as new ice coverage data are available. \"It's nice to see this work being used in high-level conservation goals,\" Laidre said", "essay": "I am writing as regards my thoughts for Polar bears, the poster-child for climate change, are among the animals most affected by the seasonal and year-to-year changes in Arctic sea ice, because they rely on this surface for essential activities such as hunting, traveling and breeding. The researchers recommend that the National Climate Assessment incorporate the timing of spring ice retreat and fall ice advance as measures of climate change in future reports. The study's results currently are used by the International Union for Conservation of Nature's polar bear specialist group, which completes assessments of polar bears and issues the species' conservation status. I am really pleased with this information."}
{"user_id": "ec_p043", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 27000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 3.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 27000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 3.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "All polar bears across the Arctic face shorter sea ice season \u2014  It's no secret that Arctic sea ice is melting.                                                                                                                                    Polar bears, the poster-child for climate change, are among the animals most affected by the seasonal and year-to-year changes in Arctic sea ice, because they rely on this surface for essential activities such as hunting, traveling and breeding. A new University of Washington study, with funding and satellite data from NASA and other agencies, finds a trend toward earlier sea ice melt in the spring and later ice growth in the fall across all 19 polar bear populations, which can negatively impact the feeding and breeding capabilities of the bears. The paper, to appear Sept. 14 in The Cryosphere, is the first to quantify the sea ice changes in each polar bear subpopulation across the entire Arctic region using metrics that are specifically relevant to polar bear biology. \"This study shows declining sea ice for all subpopulations of polar bears,\" said co-author Harry Stern, a researcher with the UW's Polar Science Center. \"We have used the same metric across all of the polar bear subpopulations in the Arctic so we can compare and contrast, for example, the Hudson Bay region with the Baffin Bay region using the same metric.\" The analysis shows that the critical timing of the sea ice break-up and sea ice freeze-up is changing in all areas in a direction that is harmful for polar bears. Nineteen separate polar bear populations live throughout the Arctic, spending their winters and springs roaming on sea ice and hunting. The bears have evolved mainly to eat seals, which provide necessary fats and nutrients in the harsh Arctic environment. Polar bears can't outswim their prey, so instead they perch on the ice as a platform and ambush seals at breathing holes or break through the ice to access their dens. \"Sea ice really is their platform for life,\" said co-author Kristin Laidre, a researcher at the UW's Polar Science Center. \"They are capable of existing on land for part of the year, but the sea ice is where they obtain their main prey.\" The new study draws upon 35 years of satellite data showing sea ice concentration each day in the Arctic. NASA scientists process the data, stored at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado. The center also reports each fall the yearly minimum low for Arctic sea ice. This August saw the fourth lowest in the satellite record. Across all 19 polar bear populations, the researchers found that the total number of ice-covered days declined at the rate of seven to 19 days per decade between 1979 and 2014. Sea ice concentration during the summer months -- an important measure because summertime is when some subpopulations are forced to fast on land -- also declined in all regions, by 1 percent to 9 percent per decade. The most striking result, researchers said, is the consistent trend across all polar bear regions for an earlier spring ice melt and a later fall freeze-up. Arctic sea ice retreats in the springtime as daylight reappears and temperatures warm. In the fall months the ice sheets build again as temperatures drop. \"These spring and fall transitions bound the period when there is good ice habitat available for bears to feed,\" Laidre said. \"Those periods are also tied to the breeding season when bears find mates, and when females come out of their maternity dens with very small cubs and haven't eaten for months.\" The researchers found that on average, spring melting was three to nine days earlier per decade, and fall freeze-up was three to nine days later per decade. That corresponds to a roughly 3 \u00bd week shift at either end -- and seven weeks of total loss of good sea ice habitat for polar bears -- over the 35 years of Arctic sea ice data. \"We expect that if the trends continue, compared with today, polar bears will experience another six to seven weeks of ice-free periods by mid-century,\" Stern said. The trend appears to be linear and isn't accelerating or leveling off, Stern added. The researchers recommend that the National Climate Assessment incorporate the timing of spring ice retreat and fall ice advance as measures of climate change in future reports. The study's results currently are used by the International Union for Conservation of Nature's polar bear specialist group, which completes assessments of polar bears and issues the species' conservation status. The researchers plan to update their findings each year as new ice coverage data are available. \"It's nice to see this work being used in high-level conservation goals,\" Laidre said", "essay": "It's so sad that our disregard for the environment since the Industrial Age is having such an effect on the entire planet. The ice melting too soon is going to have such an effect on polar bears and pretty much every animal. I'm not sure what we can possibly do to prevent polar bears from dying out because of a lack of food. They need that ice to hurt seals and without it, they are restricted to what they can hunt on land. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "All polar bears across the Arctic face shorter sea ice season \u2014  It's no secret that Arctic sea ice is melting.                                                                                                                                    Polar bears, the poster-child for climate change, are among the animals most affected by the seasonal and year-to-year changes in Arctic sea ice, because they rely on this surface for essential activities such as hunting, traveling and breeding. A new University of Washington study, with funding and satellite data from NASA and other agencies, finds a trend toward earlier sea ice melt in the spring and later ice growth in the fall across all 19 polar bear populations, which can negatively impact the feeding and breeding capabilities of the bears. The paper, to appear Sept. 14 in The Cryosphere, is the first to quantify the sea ice changes in each polar bear subpopulation across the entire Arctic region using metrics that are specifically relevant to polar bear biology. \"This study shows declining sea ice for all subpopulations of polar bears,\" said co-author Harry Stern, a researcher with the UW's Polar Science Center. \"We have used the same metric across all of the polar bear subpopulations in the Arctic so we can compare and contrast, for example, the Hudson Bay region with the Baffin Bay region using the same metric.\" The analysis shows that the critical timing of the sea ice break-up and sea ice freeze-up is changing in all areas in a direction that is harmful for polar bears. Nineteen separate polar bear populations live throughout the Arctic, spending their winters and springs roaming on sea ice and hunting. The bears have evolved mainly to eat seals, which provide necessary fats and nutrients in the harsh Arctic environment. Polar bears can't outswim their prey, so instead they perch on the ice as a platform and ambush seals at breathing holes or break through the ice to access their dens. \"Sea ice really is their platform for life,\" said co-author Kristin Laidre, a researcher at the UW's Polar Science Center. \"They are capable of existing on land for part of the year, but the sea ice is where they obtain their main prey.\" The new study draws upon 35 years of satellite data showing sea ice concentration each day in the Arctic. NASA scientists process the data, stored at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado. The center also reports each fall the yearly minimum low for Arctic sea ice. This August saw the fourth lowest in the satellite record. Across all 19 polar bear populations, the researchers found that the total number of ice-covered days declined at the rate of seven to 19 days per decade between 1979 and 2014. Sea ice concentration during the summer months -- an important measure because summertime is when some subpopulations are forced to fast on land -- also declined in all regions, by 1 percent to 9 percent per decade. The most striking result, researchers said, is the consistent trend across all polar bear regions for an earlier spring ice melt and a later fall freeze-up. Arctic sea ice retreats in the springtime as daylight reappears and temperatures warm. In the fall months the ice sheets build again as temperatures drop. \"These spring and fall transitions bound the period when there is good ice habitat available for bears to feed,\" Laidre said. \"Those periods are also tied to the breeding season when bears find mates, and when females come out of their maternity dens with very small cubs and haven't eaten for months.\" The researchers found that on average, spring melting was three to nine days earlier per decade, and fall freeze-up was three to nine days later per decade. That corresponds to a roughly 3 \u00bd week shift at either end -- and seven weeks of total loss of good sea ice habitat for polar bears -- over the 35 years of Arctic sea ice data. \"We expect that if the trends continue, compared with today, polar bears will experience another six to seven weeks of ice-free periods by mid-century,\" Stern said. The trend appears to be linear and isn't accelerating or leveling off, Stern added. The researchers recommend that the National Climate Assessment incorporate the timing of spring ice retreat and fall ice advance as measures of climate change in future reports. The study's results currently are used by the International Union for Conservation of Nature's polar bear specialist group, which completes assessments of polar bears and issues the species' conservation status. The researchers plan to update their findings each year as new ice coverage data are available. \"It's nice to see this work being used in high-level conservation goals,\" Laidre said", "essay": "I like polar bears but I don't really care that much about their survival or extinction.  We look at ourselves and our place in the universe as being important, and as if our time defines the universe the way it's supposed to exist.  Polar bears haven't existed for like 99.9999% of the history of the universe, and now we think it's some travesty that they won't exist in the future.  This is incredibly arrogant and self-centered thinking that I think is silly.  I guess I'd rather have a world with polar bears.  But I also largely don't care."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "All polar bears across the Arctic face shorter sea ice season \u2014  It's no secret that Arctic sea ice is melting.                                                                                                                                    Polar bears, the poster-child for climate change, are among the animals most affected by the seasonal and year-to-year changes in Arctic sea ice, because they rely on this surface for essential activities such as hunting, traveling and breeding. A new University of Washington study, with funding and satellite data from NASA and other agencies, finds a trend toward earlier sea ice melt in the spring and later ice growth in the fall across all 19 polar bear populations, which can negatively impact the feeding and breeding capabilities of the bears. The paper, to appear Sept. 14 in The Cryosphere, is the first to quantify the sea ice changes in each polar bear subpopulation across the entire Arctic region using metrics that are specifically relevant to polar bear biology. \"This study shows declining sea ice for all subpopulations of polar bears,\" said co-author Harry Stern, a researcher with the UW's Polar Science Center. \"We have used the same metric across all of the polar bear subpopulations in the Arctic so we can compare and contrast, for example, the Hudson Bay region with the Baffin Bay region using the same metric.\" The analysis shows that the critical timing of the sea ice break-up and sea ice freeze-up is changing in all areas in a direction that is harmful for polar bears. Nineteen separate polar bear populations live throughout the Arctic, spending their winters and springs roaming on sea ice and hunting. The bears have evolved mainly to eat seals, which provide necessary fats and nutrients in the harsh Arctic environment. Polar bears can't outswim their prey, so instead they perch on the ice as a platform and ambush seals at breathing holes or break through the ice to access their dens. \"Sea ice really is their platform for life,\" said co-author Kristin Laidre, a researcher at the UW's Polar Science Center. \"They are capable of existing on land for part of the year, but the sea ice is where they obtain their main prey.\" The new study draws upon 35 years of satellite data showing sea ice concentration each day in the Arctic. NASA scientists process the data, stored at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado. The center also reports each fall the yearly minimum low for Arctic sea ice. This August saw the fourth lowest in the satellite record. Across all 19 polar bear populations, the researchers found that the total number of ice-covered days declined at the rate of seven to 19 days per decade between 1979 and 2014. Sea ice concentration during the summer months -- an important measure because summertime is when some subpopulations are forced to fast on land -- also declined in all regions, by 1 percent to 9 percent per decade. The most striking result, researchers said, is the consistent trend across all polar bear regions for an earlier spring ice melt and a later fall freeze-up. Arctic sea ice retreats in the springtime as daylight reappears and temperatures warm. In the fall months the ice sheets build again as temperatures drop. \"These spring and fall transitions bound the period when there is good ice habitat available for bears to feed,\" Laidre said. \"Those periods are also tied to the breeding season when bears find mates, and when females come out of their maternity dens with very small cubs and haven't eaten for months.\" The researchers found that on average, spring melting was three to nine days earlier per decade, and fall freeze-up was three to nine days later per decade. That corresponds to a roughly 3 \u00bd week shift at either end -- and seven weeks of total loss of good sea ice habitat for polar bears -- over the 35 years of Arctic sea ice data. \"We expect that if the trends continue, compared with today, polar bears will experience another six to seven weeks of ice-free periods by mid-century,\" Stern said. The trend appears to be linear and isn't accelerating or leveling off, Stern added. The researchers recommend that the National Climate Assessment incorporate the timing of spring ice retreat and fall ice advance as measures of climate change in future reports. The study's results currently are used by the International Union for Conservation of Nature's polar bear specialist group, which completes assessments of polar bears and issues the species' conservation status. The researchers plan to update their findings each year as new ice coverage data are available. \"It's nice to see this work being used in high-level conservation goals,\" Laidre said", "essay": "I just read an article on melting sea ice in the arctic. It's looking like polar bears are inextricably bound to the fate of extinction. I know they are a popular poster child for environmentalism but there are thirty thousand other species that are being threatened because of humanity's shortsightedness. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "All polar bears across the Arctic face shorter sea ice season \u2014  It's no secret that Arctic sea ice is melting.                                                                                                                                    Polar bears, the poster-child for climate change, are among the animals most affected by the seasonal and year-to-year changes in Arctic sea ice, because they rely on this surface for essential activities such as hunting, traveling and breeding. A new University of Washington study, with funding and satellite data from NASA and other agencies, finds a trend toward earlier sea ice melt in the spring and later ice growth in the fall across all 19 polar bear populations, which can negatively impact the feeding and breeding capabilities of the bears. The paper, to appear Sept. 14 in The Cryosphere, is the first to quantify the sea ice changes in each polar bear subpopulation across the entire Arctic region using metrics that are specifically relevant to polar bear biology. \"This study shows declining sea ice for all subpopulations of polar bears,\" said co-author Harry Stern, a researcher with the UW's Polar Science Center. \"We have used the same metric across all of the polar bear subpopulations in the Arctic so we can compare and contrast, for example, the Hudson Bay region with the Baffin Bay region using the same metric.\" The analysis shows that the critical timing of the sea ice break-up and sea ice freeze-up is changing in all areas in a direction that is harmful for polar bears. Nineteen separate polar bear populations live throughout the Arctic, spending their winters and springs roaming on sea ice and hunting. The bears have evolved mainly to eat seals, which provide necessary fats and nutrients in the harsh Arctic environment. Polar bears can't outswim their prey, so instead they perch on the ice as a platform and ambush seals at breathing holes or break through the ice to access their dens. \"Sea ice really is their platform for life,\" said co-author Kristin Laidre, a researcher at the UW's Polar Science Center. \"They are capable of existing on land for part of the year, but the sea ice is where they obtain their main prey.\" The new study draws upon 35 years of satellite data showing sea ice concentration each day in the Arctic. NASA scientists process the data, stored at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado. The center also reports each fall the yearly minimum low for Arctic sea ice. This August saw the fourth lowest in the satellite record. Across all 19 polar bear populations, the researchers found that the total number of ice-covered days declined at the rate of seven to 19 days per decade between 1979 and 2014. Sea ice concentration during the summer months -- an important measure because summertime is when some subpopulations are forced to fast on land -- also declined in all regions, by 1 percent to 9 percent per decade. The most striking result, researchers said, is the consistent trend across all polar bear regions for an earlier spring ice melt and a later fall freeze-up. Arctic sea ice retreats in the springtime as daylight reappears and temperatures warm. In the fall months the ice sheets build again as temperatures drop. \"These spring and fall transitions bound the period when there is good ice habitat available for bears to feed,\" Laidre said. \"Those periods are also tied to the breeding season when bears find mates, and when females come out of their maternity dens with very small cubs and haven't eaten for months.\" The researchers found that on average, spring melting was three to nine days earlier per decade, and fall freeze-up was three to nine days later per decade. That corresponds to a roughly 3 \u00bd week shift at either end -- and seven weeks of total loss of good sea ice habitat for polar bears -- over the 35 years of Arctic sea ice data. \"We expect that if the trends continue, compared with today, polar bears will experience another six to seven weeks of ice-free periods by mid-century,\" Stern said. The trend appears to be linear and isn't accelerating or leveling off, Stern added. The researchers recommend that the National Climate Assessment incorporate the timing of spring ice retreat and fall ice advance as measures of climate change in future reports. The study's results currently are used by the International Union for Conservation of Nature's polar bear specialist group, which completes assessments of polar bears and issues the species' conservation status. The researchers plan to update their findings each year as new ice coverage data are available. \"It's nice to see this work being used in high-level conservation goals,\" Laidre said", "essay": "After reading the article, my initial reaction was that i felt really bad for the polar bears. They did not deserve what is happening to them. It is mainly due to climate change and i believe that is caused mostly by human activities. Because of human greed and consumption, we have to make other living things suffer. Because of this, many animals are facing extinction today."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Bid for strongest protection for all African elephants defeated at wildlife summit \u2014  A bid to give the highest level of international legal protection to all African elephants was defeated on Monday at a global wildlife summit. But the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites), meeting this week in Johannesburg, passed other new measures for elephants that conservationists say will add vital protection. All 182 nations agreed for the first time that legal ivory markets within nations must be closed. Separately, a process that could allow one-off sales of ivory stockpiles was killed and tougher measures to deal with nations failing to control poached ivory were agreed. More than 140,000 of Africa\u2019s savannah elephants were killed for their ivory between 2007 and 2014, wiping out almost a third of their population, and one elephant is still being killed by poachers every 15 minutes on average. The price of ivory has soared threefold since 2009, leading conservationists to fear the survival of the species is at risk. Ambitious Great Elephant Census finds nearly one-third of continent\u2019s largest elephants were wiped out between 2007-14, largely due to poaching for ivory The acrimonious debate over elephant poaching has split African countries. Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, which host about a third of all remaining elephants, have stable or increasing populations. They argue passionately that elephant numbers are also suffering from loss of habitat and killings by farmers and that they can only be protected by making money from ivory sales and trophy hunting. However, a group of 29 African nations, which host about 40% of all elephants and are led by Kenya and Benin, have smaller and plummeting populations and countered that poaching and the illegal trade in ivory is the greatest threat. Most African elephants already have the highest level of international legal protection \u2013 a Cites \u201cappendix 1\u201d listing \u2013 which bans all trade. But the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana, are listed on \u201cappendix 2\u201d, a lower level of protection. On Monday a proposal to add the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana to appendix 1 was defeated. Critics said the proposal would do little to protect elephants as all international trade is already banned, but proponents argued it was a crucial signal to poachers and criminals of a global crackdown on the illegal ivory trade. Botswana has the world\u2019s largest elephant population, about a third of all elephants, and it is growing. But it broke ranks with Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe and argued vehemently for appendix 1 protection. Tshekedi Khama, Botswana\u2019s minister of environment, said: \u201cThere is concerning evidence that elephant poaching is moving south. The criminal networks that facilitate much of this trade are highly organised and fluid, operating over several regions in the continent. Therefore no population should be considered secure. Put simply, a threat to elephants anywhere is a threat to elephants everywhere.\u201d The Cote D\u2019Ivoire delegate said it was absurd to have some elephants on appendix 1 and some on appendix 2: \u201cAn elephant that crosses a border may have protection on one side and not on the other. Elephants do not have passports.\u201d Lee White, the British-born director of Gabon\u2019s national parks and Cites delegate, said poachers were now shooting on sight at his rangers. The upgrading of all elephants to the highest protection would have sent \u201ca signal that we will come down as hard on poaching as we do on the trafficking of drugs, arms and people\u201d. However, Namibia\u2019s delegate threatened to withdraw entirely from Cites protections for elephants if the all populations were upgraded the highest levels. \u201cIt is completely fallacious that legal ivory trade covers illegal trade,\u201d he said, a statement flatly rejected by other nations. South Africa\u2019s environment minister, Edna Molewa, said rural communities must benefit from elephants if they are to tolerate the damage caused to crops and the lives sometimes lost. \u201cWe dare not ignore their voices,\u201d she said. \u201cTrophy hunting is the best return on investment [in elephant protection] with the least impact.\u201d The EU, which with 28 votes is a powerful force at Cites, also opposed the upgrade to appendix 1. It said that Cites rules meant the highest level protection is reserved for populations that are in steep decline, and that this did not apply to the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana. Some scientific and conservation groups agreed with this, including WWF, Traffic and the Zoological Society of London, arguing the integrity of the Cites was at risk. The EU delegate to Cites said: \u201cThe proposal does not meet the biological criteria. [But] this does not mean in any way we are not concerned about the decline of elephants across the continent.\u201d Several nations said cutting the demand for ivory, through education, and better enforcement against poachers were key. The issue was forced to a vote and was defeated, leaving the southern African elephants on appendix 2. Earlier on Monday, Namibia and Zimbabwe had attempted to legalise the trade in ivory from those countries. Namibia said its elephant population had doubled to 20,000 in the last 15 years. Charles Jonga, from the Campfire Programme, a rural development group in Zimbabwe, told the Cites summit: \u201cThe people in my community say: \u2018These elephants they eat our crops, they damage our houses, what benefit do we get?\u2019 If they get benefits, they will protect and not poach.\u201d But Patrick Omondi, Kenya\u2019s delegate, said: \u201cPoaching levels and trafficking in ivory are at their highest peak. History has shown the ivory trade cannot be controlled. We are reaching a tipping point and need to give elephants time to recover.\u201d Both Namibia\u2019s and Zimbabwe\u2019s proposals, supported by Japan but opposed by the EU and US, were soundly defeated. Observers believe Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa did not expect to unpick the ban on the ivory trade at this summit, but wanted to keep the debate open, in the hope of future success. Another proposal, from Swaziland, to legalise the trade in its rhino horn was heavily defeated. Advertisement Many conservation groups wanted all elephants to get the highest protection, but Tom Milliken, an elephant expert from wildlife trade monitoring group Traffic, said: \u201cWhere elephants fall on the Cites appendices is inconsequential to their survival. All the paper protection in the world is not going to compensate for poor law enforcement, rampant corruption and ineffective management.\u201d He said the real success of the summit were measures to crack down on countries failing to halt illegal trade. But Kelvin Alie, at the International Fund for Animal Welfare, said the failure to put all elephants on appendix one was a disaster: \u201cThis is a tragedy for elephants. At a time when we are seeing such a dramatic increase in the slaughter of elephants for ivory, now was the time for the global community to step up and say no more.\u201d", "essay": "I find it sad that elephants are still being poached and killed just for their tusks.  Like some of the experts said though I'm not sure how much difference this action would have made.  I think they need to focus more on cracking down on poachers and enforcing that behavior as well as the ivory trade.  Really I don't know enough about this topic to comment on it in an intelligent way.  Supposedly the elephant populations are growing and a nuisance to the local people?  I find that surprising, but I guess it is better that they are growing than declining.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Bid for strongest protection for all African elephants defeated at wildlife summit \u2014  A bid to give the highest level of international legal protection to all African elephants was defeated on Monday at a global wildlife summit. But the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites), meeting this week in Johannesburg, passed other new measures for elephants that conservationists say will add vital protection. All 182 nations agreed for the first time that legal ivory markets within nations must be closed. Separately, a process that could allow one-off sales of ivory stockpiles was killed and tougher measures to deal with nations failing to control poached ivory were agreed. More than 140,000 of Africa\u2019s savannah elephants were killed for their ivory between 2007 and 2014, wiping out almost a third of their population, and one elephant is still being killed by poachers every 15 minutes on average. The price of ivory has soared threefold since 2009, leading conservationists to fear the survival of the species is at risk. Ambitious Great Elephant Census finds nearly one-third of continent\u2019s largest elephants were wiped out between 2007-14, largely due to poaching for ivory The acrimonious debate over elephant poaching has split African countries. Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, which host about a third of all remaining elephants, have stable or increasing populations. They argue passionately that elephant numbers are also suffering from loss of habitat and killings by farmers and that they can only be protected by making money from ivory sales and trophy hunting. However, a group of 29 African nations, which host about 40% of all elephants and are led by Kenya and Benin, have smaller and plummeting populations and countered that poaching and the illegal trade in ivory is the greatest threat. Most African elephants already have the highest level of international legal protection \u2013 a Cites \u201cappendix 1\u201d listing \u2013 which bans all trade. But the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana, are listed on \u201cappendix 2\u201d, a lower level of protection. On Monday a proposal to add the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana to appendix 1 was defeated. Critics said the proposal would do little to protect elephants as all international trade is already banned, but proponents argued it was a crucial signal to poachers and criminals of a global crackdown on the illegal ivory trade. Botswana has the world\u2019s largest elephant population, about a third of all elephants, and it is growing. But it broke ranks with Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe and argued vehemently for appendix 1 protection. Tshekedi Khama, Botswana\u2019s minister of environment, said: \u201cThere is concerning evidence that elephant poaching is moving south. The criminal networks that facilitate much of this trade are highly organised and fluid, operating over several regions in the continent. Therefore no population should be considered secure. Put simply, a threat to elephants anywhere is a threat to elephants everywhere.\u201d The Cote D\u2019Ivoire delegate said it was absurd to have some elephants on appendix 1 and some on appendix 2: \u201cAn elephant that crosses a border may have protection on one side and not on the other. Elephants do not have passports.\u201d Lee White, the British-born director of Gabon\u2019s national parks and Cites delegate, said poachers were now shooting on sight at his rangers. The upgrading of all elephants to the highest protection would have sent \u201ca signal that we will come down as hard on poaching as we do on the trafficking of drugs, arms and people\u201d. However, Namibia\u2019s delegate threatened to withdraw entirely from Cites protections for elephants if the all populations were upgraded the highest levels. \u201cIt is completely fallacious that legal ivory trade covers illegal trade,\u201d he said, a statement flatly rejected by other nations. South Africa\u2019s environment minister, Edna Molewa, said rural communities must benefit from elephants if they are to tolerate the damage caused to crops and the lives sometimes lost. \u201cWe dare not ignore their voices,\u201d she said. \u201cTrophy hunting is the best return on investment [in elephant protection] with the least impact.\u201d The EU, which with 28 votes is a powerful force at Cites, also opposed the upgrade to appendix 1. It said that Cites rules meant the highest level protection is reserved for populations that are in steep decline, and that this did not apply to the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana. Some scientific and conservation groups agreed with this, including WWF, Traffic and the Zoological Society of London, arguing the integrity of the Cites was at risk. The EU delegate to Cites said: \u201cThe proposal does not meet the biological criteria. [But] this does not mean in any way we are not concerned about the decline of elephants across the continent.\u201d Several nations said cutting the demand for ivory, through education, and better enforcement against poachers were key. The issue was forced to a vote and was defeated, leaving the southern African elephants on appendix 2. Earlier on Monday, Namibia and Zimbabwe had attempted to legalise the trade in ivory from those countries. Namibia said its elephant population had doubled to 20,000 in the last 15 years. Charles Jonga, from the Campfire Programme, a rural development group in Zimbabwe, told the Cites summit: \u201cThe people in my community say: \u2018These elephants they eat our crops, they damage our houses, what benefit do we get?\u2019 If they get benefits, they will protect and not poach.\u201d But Patrick Omondi, Kenya\u2019s delegate, said: \u201cPoaching levels and trafficking in ivory are at their highest peak. History has shown the ivory trade cannot be controlled. We are reaching a tipping point and need to give elephants time to recover.\u201d Both Namibia\u2019s and Zimbabwe\u2019s proposals, supported by Japan but opposed by the EU and US, were soundly defeated. Observers believe Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa did not expect to unpick the ban on the ivory trade at this summit, but wanted to keep the debate open, in the hope of future success. Another proposal, from Swaziland, to legalise the trade in its rhino horn was heavily defeated. Advertisement Many conservation groups wanted all elephants to get the highest protection, but Tom Milliken, an elephant expert from wildlife trade monitoring group Traffic, said: \u201cWhere elephants fall on the Cites appendices is inconsequential to their survival. All the paper protection in the world is not going to compensate for poor law enforcement, rampant corruption and ineffective management.\u201d He said the real success of the summit were measures to crack down on countries failing to halt illegal trade. But Kelvin Alie, at the International Fund for Animal Welfare, said the failure to put all elephants on appendix one was a disaster: \u201cThis is a tragedy for elephants. At a time when we are seeing such a dramatic increase in the slaughter of elephants for ivory, now was the time for the global community to step up and say no more.\u201d", "essay": "I feel sad that elephants can't even be protected how they should be. The fact that a bid to give them high level protection was defeated tells me that money rules overall and it has been that way and will always be that way and it is something I can not just grasp my head around and accept as a fact of life because it just is not fair."}
{"user_id": "ec_p055", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 46 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 22000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 46, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 22000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Bid for strongest protection for all African elephants defeated at wildlife summit \u2014  A bid to give the highest level of international legal protection to all African elephants was defeated on Monday at a global wildlife summit. But the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites), meeting this week in Johannesburg, passed other new measures for elephants that conservationists say will add vital protection. All 182 nations agreed for the first time that legal ivory markets within nations must be closed. Separately, a process that could allow one-off sales of ivory stockpiles was killed and tougher measures to deal with nations failing to control poached ivory were agreed. More than 140,000 of Africa\u2019s savannah elephants were killed for their ivory between 2007 and 2014, wiping out almost a third of their population, and one elephant is still being killed by poachers every 15 minutes on average. The price of ivory has soared threefold since 2009, leading conservationists to fear the survival of the species is at risk. Ambitious Great Elephant Census finds nearly one-third of continent\u2019s largest elephants were wiped out between 2007-14, largely due to poaching for ivory The acrimonious debate over elephant poaching has split African countries. Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, which host about a third of all remaining elephants, have stable or increasing populations. They argue passionately that elephant numbers are also suffering from loss of habitat and killings by farmers and that they can only be protected by making money from ivory sales and trophy hunting. However, a group of 29 African nations, which host about 40% of all elephants and are led by Kenya and Benin, have smaller and plummeting populations and countered that poaching and the illegal trade in ivory is the greatest threat. Most African elephants already have the highest level of international legal protection \u2013 a Cites \u201cappendix 1\u201d listing \u2013 which bans all trade. But the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana, are listed on \u201cappendix 2\u201d, a lower level of protection. On Monday a proposal to add the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana to appendix 1 was defeated. Critics said the proposal would do little to protect elephants as all international trade is already banned, but proponents argued it was a crucial signal to poachers and criminals of a global crackdown on the illegal ivory trade. Botswana has the world\u2019s largest elephant population, about a third of all elephants, and it is growing. But it broke ranks with Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe and argued vehemently for appendix 1 protection. Tshekedi Khama, Botswana\u2019s minister of environment, said: \u201cThere is concerning evidence that elephant poaching is moving south. The criminal networks that facilitate much of this trade are highly organised and fluid, operating over several regions in the continent. Therefore no population should be considered secure. Put simply, a threat to elephants anywhere is a threat to elephants everywhere.\u201d The Cote D\u2019Ivoire delegate said it was absurd to have some elephants on appendix 1 and some on appendix 2: \u201cAn elephant that crosses a border may have protection on one side and not on the other. Elephants do not have passports.\u201d Lee White, the British-born director of Gabon\u2019s national parks and Cites delegate, said poachers were now shooting on sight at his rangers. The upgrading of all elephants to the highest protection would have sent \u201ca signal that we will come down as hard on poaching as we do on the trafficking of drugs, arms and people\u201d. However, Namibia\u2019s delegate threatened to withdraw entirely from Cites protections for elephants if the all populations were upgraded the highest levels. \u201cIt is completely fallacious that legal ivory trade covers illegal trade,\u201d he said, a statement flatly rejected by other nations. South Africa\u2019s environment minister, Edna Molewa, said rural communities must benefit from elephants if they are to tolerate the damage caused to crops and the lives sometimes lost. \u201cWe dare not ignore their voices,\u201d she said. \u201cTrophy hunting is the best return on investment [in elephant protection] with the least impact.\u201d The EU, which with 28 votes is a powerful force at Cites, also opposed the upgrade to appendix 1. It said that Cites rules meant the highest level protection is reserved for populations that are in steep decline, and that this did not apply to the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana. Some scientific and conservation groups agreed with this, including WWF, Traffic and the Zoological Society of London, arguing the integrity of the Cites was at risk. The EU delegate to Cites said: \u201cThe proposal does not meet the biological criteria. [But] this does not mean in any way we are not concerned about the decline of elephants across the continent.\u201d Several nations said cutting the demand for ivory, through education, and better enforcement against poachers were key. The issue was forced to a vote and was defeated, leaving the southern African elephants on appendix 2. Earlier on Monday, Namibia and Zimbabwe had attempted to legalise the trade in ivory from those countries. Namibia said its elephant population had doubled to 20,000 in the last 15 years. Charles Jonga, from the Campfire Programme, a rural development group in Zimbabwe, told the Cites summit: \u201cThe people in my community say: \u2018These elephants they eat our crops, they damage our houses, what benefit do we get?\u2019 If they get benefits, they will protect and not poach.\u201d But Patrick Omondi, Kenya\u2019s delegate, said: \u201cPoaching levels and trafficking in ivory are at their highest peak. History has shown the ivory trade cannot be controlled. We are reaching a tipping point and need to give elephants time to recover.\u201d Both Namibia\u2019s and Zimbabwe\u2019s proposals, supported by Japan but opposed by the EU and US, were soundly defeated. Observers believe Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa did not expect to unpick the ban on the ivory trade at this summit, but wanted to keep the debate open, in the hope of future success. Another proposal, from Swaziland, to legalise the trade in its rhino horn was heavily defeated. Advertisement Many conservation groups wanted all elephants to get the highest protection, but Tom Milliken, an elephant expert from wildlife trade monitoring group Traffic, said: \u201cWhere elephants fall on the Cites appendices is inconsequential to their survival. All the paper protection in the world is not going to compensate for poor law enforcement, rampant corruption and ineffective management.\u201d He said the real success of the summit were measures to crack down on countries failing to halt illegal trade. But Kelvin Alie, at the International Fund for Animal Welfare, said the failure to put all elephants on appendix one was a disaster: \u201cThis is a tragedy for elephants. At a time when we are seeing such a dramatic increase in the slaughter of elephants for ivory, now was the time for the global community to step up and say no more.\u201d", "essay": "The killing of elephants for ivory just makes me so angry. I can't help but wonder if anyone is really taking the possible extinction of them seriously. While the poachers are a definite problem, I think we need to also be worried about those that are buying the ivory. If we remove the demand, perhaps that will go a long way to helping stop the killing. I think cracking down on both sides of this issue is the only way we will see real change."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Bid for strongest protection for all African elephants defeated at wildlife summit \u2014  A bid to give the highest level of international legal protection to all African elephants was defeated on Monday at a global wildlife summit. But the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites), meeting this week in Johannesburg, passed other new measures for elephants that conservationists say will add vital protection. All 182 nations agreed for the first time that legal ivory markets within nations must be closed. Separately, a process that could allow one-off sales of ivory stockpiles was killed and tougher measures to deal with nations failing to control poached ivory were agreed. More than 140,000 of Africa\u2019s savannah elephants were killed for their ivory between 2007 and 2014, wiping out almost a third of their population, and one elephant is still being killed by poachers every 15 minutes on average. The price of ivory has soared threefold since 2009, leading conservationists to fear the survival of the species is at risk. Ambitious Great Elephant Census finds nearly one-third of continent\u2019s largest elephants were wiped out between 2007-14, largely due to poaching for ivory The acrimonious debate over elephant poaching has split African countries. Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, which host about a third of all remaining elephants, have stable or increasing populations. They argue passionately that elephant numbers are also suffering from loss of habitat and killings by farmers and that they can only be protected by making money from ivory sales and trophy hunting. However, a group of 29 African nations, which host about 40% of all elephants and are led by Kenya and Benin, have smaller and plummeting populations and countered that poaching and the illegal trade in ivory is the greatest threat. Most African elephants already have the highest level of international legal protection \u2013 a Cites \u201cappendix 1\u201d listing \u2013 which bans all trade. But the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana, are listed on \u201cappendix 2\u201d, a lower level of protection. On Monday a proposal to add the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana to appendix 1 was defeated. Critics said the proposal would do little to protect elephants as all international trade is already banned, but proponents argued it was a crucial signal to poachers and criminals of a global crackdown on the illegal ivory trade. Botswana has the world\u2019s largest elephant population, about a third of all elephants, and it is growing. But it broke ranks with Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe and argued vehemently for appendix 1 protection. Tshekedi Khama, Botswana\u2019s minister of environment, said: \u201cThere is concerning evidence that elephant poaching is moving south. The criminal networks that facilitate much of this trade are highly organised and fluid, operating over several regions in the continent. Therefore no population should be considered secure. Put simply, a threat to elephants anywhere is a threat to elephants everywhere.\u201d The Cote D\u2019Ivoire delegate said it was absurd to have some elephants on appendix 1 and some on appendix 2: \u201cAn elephant that crosses a border may have protection on one side and not on the other. Elephants do not have passports.\u201d Lee White, the British-born director of Gabon\u2019s national parks and Cites delegate, said poachers were now shooting on sight at his rangers. The upgrading of all elephants to the highest protection would have sent \u201ca signal that we will come down as hard on poaching as we do on the trafficking of drugs, arms and people\u201d. However, Namibia\u2019s delegate threatened to withdraw entirely from Cites protections for elephants if the all populations were upgraded the highest levels. \u201cIt is completely fallacious that legal ivory trade covers illegal trade,\u201d he said, a statement flatly rejected by other nations. South Africa\u2019s environment minister, Edna Molewa, said rural communities must benefit from elephants if they are to tolerate the damage caused to crops and the lives sometimes lost. \u201cWe dare not ignore their voices,\u201d she said. \u201cTrophy hunting is the best return on investment [in elephant protection] with the least impact.\u201d The EU, which with 28 votes is a powerful force at Cites, also opposed the upgrade to appendix 1. It said that Cites rules meant the highest level protection is reserved for populations that are in steep decline, and that this did not apply to the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana. Some scientific and conservation groups agreed with this, including WWF, Traffic and the Zoological Society of London, arguing the integrity of the Cites was at risk. The EU delegate to Cites said: \u201cThe proposal does not meet the biological criteria. [But] this does not mean in any way we are not concerned about the decline of elephants across the continent.\u201d Several nations said cutting the demand for ivory, through education, and better enforcement against poachers were key. The issue was forced to a vote and was defeated, leaving the southern African elephants on appendix 2. Earlier on Monday, Namibia and Zimbabwe had attempted to legalise the trade in ivory from those countries. Namibia said its elephant population had doubled to 20,000 in the last 15 years. Charles Jonga, from the Campfire Programme, a rural development group in Zimbabwe, told the Cites summit: \u201cThe people in my community say: \u2018These elephants they eat our crops, they damage our houses, what benefit do we get?\u2019 If they get benefits, they will protect and not poach.\u201d But Patrick Omondi, Kenya\u2019s delegate, said: \u201cPoaching levels and trafficking in ivory are at their highest peak. History has shown the ivory trade cannot be controlled. We are reaching a tipping point and need to give elephants time to recover.\u201d Both Namibia\u2019s and Zimbabwe\u2019s proposals, supported by Japan but opposed by the EU and US, were soundly defeated. Observers believe Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa did not expect to unpick the ban on the ivory trade at this summit, but wanted to keep the debate open, in the hope of future success. Another proposal, from Swaziland, to legalise the trade in its rhino horn was heavily defeated. Advertisement Many conservation groups wanted all elephants to get the highest protection, but Tom Milliken, an elephant expert from wildlife trade monitoring group Traffic, said: \u201cWhere elephants fall on the Cites appendices is inconsequential to their survival. All the paper protection in the world is not going to compensate for poor law enforcement, rampant corruption and ineffective management.\u201d He said the real success of the summit were measures to crack down on countries failing to halt illegal trade. But Kelvin Alie, at the International Fund for Animal Welfare, said the failure to put all elephants on appendix one was a disaster: \u201cThis is a tragedy for elephants. At a time when we are seeing such a dramatic increase in the slaughter of elephants for ivory, now was the time for the global community to step up and say no more.\u201d", "essay": "Any tyoe of animal poaching and killing just really hurts my heart. It is disgusting that this kind of thing is still happening and that not everyone can agree to fiercly protect these gentle giants. I get that these countries are poor and this kind of hunting and trading brongs in big money for them but I think they need to look at the bigger picture and more countries should help build these countries up in others ways so they dont have to rely on this for there people and economy. I also agree with the conservationist that say all the paper laws in the world cant cut down on the killings if you dont control illigal trade that is were the focus needs to stay on."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Bid for strongest protection for all African elephants defeated at wildlife summit \u2014  A bid to give the highest level of international legal protection to all African elephants was defeated on Monday at a global wildlife summit. But the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites), meeting this week in Johannesburg, passed other new measures for elephants that conservationists say will add vital protection. All 182 nations agreed for the first time that legal ivory markets within nations must be closed. Separately, a process that could allow one-off sales of ivory stockpiles was killed and tougher measures to deal with nations failing to control poached ivory were agreed. More than 140,000 of Africa\u2019s savannah elephants were killed for their ivory between 2007 and 2014, wiping out almost a third of their population, and one elephant is still being killed by poachers every 15 minutes on average. The price of ivory has soared threefold since 2009, leading conservationists to fear the survival of the species is at risk. Ambitious Great Elephant Census finds nearly one-third of continent\u2019s largest elephants were wiped out between 2007-14, largely due to poaching for ivory The acrimonious debate over elephant poaching has split African countries. Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, which host about a third of all remaining elephants, have stable or increasing populations. They argue passionately that elephant numbers are also suffering from loss of habitat and killings by farmers and that they can only be protected by making money from ivory sales and trophy hunting. However, a group of 29 African nations, which host about 40% of all elephants and are led by Kenya and Benin, have smaller and plummeting populations and countered that poaching and the illegal trade in ivory is the greatest threat. Most African elephants already have the highest level of international legal protection \u2013 a Cites \u201cappendix 1\u201d listing \u2013 which bans all trade. But the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana, are listed on \u201cappendix 2\u201d, a lower level of protection. On Monday a proposal to add the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana to appendix 1 was defeated. Critics said the proposal would do little to protect elephants as all international trade is already banned, but proponents argued it was a crucial signal to poachers and criminals of a global crackdown on the illegal ivory trade. Botswana has the world\u2019s largest elephant population, about a third of all elephants, and it is growing. But it broke ranks with Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe and argued vehemently for appendix 1 protection. Tshekedi Khama, Botswana\u2019s minister of environment, said: \u201cThere is concerning evidence that elephant poaching is moving south. The criminal networks that facilitate much of this trade are highly organised and fluid, operating over several regions in the continent. Therefore no population should be considered secure. Put simply, a threat to elephants anywhere is a threat to elephants everywhere.\u201d The Cote D\u2019Ivoire delegate said it was absurd to have some elephants on appendix 1 and some on appendix 2: \u201cAn elephant that crosses a border may have protection on one side and not on the other. Elephants do not have passports.\u201d Lee White, the British-born director of Gabon\u2019s national parks and Cites delegate, said poachers were now shooting on sight at his rangers. The upgrading of all elephants to the highest protection would have sent \u201ca signal that we will come down as hard on poaching as we do on the trafficking of drugs, arms and people\u201d. However, Namibia\u2019s delegate threatened to withdraw entirely from Cites protections for elephants if the all populations were upgraded the highest levels. \u201cIt is completely fallacious that legal ivory trade covers illegal trade,\u201d he said, a statement flatly rejected by other nations. South Africa\u2019s environment minister, Edna Molewa, said rural communities must benefit from elephants if they are to tolerate the damage caused to crops and the lives sometimes lost. \u201cWe dare not ignore their voices,\u201d she said. \u201cTrophy hunting is the best return on investment [in elephant protection] with the least impact.\u201d The EU, which with 28 votes is a powerful force at Cites, also opposed the upgrade to appendix 1. It said that Cites rules meant the highest level protection is reserved for populations that are in steep decline, and that this did not apply to the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana. Some scientific and conservation groups agreed with this, including WWF, Traffic and the Zoological Society of London, arguing the integrity of the Cites was at risk. The EU delegate to Cites said: \u201cThe proposal does not meet the biological criteria. [But] this does not mean in any way we are not concerned about the decline of elephants across the continent.\u201d Several nations said cutting the demand for ivory, through education, and better enforcement against poachers were key. The issue was forced to a vote and was defeated, leaving the southern African elephants on appendix 2. Earlier on Monday, Namibia and Zimbabwe had attempted to legalise the trade in ivory from those countries. Namibia said its elephant population had doubled to 20,000 in the last 15 years. Charles Jonga, from the Campfire Programme, a rural development group in Zimbabwe, told the Cites summit: \u201cThe people in my community say: \u2018These elephants they eat our crops, they damage our houses, what benefit do we get?\u2019 If they get benefits, they will protect and not poach.\u201d But Patrick Omondi, Kenya\u2019s delegate, said: \u201cPoaching levels and trafficking in ivory are at their highest peak. History has shown the ivory trade cannot be controlled. We are reaching a tipping point and need to give elephants time to recover.\u201d Both Namibia\u2019s and Zimbabwe\u2019s proposals, supported by Japan but opposed by the EU and US, were soundly defeated. Observers believe Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa did not expect to unpick the ban on the ivory trade at this summit, but wanted to keep the debate open, in the hope of future success. Another proposal, from Swaziland, to legalise the trade in its rhino horn was heavily defeated. Advertisement Many conservation groups wanted all elephants to get the highest protection, but Tom Milliken, an elephant expert from wildlife trade monitoring group Traffic, said: \u201cWhere elephants fall on the Cites appendices is inconsequential to their survival. All the paper protection in the world is not going to compensate for poor law enforcement, rampant corruption and ineffective management.\u201d He said the real success of the summit were measures to crack down on countries failing to halt illegal trade. But Kelvin Alie, at the International Fund for Animal Welfare, said the failure to put all elephants on appendix one was a disaster: \u201cThis is a tragedy for elephants. At a time when we are seeing such a dramatic increase in the slaughter of elephants for ivory, now was the time for the global community to step up and say no more.\u201d", "essay": "It is sad to hear what is happening with the elephants.  Seems they are innocent victims here and nobody is doing much to help out.  It seems too like a problem with such a huge scope that there is not much people can do.  It is sad that they are suffering, I don't think any animals should have to suffer at the hands of humans especially just for the need to make money which is all this was avbout.  Really a tragedy."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Horrific crash kills Yu Xu, 1st woman to fly China's J-10 fighter \u2014  One of China's first female fighter pilots and a member of the country's air force aerobatics team was killed in a training accident over the weekend, according to Chinese state-run media.   Capt. Yu Xu, 30, died Saturday during a routine training flight with the aerobatics team, according to the reports. The Chinese military did not provide details of the accident in Hebei province, but state-run media, citing military sources and witnesses, said Yu ejected from her aircraft after it collided with another during the training. After the ejection, the wing of another plane hit Yu, killing her, according to a report from China Daily. Yu's male co-pilot ejected safely and survived, the report said. The other jet also landed safety. The flight data recorder, or black box, from Yu's jet was recovered as authorities investigate the accident, China Daily reported. Yu: 'I have become a real fighter pilot' Yu was the first of four women who are certified to fly the J-10, a single-engine multi-role jet that entered service in 2004 and is considered the first Chinese domestic fighter to rival Western fighters in its capabilities. Yu flew a J-10 fighter with China's August 1st Aerobatics Team. Her last performance was at Airshow China in Zhuhai earlier this month. J-10 fighters from China's August 1st aerobatics team perform at Airshow China in Zhuhai on November 4, 2016. The show was Capt. Yu Xu's last public performance. J-10 fighters from China's August 1st aerobatics team perform at Airshow China in Zhuhai on November 4, 2016. The show was Capt. Yu Xu's last public performance. \"I think the acrobatics are quite difficult, with high requirements and standards made in all aspects. Our condition is quite satisfactory, but we need more trainings if we want to be better,\" Yu said of her performances in an interview with China's CCTV. Yu, 30, joined the People's Liberation Army Air Force in September 2005. She qualified as a fighter pilot in 2009 and qualified to fly the J-10 in 2012, when she soloed in the fighter. A Chinese Air Force J-10 fighter on display an Airshow China in Zhuhai November 2016. A Chinese Air Force J-10 fighter on display an Airshow China in Zhuhai November 2016. \"I'm quite happy with myself, because this solo flight means that I have become a real fighter pilot,\" she told CCTV. Wan Ying, a friend of Yu's, told CNN that Yu was \"a very positive, humble and nice person who loved taking care of friends.\" She was also an avid reader, Wan said.  Wan said she and Yu had talked only two days before the deadly crash about meeting up for dinner. Capt. Yu Xu described herself as "a real fighter pilot" after she qualified to fly the J-10. Capt. Yu Xu described herself as \"a real fighter pilot\" after she qualified to fly the J-10. Yu saluted as a hero Yu's death Saturday saw many in China questioning in online forums whether women should be fighter pilots and if they were getting the right training. \"I only want to know the cause of the incident. What should be to blame for, problems with the plane or lack of training?\" one poster wrote on the Chinese social website Weibo. But state-run Global Times quoted a Chinese aviation expert, Wang Ya'nan, as saying Yu and other women in the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force were trail blazers. \"China is a pioneer in training female aerobatic pilots. When the program started, there was no foreign experience to borrow from or statistics to rely on from other countries. From this perspective, Yu Xu and other female aerobatic pilots have taken greater risks, which deserve more of our respect,\" Wang was quoted as saying. On Weibo, Yu was saluted as a hero. \"Yu Xu is our most proud female pilot. Her death is a great loss for our country,\" wrote one poster. \"Yu is the Hua Mulan (legendary woman warrior) of our era, a rare heroine,\" wrote another. The website for the All-China Women's Federation reported Monday that 60 million users of the Weibo site had clicked on Yu's story by Sunday night.", "essay": "It's sad that the young woman died.  I feel sad for her family and friends who have lost a loved one.  It does sound kinda like an unnecessary death but I guess she knew the risks when she decided to become a fighter pilot.  It seems like a dangerous profession and like these things could easily happen.  I guess they could easily be avoided just by avoiding this career altogether but anyway.  It is what it is.  Very sad anytime a person dies."}
{"user_id": "ec_p032", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 46 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 41000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 4.5 in conscientiousness, 3.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 46, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 41000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 4.5, "extraversion": 3.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Horrific crash kills Yu Xu, 1st woman to fly China's J-10 fighter \u2014  One of China's first female fighter pilots and a member of the country's air force aerobatics team was killed in a training accident over the weekend, according to Chinese state-run media.   Capt. Yu Xu, 30, died Saturday during a routine training flight with the aerobatics team, according to the reports. The Chinese military did not provide details of the accident in Hebei province, but state-run media, citing military sources and witnesses, said Yu ejected from her aircraft after it collided with another during the training. After the ejection, the wing of another plane hit Yu, killing her, according to a report from China Daily. Yu's male co-pilot ejected safely and survived, the report said. The other jet also landed safety. The flight data recorder, or black box, from Yu's jet was recovered as authorities investigate the accident, China Daily reported. Yu: 'I have become a real fighter pilot' Yu was the first of four women who are certified to fly the J-10, a single-engine multi-role jet that entered service in 2004 and is considered the first Chinese domestic fighter to rival Western fighters in its capabilities. Yu flew a J-10 fighter with China's August 1st Aerobatics Team. Her last performance was at Airshow China in Zhuhai earlier this month. J-10 fighters from China's August 1st aerobatics team perform at Airshow China in Zhuhai on November 4, 2016. The show was Capt. Yu Xu's last public performance. J-10 fighters from China's August 1st aerobatics team perform at Airshow China in Zhuhai on November 4, 2016. The show was Capt. Yu Xu's last public performance. \"I think the acrobatics are quite difficult, with high requirements and standards made in all aspects. Our condition is quite satisfactory, but we need more trainings if we want to be better,\" Yu said of her performances in an interview with China's CCTV. Yu, 30, joined the People's Liberation Army Air Force in September 2005. She qualified as a fighter pilot in 2009 and qualified to fly the J-10 in 2012, when she soloed in the fighter. A Chinese Air Force J-10 fighter on display an Airshow China in Zhuhai November 2016. A Chinese Air Force J-10 fighter on display an Airshow China in Zhuhai November 2016. \"I'm quite happy with myself, because this solo flight means that I have become a real fighter pilot,\" she told CCTV. Wan Ying, a friend of Yu's, told CNN that Yu was \"a very positive, humble and nice person who loved taking care of friends.\" She was also an avid reader, Wan said.  Wan said she and Yu had talked only two days before the deadly crash about meeting up for dinner. Capt. Yu Xu described herself as "a real fighter pilot" after she qualified to fly the J-10. Capt. Yu Xu described herself as \"a real fighter pilot\" after she qualified to fly the J-10. Yu saluted as a hero Yu's death Saturday saw many in China questioning in online forums whether women should be fighter pilots and if they were getting the right training. \"I only want to know the cause of the incident. What should be to blame for, problems with the plane or lack of training?\" one poster wrote on the Chinese social website Weibo. But state-run Global Times quoted a Chinese aviation expert, Wang Ya'nan, as saying Yu and other women in the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force were trail blazers. \"China is a pioneer in training female aerobatic pilots. When the program started, there was no foreign experience to borrow from or statistics to rely on from other countries. From this perspective, Yu Xu and other female aerobatic pilots have taken greater risks, which deserve more of our respect,\" Wang was quoted as saying. On Weibo, Yu was saluted as a hero. \"Yu Xu is our most proud female pilot. Her death is a great loss for our country,\" wrote one poster. \"Yu is the Hua Mulan (legendary woman warrior) of our era, a rare heroine,\" wrote another. The website for the All-China Women's Federation reported Monday that 60 million users of the Weibo site had clicked on Yu's story by Sunday night.", "essay": "I just read a story about the death of a Chinese female fighter pilot. It wasn't made clear exactly what happened - apart from a plane crash - but she is being hailed a hero. I was amazed that China would allow women to hold that kind of position - shockingly modern of them. And that she was widely respected warms my heart."}
{"user_id": "ec_p070", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 44 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 70000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 4.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 1.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 44, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 70000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 4.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 1.5}}, "article": "Horrific crash kills Yu Xu, 1st woman to fly China's J-10 fighter \u2014  One of China's first female fighter pilots and a member of the country's air force aerobatics team was killed in a training accident over the weekend, according to Chinese state-run media.   Capt. Yu Xu, 30, died Saturday during a routine training flight with the aerobatics team, according to the reports. The Chinese military did not provide details of the accident in Hebei province, but state-run media, citing military sources and witnesses, said Yu ejected from her aircraft after it collided with another during the training. After the ejection, the wing of another plane hit Yu, killing her, according to a report from China Daily. Yu's male co-pilot ejected safely and survived, the report said. The other jet also landed safety. The flight data recorder, or black box, from Yu's jet was recovered as authorities investigate the accident, China Daily reported. Yu: 'I have become a real fighter pilot' Yu was the first of four women who are certified to fly the J-10, a single-engine multi-role jet that entered service in 2004 and is considered the first Chinese domestic fighter to rival Western fighters in its capabilities. Yu flew a J-10 fighter with China's August 1st Aerobatics Team. Her last performance was at Airshow China in Zhuhai earlier this month. J-10 fighters from China's August 1st aerobatics team perform at Airshow China in Zhuhai on November 4, 2016. The show was Capt. Yu Xu's last public performance. J-10 fighters from China's August 1st aerobatics team perform at Airshow China in Zhuhai on November 4, 2016. The show was Capt. Yu Xu's last public performance. \"I think the acrobatics are quite difficult, with high requirements and standards made in all aspects. Our condition is quite satisfactory, but we need more trainings if we want to be better,\" Yu said of her performances in an interview with China's CCTV. Yu, 30, joined the People's Liberation Army Air Force in September 2005. She qualified as a fighter pilot in 2009 and qualified to fly the J-10 in 2012, when she soloed in the fighter. A Chinese Air Force J-10 fighter on display an Airshow China in Zhuhai November 2016. A Chinese Air Force J-10 fighter on display an Airshow China in Zhuhai November 2016. \"I'm quite happy with myself, because this solo flight means that I have become a real fighter pilot,\" she told CCTV. Wan Ying, a friend of Yu's, told CNN that Yu was \"a very positive, humble and nice person who loved taking care of friends.\" She was also an avid reader, Wan said.  Wan said she and Yu had talked only two days before the deadly crash about meeting up for dinner. Capt. Yu Xu described herself as "a real fighter pilot" after she qualified to fly the J-10. Capt. Yu Xu described herself as \"a real fighter pilot\" after she qualified to fly the J-10. Yu saluted as a hero Yu's death Saturday saw many in China questioning in online forums whether women should be fighter pilots and if they were getting the right training. \"I only want to know the cause of the incident. What should be to blame for, problems with the plane or lack of training?\" one poster wrote on the Chinese social website Weibo. But state-run Global Times quoted a Chinese aviation expert, Wang Ya'nan, as saying Yu and other women in the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force were trail blazers. \"China is a pioneer in training female aerobatic pilots. When the program started, there was no foreign experience to borrow from or statistics to rely on from other countries. From this perspective, Yu Xu and other female aerobatic pilots have taken greater risks, which deserve more of our respect,\" Wang was quoted as saying. On Weibo, Yu was saluted as a hero. \"Yu Xu is our most proud female pilot. Her death is a great loss for our country,\" wrote one poster. \"Yu is the Hua Mulan (legendary woman warrior) of our era, a rare heroine,\" wrote another. The website for the All-China Women's Federation reported Monday that 60 million users of the Weibo site had clicked on Yu's story by Sunday night.", "essay": "China's first female fighter pilot died in an aerobatics crash. I wonder if she would have ever seen any other flight than performing in shows. I've definitely got mixed feelings about this. On the one hand she's definitely a trailblazer for women in her country. On the other hand, for what purpose?"}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Horrific crash kills Yu Xu, 1st woman to fly China's J-10 fighter \u2014  One of China's first female fighter pilots and a member of the country's air force aerobatics team was killed in a training accident over the weekend, according to Chinese state-run media.   Capt. Yu Xu, 30, died Saturday during a routine training flight with the aerobatics team, according to the reports. The Chinese military did not provide details of the accident in Hebei province, but state-run media, citing military sources and witnesses, said Yu ejected from her aircraft after it collided with another during the training. After the ejection, the wing of another plane hit Yu, killing her, according to a report from China Daily. Yu's male co-pilot ejected safely and survived, the report said. The other jet also landed safety. The flight data recorder, or black box, from Yu's jet was recovered as authorities investigate the accident, China Daily reported. Yu: 'I have become a real fighter pilot' Yu was the first of four women who are certified to fly the J-10, a single-engine multi-role jet that entered service in 2004 and is considered the first Chinese domestic fighter to rival Western fighters in its capabilities. Yu flew a J-10 fighter with China's August 1st Aerobatics Team. Her last performance was at Airshow China in Zhuhai earlier this month. J-10 fighters from China's August 1st aerobatics team perform at Airshow China in Zhuhai on November 4, 2016. The show was Capt. Yu Xu's last public performance. J-10 fighters from China's August 1st aerobatics team perform at Airshow China in Zhuhai on November 4, 2016. The show was Capt. Yu Xu's last public performance. \"I think the acrobatics are quite difficult, with high requirements and standards made in all aspects. Our condition is quite satisfactory, but we need more trainings if we want to be better,\" Yu said of her performances in an interview with China's CCTV. Yu, 30, joined the People's Liberation Army Air Force in September 2005. She qualified as a fighter pilot in 2009 and qualified to fly the J-10 in 2012, when she soloed in the fighter. A Chinese Air Force J-10 fighter on display an Airshow China in Zhuhai November 2016. A Chinese Air Force J-10 fighter on display an Airshow China in Zhuhai November 2016. \"I'm quite happy with myself, because this solo flight means that I have become a real fighter pilot,\" she told CCTV. Wan Ying, a friend of Yu's, told CNN that Yu was \"a very positive, humble and nice person who loved taking care of friends.\" She was also an avid reader, Wan said.  Wan said she and Yu had talked only two days before the deadly crash about meeting up for dinner. Capt. Yu Xu described herself as "a real fighter pilot" after she qualified to fly the J-10. Capt. Yu Xu described herself as \"a real fighter pilot\" after she qualified to fly the J-10. Yu saluted as a hero Yu's death Saturday saw many in China questioning in online forums whether women should be fighter pilots and if they were getting the right training. \"I only want to know the cause of the incident. What should be to blame for, problems with the plane or lack of training?\" one poster wrote on the Chinese social website Weibo. But state-run Global Times quoted a Chinese aviation expert, Wang Ya'nan, as saying Yu and other women in the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force were trail blazers. \"China is a pioneer in training female aerobatic pilots. When the program started, there was no foreign experience to borrow from or statistics to rely on from other countries. From this perspective, Yu Xu and other female aerobatic pilots have taken greater risks, which deserve more of our respect,\" Wang was quoted as saying. On Weibo, Yu was saluted as a hero. \"Yu Xu is our most proud female pilot. Her death is a great loss for our country,\" wrote one poster. \"Yu is the Hua Mulan (legendary woman warrior) of our era, a rare heroine,\" wrote another. The website for the All-China Women's Federation reported Monday that 60 million users of the Weibo site had clicked on Yu's story by Sunday night.", "essay": "I just read an article about China's Yu Xu. She was one of the first female fighter pilots cleared for a solo flight. The state run media is very tight lipped about the cause of the accident and the comments attributed to Yu seem very sterile and highly suspect. She was even compared to Mulan at the end of the article. I just don't know about communist governments. The whole thing seemed like lip service to mask a technical failure."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Horrific crash kills Yu Xu, 1st woman to fly China's J-10 fighter \u2014  One of China's first female fighter pilots and a member of the country's air force aerobatics team was killed in a training accident over the weekend, according to Chinese state-run media.   Capt. Yu Xu, 30, died Saturday during a routine training flight with the aerobatics team, according to the reports. The Chinese military did not provide details of the accident in Hebei province, but state-run media, citing military sources and witnesses, said Yu ejected from her aircraft after it collided with another during the training. After the ejection, the wing of another plane hit Yu, killing her, according to a report from China Daily. Yu's male co-pilot ejected safely and survived, the report said. The other jet also landed safety. The flight data recorder, or black box, from Yu's jet was recovered as authorities investigate the accident, China Daily reported. Yu: 'I have become a real fighter pilot' Yu was the first of four women who are certified to fly the J-10, a single-engine multi-role jet that entered service in 2004 and is considered the first Chinese domestic fighter to rival Western fighters in its capabilities. Yu flew a J-10 fighter with China's August 1st Aerobatics Team. Her last performance was at Airshow China in Zhuhai earlier this month. J-10 fighters from China's August 1st aerobatics team perform at Airshow China in Zhuhai on November 4, 2016. The show was Capt. Yu Xu's last public performance. J-10 fighters from China's August 1st aerobatics team perform at Airshow China in Zhuhai on November 4, 2016. The show was Capt. Yu Xu's last public performance. \"I think the acrobatics are quite difficult, with high requirements and standards made in all aspects. Our condition is quite satisfactory, but we need more trainings if we want to be better,\" Yu said of her performances in an interview with China's CCTV. Yu, 30, joined the People's Liberation Army Air Force in September 2005. She qualified as a fighter pilot in 2009 and qualified to fly the J-10 in 2012, when she soloed in the fighter. A Chinese Air Force J-10 fighter on display an Airshow China in Zhuhai November 2016. A Chinese Air Force J-10 fighter on display an Airshow China in Zhuhai November 2016. \"I'm quite happy with myself, because this solo flight means that I have become a real fighter pilot,\" she told CCTV. Wan Ying, a friend of Yu's, told CNN that Yu was \"a very positive, humble and nice person who loved taking care of friends.\" She was also an avid reader, Wan said.  Wan said she and Yu had talked only two days before the deadly crash about meeting up for dinner. Capt. Yu Xu described herself as "a real fighter pilot" after she qualified to fly the J-10. Capt. Yu Xu described herself as \"a real fighter pilot\" after she qualified to fly the J-10. Yu saluted as a hero Yu's death Saturday saw many in China questioning in online forums whether women should be fighter pilots and if they were getting the right training. \"I only want to know the cause of the incident. What should be to blame for, problems with the plane or lack of training?\" one poster wrote on the Chinese social website Weibo. But state-run Global Times quoted a Chinese aviation expert, Wang Ya'nan, as saying Yu and other women in the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force were trail blazers. \"China is a pioneer in training female aerobatic pilots. When the program started, there was no foreign experience to borrow from or statistics to rely on from other countries. From this perspective, Yu Xu and other female aerobatic pilots have taken greater risks, which deserve more of our respect,\" Wang was quoted as saying. On Weibo, Yu was saluted as a hero. \"Yu Xu is our most proud female pilot. Her death is a great loss for our country,\" wrote one poster. \"Yu is the Hua Mulan (legendary woman warrior) of our era, a rare heroine,\" wrote another. The website for the All-China Women's Federation reported Monday that 60 million users of the Weibo site had clicked on Yu's story by Sunday night.", "essay": "This was sad!   Being one of four fighter jet pilots who are female is a pretty big deal so she definitely accomplished a lot.  I guess the hope would be that others could learn from this tragedy.  Whether it was an issu with the jet itself or a lack of training, hopefully they can figure out what caused this tragedy so it can be prevented in the future.  I feel sad for her family and loved ones who lost a close friend.  Very sad and it sounded like she was a good person too."}
{"user_id": "ec_p032", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 46 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 41000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 4.5 in conscientiousness, 3.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 46, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 41000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 4.5, "extraversion": 3.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "French school bullying deaths stir intense debate \u2014  Two stories about two French girls who killed themselves after being bullied at school have prompted an emotional response and intense debate about how teenagers can be better protected. Emilie, 17, took her life in January and a graphic account of the torment she suffered emerged this week when her diary appeared in a newspaper. It was immediately followed by a French TV dramatisation of the story of Marion Fraisse, who died three years ago. The France 3 film was poignantly entitled Marion, 13 ans pour toujours - Marion, Forever 13. The question for France is whether their deaths will help change the way bullying is tackled. It starts so gradually, you hardly notice it. In a classroom of rowdy students, Marion is marked out as one of the good girls. Over the course of the 90-minute drama, she loses her friends, is the victim of rumours, insults and isolation, and then is cornered by a group of boys in the corridor, who grab her, pin her down and throw her shoes away. \"She was asking for it,\" says a passing girl. Marion breaks down and cries. From there the drama follows her descent into desperation, depression, and finally suicide. The film was adapted from a book by Marion's mother, Nora, who found a letter from the teenager after her death and decided to tell her story. A poignant act, because one of the most striking elements of that story is how Marion's parents knew about what was happening to their daughter at the time. Interviewed by a French newspaper to mark the launch of the dramatisation, actress Julie Gayet, who plays Nora, said the film had two points of view: Marion's and her mother's. The script \"shows that parents never really know their child. Half a child's life escapes them\". More than four million people tuned in to watch the drama, which was followed by a one-hour debate. Many took to social media afterwards to share their stories and express their anger. \"It's not a suicide, it's murder,\" wrote one Twitter user, called Sara. Another suggested that the film be shown in schools. Others wrote of their own experiences of bullying, with some saying the experience had haunted them for years after they had left full-time education. For help and advice on bullying, visit BBC Advice BBC iWonder: How do we talk about teen suicide? Read more here: * French Periscope death stirs social media fears * Quarter of bullied children bully others How France has tried to address bullying According to official figures, 700,000 pupils are bullied each year in France, and activists say more than 90% of children have access to social networks. France has tried to improve awareness of bullying in schools, as well as support for the victims. In 2014, a new anti-bullying law was brought in, and a hotline set up for pupils to report incidents. But activists say France is still not tackling the problem effectively. \"The authorities' response is improving very slowly,\" says psychologist and campaigner Catherine Verdier. \"But France is dragging behind other countries. If you look at Finland, Sweden, where it's a national cause, there was a real impulse from the top to change things.\" \"A few schools have improved, but not enough,\" says Willy Pierre who runs 'You Are Heroes', set up after Marion's death to break the taboo around bullying. \"The hotline is only open in school hours, and it can take weeks or months to find a designated adult for the child to talk to face to face.\" The problem has also grown to encompass cyber-bullying and harassment outside the school gates. The solution, he says, is for parents, teachers and pupils to talk openly about the problem. Emilie's story Emilie was four years older than Marion when she died in January after jumping out of a window at her father's house. A bright pupil at a private school in the northern city of Lille, Emilie's parents say she endured years of terror up to the age of 13 because she was not considered cool and trendy and loved reading. Eventually she snapped and they pulled her out of the school. For three years she tried other schools and distance learning, but she developed a phobia of schools and her parents believe her death was linked to depression as a result of the bullying. ________________   Excerpts from Emilie's diary Dodging blows, being tripped up and spat at. Closing your ears to insults and mockery. Keeping an eye on your bag and your hair. Holding back the tears. Again and again Hey, you know what? a boy exclaimed loud enough for everyone in the class to hear but the teacher. Apparently they're going to award a prize to the ugliest clever-clogs in every country. Oh yeah? his neighbour tittered. I bet you we've got the winner in the class I don't want my parents to know how pathetic I am, and think they've given birth to a piece of crap The diary was published in La Voix du Nord (in French) ________________   A report by Unicef two years ago found that bullying was a worldwide problem that \"exists at some level and in some form in every country\". Children who are bullied, it says, are prone to a vast range of negative effects \"including depression, anxiety, thoughts of suicide\". One mother told a French newspaper that her daughter's school had responded to the problem of bullying with \"a conspiracy of silence\". But after days of debate about the sad lives of two French teenagers, those taboos may finally be crumbling. Are you being bullied? Useful contacts * BullyingUK - Tel 0808 800 2222 * Childline - Tel 0800 1111 * Bullying at school - UK government website * Non au harcelement - French government website - Tel 3020", "essay": "I just read about two young women in France who took their lives after being bullied. I remember being bullied and I can't tell you how glad I am that we did not have social media back in the 80s. The cruelty of kids towards other kids is horrifying. We ask where the parents are for the bullied, but where are the parents of the bullies?"}
{"user_id": "ec_p043", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 27000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 3.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 27000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 3.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "French school bullying deaths stir intense debate \u2014  Two stories about two French girls who killed themselves after being bullied at school have prompted an emotional response and intense debate about how teenagers can be better protected. Emilie, 17, took her life in January and a graphic account of the torment she suffered emerged this week when her diary appeared in a newspaper. It was immediately followed by a French TV dramatisation of the story of Marion Fraisse, who died three years ago. The France 3 film was poignantly entitled Marion, 13 ans pour toujours - Marion, Forever 13. The question for France is whether their deaths will help change the way bullying is tackled. It starts so gradually, you hardly notice it. In a classroom of rowdy students, Marion is marked out as one of the good girls. Over the course of the 90-minute drama, she loses her friends, is the victim of rumours, insults and isolation, and then is cornered by a group of boys in the corridor, who grab her, pin her down and throw her shoes away. \"She was asking for it,\" says a passing girl. Marion breaks down and cries. From there the drama follows her descent into desperation, depression, and finally suicide. The film was adapted from a book by Marion's mother, Nora, who found a letter from the teenager after her death and decided to tell her story. A poignant act, because one of the most striking elements of that story is how Marion's parents knew about what was happening to their daughter at the time. Interviewed by a French newspaper to mark the launch of the dramatisation, actress Julie Gayet, who plays Nora, said the film had two points of view: Marion's and her mother's. The script \"shows that parents never really know their child. Half a child's life escapes them\". More than four million people tuned in to watch the drama, which was followed by a one-hour debate. Many took to social media afterwards to share their stories and express their anger. \"It's not a suicide, it's murder,\" wrote one Twitter user, called Sara. Another suggested that the film be shown in schools. Others wrote of their own experiences of bullying, with some saying the experience had haunted them for years after they had left full-time education. For help and advice on bullying, visit BBC Advice BBC iWonder: How do we talk about teen suicide? Read more here: * French Periscope death stirs social media fears * Quarter of bullied children bully others How France has tried to address bullying According to official figures, 700,000 pupils are bullied each year in France, and activists say more than 90% of children have access to social networks. France has tried to improve awareness of bullying in schools, as well as support for the victims. In 2014, a new anti-bullying law was brought in, and a hotline set up for pupils to report incidents. But activists say France is still not tackling the problem effectively. \"The authorities' response is improving very slowly,\" says psychologist and campaigner Catherine Verdier. \"But France is dragging behind other countries. If you look at Finland, Sweden, where it's a national cause, there was a real impulse from the top to change things.\" \"A few schools have improved, but not enough,\" says Willy Pierre who runs 'You Are Heroes', set up after Marion's death to break the taboo around bullying. \"The hotline is only open in school hours, and it can take weeks or months to find a designated adult for the child to talk to face to face.\" The problem has also grown to encompass cyber-bullying and harassment outside the school gates. The solution, he says, is for parents, teachers and pupils to talk openly about the problem. Emilie's story Emilie was four years older than Marion when she died in January after jumping out of a window at her father's house. A bright pupil at a private school in the northern city of Lille, Emilie's parents say she endured years of terror up to the age of 13 because she was not considered cool and trendy and loved reading. Eventually she snapped and they pulled her out of the school. For three years she tried other schools and distance learning, but she developed a phobia of schools and her parents believe her death was linked to depression as a result of the bullying. ________________   Excerpts from Emilie's diary Dodging blows, being tripped up and spat at. Closing your ears to insults and mockery. Keeping an eye on your bag and your hair. Holding back the tears. Again and again Hey, you know what? a boy exclaimed loud enough for everyone in the class to hear but the teacher. Apparently they're going to award a prize to the ugliest clever-clogs in every country. Oh yeah? his neighbour tittered. I bet you we've got the winner in the class I don't want my parents to know how pathetic I am, and think they've given birth to a piece of crap The diary was published in La Voix du Nord (in French) ________________   A report by Unicef two years ago found that bullying was a worldwide problem that \"exists at some level and in some form in every country\". Children who are bullied, it says, are prone to a vast range of negative effects \"including depression, anxiety, thoughts of suicide\". One mother told a French newspaper that her daughter's school had responded to the problem of bullying with \"a conspiracy of silence\". But after days of debate about the sad lives of two French teenagers, those taboos may finally be crumbling. Are you being bullied? Useful contacts * BullyingUK - Tel 0808 800 2222 * Childline - Tel 0800 1111 * Bullying at school - UK government website * Non au harcelement - French government website - Tel 3020", "essay": "I wasn't bullied much as a child but I can really sympathize with people who there. You're a lot more narrow minded as a child and getting bullied can make it seem like your entire life is ruined. I think it's a bigger problem now because of technology. Before a child would only get bullied during school hours, hopefully outside of the sight of a teacher. Now children can be bullied 24/7 through technology since everyone has a cell phone and uses social media. It's a hard problem to solve. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "French school bullying deaths stir intense debate \u2014  Two stories about two French girls who killed themselves after being bullied at school have prompted an emotional response and intense debate about how teenagers can be better protected. Emilie, 17, took her life in January and a graphic account of the torment she suffered emerged this week when her diary appeared in a newspaper. It was immediately followed by a French TV dramatisation of the story of Marion Fraisse, who died three years ago. The France 3 film was poignantly entitled Marion, 13 ans pour toujours - Marion, Forever 13. The question for France is whether their deaths will help change the way bullying is tackled. It starts so gradually, you hardly notice it. In a classroom of rowdy students, Marion is marked out as one of the good girls. Over the course of the 90-minute drama, she loses her friends, is the victim of rumours, insults and isolation, and then is cornered by a group of boys in the corridor, who grab her, pin her down and throw her shoes away. \"She was asking for it,\" says a passing girl. Marion breaks down and cries. From there the drama follows her descent into desperation, depression, and finally suicide. The film was adapted from a book by Marion's mother, Nora, who found a letter from the teenager after her death and decided to tell her story. A poignant act, because one of the most striking elements of that story is how Marion's parents knew about what was happening to their daughter at the time. Interviewed by a French newspaper to mark the launch of the dramatisation, actress Julie Gayet, who plays Nora, said the film had two points of view: Marion's and her mother's. The script \"shows that parents never really know their child. Half a child's life escapes them\". More than four million people tuned in to watch the drama, which was followed by a one-hour debate. Many took to social media afterwards to share their stories and express their anger. \"It's not a suicide, it's murder,\" wrote one Twitter user, called Sara. Another suggested that the film be shown in schools. Others wrote of their own experiences of bullying, with some saying the experience had haunted them for years after they had left full-time education. For help and advice on bullying, visit BBC Advice BBC iWonder: How do we talk about teen suicide? Read more here: * French Periscope death stirs social media fears * Quarter of bullied children bully others How France has tried to address bullying According to official figures, 700,000 pupils are bullied each year in France, and activists say more than 90% of children have access to social networks. France has tried to improve awareness of bullying in schools, as well as support for the victims. In 2014, a new anti-bullying law was brought in, and a hotline set up for pupils to report incidents. But activists say France is still not tackling the problem effectively. \"The authorities' response is improving very slowly,\" says psychologist and campaigner Catherine Verdier. \"But France is dragging behind other countries. If you look at Finland, Sweden, where it's a national cause, there was a real impulse from the top to change things.\" \"A few schools have improved, but not enough,\" says Willy Pierre who runs 'You Are Heroes', set up after Marion's death to break the taboo around bullying. \"The hotline is only open in school hours, and it can take weeks or months to find a designated adult for the child to talk to face to face.\" The problem has also grown to encompass cyber-bullying and harassment outside the school gates. The solution, he says, is for parents, teachers and pupils to talk openly about the problem. Emilie's story Emilie was four years older than Marion when she died in January after jumping out of a window at her father's house. A bright pupil at a private school in the northern city of Lille, Emilie's parents say she endured years of terror up to the age of 13 because she was not considered cool and trendy and loved reading. Eventually she snapped and they pulled her out of the school. For three years she tried other schools and distance learning, but she developed a phobia of schools and her parents believe her death was linked to depression as a result of the bullying. ________________   Excerpts from Emilie's diary Dodging blows, being tripped up and spat at. Closing your ears to insults and mockery. Keeping an eye on your bag and your hair. Holding back the tears. Again and again Hey, you know what? a boy exclaimed loud enough for everyone in the class to hear but the teacher. Apparently they're going to award a prize to the ugliest clever-clogs in every country. Oh yeah? his neighbour tittered. I bet you we've got the winner in the class I don't want my parents to know how pathetic I am, and think they've given birth to a piece of crap The diary was published in La Voix du Nord (in French) ________________   A report by Unicef two years ago found that bullying was a worldwide problem that \"exists at some level and in some form in every country\". Children who are bullied, it says, are prone to a vast range of negative effects \"including depression, anxiety, thoughts of suicide\". One mother told a French newspaper that her daughter's school had responded to the problem of bullying with \"a conspiracy of silence\". But after days of debate about the sad lives of two French teenagers, those taboos may finally be crumbling. Are you being bullied? Useful contacts * BullyingUK - Tel 0808 800 2222 * Childline - Tel 0800 1111 * Bullying at school - UK government website * Non au harcelement - French government website - Tel 3020", "essay": "I just read an article about bullying in France. Apparently, the suicide of a 17 year old French girl has caused the country to reevaluate its approach toward bullying. I personally have never experienced intense bullying or ridicule first hand or even second hand. I guess I was a pretty likable kid after all. I think the key to solving problems like this is most definitely inclusion. The reason children feel this way is because they perceive themselves to be absolutely alone."}
{"user_id": "ec_p055", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 46 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 22000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 46, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 22000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "French school bullying deaths stir intense debate \u2014  Two stories about two French girls who killed themselves after being bullied at school have prompted an emotional response and intense debate about how teenagers can be better protected. Emilie, 17, took her life in January and a graphic account of the torment she suffered emerged this week when her diary appeared in a newspaper. It was immediately followed by a French TV dramatisation of the story of Marion Fraisse, who died three years ago. The France 3 film was poignantly entitled Marion, 13 ans pour toujours - Marion, Forever 13. The question for France is whether their deaths will help change the way bullying is tackled. It starts so gradually, you hardly notice it. In a classroom of rowdy students, Marion is marked out as one of the good girls. Over the course of the 90-minute drama, she loses her friends, is the victim of rumours, insults and isolation, and then is cornered by a group of boys in the corridor, who grab her, pin her down and throw her shoes away. \"She was asking for it,\" says a passing girl. Marion breaks down and cries. From there the drama follows her descent into desperation, depression, and finally suicide. The film was adapted from a book by Marion's mother, Nora, who found a letter from the teenager after her death and decided to tell her story. A poignant act, because one of the most striking elements of that story is how Marion's parents knew about what was happening to their daughter at the time. Interviewed by a French newspaper to mark the launch of the dramatisation, actress Julie Gayet, who plays Nora, said the film had two points of view: Marion's and her mother's. The script \"shows that parents never really know their child. Half a child's life escapes them\". More than four million people tuned in to watch the drama, which was followed by a one-hour debate. Many took to social media afterwards to share their stories and express their anger. \"It's not a suicide, it's murder,\" wrote one Twitter user, called Sara. Another suggested that the film be shown in schools. Others wrote of their own experiences of bullying, with some saying the experience had haunted them for years after they had left full-time education. For help and advice on bullying, visit BBC Advice BBC iWonder: How do we talk about teen suicide? Read more here: * French Periscope death stirs social media fears * Quarter of bullied children bully others How France has tried to address bullying According to official figures, 700,000 pupils are bullied each year in France, and activists say more than 90% of children have access to social networks. France has tried to improve awareness of bullying in schools, as well as support for the victims. In 2014, a new anti-bullying law was brought in, and a hotline set up for pupils to report incidents. But activists say France is still not tackling the problem effectively. \"The authorities' response is improving very slowly,\" says psychologist and campaigner Catherine Verdier. \"But France is dragging behind other countries. If you look at Finland, Sweden, where it's a national cause, there was a real impulse from the top to change things.\" \"A few schools have improved, but not enough,\" says Willy Pierre who runs 'You Are Heroes', set up after Marion's death to break the taboo around bullying. \"The hotline is only open in school hours, and it can take weeks or months to find a designated adult for the child to talk to face to face.\" The problem has also grown to encompass cyber-bullying and harassment outside the school gates. The solution, he says, is for parents, teachers and pupils to talk openly about the problem. Emilie's story Emilie was four years older than Marion when she died in January after jumping out of a window at her father's house. A bright pupil at a private school in the northern city of Lille, Emilie's parents say she endured years of terror up to the age of 13 because she was not considered cool and trendy and loved reading. Eventually she snapped and they pulled her out of the school. For three years she tried other schools and distance learning, but she developed a phobia of schools and her parents believe her death was linked to depression as a result of the bullying. ________________   Excerpts from Emilie's diary Dodging blows, being tripped up and spat at. Closing your ears to insults and mockery. Keeping an eye on your bag and your hair. Holding back the tears. Again and again Hey, you know what? a boy exclaimed loud enough for everyone in the class to hear but the teacher. Apparently they're going to award a prize to the ugliest clever-clogs in every country. Oh yeah? his neighbour tittered. I bet you we've got the winner in the class I don't want my parents to know how pathetic I am, and think they've given birth to a piece of crap The diary was published in La Voix du Nord (in French) ________________   A report by Unicef two years ago found that bullying was a worldwide problem that \"exists at some level and in some form in every country\". Children who are bullied, it says, are prone to a vast range of negative effects \"including depression, anxiety, thoughts of suicide\". One mother told a French newspaper that her daughter's school had responded to the problem of bullying with \"a conspiracy of silence\". But after days of debate about the sad lives of two French teenagers, those taboos may finally be crumbling. Are you being bullied? Useful contacts * BullyingUK - Tel 0808 800 2222 * Childline - Tel 0800 1111 * Bullying at school - UK government website * Non au harcelement - French government website - Tel 3020", "essay": "This is such a sad story. To think these girls have been driven to take their own lives because of bullying is appalling. Why can't we seem to do more to stop this behavior and why do kids and even adults feel that bullying behavior is acceptable. We have to start punishing kids for this behavior, make them be accountable for their actions and take a strong stand that says we won't tolerate this kind of behavior any longer."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "French school bullying deaths stir intense debate \u2014  Two stories about two French girls who killed themselves after being bullied at school have prompted an emotional response and intense debate about how teenagers can be better protected. Emilie, 17, took her life in January and a graphic account of the torment she suffered emerged this week when her diary appeared in a newspaper. It was immediately followed by a French TV dramatisation of the story of Marion Fraisse, who died three years ago. The France 3 film was poignantly entitled Marion, 13 ans pour toujours - Marion, Forever 13. The question for France is whether their deaths will help change the way bullying is tackled. It starts so gradually, you hardly notice it. In a classroom of rowdy students, Marion is marked out as one of the good girls. Over the course of the 90-minute drama, she loses her friends, is the victim of rumours, insults and isolation, and then is cornered by a group of boys in the corridor, who grab her, pin her down and throw her shoes away. \"She was asking for it,\" says a passing girl. Marion breaks down and cries. From there the drama follows her descent into desperation, depression, and finally suicide. The film was adapted from a book by Marion's mother, Nora, who found a letter from the teenager after her death and decided to tell her story. A poignant act, because one of the most striking elements of that story is how Marion's parents knew about what was happening to their daughter at the time. Interviewed by a French newspaper to mark the launch of the dramatisation, actress Julie Gayet, who plays Nora, said the film had two points of view: Marion's and her mother's. The script \"shows that parents never really know their child. Half a child's life escapes them\". More than four million people tuned in to watch the drama, which was followed by a one-hour debate. Many took to social media afterwards to share their stories and express their anger. \"It's not a suicide, it's murder,\" wrote one Twitter user, called Sara. Another suggested that the film be shown in schools. Others wrote of their own experiences of bullying, with some saying the experience had haunted them for years after they had left full-time education. For help and advice on bullying, visit BBC Advice BBC iWonder: How do we talk about teen suicide? Read more here: * French Periscope death stirs social media fears * Quarter of bullied children bully others How France has tried to address bullying According to official figures, 700,000 pupils are bullied each year in France, and activists say more than 90% of children have access to social networks. France has tried to improve awareness of bullying in schools, as well as support for the victims. In 2014, a new anti-bullying law was brought in, and a hotline set up for pupils to report incidents. But activists say France is still not tackling the problem effectively. \"The authorities' response is improving very slowly,\" says psychologist and campaigner Catherine Verdier. \"But France is dragging behind other countries. If you look at Finland, Sweden, where it's a national cause, there was a real impulse from the top to change things.\" \"A few schools have improved, but not enough,\" says Willy Pierre who runs 'You Are Heroes', set up after Marion's death to break the taboo around bullying. \"The hotline is only open in school hours, and it can take weeks or months to find a designated adult for the child to talk to face to face.\" The problem has also grown to encompass cyber-bullying and harassment outside the school gates. The solution, he says, is for parents, teachers and pupils to talk openly about the problem. Emilie's story Emilie was four years older than Marion when she died in January after jumping out of a window at her father's house. A bright pupil at a private school in the northern city of Lille, Emilie's parents say she endured years of terror up to the age of 13 because she was not considered cool and trendy and loved reading. Eventually she snapped and they pulled her out of the school. For three years she tried other schools and distance learning, but she developed a phobia of schools and her parents believe her death was linked to depression as a result of the bullying. ________________   Excerpts from Emilie's diary Dodging blows, being tripped up and spat at. Closing your ears to insults and mockery. Keeping an eye on your bag and your hair. Holding back the tears. Again and again Hey, you know what? a boy exclaimed loud enough for everyone in the class to hear but the teacher. Apparently they're going to award a prize to the ugliest clever-clogs in every country. Oh yeah? his neighbour tittered. I bet you we've got the winner in the class I don't want my parents to know how pathetic I am, and think they've given birth to a piece of crap The diary was published in La Voix du Nord (in French) ________________   A report by Unicef two years ago found that bullying was a worldwide problem that \"exists at some level and in some form in every country\". Children who are bullied, it says, are prone to a vast range of negative effects \"including depression, anxiety, thoughts of suicide\". One mother told a French newspaper that her daughter's school had responded to the problem of bullying with \"a conspiracy of silence\". But after days of debate about the sad lives of two French teenagers, those taboos may finally be crumbling. Are you being bullied? Useful contacts * BullyingUK - Tel 0808 800 2222 * Childline - Tel 0800 1111 * Bullying at school - UK government website * Non au harcelement - French government website - Tel 3020", "essay": "Bullying isn't a new thing and it is something that must be dealt with swiftly. We must find a way to fix this stuff because it is not new and keeps happening around us. Not only in France but all around the world kids suffer from this and it leads to many suicides. The pressure from other kids is huge."}
{"user_id": "ec_p005", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 22 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 100000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 22, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 100000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "'My whole family has been wiped out': Victims of Dreamworld tragedy revealed as witnesses recall heartbreaking cries of girls who watched their mothers die on Thunder River Rapids ride \u2014  Two young girls, aged 10 and 13, were miraculously thrown to safety from the doomed Thunder River Rapids ride at Dreamworld on Australia's Gold Coast and watched in horror as the four adults in their raft were killed. A malfunction with the ride's conveyor belt is suspected to have caused the six-person raft to flip, crushing and drowning two men, aged 38 and 35, and two women, aged 42 and 32, about 2.20pm on Tuesday. Those killed include Canberra woman Kate Goodchild, 32, her brother Luke Dorsett, 35, his partner Roozi Araghi, 38, and another woman.  The New Zealand Herald has named Cindy Low, 42, from Kawerau, as the fourth victim. She was believed to be holidaying in Queensland at the time.  One of the children thrown to safety from the raft was Ms Goodchild's daughter. She howled in horror as she watched her mother die, according to News Corp.  Top police officials said it was 'almost a miracle that anybody came out of that', saying they may have escaped through 'the providence of God or somebody'.   Both girls were recovering in hospital on Tuesday night. The tragedy happened after the raft the six people were riding on turned over and flipped, Assistant Queensland Police Commissioner Brian Codd said.   '(It fell) back on top of those persons and those persons (were) variously caught in machinery.' The catastrophe was captured on CCTV cameras and the footage would be reviewed as part of the investigation. The theme park is closed indefinitely.   The mother of the Dorsett siblings, Kim, took to Facebook to express her grief.  'My family have been completely wiped out,' she said. 'I have three children and two of them are now gone. 'My eight-month-old granddaughter is never going to know her mother and that truly breaks my heart.' Ms Dorsett's husband, daughter, and newborn baby girl, had to be consoled by paramedics. Families were being informed of the tragedy on Tuesday night.    Radio broadcaster Dom Knight, an old university friend of Mr Araghi, remembered him as a 'passionate, funny, brilliant man with an unquenchable love of retro pop'.  Other friends described Mr Araghi and Mr Dorsett as the 'most loving couple', 'intelligent and witty, filled with life and hope'.   Witnesses to the tragedy said they saw a young girl was wandering alone at the ride's exit calling out for her mum shortly afterwards.  A woman could be seen 'hanging by her foot, crushed from the ride'. Bystander Claire Wooley said she helped a child she believed was the daughter of one of those killed,Sunshine Coast Daily reported. Another witness said 'there were kids on board screaming while their mum was like trapped under'. A malfunction with the ride's conveyer belt was believed to have caused the tragedy, Queensland Ambulance acting supervisor Gavin Fuller told a press conference on Tuesday afternoon. flume be turned over and flipped, resulting in it falling back on top of those persons and those persons being variously caught in machinery - and I don't want to go into too much graphic detail.    The four adults and two children were in a raft that collided with an empty raft that had become stuck, Courier Mail reported. Reports suggest their raft flipped, crushing two of the adults. The other two adults were trapped in the conveyor belt underwater. Visitors to the theme park have claimed the ride had been plagued by mechanical issues earlier in the day. Lisa Walker said she had tried to board the ride with her daughter Kaylah, 25, and said rafts were piling up against each other, she told The Australian. 'Earlier in the day it had broken down,' the same witness told Sydney Morning Herald. 'It had broken down and we went back a couple of times to this particular ride. 'We were standing on the bridge watching and the water had stopped. 'There was no rapids.' The accident happened 10 minutes after she and her daughter left the scene, Lisa said. Another woman told Nine News engineers were called to the ride earlier in the day. 'They drained all the water out and then had to refill it back up, and then we were allowed to go. But, yeah, we were stuck there for about 30-40 minutes at least,' the woman said. Todd Reid, Inspector Regional Duty Officer, could not confirm reports the ride had been faulty earlier in the day. 'I'm not aware [if that's true], but that will be part of the investigation and that will be one of the aspects we will be looking at,' he said. The horrific accident happened towards the end of the ride. Mr Fuller, of Queensland Ambulance, would not elaborate on any of the injuries the four adults suffered. 'They sustained injuries incompatible with life,' he said. Dreamworld staff had drained water from the ride in an attempt to save the trapped passengers and desperately tried to treat two of those injured before paramedics arrived. The park was evacuated and hundreds of shocked patrons streaming out. Dreamworld will be closed until further notice. CEO of the theme park, Craig Davidson, said the team was 'deeply shocked and saddened by this and our hearts and our thoughts go to the families involved and to their loved ones'. The ride's annual maintenance, conducted by independent workplace health and safety engineers, had been done just three days before the accident, a Dreamworld spokesperson said. A certification was provided, which Daily Mail Australia has requested a copy of. Specialist forensic and scientific officers, as well as detectives were at the scene on Tuesday evening. Investigators have been interviewing a number of witnesses at nearby police stations with support services also being offered. The State Coroner and the Queensland Government's Forensic Pathologist also attended the scene. Police will prepare a report for the coroner. Dreamworld owners Ardent Leisure shares fell 7.8 per cent on news of the tragedy. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he was 'very saddened to learn of the tragic accident'. 'Theme parks are a place for family fun and happiness, not tragedy. This is a very, very, sad, tragic event. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who lost their lives,' Mr Turnbull said in a statement. 'This is a very sad day, and we trust there will be a thorough investigation into the causes of this accident over the days to follow.' Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said the news was 'heartbreaking'. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she had heard the scene was 'horrific' and said counsellors were being rushed to Dreamworld to calm the 'many, many witnesses'. Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate said it was a 'very sad day for our city' in a statement. 'Our thoughts are with the families of those affected \u2013 and the emergency staff in attendance.' Shocked US Olympic gold medalist Matthew Centrowitz said he had been on the ride just a few minutes before the accident. 'Dude, just got off a ride 15 mins ago that has 1 person seriously injured and 2 others trapped,' he wrote on Twitter. A similar Dreamworld ride called Rocky Hollow Log Ride was shut down in April for a weekend after a man almost drowned, according to The Courier Mail. A Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman said at the time the man swallowed water after he fell from the ride. The Thunder River Rapids ride was built in 1986 and is said to be a 'moderate' with a maximum speed of 45km/h, according to Dreamland. Visitors as young as two-years-old are allowed to go on the ride. People sit on circular rafts that seat six.", "essay": "The heartbreaking cries of girls who watched their mothers die on Thunder River Rapids ride: Two young girls, aged 10 and 13, were miraculously thrown to safety from the doomed Thunder River Rapids ride at Dreamworld on Australia's Gold Coast and watched in horror as the four adults in their raft were killed. A malfunction with the ride's conveyor belt is suspected to have caused the six-person raft to flip, crushing and drowning two men, aged 38 and 35, and two women, aged 42 and 32, about 2.20pm on Tuesday. Those killed include Canberra woman Kate Goodchild, 32, her brother Luke Dorsett, 35, his partner Roozi Araghi, 38, and another woman. The New Zealand Herald has named Cindy Low, 42, from Kawerau, as the fourth victim. I was really devastated by this event."}
{"user_id": "ec_p038", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 34 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 50000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 34, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 50000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "'My whole family has been wiped out': Victims of Dreamworld tragedy revealed as witnesses recall heartbreaking cries of girls who watched their mothers die on Thunder River Rapids ride \u2014  Two young girls, aged 10 and 13, were miraculously thrown to safety from the doomed Thunder River Rapids ride at Dreamworld on Australia's Gold Coast and watched in horror as the four adults in their raft were killed. A malfunction with the ride's conveyor belt is suspected to have caused the six-person raft to flip, crushing and drowning two men, aged 38 and 35, and two women, aged 42 and 32, about 2.20pm on Tuesday. Those killed include Canberra woman Kate Goodchild, 32, her brother Luke Dorsett, 35, his partner Roozi Araghi, 38, and another woman.  The New Zealand Herald has named Cindy Low, 42, from Kawerau, as the fourth victim. She was believed to be holidaying in Queensland at the time.  One of the children thrown to safety from the raft was Ms Goodchild's daughter. She howled in horror as she watched her mother die, according to News Corp.  Top police officials said it was 'almost a miracle that anybody came out of that', saying they may have escaped through 'the providence of God or somebody'.   Both girls were recovering in hospital on Tuesday night. The tragedy happened after the raft the six people were riding on turned over and flipped, Assistant Queensland Police Commissioner Brian Codd said.   '(It fell) back on top of those persons and those persons (were) variously caught in machinery.' The catastrophe was captured on CCTV cameras and the footage would be reviewed as part of the investigation. The theme park is closed indefinitely.   The mother of the Dorsett siblings, Kim, took to Facebook to express her grief.  'My family have been completely wiped out,' she said. 'I have three children and two of them are now gone. 'My eight-month-old granddaughter is never going to know her mother and that truly breaks my heart.' Ms Dorsett's husband, daughter, and newborn baby girl, had to be consoled by paramedics. Families were being informed of the tragedy on Tuesday night.    Radio broadcaster Dom Knight, an old university friend of Mr Araghi, remembered him as a 'passionate, funny, brilliant man with an unquenchable love of retro pop'.  Other friends described Mr Araghi and Mr Dorsett as the 'most loving couple', 'intelligent and witty, filled with life and hope'.   Witnesses to the tragedy said they saw a young girl was wandering alone at the ride's exit calling out for her mum shortly afterwards.  A woman could be seen 'hanging by her foot, crushed from the ride'. Bystander Claire Wooley said she helped a child she believed was the daughter of one of those killed,Sunshine Coast Daily reported. Another witness said 'there were kids on board screaming while their mum was like trapped under'. A malfunction with the ride's conveyer belt was believed to have caused the tragedy, Queensland Ambulance acting supervisor Gavin Fuller told a press conference on Tuesday afternoon. flume be turned over and flipped, resulting in it falling back on top of those persons and those persons being variously caught in machinery - and I don't want to go into too much graphic detail.    The four adults and two children were in a raft that collided with an empty raft that had become stuck, Courier Mail reported. Reports suggest their raft flipped, crushing two of the adults. The other two adults were trapped in the conveyor belt underwater. Visitors to the theme park have claimed the ride had been plagued by mechanical issues earlier in the day. Lisa Walker said she had tried to board the ride with her daughter Kaylah, 25, and said rafts were piling up against each other, she told The Australian. 'Earlier in the day it had broken down,' the same witness told Sydney Morning Herald. 'It had broken down and we went back a couple of times to this particular ride. 'We were standing on the bridge watching and the water had stopped. 'There was no rapids.' The accident happened 10 minutes after she and her daughter left the scene, Lisa said. Another woman told Nine News engineers were called to the ride earlier in the day. 'They drained all the water out and then had to refill it back up, and then we were allowed to go. But, yeah, we were stuck there for about 30-40 minutes at least,' the woman said. Todd Reid, Inspector Regional Duty Officer, could not confirm reports the ride had been faulty earlier in the day. 'I'm not aware [if that's true], but that will be part of the investigation and that will be one of the aspects we will be looking at,' he said. The horrific accident happened towards the end of the ride. Mr Fuller, of Queensland Ambulance, would not elaborate on any of the injuries the four adults suffered. 'They sustained injuries incompatible with life,' he said. Dreamworld staff had drained water from the ride in an attempt to save the trapped passengers and desperately tried to treat two of those injured before paramedics arrived. The park was evacuated and hundreds of shocked patrons streaming out. Dreamworld will be closed until further notice. CEO of the theme park, Craig Davidson, said the team was 'deeply shocked and saddened by this and our hearts and our thoughts go to the families involved and to their loved ones'. The ride's annual maintenance, conducted by independent workplace health and safety engineers, had been done just three days before the accident, a Dreamworld spokesperson said. A certification was provided, which Daily Mail Australia has requested a copy of. Specialist forensic and scientific officers, as well as detectives were at the scene on Tuesday evening. Investigators have been interviewing a number of witnesses at nearby police stations with support services also being offered. The State Coroner and the Queensland Government's Forensic Pathologist also attended the scene. Police will prepare a report for the coroner. Dreamworld owners Ardent Leisure shares fell 7.8 per cent on news of the tragedy. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he was 'very saddened to learn of the tragic accident'. 'Theme parks are a place for family fun and happiness, not tragedy. This is a very, very, sad, tragic event. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who lost their lives,' Mr Turnbull said in a statement. 'This is a very sad day, and we trust there will be a thorough investigation into the causes of this accident over the days to follow.' Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said the news was 'heartbreaking'. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she had heard the scene was 'horrific' and said counsellors were being rushed to Dreamworld to calm the 'many, many witnesses'. Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate said it was a 'very sad day for our city' in a statement. 'Our thoughts are with the families of those affected \u2013 and the emergency staff in attendance.' Shocked US Olympic gold medalist Matthew Centrowitz said he had been on the ride just a few minutes before the accident. 'Dude, just got off a ride 15 mins ago that has 1 person seriously injured and 2 others trapped,' he wrote on Twitter. A similar Dreamworld ride called Rocky Hollow Log Ride was shut down in April for a weekend after a man almost drowned, according to The Courier Mail. A Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman said at the time the man swallowed water after he fell from the ride. The Thunder River Rapids ride was built in 1986 and is said to be a 'moderate' with a maximum speed of 45km/h, according to Dreamland. Visitors as young as two-years-old are allowed to go on the ride. People sit on circular rafts that seat six.", "essay": "Did you read this article? It's so heartbreaking I cannot take it. News stories don't affect me unless there is kids involved and the image of the little girls wandering around calling for her mum and the two children that lost their mother. It's horrific. It's also making me rethink rides like these because you know I love the kali river rapids at Disney which this sounds similar too. Maybe I should just stay away from rides all together. They just aren't safe."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "'My whole family has been wiped out': Victims of Dreamworld tragedy revealed as witnesses recall heartbreaking cries of girls who watched their mothers die on Thunder River Rapids ride \u2014  Two young girls, aged 10 and 13, were miraculously thrown to safety from the doomed Thunder River Rapids ride at Dreamworld on Australia's Gold Coast and watched in horror as the four adults in their raft were killed. A malfunction with the ride's conveyor belt is suspected to have caused the six-person raft to flip, crushing and drowning two men, aged 38 and 35, and two women, aged 42 and 32, about 2.20pm on Tuesday. Those killed include Canberra woman Kate Goodchild, 32, her brother Luke Dorsett, 35, his partner Roozi Araghi, 38, and another woman.  The New Zealand Herald has named Cindy Low, 42, from Kawerau, as the fourth victim. She was believed to be holidaying in Queensland at the time.  One of the children thrown to safety from the raft was Ms Goodchild's daughter. She howled in horror as she watched her mother die, according to News Corp.  Top police officials said it was 'almost a miracle that anybody came out of that', saying they may have escaped through 'the providence of God or somebody'.   Both girls were recovering in hospital on Tuesday night. The tragedy happened after the raft the six people were riding on turned over and flipped, Assistant Queensland Police Commissioner Brian Codd said.   '(It fell) back on top of those persons and those persons (were) variously caught in machinery.' The catastrophe was captured on CCTV cameras and the footage would be reviewed as part of the investigation. The theme park is closed indefinitely.   The mother of the Dorsett siblings, Kim, took to Facebook to express her grief.  'My family have been completely wiped out,' she said. 'I have three children and two of them are now gone. 'My eight-month-old granddaughter is never going to know her mother and that truly breaks my heart.' Ms Dorsett's husband, daughter, and newborn baby girl, had to be consoled by paramedics. Families were being informed of the tragedy on Tuesday night.    Radio broadcaster Dom Knight, an old university friend of Mr Araghi, remembered him as a 'passionate, funny, brilliant man with an unquenchable love of retro pop'.  Other friends described Mr Araghi and Mr Dorsett as the 'most loving couple', 'intelligent and witty, filled with life and hope'.   Witnesses to the tragedy said they saw a young girl was wandering alone at the ride's exit calling out for her mum shortly afterwards.  A woman could be seen 'hanging by her foot, crushed from the ride'. Bystander Claire Wooley said she helped a child she believed was the daughter of one of those killed,Sunshine Coast Daily reported. Another witness said 'there were kids on board screaming while their mum was like trapped under'. A malfunction with the ride's conveyer belt was believed to have caused the tragedy, Queensland Ambulance acting supervisor Gavin Fuller told a press conference on Tuesday afternoon. flume be turned over and flipped, resulting in it falling back on top of those persons and those persons being variously caught in machinery - and I don't want to go into too much graphic detail.    The four adults and two children were in a raft that collided with an empty raft that had become stuck, Courier Mail reported. Reports suggest their raft flipped, crushing two of the adults. The other two adults were trapped in the conveyor belt underwater. Visitors to the theme park have claimed the ride had been plagued by mechanical issues earlier in the day. Lisa Walker said she had tried to board the ride with her daughter Kaylah, 25, and said rafts were piling up against each other, she told The Australian. 'Earlier in the day it had broken down,' the same witness told Sydney Morning Herald. 'It had broken down and we went back a couple of times to this particular ride. 'We were standing on the bridge watching and the water had stopped. 'There was no rapids.' The accident happened 10 minutes after she and her daughter left the scene, Lisa said. Another woman told Nine News engineers were called to the ride earlier in the day. 'They drained all the water out and then had to refill it back up, and then we were allowed to go. But, yeah, we were stuck there for about 30-40 minutes at least,' the woman said. Todd Reid, Inspector Regional Duty Officer, could not confirm reports the ride had been faulty earlier in the day. 'I'm not aware [if that's true], but that will be part of the investigation and that will be one of the aspects we will be looking at,' he said. The horrific accident happened towards the end of the ride. Mr Fuller, of Queensland Ambulance, would not elaborate on any of the injuries the four adults suffered. 'They sustained injuries incompatible with life,' he said. Dreamworld staff had drained water from the ride in an attempt to save the trapped passengers and desperately tried to treat two of those injured before paramedics arrived. The park was evacuated and hundreds of shocked patrons streaming out. Dreamworld will be closed until further notice. CEO of the theme park, Craig Davidson, said the team was 'deeply shocked and saddened by this and our hearts and our thoughts go to the families involved and to their loved ones'. The ride's annual maintenance, conducted by independent workplace health and safety engineers, had been done just three days before the accident, a Dreamworld spokesperson said. A certification was provided, which Daily Mail Australia has requested a copy of. Specialist forensic and scientific officers, as well as detectives were at the scene on Tuesday evening. Investigators have been interviewing a number of witnesses at nearby police stations with support services also being offered. The State Coroner and the Queensland Government's Forensic Pathologist also attended the scene. Police will prepare a report for the coroner. Dreamworld owners Ardent Leisure shares fell 7.8 per cent on news of the tragedy. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he was 'very saddened to learn of the tragic accident'. 'Theme parks are a place for family fun and happiness, not tragedy. This is a very, very, sad, tragic event. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who lost their lives,' Mr Turnbull said in a statement. 'This is a very sad day, and we trust there will be a thorough investigation into the causes of this accident over the days to follow.' Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said the news was 'heartbreaking'. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she had heard the scene was 'horrific' and said counsellors were being rushed to Dreamworld to calm the 'many, many witnesses'. Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate said it was a 'very sad day for our city' in a statement. 'Our thoughts are with the families of those affected \u2013 and the emergency staff in attendance.' Shocked US Olympic gold medalist Matthew Centrowitz said he had been on the ride just a few minutes before the accident. 'Dude, just got off a ride 15 mins ago that has 1 person seriously injured and 2 others trapped,' he wrote on Twitter. A similar Dreamworld ride called Rocky Hollow Log Ride was shut down in April for a weekend after a man almost drowned, according to The Courier Mail. A Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman said at the time the man swallowed water after he fell from the ride. The Thunder River Rapids ride was built in 1986 and is said to be a 'moderate' with a maximum speed of 45km/h, according to Dreamland. Visitors as young as two-years-old are allowed to go on the ride. People sit on circular rafts that seat six.", "essay": "I think this is a terrible tragedy because the victims at dreamworld were there to have fun not to die. More needs to be done to test these roller coasters to make sure that it does not happen anymore. Unfortunately it happens too often more than it should and we do not hold these park authorities accountable. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p037", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 52000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 52000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "'My whole family has been wiped out': Victims of Dreamworld tragedy revealed as witnesses recall heartbreaking cries of girls who watched their mothers die on Thunder River Rapids ride \u2014  Two young girls, aged 10 and 13, were miraculously thrown to safety from the doomed Thunder River Rapids ride at Dreamworld on Australia's Gold Coast and watched in horror as the four adults in their raft were killed. A malfunction with the ride's conveyor belt is suspected to have caused the six-person raft to flip, crushing and drowning two men, aged 38 and 35, and two women, aged 42 and 32, about 2.20pm on Tuesday. Those killed include Canberra woman Kate Goodchild, 32, her brother Luke Dorsett, 35, his partner Roozi Araghi, 38, and another woman.  The New Zealand Herald has named Cindy Low, 42, from Kawerau, as the fourth victim. She was believed to be holidaying in Queensland at the time.  One of the children thrown to safety from the raft was Ms Goodchild's daughter. She howled in horror as she watched her mother die, according to News Corp.  Top police officials said it was 'almost a miracle that anybody came out of that', saying they may have escaped through 'the providence of God or somebody'.   Both girls were recovering in hospital on Tuesday night. The tragedy happened after the raft the six people were riding on turned over and flipped, Assistant Queensland Police Commissioner Brian Codd said.   '(It fell) back on top of those persons and those persons (were) variously caught in machinery.' The catastrophe was captured on CCTV cameras and the footage would be reviewed as part of the investigation. The theme park is closed indefinitely.   The mother of the Dorsett siblings, Kim, took to Facebook to express her grief.  'My family have been completely wiped out,' she said. 'I have three children and two of them are now gone. 'My eight-month-old granddaughter is never going to know her mother and that truly breaks my heart.' Ms Dorsett's husband, daughter, and newborn baby girl, had to be consoled by paramedics. Families were being informed of the tragedy on Tuesday night.    Radio broadcaster Dom Knight, an old university friend of Mr Araghi, remembered him as a 'passionate, funny, brilliant man with an unquenchable love of retro pop'.  Other friends described Mr Araghi and Mr Dorsett as the 'most loving couple', 'intelligent and witty, filled with life and hope'.   Witnesses to the tragedy said they saw a young girl was wandering alone at the ride's exit calling out for her mum shortly afterwards.  A woman could be seen 'hanging by her foot, crushed from the ride'. Bystander Claire Wooley said she helped a child she believed was the daughter of one of those killed,Sunshine Coast Daily reported. Another witness said 'there were kids on board screaming while their mum was like trapped under'. A malfunction with the ride's conveyer belt was believed to have caused the tragedy, Queensland Ambulance acting supervisor Gavin Fuller told a press conference on Tuesday afternoon. flume be turned over and flipped, resulting in it falling back on top of those persons and those persons being variously caught in machinery - and I don't want to go into too much graphic detail.    The four adults and two children were in a raft that collided with an empty raft that had become stuck, Courier Mail reported. Reports suggest their raft flipped, crushing two of the adults. The other two adults were trapped in the conveyor belt underwater. Visitors to the theme park have claimed the ride had been plagued by mechanical issues earlier in the day. Lisa Walker said she had tried to board the ride with her daughter Kaylah, 25, and said rafts were piling up against each other, she told The Australian. 'Earlier in the day it had broken down,' the same witness told Sydney Morning Herald. 'It had broken down and we went back a couple of times to this particular ride. 'We were standing on the bridge watching and the water had stopped. 'There was no rapids.' The accident happened 10 minutes after she and her daughter left the scene, Lisa said. Another woman told Nine News engineers were called to the ride earlier in the day. 'They drained all the water out and then had to refill it back up, and then we were allowed to go. But, yeah, we were stuck there for about 30-40 minutes at least,' the woman said. Todd Reid, Inspector Regional Duty Officer, could not confirm reports the ride had been faulty earlier in the day. 'I'm not aware [if that's true], but that will be part of the investigation and that will be one of the aspects we will be looking at,' he said. The horrific accident happened towards the end of the ride. Mr Fuller, of Queensland Ambulance, would not elaborate on any of the injuries the four adults suffered. 'They sustained injuries incompatible with life,' he said. Dreamworld staff had drained water from the ride in an attempt to save the trapped passengers and desperately tried to treat two of those injured before paramedics arrived. The park was evacuated and hundreds of shocked patrons streaming out. Dreamworld will be closed until further notice. CEO of the theme park, Craig Davidson, said the team was 'deeply shocked and saddened by this and our hearts and our thoughts go to the families involved and to their loved ones'. The ride's annual maintenance, conducted by independent workplace health and safety engineers, had been done just three days before the accident, a Dreamworld spokesperson said. A certification was provided, which Daily Mail Australia has requested a copy of. Specialist forensic and scientific officers, as well as detectives were at the scene on Tuesday evening. Investigators have been interviewing a number of witnesses at nearby police stations with support services also being offered. The State Coroner and the Queensland Government's Forensic Pathologist also attended the scene. Police will prepare a report for the coroner. Dreamworld owners Ardent Leisure shares fell 7.8 per cent on news of the tragedy. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he was 'very saddened to learn of the tragic accident'. 'Theme parks are a place for family fun and happiness, not tragedy. This is a very, very, sad, tragic event. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who lost their lives,' Mr Turnbull said in a statement. 'This is a very sad day, and we trust there will be a thorough investigation into the causes of this accident over the days to follow.' Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said the news was 'heartbreaking'. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she had heard the scene was 'horrific' and said counsellors were being rushed to Dreamworld to calm the 'many, many witnesses'. Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate said it was a 'very sad day for our city' in a statement. 'Our thoughts are with the families of those affected \u2013 and the emergency staff in attendance.' Shocked US Olympic gold medalist Matthew Centrowitz said he had been on the ride just a few minutes before the accident. 'Dude, just got off a ride 15 mins ago that has 1 person seriously injured and 2 others trapped,' he wrote on Twitter. A similar Dreamworld ride called Rocky Hollow Log Ride was shut down in April for a weekend after a man almost drowned, according to The Courier Mail. A Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman said at the time the man swallowed water after he fell from the ride. The Thunder River Rapids ride was built in 1986 and is said to be a 'moderate' with a maximum speed of 45km/h, according to Dreamland. Visitors as young as two-years-old are allowed to go on the ride. People sit on circular rafts that seat six.", "essay": "Hello friend. It's with a heavy heart that I'm typing this. The story of what happened to those people is really pathetic and saddening. I feel really terrible about the event. Accidents of such nature are highly predictable and can be easily avoided but because of negligence and greed, operators won't properly maintain their machines. It's just sad"}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "'My whole family has been wiped out': Victims of Dreamworld tragedy revealed as witnesses recall heartbreaking cries of girls who watched their mothers die on Thunder River Rapids ride \u2014  Two young girls, aged 10 and 13, were miraculously thrown to safety from the doomed Thunder River Rapids ride at Dreamworld on Australia's Gold Coast and watched in horror as the four adults in their raft were killed. A malfunction with the ride's conveyor belt is suspected to have caused the six-person raft to flip, crushing and drowning two men, aged 38 and 35, and two women, aged 42 and 32, about 2.20pm on Tuesday. Those killed include Canberra woman Kate Goodchild, 32, her brother Luke Dorsett, 35, his partner Roozi Araghi, 38, and another woman.  The New Zealand Herald has named Cindy Low, 42, from Kawerau, as the fourth victim. She was believed to be holidaying in Queensland at the time.  One of the children thrown to safety from the raft was Ms Goodchild's daughter. She howled in horror as she watched her mother die, according to News Corp.  Top police officials said it was 'almost a miracle that anybody came out of that', saying they may have escaped through 'the providence of God or somebody'.   Both girls were recovering in hospital on Tuesday night. The tragedy happened after the raft the six people were riding on turned over and flipped, Assistant Queensland Police Commissioner Brian Codd said.   '(It fell) back on top of those persons and those persons (were) variously caught in machinery.' The catastrophe was captured on CCTV cameras and the footage would be reviewed as part of the investigation. The theme park is closed indefinitely.   The mother of the Dorsett siblings, Kim, took to Facebook to express her grief.  'My family have been completely wiped out,' she said. 'I have three children and two of them are now gone. 'My eight-month-old granddaughter is never going to know her mother and that truly breaks my heart.' Ms Dorsett's husband, daughter, and newborn baby girl, had to be consoled by paramedics. Families were being informed of the tragedy on Tuesday night.    Radio broadcaster Dom Knight, an old university friend of Mr Araghi, remembered him as a 'passionate, funny, brilliant man with an unquenchable love of retro pop'.  Other friends described Mr Araghi and Mr Dorsett as the 'most loving couple', 'intelligent and witty, filled with life and hope'.   Witnesses to the tragedy said they saw a young girl was wandering alone at the ride's exit calling out for her mum shortly afterwards.  A woman could be seen 'hanging by her foot, crushed from the ride'. Bystander Claire Wooley said she helped a child she believed was the daughter of one of those killed,Sunshine Coast Daily reported. Another witness said 'there were kids on board screaming while their mum was like trapped under'. A malfunction with the ride's conveyer belt was believed to have caused the tragedy, Queensland Ambulance acting supervisor Gavin Fuller told a press conference on Tuesday afternoon. flume be turned over and flipped, resulting in it falling back on top of those persons and those persons being variously caught in machinery - and I don't want to go into too much graphic detail.    The four adults and two children were in a raft that collided with an empty raft that had become stuck, Courier Mail reported. Reports suggest their raft flipped, crushing two of the adults. The other two adults were trapped in the conveyor belt underwater. Visitors to the theme park have claimed the ride had been plagued by mechanical issues earlier in the day. Lisa Walker said she had tried to board the ride with her daughter Kaylah, 25, and said rafts were piling up against each other, she told The Australian. 'Earlier in the day it had broken down,' the same witness told Sydney Morning Herald. 'It had broken down and we went back a couple of times to this particular ride. 'We were standing on the bridge watching and the water had stopped. 'There was no rapids.' The accident happened 10 minutes after she and her daughter left the scene, Lisa said. Another woman told Nine News engineers were called to the ride earlier in the day. 'They drained all the water out and then had to refill it back up, and then we were allowed to go. But, yeah, we were stuck there for about 30-40 minutes at least,' the woman said. Todd Reid, Inspector Regional Duty Officer, could not confirm reports the ride had been faulty earlier in the day. 'I'm not aware [if that's true], but that will be part of the investigation and that will be one of the aspects we will be looking at,' he said. The horrific accident happened towards the end of the ride. Mr Fuller, of Queensland Ambulance, would not elaborate on any of the injuries the four adults suffered. 'They sustained injuries incompatible with life,' he said. Dreamworld staff had drained water from the ride in an attempt to save the trapped passengers and desperately tried to treat two of those injured before paramedics arrived. The park was evacuated and hundreds of shocked patrons streaming out. Dreamworld will be closed until further notice. CEO of the theme park, Craig Davidson, said the team was 'deeply shocked and saddened by this and our hearts and our thoughts go to the families involved and to their loved ones'. The ride's annual maintenance, conducted by independent workplace health and safety engineers, had been done just three days before the accident, a Dreamworld spokesperson said. A certification was provided, which Daily Mail Australia has requested a copy of. Specialist forensic and scientific officers, as well as detectives were at the scene on Tuesday evening. Investigators have been interviewing a number of witnesses at nearby police stations with support services also being offered. The State Coroner and the Queensland Government's Forensic Pathologist also attended the scene. Police will prepare a report for the coroner. Dreamworld owners Ardent Leisure shares fell 7.8 per cent on news of the tragedy. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he was 'very saddened to learn of the tragic accident'. 'Theme parks are a place for family fun and happiness, not tragedy. This is a very, very, sad, tragic event. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who lost their lives,' Mr Turnbull said in a statement. 'This is a very sad day, and we trust there will be a thorough investigation into the causes of this accident over the days to follow.' Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said the news was 'heartbreaking'. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she had heard the scene was 'horrific' and said counsellors were being rushed to Dreamworld to calm the 'many, many witnesses'. Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate said it was a 'very sad day for our city' in a statement. 'Our thoughts are with the families of those affected \u2013 and the emergency staff in attendance.' Shocked US Olympic gold medalist Matthew Centrowitz said he had been on the ride just a few minutes before the accident. 'Dude, just got off a ride 15 mins ago that has 1 person seriously injured and 2 others trapped,' he wrote on Twitter. A similar Dreamworld ride called Rocky Hollow Log Ride was shut down in April for a weekend after a man almost drowned, according to The Courier Mail. A Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman said at the time the man swallowed water after he fell from the ride. The Thunder River Rapids ride was built in 1986 and is said to be a 'moderate' with a maximum speed of 45km/h, according to Dreamland. Visitors as young as two-years-old are allowed to go on the ride. People sit on circular rafts that seat six.", "essay": "Wow, how sad!  This is truly terrible that this happened.  What an absolutely horrible situation!  I just can't imagine the horror of the people watching as well as those involved.  It must have been a terribly scary scenario for everyone, including the people watching and especially the people involved.  The children who lived will obviously be permanently scarred and have lost their parents which is even worse.  I really found this heartbreaking.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p002", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 30000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 30000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Investigators say tragedy should serve as warning after boy falls from apartment window \u2014  Police in Willoughby Hills are investigating the tragic death of a 2-year-old boy, who fell from the 11th floor of an apartment building early Wednesday morning. Investigators said the window of the child's bedroom was open and he was able to push open the screen. Officers and paramedics rushed to the Willoughby Hills Towers apartment complex on Chardon Road after a security guard reported a small child fell out of the window and onto the parking deck below. \"There were two residents on the back of the building. I came to the back of the building, and they said they just came outside and the child was laying right there,\" the 911 caller told dispatch. Detectives said 2-year-old Anthony Suttles Jr. was rushed to the hospital, but pronounced dead a short time later. They said the child's mother put him and a sibling to bed about an hour before he pushed the screen out and fell from the window, which had been left open. Police said the mother and father were in the living room, unaware he had fallen. \"Thus far, our investigation has shown this was a pure accident. You know we have not received any type of information that tells us otherwise,\" Det. Ron Parmertor said. Investigators said the tragedy should serve as a warning to other parents about the dangers of open and unlocked windows in high-rise apartments. \"Just know that 2-year-olds, 3-year-olds, 4-year-olds, you know, they're climbers. Just think about when your kids are in their cribs,\" he said. \"How many children climb out of their cribs? You know, that's one of the first instincts that they learn how to do.\"", "essay": "I am not really sure how I feel about this article. I kind of think that parents in this situation should face some type of consequences. Not always jail time but community service or being forced to partake in educational classes so as to avoid these situations in the future. As hard as it is to say this, the parents are at fault as this is a clear case of negligence. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p005", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 22 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 100000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 22, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 100000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Investigators say tragedy should serve as warning after boy falls from apartment window \u2014  Police in Willoughby Hills are investigating the tragic death of a 2-year-old boy, who fell from the 11th floor of an apartment building early Wednesday morning. Investigators said the window of the child's bedroom was open and he was able to push open the screen. Officers and paramedics rushed to the Willoughby Hills Towers apartment complex on Chardon Road after a security guard reported a small child fell out of the window and onto the parking deck below. \"There were two residents on the back of the building. I came to the back of the building, and they said they just came outside and the child was laying right there,\" the 911 caller told dispatch. Detectives said 2-year-old Anthony Suttles Jr. was rushed to the hospital, but pronounced dead a short time later. They said the child's mother put him and a sibling to bed about an hour before he pushed the screen out and fell from the window, which had been left open. Police said the mother and father were in the living room, unaware he had fallen. \"Thus far, our investigation has shown this was a pure accident. You know we have not received any type of information that tells us otherwise,\" Det. Ron Parmertor said. Investigators said the tragedy should serve as a warning to other parents about the dangers of open and unlocked windows in high-rise apartments. \"Just know that 2-year-olds, 3-year-olds, 4-year-olds, you know, they're climbers. Just think about when your kids are in their cribs,\" he said. \"How many children climb out of their cribs? You know, that's one of the first instincts that they learn how to do.\"", "essay": "I am writing as regards my thoughts on a tragic death of a 2-year-old boy, who fell from the 11th floor of an apartment building early Wednesday morning. Investigators said the window of the child's bedroom was open and he was able to push open the screen. Officers and paramedics rushed to the Willoughby Hills Towers apartment complex on Chardon Road after a security guard reported a small child fell out of the window and onto the parking deck below. This is a tragic incident that got me really sad."}
{"user_id": "ec_p009", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 29 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 44000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 29, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 44000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Investigators say tragedy should serve as warning after boy falls from apartment window \u2014  Police in Willoughby Hills are investigating the tragic death of a 2-year-old boy, who fell from the 11th floor of an apartment building early Wednesday morning. Investigators said the window of the child's bedroom was open and he was able to push open the screen. Officers and paramedics rushed to the Willoughby Hills Towers apartment complex on Chardon Road after a security guard reported a small child fell out of the window and onto the parking deck below. \"There were two residents on the back of the building. I came to the back of the building, and they said they just came outside and the child was laying right there,\" the 911 caller told dispatch. Detectives said 2-year-old Anthony Suttles Jr. was rushed to the hospital, but pronounced dead a short time later. They said the child's mother put him and a sibling to bed about an hour before he pushed the screen out and fell from the window, which had been left open. Police said the mother and father were in the living room, unaware he had fallen. \"Thus far, our investigation has shown this was a pure accident. You know we have not received any type of information that tells us otherwise,\" Det. Ron Parmertor said. Investigators said the tragedy should serve as a warning to other parents about the dangers of open and unlocked windows in high-rise apartments. \"Just know that 2-year-olds, 3-year-olds, 4-year-olds, you know, they're climbers. Just think about when your kids are in their cribs,\" he said. \"How many children climb out of their cribs? You know, that's one of the first instincts that they learn how to do.\"", "essay": "Dear friend,I am writing to tell you about a horrific story and article that I have just read. A small two year old boy fell out of his bedroom window and died while his parents thought he was asleep in his room. The window was open and he pushed the screen out and fell and died shortly after. It is such a horrible story."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Investigators say tragedy should serve as warning after boy falls from apartment window \u2014  Police in Willoughby Hills are investigating the tragic death of a 2-year-old boy, who fell from the 11th floor of an apartment building early Wednesday morning. Investigators said the window of the child's bedroom was open and he was able to push open the screen. Officers and paramedics rushed to the Willoughby Hills Towers apartment complex on Chardon Road after a security guard reported a small child fell out of the window and onto the parking deck below. \"There were two residents on the back of the building. I came to the back of the building, and they said they just came outside and the child was laying right there,\" the 911 caller told dispatch. Detectives said 2-year-old Anthony Suttles Jr. was rushed to the hospital, but pronounced dead a short time later. They said the child's mother put him and a sibling to bed about an hour before he pushed the screen out and fell from the window, which had been left open. Police said the mother and father were in the living room, unaware he had fallen. \"Thus far, our investigation has shown this was a pure accident. You know we have not received any type of information that tells us otherwise,\" Det. Ron Parmertor said. Investigators said the tragedy should serve as a warning to other parents about the dangers of open and unlocked windows in high-rise apartments. \"Just know that 2-year-olds, 3-year-olds, 4-year-olds, you know, they're climbers. Just think about when your kids are in their cribs,\" he said. \"How many children climb out of their cribs? You know, that's one of the first instincts that they learn how to do.\"", "essay": "I do not know how to feel about this story. It is one of  those stories where I blame the parents and do not blame the parents at the same time. I naturally  worry all the time and would had made sure that the window was not open enough for the 2 year old to fall out and I do know that accidents happen. The parents must be heartbroken."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Investigators say tragedy should serve as warning after boy falls from apartment window \u2014  Police in Willoughby Hills are investigating the tragic death of a 2-year-old boy, who fell from the 11th floor of an apartment building early Wednesday morning. Investigators said the window of the child's bedroom was open and he was able to push open the screen. Officers and paramedics rushed to the Willoughby Hills Towers apartment complex on Chardon Road after a security guard reported a small child fell out of the window and onto the parking deck below. \"There were two residents on the back of the building. I came to the back of the building, and they said they just came outside and the child was laying right there,\" the 911 caller told dispatch. Detectives said 2-year-old Anthony Suttles Jr. was rushed to the hospital, but pronounced dead a short time later. They said the child's mother put him and a sibling to bed about an hour before he pushed the screen out and fell from the window, which had been left open. Police said the mother and father were in the living room, unaware he had fallen. \"Thus far, our investigation has shown this was a pure accident. You know we have not received any type of information that tells us otherwise,\" Det. Ron Parmertor said. Investigators said the tragedy should serve as a warning to other parents about the dangers of open and unlocked windows in high-rise apartments. \"Just know that 2-year-olds, 3-year-olds, 4-year-olds, you know, they're climbers. Just think about when your kids are in their cribs,\" he said. \"How many children climb out of their cribs? You know, that's one of the first instincts that they learn how to do.\"", "essay": "This poor child I just feel so bad. You would think someone would check the windows and make sure there secure with children is an apartment building off the ground. If it was me I would have some sort of safety lock on them because I know children can do anything. Maybe the parents were just not educated on the dangers but it seems irresponsible they didnt check or know that was happening. That poor child died such a painful death it is hard to even fathem. Thankful for the guard who called 911 so someone didnt find the body later on. Im sure the parents feel horrible and blame themselves that is very sad to me. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Tragedy as father and son die after falling off a cliff during hike on a California trail \u2014  A father and son have died after falling off a cliff during a hike. The two plunged to their death while on a trail next to Shaver Lake in Fresno, California. Though deputies attempted to get to the hikers, there was a helicopter power failure during a refueling and they made an emergency landing, meaning they couldn't get to the pair, ABC 30 reported.  The report said a search-and-rescue crew is going out Sunday morning for the two victims' bodies.   The names of the father and son have not been publicly revealed.", "essay": "I thought that the article was a bit sad. I feel like being in cars is a serious situation and everyone should be safe. I also think that the parents tried the best that they could to do everything they can in the situation. The sitatuion made me feel a bit sad and a bit concerned as well. It makes me feel like doing something to help them out."}
{"user_id": "ec_p043", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 27000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 3.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 27000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 3.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Tragedy as father and son die after falling off a cliff during hike on a California trail \u2014  A father and son have died after falling off a cliff during a hike. The two plunged to their death while on a trail next to Shaver Lake in Fresno, California. Though deputies attempted to get to the hikers, there was a helicopter power failure during a refueling and they made an emergency landing, meaning they couldn't get to the pair, ABC 30 reported.  The report said a search-and-rescue crew is going out Sunday morning for the two victims' bodies.   The names of the father and son have not been publicly revealed.", "essay": "I wish there was more details...How did this happen? Did maybe the kid fall off the cliff and when his father tried to save him, he also fell off? Were they running and didn't realize they were able to fall off a cliff? This is just a strange and really sad story. I hope that somebody puts fencing alongside where they fell, so this doesn't happen to anyone else. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Tragedy as father and son die after falling off a cliff during hike on a California trail \u2014  A father and son have died after falling off a cliff during a hike. The two plunged to their death while on a trail next to Shaver Lake in Fresno, California. Though deputies attempted to get to the hikers, there was a helicopter power failure during a refueling and they made an emergency landing, meaning they couldn't get to the pair, ABC 30 reported.  The report said a search-and-rescue crew is going out Sunday morning for the two victims' bodies.   The names of the father and son have not been publicly revealed.", "essay": "I just read an article about a father and son who fell from a hiking trail and expired. I actually had a friend who met a similar fate a few years ago. He was a ranger in a national park that fell into a crevasse and ended up being eaten by bears. It's a terrible way to shed one's mortal coil. My heart goes out to their family."}
{"user_id": "ec_p007", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 3.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 3.0}}, "article": "Tragedy as father and son die after falling off a cliff during hike on a California trail \u2014  A father and son have died after falling off a cliff during a hike. The two plunged to their death while on a trail next to Shaver Lake in Fresno, California. Though deputies attempted to get to the hikers, there was a helicopter power failure during a refueling and they made an emergency landing, meaning they couldn't get to the pair, ABC 30 reported.  The report said a search-and-rescue crew is going out Sunday morning for the two victims' bodies.   The names of the father and son have not been publicly revealed.", "essay": "So I just read an article about how a father and his son died from a fall while hiking because there was a problem with the rescue chopper and they couldn't get to them in time. I think that is completely unacceptable. Why wasn't there a second rescue chopper? Is there no such thing as a back up? The loss of life could have been prevented."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Tragedy as father and son die after falling off a cliff during hike on a California trail \u2014  A father and son have died after falling off a cliff during a hike. The two plunged to their death while on a trail next to Shaver Lake in Fresno, California. Though deputies attempted to get to the hikers, there was a helicopter power failure during a refueling and they made an emergency landing, meaning they couldn't get to the pair, ABC 30 reported.  The report said a search-and-rescue crew is going out Sunday morning for the two victims' bodies.   The names of the father and son have not been publicly revealed.", "essay": "I think that the article was very sad and got me worried. The fact that they coudln't find the father and his son is very sad. To think about their family members and the mother as well as what she is currently going through makes me feel awful. The father and son were both probably just trying to bond and having this happen is traumatizing."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Suicide deaths on the rise in kids \u2014  Since 2007, the rate of suicide deaths among children between the ages of 10 and 14 has doubled, according to new government data released Thursday.   The death rate data, published in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, measured children's fatalities due to motor vehicle traffic injury, homicide and suicide between the years 1999 and 2014. On a positive note, the number of deaths due to motor vehicle traffic, or car crashes, has improved significantly through the years, the report says. In 2014, vehicle fatalities decreased by 58% from 1999, when there were 4.5 deaths per 100,000 children, to 1.2 deaths in 2014. Deaths from homicide have also declined over the same time period, though less dramatically, decreasing from 1.2 fatalities in 1999 to 0.8 in 2014. Conversely, the suicide death rates fluctuated from 1999 to 2007 but rose sharply after 2007. The lowest rate of suicide fatalities was 0.9 deaths per 100,000 kids in 2007, but that number doubled to 2.1, or 425 deaths, in 2014. Dr. Lisa Boesky, a private clinical psychologist and author who studies adolescent suicide, says younger kids will often take their own lives impulsively. Young kids may attempt to harm themselves for different reasons than teens. Most of the time, bad relationships between family and friends provoke kids to hurt themselves, Boesky says. On the other hand, a 14-year-old may kill herself because of a fight with her boyfriend. When looking for the warning signs for suicide in kids, \"many people look for signs of depression,\" Boesky explained. \"Teens (who attempt suicide) typically show mood swings and depression, but younger children are much more likely to suffer from (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder). \"Many people, including medical professionals, think suicide is a teenage problem,\" Boesky said. \"But suicide can happen at very young ages, and we have to talk about this problem with all children.\" Though it can be more difficult to predict suicide in children, Boesky notes several warning signs. Any increased sadness, irritability or anger should be monitored. Guardians should also pay attention to children who suddenly lose interest in their friends or activities, or begin to isolate themselves more. Finally, adults should tune in to what kids are saying. Take heed if they start saying mean or derogatory things or if they say things like, \"I wish I were dead\" or \"I wish I could go to sleep forever.\" \"These sayings are not normal,\" Boesky emphasized. For parents, if children start displaying these behaviors, Boesky advises talking to the kids about their feelings and questioning why they feel that way. If the actions worsen, parents may want to contact a pediatrician or counselor. She added, \"Although it is important to talk to your children, it is even more important to listen.\" There is very little research regarding suicide in children in the 10 to 14 age group and younger, according to Boesky. She hopes that the CDC's report will highlight the problem of suicide rates increasing in kids and that both medical professionals and parents will be better prepared to prevent harm before it happens. \"This is a wakeup call for more research on why young children are taking their lives and how we can intervene,\" Boesky said.", "essay": "I just read an article about suicides in children between 10 and 14. Even though I as not aware of the recent spike in these types of fatalities, I am aware that they happen. Years ago when I was visiting my relatives in OK there was buzz around the town about a boy of only 12 that hung himself after he was punished by his father for misbehaving. To think of someone that young taking their own life is absolutely heartbreaking."}
{"user_id": "ec_p048", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 55000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 55000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "Suicide deaths on the rise in kids \u2014  Since 2007, the rate of suicide deaths among children between the ages of 10 and 14 has doubled, according to new government data released Thursday.   The death rate data, published in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, measured children's fatalities due to motor vehicle traffic injury, homicide and suicide between the years 1999 and 2014. On a positive note, the number of deaths due to motor vehicle traffic, or car crashes, has improved significantly through the years, the report says. In 2014, vehicle fatalities decreased by 58% from 1999, when there were 4.5 deaths per 100,000 children, to 1.2 deaths in 2014. Deaths from homicide have also declined over the same time period, though less dramatically, decreasing from 1.2 fatalities in 1999 to 0.8 in 2014. Conversely, the suicide death rates fluctuated from 1999 to 2007 but rose sharply after 2007. The lowest rate of suicide fatalities was 0.9 deaths per 100,000 kids in 2007, but that number doubled to 2.1, or 425 deaths, in 2014. Dr. Lisa Boesky, a private clinical psychologist and author who studies adolescent suicide, says younger kids will often take their own lives impulsively. Young kids may attempt to harm themselves for different reasons than teens. Most of the time, bad relationships between family and friends provoke kids to hurt themselves, Boesky says. On the other hand, a 14-year-old may kill herself because of a fight with her boyfriend. When looking for the warning signs for suicide in kids, \"many people look for signs of depression,\" Boesky explained. \"Teens (who attempt suicide) typically show mood swings and depression, but younger children are much more likely to suffer from (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder). \"Many people, including medical professionals, think suicide is a teenage problem,\" Boesky said. \"But suicide can happen at very young ages, and we have to talk about this problem with all children.\" Though it can be more difficult to predict suicide in children, Boesky notes several warning signs. Any increased sadness, irritability or anger should be monitored. Guardians should also pay attention to children who suddenly lose interest in their friends or activities, or begin to isolate themselves more. Finally, adults should tune in to what kids are saying. Take heed if they start saying mean or derogatory things or if they say things like, \"I wish I were dead\" or \"I wish I could go to sleep forever.\" \"These sayings are not normal,\" Boesky emphasized. For parents, if children start displaying these behaviors, Boesky advises talking to the kids about their feelings and questioning why they feel that way. If the actions worsen, parents may want to contact a pediatrician or counselor. She added, \"Although it is important to talk to your children, it is even more important to listen.\" There is very little research regarding suicide in children in the 10 to 14 age group and younger, according to Boesky. She hopes that the CDC's report will highlight the problem of suicide rates increasing in kids and that both medical professionals and parents will be better prepared to prevent harm before it happens. \"This is a wakeup call for more research on why young children are taking their lives and how we can intervene,\" Boesky said.", "essay": "It's pretty heartbreaking to hear and read stories about suicide. I have always felt like there is more that can be done for mental health with young and older people these days.  It's not only the youth that struggle with it but it seems so normalized at a younger age. I feel strongly that there is no excuse for someone to kill themselves.  Anything can be prevented and anyone can be helped. It's a hard time and age though and usually those kids feel like there is nothing left for them to live for when in reality they have an entire wonderful life ahead of themselves, regardless of past experiences. But that's just my opinion. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Suicide deaths on the rise in kids \u2014  Since 2007, the rate of suicide deaths among children between the ages of 10 and 14 has doubled, according to new government data released Thursday.   The death rate data, published in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, measured children's fatalities due to motor vehicle traffic injury, homicide and suicide between the years 1999 and 2014. On a positive note, the number of deaths due to motor vehicle traffic, or car crashes, has improved significantly through the years, the report says. In 2014, vehicle fatalities decreased by 58% from 1999, when there were 4.5 deaths per 100,000 children, to 1.2 deaths in 2014. Deaths from homicide have also declined over the same time period, though less dramatically, decreasing from 1.2 fatalities in 1999 to 0.8 in 2014. Conversely, the suicide death rates fluctuated from 1999 to 2007 but rose sharply after 2007. The lowest rate of suicide fatalities was 0.9 deaths per 100,000 kids in 2007, but that number doubled to 2.1, or 425 deaths, in 2014. Dr. Lisa Boesky, a private clinical psychologist and author who studies adolescent suicide, says younger kids will often take their own lives impulsively. Young kids may attempt to harm themselves for different reasons than teens. Most of the time, bad relationships between family and friends provoke kids to hurt themselves, Boesky says. On the other hand, a 14-year-old may kill herself because of a fight with her boyfriend. When looking for the warning signs for suicide in kids, \"many people look for signs of depression,\" Boesky explained. \"Teens (who attempt suicide) typically show mood swings and depression, but younger children are much more likely to suffer from (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder). \"Many people, including medical professionals, think suicide is a teenage problem,\" Boesky said. \"But suicide can happen at very young ages, and we have to talk about this problem with all children.\" Though it can be more difficult to predict suicide in children, Boesky notes several warning signs. Any increased sadness, irritability or anger should be monitored. Guardians should also pay attention to children who suddenly lose interest in their friends or activities, or begin to isolate themselves more. Finally, adults should tune in to what kids are saying. Take heed if they start saying mean or derogatory things or if they say things like, \"I wish I were dead\" or \"I wish I could go to sleep forever.\" \"These sayings are not normal,\" Boesky emphasized. For parents, if children start displaying these behaviors, Boesky advises talking to the kids about their feelings and questioning why they feel that way. If the actions worsen, parents may want to contact a pediatrician or counselor. She added, \"Although it is important to talk to your children, it is even more important to listen.\" There is very little research regarding suicide in children in the 10 to 14 age group and younger, according to Boesky. She hopes that the CDC's report will highlight the problem of suicide rates increasing in kids and that both medical professionals and parents will be better prepared to prevent harm before it happens. \"This is a wakeup call for more research on why young children are taking their lives and how we can intervene,\" Boesky said.", "essay": "We need to stop bullying of kids because in my opinion it is the main culprit in kids committing suicide! We need to find a way to stop that because kids dont deal with peer pressure like us adults do! The faster we find a way to stop this the quicker we find a solution to deaths of kids by suicide methods!"}
{"user_id": "ec_p041", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 64000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 64000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Suicide deaths on the rise in kids \u2014  Since 2007, the rate of suicide deaths among children between the ages of 10 and 14 has doubled, according to new government data released Thursday.   The death rate data, published in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, measured children's fatalities due to motor vehicle traffic injury, homicide and suicide between the years 1999 and 2014. On a positive note, the number of deaths due to motor vehicle traffic, or car crashes, has improved significantly through the years, the report says. In 2014, vehicle fatalities decreased by 58% from 1999, when there were 4.5 deaths per 100,000 children, to 1.2 deaths in 2014. Deaths from homicide have also declined over the same time period, though less dramatically, decreasing from 1.2 fatalities in 1999 to 0.8 in 2014. Conversely, the suicide death rates fluctuated from 1999 to 2007 but rose sharply after 2007. The lowest rate of suicide fatalities was 0.9 deaths per 100,000 kids in 2007, but that number doubled to 2.1, or 425 deaths, in 2014. Dr. Lisa Boesky, a private clinical psychologist and author who studies adolescent suicide, says younger kids will often take their own lives impulsively. Young kids may attempt to harm themselves for different reasons than teens. Most of the time, bad relationships between family and friends provoke kids to hurt themselves, Boesky says. On the other hand, a 14-year-old may kill herself because of a fight with her boyfriend. When looking for the warning signs for suicide in kids, \"many people look for signs of depression,\" Boesky explained. \"Teens (who attempt suicide) typically show mood swings and depression, but younger children are much more likely to suffer from (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder). \"Many people, including medical professionals, think suicide is a teenage problem,\" Boesky said. \"But suicide can happen at very young ages, and we have to talk about this problem with all children.\" Though it can be more difficult to predict suicide in children, Boesky notes several warning signs. Any increased sadness, irritability or anger should be monitored. Guardians should also pay attention to children who suddenly lose interest in their friends or activities, or begin to isolate themselves more. Finally, adults should tune in to what kids are saying. Take heed if they start saying mean or derogatory things or if they say things like, \"I wish I were dead\" or \"I wish I could go to sleep forever.\" \"These sayings are not normal,\" Boesky emphasized. For parents, if children start displaying these behaviors, Boesky advises talking to the kids about their feelings and questioning why they feel that way. If the actions worsen, parents may want to contact a pediatrician or counselor. She added, \"Although it is important to talk to your children, it is even more important to listen.\" There is very little research regarding suicide in children in the 10 to 14 age group and younger, according to Boesky. She hopes that the CDC's report will highlight the problem of suicide rates increasing in kids and that both medical professionals and parents will be better prepared to prevent harm before it happens. \"This is a wakeup call for more research on why young children are taking their lives and how we can intervene,\" Boesky said.", "essay": "It is some what saddening that suicide rates among young children have increased, but not surprising. I believe there is a correlation with the increased prevalence of social media and the rise in this kind of phenomena. Social media use is correlated with mental illnesses such as depression, which in turn are linked to suicides. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Suicide deaths on the rise in kids \u2014  Since 2007, the rate of suicide deaths among children between the ages of 10 and 14 has doubled, according to new government data released Thursday.   The death rate data, published in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, measured children's fatalities due to motor vehicle traffic injury, homicide and suicide between the years 1999 and 2014. On a positive note, the number of deaths due to motor vehicle traffic, or car crashes, has improved significantly through the years, the report says. In 2014, vehicle fatalities decreased by 58% from 1999, when there were 4.5 deaths per 100,000 children, to 1.2 deaths in 2014. Deaths from homicide have also declined over the same time period, though less dramatically, decreasing from 1.2 fatalities in 1999 to 0.8 in 2014. Conversely, the suicide death rates fluctuated from 1999 to 2007 but rose sharply after 2007. The lowest rate of suicide fatalities was 0.9 deaths per 100,000 kids in 2007, but that number doubled to 2.1, or 425 deaths, in 2014. Dr. Lisa Boesky, a private clinical psychologist and author who studies adolescent suicide, says younger kids will often take their own lives impulsively. Young kids may attempt to harm themselves for different reasons than teens. Most of the time, bad relationships between family and friends provoke kids to hurt themselves, Boesky says. On the other hand, a 14-year-old may kill herself because of a fight with her boyfriend. When looking for the warning signs for suicide in kids, \"many people look for signs of depression,\" Boesky explained. \"Teens (who attempt suicide) typically show mood swings and depression, but younger children are much more likely to suffer from (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder). \"Many people, including medical professionals, think suicide is a teenage problem,\" Boesky said. \"But suicide can happen at very young ages, and we have to talk about this problem with all children.\" Though it can be more difficult to predict suicide in children, Boesky notes several warning signs. Any increased sadness, irritability or anger should be monitored. Guardians should also pay attention to children who suddenly lose interest in their friends or activities, or begin to isolate themselves more. Finally, adults should tune in to what kids are saying. Take heed if they start saying mean or derogatory things or if they say things like, \"I wish I were dead\" or \"I wish I could go to sleep forever.\" \"These sayings are not normal,\" Boesky emphasized. For parents, if children start displaying these behaviors, Boesky advises talking to the kids about their feelings and questioning why they feel that way. If the actions worsen, parents may want to contact a pediatrician or counselor. She added, \"Although it is important to talk to your children, it is even more important to listen.\" There is very little research regarding suicide in children in the 10 to 14 age group and younger, according to Boesky. She hopes that the CDC's report will highlight the problem of suicide rates increasing in kids and that both medical professionals and parents will be better prepared to prevent harm before it happens. \"This is a wakeup call for more research on why young children are taking their lives and how we can intervene,\" Boesky said.", "essay": "A few thoughts about this.  First, amazing how far down the car accident death statistics are.  That's amazing.  Second, I find it interesting that 2007 is when young suicides spike.  That's the same year the iPhone was introduced.  I'm sure there are other factors, but I think pervasive internet and social media have certainly not helped.  I also laughed when the lady said that it's not normal for kids to say things like, \\I just wish I could go to sleep forever.\\\"  I've been saying that for decades.  That's like my personal mantra.  I guess I've always been one of those people who thinks about suicide and believes it's a solution.  I've always felt I'd die that way.  Like it was preordained or something.\""}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Nigeria investigates reports that officials raped displaced women \u2014  Nigeria has launched an investigation into reports alleging that government officials raped and sexually abused women and girls who survived Boko Haram violence.   The move comes after Human Rights Watch published a report detailing accounts by dozens of women and girls who said they were sexually abused or coerced into sex. The women said they were raped or abused by camp leaders, vigilante group members, policemen and soldiers at camps in Borno State's capital, Maiduguri. The camps were set up to offer aid to people displaced by fighting in Nigeria's northeast. Nigeria's Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has set up a special team \"to immediately commence thorough Investigation into all cases of alleged sexual abuses, exploitation, harassments, gender-based violence and professional misconduct,\" a statement from the inspector general's office said Thursday. Police: Security at camps to be beefed up Some of the victims had escaped captivity by terror group Boko Haram, only to become victims at the camps where they sought refuge, the rights group said. Many of the women were impregnated by their abusers at the camps. Several victims were drugged before they were raped. The inspector general called on HRW to make available to the investigation team any additional information about the 43 cases of abuse featured in the report that could assist the police inquiry. He has taken measures to beef up security at the camps and said any acts that violate the human dignity of displaced people by individuals or groups in the camps or anywhere in the country will be handled in accordance with the law, according to the statement. Borno State governor: 'We must act now' Following the HRW report, Borno State Gov. Kashim Shettima has revealed plans to request law enforcement agencies to deploy female and male undercover detectives to all camps for internally displaced people in Borno State \"to spy on culprits and bring them to book,\" according to a statement from his office. \"Sadly and very sadly indeed, the (Internally Displaced People) camps have become avenues that horrible stories of sexual slavery, prostitution rings, drug peddling and other social vices are emanating from,\" the governor said. \"Sexual harassment of female IDPs is a desperate situation,\" he said. \"None of us would fold arms if his or her daughter is in position to be sexually harassed, so we must act now.\" Displaced by fighting Dubbed the world's deadliest terror group, Boko Haram has launched attacks in northern Nigeria and surrounding areas for years. More than 20,000 people have been killed since 2009 when the conflict began. Nearly 2.5 million have been displaced. Boko Haram, which in the local Hausa language means \"western education is sin,\" wants to institute a strict form of Sharia law in Nigeria. Its mass abductions and attacks on soft targets, including schools, mosques and churches, have prompted stark international condemnation.", "essay": "The things that people do in the name of perversions of faith are absolutely sickening. Religion, something that is used to foster hope, charity and goodwill in the poor and downtrodden is used to exploit and control by those in power. The victims of Boko Haram will most likely see no justice. The rapists, drug dealers and murders will walk free and righteous despite their atrocities. The whole thing makes me sick to my stomach."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Nigeria investigates reports that officials raped displaced women \u2014  Nigeria has launched an investigation into reports alleging that government officials raped and sexually abused women and girls who survived Boko Haram violence.   The move comes after Human Rights Watch published a report detailing accounts by dozens of women and girls who said they were sexually abused or coerced into sex. The women said they were raped or abused by camp leaders, vigilante group members, policemen and soldiers at camps in Borno State's capital, Maiduguri. The camps were set up to offer aid to people displaced by fighting in Nigeria's northeast. Nigeria's Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has set up a special team \"to immediately commence thorough Investigation into all cases of alleged sexual abuses, exploitation, harassments, gender-based violence and professional misconduct,\" a statement from the inspector general's office said Thursday. Police: Security at camps to be beefed up Some of the victims had escaped captivity by terror group Boko Haram, only to become victims at the camps where they sought refuge, the rights group said. Many of the women were impregnated by their abusers at the camps. Several victims were drugged before they were raped. The inspector general called on HRW to make available to the investigation team any additional information about the 43 cases of abuse featured in the report that could assist the police inquiry. He has taken measures to beef up security at the camps and said any acts that violate the human dignity of displaced people by individuals or groups in the camps or anywhere in the country will be handled in accordance with the law, according to the statement. Borno State governor: 'We must act now' Following the HRW report, Borno State Gov. Kashim Shettima has revealed plans to request law enforcement agencies to deploy female and male undercover detectives to all camps for internally displaced people in Borno State \"to spy on culprits and bring them to book,\" according to a statement from his office. \"Sadly and very sadly indeed, the (Internally Displaced People) camps have become avenues that horrible stories of sexual slavery, prostitution rings, drug peddling and other social vices are emanating from,\" the governor said. \"Sexual harassment of female IDPs is a desperate situation,\" he said. \"None of us would fold arms if his or her daughter is in position to be sexually harassed, so we must act now.\" Displaced by fighting Dubbed the world's deadliest terror group, Boko Haram has launched attacks in northern Nigeria and surrounding areas for years. More than 20,000 people have been killed since 2009 when the conflict began. Nearly 2.5 million have been displaced. Boko Haram, which in the local Hausa language means \"western education is sin,\" wants to institute a strict form of Sharia law in Nigeria. Its mass abductions and attacks on soft targets, including schools, mosques and churches, have prompted stark international condemnation.", "essay": "What happened in the article was very upsetting to read. I felt really bad for the women that got raped. It was also terrible because it stated that many of them were impregnated by these soldiers and there was pretty much nothing they could do about it. It's so damaging not only for the woman but for the unborn child as well."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Nigeria investigates reports that officials raped displaced women \u2014  Nigeria has launched an investigation into reports alleging that government officials raped and sexually abused women and girls who survived Boko Haram violence.   The move comes after Human Rights Watch published a report detailing accounts by dozens of women and girls who said they were sexually abused or coerced into sex. The women said they were raped or abused by camp leaders, vigilante group members, policemen and soldiers at camps in Borno State's capital, Maiduguri. The camps were set up to offer aid to people displaced by fighting in Nigeria's northeast. Nigeria's Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has set up a special team \"to immediately commence thorough Investigation into all cases of alleged sexual abuses, exploitation, harassments, gender-based violence and professional misconduct,\" a statement from the inspector general's office said Thursday. Police: Security at camps to be beefed up Some of the victims had escaped captivity by terror group Boko Haram, only to become victims at the camps where they sought refuge, the rights group said. Many of the women were impregnated by their abusers at the camps. Several victims were drugged before they were raped. The inspector general called on HRW to make available to the investigation team any additional information about the 43 cases of abuse featured in the report that could assist the police inquiry. He has taken measures to beef up security at the camps and said any acts that violate the human dignity of displaced people by individuals or groups in the camps or anywhere in the country will be handled in accordance with the law, according to the statement. Borno State governor: 'We must act now' Following the HRW report, Borno State Gov. Kashim Shettima has revealed plans to request law enforcement agencies to deploy female and male undercover detectives to all camps for internally displaced people in Borno State \"to spy on culprits and bring them to book,\" according to a statement from his office. \"Sadly and very sadly indeed, the (Internally Displaced People) camps have become avenues that horrible stories of sexual slavery, prostitution rings, drug peddling and other social vices are emanating from,\" the governor said. \"Sexual harassment of female IDPs is a desperate situation,\" he said. \"None of us would fold arms if his or her daughter is in position to be sexually harassed, so we must act now.\" Displaced by fighting Dubbed the world's deadliest terror group, Boko Haram has launched attacks in northern Nigeria and surrounding areas for years. More than 20,000 people have been killed since 2009 when the conflict began. Nearly 2.5 million have been displaced. Boko Haram, which in the local Hausa language means \"western education is sin,\" wants to institute a strict form of Sharia law in Nigeria. Its mass abductions and attacks on soft targets, including schools, mosques and churches, have prompted stark international condemnation.", "essay": "Unfortunately in countries like these the officials are so corrupt you can't expect any justice to be made. I feel like overall it is what makes the most sense to me. Not expecting justice is a normal thing in Nigeria. I feel like there is no two ways about it and overall I feel disappointed that us as a world can only sit back and watch and not do anything about it."}
{"user_id": "ec_p041", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 64000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 64000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Nigeria investigates reports that officials raped displaced women \u2014  Nigeria has launched an investigation into reports alleging that government officials raped and sexually abused women and girls who survived Boko Haram violence.   The move comes after Human Rights Watch published a report detailing accounts by dozens of women and girls who said they were sexually abused or coerced into sex. The women said they were raped or abused by camp leaders, vigilante group members, policemen and soldiers at camps in Borno State's capital, Maiduguri. The camps were set up to offer aid to people displaced by fighting in Nigeria's northeast. Nigeria's Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has set up a special team \"to immediately commence thorough Investigation into all cases of alleged sexual abuses, exploitation, harassments, gender-based violence and professional misconduct,\" a statement from the inspector general's office said Thursday. Police: Security at camps to be beefed up Some of the victims had escaped captivity by terror group Boko Haram, only to become victims at the camps where they sought refuge, the rights group said. Many of the women were impregnated by their abusers at the camps. Several victims were drugged before they were raped. The inspector general called on HRW to make available to the investigation team any additional information about the 43 cases of abuse featured in the report that could assist the police inquiry. He has taken measures to beef up security at the camps and said any acts that violate the human dignity of displaced people by individuals or groups in the camps or anywhere in the country will be handled in accordance with the law, according to the statement. Borno State governor: 'We must act now' Following the HRW report, Borno State Gov. Kashim Shettima has revealed plans to request law enforcement agencies to deploy female and male undercover detectives to all camps for internally displaced people in Borno State \"to spy on culprits and bring them to book,\" according to a statement from his office. \"Sadly and very sadly indeed, the (Internally Displaced People) camps have become avenues that horrible stories of sexual slavery, prostitution rings, drug peddling and other social vices are emanating from,\" the governor said. \"Sexual harassment of female IDPs is a desperate situation,\" he said. \"None of us would fold arms if his or her daughter is in position to be sexually harassed, so we must act now.\" Displaced by fighting Dubbed the world's deadliest terror group, Boko Haram has launched attacks in northern Nigeria and surrounding areas for years. More than 20,000 people have been killed since 2009 when the conflict began. Nearly 2.5 million have been displaced. Boko Haram, which in the local Hausa language means \"western education is sin,\" wants to institute a strict form of Sharia law in Nigeria. Its mass abductions and attacks on soft targets, including schools, mosques and churches, have prompted stark international condemnation.", "essay": "I think it is a testimony to the inefficacy of the Nigerian state that sex crimes should be so pervasive in the refugee camps. The government should have done a much better job of screening the people who would be placed in these critical positions of authority. The guards should been majority if not exclusively female."}
{"user_id": "ec_p002", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 30000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 30000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Nigeria investigates reports that officials raped displaced women \u2014  Nigeria has launched an investigation into reports alleging that government officials raped and sexually abused women and girls who survived Boko Haram violence.   The move comes after Human Rights Watch published a report detailing accounts by dozens of women and girls who said they were sexually abused or coerced into sex. The women said they were raped or abused by camp leaders, vigilante group members, policemen and soldiers at camps in Borno State's capital, Maiduguri. The camps were set up to offer aid to people displaced by fighting in Nigeria's northeast. Nigeria's Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has set up a special team \"to immediately commence thorough Investigation into all cases of alleged sexual abuses, exploitation, harassments, gender-based violence and professional misconduct,\" a statement from the inspector general's office said Thursday. Police: Security at camps to be beefed up Some of the victims had escaped captivity by terror group Boko Haram, only to become victims at the camps where they sought refuge, the rights group said. Many of the women were impregnated by their abusers at the camps. Several victims were drugged before they were raped. The inspector general called on HRW to make available to the investigation team any additional information about the 43 cases of abuse featured in the report that could assist the police inquiry. He has taken measures to beef up security at the camps and said any acts that violate the human dignity of displaced people by individuals or groups in the camps or anywhere in the country will be handled in accordance with the law, according to the statement. Borno State governor: 'We must act now' Following the HRW report, Borno State Gov. Kashim Shettima has revealed plans to request law enforcement agencies to deploy female and male undercover detectives to all camps for internally displaced people in Borno State \"to spy on culprits and bring them to book,\" according to a statement from his office. \"Sadly and very sadly indeed, the (Internally Displaced People) camps have become avenues that horrible stories of sexual slavery, prostitution rings, drug peddling and other social vices are emanating from,\" the governor said. \"Sexual harassment of female IDPs is a desperate situation,\" he said. \"None of us would fold arms if his or her daughter is in position to be sexually harassed, so we must act now.\" Displaced by fighting Dubbed the world's deadliest terror group, Boko Haram has launched attacks in northern Nigeria and surrounding areas for years. More than 20,000 people have been killed since 2009 when the conflict began. Nearly 2.5 million have been displaced. Boko Haram, which in the local Hausa language means \"western education is sin,\" wants to institute a strict form of Sharia law in Nigeria. Its mass abductions and attacks on soft targets, including schools, mosques and churches, have prompted stark international condemnation.", "essay": "I do not really know how to feel exactly about this situation. This is one of the worse things that I could imagine a person doing. Taking advantage of another person that just left a really traumatic situation is one of the worst things that I could imagine a person doing. These people come to you for help and trust you only to have their trust broken in the worse possible way."}
{"user_id": "ec_p007", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 3.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 3.0}}, "article": "Animals Rescued From the 'World\u2019s Worst Zoo' \u2014  An animal-welfare organization reflects on its nerve-wracking rescue\u2014and what it might mean for troubled zoos around the world. Update: October 14\u2014This story has been updated to include more information about the care of animals at the zoo, and to clarify the nature of the 2014 conflict between Hamas and Israel. When a rescue team arrived to evacuate a closing zoo near the Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis in late August, just 15 animals were still alive\u2014the survivors from what had once been a collection of hundreds of animals. They included Laziz, a nine-year-old Bengal tiger that is the last tiger in Gaza, according to Four Paws, the Vienna-based animal-welfare nonprofit that led the rescue. There were also five monkeys, an emu, a pelican, two buzzards, two porcupines, two tortoises, and a doe. The doe had lost her fawn to wounds shortly before the rescuers arrived. Opened in 2007 on three and a half acres next to an amusement park, the Khan Younis Zoo has long been called \u201cthe world\u2019s worst zoo\u201d by animal-welfare groups such as Four Paws and various international media outlets. Animals there were reported to have starved to death during military conflicts between Gaza\u2019s Hamas-led government and neighboring Israel. And last year, the surviving animals began sharing their cramped cages with the dead: More than 50 dead animals\u2014including Laziz\u2019s mate\u2014were taxidermied by the zoo staff. (See \"Tiger\u2019s Death Raises Question: What Makes a Good Zoo?\") A seven-week conflict in 2014 hastened the decision to close the zoo. The conflict stemmed from the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teenagers on the West Bank. Israel linked the crimes to Hamas, and began making hundreds of arrests in the case, including many of Hamas\u2019 West Bank leaders. Hamas later began firing rockets at civilian areas in Israel, which retaliated by bombing sites in Gaza. The United Nations reported that nearly 2,200 people were killed in the conflict, more than 2,100 of them Palestinians. It\u2019s unclear precisely what led to the animals\u2019 deaths at the zoo. The zoo itself was not bombed during the 2014 conflict, and animal-welfare groups say it had a troubled history of caring for animals. Abu Diab Oweida, the Palestinian businessman who owned the zoo, said many animals died during that conflict, and that the mummifications were an effort by the zoo\u2019s staff \u201cto prove to the whole world that even animals (were) affected.\u201d Oweida previously blamed a 2009 conflict for the death of several animals in the zoo, some of which also were mummified. How It Happened Four Paws and its director of emergency response, Amir Khalil, had sought for months to close the zoo and transfer the animals to sanctuaries. In late August of this year, the ambitious rescue plan became reality. \u201cThe idea to close (the zoo came in) April of last year,\u201d said Khalil, an Egyptian-born veterinarian who lives in Austria. \u201cIt was a concept last September. It was a plan this April. It was a mission in August.\u201d Khalil needed to negotiate with four people: Oweida and three of his sons. In May they agreed on the concept of evacuating the zoo. (Also see \"Animals Starving in Venezuela Zoos.\") \u201cI decided to donate the animals to save what remained of (them), to live safely inside a nature reserve and in peace and security,\u201d Oweida said. (Read about the tunnels of Gaza in National Geographic magazine.) The rescue itself was complicated, \u201ca complex coordination between Israeli, Palestinian, and international officials,\u201d according to a spokesperson for the Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, a branch of the Ministry of Defense that works with the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, and with international organizations working in both territories. Israel has not occupied Gaza since 2005, but retains various controls of its trade, border traffic, sea traffic, and air space. The rescue \u201cwas not easy,\u201d Khalil said. \u201cTo be neutral is not easy. I think Four Paws was a form of mediator between three, four countries\u201d\u2014Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian governments of Hamas and Fatah Khalil and Four Paws carried out the multiday rescue in the midst of a military conflict this past August, crossing disputed borders as unseen Israel Defense Forces aircraft dropped bombs on military targets in the Gaza. Khalil has worked to save animals from crisis situations before, including the 2011 Libyan uprising that toppled Muammar Qaddafi. But the Khan Younis mission, he says, was one of the toughest. \u201cIn terms of the (mission), it went quite well,\u201d team member Ioana Dungler says. \u201cIn terms of time, it was quite exhausting. On a (difficulty) scale of 1 to 10, it was an 8.\u201d Animal Rescue The plans for the mission began to take shape in April 2015, when Khalil first visited Khan Younis and was horrified by the mummified animals. He soon began negotiating with Oweida and three of his sons. First, Four Paws would pay for the animals\u2019 feeding. Next, it would cover all of the zoo\u2019s operational costs, including staff salaries. It also removed the cadavers from public view. The final condition was that Oweida agreed not to work with animals again upon closure of the zoo. (See \"Opinion: Killing Healthy Zoo Animals Is Wrong\u2014And the Public Agrees.\") Finally, in mid-August, Khalil led a 14-person team to the zoo. The team departed from the Erez border crossing in southwest Israel. Shortly before they crossed the border, a rocket from Gaza landed in the Israeli city of Sderot. Khalil said he could see smoke from the Erez border crossing. As the rescuers headed to the zoo, the Israel Defense Forces launched 50 retaliatory airstrikes at Hamas targets in Gaza. Nevertheless, Khalil said the team felt \u201csafe and secure.\u201d \u201cFour Paws was checking what was going on,\u201d he explained. \u201cLocally, we were informed of anything happening. ... I was not worried about security, but about the mission.\u201d (Also see \"Jerusalem Zoo Struggles to Remain Common Ground for Israelis, Palestinians.\") The team arrived at Khan Younis on August 22 to heartbreaking news: A baby deer, which had suffered during its few weeks of life, had died the day before. Four Paws prepared the surviving animals for their journey to new homes. The group spent August 23 loading the animals into crates, placed on a truck. The rescue became official when the team crossed back into Israel early on August 25. From there, team members escorted the animals to their new homes. Where Things Stand Four Paws has also transferred five Gaza lions and 15 other wild animals to sanctuaries. Now four active zoos remain in the Strip. Khalil says that Palestinian authorities are hoping to close them all. Alan Knight, chief executive of the U.K.-based International Animal Rescue, says the Khan Younis mission was a milestone in animal rights. \u201cWe are of course delighted that this terrible zoo has finally been closed and the surviving animals have been saved, thanks to Four Paws,\u201d Knight said. \u201cThe success of the rescue operation proves that \u2026 extraordinary things can be achieved with passion and determination. Suffering animals should not be forgotten or overlooked, even in the midst of human conflicts or natural or man-made disasters. \u201cWe must all continue to strive to drive up the welfare of animals in world zoos. And if they can\u2019t meet even the most basic standards, we must work toward getting them closed down.\u201d Ahmad Safi, executive director of the Palestinian Animal League, also praised the rescue but tempered his words with concern about unresolved issues in Gaza. \u201cWhile we are delighted that the individual animals have now been moved to safety and can begin to enjoy life in a sanctuary environment,\u201d he says, \u201cwe are concerned that simply removing animals while failing to acknowledge and tackle the wider issues at play \u2014 such as wildlife trafficking and commercialization of wild animals in the Gaza Strip \u2014 means that these animals may be replaced and the good work done recently will simply be part of a vicious cycle which continues.\u201d Khalil added that local authorities in Gaza have expressed interest in creating new legislation on wild animals. At the moment, \u201cthere is no legislation, no law\u201d\u2014a situation that results in \u201cwild animals [being] smuggled and kept in poor cages.\u201d \u201cThere are no current plans for assistance,\u201d he adds, though \u201cwe asked the authorities in Gaza to \u2026 issue a regulation to keep wild animals in captivity [and] stop [animal] smuggling from Egypt.\u201d A New Life for Rescued Animals Of the Khan Younis survivors, Laziz had the longest journey to his new home\u2014the Lionsrock Big Cat Sanctuary in South Africa, where he\u2019ll live on a hectare with grass, trees, and a bathing area. Lionsrock, run by Four Paws, is fenced in and patrolled regularly for poachers. The buzzards may eventually be released into the wild. All of the other Khan Younis animals except the monkeys\u2014four vervets and a macaque, which are bound for the Israeli Primate Sanctuary Foundation\u2014went to the New Hope Centre sanctuary in Jordan. They\u2019ll eventually move to Al Ma\u2019wa for Nature and Wildlife, a Jordanian sanctuary run by Four Paws and the Princess Alia Foundation. But the animals\u2019 problems may not be over. \u201cOur experience rescuing and rehabilitating wild animals that have spent years in captivity\u2014often in appalling and traumatic conditions\u2014has taught us that this can lead to a wide range of physical and psychological problems,\u201d Knight says. \u201cSome animals have suffered lengthy periods of starvation and need treatment for malnutrition and dehydration. Others, like the tiger in Gaza, have been fed an entirely unsuitable diet\u201d\u2014Laziz was fed chicken, which Dungler says tigers should not eat\u2014\u201cthat, coupled with constant confinement and an inability to exercise, leads to obesity and the many diseases associated with that. \u201cOn a positive note,\u201d he adds, \u201cwe have also learned that with expert treatment and care, in time even the most damaged animals can be rehabilitated and given a second chance in life. Some, but not all, can even be returned to the wild.\u201d What\u2019s Next for Zoo Survivors The two Palestinian governments, Hamas and Fatah, have recently approached Four Paws about creating a sanctuary in Gaza. But \u201chow far it is from reality,\u201d says Khalil, \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d There are currently just 12 veterinarians in the Gaza Strip, with four set to retire soon. (Five veterinarians assisted Four Paws during the rescue, with Khalil and his team providing on-hand training.) Khalil says he\u2019s worried about the remaining Gaza zoos\u2014and about other zoos in conflict zones that require immediate attention. Some of these, he says, can be found in Yemen, Syria, Libya, Sudan, and Venezuela. But that\u2019s a very partial list. \u201cThere are,\u201d he says, \u201chundreds of such zoos worldwide.\u201d Time will tell if Four Paws\u2019 inspiring work can be replicated at some of them.", "essay": "I think it is absolutely saddening that these animals  were neglected in such a bad area of the world. Not only were a lot killed/starved but they were in a warzone! Who thought it was a good idea to put a zoo right in one of the most fought over areas in the middle east? Those poor animals had to suffer for people's enjoyment in a horrible place."}
{"user_id": "ec_p050", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 165000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.75 in openness, 6.25 in conscientiousness, 3.25 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 165000, "personality": {"openness": 5.75, "conscientiousness": 6.25, "extraversion": 3.25, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Animals Rescued From the 'World\u2019s Worst Zoo' \u2014  An animal-welfare organization reflects on its nerve-wracking rescue\u2014and what it might mean for troubled zoos around the world. Update: October 14\u2014This story has been updated to include more information about the care of animals at the zoo, and to clarify the nature of the 2014 conflict between Hamas and Israel. When a rescue team arrived to evacuate a closing zoo near the Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis in late August, just 15 animals were still alive\u2014the survivors from what had once been a collection of hundreds of animals. They included Laziz, a nine-year-old Bengal tiger that is the last tiger in Gaza, according to Four Paws, the Vienna-based animal-welfare nonprofit that led the rescue. There were also five monkeys, an emu, a pelican, two buzzards, two porcupines, two tortoises, and a doe. The doe had lost her fawn to wounds shortly before the rescuers arrived. Opened in 2007 on three and a half acres next to an amusement park, the Khan Younis Zoo has long been called \u201cthe world\u2019s worst zoo\u201d by animal-welfare groups such as Four Paws and various international media outlets. Animals there were reported to have starved to death during military conflicts between Gaza\u2019s Hamas-led government and neighboring Israel. And last year, the surviving animals began sharing their cramped cages with the dead: More than 50 dead animals\u2014including Laziz\u2019s mate\u2014were taxidermied by the zoo staff. (See \"Tiger\u2019s Death Raises Question: What Makes a Good Zoo?\") A seven-week conflict in 2014 hastened the decision to close the zoo. The conflict stemmed from the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teenagers on the West Bank. Israel linked the crimes to Hamas, and began making hundreds of arrests in the case, including many of Hamas\u2019 West Bank leaders. Hamas later began firing rockets at civilian areas in Israel, which retaliated by bombing sites in Gaza. The United Nations reported that nearly 2,200 people were killed in the conflict, more than 2,100 of them Palestinians. It\u2019s unclear precisely what led to the animals\u2019 deaths at the zoo. The zoo itself was not bombed during the 2014 conflict, and animal-welfare groups say it had a troubled history of caring for animals. Abu Diab Oweida, the Palestinian businessman who owned the zoo, said many animals died during that conflict, and that the mummifications were an effort by the zoo\u2019s staff \u201cto prove to the whole world that even animals (were) affected.\u201d Oweida previously blamed a 2009 conflict for the death of several animals in the zoo, some of which also were mummified. How It Happened Four Paws and its director of emergency response, Amir Khalil, had sought for months to close the zoo and transfer the animals to sanctuaries. In late August of this year, the ambitious rescue plan became reality. \u201cThe idea to close (the zoo came in) April of last year,\u201d said Khalil, an Egyptian-born veterinarian who lives in Austria. \u201cIt was a concept last September. It was a plan this April. It was a mission in August.\u201d Khalil needed to negotiate with four people: Oweida and three of his sons. In May they agreed on the concept of evacuating the zoo. (Also see \"Animals Starving in Venezuela Zoos.\") \u201cI decided to donate the animals to save what remained of (them), to live safely inside a nature reserve and in peace and security,\u201d Oweida said. (Read about the tunnels of Gaza in National Geographic magazine.) The rescue itself was complicated, \u201ca complex coordination between Israeli, Palestinian, and international officials,\u201d according to a spokesperson for the Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, a branch of the Ministry of Defense that works with the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, and with international organizations working in both territories. Israel has not occupied Gaza since 2005, but retains various controls of its trade, border traffic, sea traffic, and air space. The rescue \u201cwas not easy,\u201d Khalil said. \u201cTo be neutral is not easy. I think Four Paws was a form of mediator between three, four countries\u201d\u2014Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian governments of Hamas and Fatah Khalil and Four Paws carried out the multiday rescue in the midst of a military conflict this past August, crossing disputed borders as unseen Israel Defense Forces aircraft dropped bombs on military targets in the Gaza. Khalil has worked to save animals from crisis situations before, including the 2011 Libyan uprising that toppled Muammar Qaddafi. But the Khan Younis mission, he says, was one of the toughest. \u201cIn terms of the (mission), it went quite well,\u201d team member Ioana Dungler says. \u201cIn terms of time, it was quite exhausting. On a (difficulty) scale of 1 to 10, it was an 8.\u201d Animal Rescue The plans for the mission began to take shape in April 2015, when Khalil first visited Khan Younis and was horrified by the mummified animals. He soon began negotiating with Oweida and three of his sons. First, Four Paws would pay for the animals\u2019 feeding. Next, it would cover all of the zoo\u2019s operational costs, including staff salaries. It also removed the cadavers from public view. The final condition was that Oweida agreed not to work with animals again upon closure of the zoo. (See \"Opinion: Killing Healthy Zoo Animals Is Wrong\u2014And the Public Agrees.\") Finally, in mid-August, Khalil led a 14-person team to the zoo. The team departed from the Erez border crossing in southwest Israel. Shortly before they crossed the border, a rocket from Gaza landed in the Israeli city of Sderot. Khalil said he could see smoke from the Erez border crossing. As the rescuers headed to the zoo, the Israel Defense Forces launched 50 retaliatory airstrikes at Hamas targets in Gaza. Nevertheless, Khalil said the team felt \u201csafe and secure.\u201d \u201cFour Paws was checking what was going on,\u201d he explained. \u201cLocally, we were informed of anything happening. ... I was not worried about security, but about the mission.\u201d (Also see \"Jerusalem Zoo Struggles to Remain Common Ground for Israelis, Palestinians.\") The team arrived at Khan Younis on August 22 to heartbreaking news: A baby deer, which had suffered during its few weeks of life, had died the day before. Four Paws prepared the surviving animals for their journey to new homes. The group spent August 23 loading the animals into crates, placed on a truck. The rescue became official when the team crossed back into Israel early on August 25. From there, team members escorted the animals to their new homes. Where Things Stand Four Paws has also transferred five Gaza lions and 15 other wild animals to sanctuaries. Now four active zoos remain in the Strip. Khalil says that Palestinian authorities are hoping to close them all. Alan Knight, chief executive of the U.K.-based International Animal Rescue, says the Khan Younis mission was a milestone in animal rights. \u201cWe are of course delighted that this terrible zoo has finally been closed and the surviving animals have been saved, thanks to Four Paws,\u201d Knight said. \u201cThe success of the rescue operation proves that \u2026 extraordinary things can be achieved with passion and determination. Suffering animals should not be forgotten or overlooked, even in the midst of human conflicts or natural or man-made disasters. \u201cWe must all continue to strive to drive up the welfare of animals in world zoos. And if they can\u2019t meet even the most basic standards, we must work toward getting them closed down.\u201d Ahmad Safi, executive director of the Palestinian Animal League, also praised the rescue but tempered his words with concern about unresolved issues in Gaza. \u201cWhile we are delighted that the individual animals have now been moved to safety and can begin to enjoy life in a sanctuary environment,\u201d he says, \u201cwe are concerned that simply removing animals while failing to acknowledge and tackle the wider issues at play \u2014 such as wildlife trafficking and commercialization of wild animals in the Gaza Strip \u2014 means that these animals may be replaced and the good work done recently will simply be part of a vicious cycle which continues.\u201d Khalil added that local authorities in Gaza have expressed interest in creating new legislation on wild animals. At the moment, \u201cthere is no legislation, no law\u201d\u2014a situation that results in \u201cwild animals [being] smuggled and kept in poor cages.\u201d \u201cThere are no current plans for assistance,\u201d he adds, though \u201cwe asked the authorities in Gaza to \u2026 issue a regulation to keep wild animals in captivity [and] stop [animal] smuggling from Egypt.\u201d A New Life for Rescued Animals Of the Khan Younis survivors, Laziz had the longest journey to his new home\u2014the Lionsrock Big Cat Sanctuary in South Africa, where he\u2019ll live on a hectare with grass, trees, and a bathing area. Lionsrock, run by Four Paws, is fenced in and patrolled regularly for poachers. The buzzards may eventually be released into the wild. All of the other Khan Younis animals except the monkeys\u2014four vervets and a macaque, which are bound for the Israeli Primate Sanctuary Foundation\u2014went to the New Hope Centre sanctuary in Jordan. They\u2019ll eventually move to Al Ma\u2019wa for Nature and Wildlife, a Jordanian sanctuary run by Four Paws and the Princess Alia Foundation. But the animals\u2019 problems may not be over. \u201cOur experience rescuing and rehabilitating wild animals that have spent years in captivity\u2014often in appalling and traumatic conditions\u2014has taught us that this can lead to a wide range of physical and psychological problems,\u201d Knight says. \u201cSome animals have suffered lengthy periods of starvation and need treatment for malnutrition and dehydration. Others, like the tiger in Gaza, have been fed an entirely unsuitable diet\u201d\u2014Laziz was fed chicken, which Dungler says tigers should not eat\u2014\u201cthat, coupled with constant confinement and an inability to exercise, leads to obesity and the many diseases associated with that. \u201cOn a positive note,\u201d he adds, \u201cwe have also learned that with expert treatment and care, in time even the most damaged animals can be rehabilitated and given a second chance in life. Some, but not all, can even be returned to the wild.\u201d What\u2019s Next for Zoo Survivors The two Palestinian governments, Hamas and Fatah, have recently approached Four Paws about creating a sanctuary in Gaza. But \u201chow far it is from reality,\u201d says Khalil, \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d There are currently just 12 veterinarians in the Gaza Strip, with four set to retire soon. (Five veterinarians assisted Four Paws during the rescue, with Khalil and his team providing on-hand training.) Khalil says he\u2019s worried about the remaining Gaza zoos\u2014and about other zoos in conflict zones that require immediate attention. Some of these, he says, can be found in Yemen, Syria, Libya, Sudan, and Venezuela. But that\u2019s a very partial list. \u201cThere are,\u201d he says, \u201chundreds of such zoos worldwide.\u201d Time will tell if Four Paws\u2019 inspiring work can be replicated at some of them.", "essay": "Why do human have to be so wicked? I capture innocent animal from their homes, enslave them and deprive them of the right treatment. It is a very sad and wicked situation. We should leave things the way they are if we know we are not capable of affording these animals what nature will give them. We dont have to keep spoiling everything the nature begot in the name of domination. It is not right!!!"}
{"user_id": "ec_p020", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 50000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 50000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Animals Rescued From the 'World\u2019s Worst Zoo' \u2014  An animal-welfare organization reflects on its nerve-wracking rescue\u2014and what it might mean for troubled zoos around the world. Update: October 14\u2014This story has been updated to include more information about the care of animals at the zoo, and to clarify the nature of the 2014 conflict between Hamas and Israel. When a rescue team arrived to evacuate a closing zoo near the Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis in late August, just 15 animals were still alive\u2014the survivors from what had once been a collection of hundreds of animals. They included Laziz, a nine-year-old Bengal tiger that is the last tiger in Gaza, according to Four Paws, the Vienna-based animal-welfare nonprofit that led the rescue. There were also five monkeys, an emu, a pelican, two buzzards, two porcupines, two tortoises, and a doe. The doe had lost her fawn to wounds shortly before the rescuers arrived. Opened in 2007 on three and a half acres next to an amusement park, the Khan Younis Zoo has long been called \u201cthe world\u2019s worst zoo\u201d by animal-welfare groups such as Four Paws and various international media outlets. Animals there were reported to have starved to death during military conflicts between Gaza\u2019s Hamas-led government and neighboring Israel. And last year, the surviving animals began sharing their cramped cages with the dead: More than 50 dead animals\u2014including Laziz\u2019s mate\u2014were taxidermied by the zoo staff. (See \"Tiger\u2019s Death Raises Question: What Makes a Good Zoo?\") A seven-week conflict in 2014 hastened the decision to close the zoo. The conflict stemmed from the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teenagers on the West Bank. Israel linked the crimes to Hamas, and began making hundreds of arrests in the case, including many of Hamas\u2019 West Bank leaders. Hamas later began firing rockets at civilian areas in Israel, which retaliated by bombing sites in Gaza. The United Nations reported that nearly 2,200 people were killed in the conflict, more than 2,100 of them Palestinians. It\u2019s unclear precisely what led to the animals\u2019 deaths at the zoo. The zoo itself was not bombed during the 2014 conflict, and animal-welfare groups say it had a troubled history of caring for animals. Abu Diab Oweida, the Palestinian businessman who owned the zoo, said many animals died during that conflict, and that the mummifications were an effort by the zoo\u2019s staff \u201cto prove to the whole world that even animals (were) affected.\u201d Oweida previously blamed a 2009 conflict for the death of several animals in the zoo, some of which also were mummified. How It Happened Four Paws and its director of emergency response, Amir Khalil, had sought for months to close the zoo and transfer the animals to sanctuaries. In late August of this year, the ambitious rescue plan became reality. \u201cThe idea to close (the zoo came in) April of last year,\u201d said Khalil, an Egyptian-born veterinarian who lives in Austria. \u201cIt was a concept last September. It was a plan this April. It was a mission in August.\u201d Khalil needed to negotiate with four people: Oweida and three of his sons. In May they agreed on the concept of evacuating the zoo. (Also see \"Animals Starving in Venezuela Zoos.\") \u201cI decided to donate the animals to save what remained of (them), to live safely inside a nature reserve and in peace and security,\u201d Oweida said. (Read about the tunnels of Gaza in National Geographic magazine.) The rescue itself was complicated, \u201ca complex coordination between Israeli, Palestinian, and international officials,\u201d according to a spokesperson for the Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, a branch of the Ministry of Defense that works with the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, and with international organizations working in both territories. Israel has not occupied Gaza since 2005, but retains various controls of its trade, border traffic, sea traffic, and air space. The rescue \u201cwas not easy,\u201d Khalil said. \u201cTo be neutral is not easy. I think Four Paws was a form of mediator between three, four countries\u201d\u2014Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian governments of Hamas and Fatah Khalil and Four Paws carried out the multiday rescue in the midst of a military conflict this past August, crossing disputed borders as unseen Israel Defense Forces aircraft dropped bombs on military targets in the Gaza. Khalil has worked to save animals from crisis situations before, including the 2011 Libyan uprising that toppled Muammar Qaddafi. But the Khan Younis mission, he says, was one of the toughest. \u201cIn terms of the (mission), it went quite well,\u201d team member Ioana Dungler says. \u201cIn terms of time, it was quite exhausting. On a (difficulty) scale of 1 to 10, it was an 8.\u201d Animal Rescue The plans for the mission began to take shape in April 2015, when Khalil first visited Khan Younis and was horrified by the mummified animals. He soon began negotiating with Oweida and three of his sons. First, Four Paws would pay for the animals\u2019 feeding. Next, it would cover all of the zoo\u2019s operational costs, including staff salaries. It also removed the cadavers from public view. The final condition was that Oweida agreed not to work with animals again upon closure of the zoo. (See \"Opinion: Killing Healthy Zoo Animals Is Wrong\u2014And the Public Agrees.\") Finally, in mid-August, Khalil led a 14-person team to the zoo. The team departed from the Erez border crossing in southwest Israel. Shortly before they crossed the border, a rocket from Gaza landed in the Israeli city of Sderot. Khalil said he could see smoke from the Erez border crossing. As the rescuers headed to the zoo, the Israel Defense Forces launched 50 retaliatory airstrikes at Hamas targets in Gaza. Nevertheless, Khalil said the team felt \u201csafe and secure.\u201d \u201cFour Paws was checking what was going on,\u201d he explained. \u201cLocally, we were informed of anything happening. ... I was not worried about security, but about the mission.\u201d (Also see \"Jerusalem Zoo Struggles to Remain Common Ground for Israelis, Palestinians.\") The team arrived at Khan Younis on August 22 to heartbreaking news: A baby deer, which had suffered during its few weeks of life, had died the day before. Four Paws prepared the surviving animals for their journey to new homes. The group spent August 23 loading the animals into crates, placed on a truck. The rescue became official when the team crossed back into Israel early on August 25. From there, team members escorted the animals to their new homes. Where Things Stand Four Paws has also transferred five Gaza lions and 15 other wild animals to sanctuaries. Now four active zoos remain in the Strip. Khalil says that Palestinian authorities are hoping to close them all. Alan Knight, chief executive of the U.K.-based International Animal Rescue, says the Khan Younis mission was a milestone in animal rights. \u201cWe are of course delighted that this terrible zoo has finally been closed and the surviving animals have been saved, thanks to Four Paws,\u201d Knight said. \u201cThe success of the rescue operation proves that \u2026 extraordinary things can be achieved with passion and determination. Suffering animals should not be forgotten or overlooked, even in the midst of human conflicts or natural or man-made disasters. \u201cWe must all continue to strive to drive up the welfare of animals in world zoos. And if they can\u2019t meet even the most basic standards, we must work toward getting them closed down.\u201d Ahmad Safi, executive director of the Palestinian Animal League, also praised the rescue but tempered his words with concern about unresolved issues in Gaza. \u201cWhile we are delighted that the individual animals have now been moved to safety and can begin to enjoy life in a sanctuary environment,\u201d he says, \u201cwe are concerned that simply removing animals while failing to acknowledge and tackle the wider issues at play \u2014 such as wildlife trafficking and commercialization of wild animals in the Gaza Strip \u2014 means that these animals may be replaced and the good work done recently will simply be part of a vicious cycle which continues.\u201d Khalil added that local authorities in Gaza have expressed interest in creating new legislation on wild animals. At the moment, \u201cthere is no legislation, no law\u201d\u2014a situation that results in \u201cwild animals [being] smuggled and kept in poor cages.\u201d \u201cThere are no current plans for assistance,\u201d he adds, though \u201cwe asked the authorities in Gaza to \u2026 issue a regulation to keep wild animals in captivity [and] stop [animal] smuggling from Egypt.\u201d A New Life for Rescued Animals Of the Khan Younis survivors, Laziz had the longest journey to his new home\u2014the Lionsrock Big Cat Sanctuary in South Africa, where he\u2019ll live on a hectare with grass, trees, and a bathing area. Lionsrock, run by Four Paws, is fenced in and patrolled regularly for poachers. The buzzards may eventually be released into the wild. All of the other Khan Younis animals except the monkeys\u2014four vervets and a macaque, which are bound for the Israeli Primate Sanctuary Foundation\u2014went to the New Hope Centre sanctuary in Jordan. They\u2019ll eventually move to Al Ma\u2019wa for Nature and Wildlife, a Jordanian sanctuary run by Four Paws and the Princess Alia Foundation. But the animals\u2019 problems may not be over. \u201cOur experience rescuing and rehabilitating wild animals that have spent years in captivity\u2014often in appalling and traumatic conditions\u2014has taught us that this can lead to a wide range of physical and psychological problems,\u201d Knight says. \u201cSome animals have suffered lengthy periods of starvation and need treatment for malnutrition and dehydration. Others, like the tiger in Gaza, have been fed an entirely unsuitable diet\u201d\u2014Laziz was fed chicken, which Dungler says tigers should not eat\u2014\u201cthat, coupled with constant confinement and an inability to exercise, leads to obesity and the many diseases associated with that. \u201cOn a positive note,\u201d he adds, \u201cwe have also learned that with expert treatment and care, in time even the most damaged animals can be rehabilitated and given a second chance in life. Some, but not all, can even be returned to the wild.\u201d What\u2019s Next for Zoo Survivors The two Palestinian governments, Hamas and Fatah, have recently approached Four Paws about creating a sanctuary in Gaza. But \u201chow far it is from reality,\u201d says Khalil, \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d There are currently just 12 veterinarians in the Gaza Strip, with four set to retire soon. (Five veterinarians assisted Four Paws during the rescue, with Khalil and his team providing on-hand training.) Khalil says he\u2019s worried about the remaining Gaza zoos\u2014and about other zoos in conflict zones that require immediate attention. Some of these, he says, can be found in Yemen, Syria, Libya, Sudan, and Venezuela. But that\u2019s a very partial list. \u201cThere are,\u201d he says, \u201chundreds of such zoos worldwide.\u201d Time will tell if Four Paws\u2019 inspiring work can be replicated at some of them.", "essay": "A zoo named world zoo was the home to many suffering animals. This zoo was located on the Gaza strip. Very bad circumstances lead to animals dying of hunger. thankfully a rescue group made it's way there to rescue these poor animals. they did not deserve to live in such a bad place where there was no food. it is truly sad."}
{"user_id": "ec_p001", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 55000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 55000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "At least 239 migrants believed drowned in Mediterranean, U.N. says \u2014  BRUSSELS \u2014 At least 239 migrants are believed to have drowned this week in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya, the United Nations refugee agency said Thursday, adding to the toll in what was already the deadliest year on record in the Mediterranean Sea. Survivor accounts suggest that two crowded boats broke up just off the Libyan coast Wednesday, said Carlotta Sami, spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. The 31 survivors were taken Thursday to the Italian island of Lampedusa, which has become a rescue hub amid an ever-deadlier crisis as migrants depart Africa\u2019s northern shores trying to reach Europe. The reports from the survivors could not be independently confirmed, but it is common for migrant ships to be filled far beyond capacity, and hundreds have perished in past sinkings. If true, the latest shipwrecks bring the toll of dead and missing in the Mediterranean to 4,220 this year, the highest on record, Sami said. \u201cThis is an absolutely appalling figure,\u201d she said.  According to Sami, the 29 survivors of the first wreck said they capsized after wooden planks at the bottom of the rubber dinghy broke apart several hours after departing Libya around 3 a.m. Wednesday. Pregnant women and at least six children were on board, survivors told the UNHCR, but no children were saved in the rescue, which took place about 25 miles off Libya\u2019s coast. One woman lost her 2-month-old baby, Sami said, and 12 bodies were recovered. The survivors said they were in the cold waters for hours before being rescued about 3 p.m. Wednesday. They said more than 140 people were aboard the boat. Two survivors of a second shipwreck were rescued in a separate operation, Sami said. They said at least 120 had been on board their boat, which had problems immediately upon setting out and broke apart off the Libyan coast around 5 a.m. Wednesday. The remaining passengers are believed to have drowned, Sami said. No further rescue operations are being performed at the location of those shipwrecks. \u201cI am deeply saddened by another tragedy on the high seas. . . . So many lives could be saved through more resettlement and legal pathways to protection,\u201d U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said in a statement Thursday. \u201cThe Mediterranean is a deadly stretch of sea for refugees and migrants, yet they still see no other option but to risk their lives to cross it.\u201d Most of the migrants appear to have come from sub-Saharan Africa, Sami said, but she said details were still being checked. She did not immediately know which agency carried out the rescue. The European Union is conducting a search-and-rescue operation in the western Mediterranean that is temporarily being offered logistical help from the NATO military alliance. \u201cIn this, the deadliest year for boat migration to Europe, the E.U. remains focused on deterrence over protection,\u201d Judith Sunderland, associate Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement Thursday. \u201cThe E.U. should be pressing Libyan authorities for permission to operate in Libyan waters, so they can help those in distress and bring them safely to Europe.\u201d Rescued migrants have told the UNHCR that smugglers along the route were telling migrants that responsibility for rescues would soon shift to Libya, and that any rescued refugees would be returned to Libya rather than carried onward to Italy, the agency said. That could be a cause of the current spike. Migrant traffic across the Mediterranean has changed significantly in the past year, after more than 1 million people made the passage in 2015. Most of them came via Turkey to Greece and then pressed onward into Europe. The sea portion of that journey was shorter and safer than the perilous passage from Libya to Italy. But the Turkish government largely shut down the migrant flow in the spring, closing off the main pathway for people fleeing the conflicts in Syria and Iraq into Europe. This week, the Gambian soccer federation announced that one of its stars had died at sea while trying to reach Europe. Fatim Jawara, 19, the goalkeeper on the country\u2019s women\u2019s national team, drowned when her boat went down off the coast of Libya several weeks ago. Traffic from Libya and northern Africa has increased and grown deadlier, according to U.N. figures. Last year, 153,846 people arrived in Italy via the central Mediterranean route \u2014 a figure that has just been surpassed in 2016. The arrivals in Italy last month were more than triple those of a year earlier. The shifting migration patterns have been a boon to smugglers, as demand has increased across the trickier North African route. Smugglers are sending out large groups in several ships at once, complicating rescue efforts if multiple boats capsize, UNHCR spokesman William Spindler said in October. It was not immediately clear whether Wednesday\u2019s sinkings were connected to a single smuggling operation. Kevin Sieff in Kigali, Rwanda, contributed to this report.", "essay": "it's a shame that this keeps happening,but it's the quasi \\acceptance\\\" of economic migrants that causes this to happens.As long as these people have incentive they will put themselves in dangerous situation to migrate to Europe. European leaders need to take a stand and tell these people to stay home because they will not be allowed to remain if they come in unauthorized ways. \""}
{"user_id": "ec_p038", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 34 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 50000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 34, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 50000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "At least 239 migrants believed drowned in Mediterranean, U.N. says \u2014  BRUSSELS \u2014 At least 239 migrants are believed to have drowned this week in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya, the United Nations refugee agency said Thursday, adding to the toll in what was already the deadliest year on record in the Mediterranean Sea. Survivor accounts suggest that two crowded boats broke up just off the Libyan coast Wednesday, said Carlotta Sami, spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. The 31 survivors were taken Thursday to the Italian island of Lampedusa, which has become a rescue hub amid an ever-deadlier crisis as migrants depart Africa\u2019s northern shores trying to reach Europe. The reports from the survivors could not be independently confirmed, but it is common for migrant ships to be filled far beyond capacity, and hundreds have perished in past sinkings. If true, the latest shipwrecks bring the toll of dead and missing in the Mediterranean to 4,220 this year, the highest on record, Sami said. \u201cThis is an absolutely appalling figure,\u201d she said.  According to Sami, the 29 survivors of the first wreck said they capsized after wooden planks at the bottom of the rubber dinghy broke apart several hours after departing Libya around 3 a.m. Wednesday. Pregnant women and at least six children were on board, survivors told the UNHCR, but no children were saved in the rescue, which took place about 25 miles off Libya\u2019s coast. One woman lost her 2-month-old baby, Sami said, and 12 bodies were recovered. The survivors said they were in the cold waters for hours before being rescued about 3 p.m. Wednesday. They said more than 140 people were aboard the boat. Two survivors of a second shipwreck were rescued in a separate operation, Sami said. They said at least 120 had been on board their boat, which had problems immediately upon setting out and broke apart off the Libyan coast around 5 a.m. Wednesday. The remaining passengers are believed to have drowned, Sami said. No further rescue operations are being performed at the location of those shipwrecks. \u201cI am deeply saddened by another tragedy on the high seas. . . . So many lives could be saved through more resettlement and legal pathways to protection,\u201d U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said in a statement Thursday. \u201cThe Mediterranean is a deadly stretch of sea for refugees and migrants, yet they still see no other option but to risk their lives to cross it.\u201d Most of the migrants appear to have come from sub-Saharan Africa, Sami said, but she said details were still being checked. She did not immediately know which agency carried out the rescue. The European Union is conducting a search-and-rescue operation in the western Mediterranean that is temporarily being offered logistical help from the NATO military alliance. \u201cIn this, the deadliest year for boat migration to Europe, the E.U. remains focused on deterrence over protection,\u201d Judith Sunderland, associate Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement Thursday. \u201cThe E.U. should be pressing Libyan authorities for permission to operate in Libyan waters, so they can help those in distress and bring them safely to Europe.\u201d Rescued migrants have told the UNHCR that smugglers along the route were telling migrants that responsibility for rescues would soon shift to Libya, and that any rescued refugees would be returned to Libya rather than carried onward to Italy, the agency said. That could be a cause of the current spike. Migrant traffic across the Mediterranean has changed significantly in the past year, after more than 1 million people made the passage in 2015. Most of them came via Turkey to Greece and then pressed onward into Europe. The sea portion of that journey was shorter and safer than the perilous passage from Libya to Italy. But the Turkish government largely shut down the migrant flow in the spring, closing off the main pathway for people fleeing the conflicts in Syria and Iraq into Europe. This week, the Gambian soccer federation announced that one of its stars had died at sea while trying to reach Europe. Fatim Jawara, 19, the goalkeeper on the country\u2019s women\u2019s national team, drowned when her boat went down off the coast of Libya several weeks ago. Traffic from Libya and northern Africa has increased and grown deadlier, according to U.N. figures. Last year, 153,846 people arrived in Italy via the central Mediterranean route \u2014 a figure that has just been surpassed in 2016. The arrivals in Italy last month were more than triple those of a year earlier. The shifting migration patterns have been a boon to smugglers, as demand has increased across the trickier North African route. Smugglers are sending out large groups in several ships at once, complicating rescue efforts if multiple boats capsize, UNHCR spokesman William Spindler said in October. It was not immediately clear whether Wednesday\u2019s sinkings were connected to a single smuggling operation. Kevin Sieff in Kigali, Rwanda, contributed to this report.", "essay": "Another shipwreck isn't this sad? A women lost her two month old baby. How heartbreaking. I can't even imagine what she must be feeling and going through. It is odd to me though that we live in a day where we have so much technology yet things like this can still happen. You'd think they would have ways to prevent this stuff now."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "At least 239 migrants believed drowned in Mediterranean, U.N. says \u2014  BRUSSELS \u2014 At least 239 migrants are believed to have drowned this week in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya, the United Nations refugee agency said Thursday, adding to the toll in what was already the deadliest year on record in the Mediterranean Sea. Survivor accounts suggest that two crowded boats broke up just off the Libyan coast Wednesday, said Carlotta Sami, spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. The 31 survivors were taken Thursday to the Italian island of Lampedusa, which has become a rescue hub amid an ever-deadlier crisis as migrants depart Africa\u2019s northern shores trying to reach Europe. The reports from the survivors could not be independently confirmed, but it is common for migrant ships to be filled far beyond capacity, and hundreds have perished in past sinkings. If true, the latest shipwrecks bring the toll of dead and missing in the Mediterranean to 4,220 this year, the highest on record, Sami said. \u201cThis is an absolutely appalling figure,\u201d she said.  According to Sami, the 29 survivors of the first wreck said they capsized after wooden planks at the bottom of the rubber dinghy broke apart several hours after departing Libya around 3 a.m. Wednesday. Pregnant women and at least six children were on board, survivors told the UNHCR, but no children were saved in the rescue, which took place about 25 miles off Libya\u2019s coast. One woman lost her 2-month-old baby, Sami said, and 12 bodies were recovered. The survivors said they were in the cold waters for hours before being rescued about 3 p.m. Wednesday. They said more than 140 people were aboard the boat. Two survivors of a second shipwreck were rescued in a separate operation, Sami said. They said at least 120 had been on board their boat, which had problems immediately upon setting out and broke apart off the Libyan coast around 5 a.m. Wednesday. The remaining passengers are believed to have drowned, Sami said. No further rescue operations are being performed at the location of those shipwrecks. \u201cI am deeply saddened by another tragedy on the high seas. . . . So many lives could be saved through more resettlement and legal pathways to protection,\u201d U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said in a statement Thursday. \u201cThe Mediterranean is a deadly stretch of sea for refugees and migrants, yet they still see no other option but to risk their lives to cross it.\u201d Most of the migrants appear to have come from sub-Saharan Africa, Sami said, but she said details were still being checked. She did not immediately know which agency carried out the rescue. The European Union is conducting a search-and-rescue operation in the western Mediterranean that is temporarily being offered logistical help from the NATO military alliance. \u201cIn this, the deadliest year for boat migration to Europe, the E.U. remains focused on deterrence over protection,\u201d Judith Sunderland, associate Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement Thursday. \u201cThe E.U. should be pressing Libyan authorities for permission to operate in Libyan waters, so they can help those in distress and bring them safely to Europe.\u201d Rescued migrants have told the UNHCR that smugglers along the route were telling migrants that responsibility for rescues would soon shift to Libya, and that any rescued refugees would be returned to Libya rather than carried onward to Italy, the agency said. That could be a cause of the current spike. Migrant traffic across the Mediterranean has changed significantly in the past year, after more than 1 million people made the passage in 2015. Most of them came via Turkey to Greece and then pressed onward into Europe. The sea portion of that journey was shorter and safer than the perilous passage from Libya to Italy. But the Turkish government largely shut down the migrant flow in the spring, closing off the main pathway for people fleeing the conflicts in Syria and Iraq into Europe. This week, the Gambian soccer federation announced that one of its stars had died at sea while trying to reach Europe. Fatim Jawara, 19, the goalkeeper on the country\u2019s women\u2019s national team, drowned when her boat went down off the coast of Libya several weeks ago. Traffic from Libya and northern Africa has increased and grown deadlier, according to U.N. figures. Last year, 153,846 people arrived in Italy via the central Mediterranean route \u2014 a figure that has just been surpassed in 2016. The arrivals in Italy last month were more than triple those of a year earlier. The shifting migration patterns have been a boon to smugglers, as demand has increased across the trickier North African route. Smugglers are sending out large groups in several ships at once, complicating rescue efforts if multiple boats capsize, UNHCR spokesman William Spindler said in October. It was not immediately clear whether Wednesday\u2019s sinkings were connected to a single smuggling operation. Kevin Sieff in Kigali, Rwanda, contributed to this report.", "essay": "It makes me sad that people have to risk their life to get help. It makes me madder that those people are turned away for their search for a better life. It is human history for people to be able to move around and search for a better life. Now with boarders people are stuck in the place that they are born.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p002", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 30000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 30000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "At least 239 migrants believed drowned in Mediterranean, U.N. says \u2014  BRUSSELS \u2014 At least 239 migrants are believed to have drowned this week in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya, the United Nations refugee agency said Thursday, adding to the toll in what was already the deadliest year on record in the Mediterranean Sea. Survivor accounts suggest that two crowded boats broke up just off the Libyan coast Wednesday, said Carlotta Sami, spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. The 31 survivors were taken Thursday to the Italian island of Lampedusa, which has become a rescue hub amid an ever-deadlier crisis as migrants depart Africa\u2019s northern shores trying to reach Europe. The reports from the survivors could not be independently confirmed, but it is common for migrant ships to be filled far beyond capacity, and hundreds have perished in past sinkings. If true, the latest shipwrecks bring the toll of dead and missing in the Mediterranean to 4,220 this year, the highest on record, Sami said. \u201cThis is an absolutely appalling figure,\u201d she said.  According to Sami, the 29 survivors of the first wreck said they capsized after wooden planks at the bottom of the rubber dinghy broke apart several hours after departing Libya around 3 a.m. Wednesday. Pregnant women and at least six children were on board, survivors told the UNHCR, but no children were saved in the rescue, which took place about 25 miles off Libya\u2019s coast. One woman lost her 2-month-old baby, Sami said, and 12 bodies were recovered. The survivors said they were in the cold waters for hours before being rescued about 3 p.m. Wednesday. They said more than 140 people were aboard the boat. Two survivors of a second shipwreck were rescued in a separate operation, Sami said. They said at least 120 had been on board their boat, which had problems immediately upon setting out and broke apart off the Libyan coast around 5 a.m. Wednesday. The remaining passengers are believed to have drowned, Sami said. No further rescue operations are being performed at the location of those shipwrecks. \u201cI am deeply saddened by another tragedy on the high seas. . . . So many lives could be saved through more resettlement and legal pathways to protection,\u201d U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said in a statement Thursday. \u201cThe Mediterranean is a deadly stretch of sea for refugees and migrants, yet they still see no other option but to risk their lives to cross it.\u201d Most of the migrants appear to have come from sub-Saharan Africa, Sami said, but she said details were still being checked. She did not immediately know which agency carried out the rescue. The European Union is conducting a search-and-rescue operation in the western Mediterranean that is temporarily being offered logistical help from the NATO military alliance. \u201cIn this, the deadliest year for boat migration to Europe, the E.U. remains focused on deterrence over protection,\u201d Judith Sunderland, associate Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement Thursday. \u201cThe E.U. should be pressing Libyan authorities for permission to operate in Libyan waters, so they can help those in distress and bring them safely to Europe.\u201d Rescued migrants have told the UNHCR that smugglers along the route were telling migrants that responsibility for rescues would soon shift to Libya, and that any rescued refugees would be returned to Libya rather than carried onward to Italy, the agency said. That could be a cause of the current spike. Migrant traffic across the Mediterranean has changed significantly in the past year, after more than 1 million people made the passage in 2015. Most of them came via Turkey to Greece and then pressed onward into Europe. The sea portion of that journey was shorter and safer than the perilous passage from Libya to Italy. But the Turkish government largely shut down the migrant flow in the spring, closing off the main pathway for people fleeing the conflicts in Syria and Iraq into Europe. This week, the Gambian soccer federation announced that one of its stars had died at sea while trying to reach Europe. Fatim Jawara, 19, the goalkeeper on the country\u2019s women\u2019s national team, drowned when her boat went down off the coast of Libya several weeks ago. Traffic from Libya and northern Africa has increased and grown deadlier, according to U.N. figures. Last year, 153,846 people arrived in Italy via the central Mediterranean route \u2014 a figure that has just been surpassed in 2016. The arrivals in Italy last month were more than triple those of a year earlier. The shifting migration patterns have been a boon to smugglers, as demand has increased across the trickier North African route. Smugglers are sending out large groups in several ships at once, complicating rescue efforts if multiple boats capsize, UNHCR spokesman William Spindler said in October. It was not immediately clear whether Wednesday\u2019s sinkings were connected to a single smuggling operation. Kevin Sieff in Kigali, Rwanda, contributed to this report.", "essay": "I cannot see how a situation like this should happen in the modern world. Countries have become so closed off that they are not even willing to let people seek asylum in their country. They would rather people die making the dangerous trip to safety rather than open the gates. This just makes me want to fight for migrant rights. So many countries were build upon immigrant populations giving their support to country's that they arrive in and now people want to close the doors."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "At least 239 migrants believed drowned in Mediterranean, U.N. says \u2014  BRUSSELS \u2014 At least 239 migrants are believed to have drowned this week in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya, the United Nations refugee agency said Thursday, adding to the toll in what was already the deadliest year on record in the Mediterranean Sea. Survivor accounts suggest that two crowded boats broke up just off the Libyan coast Wednesday, said Carlotta Sami, spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. The 31 survivors were taken Thursday to the Italian island of Lampedusa, which has become a rescue hub amid an ever-deadlier crisis as migrants depart Africa\u2019s northern shores trying to reach Europe. The reports from the survivors could not be independently confirmed, but it is common for migrant ships to be filled far beyond capacity, and hundreds have perished in past sinkings. If true, the latest shipwrecks bring the toll of dead and missing in the Mediterranean to 4,220 this year, the highest on record, Sami said. \u201cThis is an absolutely appalling figure,\u201d she said.  According to Sami, the 29 survivors of the first wreck said they capsized after wooden planks at the bottom of the rubber dinghy broke apart several hours after departing Libya around 3 a.m. Wednesday. Pregnant women and at least six children were on board, survivors told the UNHCR, but no children were saved in the rescue, which took place about 25 miles off Libya\u2019s coast. One woman lost her 2-month-old baby, Sami said, and 12 bodies were recovered. The survivors said they were in the cold waters for hours before being rescued about 3 p.m. Wednesday. They said more than 140 people were aboard the boat. Two survivors of a second shipwreck were rescued in a separate operation, Sami said. They said at least 120 had been on board their boat, which had problems immediately upon setting out and broke apart off the Libyan coast around 5 a.m. Wednesday. The remaining passengers are believed to have drowned, Sami said. No further rescue operations are being performed at the location of those shipwrecks. \u201cI am deeply saddened by another tragedy on the high seas. . . . So many lives could be saved through more resettlement and legal pathways to protection,\u201d U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said in a statement Thursday. \u201cThe Mediterranean is a deadly stretch of sea for refugees and migrants, yet they still see no other option but to risk their lives to cross it.\u201d Most of the migrants appear to have come from sub-Saharan Africa, Sami said, but she said details were still being checked. She did not immediately know which agency carried out the rescue. The European Union is conducting a search-and-rescue operation in the western Mediterranean that is temporarily being offered logistical help from the NATO military alliance. \u201cIn this, the deadliest year for boat migration to Europe, the E.U. remains focused on deterrence over protection,\u201d Judith Sunderland, associate Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement Thursday. \u201cThe E.U. should be pressing Libyan authorities for permission to operate in Libyan waters, so they can help those in distress and bring them safely to Europe.\u201d Rescued migrants have told the UNHCR that smugglers along the route were telling migrants that responsibility for rescues would soon shift to Libya, and that any rescued refugees would be returned to Libya rather than carried onward to Italy, the agency said. That could be a cause of the current spike. Migrant traffic across the Mediterranean has changed significantly in the past year, after more than 1 million people made the passage in 2015. Most of them came via Turkey to Greece and then pressed onward into Europe. The sea portion of that journey was shorter and safer than the perilous passage from Libya to Italy. But the Turkish government largely shut down the migrant flow in the spring, closing off the main pathway for people fleeing the conflicts in Syria and Iraq into Europe. This week, the Gambian soccer federation announced that one of its stars had died at sea while trying to reach Europe. Fatim Jawara, 19, the goalkeeper on the country\u2019s women\u2019s national team, drowned when her boat went down off the coast of Libya several weeks ago. Traffic from Libya and northern Africa has increased and grown deadlier, according to U.N. figures. Last year, 153,846 people arrived in Italy via the central Mediterranean route \u2014 a figure that has just been surpassed in 2016. The arrivals in Italy last month were more than triple those of a year earlier. The shifting migration patterns have been a boon to smugglers, as demand has increased across the trickier North African route. Smugglers are sending out large groups in several ships at once, complicating rescue efforts if multiple boats capsize, UNHCR spokesman William Spindler said in October. It was not immediately clear whether Wednesday\u2019s sinkings were connected to a single smuggling operation. Kevin Sieff in Kigali, Rwanda, contributed to this report.", "essay": "Just got finished reading an article about the number of refugees who are perishing while trying to traverse the Mediterranean sea on their way from war torn countries. Apparently, the E.U. is still more focused on preventing these people from reaching their shores than they are trying to protect them. Personally, I think that the U.S. and Russia should be taking more than their fair share of these displaced people."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Food, water fears remain year after Brazil mine dam disaster \u2014  COLATINA, Brazil \u2014 One year after a dam ruptured and sent a giant wave of metal-laden mud gushing into one of Brazil\u2019s most important rivers, people who live along the banks won\u2019t drink the water and fishermen are afraid to eat their catch. Upward of 10 billion gallons of mud filled with mining waste buried towns in the Nov. 5 dam break that has been described as the worst environmental disaster in Latin America\u2019s largest country. Nineteen people perished. Across 5,000 acres \u2014 about six times the size of New York City\u2019s Central Park \u2014 the onslaught of mud crushed thousands of trees and wildlife. In the river, more than 14 tons of fish died, mostly after mud got stuck in their gills. An equally large amount of aquatic plants died when turbid waters blocked out the sunlight needed to survive. The environmental damage was so vast that even a year later, many people in the area won\u2019t drink or cook with water from their faucets because, unlike the groundwater, it\u2019s connected to a network of reservoirs the Doce River feeds into. On a recent day, construction worker Samuel Alves de Andrade was among several people lining up outside a hut for well water sourced by an aquifer in the city of Colatina, about 407 miles (655 kilometers) northeast of Rio de Janeiro. \u201cThis water is a lot better than what comes from the river. We have to do what\u2019s best for us,\u201d he said as he filled plastic jugs for family members. Fishermen say they\u2019re staying away from the river because they keep finding fish with red spots and wart-like bumps, prompting environmental authorities to launch their own studies. A judge has ordered Samarco\u2014 a venture between giants Vale of Brazil and BHP Billiton of Australia\u2014 to pay for independent studies, but it\u2019s unclear when results will be released. \u201cI have been fishing in the Doce River waters for more than 30 years, but now I don\u2019t have the guts to eat that fish,\u201d said Jose de Fatima Lemes, president of the Colatina fishermen\u2019s association. Residents and environmental experts say subsequent cleanup efforts by mega mining company Samarco have been slow and ineffective. Doubts also persist about the local government\u2019s assurances that Doce River\u2019s water is safe to consume. \u201cThe mud is still all over the banks,\u201d said Andre Dos Santos, a biologist at the Federal University of Sao Carlos who has collected samples along the Doce River since the disaster. \u201cThe river will never be the same.\u201d Rich in history and commerce, the Doce River had long been a reliable source of water and food for millions of residents and thousands of companies along its banks. Samarco\u2019s chief officer for sustainable projects, Maury de Souza Jr., said the company is advancing in its cleanup and has not found any water quality problems. Ubaldina Isaac, of Brazil\u2019s environmental ministry, said a key government priority now is to reforest the banks to prevent rainwater from dragging back into the river the mine waste that remains wedged in the dirt. One recent morning, Isaac gestured to some recently planted bushes that had already died or rooted out even before the rainy season had fully kicked off in November. She said the plants should have lasted through the wet season that stretches into the first months of the year. Without sufficient vegetation \u201cwe have no system to hold the waste, and so it continues flowing into the river,\u201d she said. Rio Doce was initially feared by Portuguese gold explorers because of the difficulties they encountered navigating its zig-zagging path. But in the 19th century, communities formed along the river\u2019s path through the thick Atlantic rainforest as mining activity and cattle ranching gradually increased. Today, many businesses operate along the Doce, including fishing, steelmaking and companies that produce paper and charcoal. Hundreds of fishermen who lost their livelihood in the disaster receive a monthly compensation of about $400 from Samarco, plus $80 more for each of their dependents. Some say they used to sell their fish for as much as $1,200 a month. On a recent afternoon, fisherman Diomar Lordes visited the river with his son and they sat on the broken wooden boat that carried him through the waters for decades. \u201cI have no hope I will fish here again,\u201d Lordes said. \u201cIt\u2019s like we lost a relative. A life ended.\u201d Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.", "essay": "It's really sad what happeend to the people after reading the article. I felt like the people that were living in that area did not deserve what happened to them. They must have been struggling deeply. They probably had no water for a long time and the children there were probably very thirsty. I also think that climate change has a big factor in this."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Food, water fears remain year after Brazil mine dam disaster \u2014  COLATINA, Brazil \u2014 One year after a dam ruptured and sent a giant wave of metal-laden mud gushing into one of Brazil\u2019s most important rivers, people who live along the banks won\u2019t drink the water and fishermen are afraid to eat their catch. Upward of 10 billion gallons of mud filled with mining waste buried towns in the Nov. 5 dam break that has been described as the worst environmental disaster in Latin America\u2019s largest country. Nineteen people perished. Across 5,000 acres \u2014 about six times the size of New York City\u2019s Central Park \u2014 the onslaught of mud crushed thousands of trees and wildlife. In the river, more than 14 tons of fish died, mostly after mud got stuck in their gills. An equally large amount of aquatic plants died when turbid waters blocked out the sunlight needed to survive. The environmental damage was so vast that even a year later, many people in the area won\u2019t drink or cook with water from their faucets because, unlike the groundwater, it\u2019s connected to a network of reservoirs the Doce River feeds into. On a recent day, construction worker Samuel Alves de Andrade was among several people lining up outside a hut for well water sourced by an aquifer in the city of Colatina, about 407 miles (655 kilometers) northeast of Rio de Janeiro. \u201cThis water is a lot better than what comes from the river. We have to do what\u2019s best for us,\u201d he said as he filled plastic jugs for family members. Fishermen say they\u2019re staying away from the river because they keep finding fish with red spots and wart-like bumps, prompting environmental authorities to launch their own studies. A judge has ordered Samarco\u2014 a venture between giants Vale of Brazil and BHP Billiton of Australia\u2014 to pay for independent studies, but it\u2019s unclear when results will be released. \u201cI have been fishing in the Doce River waters for more than 30 years, but now I don\u2019t have the guts to eat that fish,\u201d said Jose de Fatima Lemes, president of the Colatina fishermen\u2019s association. Residents and environmental experts say subsequent cleanup efforts by mega mining company Samarco have been slow and ineffective. Doubts also persist about the local government\u2019s assurances that Doce River\u2019s water is safe to consume. \u201cThe mud is still all over the banks,\u201d said Andre Dos Santos, a biologist at the Federal University of Sao Carlos who has collected samples along the Doce River since the disaster. \u201cThe river will never be the same.\u201d Rich in history and commerce, the Doce River had long been a reliable source of water and food for millions of residents and thousands of companies along its banks. Samarco\u2019s chief officer for sustainable projects, Maury de Souza Jr., said the company is advancing in its cleanup and has not found any water quality problems. Ubaldina Isaac, of Brazil\u2019s environmental ministry, said a key government priority now is to reforest the banks to prevent rainwater from dragging back into the river the mine waste that remains wedged in the dirt. One recent morning, Isaac gestured to some recently planted bushes that had already died or rooted out even before the rainy season had fully kicked off in November. She said the plants should have lasted through the wet season that stretches into the first months of the year. Without sufficient vegetation \u201cwe have no system to hold the waste, and so it continues flowing into the river,\u201d she said. Rio Doce was initially feared by Portuguese gold explorers because of the difficulties they encountered navigating its zig-zagging path. But in the 19th century, communities formed along the river\u2019s path through the thick Atlantic rainforest as mining activity and cattle ranching gradually increased. Today, many businesses operate along the Doce, including fishing, steelmaking and companies that produce paper and charcoal. Hundreds of fishermen who lost their livelihood in the disaster receive a monthly compensation of about $400 from Samarco, plus $80 more for each of their dependents. Some say they used to sell their fish for as much as $1,200 a month. On a recent afternoon, fisherman Diomar Lordes visited the river with his son and they sat on the broken wooden boat that carried him through the waters for decades. \u201cI have no hope I will fish here again,\u201d Lordes said. \u201cIt\u2019s like we lost a relative. A life ended.\u201d Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.", "essay": "I just read an article about the contamination of the Doce river in Brazil. Are there no lengths that man won't go to in order to voice his contempt for nature? An entire river has been rendered fruitless because of man's greed and irresponsibility. Whole livelihoods have been cut short and a once rich and vibrant place has been bathed in the sludge of industry. Why aren't we responding to this kind of thing in an organized fashion?"}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Food, water fears remain year after Brazil mine dam disaster \u2014  COLATINA, Brazil \u2014 One year after a dam ruptured and sent a giant wave of metal-laden mud gushing into one of Brazil\u2019s most important rivers, people who live along the banks won\u2019t drink the water and fishermen are afraid to eat their catch. Upward of 10 billion gallons of mud filled with mining waste buried towns in the Nov. 5 dam break that has been described as the worst environmental disaster in Latin America\u2019s largest country. Nineteen people perished. Across 5,000 acres \u2014 about six times the size of New York City\u2019s Central Park \u2014 the onslaught of mud crushed thousands of trees and wildlife. In the river, more than 14 tons of fish died, mostly after mud got stuck in their gills. An equally large amount of aquatic plants died when turbid waters blocked out the sunlight needed to survive. The environmental damage was so vast that even a year later, many people in the area won\u2019t drink or cook with water from their faucets because, unlike the groundwater, it\u2019s connected to a network of reservoirs the Doce River feeds into. On a recent day, construction worker Samuel Alves de Andrade was among several people lining up outside a hut for well water sourced by an aquifer in the city of Colatina, about 407 miles (655 kilometers) northeast of Rio de Janeiro. \u201cThis water is a lot better than what comes from the river. We have to do what\u2019s best for us,\u201d he said as he filled plastic jugs for family members. Fishermen say they\u2019re staying away from the river because they keep finding fish with red spots and wart-like bumps, prompting environmental authorities to launch their own studies. A judge has ordered Samarco\u2014 a venture between giants Vale of Brazil and BHP Billiton of Australia\u2014 to pay for independent studies, but it\u2019s unclear when results will be released. \u201cI have been fishing in the Doce River waters for more than 30 years, but now I don\u2019t have the guts to eat that fish,\u201d said Jose de Fatima Lemes, president of the Colatina fishermen\u2019s association. Residents and environmental experts say subsequent cleanup efforts by mega mining company Samarco have been slow and ineffective. Doubts also persist about the local government\u2019s assurances that Doce River\u2019s water is safe to consume. \u201cThe mud is still all over the banks,\u201d said Andre Dos Santos, a biologist at the Federal University of Sao Carlos who has collected samples along the Doce River since the disaster. \u201cThe river will never be the same.\u201d Rich in history and commerce, the Doce River had long been a reliable source of water and food for millions of residents and thousands of companies along its banks. Samarco\u2019s chief officer for sustainable projects, Maury de Souza Jr., said the company is advancing in its cleanup and has not found any water quality problems. Ubaldina Isaac, of Brazil\u2019s environmental ministry, said a key government priority now is to reforest the banks to prevent rainwater from dragging back into the river the mine waste that remains wedged in the dirt. One recent morning, Isaac gestured to some recently planted bushes that had already died or rooted out even before the rainy season had fully kicked off in November. She said the plants should have lasted through the wet season that stretches into the first months of the year. Without sufficient vegetation \u201cwe have no system to hold the waste, and so it continues flowing into the river,\u201d she said. Rio Doce was initially feared by Portuguese gold explorers because of the difficulties they encountered navigating its zig-zagging path. But in the 19th century, communities formed along the river\u2019s path through the thick Atlantic rainforest as mining activity and cattle ranching gradually increased. Today, many businesses operate along the Doce, including fishing, steelmaking and companies that produce paper and charcoal. Hundreds of fishermen who lost their livelihood in the disaster receive a monthly compensation of about $400 from Samarco, plus $80 more for each of their dependents. Some say they used to sell their fish for as much as $1,200 a month. On a recent afternoon, fisherman Diomar Lordes visited the river with his son and they sat on the broken wooden boat that carried him through the waters for decades. \u201cI have no hope I will fish here again,\u201d Lordes said. \u201cIt\u2019s like we lost a relative. A life ended.\u201d Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.", "essay": "Its a sad thing when this happens in teh world. I feel like these disasters can always be prevented but they rarely are. I think overall we need to be more careful and do measures to prevent these things from happening. I feel like the water when it comes from the river is better like it was said in the article."}
{"user_id": "ec_p050", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 165000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.75 in openness, 6.25 in conscientiousness, 3.25 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 165000, "personality": {"openness": 5.75, "conscientiousness": 6.25, "extraversion": 3.25, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Food, water fears remain year after Brazil mine dam disaster \u2014  COLATINA, Brazil \u2014 One year after a dam ruptured and sent a giant wave of metal-laden mud gushing into one of Brazil\u2019s most important rivers, people who live along the banks won\u2019t drink the water and fishermen are afraid to eat their catch. Upward of 10 billion gallons of mud filled with mining waste buried towns in the Nov. 5 dam break that has been described as the worst environmental disaster in Latin America\u2019s largest country. Nineteen people perished. Across 5,000 acres \u2014 about six times the size of New York City\u2019s Central Park \u2014 the onslaught of mud crushed thousands of trees and wildlife. In the river, more than 14 tons of fish died, mostly after mud got stuck in their gills. An equally large amount of aquatic plants died when turbid waters blocked out the sunlight needed to survive. The environmental damage was so vast that even a year later, many people in the area won\u2019t drink or cook with water from their faucets because, unlike the groundwater, it\u2019s connected to a network of reservoirs the Doce River feeds into. On a recent day, construction worker Samuel Alves de Andrade was among several people lining up outside a hut for well water sourced by an aquifer in the city of Colatina, about 407 miles (655 kilometers) northeast of Rio de Janeiro. \u201cThis water is a lot better than what comes from the river. We have to do what\u2019s best for us,\u201d he said as he filled plastic jugs for family members. Fishermen say they\u2019re staying away from the river because they keep finding fish with red spots and wart-like bumps, prompting environmental authorities to launch their own studies. A judge has ordered Samarco\u2014 a venture between giants Vale of Brazil and BHP Billiton of Australia\u2014 to pay for independent studies, but it\u2019s unclear when results will be released. \u201cI have been fishing in the Doce River waters for more than 30 years, but now I don\u2019t have the guts to eat that fish,\u201d said Jose de Fatima Lemes, president of the Colatina fishermen\u2019s association. Residents and environmental experts say subsequent cleanup efforts by mega mining company Samarco have been slow and ineffective. Doubts also persist about the local government\u2019s assurances that Doce River\u2019s water is safe to consume. \u201cThe mud is still all over the banks,\u201d said Andre Dos Santos, a biologist at the Federal University of Sao Carlos who has collected samples along the Doce River since the disaster. \u201cThe river will never be the same.\u201d Rich in history and commerce, the Doce River had long been a reliable source of water and food for millions of residents and thousands of companies along its banks. Samarco\u2019s chief officer for sustainable projects, Maury de Souza Jr., said the company is advancing in its cleanup and has not found any water quality problems. Ubaldina Isaac, of Brazil\u2019s environmental ministry, said a key government priority now is to reforest the banks to prevent rainwater from dragging back into the river the mine waste that remains wedged in the dirt. One recent morning, Isaac gestured to some recently planted bushes that had already died or rooted out even before the rainy season had fully kicked off in November. She said the plants should have lasted through the wet season that stretches into the first months of the year. Without sufficient vegetation \u201cwe have no system to hold the waste, and so it continues flowing into the river,\u201d she said. Rio Doce was initially feared by Portuguese gold explorers because of the difficulties they encountered navigating its zig-zagging path. But in the 19th century, communities formed along the river\u2019s path through the thick Atlantic rainforest as mining activity and cattle ranching gradually increased. Today, many businesses operate along the Doce, including fishing, steelmaking and companies that produce paper and charcoal. Hundreds of fishermen who lost their livelihood in the disaster receive a monthly compensation of about $400 from Samarco, plus $80 more for each of their dependents. Some say they used to sell their fish for as much as $1,200 a month. On a recent afternoon, fisherman Diomar Lordes visited the river with his son and they sat on the broken wooden boat that carried him through the waters for decades. \u201cI have no hope I will fish here again,\u201d Lordes said. \u201cIt\u2019s like we lost a relative. A life ended.\u201d Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.", "essay": "See how people are being wasted. It is always a very sad situation. Where is humanity? I hope we can be much more cautious and take necessary precautions when we should. The life we have is just one and we only live it once. More attention should be paid to guarding it judiciously. It is sad the way the life was lost...I wish I can help prevent it though."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Food, water fears remain year after Brazil mine dam disaster \u2014  COLATINA, Brazil \u2014 One year after a dam ruptured and sent a giant wave of metal-laden mud gushing into one of Brazil\u2019s most important rivers, people who live along the banks won\u2019t drink the water and fishermen are afraid to eat their catch. Upward of 10 billion gallons of mud filled with mining waste buried towns in the Nov. 5 dam break that has been described as the worst environmental disaster in Latin America\u2019s largest country. Nineteen people perished. Across 5,000 acres \u2014 about six times the size of New York City\u2019s Central Park \u2014 the onslaught of mud crushed thousands of trees and wildlife. In the river, more than 14 tons of fish died, mostly after mud got stuck in their gills. An equally large amount of aquatic plants died when turbid waters blocked out the sunlight needed to survive. The environmental damage was so vast that even a year later, many people in the area won\u2019t drink or cook with water from their faucets because, unlike the groundwater, it\u2019s connected to a network of reservoirs the Doce River feeds into. On a recent day, construction worker Samuel Alves de Andrade was among several people lining up outside a hut for well water sourced by an aquifer in the city of Colatina, about 407 miles (655 kilometers) northeast of Rio de Janeiro. \u201cThis water is a lot better than what comes from the river. We have to do what\u2019s best for us,\u201d he said as he filled plastic jugs for family members. Fishermen say they\u2019re staying away from the river because they keep finding fish with red spots and wart-like bumps, prompting environmental authorities to launch their own studies. A judge has ordered Samarco\u2014 a venture between giants Vale of Brazil and BHP Billiton of Australia\u2014 to pay for independent studies, but it\u2019s unclear when results will be released. \u201cI have been fishing in the Doce River waters for more than 30 years, but now I don\u2019t have the guts to eat that fish,\u201d said Jose de Fatima Lemes, president of the Colatina fishermen\u2019s association. Residents and environmental experts say subsequent cleanup efforts by mega mining company Samarco have been slow and ineffective. Doubts also persist about the local government\u2019s assurances that Doce River\u2019s water is safe to consume. \u201cThe mud is still all over the banks,\u201d said Andre Dos Santos, a biologist at the Federal University of Sao Carlos who has collected samples along the Doce River since the disaster. \u201cThe river will never be the same.\u201d Rich in history and commerce, the Doce River had long been a reliable source of water and food for millions of residents and thousands of companies along its banks. Samarco\u2019s chief officer for sustainable projects, Maury de Souza Jr., said the company is advancing in its cleanup and has not found any water quality problems. Ubaldina Isaac, of Brazil\u2019s environmental ministry, said a key government priority now is to reforest the banks to prevent rainwater from dragging back into the river the mine waste that remains wedged in the dirt. One recent morning, Isaac gestured to some recently planted bushes that had already died or rooted out even before the rainy season had fully kicked off in November. She said the plants should have lasted through the wet season that stretches into the first months of the year. Without sufficient vegetation \u201cwe have no system to hold the waste, and so it continues flowing into the river,\u201d she said. Rio Doce was initially feared by Portuguese gold explorers because of the difficulties they encountered navigating its zig-zagging path. But in the 19th century, communities formed along the river\u2019s path through the thick Atlantic rainforest as mining activity and cattle ranching gradually increased. Today, many businesses operate along the Doce, including fishing, steelmaking and companies that produce paper and charcoal. Hundreds of fishermen who lost their livelihood in the disaster receive a monthly compensation of about $400 from Samarco, plus $80 more for each of their dependents. Some say they used to sell their fish for as much as $1,200 a month. On a recent afternoon, fisherman Diomar Lordes visited the river with his son and they sat on the broken wooden boat that carried him through the waters for decades. \u201cI have no hope I will fish here again,\u201d Lordes said. \u201cIt\u2019s like we lost a relative. A life ended.\u201d Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.", "essay": "I feel so bad that this effected so many creatures and the enviroment on such a grand scale. From the food, to the drinking water, to the economy. This river was a main source of life for everyone and it has been ruined forever. I feel for the guy who said it feels like he lost a family memeber a life lost because its been a source of life for so many for so long. It is very unfair that the clean up is so slow going and that they are taking so long to fix there wrong. I also feel bad for the fish who died because mud was stuc in there gills its such a slow painful death. I would never drink or eat from that river again as who knows how that can effect people and if itll ever really be clean."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Airstrikes kill more than 40 and wound scores in Yemeni port city \u2014  CAIRO \u2014 Fighter jets from a U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition struck a security complex in the western Yemeni city of Hodeidah late Saturday night, killing at least 43 and injuring scores more, according to Yemeni officials and local news reports. Many of those killed were inmates being held in prisons on the site, located in the city\u2019s al-Zaydiya enclave. Hodeidah, a port city on the Red Sea, is held by the rebel Houthis, who also control the capital, Sanaa, and much of northern Yemen. Saba, the government news agency, reported that 43 were killed and that dozens were wounded. According to other news reports, the death toll is at least 60. Images of bodies covered in blankets, purportedly from the attacks, were shown on local news channels and on social media. In a statement, the Saudi-led alliance said the Houthis were using a building at the complex \u201cas a command and control center for their military operations\u201d and said \u201ctargeting protocols and procedures were followed fully.\u201d In Yemen\u2019s civil conflict, which began in March 2015, the Houthis are aligned with loyalists of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. The Saudi-led coalition, backed by the United States and other Western powers, is trying to restore Yemen\u2019s internationally recognized president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, to power. Hadi was driven into exile last year, and he is now based in the southern port city of Aden. Saudi Arabia\u2019s Sunni Muslim monarchy entered the war in large part because of concerns of Iranian influence in the region. That Shiite theocracy is widely perceived to be backing the Shiite Houthi rebels. The airstrikes in Hodeidah come on the same day Hadi rejected a new U.N. peace proposal that would have sidelined him and given the Houthis prominent roles in a new government. More than 10,000 people have died in the conflict, many of them civilians who were killed by Saudi-led coalition bombings, according to the United Nations. Millions more are suffering from hunger, illness and displacement as the nation is now in the throes of a humanitarian disaster. Earlier this month, Saudi-led coalition airstrikes killed more than 100 people, most of them civilians, when warplanes targeted a funeral hall in Sanaa. The coalition later claimed responsibility, saying that the bombings were a result of receiving faulty information. Speaking after meeting U.N. envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, Hadi said that the agreement would \u201creward\u201d the Houthis and that it \u201conly opens a door towards more suffering and war and is not a map for peace,\u201d according to the Saba news agency.", "essay": "This conflict is a mess but I also don't really care about it.  These people are largely animals and I don't really care whether the Houthis are killed or the civilians are killed.  The lowlife people get what they deserve.  The Houthis are backed by Iran, however, so I'm obviously cheering for the coalition, since this is basically a proxy war between Iran and people less awful than them (which is literally everyone).  But the thing is, I think war should be war.  We won WW2 by showing no mercy . We leveled towns.  We nuked Japan twice.  You either fight to win, and that means killing civilians, or you shouldn't bother.  And I think we should bother.  We should just level Yemen and let them pick up the pieces with the rightful government."}
{"user_id": "ec_p050", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 165000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.75 in openness, 6.25 in conscientiousness, 3.25 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 165000, "personality": {"openness": 5.75, "conscientiousness": 6.25, "extraversion": 3.25, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Airstrikes kill more than 40 and wound scores in Yemeni port city \u2014  CAIRO \u2014 Fighter jets from a U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition struck a security complex in the western Yemeni city of Hodeidah late Saturday night, killing at least 43 and injuring scores more, according to Yemeni officials and local news reports. Many of those killed were inmates being held in prisons on the site, located in the city\u2019s al-Zaydiya enclave. Hodeidah, a port city on the Red Sea, is held by the rebel Houthis, who also control the capital, Sanaa, and much of northern Yemen. Saba, the government news agency, reported that 43 were killed and that dozens were wounded. According to other news reports, the death toll is at least 60. Images of bodies covered in blankets, purportedly from the attacks, were shown on local news channels and on social media. In a statement, the Saudi-led alliance said the Houthis were using a building at the complex \u201cas a command and control center for their military operations\u201d and said \u201ctargeting protocols and procedures were followed fully.\u201d In Yemen\u2019s civil conflict, which began in March 2015, the Houthis are aligned with loyalists of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. The Saudi-led coalition, backed by the United States and other Western powers, is trying to restore Yemen\u2019s internationally recognized president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, to power. Hadi was driven into exile last year, and he is now based in the southern port city of Aden. Saudi Arabia\u2019s Sunni Muslim monarchy entered the war in large part because of concerns of Iranian influence in the region. That Shiite theocracy is widely perceived to be backing the Shiite Houthi rebels. The airstrikes in Hodeidah come on the same day Hadi rejected a new U.N. peace proposal that would have sidelined him and given the Houthis prominent roles in a new government. More than 10,000 people have died in the conflict, many of them civilians who were killed by Saudi-led coalition bombings, according to the United Nations. Millions more are suffering from hunger, illness and displacement as the nation is now in the throes of a humanitarian disaster. Earlier this month, Saudi-led coalition airstrikes killed more than 100 people, most of them civilians, when warplanes targeted a funeral hall in Sanaa. The coalition later claimed responsibility, saying that the bombings were a result of receiving faulty information. Speaking after meeting U.N. envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, Hadi said that the agreement would \u201creward\u201d the Houthis and that it \u201conly opens a door towards more suffering and war and is not a map for peace,\u201d according to the Saba news agency.", "essay": "WE keep fighting avoidable battles that leads to avoidable wars thereby losing lives and properties. We gather to scatter, we build to destroy. It is sad that the bigger countries keep maltreating the smaller ones and expect them to be silent about it. We all should embrace love and unity. That is where the strength of the world is."}
{"user_id": "ec_p005", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 22 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 100000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 22, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 100000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Airstrikes kill more than 40 and wound scores in Yemeni port city \u2014  CAIRO \u2014 Fighter jets from a U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition struck a security complex in the western Yemeni city of Hodeidah late Saturday night, killing at least 43 and injuring scores more, according to Yemeni officials and local news reports. Many of those killed were inmates being held in prisons on the site, located in the city\u2019s al-Zaydiya enclave. Hodeidah, a port city on the Red Sea, is held by the rebel Houthis, who also control the capital, Sanaa, and much of northern Yemen. Saba, the government news agency, reported that 43 were killed and that dozens were wounded. According to other news reports, the death toll is at least 60. Images of bodies covered in blankets, purportedly from the attacks, were shown on local news channels and on social media. In a statement, the Saudi-led alliance said the Houthis were using a building at the complex \u201cas a command and control center for their military operations\u201d and said \u201ctargeting protocols and procedures were followed fully.\u201d In Yemen\u2019s civil conflict, which began in March 2015, the Houthis are aligned with loyalists of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. The Saudi-led coalition, backed by the United States and other Western powers, is trying to restore Yemen\u2019s internationally recognized president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, to power. Hadi was driven into exile last year, and he is now based in the southern port city of Aden. Saudi Arabia\u2019s Sunni Muslim monarchy entered the war in large part because of concerns of Iranian influence in the region. That Shiite theocracy is widely perceived to be backing the Shiite Houthi rebels. The airstrikes in Hodeidah come on the same day Hadi rejected a new U.N. peace proposal that would have sidelined him and given the Houthis prominent roles in a new government. More than 10,000 people have died in the conflict, many of them civilians who were killed by Saudi-led coalition bombings, according to the United Nations. Millions more are suffering from hunger, illness and displacement as the nation is now in the throes of a humanitarian disaster. Earlier this month, Saudi-led coalition airstrikes killed more than 100 people, most of them civilians, when warplanes targeted a funeral hall in Sanaa. The coalition later claimed responsibility, saying that the bombings were a result of receiving faulty information. Speaking after meeting U.N. envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, Hadi said that the agreement would \u201creward\u201d the Houthis and that it \u201conly opens a door towards more suffering and war and is not a map for peace,\u201d according to the Saba news agency.", "essay": "I'm showing my concerned and thoughts as regards the fighter jets from a U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition struck a security complex in the western Yemeni city of Hodeidah late Saturday night, killing at least 43 and injuring scores more, according to Yemeni officials and local news reports. This is really sad and unacceptable."}
{"user_id": "ec_p009", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 29 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 44000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 29, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 44000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Airstrikes kill more than 40 and wound scores in Yemeni port city \u2014  CAIRO \u2014 Fighter jets from a U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition struck a security complex in the western Yemeni city of Hodeidah late Saturday night, killing at least 43 and injuring scores more, according to Yemeni officials and local news reports. Many of those killed were inmates being held in prisons on the site, located in the city\u2019s al-Zaydiya enclave. Hodeidah, a port city on the Red Sea, is held by the rebel Houthis, who also control the capital, Sanaa, and much of northern Yemen. Saba, the government news agency, reported that 43 were killed and that dozens were wounded. According to other news reports, the death toll is at least 60. Images of bodies covered in blankets, purportedly from the attacks, were shown on local news channels and on social media. In a statement, the Saudi-led alliance said the Houthis were using a building at the complex \u201cas a command and control center for their military operations\u201d and said \u201ctargeting protocols and procedures were followed fully.\u201d In Yemen\u2019s civil conflict, which began in March 2015, the Houthis are aligned with loyalists of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. The Saudi-led coalition, backed by the United States and other Western powers, is trying to restore Yemen\u2019s internationally recognized president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, to power. Hadi was driven into exile last year, and he is now based in the southern port city of Aden. Saudi Arabia\u2019s Sunni Muslim monarchy entered the war in large part because of concerns of Iranian influence in the region. That Shiite theocracy is widely perceived to be backing the Shiite Houthi rebels. The airstrikes in Hodeidah come on the same day Hadi rejected a new U.N. peace proposal that would have sidelined him and given the Houthis prominent roles in a new government. More than 10,000 people have died in the conflict, many of them civilians who were killed by Saudi-led coalition bombings, according to the United Nations. Millions more are suffering from hunger, illness and displacement as the nation is now in the throes of a humanitarian disaster. Earlier this month, Saudi-led coalition airstrikes killed more than 100 people, most of them civilians, when warplanes targeted a funeral hall in Sanaa. The coalition later claimed responsibility, saying that the bombings were a result of receiving faulty information. Speaking after meeting U.N. envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, Hadi said that the agreement would \u201creward\u201d the Houthis and that it \u201conly opens a door towards more suffering and war and is not a map for peace,\u201d according to the Saba news agency.", "essay": "Dear friend,                                                                       I have recently finished reading an article about airstrikes that killed over 40 people and injured many more in Cairo. It is very heartbreaking to hear this news. I feel so bad for the people of the middle east who have to live every day of the their lives scared of missiles and bombs and gunfire."}
{"user_id": "ec_p007", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 3.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 3.0}}, "article": "Airstrikes kill more than 40 and wound scores in Yemeni port city \u2014  CAIRO \u2014 Fighter jets from a U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition struck a security complex in the western Yemeni city of Hodeidah late Saturday night, killing at least 43 and injuring scores more, according to Yemeni officials and local news reports. Many of those killed were inmates being held in prisons on the site, located in the city\u2019s al-Zaydiya enclave. Hodeidah, a port city on the Red Sea, is held by the rebel Houthis, who also control the capital, Sanaa, and much of northern Yemen. Saba, the government news agency, reported that 43 were killed and that dozens were wounded. According to other news reports, the death toll is at least 60. Images of bodies covered in blankets, purportedly from the attacks, were shown on local news channels and on social media. In a statement, the Saudi-led alliance said the Houthis were using a building at the complex \u201cas a command and control center for their military operations\u201d and said \u201ctargeting protocols and procedures were followed fully.\u201d In Yemen\u2019s civil conflict, which began in March 2015, the Houthis are aligned with loyalists of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. The Saudi-led coalition, backed by the United States and other Western powers, is trying to restore Yemen\u2019s internationally recognized president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, to power. Hadi was driven into exile last year, and he is now based in the southern port city of Aden. Saudi Arabia\u2019s Sunni Muslim monarchy entered the war in large part because of concerns of Iranian influence in the region. That Shiite theocracy is widely perceived to be backing the Shiite Houthi rebels. The airstrikes in Hodeidah come on the same day Hadi rejected a new U.N. peace proposal that would have sidelined him and given the Houthis prominent roles in a new government. More than 10,000 people have died in the conflict, many of them civilians who were killed by Saudi-led coalition bombings, according to the United Nations. Millions more are suffering from hunger, illness and displacement as the nation is now in the throes of a humanitarian disaster. Earlier this month, Saudi-led coalition airstrikes killed more than 100 people, most of them civilians, when warplanes targeted a funeral hall in Sanaa. The coalition later claimed responsibility, saying that the bombings were a result of receiving faulty information. Speaking after meeting U.N. envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, Hadi said that the agreement would \u201creward\u201d the Houthis and that it \u201conly opens a door towards more suffering and war and is not a map for peace,\u201d according to the Saba news agency.", "essay": "The state in the middle east is a mess. I wish we are not involved as it is not our business, but fo course we must be the world police. I do not think we should be picking sides in pollitical struggles that do not pertain to us. By doing so we just create more needless death. Let them settle their own problems."}
{"user_id": "ec_p005", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 22 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 100000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 22, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 100000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "'Utter devastation' after major quake, aftershocks hit New Zealand \u2014  A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake pummeled central New Zealand early on Monday, killing at least two people, damaging roads and buildings and setting off hundreds of strong aftershocks.   Emergency response teams flew by helicopter to the region at the epicenter of the tremor, which struck just after midnight some 91 km (57 miles) northeast of Christchurch in the South Island, amid reports of injuries and collapsed buildings.   \"It's just utter devastation, I just don't know ... that's months of work,\" New Zealand Prime Minister John Key told Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee after flying over the coastal town of Kaikoura, according to Brownlee's Twitter account. He described landslips in the area as \"just horrendous\". In a statement seen by Reuters, Key said of the likely damage bill: \"You\u2019ve got to believe it\u2019s in the billions of dollars to resolve.\"   Powerlines and telecommunications were down, with huge cracks in roads, land slips and other damage to infrastructure making it hard to reach the worst-affected areas.   A tsunami warning that led to mass evacuations after the original quake was downgraded after large swells hit New Zealand's capital Wellington, in the North Island, and Christchurch.   Wellington was a virtual ghost town with workers ordered to stay away while the city council assessed the risk to buildings, several of which were damaged by the tremor. There were concerns that loose glass and masonry could be dislodged by severe weather hitting the capital, with 140 km per hour (85 mph) winds forecast.   Hundreds of aftershocks, the strongest a 6.2 quake at about 1.45 p.m. local time (0045 GMT), rattled the South Pacific country, fraying nerves in an area where memories of a deadly 2011 quake are still fresh.   Christchurch, the largest city on New Zealand's ruggedly beautiful South Island, is still recovering from the 6.3 quake in 2011 that killed 185 people.   New Zealand's Civil Defence declared a state of emergency for the Kaikoura region, centered on a tourist town about 150 km (90 miles) northeast of Christchurch, soon after Monday's large aftershock.   Kaikoura, a popular spot for whale watching, appeared to have borne the brunt of the quake. \"Our immediate priority is ensuring delivery of clean water, food and other essentials to the residents of Kaikoura and the estimated 1,000 tourists in the town,\" Brownlee said.   The Navy's multi-role vessel HMNZS Canterbury was heading to the area, he said.   Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) said a 20-person rescue team and two sniffer dogs had arrived in the town. A second team was on standby in Christchurch, USAR said in a statement.   Police in the area around Christchurch reported 19 burglaries of homes and commercial properties after the quake as residents headed for higher ground.   \"It is extremely disappointing that at a time when people are facing such a traumatic event and communities are coming together to support one another, there are others who are only interested in taking advantage,\u201d Canterbury District Commander Superintendent John Price said in a statement.   TWIN QUAKES   Hours after the quake, officials said a slip dam caused by the quakes that had blocked the Clarence River north of the town had breached, sending a wall of water downstream.   A group of kayakers missing on the river was later reported safe.   New Zealand's Geonet measured Monday's first quake at magnitude 7.5, while the U.S. Geological Survey put it at 7.8. The quakes and aftershocks rattled buildings and woke residents across the country, hundreds of kilometers from the epicenter.   Geonet said four faults had ruptured, with one at the coast appearing to have slipped as much as 10 meters (33 feet). Government research unit GNS Science said the overnight tremor appeared to have been two simultaneous quakes which together lasted more than two minutes.   New Zealand lies in the seismically active \"Ring of Fire\", a 40,000 km arc of volcanoes and oceanic trenches that partly encircles the Pacific Ocean. Around 90 percent of the world's earthquakes occur within this region.   Stock exchange operator NZX Ltd said markets traded normally, although many offices in the capital were closed. The New Zealand dollar initially fell to a one-month low before mostly recovering.   Fonterra, the world's biggest dairy exporter, said some its farms were without power and would likely have to dump milk.   Prime Minister Key postponed a trip to Argentina, where he had planned to hold a series of trade meetings ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in Peru this week, as he met disaster officials.   At least one of those killed was found in a house in Kaikoura that \"collapsed like a stack of cards\", Kaikoura Hospital's Dr Christopher Henry told Fairfax media. Two other people were pulled alive from the same building.   New Zealand media reported one of the pilots taking rescuers to the area was Richie McCaw, the recently retired captain of New Zealand's world champion All Blacks rugby team.   \"At one point, the railway was way out over the sea - it had been pushed out by (land) slips. It would not have been a nice place to be at midnight last night,\" McCaw told the New Zealand Herald after helping fly the USAR team to Kaikoura.", "essay": "I am expressing my total concern over the powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake pummeled central New Zealand early on Monday, killing at least two people, damaging roads and buildings and setting off hundreds of strong aftershocks. This is really sad and i hope something of such can be stopped from further happening."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "'Utter devastation' after major quake, aftershocks hit New Zealand \u2014  A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake pummeled central New Zealand early on Monday, killing at least two people, damaging roads and buildings and setting off hundreds of strong aftershocks.   Emergency response teams flew by helicopter to the region at the epicenter of the tremor, which struck just after midnight some 91 km (57 miles) northeast of Christchurch in the South Island, amid reports of injuries and collapsed buildings.   \"It's just utter devastation, I just don't know ... that's months of work,\" New Zealand Prime Minister John Key told Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee after flying over the coastal town of Kaikoura, according to Brownlee's Twitter account. He described landslips in the area as \"just horrendous\". In a statement seen by Reuters, Key said of the likely damage bill: \"You\u2019ve got to believe it\u2019s in the billions of dollars to resolve.\"   Powerlines and telecommunications were down, with huge cracks in roads, land slips and other damage to infrastructure making it hard to reach the worst-affected areas.   A tsunami warning that led to mass evacuations after the original quake was downgraded after large swells hit New Zealand's capital Wellington, in the North Island, and Christchurch.   Wellington was a virtual ghost town with workers ordered to stay away while the city council assessed the risk to buildings, several of which were damaged by the tremor. There were concerns that loose glass and masonry could be dislodged by severe weather hitting the capital, with 140 km per hour (85 mph) winds forecast.   Hundreds of aftershocks, the strongest a 6.2 quake at about 1.45 p.m. local time (0045 GMT), rattled the South Pacific country, fraying nerves in an area where memories of a deadly 2011 quake are still fresh.   Christchurch, the largest city on New Zealand's ruggedly beautiful South Island, is still recovering from the 6.3 quake in 2011 that killed 185 people.   New Zealand's Civil Defence declared a state of emergency for the Kaikoura region, centered on a tourist town about 150 km (90 miles) northeast of Christchurch, soon after Monday's large aftershock.   Kaikoura, a popular spot for whale watching, appeared to have borne the brunt of the quake. \"Our immediate priority is ensuring delivery of clean water, food and other essentials to the residents of Kaikoura and the estimated 1,000 tourists in the town,\" Brownlee said.   The Navy's multi-role vessel HMNZS Canterbury was heading to the area, he said.   Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) said a 20-person rescue team and two sniffer dogs had arrived in the town. A second team was on standby in Christchurch, USAR said in a statement.   Police in the area around Christchurch reported 19 burglaries of homes and commercial properties after the quake as residents headed for higher ground.   \"It is extremely disappointing that at a time when people are facing such a traumatic event and communities are coming together to support one another, there are others who are only interested in taking advantage,\u201d Canterbury District Commander Superintendent John Price said in a statement.   TWIN QUAKES   Hours after the quake, officials said a slip dam caused by the quakes that had blocked the Clarence River north of the town had breached, sending a wall of water downstream.   A group of kayakers missing on the river was later reported safe.   New Zealand's Geonet measured Monday's first quake at magnitude 7.5, while the U.S. Geological Survey put it at 7.8. The quakes and aftershocks rattled buildings and woke residents across the country, hundreds of kilometers from the epicenter.   Geonet said four faults had ruptured, with one at the coast appearing to have slipped as much as 10 meters (33 feet). Government research unit GNS Science said the overnight tremor appeared to have been two simultaneous quakes which together lasted more than two minutes.   New Zealand lies in the seismically active \"Ring of Fire\", a 40,000 km arc of volcanoes and oceanic trenches that partly encircles the Pacific Ocean. Around 90 percent of the world's earthquakes occur within this region.   Stock exchange operator NZX Ltd said markets traded normally, although many offices in the capital were closed. The New Zealand dollar initially fell to a one-month low before mostly recovering.   Fonterra, the world's biggest dairy exporter, said some its farms were without power and would likely have to dump milk.   Prime Minister Key postponed a trip to Argentina, where he had planned to hold a series of trade meetings ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in Peru this week, as he met disaster officials.   At least one of those killed was found in a house in Kaikoura that \"collapsed like a stack of cards\", Kaikoura Hospital's Dr Christopher Henry told Fairfax media. Two other people were pulled alive from the same building.   New Zealand media reported one of the pilots taking rescuers to the area was Richie McCaw, the recently retired captain of New Zealand's world champion All Blacks rugby team.   \"At one point, the railway was way out over the sea - it had been pushed out by (land) slips. It would not have been a nice place to be at midnight last night,\" McCaw told the New Zealand Herald after helping fly the USAR team to Kaikoura.", "essay": "I've personally been involved in a major quake when I was In Mexico City on vacation a few years back. The floor scrambling under me was quite scary and overall one of the most fearful thing. I think it was one of the most dangerous things I have seen in quite some time. I also felt a lot as a kid in california."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "'Utter devastation' after major quake, aftershocks hit New Zealand \u2014  A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake pummeled central New Zealand early on Monday, killing at least two people, damaging roads and buildings and setting off hundreds of strong aftershocks.   Emergency response teams flew by helicopter to the region at the epicenter of the tremor, which struck just after midnight some 91 km (57 miles) northeast of Christchurch in the South Island, amid reports of injuries and collapsed buildings.   \"It's just utter devastation, I just don't know ... that's months of work,\" New Zealand Prime Minister John Key told Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee after flying over the coastal town of Kaikoura, according to Brownlee's Twitter account. He described landslips in the area as \"just horrendous\". In a statement seen by Reuters, Key said of the likely damage bill: \"You\u2019ve got to believe it\u2019s in the billions of dollars to resolve.\"   Powerlines and telecommunications were down, with huge cracks in roads, land slips and other damage to infrastructure making it hard to reach the worst-affected areas.   A tsunami warning that led to mass evacuations after the original quake was downgraded after large swells hit New Zealand's capital Wellington, in the North Island, and Christchurch.   Wellington was a virtual ghost town with workers ordered to stay away while the city council assessed the risk to buildings, several of which were damaged by the tremor. There were concerns that loose glass and masonry could be dislodged by severe weather hitting the capital, with 140 km per hour (85 mph) winds forecast.   Hundreds of aftershocks, the strongest a 6.2 quake at about 1.45 p.m. local time (0045 GMT), rattled the South Pacific country, fraying nerves in an area where memories of a deadly 2011 quake are still fresh.   Christchurch, the largest city on New Zealand's ruggedly beautiful South Island, is still recovering from the 6.3 quake in 2011 that killed 185 people.   New Zealand's Civil Defence declared a state of emergency for the Kaikoura region, centered on a tourist town about 150 km (90 miles) northeast of Christchurch, soon after Monday's large aftershock.   Kaikoura, a popular spot for whale watching, appeared to have borne the brunt of the quake. \"Our immediate priority is ensuring delivery of clean water, food and other essentials to the residents of Kaikoura and the estimated 1,000 tourists in the town,\" Brownlee said.   The Navy's multi-role vessel HMNZS Canterbury was heading to the area, he said.   Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) said a 20-person rescue team and two sniffer dogs had arrived in the town. A second team was on standby in Christchurch, USAR said in a statement.   Police in the area around Christchurch reported 19 burglaries of homes and commercial properties after the quake as residents headed for higher ground.   \"It is extremely disappointing that at a time when people are facing such a traumatic event and communities are coming together to support one another, there are others who are only interested in taking advantage,\u201d Canterbury District Commander Superintendent John Price said in a statement.   TWIN QUAKES   Hours after the quake, officials said a slip dam caused by the quakes that had blocked the Clarence River north of the town had breached, sending a wall of water downstream.   A group of kayakers missing on the river was later reported safe.   New Zealand's Geonet measured Monday's first quake at magnitude 7.5, while the U.S. Geological Survey put it at 7.8. The quakes and aftershocks rattled buildings and woke residents across the country, hundreds of kilometers from the epicenter.   Geonet said four faults had ruptured, with one at the coast appearing to have slipped as much as 10 meters (33 feet). Government research unit GNS Science said the overnight tremor appeared to have been two simultaneous quakes which together lasted more than two minutes.   New Zealand lies in the seismically active \"Ring of Fire\", a 40,000 km arc of volcanoes and oceanic trenches that partly encircles the Pacific Ocean. Around 90 percent of the world's earthquakes occur within this region.   Stock exchange operator NZX Ltd said markets traded normally, although many offices in the capital were closed. The New Zealand dollar initially fell to a one-month low before mostly recovering.   Fonterra, the world's biggest dairy exporter, said some its farms were without power and would likely have to dump milk.   Prime Minister Key postponed a trip to Argentina, where he had planned to hold a series of trade meetings ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in Peru this week, as he met disaster officials.   At least one of those killed was found in a house in Kaikoura that \"collapsed like a stack of cards\", Kaikoura Hospital's Dr Christopher Henry told Fairfax media. Two other people were pulled alive from the same building.   New Zealand media reported one of the pilots taking rescuers to the area was Richie McCaw, the recently retired captain of New Zealand's world champion All Blacks rugby team.   \"At one point, the railway was way out over the sea - it had been pushed out by (land) slips. It would not have been a nice place to be at midnight last night,\" McCaw told the New Zealand Herald after helping fly the USAR team to Kaikoura.", "essay": "I just read about a tremendous earthquake that happened in New Zealand a few years back. There were only two deaths but the amount of damage to infrastructure was crippling. Do places that fequently deal with natural disasters like this have some kind of insurance or initiative that helps pay for damages? The estimated cost was said to be in the billions. Where does all this money come from?"}
{"user_id": "ec_p038", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 34 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 50000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 34, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 50000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "'Utter devastation' after major quake, aftershocks hit New Zealand \u2014  A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake pummeled central New Zealand early on Monday, killing at least two people, damaging roads and buildings and setting off hundreds of strong aftershocks.   Emergency response teams flew by helicopter to the region at the epicenter of the tremor, which struck just after midnight some 91 km (57 miles) northeast of Christchurch in the South Island, amid reports of injuries and collapsed buildings.   \"It's just utter devastation, I just don't know ... that's months of work,\" New Zealand Prime Minister John Key told Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee after flying over the coastal town of Kaikoura, according to Brownlee's Twitter account. He described landslips in the area as \"just horrendous\". In a statement seen by Reuters, Key said of the likely damage bill: \"You\u2019ve got to believe it\u2019s in the billions of dollars to resolve.\"   Powerlines and telecommunications were down, with huge cracks in roads, land slips and other damage to infrastructure making it hard to reach the worst-affected areas.   A tsunami warning that led to mass evacuations after the original quake was downgraded after large swells hit New Zealand's capital Wellington, in the North Island, and Christchurch.   Wellington was a virtual ghost town with workers ordered to stay away while the city council assessed the risk to buildings, several of which were damaged by the tremor. There were concerns that loose glass and masonry could be dislodged by severe weather hitting the capital, with 140 km per hour (85 mph) winds forecast.   Hundreds of aftershocks, the strongest a 6.2 quake at about 1.45 p.m. local time (0045 GMT), rattled the South Pacific country, fraying nerves in an area where memories of a deadly 2011 quake are still fresh.   Christchurch, the largest city on New Zealand's ruggedly beautiful South Island, is still recovering from the 6.3 quake in 2011 that killed 185 people.   New Zealand's Civil Defence declared a state of emergency for the Kaikoura region, centered on a tourist town about 150 km (90 miles) northeast of Christchurch, soon after Monday's large aftershock.   Kaikoura, a popular spot for whale watching, appeared to have borne the brunt of the quake. \"Our immediate priority is ensuring delivery of clean water, food and other essentials to the residents of Kaikoura and the estimated 1,000 tourists in the town,\" Brownlee said.   The Navy's multi-role vessel HMNZS Canterbury was heading to the area, he said.   Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) said a 20-person rescue team and two sniffer dogs had arrived in the town. A second team was on standby in Christchurch, USAR said in a statement.   Police in the area around Christchurch reported 19 burglaries of homes and commercial properties after the quake as residents headed for higher ground.   \"It is extremely disappointing that at a time when people are facing such a traumatic event and communities are coming together to support one another, there are others who are only interested in taking advantage,\u201d Canterbury District Commander Superintendent John Price said in a statement.   TWIN QUAKES   Hours after the quake, officials said a slip dam caused by the quakes that had blocked the Clarence River north of the town had breached, sending a wall of water downstream.   A group of kayakers missing on the river was later reported safe.   New Zealand's Geonet measured Monday's first quake at magnitude 7.5, while the U.S. Geological Survey put it at 7.8. The quakes and aftershocks rattled buildings and woke residents across the country, hundreds of kilometers from the epicenter.   Geonet said four faults had ruptured, with one at the coast appearing to have slipped as much as 10 meters (33 feet). Government research unit GNS Science said the overnight tremor appeared to have been two simultaneous quakes which together lasted more than two minutes.   New Zealand lies in the seismically active \"Ring of Fire\", a 40,000 km arc of volcanoes and oceanic trenches that partly encircles the Pacific Ocean. Around 90 percent of the world's earthquakes occur within this region.   Stock exchange operator NZX Ltd said markets traded normally, although many offices in the capital were closed. The New Zealand dollar initially fell to a one-month low before mostly recovering.   Fonterra, the world's biggest dairy exporter, said some its farms were without power and would likely have to dump milk.   Prime Minister Key postponed a trip to Argentina, where he had planned to hold a series of trade meetings ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in Peru this week, as he met disaster officials.   At least one of those killed was found in a house in Kaikoura that \"collapsed like a stack of cards\", Kaikoura Hospital's Dr Christopher Henry told Fairfax media. Two other people were pulled alive from the same building.   New Zealand media reported one of the pilots taking rescuers to the area was Richie McCaw, the recently retired captain of New Zealand's world champion All Blacks rugby team.   \"At one point, the railway was way out over the sea - it had been pushed out by (land) slips. It would not have been a nice place to be at midnight last night,\" McCaw told the New Zealand Herald after helping fly the USAR team to Kaikoura.", "essay": "Hey check this out. Another big earthquake in New Zealand. I feel horrible for those that live their and the devastation they must be feeling. At least there wasn't a lot of deaths with this one. They have a long road ahead with repairs and rebuilding. It's so sad, my heart just goes out to them and what the people there are going through. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p002", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 30000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 30000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "'Utter devastation' after major quake, aftershocks hit New Zealand \u2014  A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake pummeled central New Zealand early on Monday, killing at least two people, damaging roads and buildings and setting off hundreds of strong aftershocks.   Emergency response teams flew by helicopter to the region at the epicenter of the tremor, which struck just after midnight some 91 km (57 miles) northeast of Christchurch in the South Island, amid reports of injuries and collapsed buildings.   \"It's just utter devastation, I just don't know ... that's months of work,\" New Zealand Prime Minister John Key told Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee after flying over the coastal town of Kaikoura, according to Brownlee's Twitter account. He described landslips in the area as \"just horrendous\". In a statement seen by Reuters, Key said of the likely damage bill: \"You\u2019ve got to believe it\u2019s in the billions of dollars to resolve.\"   Powerlines and telecommunications were down, with huge cracks in roads, land slips and other damage to infrastructure making it hard to reach the worst-affected areas.   A tsunami warning that led to mass evacuations after the original quake was downgraded after large swells hit New Zealand's capital Wellington, in the North Island, and Christchurch.   Wellington was a virtual ghost town with workers ordered to stay away while the city council assessed the risk to buildings, several of which were damaged by the tremor. There were concerns that loose glass and masonry could be dislodged by severe weather hitting the capital, with 140 km per hour (85 mph) winds forecast.   Hundreds of aftershocks, the strongest a 6.2 quake at about 1.45 p.m. local time (0045 GMT), rattled the South Pacific country, fraying nerves in an area where memories of a deadly 2011 quake are still fresh.   Christchurch, the largest city on New Zealand's ruggedly beautiful South Island, is still recovering from the 6.3 quake in 2011 that killed 185 people.   New Zealand's Civil Defence declared a state of emergency for the Kaikoura region, centered on a tourist town about 150 km (90 miles) northeast of Christchurch, soon after Monday's large aftershock.   Kaikoura, a popular spot for whale watching, appeared to have borne the brunt of the quake. \"Our immediate priority is ensuring delivery of clean water, food and other essentials to the residents of Kaikoura and the estimated 1,000 tourists in the town,\" Brownlee said.   The Navy's multi-role vessel HMNZS Canterbury was heading to the area, he said.   Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) said a 20-person rescue team and two sniffer dogs had arrived in the town. A second team was on standby in Christchurch, USAR said in a statement.   Police in the area around Christchurch reported 19 burglaries of homes and commercial properties after the quake as residents headed for higher ground.   \"It is extremely disappointing that at a time when people are facing such a traumatic event and communities are coming together to support one another, there are others who are only interested in taking advantage,\u201d Canterbury District Commander Superintendent John Price said in a statement.   TWIN QUAKES   Hours after the quake, officials said a slip dam caused by the quakes that had blocked the Clarence River north of the town had breached, sending a wall of water downstream.   A group of kayakers missing on the river was later reported safe.   New Zealand's Geonet measured Monday's first quake at magnitude 7.5, while the U.S. Geological Survey put it at 7.8. The quakes and aftershocks rattled buildings and woke residents across the country, hundreds of kilometers from the epicenter.   Geonet said four faults had ruptured, with one at the coast appearing to have slipped as much as 10 meters (33 feet). Government research unit GNS Science said the overnight tremor appeared to have been two simultaneous quakes which together lasted more than two minutes.   New Zealand lies in the seismically active \"Ring of Fire\", a 40,000 km arc of volcanoes and oceanic trenches that partly encircles the Pacific Ocean. Around 90 percent of the world's earthquakes occur within this region.   Stock exchange operator NZX Ltd said markets traded normally, although many offices in the capital were closed. The New Zealand dollar initially fell to a one-month low before mostly recovering.   Fonterra, the world's biggest dairy exporter, said some its farms were without power and would likely have to dump milk.   Prime Minister Key postponed a trip to Argentina, where he had planned to hold a series of trade meetings ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in Peru this week, as he met disaster officials.   At least one of those killed was found in a house in Kaikoura that \"collapsed like a stack of cards\", Kaikoura Hospital's Dr Christopher Henry told Fairfax media. Two other people were pulled alive from the same building.   New Zealand media reported one of the pilots taking rescuers to the area was Richie McCaw, the recently retired captain of New Zealand's world champion All Blacks rugby team.   \"At one point, the railway was way out over the sea - it had been pushed out by (land) slips. It would not have been a nice place to be at midnight last night,\" McCaw told the New Zealand Herald after helping fly the USAR team to Kaikoura.", "essay": "It is really hard to read stories about natural disasters that impact nations on a major scale. There are only so many things that can be done to prepare for something like this and most of the time the preparations only mitigate minimal damage. It is a bit sickening to see the response that some people have in these situations. Rather than help their neighbors, they pillage and rob the resources from others that are dealing with the natural disasters."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "'They Were Just Like Us, and They Lost Everything' \u2014  Can empathy for refugees be taught? A few weeks ago, I scrambled to evacuate my area with the only five items I could grab\u2014my phone, passport, water, money, and medicine\u2014in the 30 seconds before I had to flee. Many of the roughly 65 million refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced people around the world today have had to make panicked choices like these; more than 4,000 have died at sea in overcrowded boats and rafts attempting to reach Europe from the Middle East. On Thursday last week, more than 200 additional people lost their lives in two separate shipwrecks off Libya. But my own \u201cescape\u201d was far away from that, on the safety of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., where M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF) had organized the Forced From Home exhibit. The aim was, in part, to put the staggering numbers of the crisis into tangible terms for those of us who don\u2019t have to contemplate actually being forced from home. So I took on the identity of an asylum-seeker from Honduras while my tour guide, Ahmed Abdalrazag, pled with the group to hurry up. If we were really fleeing, he explained, our time would be up and it might be too late. We got on a raft like the ones in which so many have risked, and lost, their lives in recent years\u2014though this one stayed on dry land\u2014and later, we were detained at a fenced border where our various legal classifications determined our future. At each stop, hardships from the journey forced us to give up one item, until we were left empty-handed in front of staged refugee tents\u2014where in real life another series of ordeals await those who make it that far. MSF, or Doctors Without Borders, the international aid group and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is touring the exhibit through five U.S. cities this fall, with a series of West Coast stops planned for next year. So far, according to an MSF spokesman, more than 17,000 people have attended, including over 3,400 students. MSF provides medical and related humanitarian aid in over 60 countries, often in dangerous circumstances\u2014the group describes its mission as assisting \u201cvictims of conflict, natural disasters, epidemics, or healthcare exclusion.\u201d In Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan recently, MSF-supported hospitals and the people who work there have themselves been victims of conflict. With the Forced From Home exhibit, MSF is trying to communicate, in concrete terms, the reality of people fleeing from those places and elsewhere, including Burundi, South Sudan, and Central America. Official action to mitigate this reality has been frustratingly slow. It has been more than two years since the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) first reported that the number of displaced people worldwide had surpassed the figures following World War II.  But as my colleague Uri Friedman wrote in September, the UN General Assembly only recently held its inaugural Summit for Refugees and Migrants, and the declaration that emerged from the meeting delays specific measures by UN member states for two more years. The timeline of the UN plan is not comforting to the refugees or concerned observers. The crisis figures are familiar, but remain unfathomable\u2014one in 113 people displaced \u201cby conflict and persecution in 2015;\u201d and 54 percent of 21 million refugees from just three volatile countries: Syria, Afghanistan, and Somalia. It\u2019s easy to be numbed by the numbers. Or even actively repelled\u2014across Europe and the United States, 2016 has seen a surge of anti-refugee protests and rhetoric conflatingrefugees and terrorists\u2014sentiments that influence elections and produce significant legislative and societal results. In a sense, the refugee crisis has helped generate a corresponding crisis in empathy. But if national and international political solutions seem sluggish or even impossible, what hope is there for refugees in the meantime if not for the empathy of individuals? Where there is a confluence of human suffering and nationalistic backlash, can empathy be taught, sparked, or successfully deployed? The MSF exhibit can be seen as a test of these questions. It creates an empathetic response by tying the visitor\u2019s experience to an individual\u2019s\u2014each participant is assigned a specific displaced person\u2019s identity, and each tour is given by an aid-worker who has served in an MSF camp. Throughout the journey, the guides share their own personal stories about people they lived with, worked with, and ministered to, further illuminating the individual suffering behind the numbers. Abdalrazag, a physician with MSF originally from Iraq, first got involved with the organization when he was in a camp as a refugee. On his tours, he talks about a friend of his who, after living in a refugee camp tent for years, so desperately missed a wall to lean his back on that he hugged the first wall he saw in his new home. After the tour, Abdalrazag admitted that this was his own experience, one he sometimes obscures because his memories are painful to recount. Another guide, Sarah Khenati, a psychologist with MSF-France who has worked in the Central African Republic (CAR) and the West Bank, shares a story on her tours about a woman who was raped and impregnated while fleeing her home, then involves her groups in the ensuing MSF discussion about how best to treat the woman after her psychotic breakdown. Tatiana Chiarella, an MSF nurse from Brazil who has been touring with the exhibit, explained how she sees the value of these kinds of personal stories: \u201cFor people living in the U.S., or even my people in Brazil, we are so far from the situation that you may hear their stories but you don\u2019t realize it could happen to any one of us.\u201d The people she treated \u201cwere just like us, they were doctors, nurses, engineers, lawyers, and suddenly this happened\u2014they have war in their countries and they have to flee for their life and for their families\u2014and they lost everything.\u201d Maybe it\u2019s strange to shift the discussion of a massive problem down to the granular level, especially when the world needs a response to match the scale of the crisis. Yet individuals generate a human response that statistics can\u2019t. Updated crisis figures from UNHCR don\u2019t go viral. Images of a drowned Syrian toddler on a beach in Turkey, or a wounded boy in an Aleppo ambulance, do. And they focus observers, however briefly, on the human cost of conflict.   Still, the problem is bigger than the tragedies of Alan Kurdi and Omran Daqneesh, so the question remains whether concentrating on a single victim can generate an empathy that expands to include others suffering outside those particular frames. According to Jamil Zaki, assistant professor of psychology and the director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Laboratory, even though empathy is a fundamental human emotion, people are not exactly wired for a globalized response. \u201cWhen we evolved, we were in small groups of interdependent individuals, so the people that you would run into and subsequently empathize with were probably family or extended family,\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd nowadays, we\u2019re given the unprecedented opportunity to empathize, reach out to and help, not just the people who are right around us, but people all around the world. That\u2019s a really enormous challenge as well as an opportunity, and I think that sometimes, our more evolutionarily old or primitive \u2026 emotional responses are not really perfectly designed for the modern world.\u201d This is even true of people who are already inclined to be sympathetic to refugees\u2014the people, in other words, likely to visit an exhibit like MSF\u2019s in the first place. On the tour I took, I met Cameron, a student from Charleston, South Carolina, who said: \u201cIt pains me to see how unaccepting communities can be of refugees especially when a good amount of people in the U.S. can trace their ancestry to people who left their home because of economic or political issues.\u201d He added, \u201cI think it definitely made me more empathetic and understanding because you only get so much information from the news and other media sources.\u201d U.S. President Barack Obama, in his 2006 Northwestern University commencement speech, called attention to what he saw as a national \u201cempathy deficit.\u201d He advised the graduates that, in a culture that does not encourage empathy, \u201cas you go on in life, cultivating this quality of empathy will become harder, not easier.  There\u2019s no community-service requirement in the real world; no one forcing you to care. You\u2019ll be free to live in neighborhoods with people who are exactly like yourself, and send your kids to the same schools, and narrow your concerns to what\u2019s going in your own little circle.\u201d That warning came 10 years ago; five years before the Syrian Civil War began, and eight years before UNHCR first identified a new record in the number of refugees worldwide. As David Desteno wrote for The Atlantic last summer, a recent study from the University of Michigan found, based on empathy assessments of 13,000 college students between 1979 and 2009, that \u201clevels of compassion and empathy are lower now than at any time in the past 30 years, and perhaps most alarming, they are declining at an increasing rate.\u201d If we think of empathy as malleable, it\u2019s an emotion that we can actively choose to engage with and develop. The barrier that the MSF exhibit and other calls to empathy might bump up against is our basic wiring: If our relationship to empathy is naturally individual and impulsive\u2014Zaki describes it as \u201cstaccato\u201d\u2014how do we create the sustained empathy suited to an ongoing and outsized crisis? Will the impact of an exhibit like Forced from Home\u2014or photos of children whose lives have been ended or upended by war\u2014be momentary or lasting? And what difference does any one person\u2019s feelings make to finding a genuine solution? Some of the answers may lie in the way we think about empathy. If we think of it as malleable, it\u2019s an emotion that we can actively choose to engage with and develop. Zaki emphasizes that empathy can be strengthened with practice: \u201cEmpathy is under our control more than we think it is. ... It\u2019s our responsibility to exercise empathy responsibly, and it\u2019s an opportunity for us to connect with more and more people if we work hard at building it.\u201d Most importantly, Zaki says, \u201cconvincing people that they can build their empathy actually helps them to build [it].\u201d He points to training programs that can change people\u2019s responses to others\u2019 suffering. A sampling of these empathy interventions across the country range from increasing care for homeless people in the Bay Area, to teaching empathy in middle schools to prevent bullying, to training police officers in Washington state to have compassion for citizens with mental illness so that they can be helped or hospitalized rather than arrested, though it\u2019s too early to judge their effects. The refugee and the empathy crises can\u2014but don\u2019t have to\u2014leave us with an action crisis. Even if MSF succeeds in generating empathy, the feeling by itself is not a solution. Still, it\u2019s hard to see how there can be a solution without it.", "essay": "I think what these people are going through is terrible. I think that empathy being taught in school and other places would be a good idea to some extent. I think that people really have to hvae that trait inside them in order for it to work. I think that teaching someone empathy is useless if they don't really believe in it."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "'They Were Just Like Us, and They Lost Everything' \u2014  Can empathy for refugees be taught? A few weeks ago, I scrambled to evacuate my area with the only five items I could grab\u2014my phone, passport, water, money, and medicine\u2014in the 30 seconds before I had to flee. Many of the roughly 65 million refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced people around the world today have had to make panicked choices like these; more than 4,000 have died at sea in overcrowded boats and rafts attempting to reach Europe from the Middle East. On Thursday last week, more than 200 additional people lost their lives in two separate shipwrecks off Libya. But my own \u201cescape\u201d was far away from that, on the safety of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., where M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF) had organized the Forced From Home exhibit. The aim was, in part, to put the staggering numbers of the crisis into tangible terms for those of us who don\u2019t have to contemplate actually being forced from home. So I took on the identity of an asylum-seeker from Honduras while my tour guide, Ahmed Abdalrazag, pled with the group to hurry up. If we were really fleeing, he explained, our time would be up and it might be too late. We got on a raft like the ones in which so many have risked, and lost, their lives in recent years\u2014though this one stayed on dry land\u2014and later, we were detained at a fenced border where our various legal classifications determined our future. At each stop, hardships from the journey forced us to give up one item, until we were left empty-handed in front of staged refugee tents\u2014where in real life another series of ordeals await those who make it that far. MSF, or Doctors Without Borders, the international aid group and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is touring the exhibit through five U.S. cities this fall, with a series of West Coast stops planned for next year. So far, according to an MSF spokesman, more than 17,000 people have attended, including over 3,400 students. MSF provides medical and related humanitarian aid in over 60 countries, often in dangerous circumstances\u2014the group describes its mission as assisting \u201cvictims of conflict, natural disasters, epidemics, or healthcare exclusion.\u201d In Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan recently, MSF-supported hospitals and the people who work there have themselves been victims of conflict. With the Forced From Home exhibit, MSF is trying to communicate, in concrete terms, the reality of people fleeing from those places and elsewhere, including Burundi, South Sudan, and Central America. Official action to mitigate this reality has been frustratingly slow. It has been more than two years since the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) first reported that the number of displaced people worldwide had surpassed the figures following World War II.  But as my colleague Uri Friedman wrote in September, the UN General Assembly only recently held its inaugural Summit for Refugees and Migrants, and the declaration that emerged from the meeting delays specific measures by UN member states for two more years. The timeline of the UN plan is not comforting to the refugees or concerned observers. The crisis figures are familiar, but remain unfathomable\u2014one in 113 people displaced \u201cby conflict and persecution in 2015;\u201d and 54 percent of 21 million refugees from just three volatile countries: Syria, Afghanistan, and Somalia. It\u2019s easy to be numbed by the numbers. Or even actively repelled\u2014across Europe and the United States, 2016 has seen a surge of anti-refugee protests and rhetoric conflatingrefugees and terrorists\u2014sentiments that influence elections and produce significant legislative and societal results. In a sense, the refugee crisis has helped generate a corresponding crisis in empathy. But if national and international political solutions seem sluggish or even impossible, what hope is there for refugees in the meantime if not for the empathy of individuals? Where there is a confluence of human suffering and nationalistic backlash, can empathy be taught, sparked, or successfully deployed? The MSF exhibit can be seen as a test of these questions. It creates an empathetic response by tying the visitor\u2019s experience to an individual\u2019s\u2014each participant is assigned a specific displaced person\u2019s identity, and each tour is given by an aid-worker who has served in an MSF camp. Throughout the journey, the guides share their own personal stories about people they lived with, worked with, and ministered to, further illuminating the individual suffering behind the numbers. Abdalrazag, a physician with MSF originally from Iraq, first got involved with the organization when he was in a camp as a refugee. On his tours, he talks about a friend of his who, after living in a refugee camp tent for years, so desperately missed a wall to lean his back on that he hugged the first wall he saw in his new home. After the tour, Abdalrazag admitted that this was his own experience, one he sometimes obscures because his memories are painful to recount. Another guide, Sarah Khenati, a psychologist with MSF-France who has worked in the Central African Republic (CAR) and the West Bank, shares a story on her tours about a woman who was raped and impregnated while fleeing her home, then involves her groups in the ensuing MSF discussion about how best to treat the woman after her psychotic breakdown. Tatiana Chiarella, an MSF nurse from Brazil who has been touring with the exhibit, explained how she sees the value of these kinds of personal stories: \u201cFor people living in the U.S., or even my people in Brazil, we are so far from the situation that you may hear their stories but you don\u2019t realize it could happen to any one of us.\u201d The people she treated \u201cwere just like us, they were doctors, nurses, engineers, lawyers, and suddenly this happened\u2014they have war in their countries and they have to flee for their life and for their families\u2014and they lost everything.\u201d Maybe it\u2019s strange to shift the discussion of a massive problem down to the granular level, especially when the world needs a response to match the scale of the crisis. Yet individuals generate a human response that statistics can\u2019t. Updated crisis figures from UNHCR don\u2019t go viral. Images of a drowned Syrian toddler on a beach in Turkey, or a wounded boy in an Aleppo ambulance, do. And they focus observers, however briefly, on the human cost of conflict.   Still, the problem is bigger than the tragedies of Alan Kurdi and Omran Daqneesh, so the question remains whether concentrating on a single victim can generate an empathy that expands to include others suffering outside those particular frames. According to Jamil Zaki, assistant professor of psychology and the director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Laboratory, even though empathy is a fundamental human emotion, people are not exactly wired for a globalized response. \u201cWhen we evolved, we were in small groups of interdependent individuals, so the people that you would run into and subsequently empathize with were probably family or extended family,\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd nowadays, we\u2019re given the unprecedented opportunity to empathize, reach out to and help, not just the people who are right around us, but people all around the world. That\u2019s a really enormous challenge as well as an opportunity, and I think that sometimes, our more evolutionarily old or primitive \u2026 emotional responses are not really perfectly designed for the modern world.\u201d This is even true of people who are already inclined to be sympathetic to refugees\u2014the people, in other words, likely to visit an exhibit like MSF\u2019s in the first place. On the tour I took, I met Cameron, a student from Charleston, South Carolina, who said: \u201cIt pains me to see how unaccepting communities can be of refugees especially when a good amount of people in the U.S. can trace their ancestry to people who left their home because of economic or political issues.\u201d He added, \u201cI think it definitely made me more empathetic and understanding because you only get so much information from the news and other media sources.\u201d U.S. President Barack Obama, in his 2006 Northwestern University commencement speech, called attention to what he saw as a national \u201cempathy deficit.\u201d He advised the graduates that, in a culture that does not encourage empathy, \u201cas you go on in life, cultivating this quality of empathy will become harder, not easier.  There\u2019s no community-service requirement in the real world; no one forcing you to care. You\u2019ll be free to live in neighborhoods with people who are exactly like yourself, and send your kids to the same schools, and narrow your concerns to what\u2019s going in your own little circle.\u201d That warning came 10 years ago; five years before the Syrian Civil War began, and eight years before UNHCR first identified a new record in the number of refugees worldwide. As David Desteno wrote for The Atlantic last summer, a recent study from the University of Michigan found, based on empathy assessments of 13,000 college students between 1979 and 2009, that \u201clevels of compassion and empathy are lower now than at any time in the past 30 years, and perhaps most alarming, they are declining at an increasing rate.\u201d If we think of empathy as malleable, it\u2019s an emotion that we can actively choose to engage with and develop. The barrier that the MSF exhibit and other calls to empathy might bump up against is our basic wiring: If our relationship to empathy is naturally individual and impulsive\u2014Zaki describes it as \u201cstaccato\u201d\u2014how do we create the sustained empathy suited to an ongoing and outsized crisis? Will the impact of an exhibit like Forced from Home\u2014or photos of children whose lives have been ended or upended by war\u2014be momentary or lasting? And what difference does any one person\u2019s feelings make to finding a genuine solution? Some of the answers may lie in the way we think about empathy. If we think of it as malleable, it\u2019s an emotion that we can actively choose to engage with and develop. Zaki emphasizes that empathy can be strengthened with practice: \u201cEmpathy is under our control more than we think it is. ... It\u2019s our responsibility to exercise empathy responsibly, and it\u2019s an opportunity for us to connect with more and more people if we work hard at building it.\u201d Most importantly, Zaki says, \u201cconvincing people that they can build their empathy actually helps them to build [it].\u201d He points to training programs that can change people\u2019s responses to others\u2019 suffering. A sampling of these empathy interventions across the country range from increasing care for homeless people in the Bay Area, to teaching empathy in middle schools to prevent bullying, to training police officers in Washington state to have compassion for citizens with mental illness so that they can be helped or hospitalized rather than arrested, though it\u2019s too early to judge their effects. The refugee and the empathy crises can\u2014but don\u2019t have to\u2014leave us with an action crisis. Even if MSF succeeds in generating empathy, the feeling by itself is not a solution. Still, it\u2019s hard to see how there can be a solution without it.", "essay": "Its really sad when these types of things happen. I feel like we need to do more to help these sort of people. I also understand that they are human like us and they have feelings too. Doctors without Borders does what it can  but it can only do so much without external help. The fact  that they are displaced by conflict and persecution makes me feel like we need to help countries first."}
{"user_id": "ec_p005", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 22 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 100000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 22, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 100000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "'They Were Just Like Us, and They Lost Everything' \u2014  Can empathy for refugees be taught? A few weeks ago, I scrambled to evacuate my area with the only five items I could grab\u2014my phone, passport, water, money, and medicine\u2014in the 30 seconds before I had to flee. Many of the roughly 65 million refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced people around the world today have had to make panicked choices like these; more than 4,000 have died at sea in overcrowded boats and rafts attempting to reach Europe from the Middle East. On Thursday last week, more than 200 additional people lost their lives in two separate shipwrecks off Libya. But my own \u201cescape\u201d was far away from that, on the safety of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., where M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF) had organized the Forced From Home exhibit. The aim was, in part, to put the staggering numbers of the crisis into tangible terms for those of us who don\u2019t have to contemplate actually being forced from home. So I took on the identity of an asylum-seeker from Honduras while my tour guide, Ahmed Abdalrazag, pled with the group to hurry up. If we were really fleeing, he explained, our time would be up and it might be too late. We got on a raft like the ones in which so many have risked, and lost, their lives in recent years\u2014though this one stayed on dry land\u2014and later, we were detained at a fenced border where our various legal classifications determined our future. At each stop, hardships from the journey forced us to give up one item, until we were left empty-handed in front of staged refugee tents\u2014where in real life another series of ordeals await those who make it that far. MSF, or Doctors Without Borders, the international aid group and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is touring the exhibit through five U.S. cities this fall, with a series of West Coast stops planned for next year. So far, according to an MSF spokesman, more than 17,000 people have attended, including over 3,400 students. MSF provides medical and related humanitarian aid in over 60 countries, often in dangerous circumstances\u2014the group describes its mission as assisting \u201cvictims of conflict, natural disasters, epidemics, or healthcare exclusion.\u201d In Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan recently, MSF-supported hospitals and the people who work there have themselves been victims of conflict. With the Forced From Home exhibit, MSF is trying to communicate, in concrete terms, the reality of people fleeing from those places and elsewhere, including Burundi, South Sudan, and Central America. Official action to mitigate this reality has been frustratingly slow. It has been more than two years since the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) first reported that the number of displaced people worldwide had surpassed the figures following World War II.  But as my colleague Uri Friedman wrote in September, the UN General Assembly only recently held its inaugural Summit for Refugees and Migrants, and the declaration that emerged from the meeting delays specific measures by UN member states for two more years. The timeline of the UN plan is not comforting to the refugees or concerned observers. The crisis figures are familiar, but remain unfathomable\u2014one in 113 people displaced \u201cby conflict and persecution in 2015;\u201d and 54 percent of 21 million refugees from just three volatile countries: Syria, Afghanistan, and Somalia. It\u2019s easy to be numbed by the numbers. Or even actively repelled\u2014across Europe and the United States, 2016 has seen a surge of anti-refugee protests and rhetoric conflatingrefugees and terrorists\u2014sentiments that influence elections and produce significant legislative and societal results. In a sense, the refugee crisis has helped generate a corresponding crisis in empathy. But if national and international political solutions seem sluggish or even impossible, what hope is there for refugees in the meantime if not for the empathy of individuals? Where there is a confluence of human suffering and nationalistic backlash, can empathy be taught, sparked, or successfully deployed? The MSF exhibit can be seen as a test of these questions. It creates an empathetic response by tying the visitor\u2019s experience to an individual\u2019s\u2014each participant is assigned a specific displaced person\u2019s identity, and each tour is given by an aid-worker who has served in an MSF camp. Throughout the journey, the guides share their own personal stories about people they lived with, worked with, and ministered to, further illuminating the individual suffering behind the numbers. Abdalrazag, a physician with MSF originally from Iraq, first got involved with the organization when he was in a camp as a refugee. On his tours, he talks about a friend of his who, after living in a refugee camp tent for years, so desperately missed a wall to lean his back on that he hugged the first wall he saw in his new home. After the tour, Abdalrazag admitted that this was his own experience, one he sometimes obscures because his memories are painful to recount. Another guide, Sarah Khenati, a psychologist with MSF-France who has worked in the Central African Republic (CAR) and the West Bank, shares a story on her tours about a woman who was raped and impregnated while fleeing her home, then involves her groups in the ensuing MSF discussion about how best to treat the woman after her psychotic breakdown. Tatiana Chiarella, an MSF nurse from Brazil who has been touring with the exhibit, explained how she sees the value of these kinds of personal stories: \u201cFor people living in the U.S., or even my people in Brazil, we are so far from the situation that you may hear their stories but you don\u2019t realize it could happen to any one of us.\u201d The people she treated \u201cwere just like us, they were doctors, nurses, engineers, lawyers, and suddenly this happened\u2014they have war in their countries and they have to flee for their life and for their families\u2014and they lost everything.\u201d Maybe it\u2019s strange to shift the discussion of a massive problem down to the granular level, especially when the world needs a response to match the scale of the crisis. Yet individuals generate a human response that statistics can\u2019t. Updated crisis figures from UNHCR don\u2019t go viral. Images of a drowned Syrian toddler on a beach in Turkey, or a wounded boy in an Aleppo ambulance, do. And they focus observers, however briefly, on the human cost of conflict.   Still, the problem is bigger than the tragedies of Alan Kurdi and Omran Daqneesh, so the question remains whether concentrating on a single victim can generate an empathy that expands to include others suffering outside those particular frames. According to Jamil Zaki, assistant professor of psychology and the director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Laboratory, even though empathy is a fundamental human emotion, people are not exactly wired for a globalized response. \u201cWhen we evolved, we were in small groups of interdependent individuals, so the people that you would run into and subsequently empathize with were probably family or extended family,\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd nowadays, we\u2019re given the unprecedented opportunity to empathize, reach out to and help, not just the people who are right around us, but people all around the world. That\u2019s a really enormous challenge as well as an opportunity, and I think that sometimes, our more evolutionarily old or primitive \u2026 emotional responses are not really perfectly designed for the modern world.\u201d This is even true of people who are already inclined to be sympathetic to refugees\u2014the people, in other words, likely to visit an exhibit like MSF\u2019s in the first place. On the tour I took, I met Cameron, a student from Charleston, South Carolina, who said: \u201cIt pains me to see how unaccepting communities can be of refugees especially when a good amount of people in the U.S. can trace their ancestry to people who left their home because of economic or political issues.\u201d He added, \u201cI think it definitely made me more empathetic and understanding because you only get so much information from the news and other media sources.\u201d U.S. President Barack Obama, in his 2006 Northwestern University commencement speech, called attention to what he saw as a national \u201cempathy deficit.\u201d He advised the graduates that, in a culture that does not encourage empathy, \u201cas you go on in life, cultivating this quality of empathy will become harder, not easier.  There\u2019s no community-service requirement in the real world; no one forcing you to care. You\u2019ll be free to live in neighborhoods with people who are exactly like yourself, and send your kids to the same schools, and narrow your concerns to what\u2019s going in your own little circle.\u201d That warning came 10 years ago; five years before the Syrian Civil War began, and eight years before UNHCR first identified a new record in the number of refugees worldwide. As David Desteno wrote for The Atlantic last summer, a recent study from the University of Michigan found, based on empathy assessments of 13,000 college students between 1979 and 2009, that \u201clevels of compassion and empathy are lower now than at any time in the past 30 years, and perhaps most alarming, they are declining at an increasing rate.\u201d If we think of empathy as malleable, it\u2019s an emotion that we can actively choose to engage with and develop. The barrier that the MSF exhibit and other calls to empathy might bump up against is our basic wiring: If our relationship to empathy is naturally individual and impulsive\u2014Zaki describes it as \u201cstaccato\u201d\u2014how do we create the sustained empathy suited to an ongoing and outsized crisis? Will the impact of an exhibit like Forced from Home\u2014or photos of children whose lives have been ended or upended by war\u2014be momentary or lasting? And what difference does any one person\u2019s feelings make to finding a genuine solution? Some of the answers may lie in the way we think about empathy. If we think of it as malleable, it\u2019s an emotion that we can actively choose to engage with and develop. Zaki emphasizes that empathy can be strengthened with practice: \u201cEmpathy is under our control more than we think it is. ... It\u2019s our responsibility to exercise empathy responsibly, and it\u2019s an opportunity for us to connect with more and more people if we work hard at building it.\u201d Most importantly, Zaki says, \u201cconvincing people that they can build their empathy actually helps them to build [it].\u201d He points to training programs that can change people\u2019s responses to others\u2019 suffering. A sampling of these empathy interventions across the country range from increasing care for homeless people in the Bay Area, to teaching empathy in middle schools to prevent bullying, to training police officers in Washington state to have compassion for citizens with mental illness so that they can be helped or hospitalized rather than arrested, though it\u2019s too early to judge their effects. The refugee and the empathy crises can\u2014but don\u2019t have to\u2014leave us with an action crisis. Even if MSF succeeds in generating empathy, the feeling by itself is not a solution. Still, it\u2019s hard to see how there can be a solution without it.", "essay": "We all need to ask ourselves Can empathy for refugees be taught? A few weeks ago, I scrambled to evacuate my area with the only five items I could grab?my phone, passport, water, money, and medicine?in the 30 seconds before I had to flee. Many of the roughly 65 million refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced people around the world today have had to make panicked choices like these; more than 4,000 have died at sea in overcrowded boats and rafts attempting to reach Europe from the Middle East. I wish people around the world show more empathy to the needy."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "'They Were Just Like Us, and They Lost Everything' \u2014  Can empathy for refugees be taught? A few weeks ago, I scrambled to evacuate my area with the only five items I could grab\u2014my phone, passport, water, money, and medicine\u2014in the 30 seconds before I had to flee. Many of the roughly 65 million refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced people around the world today have had to make panicked choices like these; more than 4,000 have died at sea in overcrowded boats and rafts attempting to reach Europe from the Middle East. On Thursday last week, more than 200 additional people lost their lives in two separate shipwrecks off Libya. But my own \u201cescape\u201d was far away from that, on the safety of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., where M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF) had organized the Forced From Home exhibit. The aim was, in part, to put the staggering numbers of the crisis into tangible terms for those of us who don\u2019t have to contemplate actually being forced from home. So I took on the identity of an asylum-seeker from Honduras while my tour guide, Ahmed Abdalrazag, pled with the group to hurry up. If we were really fleeing, he explained, our time would be up and it might be too late. We got on a raft like the ones in which so many have risked, and lost, their lives in recent years\u2014though this one stayed on dry land\u2014and later, we were detained at a fenced border where our various legal classifications determined our future. At each stop, hardships from the journey forced us to give up one item, until we were left empty-handed in front of staged refugee tents\u2014where in real life another series of ordeals await those who make it that far. MSF, or Doctors Without Borders, the international aid group and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is touring the exhibit through five U.S. cities this fall, with a series of West Coast stops planned for next year. So far, according to an MSF spokesman, more than 17,000 people have attended, including over 3,400 students. MSF provides medical and related humanitarian aid in over 60 countries, often in dangerous circumstances\u2014the group describes its mission as assisting \u201cvictims of conflict, natural disasters, epidemics, or healthcare exclusion.\u201d In Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan recently, MSF-supported hospitals and the people who work there have themselves been victims of conflict. With the Forced From Home exhibit, MSF is trying to communicate, in concrete terms, the reality of people fleeing from those places and elsewhere, including Burundi, South Sudan, and Central America. Official action to mitigate this reality has been frustratingly slow. It has been more than two years since the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) first reported that the number of displaced people worldwide had surpassed the figures following World War II.  But as my colleague Uri Friedman wrote in September, the UN General Assembly only recently held its inaugural Summit for Refugees and Migrants, and the declaration that emerged from the meeting delays specific measures by UN member states for two more years. The timeline of the UN plan is not comforting to the refugees or concerned observers. The crisis figures are familiar, but remain unfathomable\u2014one in 113 people displaced \u201cby conflict and persecution in 2015;\u201d and 54 percent of 21 million refugees from just three volatile countries: Syria, Afghanistan, and Somalia. It\u2019s easy to be numbed by the numbers. Or even actively repelled\u2014across Europe and the United States, 2016 has seen a surge of anti-refugee protests and rhetoric conflatingrefugees and terrorists\u2014sentiments that influence elections and produce significant legislative and societal results. In a sense, the refugee crisis has helped generate a corresponding crisis in empathy. But if national and international political solutions seem sluggish or even impossible, what hope is there for refugees in the meantime if not for the empathy of individuals? Where there is a confluence of human suffering and nationalistic backlash, can empathy be taught, sparked, or successfully deployed? The MSF exhibit can be seen as a test of these questions. It creates an empathetic response by tying the visitor\u2019s experience to an individual\u2019s\u2014each participant is assigned a specific displaced person\u2019s identity, and each tour is given by an aid-worker who has served in an MSF camp. Throughout the journey, the guides share their own personal stories about people they lived with, worked with, and ministered to, further illuminating the individual suffering behind the numbers. Abdalrazag, a physician with MSF originally from Iraq, first got involved with the organization when he was in a camp as a refugee. On his tours, he talks about a friend of his who, after living in a refugee camp tent for years, so desperately missed a wall to lean his back on that he hugged the first wall he saw in his new home. After the tour, Abdalrazag admitted that this was his own experience, one he sometimes obscures because his memories are painful to recount. Another guide, Sarah Khenati, a psychologist with MSF-France who has worked in the Central African Republic (CAR) and the West Bank, shares a story on her tours about a woman who was raped and impregnated while fleeing her home, then involves her groups in the ensuing MSF discussion about how best to treat the woman after her psychotic breakdown. Tatiana Chiarella, an MSF nurse from Brazil who has been touring with the exhibit, explained how she sees the value of these kinds of personal stories: \u201cFor people living in the U.S., or even my people in Brazil, we are so far from the situation that you may hear their stories but you don\u2019t realize it could happen to any one of us.\u201d The people she treated \u201cwere just like us, they were doctors, nurses, engineers, lawyers, and suddenly this happened\u2014they have war in their countries and they have to flee for their life and for their families\u2014and they lost everything.\u201d Maybe it\u2019s strange to shift the discussion of a massive problem down to the granular level, especially when the world needs a response to match the scale of the crisis. Yet individuals generate a human response that statistics can\u2019t. Updated crisis figures from UNHCR don\u2019t go viral. Images of a drowned Syrian toddler on a beach in Turkey, or a wounded boy in an Aleppo ambulance, do. And they focus observers, however briefly, on the human cost of conflict.   Still, the problem is bigger than the tragedies of Alan Kurdi and Omran Daqneesh, so the question remains whether concentrating on a single victim can generate an empathy that expands to include others suffering outside those particular frames. According to Jamil Zaki, assistant professor of psychology and the director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Laboratory, even though empathy is a fundamental human emotion, people are not exactly wired for a globalized response. \u201cWhen we evolved, we were in small groups of interdependent individuals, so the people that you would run into and subsequently empathize with were probably family or extended family,\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd nowadays, we\u2019re given the unprecedented opportunity to empathize, reach out to and help, not just the people who are right around us, but people all around the world. That\u2019s a really enormous challenge as well as an opportunity, and I think that sometimes, our more evolutionarily old or primitive \u2026 emotional responses are not really perfectly designed for the modern world.\u201d This is even true of people who are already inclined to be sympathetic to refugees\u2014the people, in other words, likely to visit an exhibit like MSF\u2019s in the first place. On the tour I took, I met Cameron, a student from Charleston, South Carolina, who said: \u201cIt pains me to see how unaccepting communities can be of refugees especially when a good amount of people in the U.S. can trace their ancestry to people who left their home because of economic or political issues.\u201d He added, \u201cI think it definitely made me more empathetic and understanding because you only get so much information from the news and other media sources.\u201d U.S. President Barack Obama, in his 2006 Northwestern University commencement speech, called attention to what he saw as a national \u201cempathy deficit.\u201d He advised the graduates that, in a culture that does not encourage empathy, \u201cas you go on in life, cultivating this quality of empathy will become harder, not easier.  There\u2019s no community-service requirement in the real world; no one forcing you to care. You\u2019ll be free to live in neighborhoods with people who are exactly like yourself, and send your kids to the same schools, and narrow your concerns to what\u2019s going in your own little circle.\u201d That warning came 10 years ago; five years before the Syrian Civil War began, and eight years before UNHCR first identified a new record in the number of refugees worldwide. As David Desteno wrote for The Atlantic last summer, a recent study from the University of Michigan found, based on empathy assessments of 13,000 college students between 1979 and 2009, that \u201clevels of compassion and empathy are lower now than at any time in the past 30 years, and perhaps most alarming, they are declining at an increasing rate.\u201d If we think of empathy as malleable, it\u2019s an emotion that we can actively choose to engage with and develop. The barrier that the MSF exhibit and other calls to empathy might bump up against is our basic wiring: If our relationship to empathy is naturally individual and impulsive\u2014Zaki describes it as \u201cstaccato\u201d\u2014how do we create the sustained empathy suited to an ongoing and outsized crisis? Will the impact of an exhibit like Forced from Home\u2014or photos of children whose lives have been ended or upended by war\u2014be momentary or lasting? And what difference does any one person\u2019s feelings make to finding a genuine solution? Some of the answers may lie in the way we think about empathy. If we think of it as malleable, it\u2019s an emotion that we can actively choose to engage with and develop. Zaki emphasizes that empathy can be strengthened with practice: \u201cEmpathy is under our control more than we think it is. ... It\u2019s our responsibility to exercise empathy responsibly, and it\u2019s an opportunity for us to connect with more and more people if we work hard at building it.\u201d Most importantly, Zaki says, \u201cconvincing people that they can build their empathy actually helps them to build [it].\u201d He points to training programs that can change people\u2019s responses to others\u2019 suffering. A sampling of these empathy interventions across the country range from increasing care for homeless people in the Bay Area, to teaching empathy in middle schools to prevent bullying, to training police officers in Washington state to have compassion for citizens with mental illness so that they can be helped or hospitalized rather than arrested, though it\u2019s too early to judge their effects. The refugee and the empathy crises can\u2014but don\u2019t have to\u2014leave us with an action crisis. Even if MSF succeeds in generating empathy, the feeling by itself is not a solution. Still, it\u2019s hard to see how there can be a solution without it.", "essay": "I don't care about refugees.  We can't have empathy for every single person in the world.  There are just too many.  It's not practical.  You can't turn individual problems into global problems, and global problems into individual problems.  It's just too much.  I also loved how that one person said that this type of thing could happen to anyone.  No.  No it couldn't.  I don't live in a shithole country where I have to flee persecution and get raped and impregnated and go crazy along the way.  I live in a civilized country where people aren't animals and you can mostly go about your daily life without too much trouble.  These people need to fix their own countries, not use civilized people as a crutch."}
{"user_id": "ec_p050", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 165000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.75 in openness, 6.25 in conscientiousness, 3.25 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 165000, "personality": {"openness": 5.75, "conscientiousness": 6.25, "extraversion": 3.25, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "'They Were Just Like Us, and They Lost Everything' \u2014  Can empathy for refugees be taught? A few weeks ago, I scrambled to evacuate my area with the only five items I could grab\u2014my phone, passport, water, money, and medicine\u2014in the 30 seconds before I had to flee. Many of the roughly 65 million refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced people around the world today have had to make panicked choices like these; more than 4,000 have died at sea in overcrowded boats and rafts attempting to reach Europe from the Middle East. On Thursday last week, more than 200 additional people lost their lives in two separate shipwrecks off Libya. But my own \u201cescape\u201d was far away from that, on the safety of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., where M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF) had organized the Forced From Home exhibit. The aim was, in part, to put the staggering numbers of the crisis into tangible terms for those of us who don\u2019t have to contemplate actually being forced from home. So I took on the identity of an asylum-seeker from Honduras while my tour guide, Ahmed Abdalrazag, pled with the group to hurry up. If we were really fleeing, he explained, our time would be up and it might be too late. We got on a raft like the ones in which so many have risked, and lost, their lives in recent years\u2014though this one stayed on dry land\u2014and later, we were detained at a fenced border where our various legal classifications determined our future. At each stop, hardships from the journey forced us to give up one item, until we were left empty-handed in front of staged refugee tents\u2014where in real life another series of ordeals await those who make it that far. MSF, or Doctors Without Borders, the international aid group and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is touring the exhibit through five U.S. cities this fall, with a series of West Coast stops planned for next year. So far, according to an MSF spokesman, more than 17,000 people have attended, including over 3,400 students. MSF provides medical and related humanitarian aid in over 60 countries, often in dangerous circumstances\u2014the group describes its mission as assisting \u201cvictims of conflict, natural disasters, epidemics, or healthcare exclusion.\u201d In Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan recently, MSF-supported hospitals and the people who work there have themselves been victims of conflict. With the Forced From Home exhibit, MSF is trying to communicate, in concrete terms, the reality of people fleeing from those places and elsewhere, including Burundi, South Sudan, and Central America. Official action to mitigate this reality has been frustratingly slow. It has been more than two years since the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) first reported that the number of displaced people worldwide had surpassed the figures following World War II.  But as my colleague Uri Friedman wrote in September, the UN General Assembly only recently held its inaugural Summit for Refugees and Migrants, and the declaration that emerged from the meeting delays specific measures by UN member states for two more years. The timeline of the UN plan is not comforting to the refugees or concerned observers. The crisis figures are familiar, but remain unfathomable\u2014one in 113 people displaced \u201cby conflict and persecution in 2015;\u201d and 54 percent of 21 million refugees from just three volatile countries: Syria, Afghanistan, and Somalia. It\u2019s easy to be numbed by the numbers. Or even actively repelled\u2014across Europe and the United States, 2016 has seen a surge of anti-refugee protests and rhetoric conflatingrefugees and terrorists\u2014sentiments that influence elections and produce significant legislative and societal results. In a sense, the refugee crisis has helped generate a corresponding crisis in empathy. But if national and international political solutions seem sluggish or even impossible, what hope is there for refugees in the meantime if not for the empathy of individuals? Where there is a confluence of human suffering and nationalistic backlash, can empathy be taught, sparked, or successfully deployed? The MSF exhibit can be seen as a test of these questions. It creates an empathetic response by tying the visitor\u2019s experience to an individual\u2019s\u2014each participant is assigned a specific displaced person\u2019s identity, and each tour is given by an aid-worker who has served in an MSF camp. Throughout the journey, the guides share their own personal stories about people they lived with, worked with, and ministered to, further illuminating the individual suffering behind the numbers. Abdalrazag, a physician with MSF originally from Iraq, first got involved with the organization when he was in a camp as a refugee. On his tours, he talks about a friend of his who, after living in a refugee camp tent for years, so desperately missed a wall to lean his back on that he hugged the first wall he saw in his new home. After the tour, Abdalrazag admitted that this was his own experience, one he sometimes obscures because his memories are painful to recount. Another guide, Sarah Khenati, a psychologist with MSF-France who has worked in the Central African Republic (CAR) and the West Bank, shares a story on her tours about a woman who was raped and impregnated while fleeing her home, then involves her groups in the ensuing MSF discussion about how best to treat the woman after her psychotic breakdown. Tatiana Chiarella, an MSF nurse from Brazil who has been touring with the exhibit, explained how she sees the value of these kinds of personal stories: \u201cFor people living in the U.S., or even my people in Brazil, we are so far from the situation that you may hear their stories but you don\u2019t realize it could happen to any one of us.\u201d The people she treated \u201cwere just like us, they were doctors, nurses, engineers, lawyers, and suddenly this happened\u2014they have war in their countries and they have to flee for their life and for their families\u2014and they lost everything.\u201d Maybe it\u2019s strange to shift the discussion of a massive problem down to the granular level, especially when the world needs a response to match the scale of the crisis. Yet individuals generate a human response that statistics can\u2019t. Updated crisis figures from UNHCR don\u2019t go viral. Images of a drowned Syrian toddler on a beach in Turkey, or a wounded boy in an Aleppo ambulance, do. And they focus observers, however briefly, on the human cost of conflict.   Still, the problem is bigger than the tragedies of Alan Kurdi and Omran Daqneesh, so the question remains whether concentrating on a single victim can generate an empathy that expands to include others suffering outside those particular frames. According to Jamil Zaki, assistant professor of psychology and the director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Laboratory, even though empathy is a fundamental human emotion, people are not exactly wired for a globalized response. \u201cWhen we evolved, we were in small groups of interdependent individuals, so the people that you would run into and subsequently empathize with were probably family or extended family,\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd nowadays, we\u2019re given the unprecedented opportunity to empathize, reach out to and help, not just the people who are right around us, but people all around the world. That\u2019s a really enormous challenge as well as an opportunity, and I think that sometimes, our more evolutionarily old or primitive \u2026 emotional responses are not really perfectly designed for the modern world.\u201d This is even true of people who are already inclined to be sympathetic to refugees\u2014the people, in other words, likely to visit an exhibit like MSF\u2019s in the first place. On the tour I took, I met Cameron, a student from Charleston, South Carolina, who said: \u201cIt pains me to see how unaccepting communities can be of refugees especially when a good amount of people in the U.S. can trace their ancestry to people who left their home because of economic or political issues.\u201d He added, \u201cI think it definitely made me more empathetic and understanding because you only get so much information from the news and other media sources.\u201d U.S. President Barack Obama, in his 2006 Northwestern University commencement speech, called attention to what he saw as a national \u201cempathy deficit.\u201d He advised the graduates that, in a culture that does not encourage empathy, \u201cas you go on in life, cultivating this quality of empathy will become harder, not easier.  There\u2019s no community-service requirement in the real world; no one forcing you to care. You\u2019ll be free to live in neighborhoods with people who are exactly like yourself, and send your kids to the same schools, and narrow your concerns to what\u2019s going in your own little circle.\u201d That warning came 10 years ago; five years before the Syrian Civil War began, and eight years before UNHCR first identified a new record in the number of refugees worldwide. As David Desteno wrote for The Atlantic last summer, a recent study from the University of Michigan found, based on empathy assessments of 13,000 college students between 1979 and 2009, that \u201clevels of compassion and empathy are lower now than at any time in the past 30 years, and perhaps most alarming, they are declining at an increasing rate.\u201d If we think of empathy as malleable, it\u2019s an emotion that we can actively choose to engage with and develop. The barrier that the MSF exhibit and other calls to empathy might bump up against is our basic wiring: If our relationship to empathy is naturally individual and impulsive\u2014Zaki describes it as \u201cstaccato\u201d\u2014how do we create the sustained empathy suited to an ongoing and outsized crisis? Will the impact of an exhibit like Forced from Home\u2014or photos of children whose lives have been ended or upended by war\u2014be momentary or lasting? And what difference does any one person\u2019s feelings make to finding a genuine solution? Some of the answers may lie in the way we think about empathy. If we think of it as malleable, it\u2019s an emotion that we can actively choose to engage with and develop. Zaki emphasizes that empathy can be strengthened with practice: \u201cEmpathy is under our control more than we think it is. ... It\u2019s our responsibility to exercise empathy responsibly, and it\u2019s an opportunity for us to connect with more and more people if we work hard at building it.\u201d Most importantly, Zaki says, \u201cconvincing people that they can build their empathy actually helps them to build [it].\u201d He points to training programs that can change people\u2019s responses to others\u2019 suffering. A sampling of these empathy interventions across the country range from increasing care for homeless people in the Bay Area, to teaching empathy in middle schools to prevent bullying, to training police officers in Washington state to have compassion for citizens with mental illness so that they can be helped or hospitalized rather than arrested, though it\u2019s too early to judge their effects. The refugee and the empathy crises can\u2014but don\u2019t have to\u2014leave us with an action crisis. Even if MSF succeeds in generating empathy, the feeling by itself is not a solution. Still, it\u2019s hard to see how there can be a solution without it.", "essay": "There should be empathy to refugees. They didnt chose their situation. They are just victim of circumstances. I wish I can really help them. More love and support should be given to them. I dont imagine myself losing all the things I have. I cant count the number of times people have lost their homes and all"}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "TRAGEDY: Tampa man lost wife, 2 children, in horrific crash that killed 5 \u2014  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 The heartache of losing a loved one in a sudden, unexpected moment is devastating.   The shock is jarring and confusing. Families and friends are left with broken hearts and aching spirits. Losing one person is painful. But, for a Tampa husband, the grief is paralyzing and unbearable.   On Wednesday night, John Bernal lost his wife, his youngest daughter and his youngest son in a horrific car accident on MLK.   Mother Marianela Murillo and her two youngest children, John Bernal, Jr.  and Isabell Bernal, along with her teenager, Lina Bernal, were returning home from church when they were hit head-on in a fiery crash.   Their minivan burst into flames with the family trapped inside. The teenage daughter and her cousin visiting from Colombia, Luisa Louisa, were the only ones to survive in that van.   A relative began sobbing as she recalled the events while speaking to WFLA at Tampa General Hospital.   \u201cMy biggest thing is, I hope they didn\u2019t suffer,\u201d Gisela Martinez cried. \u201cThe car did catch on fire, and there were children in that car.\u201d   While eyewitnesses claim it was street racing, the Florida Highway Patrol says there\u2019s no evidence to prove it.   However, troopers say that the young man who caused the accident, 22-year-old Pablo Cortes III, was traveling at a high rate of speed when he lost control of his Volkswagen Golf. Both he and his passenger, Jolie Bartolome, were killed.   Family members are heartbroken and their hearts go out to the husband who lost his wife and two children.   \u201cHe\u2019s suffering right now. He\u2019s in pieces. I don\u2019t wish this upon anybody at all. I mean, he is really in pieces,\u201d said Mizrah Medina, a cousin.", "essay": "It's quite sad what happened to the family. I can't even imagine what everyone is going through especially family members. Losing someone to an accident is something you never expect and something that will hurt for a long time. I felt really sad while reading the article because the children were so young and had so much ahead of them."}
{"user_id": "ec_p007", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 3.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 3.0}}, "article": "TRAGEDY: Tampa man lost wife, 2 children, in horrific crash that killed 5 \u2014  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 The heartache of losing a loved one in a sudden, unexpected moment is devastating.   The shock is jarring and confusing. Families and friends are left with broken hearts and aching spirits. Losing one person is painful. But, for a Tampa husband, the grief is paralyzing and unbearable.   On Wednesday night, John Bernal lost his wife, his youngest daughter and his youngest son in a horrific car accident on MLK.   Mother Marianela Murillo and her two youngest children, John Bernal, Jr.  and Isabell Bernal, along with her teenager, Lina Bernal, were returning home from church when they were hit head-on in a fiery crash.   Their minivan burst into flames with the family trapped inside. The teenage daughter and her cousin visiting from Colombia, Luisa Louisa, were the only ones to survive in that van.   A relative began sobbing as she recalled the events while speaking to WFLA at Tampa General Hospital.   \u201cMy biggest thing is, I hope they didn\u2019t suffer,\u201d Gisela Martinez cried. \u201cThe car did catch on fire, and there were children in that car.\u201d   While eyewitnesses claim it was street racing, the Florida Highway Patrol says there\u2019s no evidence to prove it.   However, troopers say that the young man who caused the accident, 22-year-old Pablo Cortes III, was traveling at a high rate of speed when he lost control of his Volkswagen Golf. Both he and his passenger, Jolie Bartolome, were killed.   Family members are heartbroken and their hearts go out to the husband who lost his wife and two children.   \u201cHe\u2019s suffering right now. He\u2019s in pieces. I don\u2019t wish this upon anybody at all. I mean, he is really in pieces,\u201d said Mizrah Medina, a cousin.", "essay": "I tihnk it is so sad that that man lost his wife and kid in a car wreck. If the person who hit them was indeed street racing; he caused a family unknowable greif. No one deserves to die liek that; on fir ein a car. And no one deserves to go through that kind of grief. I hope that man gets the support he needs, and I hope his family did not have to suffer before they passed."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "TRAGEDY: Tampa man lost wife, 2 children, in horrific crash that killed 5 \u2014  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 The heartache of losing a loved one in a sudden, unexpected moment is devastating.   The shock is jarring and confusing. Families and friends are left with broken hearts and aching spirits. Losing one person is painful. But, for a Tampa husband, the grief is paralyzing and unbearable.   On Wednesday night, John Bernal lost his wife, his youngest daughter and his youngest son in a horrific car accident on MLK.   Mother Marianela Murillo and her two youngest children, John Bernal, Jr.  and Isabell Bernal, along with her teenager, Lina Bernal, were returning home from church when they were hit head-on in a fiery crash.   Their minivan burst into flames with the family trapped inside. The teenage daughter and her cousin visiting from Colombia, Luisa Louisa, were the only ones to survive in that van.   A relative began sobbing as she recalled the events while speaking to WFLA at Tampa General Hospital.   \u201cMy biggest thing is, I hope they didn\u2019t suffer,\u201d Gisela Martinez cried. \u201cThe car did catch on fire, and there were children in that car.\u201d   While eyewitnesses claim it was street racing, the Florida Highway Patrol says there\u2019s no evidence to prove it.   However, troopers say that the young man who caused the accident, 22-year-old Pablo Cortes III, was traveling at a high rate of speed when he lost control of his Volkswagen Golf. Both he and his passenger, Jolie Bartolome, were killed.   Family members are heartbroken and their hearts go out to the husband who lost his wife and two children.   \u201cHe\u2019s suffering right now. He\u2019s in pieces. I don\u2019t wish this upon anybody at all. I mean, he is really in pieces,\u201d said Mizrah Medina, a cousin.", "essay": "this is just sad no one expects to die in a crash like this. I feel like overall it is very depressing and just quite sad. The fact that Lina was returning home from church when they were hit makes it even sadder. I feel like they need to find a way to prevent these crashes although it is quite hard for me to pinpoint exactly what to do."}
{"user_id": "ec_p043", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 27000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 3.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 27000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 3.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "TRAGEDY: Tampa man lost wife, 2 children, in horrific crash that killed 5 \u2014  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 The heartache of losing a loved one in a sudden, unexpected moment is devastating.   The shock is jarring and confusing. Families and friends are left with broken hearts and aching spirits. Losing one person is painful. But, for a Tampa husband, the grief is paralyzing and unbearable.   On Wednesday night, John Bernal lost his wife, his youngest daughter and his youngest son in a horrific car accident on MLK.   Mother Marianela Murillo and her two youngest children, John Bernal, Jr.  and Isabell Bernal, along with her teenager, Lina Bernal, were returning home from church when they were hit head-on in a fiery crash.   Their minivan burst into flames with the family trapped inside. The teenage daughter and her cousin visiting from Colombia, Luisa Louisa, were the only ones to survive in that van.   A relative began sobbing as she recalled the events while speaking to WFLA at Tampa General Hospital.   \u201cMy biggest thing is, I hope they didn\u2019t suffer,\u201d Gisela Martinez cried. \u201cThe car did catch on fire, and there were children in that car.\u201d   While eyewitnesses claim it was street racing, the Florida Highway Patrol says there\u2019s no evidence to prove it.   However, troopers say that the young man who caused the accident, 22-year-old Pablo Cortes III, was traveling at a high rate of speed when he lost control of his Volkswagen Golf. Both he and his passenger, Jolie Bartolome, were killed.   Family members are heartbroken and their hearts go out to the husband who lost his wife and two children.   \u201cHe\u2019s suffering right now. He\u2019s in pieces. I don\u2019t wish this upon anybody at all. I mean, he is really in pieces,\u201d said Mizrah Medina, a cousin.", "essay": "I really hope the guy who caused this accident wasn't street racing. That's so unbelievably dangerous and stupid. The dad and surviving family could maybe cope with it a little better if the person who slammed into their relatives van wasn't doing anything stupid and it was just an accident. It's sad a sad story. Out of nowhere, half their family is dead, instantly. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Billy Bob Thornton says he 'never felt good enough' for Angelina Jolie \u2014  Billy Bob Thornton is opening up about his three-year marriage to Angelina Jolie as the 41-year-old actress is in the midst of a divorce from Brad Pitt.   The 61-year-old actor married Jolie, who is 20 years his junior, in 2000 after the two met on set of the 1999 movie, \"Pushing Tin.\" They separated in June 2002 and divorced the following year.   \"I never felt good enough for her,\" Thornton tells November issue of GQ magazine. The Oscar winner says Jolie's high-profile life wasn't his speed, and that he's \"real uncomfortable around rich and important people.\"   That being said, Thornton adds that he's still friends with his ex-wife and speaks to her every few months.   In 2014, the actor told The Hollywood Reporter that he was \"not fond\" of that \"crazy time\" when he was married to Jolie, which included wearing vials of each other's blood around their necks. \"Vial of blood is very simple,\" he explained. \"You know those lockets you buy that are clear and you put a picture of your grannie in and wear it around your neck? She bought two of those. We were apart a lot because she's off making Tomb Raider and I'm making Monster's Ball. She thought it would be interesting and romantic if we took a little razor blade and sliced our fingers, smeared a little blood on these lockets and you wear it around your neck just like you wear your son or daughter's baby hair in one. Same thing.\"   After her split with Thornton, Jolie struck up a relationship with Pitt after meeting him on set of their 2005 film, \"Mr. & Mrs. Smith.\" In September of this year, Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt after two years of marriage and 11 years together. Just this week, the 52-year-old actor was cleared of child abuse allegations by Department of Child and Family Services.   In a statement to ET, Jolie's rep said the mother of six was \"relieved\" that the investigation had concluded, and that her focus has always been the health of the family.", "essay": "I guess I feel sad for any person who feel they do not fix into their marriage. I hope he found what he was looking for with another person. I hope they both find happiness. In the world today marriages do not seem like they are built to last. I think people give up too easily and do not work through the hard times."}
{"user_id": "ec_p007", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 3.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 3.0}}, "article": "Billy Bob Thornton says he 'never felt good enough' for Angelina Jolie \u2014  Billy Bob Thornton is opening up about his three-year marriage to Angelina Jolie as the 41-year-old actress is in the midst of a divorce from Brad Pitt.   The 61-year-old actor married Jolie, who is 20 years his junior, in 2000 after the two met on set of the 1999 movie, \"Pushing Tin.\" They separated in June 2002 and divorced the following year.   \"I never felt good enough for her,\" Thornton tells November issue of GQ magazine. The Oscar winner says Jolie's high-profile life wasn't his speed, and that he's \"real uncomfortable around rich and important people.\"   That being said, Thornton adds that he's still friends with his ex-wife and speaks to her every few months.   In 2014, the actor told The Hollywood Reporter that he was \"not fond\" of that \"crazy time\" when he was married to Jolie, which included wearing vials of each other's blood around their necks. \"Vial of blood is very simple,\" he explained. \"You know those lockets you buy that are clear and you put a picture of your grannie in and wear it around your neck? She bought two of those. We were apart a lot because she's off making Tomb Raider and I'm making Monster's Ball. She thought it would be interesting and romantic if we took a little razor blade and sliced our fingers, smeared a little blood on these lockets and you wear it around your neck just like you wear your son or daughter's baby hair in one. Same thing.\"   After her split with Thornton, Jolie struck up a relationship with Pitt after meeting him on set of their 2005 film, \"Mr. & Mrs. Smith.\" In September of this year, Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt after two years of marriage and 11 years together. Just this week, the 52-year-old actor was cleared of child abuse allegations by Department of Child and Family Services.   In a statement to ET, Jolie's rep said the mother of six was \"relieved\" that the investigation had concluded, and that her focus has always been the health of the family.", "essay": "I think it is kinda messed up the way Jolie acts in her relationships. Wearing a vial of eachother's blood? That is weird. I wonder if she was overly controlling as well. I dated someone who was extremely controlling and manipulative and it was one fo the worst periods of my life. I feel for all the guys she's been with."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Billy Bob Thornton says he 'never felt good enough' for Angelina Jolie \u2014  Billy Bob Thornton is opening up about his three-year marriage to Angelina Jolie as the 41-year-old actress is in the midst of a divorce from Brad Pitt.   The 61-year-old actor married Jolie, who is 20 years his junior, in 2000 after the two met on set of the 1999 movie, \"Pushing Tin.\" They separated in June 2002 and divorced the following year.   \"I never felt good enough for her,\" Thornton tells November issue of GQ magazine. The Oscar winner says Jolie's high-profile life wasn't his speed, and that he's \"real uncomfortable around rich and important people.\"   That being said, Thornton adds that he's still friends with his ex-wife and speaks to her every few months.   In 2014, the actor told The Hollywood Reporter that he was \"not fond\" of that \"crazy time\" when he was married to Jolie, which included wearing vials of each other's blood around their necks. \"Vial of blood is very simple,\" he explained. \"You know those lockets you buy that are clear and you put a picture of your grannie in and wear it around your neck? She bought two of those. We were apart a lot because she's off making Tomb Raider and I'm making Monster's Ball. She thought it would be interesting and romantic if we took a little razor blade and sliced our fingers, smeared a little blood on these lockets and you wear it around your neck just like you wear your son or daughter's baby hair in one. Same thing.\"   After her split with Thornton, Jolie struck up a relationship with Pitt after meeting him on set of their 2005 film, \"Mr. & Mrs. Smith.\" In September of this year, Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt after two years of marriage and 11 years together. Just this week, the 52-year-old actor was cleared of child abuse allegations by Department of Child and Family Services.   In a statement to ET, Jolie's rep said the mother of six was \"relieved\" that the investigation had concluded, and that her focus has always been the health of the family.", "essay": "This tends to happen a lot in relationships. It seems like a lot of people don't feel good enough for the other person and this tends to lead to these feelings. I feel like everyone goes through this and it is up to us to change that by thinking positively more so than not. I feel like pressure from others leads to these negative feelings."}
{"user_id": "ec_p048", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 55000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 55000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "Billy Bob Thornton says he 'never felt good enough' for Angelina Jolie \u2014  Billy Bob Thornton is opening up about his three-year marriage to Angelina Jolie as the 41-year-old actress is in the midst of a divorce from Brad Pitt.   The 61-year-old actor married Jolie, who is 20 years his junior, in 2000 after the two met on set of the 1999 movie, \"Pushing Tin.\" They separated in June 2002 and divorced the following year.   \"I never felt good enough for her,\" Thornton tells November issue of GQ magazine. The Oscar winner says Jolie's high-profile life wasn't his speed, and that he's \"real uncomfortable around rich and important people.\"   That being said, Thornton adds that he's still friends with his ex-wife and speaks to her every few months.   In 2014, the actor told The Hollywood Reporter that he was \"not fond\" of that \"crazy time\" when he was married to Jolie, which included wearing vials of each other's blood around their necks. \"Vial of blood is very simple,\" he explained. \"You know those lockets you buy that are clear and you put a picture of your grannie in and wear it around your neck? She bought two of those. We were apart a lot because she's off making Tomb Raider and I'm making Monster's Ball. She thought it would be interesting and romantic if we took a little razor blade and sliced our fingers, smeared a little blood on these lockets and you wear it around your neck just like you wear your son or daughter's baby hair in one. Same thing.\"   After her split with Thornton, Jolie struck up a relationship with Pitt after meeting him on set of their 2005 film, \"Mr. & Mrs. Smith.\" In September of this year, Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt after two years of marriage and 11 years together. Just this week, the 52-year-old actor was cleared of child abuse allegations by Department of Child and Family Services.   In a statement to ET, Jolie's rep said the mother of six was \"relieved\" that the investigation had concluded, and that her focus has always been the health of the family.", "essay": "It's funny to read snippets of celebrity lives. I don't follow much celebrity news at all and find most of it pretty terrible usually. I don't have much sympathy for them either. Unfortunately most of their actions are money or popularity driven. I also think they really don't take marriage seriously because the divorce rate with celebrities is outrageous. They want to live fast and free and they tend to not make the greatest decisions. Not saying all are like that, but it seems like most. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "DAKOTA FANNING PARENTS SPLIT ... Hot Dad Back on the Market \u2014  Dakota Fanning's mom and dad are done after almost 27 years ... TMZ has learned.  Dakota's dad, Steven Fanning, just filed for divorce from his wife, Heather, citing irreconcilable differences. Their kids are both of age, so child support isn't an issue -- Dakota's 22, Elle is 18.  As for spousal support, it's as a bit of a mystery ... Steve didn't check any boxes asking for support from Heather.  That said, he says he still needs to figure out how he and Heather are going to split their property. But we're guessing this stud will be just fine when it's all said and done.", "essay": "It's pretty sad what Dakota Fanning and her sister had to go through. Going through a divorce with your parents is always hard and never a fun thing. I can't even begin to imagine how Dakota and her sister felt knowing that one of her parents will not always be with them. Things will never be the same as their childhood."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "DAKOTA FANNING PARENTS SPLIT ... Hot Dad Back on the Market \u2014  Dakota Fanning's mom and dad are done after almost 27 years ... TMZ has learned.  Dakota's dad, Steven Fanning, just filed for divorce from his wife, Heather, citing irreconcilable differences. Their kids are both of age, so child support isn't an issue -- Dakota's 22, Elle is 18.  As for spousal support, it's as a bit of a mystery ... Steve didn't check any boxes asking for support from Heather.  That said, he says he still needs to figure out how he and Heather are going to split their property. But we're guessing this stud will be just fine when it's all said and done.", "essay": "I think divorce is always sad, even when children are grown.  However, this is also just one divorce in a great big world and I can't say I really care.  I thought it was sort of peculiar how tritely the article dealt with the situation, though, seemingly paying more attention to how hot the dad was instead of the dissolution of a family.  And you wonder why marriages dissolve after 27 years and the kids grown.  What changes to push people to divorce at that point.  Maybe for married people that's not a complicated question, but I'm not married so I don't know.  Either way I think it's too bad for the girls that their parents are divorced.  But I'm not really moved by it."}
{"user_id": "ec_p005", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 22 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 100000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 22, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 100000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "DAKOTA FANNING PARENTS SPLIT ... Hot Dad Back on the Market \u2014  Dakota Fanning's mom and dad are done after almost 27 years ... TMZ has learned.  Dakota's dad, Steven Fanning, just filed for divorce from his wife, Heather, citing irreconcilable differences. Their kids are both of age, so child support isn't an issue -- Dakota's 22, Elle is 18.  As for spousal support, it's as a bit of a mystery ... Steve didn't check any boxes asking for support from Heather.  That said, he says he still needs to figure out how he and Heather are going to split their property. But we're guessing this stud will be just fine when it's all said and done.", "essay": "Dakota Fanning's mom and dad are done after almost 27 years ... TMZ has learned. Dakota's dad, Steven Fanning, just filed for divorce from his wife, Heather, citing irreconcilable differences. Their kids are both of age, so child support isn't an issue -- Dakota's 22, Elle is 18. As for spousal support, it's as a bit of a mystery. I seriously do not know how i feel about them."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "DAKOTA FANNING PARENTS SPLIT ... Hot Dad Back on the Market \u2014  Dakota Fanning's mom and dad are done after almost 27 years ... TMZ has learned.  Dakota's dad, Steven Fanning, just filed for divorce from his wife, Heather, citing irreconcilable differences. Their kids are both of age, so child support isn't an issue -- Dakota's 22, Elle is 18.  As for spousal support, it's as a bit of a mystery ... Steve didn't check any boxes asking for support from Heather.  That said, he says he still needs to figure out how he and Heather are going to split their property. But we're guessing this stud will be just fine when it's all said and done.", "essay": "This story did not move me. The story is a little bit sad because of the marriage being broken up and that it not a good thing. It is a good thing that the two children are over 18 and do not have to grow up without both parents being together. The thing about being a hot dad has nothing to do with the story. It is more about the marriage breaking up."}
{"user_id": "ec_p050", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 165000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.75 in openness, 6.25 in conscientiousness, 3.25 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 165000, "personality": {"openness": 5.75, "conscientiousness": 6.25, "extraversion": 3.25, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Civilians shot, bodies hung from poles in Mosul, Iraqi sources say \u2014  As fighting continued in and around Mosul on Friday, civilians caught in crossfire have a stark choice: whether to flee or stay huddled inside their homes.   Many residents tell CNN the intensity of the fighting and the airstrikes in eastern parts of the city limited their options. Still, tens of thousands have chosen the escape route. More than 47,730 people have been displaced because of the ongoing military operations to retake Mosul from ISIS, according to the International Organization for Migration. Roughly 12,800 people have fled since Tuesday, the organization said. Other residents of Mosul have simply chosen to heed the Iraqi Security Forces instructions to stay in their homes if they feel safe enough inside. Still others are too scared to leave their homes, because of ISIS' campaign of terror against the civilians. Witnesses told CNN among the dozens executed this week, more than 30 people were shot in the head for having cell phones. Their bodies were left at various intersections across Mosul as a warning. The bodies are not being removed as residents fear reprisals from ISIS militants, witnesses said. Here are some of the latest developments in the battle for Mosul: The UN human rights office released a report Friday, confirming that at least 60 civilians have been killed in Mosul this week, and reported new details of alleged atrocities by ISIS fighters. On Wednesday evening, ISIS reportedly killed 20 civilians at the Ghabat military base in northern Mosul on charges of leaking information, the UN body said. \"Their bodies were also hung at various intersections in Mosul, with notes stating: 'decision of execution' and 'used cell phones to leak information to the ISF.' \" On Tuesday, ISIS shot and killed 40 civilians in Mosul after accusing them of \"treason and collaboration\" with Iraqi security forces, according to a report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR. \"The victims were dressed in orange clothes marked in red with the words: 'traitors and agents of the ISF.' Their bodies were then hung on electrical poles in several areas in Mosul city,\" the report said.   Local ISIS commanders have started fleeing in some neighborhoods, residents said, leaving behind trained teenage ISIS combatants to fight Iraqi forces. Mosul residents said they fear these young fighters as much, if not more, than other ISIS militants because they have been brainwashed, have no fear and have a great amount of zealotry after being indoctrinated and trained for two years. The UNHCR report said ISIS had \"deployed what it calls the 'sons of the caliphate' in the alleys of the old town of Mosul, wearing explosive belts. We are concerned that these may be teenagers and young boys.\" ISIS posted video footage Wednesday, \"showing four children, believed to be between 10 and 14 years old, shooting to death four people for spying for the ISF and the Peshmerga,\" the report said, referring to Iraqi and Kurdish forces. UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein cited \"heartbreaking images\" of ISIS forcing children to carry out executions and reports of women being \"redistributed\" among ISIS fighters, as evidence of the \"numbing and intolerable\" suffering of civilians in Mosul and other ISIS-held areas. He called on Iraqi authorities to ensure the perpetrators of such abuses are dealt with according to the rule of law so as to limit revenge attacks and help communities rebuild. Senior ISIS leader killed In another development, Mahmoud Shukri al Nuaimi, a senior ISIS commander, has been killed in the battle for Mosul, the terror group's last major stronghold in Iraq, Iraqi military intelligence sources tell CNN. Al Nuaimi, also is known as Sheikh Faris, was killed Tuesday in an Iraqi-led coalition airstrike in western Mosul, the sources said. ISIS confirmed his death in a video montage, referring to him as \"the martyr of the battle.\" The Iraqi sources told CNN that Nuaimi was formerly a high-ranking intelligence officer in Saddam Hussein's intelligence services. In Mosul's east, residents said ISIS militants were forcing them from their homes, either to booby trap the houses or to take them over as fighting positions. Militants have reportedly left barrels of crude oil at major intersections, ready to be set afire to hamper Iraqi advances. ISIS has also used white flags to disguise suicide car bombs in Mosul, according to Saban Al Numan, an Iraqi counterterrorism official. The battle for Mosul is difficult, slow and complicated, Numan said. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi vowed victory last month at the start of the long-awaited offensive on Mosul, but he warned the effort could take time. ISIS, an agile enemy, has been preparing its defenses for two years. It takes advantage of the terrain, a network of tunnels and booby-trapped buildings, to great effect. US military officials estimate some 3,000 to 5,000 ISIS fighters are in Mosul. An additional 1,500 to 2,000 fighters may be waiting outside the city limits.", "essay": "The ISIS need to be stopped. They cant keep killing people indiscriminately and feel they can do anyhow they want. With the level at which they operate, I wish more global powers will be raised against them to stop the nuisance they creating in the world. More attempt should be made to clip their wings. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p023", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 40 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 7.0 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 40, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 7.0, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Civilians shot, bodies hung from poles in Mosul, Iraqi sources say \u2014  As fighting continued in and around Mosul on Friday, civilians caught in crossfire have a stark choice: whether to flee or stay huddled inside their homes.   Many residents tell CNN the intensity of the fighting and the airstrikes in eastern parts of the city limited their options. Still, tens of thousands have chosen the escape route. More than 47,730 people have been displaced because of the ongoing military operations to retake Mosul from ISIS, according to the International Organization for Migration. Roughly 12,800 people have fled since Tuesday, the organization said. Other residents of Mosul have simply chosen to heed the Iraqi Security Forces instructions to stay in their homes if they feel safe enough inside. Still others are too scared to leave their homes, because of ISIS' campaign of terror against the civilians. Witnesses told CNN among the dozens executed this week, more than 30 people were shot in the head for having cell phones. Their bodies were left at various intersections across Mosul as a warning. The bodies are not being removed as residents fear reprisals from ISIS militants, witnesses said. Here are some of the latest developments in the battle for Mosul: The UN human rights office released a report Friday, confirming that at least 60 civilians have been killed in Mosul this week, and reported new details of alleged atrocities by ISIS fighters. On Wednesday evening, ISIS reportedly killed 20 civilians at the Ghabat military base in northern Mosul on charges of leaking information, the UN body said. \"Their bodies were also hung at various intersections in Mosul, with notes stating: 'decision of execution' and 'used cell phones to leak information to the ISF.' \" On Tuesday, ISIS shot and killed 40 civilians in Mosul after accusing them of \"treason and collaboration\" with Iraqi security forces, according to a report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR. \"The victims were dressed in orange clothes marked in red with the words: 'traitors and agents of the ISF.' Their bodies were then hung on electrical poles in several areas in Mosul city,\" the report said.   Local ISIS commanders have started fleeing in some neighborhoods, residents said, leaving behind trained teenage ISIS combatants to fight Iraqi forces. Mosul residents said they fear these young fighters as much, if not more, than other ISIS militants because they have been brainwashed, have no fear and have a great amount of zealotry after being indoctrinated and trained for two years. The UNHCR report said ISIS had \"deployed what it calls the 'sons of the caliphate' in the alleys of the old town of Mosul, wearing explosive belts. We are concerned that these may be teenagers and young boys.\" ISIS posted video footage Wednesday, \"showing four children, believed to be between 10 and 14 years old, shooting to death four people for spying for the ISF and the Peshmerga,\" the report said, referring to Iraqi and Kurdish forces. UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein cited \"heartbreaking images\" of ISIS forcing children to carry out executions and reports of women being \"redistributed\" among ISIS fighters, as evidence of the \"numbing and intolerable\" suffering of civilians in Mosul and other ISIS-held areas. He called on Iraqi authorities to ensure the perpetrators of such abuses are dealt with according to the rule of law so as to limit revenge attacks and help communities rebuild. Senior ISIS leader killed In another development, Mahmoud Shukri al Nuaimi, a senior ISIS commander, has been killed in the battle for Mosul, the terror group's last major stronghold in Iraq, Iraqi military intelligence sources tell CNN. Al Nuaimi, also is known as Sheikh Faris, was killed Tuesday in an Iraqi-led coalition airstrike in western Mosul, the sources said. ISIS confirmed his death in a video montage, referring to him as \"the martyr of the battle.\" The Iraqi sources told CNN that Nuaimi was formerly a high-ranking intelligence officer in Saddam Hussein's intelligence services. In Mosul's east, residents said ISIS militants were forcing them from their homes, either to booby trap the houses or to take them over as fighting positions. Militants have reportedly left barrels of crude oil at major intersections, ready to be set afire to hamper Iraqi advances. ISIS has also used white flags to disguise suicide car bombs in Mosul, according to Saban Al Numan, an Iraqi counterterrorism official. The battle for Mosul is difficult, slow and complicated, Numan said. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi vowed victory last month at the start of the long-awaited offensive on Mosul, but he warned the effort could take time. ISIS, an agile enemy, has been preparing its defenses for two years. It takes advantage of the terrain, a network of tunnels and booby-trapped buildings, to great effect. US military officials estimate some 3,000 to 5,000 ISIS fighters are in Mosul. An additional 1,500 to 2,000 fighters may be waiting outside the city limits.", "essay": "This is really a shame with whats going on. I feel like the war on terror has been a massive failure. We have lost soldiers. I think of how many families no longer have their children any longer. Then the situation in the Middle East is heartbreaking as well. Young kids, some teenagers have been used as pawns in this sick game. Women are being treated like pieces of meat.I wish I could say that there was something that we as a nation can do, but the situation looks pretty bleak. I think maybe the best thing to do is to stop invading these countries for their oil. It's our own fault in many ways."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Civilians shot, bodies hung from poles in Mosul, Iraqi sources say \u2014  As fighting continued in and around Mosul on Friday, civilians caught in crossfire have a stark choice: whether to flee or stay huddled inside their homes.   Many residents tell CNN the intensity of the fighting and the airstrikes in eastern parts of the city limited their options. Still, tens of thousands have chosen the escape route. More than 47,730 people have been displaced because of the ongoing military operations to retake Mosul from ISIS, according to the International Organization for Migration. Roughly 12,800 people have fled since Tuesday, the organization said. Other residents of Mosul have simply chosen to heed the Iraqi Security Forces instructions to stay in their homes if they feel safe enough inside. Still others are too scared to leave their homes, because of ISIS' campaign of terror against the civilians. Witnesses told CNN among the dozens executed this week, more than 30 people were shot in the head for having cell phones. Their bodies were left at various intersections across Mosul as a warning. The bodies are not being removed as residents fear reprisals from ISIS militants, witnesses said. Here are some of the latest developments in the battle for Mosul: The UN human rights office released a report Friday, confirming that at least 60 civilians have been killed in Mosul this week, and reported new details of alleged atrocities by ISIS fighters. On Wednesday evening, ISIS reportedly killed 20 civilians at the Ghabat military base in northern Mosul on charges of leaking information, the UN body said. \"Their bodies were also hung at various intersections in Mosul, with notes stating: 'decision of execution' and 'used cell phones to leak information to the ISF.' \" On Tuesday, ISIS shot and killed 40 civilians in Mosul after accusing them of \"treason and collaboration\" with Iraqi security forces, according to a report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR. \"The victims were dressed in orange clothes marked in red with the words: 'traitors and agents of the ISF.' Their bodies were then hung on electrical poles in several areas in Mosul city,\" the report said.   Local ISIS commanders have started fleeing in some neighborhoods, residents said, leaving behind trained teenage ISIS combatants to fight Iraqi forces. Mosul residents said they fear these young fighters as much, if not more, than other ISIS militants because they have been brainwashed, have no fear and have a great amount of zealotry after being indoctrinated and trained for two years. The UNHCR report said ISIS had \"deployed what it calls the 'sons of the caliphate' in the alleys of the old town of Mosul, wearing explosive belts. We are concerned that these may be teenagers and young boys.\" ISIS posted video footage Wednesday, \"showing four children, believed to be between 10 and 14 years old, shooting to death four people for spying for the ISF and the Peshmerga,\" the report said, referring to Iraqi and Kurdish forces. UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein cited \"heartbreaking images\" of ISIS forcing children to carry out executions and reports of women being \"redistributed\" among ISIS fighters, as evidence of the \"numbing and intolerable\" suffering of civilians in Mosul and other ISIS-held areas. He called on Iraqi authorities to ensure the perpetrators of such abuses are dealt with according to the rule of law so as to limit revenge attacks and help communities rebuild. Senior ISIS leader killed In another development, Mahmoud Shukri al Nuaimi, a senior ISIS commander, has been killed in the battle for Mosul, the terror group's last major stronghold in Iraq, Iraqi military intelligence sources tell CNN. Al Nuaimi, also is known as Sheikh Faris, was killed Tuesday in an Iraqi-led coalition airstrike in western Mosul, the sources said. ISIS confirmed his death in a video montage, referring to him as \"the martyr of the battle.\" The Iraqi sources told CNN that Nuaimi was formerly a high-ranking intelligence officer in Saddam Hussein's intelligence services. In Mosul's east, residents said ISIS militants were forcing them from their homes, either to booby trap the houses or to take them over as fighting positions. Militants have reportedly left barrels of crude oil at major intersections, ready to be set afire to hamper Iraqi advances. ISIS has also used white flags to disguise suicide car bombs in Mosul, according to Saban Al Numan, an Iraqi counterterrorism official. The battle for Mosul is difficult, slow and complicated, Numan said. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi vowed victory last month at the start of the long-awaited offensive on Mosul, but he warned the effort could take time. ISIS, an agile enemy, has been preparing its defenses for two years. It takes advantage of the terrain, a network of tunnels and booby-trapped buildings, to great effect. US military officials estimate some 3,000 to 5,000 ISIS fighters are in Mosul. An additional 1,500 to 2,000 fighters may be waiting outside the city limits.", "essay": "I felt like what i read in the article was very disturbing. The things that are going on around the world is very troublesome. It is terrible to know that people are being hung from poles and innocent people are just being killed left and right. It is so inhumane and something i can never even imagine."}
{"user_id": "ec_p005", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 22 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 100000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 22, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 100000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Civilians shot, bodies hung from poles in Mosul, Iraqi sources say \u2014  As fighting continued in and around Mosul on Friday, civilians caught in crossfire have a stark choice: whether to flee or stay huddled inside their homes.   Many residents tell CNN the intensity of the fighting and the airstrikes in eastern parts of the city limited their options. Still, tens of thousands have chosen the escape route. More than 47,730 people have been displaced because of the ongoing military operations to retake Mosul from ISIS, according to the International Organization for Migration. Roughly 12,800 people have fled since Tuesday, the organization said. Other residents of Mosul have simply chosen to heed the Iraqi Security Forces instructions to stay in their homes if they feel safe enough inside. Still others are too scared to leave their homes, because of ISIS' campaign of terror against the civilians. Witnesses told CNN among the dozens executed this week, more than 30 people were shot in the head for having cell phones. Their bodies were left at various intersections across Mosul as a warning. The bodies are not being removed as residents fear reprisals from ISIS militants, witnesses said. Here are some of the latest developments in the battle for Mosul: The UN human rights office released a report Friday, confirming that at least 60 civilians have been killed in Mosul this week, and reported new details of alleged atrocities by ISIS fighters. On Wednesday evening, ISIS reportedly killed 20 civilians at the Ghabat military base in northern Mosul on charges of leaking information, the UN body said. \"Their bodies were also hung at various intersections in Mosul, with notes stating: 'decision of execution' and 'used cell phones to leak information to the ISF.' \" On Tuesday, ISIS shot and killed 40 civilians in Mosul after accusing them of \"treason and collaboration\" with Iraqi security forces, according to a report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR. \"The victims were dressed in orange clothes marked in red with the words: 'traitors and agents of the ISF.' Their bodies were then hung on electrical poles in several areas in Mosul city,\" the report said.   Local ISIS commanders have started fleeing in some neighborhoods, residents said, leaving behind trained teenage ISIS combatants to fight Iraqi forces. Mosul residents said they fear these young fighters as much, if not more, than other ISIS militants because they have been brainwashed, have no fear and have a great amount of zealotry after being indoctrinated and trained for two years. The UNHCR report said ISIS had \"deployed what it calls the 'sons of the caliphate' in the alleys of the old town of Mosul, wearing explosive belts. We are concerned that these may be teenagers and young boys.\" ISIS posted video footage Wednesday, \"showing four children, believed to be between 10 and 14 years old, shooting to death four people for spying for the ISF and the Peshmerga,\" the report said, referring to Iraqi and Kurdish forces. UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein cited \"heartbreaking images\" of ISIS forcing children to carry out executions and reports of women being \"redistributed\" among ISIS fighters, as evidence of the \"numbing and intolerable\" suffering of civilians in Mosul and other ISIS-held areas. He called on Iraqi authorities to ensure the perpetrators of such abuses are dealt with according to the rule of law so as to limit revenge attacks and help communities rebuild. Senior ISIS leader killed In another development, Mahmoud Shukri al Nuaimi, a senior ISIS commander, has been killed in the battle for Mosul, the terror group's last major stronghold in Iraq, Iraqi military intelligence sources tell CNN. Al Nuaimi, also is known as Sheikh Faris, was killed Tuesday in an Iraqi-led coalition airstrike in western Mosul, the sources said. ISIS confirmed his death in a video montage, referring to him as \"the martyr of the battle.\" The Iraqi sources told CNN that Nuaimi was formerly a high-ranking intelligence officer in Saddam Hussein's intelligence services. In Mosul's east, residents said ISIS militants were forcing them from their homes, either to booby trap the houses or to take them over as fighting positions. Militants have reportedly left barrels of crude oil at major intersections, ready to be set afire to hamper Iraqi advances. ISIS has also used white flags to disguise suicide car bombs in Mosul, according to Saban Al Numan, an Iraqi counterterrorism official. The battle for Mosul is difficult, slow and complicated, Numan said. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi vowed victory last month at the start of the long-awaited offensive on Mosul, but he warned the effort could take time. ISIS, an agile enemy, has been preparing its defenses for two years. It takes advantage of the terrain, a network of tunnels and booby-trapped buildings, to great effect. US military officials estimate some 3,000 to 5,000 ISIS fighters are in Mosul. An additional 1,500 to 2,000 fighters may be waiting outside the city limits.", "essay": "As fighting continued in and around Mosul on Friday, civilians caught in crossfire have a stark choice: whether to flee or stay huddled inside their homes. Many residents tell CNN the intensity of the fighting and the airstrikes in eastern parts of the city limited their options. Still, tens of thousands have chosen the escape route. More than 47,730 people have been displaced because of the ongoing military operations to retake Mosul from ISIS, according to the International Organization for Migration. Recording so many death as such really makes me sad. wish there is something that could be done."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Civilians shot, bodies hung from poles in Mosul, Iraqi sources say \u2014  As fighting continued in and around Mosul on Friday, civilians caught in crossfire have a stark choice: whether to flee or stay huddled inside their homes.   Many residents tell CNN the intensity of the fighting and the airstrikes in eastern parts of the city limited their options. Still, tens of thousands have chosen the escape route. More than 47,730 people have been displaced because of the ongoing military operations to retake Mosul from ISIS, according to the International Organization for Migration. Roughly 12,800 people have fled since Tuesday, the organization said. Other residents of Mosul have simply chosen to heed the Iraqi Security Forces instructions to stay in their homes if they feel safe enough inside. Still others are too scared to leave their homes, because of ISIS' campaign of terror against the civilians. Witnesses told CNN among the dozens executed this week, more than 30 people were shot in the head for having cell phones. Their bodies were left at various intersections across Mosul as a warning. The bodies are not being removed as residents fear reprisals from ISIS militants, witnesses said. Here are some of the latest developments in the battle for Mosul: The UN human rights office released a report Friday, confirming that at least 60 civilians have been killed in Mosul this week, and reported new details of alleged atrocities by ISIS fighters. On Wednesday evening, ISIS reportedly killed 20 civilians at the Ghabat military base in northern Mosul on charges of leaking information, the UN body said. \"Their bodies were also hung at various intersections in Mosul, with notes stating: 'decision of execution' and 'used cell phones to leak information to the ISF.' \" On Tuesday, ISIS shot and killed 40 civilians in Mosul after accusing them of \"treason and collaboration\" with Iraqi security forces, according to a report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR. \"The victims were dressed in orange clothes marked in red with the words: 'traitors and agents of the ISF.' Their bodies were then hung on electrical poles in several areas in Mosul city,\" the report said.   Local ISIS commanders have started fleeing in some neighborhoods, residents said, leaving behind trained teenage ISIS combatants to fight Iraqi forces. Mosul residents said they fear these young fighters as much, if not more, than other ISIS militants because they have been brainwashed, have no fear and have a great amount of zealotry after being indoctrinated and trained for two years. The UNHCR report said ISIS had \"deployed what it calls the 'sons of the caliphate' in the alleys of the old town of Mosul, wearing explosive belts. We are concerned that these may be teenagers and young boys.\" ISIS posted video footage Wednesday, \"showing four children, believed to be between 10 and 14 years old, shooting to death four people for spying for the ISF and the Peshmerga,\" the report said, referring to Iraqi and Kurdish forces. UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein cited \"heartbreaking images\" of ISIS forcing children to carry out executions and reports of women being \"redistributed\" among ISIS fighters, as evidence of the \"numbing and intolerable\" suffering of civilians in Mosul and other ISIS-held areas. He called on Iraqi authorities to ensure the perpetrators of such abuses are dealt with according to the rule of law so as to limit revenge attacks and help communities rebuild. Senior ISIS leader killed In another development, Mahmoud Shukri al Nuaimi, a senior ISIS commander, has been killed in the battle for Mosul, the terror group's last major stronghold in Iraq, Iraqi military intelligence sources tell CNN. Al Nuaimi, also is known as Sheikh Faris, was killed Tuesday in an Iraqi-led coalition airstrike in western Mosul, the sources said. ISIS confirmed his death in a video montage, referring to him as \"the martyr of the battle.\" The Iraqi sources told CNN that Nuaimi was formerly a high-ranking intelligence officer in Saddam Hussein's intelligence services. In Mosul's east, residents said ISIS militants were forcing them from their homes, either to booby trap the houses or to take them over as fighting positions. Militants have reportedly left barrels of crude oil at major intersections, ready to be set afire to hamper Iraqi advances. ISIS has also used white flags to disguise suicide car bombs in Mosul, according to Saban Al Numan, an Iraqi counterterrorism official. The battle for Mosul is difficult, slow and complicated, Numan said. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi vowed victory last month at the start of the long-awaited offensive on Mosul, but he warned the effort could take time. ISIS, an agile enemy, has been preparing its defenses for two years. It takes advantage of the terrain, a network of tunnels and booby-trapped buildings, to great effect. US military officials estimate some 3,000 to 5,000 ISIS fighters are in Mosul. An additional 1,500 to 2,000 fighters may be waiting outside the city limits.", "essay": "Reading about this insane war zone and killings was so graphic and made me so sad. I think so much more needs to be done to defeat ISIS they are like the black plague spreading in the middle east. They hate america and destroy innocent lives I just dont know how you could kill so many people and not feel bad. They are killing people and show casing them in the streets it is hard to understand how in this day and age groups can do that it reminds me of the nazis during the holocaust I fear if this is not taen care of soon it will spread to other areas liek the us with more terroristic events happening."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Haze from Indonesian fires may have killed more than 100,000 people \u2013 study \u2014  Harvard and Columbia universities estimate tens of thousands of premature deaths in areas closest to blazes clearing forest and peatland A smog outbreak in Southeast Asia last year may have caused over 100,000 premature deaths, according to a new study released Monday that triggered calls for action to tackle the \u201ckiller haze\u201d. Researchers from Harvard and Columbia universities in the US estimated there were more than 90,000 early deaths in Indonesia in areas closest to haze-belching fires, and several thousand more in neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia. The new estimate, reached using a complex analytical model, is far higher than the previous official death toll given by authorities of just 19 deaths in Indonesia. \u201cIf nothing changes, this killer haze will carry on taking a terrible toll, year after year,\u201d said Greenpeace Indonesia forest campaign Yuyun Indradi. \u201cFailure to act immediately to stem the loss of life would be a crime.\u201d A spokesman for Indonesia\u2019s environment ministry did not immediately have any comment. Indonesian authorities have previously insisted they are stepping up haze-fighting efforts, through such actions as banning the granting of new land for palm oil plantations and establishing an agency to restore devastated peatlands. The haze is an annual problem caused by fires set in forest and on carbon-rich peatland in Indonesia to quickly and cheaply clear land for palm oil and pulpwood plantations. The blazes occur mainly on Indonesia\u2019s western Sumatra island and the Indonesian part of Borneo, with monsoon winds typically blowing the haze over Singapore and Malaysia. But last year\u2019s fires were among the worst in memory and cloaked large parts of the region in choking smog for weeks, causing huge numbers to fall ill and sending diplomatic tensions soaring. The new study to be published in journal Environmental Research Letters, which combined satellite data with models of health impacts from smoke exposure and readings from pollution monitoring stations, estimated that 100,300 had died prematurely due to last year\u2019s fires across the three countries. They estimated there were 91,600 deaths in Indonesia, 6,500 in Malaysia and 2,200 in Singapore. Greenpeace hailed a \u201cgroundbreaking\u201d study they said for the first time gave a detailed breakdown of deaths from last year\u2019s fires, but cautioned that the figure was a \u201cconservative estimate\u201d. It only looked at health impacts on adults and the effect of dangerous fine-particulate matter, known as PM 2.5. It did not examine the effect on youngsters or of the other toxins produced by the blazes. In reality, infants are some of the most at risk from the haze, said Nursyam Ibrahim, from the West Kalimantan province branch of the Indonesian Medical Association on Borneo. \u201cWe are the doctors who care for the vulnerable groups exposed to toxic smoke in every medical centre, and we know how awful it is to see the disease symptoms experienced by babies and children in our care,\u201d said Ibrahim. The study found an increase in the number of fires in peatland and in timber concessions in 2015, compared to the last haze outbreak considered major, in 2006, and that the number of fires in palm oil plantations fell. Shannon Koplitz, a Harvard scientist who worked on the study, said she also hoped the model they had developed could help those involved with tackling the annual blazes make quick decisions \u201cas extreme haze events are unfolding\u201d. Last year\u2019s haze outbreak was the worst since 1997 due to a strong El Nino weather system, which created tinder-dry conditions in Indonesia and made peatland and forests more vulnerable to going up in flames.       Article Title:Samoa hit by hail storm so rare residents thought it was a hoax   Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/19/samoa-hit-by-hail-storm-so-rare-residents-thought-it-was-a-hoax   Article author(s)Eleanor Ainge Roy   Article date:Monday 19 September 2016 00.11 EDT   News source: theguardian    Meteorologist forced to release satellite images of the storm to convince some locals that the hail wasn\u2019t part of a practical joke Samoa has been hit by a hail storm so rare that it was believed to be a hoax by many of the island\u2019s inhabitants. The tropical nation of Samoa lies in the Pacific Ocean, where the average temperature at this time of year is 29C. But on Friday evening an unexpected hail storm struck the eastern side of the island of Savai\u2019i, accompanied by heavy rain and strong wind gusts. It was only the second time since records began that hail has fallen on Samoa, the first was in 2011. The storm lasted 10 to 15 minutes and produced hail stones roughly 2cm wide. \u201cThe ice was very small and there were no reports of damage,\u201d said Luteru Tauvale, principal meteorologist for the Samoan Meteorology Service. \u201cBecause it was so unexpected a lot of people thought it had been invented. We had to release satellite images of the conditions that led to to the hail for people to believe it was real.\u201d Samoans took to social media to share their photos of the hail, many voicing disbelief at the incident, and then saying it was the \u201cfirst time\u201d they had been convinced of the the phenomenon of climate change. \u201cClimate change is here!\u201d wrote one Samoan on Facebook. \u201cMore like we have just woken up to the fact it had been with us for a while but we refuse to accept/believe it.\u201d Hailstorms form within a unusually unstable air mass in which the temperature falloff with height is much greater than normal.       Article Title:Dozens dead and missing after typhoon lashes eastern China     Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/18/dozens-dead-and-missing-after-typhoon-lashes-eastern-china   Article author(s)   Article date:Saturday 17 September 2016 22.40 EDT   News source: theguardian    Typhoon Meranti has damaged more than 18,300 houses and caused direct economic losses of more than 16.9bn yuan ($2.5bn)   The strongest typhoon to hit China this year has left 28 people dead and 15 others missing in the east of the country. Typhoon Meranti made landfall early Thursday in Fujian province after winds and rains associated with it pounded Taiwan, leaving one person dead and more than 50 injured. Authorities in Fujian said Saturday that the typhoon had left 18 people dead and 11 missing, damaged more than 18,300 houses and caused direct economic losses of more than 16.9 billion yuan ($2.5bn).   Authorities in neighboring Zhejiang province say that 10 people died and four remained unaccounted for following landslides and flash floods in rural areas. Taiwan saw wind and rain from a second typhoon, Malakas, that caused no apparent deaths.", "essay": "Wow, 100,000 deaths is a massive amount!  I found this very  it makes me very sad for the people involved especially the fact so many infants and children's were affected.  This just seems like something that could have been very avoidable if the right steps were taken. I mean a haze killing 100,000 people?  That's crazy! I think it's sad that it's happening in what is probably an underfunded area where the people don't really have much freedom.  Overall this is just a bad situation, it makes me very sad for the people involved."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Haze from Indonesian fires may have killed more than 100,000 people \u2013 study \u2014  Harvard and Columbia universities estimate tens of thousands of premature deaths in areas closest to blazes clearing forest and peatland A smog outbreak in Southeast Asia last year may have caused over 100,000 premature deaths, according to a new study released Monday that triggered calls for action to tackle the \u201ckiller haze\u201d. Researchers from Harvard and Columbia universities in the US estimated there were more than 90,000 early deaths in Indonesia in areas closest to haze-belching fires, and several thousand more in neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia. The new estimate, reached using a complex analytical model, is far higher than the previous official death toll given by authorities of just 19 deaths in Indonesia. \u201cIf nothing changes, this killer haze will carry on taking a terrible toll, year after year,\u201d said Greenpeace Indonesia forest campaign Yuyun Indradi. \u201cFailure to act immediately to stem the loss of life would be a crime.\u201d A spokesman for Indonesia\u2019s environment ministry did not immediately have any comment. Indonesian authorities have previously insisted they are stepping up haze-fighting efforts, through such actions as banning the granting of new land for palm oil plantations and establishing an agency to restore devastated peatlands. The haze is an annual problem caused by fires set in forest and on carbon-rich peatland in Indonesia to quickly and cheaply clear land for palm oil and pulpwood plantations. The blazes occur mainly on Indonesia\u2019s western Sumatra island and the Indonesian part of Borneo, with monsoon winds typically blowing the haze over Singapore and Malaysia. But last year\u2019s fires were among the worst in memory and cloaked large parts of the region in choking smog for weeks, causing huge numbers to fall ill and sending diplomatic tensions soaring. The new study to be published in journal Environmental Research Letters, which combined satellite data with models of health impacts from smoke exposure and readings from pollution monitoring stations, estimated that 100,300 had died prematurely due to last year\u2019s fires across the three countries. They estimated there were 91,600 deaths in Indonesia, 6,500 in Malaysia and 2,200 in Singapore. Greenpeace hailed a \u201cgroundbreaking\u201d study they said for the first time gave a detailed breakdown of deaths from last year\u2019s fires, but cautioned that the figure was a \u201cconservative estimate\u201d. It only looked at health impacts on adults and the effect of dangerous fine-particulate matter, known as PM 2.5. It did not examine the effect on youngsters or of the other toxins produced by the blazes. In reality, infants are some of the most at risk from the haze, said Nursyam Ibrahim, from the West Kalimantan province branch of the Indonesian Medical Association on Borneo. \u201cWe are the doctors who care for the vulnerable groups exposed to toxic smoke in every medical centre, and we know how awful it is to see the disease symptoms experienced by babies and children in our care,\u201d said Ibrahim. The study found an increase in the number of fires in peatland and in timber concessions in 2015, compared to the last haze outbreak considered major, in 2006, and that the number of fires in palm oil plantations fell. Shannon Koplitz, a Harvard scientist who worked on the study, said she also hoped the model they had developed could help those involved with tackling the annual blazes make quick decisions \u201cas extreme haze events are unfolding\u201d. Last year\u2019s haze outbreak was the worst since 1997 due to a strong El Nino weather system, which created tinder-dry conditions in Indonesia and made peatland and forests more vulnerable to going up in flames.       Article Title:Samoa hit by hail storm so rare residents thought it was a hoax   Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/19/samoa-hit-by-hail-storm-so-rare-residents-thought-it-was-a-hoax   Article author(s)Eleanor Ainge Roy   Article date:Monday 19 September 2016 00.11 EDT   News source: theguardian    Meteorologist forced to release satellite images of the storm to convince some locals that the hail wasn\u2019t part of a practical joke Samoa has been hit by a hail storm so rare that it was believed to be a hoax by many of the island\u2019s inhabitants. The tropical nation of Samoa lies in the Pacific Ocean, where the average temperature at this time of year is 29C. But on Friday evening an unexpected hail storm struck the eastern side of the island of Savai\u2019i, accompanied by heavy rain and strong wind gusts. It was only the second time since records began that hail has fallen on Samoa, the first was in 2011. The storm lasted 10 to 15 minutes and produced hail stones roughly 2cm wide. \u201cThe ice was very small and there were no reports of damage,\u201d said Luteru Tauvale, principal meteorologist for the Samoan Meteorology Service. \u201cBecause it was so unexpected a lot of people thought it had been invented. We had to release satellite images of the conditions that led to to the hail for people to believe it was real.\u201d Samoans took to social media to share their photos of the hail, many voicing disbelief at the incident, and then saying it was the \u201cfirst time\u201d they had been convinced of the the phenomenon of climate change. \u201cClimate change is here!\u201d wrote one Samoan on Facebook. \u201cMore like we have just woken up to the fact it had been with us for a while but we refuse to accept/believe it.\u201d Hailstorms form within a unusually unstable air mass in which the temperature falloff with height is much greater than normal.       Article Title:Dozens dead and missing after typhoon lashes eastern China     Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/18/dozens-dead-and-missing-after-typhoon-lashes-eastern-china   Article author(s)   Article date:Saturday 17 September 2016 22.40 EDT   News source: theguardian    Typhoon Meranti has damaged more than 18,300 houses and caused direct economic losses of more than 16.9bn yuan ($2.5bn)   The strongest typhoon to hit China this year has left 28 people dead and 15 others missing in the east of the country. Typhoon Meranti made landfall early Thursday in Fujian province after winds and rains associated with it pounded Taiwan, leaving one person dead and more than 50 injured. Authorities in Fujian said Saturday that the typhoon had left 18 people dead and 11 missing, damaged more than 18,300 houses and caused direct economic losses of more than 16.9 billion yuan ($2.5bn).   Authorities in neighboring Zhejiang province say that 10 people died and four remained unaccounted for following landslides and flash floods in rural areas. Taiwan saw wind and rain from a second typhoon, Malakas, that caused no apparent deaths.", "essay": "Reading about the atrocities committed by ISIS is one of the most disheartening things a person can do. Children being put on the front lines and brainwashed into thinking that their actions are going to earn them a place in the eternal bliss of paradise while the widows and orphans they create are passed around higher ranking members as slaves. The whole thing makes me want to wretch."}
{"user_id": "ec_p005", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 22 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 100000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 22, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 100000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Haze from Indonesian fires may have killed more than 100,000 people \u2013 study \u2014  Harvard and Columbia universities estimate tens of thousands of premature deaths in areas closest to blazes clearing forest and peatland A smog outbreak in Southeast Asia last year may have caused over 100,000 premature deaths, according to a new study released Monday that triggered calls for action to tackle the \u201ckiller haze\u201d. Researchers from Harvard and Columbia universities in the US estimated there were more than 90,000 early deaths in Indonesia in areas closest to haze-belching fires, and several thousand more in neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia. The new estimate, reached using a complex analytical model, is far higher than the previous official death toll given by authorities of just 19 deaths in Indonesia. \u201cIf nothing changes, this killer haze will carry on taking a terrible toll, year after year,\u201d said Greenpeace Indonesia forest campaign Yuyun Indradi. \u201cFailure to act immediately to stem the loss of life would be a crime.\u201d A spokesman for Indonesia\u2019s environment ministry did not immediately have any comment. Indonesian authorities have previously insisted they are stepping up haze-fighting efforts, through such actions as banning the granting of new land for palm oil plantations and establishing an agency to restore devastated peatlands. The haze is an annual problem caused by fires set in forest and on carbon-rich peatland in Indonesia to quickly and cheaply clear land for palm oil and pulpwood plantations. The blazes occur mainly on Indonesia\u2019s western Sumatra island and the Indonesian part of Borneo, with monsoon winds typically blowing the haze over Singapore and Malaysia. But last year\u2019s fires were among the worst in memory and cloaked large parts of the region in choking smog for weeks, causing huge numbers to fall ill and sending diplomatic tensions soaring. The new study to be published in journal Environmental Research Letters, which combined satellite data with models of health impacts from smoke exposure and readings from pollution monitoring stations, estimated that 100,300 had died prematurely due to last year\u2019s fires across the three countries. They estimated there were 91,600 deaths in Indonesia, 6,500 in Malaysia and 2,200 in Singapore. Greenpeace hailed a \u201cgroundbreaking\u201d study they said for the first time gave a detailed breakdown of deaths from last year\u2019s fires, but cautioned that the figure was a \u201cconservative estimate\u201d. It only looked at health impacts on adults and the effect of dangerous fine-particulate matter, known as PM 2.5. It did not examine the effect on youngsters or of the other toxins produced by the blazes. In reality, infants are some of the most at risk from the haze, said Nursyam Ibrahim, from the West Kalimantan province branch of the Indonesian Medical Association on Borneo. \u201cWe are the doctors who care for the vulnerable groups exposed to toxic smoke in every medical centre, and we know how awful it is to see the disease symptoms experienced by babies and children in our care,\u201d said Ibrahim. The study found an increase in the number of fires in peatland and in timber concessions in 2015, compared to the last haze outbreak considered major, in 2006, and that the number of fires in palm oil plantations fell. Shannon Koplitz, a Harvard scientist who worked on the study, said she also hoped the model they had developed could help those involved with tackling the annual blazes make quick decisions \u201cas extreme haze events are unfolding\u201d. Last year\u2019s haze outbreak was the worst since 1997 due to a strong El Nino weather system, which created tinder-dry conditions in Indonesia and made peatland and forests more vulnerable to going up in flames.       Article Title:Samoa hit by hail storm so rare residents thought it was a hoax   Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/19/samoa-hit-by-hail-storm-so-rare-residents-thought-it-was-a-hoax   Article author(s)Eleanor Ainge Roy   Article date:Monday 19 September 2016 00.11 EDT   News source: theguardian    Meteorologist forced to release satellite images of the storm to convince some locals that the hail wasn\u2019t part of a practical joke Samoa has been hit by a hail storm so rare that it was believed to be a hoax by many of the island\u2019s inhabitants. The tropical nation of Samoa lies in the Pacific Ocean, where the average temperature at this time of year is 29C. But on Friday evening an unexpected hail storm struck the eastern side of the island of Savai\u2019i, accompanied by heavy rain and strong wind gusts. It was only the second time since records began that hail has fallen on Samoa, the first was in 2011. The storm lasted 10 to 15 minutes and produced hail stones roughly 2cm wide. \u201cThe ice was very small and there were no reports of damage,\u201d said Luteru Tauvale, principal meteorologist for the Samoan Meteorology Service. \u201cBecause it was so unexpected a lot of people thought it had been invented. We had to release satellite images of the conditions that led to to the hail for people to believe it was real.\u201d Samoans took to social media to share their photos of the hail, many voicing disbelief at the incident, and then saying it was the \u201cfirst time\u201d they had been convinced of the the phenomenon of climate change. \u201cClimate change is here!\u201d wrote one Samoan on Facebook. \u201cMore like we have just woken up to the fact it had been with us for a while but we refuse to accept/believe it.\u201d Hailstorms form within a unusually unstable air mass in which the temperature falloff with height is much greater than normal.       Article Title:Dozens dead and missing after typhoon lashes eastern China     Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/18/dozens-dead-and-missing-after-typhoon-lashes-eastern-china   Article author(s)   Article date:Saturday 17 September 2016 22.40 EDT   News source: theguardian    Typhoon Meranti has damaged more than 18,300 houses and caused direct economic losses of more than 16.9bn yuan ($2.5bn)   The strongest typhoon to hit China this year has left 28 people dead and 15 others missing in the east of the country. Typhoon Meranti made landfall early Thursday in Fujian province after winds and rains associated with it pounded Taiwan, leaving one person dead and more than 50 injured. Authorities in Fujian said Saturday that the typhoon had left 18 people dead and 11 missing, damaged more than 18,300 houses and caused direct economic losses of more than 16.9 billion yuan ($2.5bn).   Authorities in neighboring Zhejiang province say that 10 people died and four remained unaccounted for following landslides and flash floods in rural areas. Taiwan saw wind and rain from a second typhoon, Malakas, that caused no apparent deaths.", "essay": "A smog outbreak in Southeast Asia last year may have caused over 100,000 premature deaths, according to a new study released Monday that triggered calls for action to tackle the ?killer haze?. Researchers from Harvard and Columbia universities in the US estimated there were more than 90,000 early deaths in Indonesia in areas closest to haze-belching fires, and several thousand more in neighboring Singapore and Malaysia. I feel so sad at the thought of this haze killing thousands of people."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Haze from Indonesian fires may have killed more than 100,000 people \u2013 study \u2014  Harvard and Columbia universities estimate tens of thousands of premature deaths in areas closest to blazes clearing forest and peatland A smog outbreak in Southeast Asia last year may have caused over 100,000 premature deaths, according to a new study released Monday that triggered calls for action to tackle the \u201ckiller haze\u201d. Researchers from Harvard and Columbia universities in the US estimated there were more than 90,000 early deaths in Indonesia in areas closest to haze-belching fires, and several thousand more in neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia. The new estimate, reached using a complex analytical model, is far higher than the previous official death toll given by authorities of just 19 deaths in Indonesia. \u201cIf nothing changes, this killer haze will carry on taking a terrible toll, year after year,\u201d said Greenpeace Indonesia forest campaign Yuyun Indradi. \u201cFailure to act immediately to stem the loss of life would be a crime.\u201d A spokesman for Indonesia\u2019s environment ministry did not immediately have any comment. Indonesian authorities have previously insisted they are stepping up haze-fighting efforts, through such actions as banning the granting of new land for palm oil plantations and establishing an agency to restore devastated peatlands. The haze is an annual problem caused by fires set in forest and on carbon-rich peatland in Indonesia to quickly and cheaply clear land for palm oil and pulpwood plantations. The blazes occur mainly on Indonesia\u2019s western Sumatra island and the Indonesian part of Borneo, with monsoon winds typically blowing the haze over Singapore and Malaysia. But last year\u2019s fires were among the worst in memory and cloaked large parts of the region in choking smog for weeks, causing huge numbers to fall ill and sending diplomatic tensions soaring. The new study to be published in journal Environmental Research Letters, which combined satellite data with models of health impacts from smoke exposure and readings from pollution monitoring stations, estimated that 100,300 had died prematurely due to last year\u2019s fires across the three countries. They estimated there were 91,600 deaths in Indonesia, 6,500 in Malaysia and 2,200 in Singapore. Greenpeace hailed a \u201cgroundbreaking\u201d study they said for the first time gave a detailed breakdown of deaths from last year\u2019s fires, but cautioned that the figure was a \u201cconservative estimate\u201d. It only looked at health impacts on adults and the effect of dangerous fine-particulate matter, known as PM 2.5. It did not examine the effect on youngsters or of the other toxins produced by the blazes. In reality, infants are some of the most at risk from the haze, said Nursyam Ibrahim, from the West Kalimantan province branch of the Indonesian Medical Association on Borneo. \u201cWe are the doctors who care for the vulnerable groups exposed to toxic smoke in every medical centre, and we know how awful it is to see the disease symptoms experienced by babies and children in our care,\u201d said Ibrahim. The study found an increase in the number of fires in peatland and in timber concessions in 2015, compared to the last haze outbreak considered major, in 2006, and that the number of fires in palm oil plantations fell. Shannon Koplitz, a Harvard scientist who worked on the study, said she also hoped the model they had developed could help those involved with tackling the annual blazes make quick decisions \u201cas extreme haze events are unfolding\u201d. Last year\u2019s haze outbreak was the worst since 1997 due to a strong El Nino weather system, which created tinder-dry conditions in Indonesia and made peatland and forests more vulnerable to going up in flames.       Article Title:Samoa hit by hail storm so rare residents thought it was a hoax   Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/19/samoa-hit-by-hail-storm-so-rare-residents-thought-it-was-a-hoax   Article author(s)Eleanor Ainge Roy   Article date:Monday 19 September 2016 00.11 EDT   News source: theguardian    Meteorologist forced to release satellite images of the storm to convince some locals that the hail wasn\u2019t part of a practical joke Samoa has been hit by a hail storm so rare that it was believed to be a hoax by many of the island\u2019s inhabitants. The tropical nation of Samoa lies in the Pacific Ocean, where the average temperature at this time of year is 29C. But on Friday evening an unexpected hail storm struck the eastern side of the island of Savai\u2019i, accompanied by heavy rain and strong wind gusts. It was only the second time since records began that hail has fallen on Samoa, the first was in 2011. The storm lasted 10 to 15 minutes and produced hail stones roughly 2cm wide. \u201cThe ice was very small and there were no reports of damage,\u201d said Luteru Tauvale, principal meteorologist for the Samoan Meteorology Service. \u201cBecause it was so unexpected a lot of people thought it had been invented. We had to release satellite images of the conditions that led to to the hail for people to believe it was real.\u201d Samoans took to social media to share their photos of the hail, many voicing disbelief at the incident, and then saying it was the \u201cfirst time\u201d they had been convinced of the the phenomenon of climate change. \u201cClimate change is here!\u201d wrote one Samoan on Facebook. \u201cMore like we have just woken up to the fact it had been with us for a while but we refuse to accept/believe it.\u201d Hailstorms form within a unusually unstable air mass in which the temperature falloff with height is much greater than normal.       Article Title:Dozens dead and missing after typhoon lashes eastern China     Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/18/dozens-dead-and-missing-after-typhoon-lashes-eastern-china   Article author(s)   Article date:Saturday 17 September 2016 22.40 EDT   News source: theguardian    Typhoon Meranti has damaged more than 18,300 houses and caused direct economic losses of more than 16.9bn yuan ($2.5bn)   The strongest typhoon to hit China this year has left 28 people dead and 15 others missing in the east of the country. Typhoon Meranti made landfall early Thursday in Fujian province after winds and rains associated with it pounded Taiwan, leaving one person dead and more than 50 injured. Authorities in Fujian said Saturday that the typhoon had left 18 people dead and 11 missing, damaged more than 18,300 houses and caused direct economic losses of more than 16.9 billion yuan ($2.5bn).   Authorities in neighboring Zhejiang province say that 10 people died and four remained unaccounted for following landslides and flash floods in rural areas. Taiwan saw wind and rain from a second typhoon, Malakas, that caused no apparent deaths.", "essay": "The fires that killed more than 100,000 people just disappoint me honestly. I feel like overall there has to be a better way to go about things this is just depressing and we need to find better ways to help them out. I feel like there needs to be people held accountable for this just leaving it like this is not going to cut it."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Haze from Indonesian fires may have killed more than 100,000 people \u2013 study \u2014  Harvard and Columbia universities estimate tens of thousands of premature deaths in areas closest to blazes clearing forest and peatland A smog outbreak in Southeast Asia last year may have caused over 100,000 premature deaths, according to a new study released Monday that triggered calls for action to tackle the \u201ckiller haze\u201d. Researchers from Harvard and Columbia universities in the US estimated there were more than 90,000 early deaths in Indonesia in areas closest to haze-belching fires, and several thousand more in neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia. The new estimate, reached using a complex analytical model, is far higher than the previous official death toll given by authorities of just 19 deaths in Indonesia. \u201cIf nothing changes, this killer haze will carry on taking a terrible toll, year after year,\u201d said Greenpeace Indonesia forest campaign Yuyun Indradi. \u201cFailure to act immediately to stem the loss of life would be a crime.\u201d A spokesman for Indonesia\u2019s environment ministry did not immediately have any comment. Indonesian authorities have previously insisted they are stepping up haze-fighting efforts, through such actions as banning the granting of new land for palm oil plantations and establishing an agency to restore devastated peatlands. The haze is an annual problem caused by fires set in forest and on carbon-rich peatland in Indonesia to quickly and cheaply clear land for palm oil and pulpwood plantations. The blazes occur mainly on Indonesia\u2019s western Sumatra island and the Indonesian part of Borneo, with monsoon winds typically blowing the haze over Singapore and Malaysia. But last year\u2019s fires were among the worst in memory and cloaked large parts of the region in choking smog for weeks, causing huge numbers to fall ill and sending diplomatic tensions soaring. The new study to be published in journal Environmental Research Letters, which combined satellite data with models of health impacts from smoke exposure and readings from pollution monitoring stations, estimated that 100,300 had died prematurely due to last year\u2019s fires across the three countries. They estimated there were 91,600 deaths in Indonesia, 6,500 in Malaysia and 2,200 in Singapore. Greenpeace hailed a \u201cgroundbreaking\u201d study they said for the first time gave a detailed breakdown of deaths from last year\u2019s fires, but cautioned that the figure was a \u201cconservative estimate\u201d. It only looked at health impacts on adults and the effect of dangerous fine-particulate matter, known as PM 2.5. It did not examine the effect on youngsters or of the other toxins produced by the blazes. In reality, infants are some of the most at risk from the haze, said Nursyam Ibrahim, from the West Kalimantan province branch of the Indonesian Medical Association on Borneo. \u201cWe are the doctors who care for the vulnerable groups exposed to toxic smoke in every medical centre, and we know how awful it is to see the disease symptoms experienced by babies and children in our care,\u201d said Ibrahim. The study found an increase in the number of fires in peatland and in timber concessions in 2015, compared to the last haze outbreak considered major, in 2006, and that the number of fires in palm oil plantations fell. Shannon Koplitz, a Harvard scientist who worked on the study, said she also hoped the model they had developed could help those involved with tackling the annual blazes make quick decisions \u201cas extreme haze events are unfolding\u201d. Last year\u2019s haze outbreak was the worst since 1997 due to a strong El Nino weather system, which created tinder-dry conditions in Indonesia and made peatland and forests more vulnerable to going up in flames.       Article Title:Samoa hit by hail storm so rare residents thought it was a hoax   Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/19/samoa-hit-by-hail-storm-so-rare-residents-thought-it-was-a-hoax   Article author(s)Eleanor Ainge Roy   Article date:Monday 19 September 2016 00.11 EDT   News source: theguardian    Meteorologist forced to release satellite images of the storm to convince some locals that the hail wasn\u2019t part of a practical joke Samoa has been hit by a hail storm so rare that it was believed to be a hoax by many of the island\u2019s inhabitants. The tropical nation of Samoa lies in the Pacific Ocean, where the average temperature at this time of year is 29C. But on Friday evening an unexpected hail storm struck the eastern side of the island of Savai\u2019i, accompanied by heavy rain and strong wind gusts. It was only the second time since records began that hail has fallen on Samoa, the first was in 2011. The storm lasted 10 to 15 minutes and produced hail stones roughly 2cm wide. \u201cThe ice was very small and there were no reports of damage,\u201d said Luteru Tauvale, principal meteorologist for the Samoan Meteorology Service. \u201cBecause it was so unexpected a lot of people thought it had been invented. We had to release satellite images of the conditions that led to to the hail for people to believe it was real.\u201d Samoans took to social media to share their photos of the hail, many voicing disbelief at the incident, and then saying it was the \u201cfirst time\u201d they had been convinced of the the phenomenon of climate change. \u201cClimate change is here!\u201d wrote one Samoan on Facebook. \u201cMore like we have just woken up to the fact it had been with us for a while but we refuse to accept/believe it.\u201d Hailstorms form within a unusually unstable air mass in which the temperature falloff with height is much greater than normal.       Article Title:Dozens dead and missing after typhoon lashes eastern China     Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/18/dozens-dead-and-missing-after-typhoon-lashes-eastern-china   Article author(s)   Article date:Saturday 17 September 2016 22.40 EDT   News source: theguardian    Typhoon Meranti has damaged more than 18,300 houses and caused direct economic losses of more than 16.9bn yuan ($2.5bn)   The strongest typhoon to hit China this year has left 28 people dead and 15 others missing in the east of the country. Typhoon Meranti made landfall early Thursday in Fujian province after winds and rains associated with it pounded Taiwan, leaving one person dead and more than 50 injured. Authorities in Fujian said Saturday that the typhoon had left 18 people dead and 11 missing, damaged more than 18,300 houses and caused direct economic losses of more than 16.9 billion yuan ($2.5bn).   Authorities in neighboring Zhejiang province say that 10 people died and four remained unaccounted for following landslides and flash floods in rural areas. Taiwan saw wind and rain from a second typhoon, Malakas, that caused no apparent deaths.", "essay": "I think what hapepend in Indonesia is terrible. The haze and fire really damaged lots of people's homes as well as took lives. I can't even imagine to think what it would be like if everything i had was just engulfed in flames and burned. I feel really bad for the families as well as people that have lost a loved one in this."}
{"user_id": "ec_p007", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 3.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 3.0}}, "article": "Family loses home and two pets in D.C. fire \u2014  A fire displaced a family of five and killed two cats inside their Northwest Washington rowhouse, D.C. fire and emergency services officials said. Firefighters were called to the two-story home in the 5000 block of Illinois Avenue NW about 1 p.m., said Vito Maggiolo, a fire department spokesman. All the residents escaped without injury, but two family pets did not. The Red Cross was notified to help two adults and three children who cannot reenter the home due to fire damage, officials said. The cause of the fire is under investigation.", "essay": "House fires are nojoke. And theyc an happen to anyone at any time. I feel so bad that that poor family are now without a home and there beloved pets. I hope their animals didn't have to suffer before they passed and I hope that the family is able to move on from this tragedy and will be able to continue their lives from this point on."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Family loses home and two pets in D.C. fire \u2014  A fire displaced a family of five and killed two cats inside their Northwest Washington rowhouse, D.C. fire and emergency services officials said. Firefighters were called to the two-story home in the 5000 block of Illinois Avenue NW about 1 p.m., said Vito Maggiolo, a fire department spokesman. All the residents escaped without injury, but two family pets did not. The Red Cross was notified to help two adults and three children who cannot reenter the home due to fire damage, officials said. The cause of the fire is under investigation.", "essay": "The tragedy that happened in DC was definitely very terrible. Anytime you lose your loved ones or anything to a fire, it can be  very traumatizing. It is also very hard to recover from something like that in my opinion. I think the article said that cats were taken away by the fire. This is tough because i have pets and i love them to death."}
{"user_id": "ec_p002", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 30000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 30000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Family loses home and two pets in D.C. fire \u2014  A fire displaced a family of five and killed two cats inside their Northwest Washington rowhouse, D.C. fire and emergency services officials said. Firefighters were called to the two-story home in the 5000 block of Illinois Avenue NW about 1 p.m., said Vito Maggiolo, a fire department spokesman. All the residents escaped without injury, but two family pets did not. The Red Cross was notified to help two adults and three children who cannot reenter the home due to fire damage, officials said. The cause of the fire is under investigation.", "essay": "Fires always manage to touch my heart. I have personal experience with this and the fear is still with me to this day. A fire can ravage everything that you have any really leave a person traumatized. A lot of times a person or family will get woken up to loud alarms and smoke out of nowhere and have to pick their most important possessions to save. This is a scary situation!"}
{"user_id": "ec_p063", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 31 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 82000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 3.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 31, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 82000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 3.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Family loses home and two pets in D.C. fire \u2014  A fire displaced a family of five and killed two cats inside their Northwest Washington rowhouse, D.C. fire and emergency services officials said. Firefighters were called to the two-story home in the 5000 block of Illinois Avenue NW about 1 p.m., said Vito Maggiolo, a fire department spokesman. All the residents escaped without injury, but two family pets did not. The Red Cross was notified to help two adults and three children who cannot reenter the home due to fire damage, officials said. The cause of the fire is under investigation.", "essay": "I guess I just feel bad for these people.  Losing your home to a fire has got to suck.  Not only did you lose everything you love and own in the blink of an eye, but let's be honest, it was probably your fault.  Usually fires start because you were doing something you weren't supposed to, or there was shoddy work completed."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Family loses home and two pets in D.C. fire \u2014  A fire displaced a family of five and killed two cats inside their Northwest Washington rowhouse, D.C. fire and emergency services officials said. Firefighters were called to the two-story home in the 5000 block of Illinois Avenue NW about 1 p.m., said Vito Maggiolo, a fire department spokesman. All the residents escaped without injury, but two family pets did not. The Red Cross was notified to help two adults and three children who cannot reenter the home due to fire damage, officials said. The cause of the fire is under investigation.", "essay": "After reading the article, i felt really bad for the family that was involved in the fire. It is unfortunate because it was something accidental and something that could have happened to anyone. I am also glad that they are okay though and nobody died. I did feel unfortunate and sad for their cats because it stated that they were killed in the fire."}
{"user_id": "ec_p017", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 33 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 78000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 3.0 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 33, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 78000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 3.0, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Study: lung cancer patients exposed to air pollution may have shorter survival times \u2014  We all know that air pollution is bad, so bad that it kills thousands of people each year. In India alone according to a Washington Post article published last month, about half a million people die every year due to outdoor air pollution.   With that introductory paragraph, here\u2019s a finding of a new study that may not surprise a lot of you readers: people with lung cancer may have shorter survival times when exposed to smog and other air pollutants.   As reported at The Guardian, researchers in the state of California have found that exposure to bad air quality after lung cancer diagnosis can negatively affect survival. The paper was published in the journal Thorax with lead author Sandrah P. Eckel, PhD of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.   The main takeaway of the research is that the length of time that people with lung cancer live after diagnosis varies depending on their exposure to air pollution. Researchers claim that the median survival for people diagnosed with early stage of lung cancers who were in areas with high levels of regional pollution was about three years shorter than people who lived in places with lower pollution levels.   In an interview with the University of Southern California website, Dr. Eckel explains that their research focused on California, and the reason is that the state has a wide range of air pollution levels. It also has one of the largest and longest running air quality monitoring networks and cancer registry system in the country.   Looking at the lung cancer data with over three-hundred and fifty thousand patients registered between the years 1988 to 2009, the team has found that patients in areas with higher levels of fine particulate matter\u2013or, at about 2.5 micrometers in diameter\u2013was only about two point four years, compared to five point seven years in patients in areas with lower levels of fine particulate matter.   It is also worth noting that lung cancer patients whose cancer had spread to other parts of their bodies had shorter survival times overall. They also showed little difference in survival time whether they lived in places with high or low air pollution levels.   And like other research, the team clarifies that additional research is needed to determine the link between air pollution and survival rates of lung cancer patients. However, the findings are intriguing, the team says, and they suggest that newly diagnosed lung cancer patients must consider moving out of places with high levels of air pollution.   Lung Cancer in America   A recently updated page of the CDC\u2013or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2013says that lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in America, and the second most common among both women and men.   The American health institute suggests avoiding smoking and secondhand smoke, and avoid places with radon, a naturally occurring gas from rocks and dirt.", "essay": "dude, you smoke, i smoke. i just switched to vaping, but you still smoke. you know you can get lung cancer? lung cancer is no joke, thousands die from it every year. you can get it from cigarettes. you can also get it from air pollution.what kinds of air pollution? first hand smoke, second hand smoke, i just found about something called radon that is a naturally occurring gas that comes from rocks and dirt, dude rocks are killing us. thats trippy.  no what do air pollution and lung cancer have to do in common? you are more suceptable to die form air pollution if you got lung cancer from those cigarettes you been smoking. either way though, the pollution can kill you though, just more easily if you got cancer."}
{"user_id": "ec_p058", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 34 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 68000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 34, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 68000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Study: lung cancer patients exposed to air pollution may have shorter survival times \u2014  We all know that air pollution is bad, so bad that it kills thousands of people each year. In India alone according to a Washington Post article published last month, about half a million people die every year due to outdoor air pollution.   With that introductory paragraph, here\u2019s a finding of a new study that may not surprise a lot of you readers: people with lung cancer may have shorter survival times when exposed to smog and other air pollutants.   As reported at The Guardian, researchers in the state of California have found that exposure to bad air quality after lung cancer diagnosis can negatively affect survival. The paper was published in the journal Thorax with lead author Sandrah P. Eckel, PhD of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.   The main takeaway of the research is that the length of time that people with lung cancer live after diagnosis varies depending on their exposure to air pollution. Researchers claim that the median survival for people diagnosed with early stage of lung cancers who were in areas with high levels of regional pollution was about three years shorter than people who lived in places with lower pollution levels.   In an interview with the University of Southern California website, Dr. Eckel explains that their research focused on California, and the reason is that the state has a wide range of air pollution levels. It also has one of the largest and longest running air quality monitoring networks and cancer registry system in the country.   Looking at the lung cancer data with over three-hundred and fifty thousand patients registered between the years 1988 to 2009, the team has found that patients in areas with higher levels of fine particulate matter\u2013or, at about 2.5 micrometers in diameter\u2013was only about two point four years, compared to five point seven years in patients in areas with lower levels of fine particulate matter.   It is also worth noting that lung cancer patients whose cancer had spread to other parts of their bodies had shorter survival times overall. They also showed little difference in survival time whether they lived in places with high or low air pollution levels.   And like other research, the team clarifies that additional research is needed to determine the link between air pollution and survival rates of lung cancer patients. However, the findings are intriguing, the team says, and they suggest that newly diagnosed lung cancer patients must consider moving out of places with high levels of air pollution.   Lung Cancer in America   A recently updated page of the CDC\u2013or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2013says that lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in America, and the second most common among both women and men.   The American health institute suggests avoiding smoking and secondhand smoke, and avoid places with radon, a naturally occurring gas from rocks and dirt.", "essay": "Hey man, this is crazy. I had no idea air pollution causes this much damage to us. Did you know in India it kills almost half a million people per year? That is absolutely insane. Something has to be done about this pollution. I wonder what it is in America? It's probably even worse here than it is there. Some places have real bad air quality."}
{"user_id": "ec_p005", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 22 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 100000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 22, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 100000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Study: lung cancer patients exposed to air pollution may have shorter survival times \u2014  We all know that air pollution is bad, so bad that it kills thousands of people each year. In India alone according to a Washington Post article published last month, about half a million people die every year due to outdoor air pollution.   With that introductory paragraph, here\u2019s a finding of a new study that may not surprise a lot of you readers: people with lung cancer may have shorter survival times when exposed to smog and other air pollutants.   As reported at The Guardian, researchers in the state of California have found that exposure to bad air quality after lung cancer diagnosis can negatively affect survival. The paper was published in the journal Thorax with lead author Sandrah P. Eckel, PhD of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.   The main takeaway of the research is that the length of time that people with lung cancer live after diagnosis varies depending on their exposure to air pollution. Researchers claim that the median survival for people diagnosed with early stage of lung cancers who were in areas with high levels of regional pollution was about three years shorter than people who lived in places with lower pollution levels.   In an interview with the University of Southern California website, Dr. Eckel explains that their research focused on California, and the reason is that the state has a wide range of air pollution levels. It also has one of the largest and longest running air quality monitoring networks and cancer registry system in the country.   Looking at the lung cancer data with over three-hundred and fifty thousand patients registered between the years 1988 to 2009, the team has found that patients in areas with higher levels of fine particulate matter\u2013or, at about 2.5 micrometers in diameter\u2013was only about two point four years, compared to five point seven years in patients in areas with lower levels of fine particulate matter.   It is also worth noting that lung cancer patients whose cancer had spread to other parts of their bodies had shorter survival times overall. They also showed little difference in survival time whether they lived in places with high or low air pollution levels.   And like other research, the team clarifies that additional research is needed to determine the link between air pollution and survival rates of lung cancer patients. However, the findings are intriguing, the team says, and they suggest that newly diagnosed lung cancer patients must consider moving out of places with high levels of air pollution.   Lung Cancer in America   A recently updated page of the CDC\u2013or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2013says that lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in America, and the second most common among both women and men.   The American health institute suggests avoiding smoking and secondhand smoke, and avoid places with radon, a naturally occurring gas from rocks and dirt.", "essay": "Air pollution is bad, so bad that it kills thousands of people each year. In India alone according to a Washington Post article published last month, about half a million people die every year due to outdoor air pollution. With that introductory paragraph, here?s a finding of a new study that may not surprise a lot of you readers: people with lung cancer may have shorter survival times when exposed to smog and other air pollutants. With the above information it is vital to pay attention to people with lung cancer."}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Study: lung cancer patients exposed to air pollution may have shorter survival times \u2014  We all know that air pollution is bad, so bad that it kills thousands of people each year. In India alone according to a Washington Post article published last month, about half a million people die every year due to outdoor air pollution.   With that introductory paragraph, here\u2019s a finding of a new study that may not surprise a lot of you readers: people with lung cancer may have shorter survival times when exposed to smog and other air pollutants.   As reported at The Guardian, researchers in the state of California have found that exposure to bad air quality after lung cancer diagnosis can negatively affect survival. The paper was published in the journal Thorax with lead author Sandrah P. Eckel, PhD of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.   The main takeaway of the research is that the length of time that people with lung cancer live after diagnosis varies depending on their exposure to air pollution. Researchers claim that the median survival for people diagnosed with early stage of lung cancers who were in areas with high levels of regional pollution was about three years shorter than people who lived in places with lower pollution levels.   In an interview with the University of Southern California website, Dr. Eckel explains that their research focused on California, and the reason is that the state has a wide range of air pollution levels. It also has one of the largest and longest running air quality monitoring networks and cancer registry system in the country.   Looking at the lung cancer data with over three-hundred and fifty thousand patients registered between the years 1988 to 2009, the team has found that patients in areas with higher levels of fine particulate matter\u2013or, at about 2.5 micrometers in diameter\u2013was only about two point four years, compared to five point seven years in patients in areas with lower levels of fine particulate matter.   It is also worth noting that lung cancer patients whose cancer had spread to other parts of their bodies had shorter survival times overall. They also showed little difference in survival time whether they lived in places with high or low air pollution levels.   And like other research, the team clarifies that additional research is needed to determine the link between air pollution and survival rates of lung cancer patients. However, the findings are intriguing, the team says, and they suggest that newly diagnosed lung cancer patients must consider moving out of places with high levels of air pollution.   Lung Cancer in America   A recently updated page of the CDC\u2013or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2013says that lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in America, and the second most common among both women and men.   The American health institute suggests avoiding smoking and secondhand smoke, and avoid places with radon, a naturally occurring gas from rocks and dirt.", "essay": "It's sad that humans have the destroyed/damaged the world to the point that it is starting to give us cancer! How crazy sad is that... Why can't we find more enviormentally friendly ways to do things? I'm sure the ways are out there, but theres no money in it so they haven't been discovered yet...  how gross is that"}
{"user_id": "ec_p020", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 50000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 50000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Study: lung cancer patients exposed to air pollution may have shorter survival times \u2014  We all know that air pollution is bad, so bad that it kills thousands of people each year. In India alone according to a Washington Post article published last month, about half a million people die every year due to outdoor air pollution.   With that introductory paragraph, here\u2019s a finding of a new study that may not surprise a lot of you readers: people with lung cancer may have shorter survival times when exposed to smog and other air pollutants.   As reported at The Guardian, researchers in the state of California have found that exposure to bad air quality after lung cancer diagnosis can negatively affect survival. The paper was published in the journal Thorax with lead author Sandrah P. Eckel, PhD of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.   The main takeaway of the research is that the length of time that people with lung cancer live after diagnosis varies depending on their exposure to air pollution. Researchers claim that the median survival for people diagnosed with early stage of lung cancers who were in areas with high levels of regional pollution was about three years shorter than people who lived in places with lower pollution levels.   In an interview with the University of Southern California website, Dr. Eckel explains that their research focused on California, and the reason is that the state has a wide range of air pollution levels. It also has one of the largest and longest running air quality monitoring networks and cancer registry system in the country.   Looking at the lung cancer data with over three-hundred and fifty thousand patients registered between the years 1988 to 2009, the team has found that patients in areas with higher levels of fine particulate matter\u2013or, at about 2.5 micrometers in diameter\u2013was only about two point four years, compared to five point seven years in patients in areas with lower levels of fine particulate matter.   It is also worth noting that lung cancer patients whose cancer had spread to other parts of their bodies had shorter survival times overall. They also showed little difference in survival time whether they lived in places with high or low air pollution levels.   And like other research, the team clarifies that additional research is needed to determine the link between air pollution and survival rates of lung cancer patients. However, the findings are intriguing, the team says, and they suggest that newly diagnosed lung cancer patients must consider moving out of places with high levels of air pollution.   Lung Cancer in America   A recently updated page of the CDC\u2013or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2013says that lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in America, and the second most common among both women and men.   The American health institute suggests avoiding smoking and secondhand smoke, and avoid places with radon, a naturally occurring gas from rocks and dirt.", "essay": "California researchers studied lung cancer patients for 10 years between 1999 and 2009. This research showed the those patients who lived in higher pollution rates were more negatively effected than those who did not live in higher pollution. they recommend for patients to move to places where there is less pollution."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Visitors bring trouble to Norway's polar bears \u2014  Officials in Norway say an increasing number of visitors to their Arctic region have triggered an increase in the number of endangered polar bears killed. Diane Hodges reports on efforts to protect the bears. Video provided by Reuters", "essay": "What i read in the article about the tourists hurting the polar bears really angers me and makes me sad at the same time. It is terrible that a human being is able to harm an animal and be able to sleep at night. I think that people should be nowhere near polar bears to be honest. They should be left alone where they want to be."}
{"user_id": "ec_p002", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 30000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 30000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Visitors bring trouble to Norway's polar bears \u2014  Officials in Norway say an increasing number of visitors to their Arctic region have triggered an increase in the number of endangered polar bears killed. Diane Hodges reports on efforts to protect the bears. Video provided by Reuters", "essay": "It really irritates me when people kill any animal for pure sport but even moreso when the animals are endangered. If steps are not taken to protect the endangered species then this situation is likely to compound in the future. This situation is reaching levels to where some type of punishment or actions need to be taken."}
{"user_id": "ec_p058", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 34 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 68000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 34, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 68000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Visitors bring trouble to Norway's polar bears \u2014  Officials in Norway say an increasing number of visitors to their Arctic region have triggered an increase in the number of endangered polar bears killed. Diane Hodges reports on efforts to protect the bears. Video provided by Reuters", "essay": "Hey, so polar bears are being killed in mass. even though they are protected, they are still being killed off. why is it that humans do this so much? We have caused so many species to go extinct, will polar bears be next? I feel like this is just what we humans do. We cause the death and destruction of other species of animals and our own planet."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Visitors bring trouble to Norway's polar bears \u2014  Officials in Norway say an increasing number of visitors to their Arctic region have triggered an increase in the number of endangered polar bears killed. Diane Hodges reports on efforts to protect the bears. Video provided by Reuters", "essay": "We as a whole community of human beings must come together to save this beautiful majestic animals. WE have obviously not learned our lesson of past animal extinctions and still put endangered animals in even more danger. Norway should put out strict laws for visitors and harsh sentences should they break these laws as well!"}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Visitors bring trouble to Norway's polar bears \u2014  Officials in Norway say an increasing number of visitors to their Arctic region have triggered an increase in the number of endangered polar bears killed. Diane Hodges reports on efforts to protect the bears. Video provided by Reuters", "essay": "Why would people go to Norway to mess with the polar bears? I do not understand what people are thinking sometimes. I wish people would just leave the polar bears and other animals alone for they can live their life just as people live their life. I hope one day the population of polar bears comes back up to normal."}
{"user_id": "ec_p055", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 46 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 22000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 46, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 22000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Myanmar 'child slavery' outrage sparks investigation \u2014  The Burmese president has ordered an investigation into the case of two girls who say they were kept prisoner and tortured for five years in a tailor shop. The teenagers were freed last week after a journalist helped them, but their families say that the police had on numerous occasions refused their pleas to get involved. This Wednesday, with the case now generating headlines, the police finally arrested the tailor and two family members. The two girls were aged just 11 and 12 when they were sent by their parents to the commercial capital Yangon. For poor Burmese families it's a painful but depressingly common decision. The United Nations estimates that at least a million Burmese children are forced to give up on education and go to work. These girls became maids in a tailor shop in the centre of Yangon. But what started as paid work allegedly turned into modern-day slavery. The girls say they were denied contact with their parents, were unable to leave and were no longer being paid. Then there was the abuse. Visited by the French news agency AFP in their village after their release, the girls had injuries and scars on their arms which they say were inflicted by their captors. \"I have a scar from where an iron was stamped on my leg and a scar on my head as well,\" one of the girls, now 16, told AFP. \"This was a wound from a knife, because my cooking was not OK,\" she said, showing a mark on her nose. The other girl, now 17, has burnt, twisted fingers - the consequence, she says, of them being broken deliberately by her captors as punishment. The allegations of mistreatment are shocking, but it's the authorities handling of the case that has really enraged the Burmese public. Many see it as further proof of a judicial system stacked against the poorest and most vulnerable. On several occasions over the last five years, the girls' families say they asked the Burmese police for help and were turned away. It was only when a journalist called Swe Win became involved that things started to move. He approached the police, who again refused to help, before taking the matter to the national human rights commission. To its credit, the commission did act, negotiating with the tailor for the girls' release and for a payment equivalent to about 4,000 dollars (\u00a33060) to be made, effectively as back-pay. But there was public outcry when it emerged that no further measures were taken against the girls' alleged abusers. \"We figured at the time that we could solve the case satisfactorily to all parties involved with a compensation settlement,\" U Zaw Win, a member of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission told an angry news conference in Yangon. With the girls' story now front page news and reverberating around social media, the Burmese police were finally spurred into action. On Wednesday evening the tailor was arrested, along with her two adult children. They all now face charges related to human trafficking. Questions are now being asked as to why it took so long for the authorities to get involved. In a rare public intervention, President Htin Kyaw released a statement. He said he had instructed the relevant ministries to assist and protect the girls, their families and the journalist Swe Win from possible reprisals. The president has also asked for a report on how the police handled the case and said he would be taking a close look at the work of the human rights commission. Swe Win is receiving a presidential award for his work on the case.", "essay": "I can't believe that anyone let's this type of behavior continue. Who let's their children be basically sold into slavery and then what government and officials allows it to happen. It's sad, disgusting and disturbing that this is something that is allowed to go on. It says something about the state of the world that this is what we've come to and that we just let it continue on. People should do more to ensure this behavior doesn't continue."}
{"user_id": "ec_p002", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 30000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 30000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Myanmar 'child slavery' outrage sparks investigation \u2014  The Burmese president has ordered an investigation into the case of two girls who say they were kept prisoner and tortured for five years in a tailor shop. The teenagers were freed last week after a journalist helped them, but their families say that the police had on numerous occasions refused their pleas to get involved. This Wednesday, with the case now generating headlines, the police finally arrested the tailor and two family members. The two girls were aged just 11 and 12 when they were sent by their parents to the commercial capital Yangon. For poor Burmese families it's a painful but depressingly common decision. The United Nations estimates that at least a million Burmese children are forced to give up on education and go to work. These girls became maids in a tailor shop in the centre of Yangon. But what started as paid work allegedly turned into modern-day slavery. The girls say they were denied contact with their parents, were unable to leave and were no longer being paid. Then there was the abuse. Visited by the French news agency AFP in their village after their release, the girls had injuries and scars on their arms which they say were inflicted by their captors. \"I have a scar from where an iron was stamped on my leg and a scar on my head as well,\" one of the girls, now 16, told AFP. \"This was a wound from a knife, because my cooking was not OK,\" she said, showing a mark on her nose. The other girl, now 17, has burnt, twisted fingers - the consequence, she says, of them being broken deliberately by her captors as punishment. The allegations of mistreatment are shocking, but it's the authorities handling of the case that has really enraged the Burmese public. Many see it as further proof of a judicial system stacked against the poorest and most vulnerable. On several occasions over the last five years, the girls' families say they asked the Burmese police for help and were turned away. It was only when a journalist called Swe Win became involved that things started to move. He approached the police, who again refused to help, before taking the matter to the national human rights commission. To its credit, the commission did act, negotiating with the tailor for the girls' release and for a payment equivalent to about 4,000 dollars (\u00a33060) to be made, effectively as back-pay. But there was public outcry when it emerged that no further measures were taken against the girls' alleged abusers. \"We figured at the time that we could solve the case satisfactorily to all parties involved with a compensation settlement,\" U Zaw Win, a member of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission told an angry news conference in Yangon. With the girls' story now front page news and reverberating around social media, the Burmese police were finally spurred into action. On Wednesday evening the tailor was arrested, along with her two adult children. They all now face charges related to human trafficking. Questions are now being asked as to why it took so long for the authorities to get involved. In a rare public intervention, President Htin Kyaw released a statement. He said he had instructed the relevant ministries to assist and protect the girls, their families and the journalist Swe Win from possible reprisals. The president has also asked for a report on how the police handled the case and said he would be taking a close look at the work of the human rights commission. Swe Win is receiving a presidential award for his work on the case.", "essay": "These type of people are some of the worst that there are. It sucks that parents feel they are forced to send their kids away to get employment. This is a short sighted answer and to be honest is taking advantage of their own children. These kids can grow up to be so many things if properly educated and yet it is squandered away."}
{"user_id": "ec_p005", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 22 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 100000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 22, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 100000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Myanmar 'child slavery' outrage sparks investigation \u2014  The Burmese president has ordered an investigation into the case of two girls who say they were kept prisoner and tortured for five years in a tailor shop. The teenagers were freed last week after a journalist helped them, but their families say that the police had on numerous occasions refused their pleas to get involved. This Wednesday, with the case now generating headlines, the police finally arrested the tailor and two family members. The two girls were aged just 11 and 12 when they were sent by their parents to the commercial capital Yangon. For poor Burmese families it's a painful but depressingly common decision. The United Nations estimates that at least a million Burmese children are forced to give up on education and go to work. These girls became maids in a tailor shop in the centre of Yangon. But what started as paid work allegedly turned into modern-day slavery. The girls say they were denied contact with their parents, were unable to leave and were no longer being paid. Then there was the abuse. Visited by the French news agency AFP in their village after their release, the girls had injuries and scars on their arms which they say were inflicted by their captors. \"I have a scar from where an iron was stamped on my leg and a scar on my head as well,\" one of the girls, now 16, told AFP. \"This was a wound from a knife, because my cooking was not OK,\" she said, showing a mark on her nose. The other girl, now 17, has burnt, twisted fingers - the consequence, she says, of them being broken deliberately by her captors as punishment. The allegations of mistreatment are shocking, but it's the authorities handling of the case that has really enraged the Burmese public. Many see it as further proof of a judicial system stacked against the poorest and most vulnerable. On several occasions over the last five years, the girls' families say they asked the Burmese police for help and were turned away. It was only when a journalist called Swe Win became involved that things started to move. He approached the police, who again refused to help, before taking the matter to the national human rights commission. To its credit, the commission did act, negotiating with the tailor for the girls' release and for a payment equivalent to about 4,000 dollars (\u00a33060) to be made, effectively as back-pay. But there was public outcry when it emerged that no further measures were taken against the girls' alleged abusers. \"We figured at the time that we could solve the case satisfactorily to all parties involved with a compensation settlement,\" U Zaw Win, a member of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission told an angry news conference in Yangon. With the girls' story now front page news and reverberating around social media, the Burmese police were finally spurred into action. On Wednesday evening the tailor was arrested, along with her two adult children. They all now face charges related to human trafficking. Questions are now being asked as to why it took so long for the authorities to get involved. In a rare public intervention, President Htin Kyaw released a statement. He said he had instructed the relevant ministries to assist and protect the girls, their families and the journalist Swe Win from possible reprisals. The president has also asked for a report on how the police handled the case and said he would be taking a close look at the work of the human rights commission. Swe Win is receiving a presidential award for his work on the case.", "essay": "The Burmese president has ordered an investigation into the case of two girls who say they were kept prisoner and tortured for five years in a tailor shop. The teenagers were freed last week after a journalist helped them, but their families say that the police had on numerous occasions refused their pleas to get involved. This really made me sad what the two girls went through."}
{"user_id": "ec_p063", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 31 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 82000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 3.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 31, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 82000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 3.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Myanmar 'child slavery' outrage sparks investigation \u2014  The Burmese president has ordered an investigation into the case of two girls who say they were kept prisoner and tortured for five years in a tailor shop. The teenagers were freed last week after a journalist helped them, but their families say that the police had on numerous occasions refused their pleas to get involved. This Wednesday, with the case now generating headlines, the police finally arrested the tailor and two family members. The two girls were aged just 11 and 12 when they were sent by their parents to the commercial capital Yangon. For poor Burmese families it's a painful but depressingly common decision. The United Nations estimates that at least a million Burmese children are forced to give up on education and go to work. These girls became maids in a tailor shop in the centre of Yangon. But what started as paid work allegedly turned into modern-day slavery. The girls say they were denied contact with their parents, were unable to leave and were no longer being paid. Then there was the abuse. Visited by the French news agency AFP in their village after their release, the girls had injuries and scars on their arms which they say were inflicted by their captors. \"I have a scar from where an iron was stamped on my leg and a scar on my head as well,\" one of the girls, now 16, told AFP. \"This was a wound from a knife, because my cooking was not OK,\" she said, showing a mark on her nose. The other girl, now 17, has burnt, twisted fingers - the consequence, she says, of them being broken deliberately by her captors as punishment. The allegations of mistreatment are shocking, but it's the authorities handling of the case that has really enraged the Burmese public. Many see it as further proof of a judicial system stacked against the poorest and most vulnerable. On several occasions over the last five years, the girls' families say they asked the Burmese police for help and were turned away. It was only when a journalist called Swe Win became involved that things started to move. He approached the police, who again refused to help, before taking the matter to the national human rights commission. To its credit, the commission did act, negotiating with the tailor for the girls' release and for a payment equivalent to about 4,000 dollars (\u00a33060) to be made, effectively as back-pay. But there was public outcry when it emerged that no further measures were taken against the girls' alleged abusers. \"We figured at the time that we could solve the case satisfactorily to all parties involved with a compensation settlement,\" U Zaw Win, a member of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission told an angry news conference in Yangon. With the girls' story now front page news and reverberating around social media, the Burmese police were finally spurred into action. On Wednesday evening the tailor was arrested, along with her two adult children. They all now face charges related to human trafficking. Questions are now being asked as to why it took so long for the authorities to get involved. In a rare public intervention, President Htin Kyaw released a statement. He said he had instructed the relevant ministries to assist and protect the girls, their families and the journalist Swe Win from possible reprisals. The president has also asked for a report on how the police handled the case and said he would be taking a close look at the work of the human rights commission. Swe Win is receiving a presidential award for his work on the case.", "essay": "I can't believe having to go through that.  It's shocking that in a fairly developed world this is still going on.  What's even more shocking is that it sounds like this is probably fairly common in the area.  For the police and authorities to clearly not care about it suggests that it is considered to be a non issue."}
{"user_id": "ec_p041", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 64000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 64000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Myanmar 'child slavery' outrage sparks investigation \u2014  The Burmese president has ordered an investigation into the case of two girls who say they were kept prisoner and tortured for five years in a tailor shop. The teenagers were freed last week after a journalist helped them, but their families say that the police had on numerous occasions refused their pleas to get involved. This Wednesday, with the case now generating headlines, the police finally arrested the tailor and two family members. The two girls were aged just 11 and 12 when they were sent by their parents to the commercial capital Yangon. For poor Burmese families it's a painful but depressingly common decision. The United Nations estimates that at least a million Burmese children are forced to give up on education and go to work. These girls became maids in a tailor shop in the centre of Yangon. But what started as paid work allegedly turned into modern-day slavery. The girls say they were denied contact with their parents, were unable to leave and were no longer being paid. Then there was the abuse. Visited by the French news agency AFP in their village after their release, the girls had injuries and scars on their arms which they say were inflicted by their captors. \"I have a scar from where an iron was stamped on my leg and a scar on my head as well,\" one of the girls, now 16, told AFP. \"This was a wound from a knife, because my cooking was not OK,\" she said, showing a mark on her nose. The other girl, now 17, has burnt, twisted fingers - the consequence, she says, of them being broken deliberately by her captors as punishment. The allegations of mistreatment are shocking, but it's the authorities handling of the case that has really enraged the Burmese public. Many see it as further proof of a judicial system stacked against the poorest and most vulnerable. On several occasions over the last five years, the girls' families say they asked the Burmese police for help and were turned away. It was only when a journalist called Swe Win became involved that things started to move. He approached the police, who again refused to help, before taking the matter to the national human rights commission. To its credit, the commission did act, negotiating with the tailor for the girls' release and for a payment equivalent to about 4,000 dollars (\u00a33060) to be made, effectively as back-pay. But there was public outcry when it emerged that no further measures were taken against the girls' alleged abusers. \"We figured at the time that we could solve the case satisfactorily to all parties involved with a compensation settlement,\" U Zaw Win, a member of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission told an angry news conference in Yangon. With the girls' story now front page news and reverberating around social media, the Burmese police were finally spurred into action. On Wednesday evening the tailor was arrested, along with her two adult children. They all now face charges related to human trafficking. Questions are now being asked as to why it took so long for the authorities to get involved. In a rare public intervention, President Htin Kyaw released a statement. He said he had instructed the relevant ministries to assist and protect the girls, their families and the journalist Swe Win from possible reprisals. The president has also asked for a report on how the police handled the case and said he would be taking a close look at the work of the human rights commission. Swe Win is receiving a presidential award for his work on the case.", "essay": "It is incredibly alarming that slavery is still being perpetuated in certain parts of the world. I am particularly disturbed by the fact that the parents willingly sent their children to this tailor. How disturbing. These young girls were robbed of their innocence and their parents did not sufficiently protect them."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "With Much Sadness We Report Baby Isibindi Has Passed \u2014  Rhino Update From Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage: It is with many tears, a heavy heart and very mixed emotions that I write that little Isibindi passed away shortly before midnight after a very, very rough 56 hours. She went through such deep sadness in her short life. I was so hoping and fighting to give her a second chance at life. A part of me feels a deep relief \u2013 the last two days were very difficult and she had so much to cope with. Little Bindi left this earth lying in my arms (the orphanage had no power so I wrapped us both in a duvet to keep her warm) It never gets easier. RIP little Bindi \u2013 may your spirit fly free! To the team on the ground here \u2013 humbled and proud. I have been with Isibindi constantly since she arrived a few days ago with no water, no power, wet cold conditions and security issues, this young and amazing group have made sure that the other rhinos have been cared for. Thank you to: Axel Tarifa, Shannon Westphal- very special people and Steven and Nicole. May God Bless all of the orphaned babies who are fighting for their life! -WAN", "essay": "I find it sad that the little baby rhino has passed away.  Surely it lived a short life and it did not deserve a day.  Most animals seem to be very innocent creatures and it is always sad to hear of the loss of a little innocent animal life.  It also seems sad that it was at a rhino orphanage.  What happened to its parents, were they killed or did they abandon it?  Anyway, this is sad news although life does go on and it is the way of the world I guess."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "With Much Sadness We Report Baby Isibindi Has Passed \u2014  Rhino Update From Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage: It is with many tears, a heavy heart and very mixed emotions that I write that little Isibindi passed away shortly before midnight after a very, very rough 56 hours. She went through such deep sadness in her short life. I was so hoping and fighting to give her a second chance at life. A part of me feels a deep relief \u2013 the last two days were very difficult and she had so much to cope with. Little Bindi left this earth lying in my arms (the orphanage had no power so I wrapped us both in a duvet to keep her warm) It never gets easier. RIP little Bindi \u2013 may your spirit fly free! To the team on the ground here \u2013 humbled and proud. I have been with Isibindi constantly since she arrived a few days ago with no water, no power, wet cold conditions and security issues, this young and amazing group have made sure that the other rhinos have been cared for. Thank you to: Axel Tarifa, Shannon Westphal- very special people and Steven and Nicole. May God Bless all of the orphaned babies who are fighting for their life! -WAN", "essay": "So, I just read an article about a baby rhino that passed away in captivity; apparently, due to lack of power? The article was very vague, but the woman describing the situation spoke of the rhino like a member of her family. The whole thing was very touching. It's hard not to have an emotional response to the suffering of any creature."}
{"user_id": "ec_p041", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 64000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 64000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "With Much Sadness We Report Baby Isibindi Has Passed \u2014  Rhino Update From Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage: It is with many tears, a heavy heart and very mixed emotions that I write that little Isibindi passed away shortly before midnight after a very, very rough 56 hours. She went through such deep sadness in her short life. I was so hoping and fighting to give her a second chance at life. A part of me feels a deep relief \u2013 the last two days were very difficult and she had so much to cope with. Little Bindi left this earth lying in my arms (the orphanage had no power so I wrapped us both in a duvet to keep her warm) It never gets easier. RIP little Bindi \u2013 may your spirit fly free! To the team on the ground here \u2013 humbled and proud. I have been with Isibindi constantly since she arrived a few days ago with no water, no power, wet cold conditions and security issues, this young and amazing group have made sure that the other rhinos have been cared for. Thank you to: Axel Tarifa, Shannon Westphal- very special people and Steven and Nicole. May God Bless all of the orphaned babies who are fighting for their life! -WAN", "essay": "The article lacks clarity on whether Isbindi was a child or a rhino. I am more than a little confused. I have neutral feelings toward the story as it was presented. Any loss of life is tragic, but more so when it is an innocent and defenseless child. I was also quite curious as what exactly was the cause of death."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "With Much Sadness We Report Baby Isibindi Has Passed \u2014  Rhino Update From Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage: It is with many tears, a heavy heart and very mixed emotions that I write that little Isibindi passed away shortly before midnight after a very, very rough 56 hours. She went through such deep sadness in her short life. I was so hoping and fighting to give her a second chance at life. A part of me feels a deep relief \u2013 the last two days were very difficult and she had so much to cope with. Little Bindi left this earth lying in my arms (the orphanage had no power so I wrapped us both in a duvet to keep her warm) It never gets easier. RIP little Bindi \u2013 may your spirit fly free! To the team on the ground here \u2013 humbled and proud. I have been with Isibindi constantly since she arrived a few days ago with no water, no power, wet cold conditions and security issues, this young and amazing group have made sure that the other rhinos have been cared for. Thank you to: Axel Tarifa, Shannon Westphal- very special people and Steven and Nicole. May God Bless all of the orphaned babies who are fighting for their life! -WAN", "essay": "This is just depressing because the little rhino was a famous one. I feel like I lost a pet of mine to be honest. It seems this rhino was quite important and when someone like that goes it is quite depressing and hard to put in to words.The fact the orphanage had no power is depressing. We need to do better "}
{"user_id": "ec_p007", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 3.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 3.0}}, "article": "With Much Sadness We Report Baby Isibindi Has Passed \u2014  Rhino Update From Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage: It is with many tears, a heavy heart and very mixed emotions that I write that little Isibindi passed away shortly before midnight after a very, very rough 56 hours. She went through such deep sadness in her short life. I was so hoping and fighting to give her a second chance at life. A part of me feels a deep relief \u2013 the last two days were very difficult and she had so much to cope with. Little Bindi left this earth lying in my arms (the orphanage had no power so I wrapped us both in a duvet to keep her warm) It never gets easier. RIP little Bindi \u2013 may your spirit fly free! To the team on the ground here \u2013 humbled and proud. I have been with Isibindi constantly since she arrived a few days ago with no water, no power, wet cold conditions and security issues, this young and amazing group have made sure that the other rhinos have been cared for. Thank you to: Axel Tarifa, Shannon Westphal- very special people and Steven and Nicole. May God Bless all of the orphaned babies who are fighting for their life! -WAN", "essay": "I think it is so sad for that baby rhino to die so young.. Any creature deserves a chance at life, and for this baby's to be taken away so soon is just heartbreaking. Also the fact that it was an orphan makes it even sadder. I used to work at an animal rescue place and sometimes we would ahve animals that wouldn't make it.. it is really hard to see an animal pass."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Saudi women file petition to end male guardianship system \u2014  A petition signed by more than 14,000 Saudi women calling for an end to the country's male guardianship system is being handed to the government. Women must have the consent of a male guardian to travel abroad, and often need permission to work or study. Support for the first large-scale campaign on the issue grew online in response to a trending Twitter hashtag. Activist Aziza Al-Yousef told the BBC she felt \"very proud\" of the campaign, but now needed a response. In the deeply conservative Islamic kingdom, a woman must have permission from her father, brother or other male relative - in the case of a widow, sometimes her son - to obtain a passport, marry or leave the country. Many workplaces and universities also demand a guardian's consent for female employees and students, although it is not legally required.   Renting a flat, undergoing hospital treatment or filing a legal claim often also require a male guardian's permission, and there is very little recourse for women whose guardians abuse them or severely limit their freedom. How much do you know about life as a woman in Saudi Arabia? WATCH: Are Saudi women really that oppressed? The 'Rosa Parks' of Saudi Arabia 'Flabbergasted' In July, an Arabic Twitter hashtag which translates as \"Saudi women want to abolish the guardianship system\" went viral after a Human Rights Watch reportwas published on the issue. Saudi women tweeted comments, videos and artwork calling for change. Bracelets saying \"I Am My Own Guardian\" appeared. The women counted on the petition all gave their full names, though more signed anonymously. Hundreds of women - one estimate suggests as many as 2,500 - bombarded the Saudi King's office over the weekend with telegrams containing personal messages backing the campaign. Human Rights Watch researcher Kristine Beckerle, who worked on the report, described the response as \"incredible and unprecedented\". \"I was flabbergasted - not only by the scale, but the creativity with which they've been doing it,\" she said. \"They've made undeniably clear they won't stand to be treated as second-class citizens any longer, and it's high time their government listened.\"    However, there has been opposition from some Saudi women, with an alternative Arabic hashtag, which translates as #TheGuardianshipIsForHerNotAgainstHer, gaining some traction, and opinion articles, like this one on the Gulf News website, arguing that the system should be reformed and applied better. Ms Yousef, who was stopped by police in 2013 for breaking the country's ban on women driving, said she did not expect any negative consequences from the petition: \"I'm not worried, I'm not doing anything wrong,\" she said. She and another activist took the petition to the Royal Court in person on Monday, but were advised to send it by mail. She said a key demand is that an age between 18 and 21 be designated, above which a woman be \"treated like an adult\". \"In every aspect, the important issue is to treat a woman as a full citizen,\" she said. She and other activists first raised the issue five years ago. \"We never had a problem with campaigning, but the problem is there is no answer. But we always hope - without hope, you cannot work,\" she said. There has been no official response to the petition yet.", "essay": "I think its about time Saudi Arabia get with the rest of the worlds in the push for women to be treated equally. It is a shame that women need consent of a male guardian to go abroad. They are adults and should be free to travel where they wish. I think the need for consent is something from the 1400's and should be abolished now."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Saudi women file petition to end male guardianship system \u2014  A petition signed by more than 14,000 Saudi women calling for an end to the country's male guardianship system is being handed to the government. Women must have the consent of a male guardian to travel abroad, and often need permission to work or study. Support for the first large-scale campaign on the issue grew online in response to a trending Twitter hashtag. Activist Aziza Al-Yousef told the BBC she felt \"very proud\" of the campaign, but now needed a response. In the deeply conservative Islamic kingdom, a woman must have permission from her father, brother or other male relative - in the case of a widow, sometimes her son - to obtain a passport, marry or leave the country. Many workplaces and universities also demand a guardian's consent for female employees and students, although it is not legally required.   Renting a flat, undergoing hospital treatment or filing a legal claim often also require a male guardian's permission, and there is very little recourse for women whose guardians abuse them or severely limit their freedom. How much do you know about life as a woman in Saudi Arabia? WATCH: Are Saudi women really that oppressed? The 'Rosa Parks' of Saudi Arabia 'Flabbergasted' In July, an Arabic Twitter hashtag which translates as \"Saudi women want to abolish the guardianship system\" went viral after a Human Rights Watch reportwas published on the issue. Saudi women tweeted comments, videos and artwork calling for change. Bracelets saying \"I Am My Own Guardian\" appeared. The women counted on the petition all gave their full names, though more signed anonymously. Hundreds of women - one estimate suggests as many as 2,500 - bombarded the Saudi King's office over the weekend with telegrams containing personal messages backing the campaign. Human Rights Watch researcher Kristine Beckerle, who worked on the report, described the response as \"incredible and unprecedented\". \"I was flabbergasted - not only by the scale, but the creativity with which they've been doing it,\" she said. \"They've made undeniably clear they won't stand to be treated as second-class citizens any longer, and it's high time their government listened.\"    However, there has been opposition from some Saudi women, with an alternative Arabic hashtag, which translates as #TheGuardianshipIsForHerNotAgainstHer, gaining some traction, and opinion articles, like this one on the Gulf News website, arguing that the system should be reformed and applied better. Ms Yousef, who was stopped by police in 2013 for breaking the country's ban on women driving, said she did not expect any negative consequences from the petition: \"I'm not worried, I'm not doing anything wrong,\" she said. She and another activist took the petition to the Royal Court in person on Monday, but were advised to send it by mail. She said a key demand is that an age between 18 and 21 be designated, above which a woman be \"treated like an adult\". \"In every aspect, the important issue is to treat a woman as a full citizen,\" she said. She and other activists first raised the issue five years ago. \"We never had a problem with campaigning, but the problem is there is no answer. But we always hope - without hope, you cannot work,\" she said. There has been no official response to the petition yet.", "essay": "I don't care about Saudi women at all and don't care about their campaign to end the guardianship requirements in their country.  I truly could not care less.  My brother lives in Saudi Arabia and it's a vile place full of vile people.  The more they suffer, the better.  What's interesting is that the women, in their bondage, actually hold a strangely revered place in society.  I'm not sure what an analogy would be, perhaps the elderly.  On one hand, it's true they have many limitations on their lives.  On the other, because of that they're treated as almost untouchable.  So my brother could theoretically get into an argument with a Saudi man, but never with a women.  It's a strange, paradoxical thing, and I wonder if the Saudi women understand it before they end it."}
{"user_id": "ec_p041", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 64000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 64000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Saudi women file petition to end male guardianship system \u2014  A petition signed by more than 14,000 Saudi women calling for an end to the country's male guardianship system is being handed to the government. Women must have the consent of a male guardian to travel abroad, and often need permission to work or study. Support for the first large-scale campaign on the issue grew online in response to a trending Twitter hashtag. Activist Aziza Al-Yousef told the BBC she felt \"very proud\" of the campaign, but now needed a response. In the deeply conservative Islamic kingdom, a woman must have permission from her father, brother or other male relative - in the case of a widow, sometimes her son - to obtain a passport, marry or leave the country. Many workplaces and universities also demand a guardian's consent for female employees and students, although it is not legally required.   Renting a flat, undergoing hospital treatment or filing a legal claim often also require a male guardian's permission, and there is very little recourse for women whose guardians abuse them or severely limit their freedom. How much do you know about life as a woman in Saudi Arabia? WATCH: Are Saudi women really that oppressed? The 'Rosa Parks' of Saudi Arabia 'Flabbergasted' In July, an Arabic Twitter hashtag which translates as \"Saudi women want to abolish the guardianship system\" went viral after a Human Rights Watch reportwas published on the issue. Saudi women tweeted comments, videos and artwork calling for change. Bracelets saying \"I Am My Own Guardian\" appeared. The women counted on the petition all gave their full names, though more signed anonymously. Hundreds of women - one estimate suggests as many as 2,500 - bombarded the Saudi King's office over the weekend with telegrams containing personal messages backing the campaign. Human Rights Watch researcher Kristine Beckerle, who worked on the report, described the response as \"incredible and unprecedented\". \"I was flabbergasted - not only by the scale, but the creativity with which they've been doing it,\" she said. \"They've made undeniably clear they won't stand to be treated as second-class citizens any longer, and it's high time their government listened.\"    However, there has been opposition from some Saudi women, with an alternative Arabic hashtag, which translates as #TheGuardianshipIsForHerNotAgainstHer, gaining some traction, and opinion articles, like this one on the Gulf News website, arguing that the system should be reformed and applied better. Ms Yousef, who was stopped by police in 2013 for breaking the country's ban on women driving, said she did not expect any negative consequences from the petition: \"I'm not worried, I'm not doing anything wrong,\" she said. She and another activist took the petition to the Royal Court in person on Monday, but were advised to send it by mail. She said a key demand is that an age between 18 and 21 be designated, above which a woman be \"treated like an adult\". \"In every aspect, the important issue is to treat a woman as a full citizen,\" she said. She and other activists first raised the issue five years ago. \"We never had a problem with campaigning, but the problem is there is no answer. But we always hope - without hope, you cannot work,\" she said. There has been no official response to the petition yet.", "essay": "I found it interesting that there were Saudi women for and against the guardianship program. I think in a broader sense this will only inflame tensions between Saudi's and the west as the more traditional Saudi's will undoubtedly blame western culture for these ideas. The fear of encroachment of western values into their culture has been a fear of Saudi Arabia since the kingdom's inception."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Saudi women file petition to end male guardianship system \u2014  A petition signed by more than 14,000 Saudi women calling for an end to the country's male guardianship system is being handed to the government. Women must have the consent of a male guardian to travel abroad, and often need permission to work or study. Support for the first large-scale campaign on the issue grew online in response to a trending Twitter hashtag. Activist Aziza Al-Yousef told the BBC she felt \"very proud\" of the campaign, but now needed a response. In the deeply conservative Islamic kingdom, a woman must have permission from her father, brother or other male relative - in the case of a widow, sometimes her son - to obtain a passport, marry or leave the country. Many workplaces and universities also demand a guardian's consent for female employees and students, although it is not legally required.   Renting a flat, undergoing hospital treatment or filing a legal claim often also require a male guardian's permission, and there is very little recourse for women whose guardians abuse them or severely limit their freedom. How much do you know about life as a woman in Saudi Arabia? WATCH: Are Saudi women really that oppressed? The 'Rosa Parks' of Saudi Arabia 'Flabbergasted' In July, an Arabic Twitter hashtag which translates as \"Saudi women want to abolish the guardianship system\" went viral after a Human Rights Watch reportwas published on the issue. Saudi women tweeted comments, videos and artwork calling for change. Bracelets saying \"I Am My Own Guardian\" appeared. The women counted on the petition all gave their full names, though more signed anonymously. Hundreds of women - one estimate suggests as many as 2,500 - bombarded the Saudi King's office over the weekend with telegrams containing personal messages backing the campaign. Human Rights Watch researcher Kristine Beckerle, who worked on the report, described the response as \"incredible and unprecedented\". \"I was flabbergasted - not only by the scale, but the creativity with which they've been doing it,\" she said. \"They've made undeniably clear they won't stand to be treated as second-class citizens any longer, and it's high time their government listened.\"    However, there has been opposition from some Saudi women, with an alternative Arabic hashtag, which translates as #TheGuardianshipIsForHerNotAgainstHer, gaining some traction, and opinion articles, like this one on the Gulf News website, arguing that the system should be reformed and applied better. Ms Yousef, who was stopped by police in 2013 for breaking the country's ban on women driving, said she did not expect any negative consequences from the petition: \"I'm not worried, I'm not doing anything wrong,\" she said. She and another activist took the petition to the Royal Court in person on Monday, but were advised to send it by mail. She said a key demand is that an age between 18 and 21 be designated, above which a woman be \"treated like an adult\". \"In every aspect, the important issue is to treat a woman as a full citizen,\" she said. She and other activists first raised the issue five years ago. \"We never had a problem with campaigning, but the problem is there is no answer. But we always hope - without hope, you cannot work,\" she said. There has been no official response to the petition yet.", "essay": "After reading this article, my immediate reaction is that it makes me a bit angry. I am angry at the fact that women still have to go by rules like this in today's day and age. It makes me angry that women need the permission of a man in order to be able to do what she wants. In today's world, anyone should be able to do anything and their freedom should not be restricted."}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Saudi women file petition to end male guardianship system \u2014  A petition signed by more than 14,000 Saudi women calling for an end to the country's male guardianship system is being handed to the government. Women must have the consent of a male guardian to travel abroad, and often need permission to work or study. Support for the first large-scale campaign on the issue grew online in response to a trending Twitter hashtag. Activist Aziza Al-Yousef told the BBC she felt \"very proud\" of the campaign, but now needed a response. In the deeply conservative Islamic kingdom, a woman must have permission from her father, brother or other male relative - in the case of a widow, sometimes her son - to obtain a passport, marry or leave the country. Many workplaces and universities also demand a guardian's consent for female employees and students, although it is not legally required.   Renting a flat, undergoing hospital treatment or filing a legal claim often also require a male guardian's permission, and there is very little recourse for women whose guardians abuse them or severely limit their freedom. How much do you know about life as a woman in Saudi Arabia? WATCH: Are Saudi women really that oppressed? The 'Rosa Parks' of Saudi Arabia 'Flabbergasted' In July, an Arabic Twitter hashtag which translates as \"Saudi women want to abolish the guardianship system\" went viral after a Human Rights Watch reportwas published on the issue. Saudi women tweeted comments, videos and artwork calling for change. Bracelets saying \"I Am My Own Guardian\" appeared. The women counted on the petition all gave their full names, though more signed anonymously. Hundreds of women - one estimate suggests as many as 2,500 - bombarded the Saudi King's office over the weekend with telegrams containing personal messages backing the campaign. Human Rights Watch researcher Kristine Beckerle, who worked on the report, described the response as \"incredible and unprecedented\". \"I was flabbergasted - not only by the scale, but the creativity with which they've been doing it,\" she said. \"They've made undeniably clear they won't stand to be treated as second-class citizens any longer, and it's high time their government listened.\"    However, there has been opposition from some Saudi women, with an alternative Arabic hashtag, which translates as #TheGuardianshipIsForHerNotAgainstHer, gaining some traction, and opinion articles, like this one on the Gulf News website, arguing that the system should be reformed and applied better. Ms Yousef, who was stopped by police in 2013 for breaking the country's ban on women driving, said she did not expect any negative consequences from the petition: \"I'm not worried, I'm not doing anything wrong,\" she said. She and another activist took the petition to the Royal Court in person on Monday, but were advised to send it by mail. She said a key demand is that an age between 18 and 21 be designated, above which a woman be \"treated like an adult\". \"In every aspect, the important issue is to treat a woman as a full citizen,\" she said. She and other activists first raised the issue five years ago. \"We never had a problem with campaigning, but the problem is there is no answer. But we always hope - without hope, you cannot work,\" she said. There has been no official response to the petition yet.", "essay": "This kind of thing makes me so sad to hear... I can't believe things like this are still happening in todays day and age, after all the advancements that humanity has made as far as technology, racism, sexism, classism, and this kind of thing still is going on... It's awful and it's sad that we don't hear more about it in the media. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Suicide: Russian girl's death prompts national debate \u2014  It's a day like any other day in a provincial city in central Russia. A 12-year-old girl is getting ready to go to school. Suddenly her phone rings. The next minute she is out of the door, saying she's meeting a friend and they will go to school together. Later the same day, when her mother turns up at the school, there is no sign of her daughter. No-one has seen her. Then the mother's phone rings, and she can tell by the ring tone that it's her daughter's phone. \"Where are you, darling?\" she asks with relief. \"It's not your daughter,\" a strange voice replies. \"I'm a doctor from A&E. Your daughter is dead.\" She had taken her own life. Social network subculture In the weeks and months that followed, the mother discovered how her daughter had been immersed in an online subculture of suicide involving images of self-harming, alternative reality games and a cult surrounding a 16-year-old girl who had killed herself in a violent fashion. This is the tragic story at the heart of a long, front-page article called Groups of Death in independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta on 16 May. Written by correspondent Galina Mursalieva, it alleges that Russia's most popular social network VKontakte (VK) has numerous groups used by Svengali-type figures to encourage vulnerable young people to kill themselves. These groups are regularly closed down, but others quickly spring up in their place. Emotional intensity The piece claims that a spate of at least 80 recent suicides can be linked to these online groups. Four of the deaths, including the one described above, occurred on the same day last December and in roughly the same manner. A note from Novaya Gazeta's editors at the top of the article urges every parent to read it to \"save their children from a fateful step\". Groups of Death has had an extraordinary impact. In little over a week, it has been viewed more than two million times and has sparked a stormy debate on social networks and beyond. One of the reasons it has gone viral is undoubtedly the emotional intensity of Galina Mursalieva's writing. But that has been singled out as one of its main shortcomings, too. Critics have accused her of treating a complex subject with tabloid sensationalism and allowing her personal involvement in the story to cloud her judgement. In particular, they question the emphasis that the writer and the bereaved parents have placed on the internet as a cause of juvenile suicide. A follow-up investigation by the Lenta.ru website presented a more nuanced, although no less disturbing, picture of internet subculture. It suggested that the people running the VK groups were not much older than their teenage members, and in many cases were exploiting suicide cults to boost their own egos or even earn money from online advertising. But Lenta.ru also admitted that at least some of the deaths mentioned by Novaya Gazeta could be linked to online grooming. ________________   Russia's high level of youth suicide Russia has world's third-highest number of suicides among adolescents Depression, anxiety and aggression are found in 20% of Russian teenagers; the Western average is no higher than 5% Suicidal thoughts come into the minds of 45% of Russian girls and 27% of young men Most suicides are linked to parents' alcoholism, family conflicts and abuse Statistics agency Rosstat says Russia's overall rate of suicide fell in 2015 to the lowest level for 50 years Source: Unicef 2011/Rosstat 2016 iWonder: How do we talk about teenage suicide? ________________   As well as appealing to parents, Novaya Gazeta also argued that it had wanted to goad the authorities into action. It said it had passed material to law enforcement agencies and informed media watchdog Roskomnadzor of its findings. Since publication, investigators in St Petersburg have launched a criminal case over groups on VK that allegedly promote suicide. But Novaya Gazeta has also been accused of colluding with the authorities, or at least giving them a useful pretext to further extend their control over the internet. It is an allegation emphatically denied by chief editor Dmitry Muratov. One of the ostensible aims of a controversial internet blacklist law that came into force in 2012 was to protect minors from material promoting suicide. Internet expert Anton Nosik believes that the Kremlin is now intent on getting to grips with online communities, having passed laws that have the potential to curb the activity of top bloggers and with key elections just around the corner. One thing that everyone appears to agree on is that adolescent suicide is a very serious problem in Russia. A 2011 Unicef report found that the country had the third-highest suicide rate in this age group in the world, more than three times the global average. As such, even some of Galina Mursalieva's critics concede that by getting people to talk about a subject that is too often ignored, she may have performed a useful public service. ________________   Are you affected by this? Samaritans The Samaritans helpline is available 24 hours a day for anyone in the UK struggling to cope. It provides a safe place to talk where calls are completely confidential. Phone for free: 116 123 Email: jo@samaritans.org Visit the Samaritans website Papyrus Papyrus offers support, practical advice and information to young people in the UK considering suicide and can also offer help and advice if you're concerned about someone you know. Phone: 0800 068 41 41 Telephone Doveriye (Telephone of Trust) In Russia, a confidential hotline for children is available on 8-800-2000-122", "essay": "Wow, a twelve year old russian girl commited suicide because of her association with some website that promoted teens committing suicide.  It's really sad that sick people would go online and prey on little children like this.  I find it shocking and hard to believe anyone would want to do such a thing.  They really need to find a way to crack down on these people and put them away for life.  This is just ridiculous."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Suicide: Russian girl's death prompts national debate \u2014  It's a day like any other day in a provincial city in central Russia. A 12-year-old girl is getting ready to go to school. Suddenly her phone rings. The next minute she is out of the door, saying she's meeting a friend and they will go to school together. Later the same day, when her mother turns up at the school, there is no sign of her daughter. No-one has seen her. Then the mother's phone rings, and she can tell by the ring tone that it's her daughter's phone. \"Where are you, darling?\" she asks with relief. \"It's not your daughter,\" a strange voice replies. \"I'm a doctor from A&E. Your daughter is dead.\" She had taken her own life. Social network subculture In the weeks and months that followed, the mother discovered how her daughter had been immersed in an online subculture of suicide involving images of self-harming, alternative reality games and a cult surrounding a 16-year-old girl who had killed herself in a violent fashion. This is the tragic story at the heart of a long, front-page article called Groups of Death in independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta on 16 May. Written by correspondent Galina Mursalieva, it alleges that Russia's most popular social network VKontakte (VK) has numerous groups used by Svengali-type figures to encourage vulnerable young people to kill themselves. These groups are regularly closed down, but others quickly spring up in their place. Emotional intensity The piece claims that a spate of at least 80 recent suicides can be linked to these online groups. Four of the deaths, including the one described above, occurred on the same day last December and in roughly the same manner. A note from Novaya Gazeta's editors at the top of the article urges every parent to read it to \"save their children from a fateful step\". Groups of Death has had an extraordinary impact. In little over a week, it has been viewed more than two million times and has sparked a stormy debate on social networks and beyond. One of the reasons it has gone viral is undoubtedly the emotional intensity of Galina Mursalieva's writing. But that has been singled out as one of its main shortcomings, too. Critics have accused her of treating a complex subject with tabloid sensationalism and allowing her personal involvement in the story to cloud her judgement. In particular, they question the emphasis that the writer and the bereaved parents have placed on the internet as a cause of juvenile suicide. A follow-up investigation by the Lenta.ru website presented a more nuanced, although no less disturbing, picture of internet subculture. It suggested that the people running the VK groups were not much older than their teenage members, and in many cases were exploiting suicide cults to boost their own egos or even earn money from online advertising. But Lenta.ru also admitted that at least some of the deaths mentioned by Novaya Gazeta could be linked to online grooming. ________________   Russia's high level of youth suicide Russia has world's third-highest number of suicides among adolescents Depression, anxiety and aggression are found in 20% of Russian teenagers; the Western average is no higher than 5% Suicidal thoughts come into the minds of 45% of Russian girls and 27% of young men Most suicides are linked to parents' alcoholism, family conflicts and abuse Statistics agency Rosstat says Russia's overall rate of suicide fell in 2015 to the lowest level for 50 years Source: Unicef 2011/Rosstat 2016 iWonder: How do we talk about teenage suicide? ________________   As well as appealing to parents, Novaya Gazeta also argued that it had wanted to goad the authorities into action. It said it had passed material to law enforcement agencies and informed media watchdog Roskomnadzor of its findings. Since publication, investigators in St Petersburg have launched a criminal case over groups on VK that allegedly promote suicide. But Novaya Gazeta has also been accused of colluding with the authorities, or at least giving them a useful pretext to further extend their control over the internet. It is an allegation emphatically denied by chief editor Dmitry Muratov. One of the ostensible aims of a controversial internet blacklist law that came into force in 2012 was to protect minors from material promoting suicide. Internet expert Anton Nosik believes that the Kremlin is now intent on getting to grips with online communities, having passed laws that have the potential to curb the activity of top bloggers and with key elections just around the corner. One thing that everyone appears to agree on is that adolescent suicide is a very serious problem in Russia. A 2011 Unicef report found that the country had the third-highest suicide rate in this age group in the world, more than three times the global average. As such, even some of Galina Mursalieva's critics concede that by getting people to talk about a subject that is too often ignored, she may have performed a useful public service. ________________   Are you affected by this? Samaritans The Samaritans helpline is available 24 hours a day for anyone in the UK struggling to cope. It provides a safe place to talk where calls are completely confidential. Phone for free: 116 123 Email: jo@samaritans.org Visit the Samaritans website Papyrus Papyrus offers support, practical advice and information to young people in the UK considering suicide and can also offer help and advice if you're concerned about someone you know. Phone: 0800 068 41 41 Telephone Doveriye (Telephone of Trust) In Russia, a confidential hotline for children is available on 8-800-2000-122", "essay": "I just read an article about suicides in Russia. Apparently, there are online communities devoted to encouraging teenagers to take their own lives. Often times these websites are maintained and propagated just to receive money through advertising. Can you imagine living with the deaths of people just to make a few bucks from ads? We truly live in a twisted reality."}
{"user_id": "ec_p005", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 22 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 100000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 22, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 100000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Suicide: Russian girl's death prompts national debate \u2014  It's a day like any other day in a provincial city in central Russia. A 12-year-old girl is getting ready to go to school. Suddenly her phone rings. The next minute she is out of the door, saying she's meeting a friend and they will go to school together. Later the same day, when her mother turns up at the school, there is no sign of her daughter. No-one has seen her. Then the mother's phone rings, and she can tell by the ring tone that it's her daughter's phone. \"Where are you, darling?\" she asks with relief. \"It's not your daughter,\" a strange voice replies. \"I'm a doctor from A&E. Your daughter is dead.\" She had taken her own life. Social network subculture In the weeks and months that followed, the mother discovered how her daughter had been immersed in an online subculture of suicide involving images of self-harming, alternative reality games and a cult surrounding a 16-year-old girl who had killed herself in a violent fashion. This is the tragic story at the heart of a long, front-page article called Groups of Death in independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta on 16 May. Written by correspondent Galina Mursalieva, it alleges that Russia's most popular social network VKontakte (VK) has numerous groups used by Svengali-type figures to encourage vulnerable young people to kill themselves. These groups are regularly closed down, but others quickly spring up in their place. Emotional intensity The piece claims that a spate of at least 80 recent suicides can be linked to these online groups. Four of the deaths, including the one described above, occurred on the same day last December and in roughly the same manner. A note from Novaya Gazeta's editors at the top of the article urges every parent to read it to \"save their children from a fateful step\". Groups of Death has had an extraordinary impact. In little over a week, it has been viewed more than two million times and has sparked a stormy debate on social networks and beyond. One of the reasons it has gone viral is undoubtedly the emotional intensity of Galina Mursalieva's writing. But that has been singled out as one of its main shortcomings, too. Critics have accused her of treating a complex subject with tabloid sensationalism and allowing her personal involvement in the story to cloud her judgement. In particular, they question the emphasis that the writer and the bereaved parents have placed on the internet as a cause of juvenile suicide. A follow-up investigation by the Lenta.ru website presented a more nuanced, although no less disturbing, picture of internet subculture. It suggested that the people running the VK groups were not much older than their teenage members, and in many cases were exploiting suicide cults to boost their own egos or even earn money from online advertising. But Lenta.ru also admitted that at least some of the deaths mentioned by Novaya Gazeta could be linked to online grooming. ________________   Russia's high level of youth suicide Russia has world's third-highest number of suicides among adolescents Depression, anxiety and aggression are found in 20% of Russian teenagers; the Western average is no higher than 5% Suicidal thoughts come into the minds of 45% of Russian girls and 27% of young men Most suicides are linked to parents' alcoholism, family conflicts and abuse Statistics agency Rosstat says Russia's overall rate of suicide fell in 2015 to the lowest level for 50 years Source: Unicef 2011/Rosstat 2016 iWonder: How do we talk about teenage suicide? ________________   As well as appealing to parents, Novaya Gazeta also argued that it had wanted to goad the authorities into action. It said it had passed material to law enforcement agencies and informed media watchdog Roskomnadzor of its findings. Since publication, investigators in St Petersburg have launched a criminal case over groups on VK that allegedly promote suicide. But Novaya Gazeta has also been accused of colluding with the authorities, or at least giving them a useful pretext to further extend their control over the internet. It is an allegation emphatically denied by chief editor Dmitry Muratov. One of the ostensible aims of a controversial internet blacklist law that came into force in 2012 was to protect minors from material promoting suicide. Internet expert Anton Nosik believes that the Kremlin is now intent on getting to grips with online communities, having passed laws that have the potential to curb the activity of top bloggers and with key elections just around the corner. One thing that everyone appears to agree on is that adolescent suicide is a very serious problem in Russia. A 2011 Unicef report found that the country had the third-highest suicide rate in this age group in the world, more than three times the global average. As such, even some of Galina Mursalieva's critics concede that by getting people to talk about a subject that is too often ignored, she may have performed a useful public service. ________________   Are you affected by this? Samaritans The Samaritans helpline is available 24 hours a day for anyone in the UK struggling to cope. It provides a safe place to talk where calls are completely confidential. Phone for free: 116 123 Email: jo@samaritans.org Visit the Samaritans website Papyrus Papyrus offers support, practical advice and information to young people in the UK considering suicide and can also offer help and advice if you're concerned about someone you know. Phone: 0800 068 41 41 Telephone Doveriye (Telephone of Trust) In Russia, a confidential hotline for children is available on 8-800-2000-122", "essay": "It's a day like any other day in a provincial city in central Russia. A 12-year-old girl is getting ready to go to school. Suddenly her phone rings. The next minute she is out of the door, saying she's meeting a friend and they will go to school together. Later the same day, when her mother turns up at the school, there is no sign of her daughter. No-one has seen her. This is really sad and terrifying."}
{"user_id": "ec_p041", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 64000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 64000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Suicide: Russian girl's death prompts national debate \u2014  It's a day like any other day in a provincial city in central Russia. A 12-year-old girl is getting ready to go to school. Suddenly her phone rings. The next minute she is out of the door, saying she's meeting a friend and they will go to school together. Later the same day, when her mother turns up at the school, there is no sign of her daughter. No-one has seen her. Then the mother's phone rings, and she can tell by the ring tone that it's her daughter's phone. \"Where are you, darling?\" she asks with relief. \"It's not your daughter,\" a strange voice replies. \"I'm a doctor from A&E. Your daughter is dead.\" She had taken her own life. Social network subculture In the weeks and months that followed, the mother discovered how her daughter had been immersed in an online subculture of suicide involving images of self-harming, alternative reality games and a cult surrounding a 16-year-old girl who had killed herself in a violent fashion. This is the tragic story at the heart of a long, front-page article called Groups of Death in independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta on 16 May. Written by correspondent Galina Mursalieva, it alleges that Russia's most popular social network VKontakte (VK) has numerous groups used by Svengali-type figures to encourage vulnerable young people to kill themselves. These groups are regularly closed down, but others quickly spring up in their place. Emotional intensity The piece claims that a spate of at least 80 recent suicides can be linked to these online groups. Four of the deaths, including the one described above, occurred on the same day last December and in roughly the same manner. A note from Novaya Gazeta's editors at the top of the article urges every parent to read it to \"save their children from a fateful step\". Groups of Death has had an extraordinary impact. In little over a week, it has been viewed more than two million times and has sparked a stormy debate on social networks and beyond. One of the reasons it has gone viral is undoubtedly the emotional intensity of Galina Mursalieva's writing. But that has been singled out as one of its main shortcomings, too. Critics have accused her of treating a complex subject with tabloid sensationalism and allowing her personal involvement in the story to cloud her judgement. In particular, they question the emphasis that the writer and the bereaved parents have placed on the internet as a cause of juvenile suicide. A follow-up investigation by the Lenta.ru website presented a more nuanced, although no less disturbing, picture of internet subculture. It suggested that the people running the VK groups were not much older than their teenage members, and in many cases were exploiting suicide cults to boost their own egos or even earn money from online advertising. But Lenta.ru also admitted that at least some of the deaths mentioned by Novaya Gazeta could be linked to online grooming. ________________   Russia's high level of youth suicide Russia has world's third-highest number of suicides among adolescents Depression, anxiety and aggression are found in 20% of Russian teenagers; the Western average is no higher than 5% Suicidal thoughts come into the minds of 45% of Russian girls and 27% of young men Most suicides are linked to parents' alcoholism, family conflicts and abuse Statistics agency Rosstat says Russia's overall rate of suicide fell in 2015 to the lowest level for 50 years Source: Unicef 2011/Rosstat 2016 iWonder: How do we talk about teenage suicide? ________________   As well as appealing to parents, Novaya Gazeta also argued that it had wanted to goad the authorities into action. It said it had passed material to law enforcement agencies and informed media watchdog Roskomnadzor of its findings. Since publication, investigators in St Petersburg have launched a criminal case over groups on VK that allegedly promote suicide. But Novaya Gazeta has also been accused of colluding with the authorities, or at least giving them a useful pretext to further extend their control over the internet. It is an allegation emphatically denied by chief editor Dmitry Muratov. One of the ostensible aims of a controversial internet blacklist law that came into force in 2012 was to protect minors from material promoting suicide. Internet expert Anton Nosik believes that the Kremlin is now intent on getting to grips with online communities, having passed laws that have the potential to curb the activity of top bloggers and with key elections just around the corner. One thing that everyone appears to agree on is that adolescent suicide is a very serious problem in Russia. A 2011 Unicef report found that the country had the third-highest suicide rate in this age group in the world, more than three times the global average. As such, even some of Galina Mursalieva's critics concede that by getting people to talk about a subject that is too often ignored, she may have performed a useful public service. ________________   Are you affected by this? Samaritans The Samaritans helpline is available 24 hours a day for anyone in the UK struggling to cope. It provides a safe place to talk where calls are completely confidential. Phone for free: 116 123 Email: jo@samaritans.org Visit the Samaritans website Papyrus Papyrus offers support, practical advice and information to young people in the UK considering suicide and can also offer help and advice if you're concerned about someone you know. Phone: 0800 068 41 41 Telephone Doveriye (Telephone of Trust) In Russia, a confidential hotline for children is available on 8-800-2000-122", "essay": "It is quite disturbing that the number of teen suicides in Russia is so high. It is far less surprising that there is a direct link between the increase in suicides and the Russian social media site VKontakte. I think there is a causal link between teen suicides in the US and the growing popularity of similar sites."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Suicide: Russian girl's death prompts national debate \u2014  It's a day like any other day in a provincial city in central Russia. A 12-year-old girl is getting ready to go to school. Suddenly her phone rings. The next minute she is out of the door, saying she's meeting a friend and they will go to school together. Later the same day, when her mother turns up at the school, there is no sign of her daughter. No-one has seen her. Then the mother's phone rings, and she can tell by the ring tone that it's her daughter's phone. \"Where are you, darling?\" she asks with relief. \"It's not your daughter,\" a strange voice replies. \"I'm a doctor from A&E. Your daughter is dead.\" She had taken her own life. Social network subculture In the weeks and months that followed, the mother discovered how her daughter had been immersed in an online subculture of suicide involving images of self-harming, alternative reality games and a cult surrounding a 16-year-old girl who had killed herself in a violent fashion. This is the tragic story at the heart of a long, front-page article called Groups of Death in independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta on 16 May. Written by correspondent Galina Mursalieva, it alleges that Russia's most popular social network VKontakte (VK) has numerous groups used by Svengali-type figures to encourage vulnerable young people to kill themselves. These groups are regularly closed down, but others quickly spring up in their place. Emotional intensity The piece claims that a spate of at least 80 recent suicides can be linked to these online groups. Four of the deaths, including the one described above, occurred on the same day last December and in roughly the same manner. A note from Novaya Gazeta's editors at the top of the article urges every parent to read it to \"save their children from a fateful step\". Groups of Death has had an extraordinary impact. In little over a week, it has been viewed more than two million times and has sparked a stormy debate on social networks and beyond. One of the reasons it has gone viral is undoubtedly the emotional intensity of Galina Mursalieva's writing. But that has been singled out as one of its main shortcomings, too. Critics have accused her of treating a complex subject with tabloid sensationalism and allowing her personal involvement in the story to cloud her judgement. In particular, they question the emphasis that the writer and the bereaved parents have placed on the internet as a cause of juvenile suicide. A follow-up investigation by the Lenta.ru website presented a more nuanced, although no less disturbing, picture of internet subculture. It suggested that the people running the VK groups were not much older than their teenage members, and in many cases were exploiting suicide cults to boost their own egos or even earn money from online advertising. But Lenta.ru also admitted that at least some of the deaths mentioned by Novaya Gazeta could be linked to online grooming. ________________   Russia's high level of youth suicide Russia has world's third-highest number of suicides among adolescents Depression, anxiety and aggression are found in 20% of Russian teenagers; the Western average is no higher than 5% Suicidal thoughts come into the minds of 45% of Russian girls and 27% of young men Most suicides are linked to parents' alcoholism, family conflicts and abuse Statistics agency Rosstat says Russia's overall rate of suicide fell in 2015 to the lowest level for 50 years Source: Unicef 2011/Rosstat 2016 iWonder: How do we talk about teenage suicide? ________________   As well as appealing to parents, Novaya Gazeta also argued that it had wanted to goad the authorities into action. It said it had passed material to law enforcement agencies and informed media watchdog Roskomnadzor of its findings. Since publication, investigators in St Petersburg have launched a criminal case over groups on VK that allegedly promote suicide. But Novaya Gazeta has also been accused of colluding with the authorities, or at least giving them a useful pretext to further extend their control over the internet. It is an allegation emphatically denied by chief editor Dmitry Muratov. One of the ostensible aims of a controversial internet blacklist law that came into force in 2012 was to protect minors from material promoting suicide. Internet expert Anton Nosik believes that the Kremlin is now intent on getting to grips with online communities, having passed laws that have the potential to curb the activity of top bloggers and with key elections just around the corner. One thing that everyone appears to agree on is that adolescent suicide is a very serious problem in Russia. A 2011 Unicef report found that the country had the third-highest suicide rate in this age group in the world, more than three times the global average. As such, even some of Galina Mursalieva's critics concede that by getting people to talk about a subject that is too often ignored, she may have performed a useful public service. ________________   Are you affected by this? Samaritans The Samaritans helpline is available 24 hours a day for anyone in the UK struggling to cope. It provides a safe place to talk where calls are completely confidential. Phone for free: 116 123 Email: jo@samaritans.org Visit the Samaritans website Papyrus Papyrus offers support, practical advice and information to young people in the UK considering suicide and can also offer help and advice if you're concerned about someone you know. Phone: 0800 068 41 41 Telephone Doveriye (Telephone of Trust) In Russia, a confidential hotline for children is available on 8-800-2000-122", "essay": "I just read an article about a teenage girl in Russia who was apparently taken in by an online suicide group that conditions teens to kill themselves. It's odd to think that there are people out there that get off on convincing impressionable youth to commit suicide. I think the internet is becoming something that guardians need to at least passively monitor to see what's going on in their children's heads."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Study reveals why seabirds eat plastic in the ocean \u2014  The human sense of smell is important. It alerts us to different dangers including spoiled food, poison, fire, and so on. But other species on this planet have no sense of smell like humans have. In fact, a new research revealed that the sense of smell of seabirds, which they use to hunt for food, have put them in danger. Not surprisingly, humans ARE to blame.   Published last week in the PNAS, or the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers said that ninety percent of seabirds eat plastic flowing in oceans. By 2050, the team revealed that virtually all seabirds will be eating it.   So the question now is why do seabirds eat plastic?   The paper said plastic in the ocean emit the scent of a sulfurous compound which seabirds have relied upon for thousands of years. It tells them where to hunt for food.   In other words, the compound trick them into confusing marine plastic with food.   Lead researcher Matthew Savoca said\u2013via the UC Davis website\u2013that in order to understand the problem, we have to think about how animals look for food.   Researchers learned what plastic in the ocean smell like by putting beads\u2013made of the three most common types of plastic beads\u2013into the ocean at Monterey Bay and Bodega Bay in California. They placed it in mesh bags to protect the species there, and tied them to an ocean buoy before collecting them about three weeks later.   Then, the team brought the beads to UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology where scientists are often found analyzing wine chemistry. Using the chemical analyzer provided by food-and-wine chemist Susan Ebeler, the research team confirmed that the beads emit the sulfur compound dimethyl sulfide, or DMS, a chemical cue released by algae, which coats floating plastic.   Co-author and UC Davis professor Gabrielle Nevitt had previously established that the said compound triggers seabirds to search for food. DMS is released when algae is eaten by animals (like crustaceans). So while the algae doesn\u2019t smell like food itself, it does emit the scent of food being eaten which works like a dinner bell of the birds.   The paper also revealed that birds that track the scent of the compound to look for food are about six times more likely to consume plastic than those that don\u2019t.   Professor Nevitt said their research gives spotlight to species that don\u2019t receive a lot of attention, like petrels and species of shearwaters, which are impacted by plastic ingestion. These species, she added, are hard to study as they nest in underground burrows. So they\u2019re often overlooked.   Apart from that, the study could open the door to new steps to address the growing plastic pollution in oceans which not only plague the seabirds, but also sea turtles, fish and other marine animals.   Apparently, the problem starts on land. According to NOAA, one of the biggest sources of ocean pollution is called nonpoint source pollution which occurs as a result of runoff. It includes many small sources like boats, septic tanks, cars, etc, and larger sources like farms, forest areas, etc.   A study published last year said that the top five countries that dump plastics into oceans are China, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand. It projected that by 2025, plastic consumption in the region will increase by eighty percent.", "essay": "I think it's sad that so much plastic in the ocean is affecting wildlife the way it is.  It's really unfair the way we have destroyed their ecosystem with our own selfish use of plastic.  It is terrible when you see pictures of all the plastic in the ocean.  Apparently these birds are even being tricked into thinking plastic is food since it smells like food to them.  That is so unnatural and just wrong really.  and all this has happened in just a short period of time!"}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Study reveals why seabirds eat plastic in the ocean \u2014  The human sense of smell is important. It alerts us to different dangers including spoiled food, poison, fire, and so on. But other species on this planet have no sense of smell like humans have. In fact, a new research revealed that the sense of smell of seabirds, which they use to hunt for food, have put them in danger. Not surprisingly, humans ARE to blame.   Published last week in the PNAS, or the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers said that ninety percent of seabirds eat plastic flowing in oceans. By 2050, the team revealed that virtually all seabirds will be eating it.   So the question now is why do seabirds eat plastic?   The paper said plastic in the ocean emit the scent of a sulfurous compound which seabirds have relied upon for thousands of years. It tells them where to hunt for food.   In other words, the compound trick them into confusing marine plastic with food.   Lead researcher Matthew Savoca said\u2013via the UC Davis website\u2013that in order to understand the problem, we have to think about how animals look for food.   Researchers learned what plastic in the ocean smell like by putting beads\u2013made of the three most common types of plastic beads\u2013into the ocean at Monterey Bay and Bodega Bay in California. They placed it in mesh bags to protect the species there, and tied them to an ocean buoy before collecting them about three weeks later.   Then, the team brought the beads to UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology where scientists are often found analyzing wine chemistry. Using the chemical analyzer provided by food-and-wine chemist Susan Ebeler, the research team confirmed that the beads emit the sulfur compound dimethyl sulfide, or DMS, a chemical cue released by algae, which coats floating plastic.   Co-author and UC Davis professor Gabrielle Nevitt had previously established that the said compound triggers seabirds to search for food. DMS is released when algae is eaten by animals (like crustaceans). So while the algae doesn\u2019t smell like food itself, it does emit the scent of food being eaten which works like a dinner bell of the birds.   The paper also revealed that birds that track the scent of the compound to look for food are about six times more likely to consume plastic than those that don\u2019t.   Professor Nevitt said their research gives spotlight to species that don\u2019t receive a lot of attention, like petrels and species of shearwaters, which are impacted by plastic ingestion. These species, she added, are hard to study as they nest in underground burrows. So they\u2019re often overlooked.   Apart from that, the study could open the door to new steps to address the growing plastic pollution in oceans which not only plague the seabirds, but also sea turtles, fish and other marine animals.   Apparently, the problem starts on land. According to NOAA, one of the biggest sources of ocean pollution is called nonpoint source pollution which occurs as a result of runoff. It includes many small sources like boats, septic tanks, cars, etc, and larger sources like farms, forest areas, etc.   A study published last year said that the top five countries that dump plastics into oceans are China, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand. It projected that by 2025, plastic consumption in the region will increase by eighty percent.", "essay": "I honestly find this article more amusing than anything.  I absolutely loathe birds.  Can't stand them.  Want them all dead.  I don't even care how that affects the food chain or nature.  I just can't stand birds.  So the idea that they're so stupid they'll keep eating plastic and threaten their species' very existence, is amusing to me.  I think the article also misses some important information that I'd be curious to know, but I also don't care that much.  I also think it's amusing that Asian countries are all the worst at dumping plastics in the ocean.  That's why the straw thing in the U.S. is missing the point.  We're not the problem.  The Asians are."}
{"user_id": "ec_p055", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 46 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 22000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 46, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 22000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Study reveals why seabirds eat plastic in the ocean \u2014  The human sense of smell is important. It alerts us to different dangers including spoiled food, poison, fire, and so on. But other species on this planet have no sense of smell like humans have. In fact, a new research revealed that the sense of smell of seabirds, which they use to hunt for food, have put them in danger. Not surprisingly, humans ARE to blame.   Published last week in the PNAS, or the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers said that ninety percent of seabirds eat plastic flowing in oceans. By 2050, the team revealed that virtually all seabirds will be eating it.   So the question now is why do seabirds eat plastic?   The paper said plastic in the ocean emit the scent of a sulfurous compound which seabirds have relied upon for thousands of years. It tells them where to hunt for food.   In other words, the compound trick them into confusing marine plastic with food.   Lead researcher Matthew Savoca said\u2013via the UC Davis website\u2013that in order to understand the problem, we have to think about how animals look for food.   Researchers learned what plastic in the ocean smell like by putting beads\u2013made of the three most common types of plastic beads\u2013into the ocean at Monterey Bay and Bodega Bay in California. They placed it in mesh bags to protect the species there, and tied them to an ocean buoy before collecting them about three weeks later.   Then, the team brought the beads to UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology where scientists are often found analyzing wine chemistry. Using the chemical analyzer provided by food-and-wine chemist Susan Ebeler, the research team confirmed that the beads emit the sulfur compound dimethyl sulfide, or DMS, a chemical cue released by algae, which coats floating plastic.   Co-author and UC Davis professor Gabrielle Nevitt had previously established that the said compound triggers seabirds to search for food. DMS is released when algae is eaten by animals (like crustaceans). So while the algae doesn\u2019t smell like food itself, it does emit the scent of food being eaten which works like a dinner bell of the birds.   The paper also revealed that birds that track the scent of the compound to look for food are about six times more likely to consume plastic than those that don\u2019t.   Professor Nevitt said their research gives spotlight to species that don\u2019t receive a lot of attention, like petrels and species of shearwaters, which are impacted by plastic ingestion. These species, she added, are hard to study as they nest in underground burrows. So they\u2019re often overlooked.   Apart from that, the study could open the door to new steps to address the growing plastic pollution in oceans which not only plague the seabirds, but also sea turtles, fish and other marine animals.   Apparently, the problem starts on land. According to NOAA, one of the biggest sources of ocean pollution is called nonpoint source pollution which occurs as a result of runoff. It includes many small sources like boats, septic tanks, cars, etc, and larger sources like farms, forest areas, etc.   A study published last year said that the top five countries that dump plastics into oceans are China, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand. It projected that by 2025, plastic consumption in the region will increase by eighty percent.", "essay": "It bothers me so much that we are polluting our oceans to begin with and then to see that we are harming even more animals because of it. It seems crazy that plastic floating in the ocean can be harming sea birds but it also does make some sense. Just more humans doing harm to things that we had no business messing with to begin with. I am so angered over this and upset to think of the damage our garbage is causing."}
{"user_id": "ec_p065", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 41 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 64000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 41, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 64000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Study reveals why seabirds eat plastic in the ocean \u2014  The human sense of smell is important. It alerts us to different dangers including spoiled food, poison, fire, and so on. But other species on this planet have no sense of smell like humans have. In fact, a new research revealed that the sense of smell of seabirds, which they use to hunt for food, have put them in danger. Not surprisingly, humans ARE to blame.   Published last week in the PNAS, or the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers said that ninety percent of seabirds eat plastic flowing in oceans. By 2050, the team revealed that virtually all seabirds will be eating it.   So the question now is why do seabirds eat plastic?   The paper said plastic in the ocean emit the scent of a sulfurous compound which seabirds have relied upon for thousands of years. It tells them where to hunt for food.   In other words, the compound trick them into confusing marine plastic with food.   Lead researcher Matthew Savoca said\u2013via the UC Davis website\u2013that in order to understand the problem, we have to think about how animals look for food.   Researchers learned what plastic in the ocean smell like by putting beads\u2013made of the three most common types of plastic beads\u2013into the ocean at Monterey Bay and Bodega Bay in California. They placed it in mesh bags to protect the species there, and tied them to an ocean buoy before collecting them about three weeks later.   Then, the team brought the beads to UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology where scientists are often found analyzing wine chemistry. Using the chemical analyzer provided by food-and-wine chemist Susan Ebeler, the research team confirmed that the beads emit the sulfur compound dimethyl sulfide, or DMS, a chemical cue released by algae, which coats floating plastic.   Co-author and UC Davis professor Gabrielle Nevitt had previously established that the said compound triggers seabirds to search for food. DMS is released when algae is eaten by animals (like crustaceans). So while the algae doesn\u2019t smell like food itself, it does emit the scent of food being eaten which works like a dinner bell of the birds.   The paper also revealed that birds that track the scent of the compound to look for food are about six times more likely to consume plastic than those that don\u2019t.   Professor Nevitt said their research gives spotlight to species that don\u2019t receive a lot of attention, like petrels and species of shearwaters, which are impacted by plastic ingestion. These species, she added, are hard to study as they nest in underground burrows. So they\u2019re often overlooked.   Apart from that, the study could open the door to new steps to address the growing plastic pollution in oceans which not only plague the seabirds, but also sea turtles, fish and other marine animals.   Apparently, the problem starts on land. According to NOAA, one of the biggest sources of ocean pollution is called nonpoint source pollution which occurs as a result of runoff. It includes many small sources like boats, septic tanks, cars, etc, and larger sources like farms, forest areas, etc.   A study published last year said that the top five countries that dump plastics into oceans are China, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand. It projected that by 2025, plastic consumption in the region will increase by eighty percent.", "essay": "Hey, I just read this article that I want to tell you about. Apparently, seabirds are eating plastic because plastic emits a scent that it similar to food. Plastic in the ocean gets coated with algae which emits a sulfur smell that some seabirds love. Pretty crazy, right? Anyway, it's sad what we're doing to our environment. It's sadder that we are pretty powerless to do anything about it. It's only a matter of time before everything justs collapses on itself. But at least we'll have iphones so we can video record the Apocalypse."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Study reveals why seabirds eat plastic in the ocean \u2014  The human sense of smell is important. It alerts us to different dangers including spoiled food, poison, fire, and so on. But other species on this planet have no sense of smell like humans have. In fact, a new research revealed that the sense of smell of seabirds, which they use to hunt for food, have put them in danger. Not surprisingly, humans ARE to blame.   Published last week in the PNAS, or the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers said that ninety percent of seabirds eat plastic flowing in oceans. By 2050, the team revealed that virtually all seabirds will be eating it.   So the question now is why do seabirds eat plastic?   The paper said plastic in the ocean emit the scent of a sulfurous compound which seabirds have relied upon for thousands of years. It tells them where to hunt for food.   In other words, the compound trick them into confusing marine plastic with food.   Lead researcher Matthew Savoca said\u2013via the UC Davis website\u2013that in order to understand the problem, we have to think about how animals look for food.   Researchers learned what plastic in the ocean smell like by putting beads\u2013made of the three most common types of plastic beads\u2013into the ocean at Monterey Bay and Bodega Bay in California. They placed it in mesh bags to protect the species there, and tied them to an ocean buoy before collecting them about three weeks later.   Then, the team brought the beads to UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology where scientists are often found analyzing wine chemistry. Using the chemical analyzer provided by food-and-wine chemist Susan Ebeler, the research team confirmed that the beads emit the sulfur compound dimethyl sulfide, or DMS, a chemical cue released by algae, which coats floating plastic.   Co-author and UC Davis professor Gabrielle Nevitt had previously established that the said compound triggers seabirds to search for food. DMS is released when algae is eaten by animals (like crustaceans). So while the algae doesn\u2019t smell like food itself, it does emit the scent of food being eaten which works like a dinner bell of the birds.   The paper also revealed that birds that track the scent of the compound to look for food are about six times more likely to consume plastic than those that don\u2019t.   Professor Nevitt said their research gives spotlight to species that don\u2019t receive a lot of attention, like petrels and species of shearwaters, which are impacted by plastic ingestion. These species, she added, are hard to study as they nest in underground burrows. So they\u2019re often overlooked.   Apart from that, the study could open the door to new steps to address the growing plastic pollution in oceans which not only plague the seabirds, but also sea turtles, fish and other marine animals.   Apparently, the problem starts on land. According to NOAA, one of the biggest sources of ocean pollution is called nonpoint source pollution which occurs as a result of runoff. It includes many small sources like boats, septic tanks, cars, etc, and larger sources like farms, forest areas, etc.   A study published last year said that the top five countries that dump plastics into oceans are China, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand. It projected that by 2025, plastic consumption in the region will increase by eighty percent.", "essay": "After reading the article, i can't help but feel bad for the birds that are eating the plastics. I feel bad for them and i also feel guilty as well because i know that i somehow contributed to that as well because it's not just one person's fault. I feel like it's a collective fault that we should try to fix to try and help out these animals before they go extinct."}
{"user_id": "ec_p055", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 46 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 22000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 46, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 22000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Syrians and Iraqis granted asylum in Germany far more often than Pakistanis, Nigerians \u2014  BERLIN \u2014 One year after the height of Europe\u2019s migrant crisis, Germany \u2014 a nation that took in more asylum seekers than the rest of the continent combined \u2014 is confronting the Solomonesque task of deciding who gets to stay. Yet as authorities adjudicate cases, a contentious truism is emerging: Not all nationalities are created equal. If you\u2019re from Syria or Iraq, sanctuary is almost guaranteed. But if you\u2019re from Nigeria or Pakistan, chances are you journeyed halfway across the world in vain. Nearly 37 percent of all claims processed by the German authorities are being rejected, including an increasing number of people from countries afflicted with violent insurgencies, such as Afghanistan. Even Syrians are increasingly falling short of winning full refugee status. Authorities say they\u2019re simply applying national and international asylum law, weeding out those who do not qualify. But critics say that overburdened asylum officials are turning a deaf ear to at least some genuine petitions simply because they come from asylum seekers arriving from nations outside the much-publicized war zones of the Middle East. [Germany used to be the promised land for migrants. Now, it\u2019s turning back more of them.] Pakistani Mohammad Nabeel is among the unlucky ones. This month, German migration authorities informed him that his case had been closed before he even had an official hearing. The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) said he had missed his appointment, although Nabeel said he was never notified. Even if he had been, experts say, his case falls into the gray area that often leads to rejection. The 23-year-old claims he was in love with a rich girl in his hometown. But her family was against the relationship with Nabeel, who was poor and didn\u2019t have the right family name, important factors in some areas of Pakistan for arranging a marriage. The girl\u2019s brother and father set out to kill Nabeel, he says, to protect the girl\u2019s honor. His only proof, he says, are fading scars on his body from being severely beaten by members of her family. Nabeel arrived in Germany after traveling six months and crossing seven different countries. Now, he may be sent back. \u201cI won\u2019t go back; I\u2019d rather kill myself,\u201d Nabeel says. He plans to appeal the asylum official\u2019s decision. There are loopholes in the German system allowing for people like Nabeel \u2014 who aren\u2019t strictly fleeing from war or political persecution \u2014 to temporarily stay in Germany on humanitarian grounds. Some are eventually granted permanent residence. But only about 4 percent of asylum requests by Pakistanis are currently decided in their favor. And Nabeel\u2019s rejection comes at a time when the German government is increasingly taking measures targeting those migrants it deems ineligible for protection. It is determined to enforce deportation more strictly and even hired a consulting firm to help. Negotiations for deportation deals with Afghanistan and Nigeria are underway on the national and the European level. [Europe pressing harder on countries to take back deported migrants] Politicians in favor of a more restrictive asylum policy argue that some migrants apply for refugee status based on flimsy evidence and come to Germany for purely economic reasons. Others, they say, could escape the dangers they\u2019re facing by simply approaching the local police or by moving to a different part of their home country. Daniel Owolabi Ajibade is one of the more than 10,000 Nigerians who applied for asylum in Germany this year. The business consultant claims that members of a Nigerian cartel attempted to kill him because they feared that the high-quality marbles and tiles he wanted to bring into the country would ruin their business with cheap Chinese imports. Although the 35-year-old has a newspaper article to prove the incident, the chances are high that German migration officials won\u2019t heed his plea. The protection rate for Nigerians is only about 9 percent and to be allowed to stay, Ajibade will have to convince authorities that he had nowhere else to go. \u201cI\u2019m very afraid of what the outcome will be, since going back to Nigeria would be very risky,\u201d he says. \u201cI understand that there\u2019s a real war in Syria and our problems with Boko Haram are mostly in the north . . . but I wish that the German government would also accept more of us until things quiet down.\u201d \u201cOur system caters primarily to those who have a concrete claim for protection, as bitter as this might be for some individuals,\u201d said Ansgar Heveling, a lawmaker with Angela Merkel\u2019s Christian Democratic Union and chairman of the German parliament\u2019s Home Affairs Committee. Heveling thinks that the vast majority of applicants are given their due. \u201cIf in individual cases a wrong decision is made, we have courts to correct them,\u201d he said. [Germany said it took in more than 1 million refugees last year. But it didn\u2019t.] The nongovernmental organization Pro Asyl says that the flood of appeals against the Federal Office\u2019s decision suggest that the system is flawed. So far, 18,666 Syrians went to court this year to fight for a better status of protection than they were granted. Many cases were dropped, but of the 1,943 verdicts, 1,547 were in favor of the plaintiffs. Stephan D\u00fcnnwald, spokesman for the Bavarian Refugee Council, said that there is a danger of the German authorities sweepingly rejecting certain groups of asylum seekers because they\u2019re overburdened or because of political decisions made in Berlin. \u201cThe decision-making is a disaster, because there are so many new and inexperienced deciders who are under a lot of time pressure . . . In some situations, where there should be additional probing, this simply isn\u2019t done. The quality of the interpreters has declined rapidly. There are no quality standards,\u201d D\u00fcnnwald said. \u201cSometimes it almost feels as if people must be beaten to death before they are being believed.\u201d", "essay": "It's terrible that so many people all around the world seem to want to flee their home countries rather than do more to make them better. I understand fearing death and economy troubles but if everyone just left those countries the ones they flee to will just have similar problems. I can understand how Germany doesn't want to just accept anyone and yet at the same time can feel sorry for those that have legit claims and are just turned away because of where they are from."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Syrians and Iraqis granted asylum in Germany far more often than Pakistanis, Nigerians \u2014  BERLIN \u2014 One year after the height of Europe\u2019s migrant crisis, Germany \u2014 a nation that took in more asylum seekers than the rest of the continent combined \u2014 is confronting the Solomonesque task of deciding who gets to stay. Yet as authorities adjudicate cases, a contentious truism is emerging: Not all nationalities are created equal. If you\u2019re from Syria or Iraq, sanctuary is almost guaranteed. But if you\u2019re from Nigeria or Pakistan, chances are you journeyed halfway across the world in vain. Nearly 37 percent of all claims processed by the German authorities are being rejected, including an increasing number of people from countries afflicted with violent insurgencies, such as Afghanistan. Even Syrians are increasingly falling short of winning full refugee status. Authorities say they\u2019re simply applying national and international asylum law, weeding out those who do not qualify. But critics say that overburdened asylum officials are turning a deaf ear to at least some genuine petitions simply because they come from asylum seekers arriving from nations outside the much-publicized war zones of the Middle East. [Germany used to be the promised land for migrants. Now, it\u2019s turning back more of them.] Pakistani Mohammad Nabeel is among the unlucky ones. This month, German migration authorities informed him that his case had been closed before he even had an official hearing. The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) said he had missed his appointment, although Nabeel said he was never notified. Even if he had been, experts say, his case falls into the gray area that often leads to rejection. The 23-year-old claims he was in love with a rich girl in his hometown. But her family was against the relationship with Nabeel, who was poor and didn\u2019t have the right family name, important factors in some areas of Pakistan for arranging a marriage. The girl\u2019s brother and father set out to kill Nabeel, he says, to protect the girl\u2019s honor. His only proof, he says, are fading scars on his body from being severely beaten by members of her family. Nabeel arrived in Germany after traveling six months and crossing seven different countries. Now, he may be sent back. \u201cI won\u2019t go back; I\u2019d rather kill myself,\u201d Nabeel says. He plans to appeal the asylum official\u2019s decision. There are loopholes in the German system allowing for people like Nabeel \u2014 who aren\u2019t strictly fleeing from war or political persecution \u2014 to temporarily stay in Germany on humanitarian grounds. Some are eventually granted permanent residence. But only about 4 percent of asylum requests by Pakistanis are currently decided in their favor. And Nabeel\u2019s rejection comes at a time when the German government is increasingly taking measures targeting those migrants it deems ineligible for protection. It is determined to enforce deportation more strictly and even hired a consulting firm to help. Negotiations for deportation deals with Afghanistan and Nigeria are underway on the national and the European level. [Europe pressing harder on countries to take back deported migrants] Politicians in favor of a more restrictive asylum policy argue that some migrants apply for refugee status based on flimsy evidence and come to Germany for purely economic reasons. Others, they say, could escape the dangers they\u2019re facing by simply approaching the local police or by moving to a different part of their home country. Daniel Owolabi Ajibade is one of the more than 10,000 Nigerians who applied for asylum in Germany this year. The business consultant claims that members of a Nigerian cartel attempted to kill him because they feared that the high-quality marbles and tiles he wanted to bring into the country would ruin their business with cheap Chinese imports. Although the 35-year-old has a newspaper article to prove the incident, the chances are high that German migration officials won\u2019t heed his plea. The protection rate for Nigerians is only about 9 percent and to be allowed to stay, Ajibade will have to convince authorities that he had nowhere else to go. \u201cI\u2019m very afraid of what the outcome will be, since going back to Nigeria would be very risky,\u201d he says. \u201cI understand that there\u2019s a real war in Syria and our problems with Boko Haram are mostly in the north . . . but I wish that the German government would also accept more of us until things quiet down.\u201d \u201cOur system caters primarily to those who have a concrete claim for protection, as bitter as this might be for some individuals,\u201d said Ansgar Heveling, a lawmaker with Angela Merkel\u2019s Christian Democratic Union and chairman of the German parliament\u2019s Home Affairs Committee. Heveling thinks that the vast majority of applicants are given their due. \u201cIf in individual cases a wrong decision is made, we have courts to correct them,\u201d he said. [Germany said it took in more than 1 million refugees last year. But it didn\u2019t.] The nongovernmental organization Pro Asyl says that the flood of appeals against the Federal Office\u2019s decision suggest that the system is flawed. So far, 18,666 Syrians went to court this year to fight for a better status of protection than they were granted. Many cases were dropped, but of the 1,943 verdicts, 1,547 were in favor of the plaintiffs. Stephan D\u00fcnnwald, spokesman for the Bavarian Refugee Council, said that there is a danger of the German authorities sweepingly rejecting certain groups of asylum seekers because they\u2019re overburdened or because of political decisions made in Berlin. \u201cThe decision-making is a disaster, because there are so many new and inexperienced deciders who are under a lot of time pressure . . . In some situations, where there should be additional probing, this simply isn\u2019t done. The quality of the interpreters has declined rapidly. There are no quality standards,\u201d D\u00fcnnwald said. \u201cSometimes it almost feels as if people must be beaten to death before they are being believed.\u201d", "essay": "It hurts my heart to think about all the people who leave the place of their birth only not to find a home that they are looking for. I would love to see the day were people treat all other humans like people no matter how they look and where they are from. I wonder why people can not relate to other people and just help."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Syrians and Iraqis granted asylum in Germany far more often than Pakistanis, Nigerians \u2014  BERLIN \u2014 One year after the height of Europe\u2019s migrant crisis, Germany \u2014 a nation that took in more asylum seekers than the rest of the continent combined \u2014 is confronting the Solomonesque task of deciding who gets to stay. Yet as authorities adjudicate cases, a contentious truism is emerging: Not all nationalities are created equal. If you\u2019re from Syria or Iraq, sanctuary is almost guaranteed. But if you\u2019re from Nigeria or Pakistan, chances are you journeyed halfway across the world in vain. Nearly 37 percent of all claims processed by the German authorities are being rejected, including an increasing number of people from countries afflicted with violent insurgencies, such as Afghanistan. Even Syrians are increasingly falling short of winning full refugee status. Authorities say they\u2019re simply applying national and international asylum law, weeding out those who do not qualify. But critics say that overburdened asylum officials are turning a deaf ear to at least some genuine petitions simply because they come from asylum seekers arriving from nations outside the much-publicized war zones of the Middle East. [Germany used to be the promised land for migrants. Now, it\u2019s turning back more of them.] Pakistani Mohammad Nabeel is among the unlucky ones. This month, German migration authorities informed him that his case had been closed before he even had an official hearing. The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) said he had missed his appointment, although Nabeel said he was never notified. Even if he had been, experts say, his case falls into the gray area that often leads to rejection. The 23-year-old claims he was in love with a rich girl in his hometown. But her family was against the relationship with Nabeel, who was poor and didn\u2019t have the right family name, important factors in some areas of Pakistan for arranging a marriage. The girl\u2019s brother and father set out to kill Nabeel, he says, to protect the girl\u2019s honor. His only proof, he says, are fading scars on his body from being severely beaten by members of her family. Nabeel arrived in Germany after traveling six months and crossing seven different countries. Now, he may be sent back. \u201cI won\u2019t go back; I\u2019d rather kill myself,\u201d Nabeel says. He plans to appeal the asylum official\u2019s decision. There are loopholes in the German system allowing for people like Nabeel \u2014 who aren\u2019t strictly fleeing from war or political persecution \u2014 to temporarily stay in Germany on humanitarian grounds. Some are eventually granted permanent residence. But only about 4 percent of asylum requests by Pakistanis are currently decided in their favor. And Nabeel\u2019s rejection comes at a time when the German government is increasingly taking measures targeting those migrants it deems ineligible for protection. It is determined to enforce deportation more strictly and even hired a consulting firm to help. Negotiations for deportation deals with Afghanistan and Nigeria are underway on the national and the European level. [Europe pressing harder on countries to take back deported migrants] Politicians in favor of a more restrictive asylum policy argue that some migrants apply for refugee status based on flimsy evidence and come to Germany for purely economic reasons. Others, they say, could escape the dangers they\u2019re facing by simply approaching the local police or by moving to a different part of their home country. Daniel Owolabi Ajibade is one of the more than 10,000 Nigerians who applied for asylum in Germany this year. The business consultant claims that members of a Nigerian cartel attempted to kill him because they feared that the high-quality marbles and tiles he wanted to bring into the country would ruin their business with cheap Chinese imports. Although the 35-year-old has a newspaper article to prove the incident, the chances are high that German migration officials won\u2019t heed his plea. The protection rate for Nigerians is only about 9 percent and to be allowed to stay, Ajibade will have to convince authorities that he had nowhere else to go. \u201cI\u2019m very afraid of what the outcome will be, since going back to Nigeria would be very risky,\u201d he says. \u201cI understand that there\u2019s a real war in Syria and our problems with Boko Haram are mostly in the north . . . but I wish that the German government would also accept more of us until things quiet down.\u201d \u201cOur system caters primarily to those who have a concrete claim for protection, as bitter as this might be for some individuals,\u201d said Ansgar Heveling, a lawmaker with Angela Merkel\u2019s Christian Democratic Union and chairman of the German parliament\u2019s Home Affairs Committee. Heveling thinks that the vast majority of applicants are given their due. \u201cIf in individual cases a wrong decision is made, we have courts to correct them,\u201d he said. [Germany said it took in more than 1 million refugees last year. But it didn\u2019t.] The nongovernmental organization Pro Asyl says that the flood of appeals against the Federal Office\u2019s decision suggest that the system is flawed. So far, 18,666 Syrians went to court this year to fight for a better status of protection than they were granted. Many cases were dropped, but of the 1,943 verdicts, 1,547 were in favor of the plaintiffs. Stephan D\u00fcnnwald, spokesman for the Bavarian Refugee Council, said that there is a danger of the German authorities sweepingly rejecting certain groups of asylum seekers because they\u2019re overburdened or because of political decisions made in Berlin. \u201cThe decision-making is a disaster, because there are so many new and inexperienced deciders who are under a lot of time pressure . . . In some situations, where there should be additional probing, this simply isn\u2019t done. The quality of the interpreters has declined rapidly. There are no quality standards,\u201d D\u00fcnnwald said. \u201cSometimes it almost feels as if people must be beaten to death before they are being believed.\u201d", "essay": "I feel the asylum process is very, very bad in most countries not just Germany. For example in USA it is pretty bad as well. WE need to do better in letting people in to be honest. I feel like it isn't fair that some countries don't get let in as easy as others. IT might have to do with crisis's in countries but it is not fair."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Syrians and Iraqis granted asylum in Germany far more often than Pakistanis, Nigerians \u2014  BERLIN \u2014 One year after the height of Europe\u2019s migrant crisis, Germany \u2014 a nation that took in more asylum seekers than the rest of the continent combined \u2014 is confronting the Solomonesque task of deciding who gets to stay. Yet as authorities adjudicate cases, a contentious truism is emerging: Not all nationalities are created equal. If you\u2019re from Syria or Iraq, sanctuary is almost guaranteed. But if you\u2019re from Nigeria or Pakistan, chances are you journeyed halfway across the world in vain. Nearly 37 percent of all claims processed by the German authorities are being rejected, including an increasing number of people from countries afflicted with violent insurgencies, such as Afghanistan. Even Syrians are increasingly falling short of winning full refugee status. Authorities say they\u2019re simply applying national and international asylum law, weeding out those who do not qualify. But critics say that overburdened asylum officials are turning a deaf ear to at least some genuine petitions simply because they come from asylum seekers arriving from nations outside the much-publicized war zones of the Middle East. [Germany used to be the promised land for migrants. Now, it\u2019s turning back more of them.] Pakistani Mohammad Nabeel is among the unlucky ones. This month, German migration authorities informed him that his case had been closed before he even had an official hearing. The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) said he had missed his appointment, although Nabeel said he was never notified. Even if he had been, experts say, his case falls into the gray area that often leads to rejection. The 23-year-old claims he was in love with a rich girl in his hometown. But her family was against the relationship with Nabeel, who was poor and didn\u2019t have the right family name, important factors in some areas of Pakistan for arranging a marriage. The girl\u2019s brother and father set out to kill Nabeel, he says, to protect the girl\u2019s honor. His only proof, he says, are fading scars on his body from being severely beaten by members of her family. Nabeel arrived in Germany after traveling six months and crossing seven different countries. Now, he may be sent back. \u201cI won\u2019t go back; I\u2019d rather kill myself,\u201d Nabeel says. He plans to appeal the asylum official\u2019s decision. There are loopholes in the German system allowing for people like Nabeel \u2014 who aren\u2019t strictly fleeing from war or political persecution \u2014 to temporarily stay in Germany on humanitarian grounds. Some are eventually granted permanent residence. But only about 4 percent of asylum requests by Pakistanis are currently decided in their favor. And Nabeel\u2019s rejection comes at a time when the German government is increasingly taking measures targeting those migrants it deems ineligible for protection. It is determined to enforce deportation more strictly and even hired a consulting firm to help. Negotiations for deportation deals with Afghanistan and Nigeria are underway on the national and the European level. [Europe pressing harder on countries to take back deported migrants] Politicians in favor of a more restrictive asylum policy argue that some migrants apply for refugee status based on flimsy evidence and come to Germany for purely economic reasons. Others, they say, could escape the dangers they\u2019re facing by simply approaching the local police or by moving to a different part of their home country. Daniel Owolabi Ajibade is one of the more than 10,000 Nigerians who applied for asylum in Germany this year. The business consultant claims that members of a Nigerian cartel attempted to kill him because they feared that the high-quality marbles and tiles he wanted to bring into the country would ruin their business with cheap Chinese imports. Although the 35-year-old has a newspaper article to prove the incident, the chances are high that German migration officials won\u2019t heed his plea. The protection rate for Nigerians is only about 9 percent and to be allowed to stay, Ajibade will have to convince authorities that he had nowhere else to go. \u201cI\u2019m very afraid of what the outcome will be, since going back to Nigeria would be very risky,\u201d he says. \u201cI understand that there\u2019s a real war in Syria and our problems with Boko Haram are mostly in the north . . . but I wish that the German government would also accept more of us until things quiet down.\u201d \u201cOur system caters primarily to those who have a concrete claim for protection, as bitter as this might be for some individuals,\u201d said Ansgar Heveling, a lawmaker with Angela Merkel\u2019s Christian Democratic Union and chairman of the German parliament\u2019s Home Affairs Committee. Heveling thinks that the vast majority of applicants are given their due. \u201cIf in individual cases a wrong decision is made, we have courts to correct them,\u201d he said. [Germany said it took in more than 1 million refugees last year. But it didn\u2019t.] The nongovernmental organization Pro Asyl says that the flood of appeals against the Federal Office\u2019s decision suggest that the system is flawed. So far, 18,666 Syrians went to court this year to fight for a better status of protection than they were granted. Many cases were dropped, but of the 1,943 verdicts, 1,547 were in favor of the plaintiffs. Stephan D\u00fcnnwald, spokesman for the Bavarian Refugee Council, said that there is a danger of the German authorities sweepingly rejecting certain groups of asylum seekers because they\u2019re overburdened or because of political decisions made in Berlin. \u201cThe decision-making is a disaster, because there are so many new and inexperienced deciders who are under a lot of time pressure . . . In some situations, where there should be additional probing, this simply isn\u2019t done. The quality of the interpreters has declined rapidly. There are no quality standards,\u201d D\u00fcnnwald said. \u201cSometimes it almost feels as if people must be beaten to death before they are being believed.\u201d", "essay": "I felt like this was really sad for the people involved.  They are caught in a situation with no real solution and there is not much they can do.  I try to imagine being in their shoes and it is diffivult to fathom, but I am certain it would be very difficult and distressing.  No one should have to fear for their life on a day to day basis and it sounds like Germany is making decisions som ewhat arbitrarily or with bias.  However, on the same token it is up to Germany to decide who they want to let in, and it is generous of them to do so to start with.  So there is that."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Syrians and Iraqis granted asylum in Germany far more often than Pakistanis, Nigerians \u2014  BERLIN \u2014 One year after the height of Europe\u2019s migrant crisis, Germany \u2014 a nation that took in more asylum seekers than the rest of the continent combined \u2014 is confronting the Solomonesque task of deciding who gets to stay. Yet as authorities adjudicate cases, a contentious truism is emerging: Not all nationalities are created equal. If you\u2019re from Syria or Iraq, sanctuary is almost guaranteed. But if you\u2019re from Nigeria or Pakistan, chances are you journeyed halfway across the world in vain. Nearly 37 percent of all claims processed by the German authorities are being rejected, including an increasing number of people from countries afflicted with violent insurgencies, such as Afghanistan. Even Syrians are increasingly falling short of winning full refugee status. Authorities say they\u2019re simply applying national and international asylum law, weeding out those who do not qualify. But critics say that overburdened asylum officials are turning a deaf ear to at least some genuine petitions simply because they come from asylum seekers arriving from nations outside the much-publicized war zones of the Middle East. [Germany used to be the promised land for migrants. Now, it\u2019s turning back more of them.] Pakistani Mohammad Nabeel is among the unlucky ones. This month, German migration authorities informed him that his case had been closed before he even had an official hearing. The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) said he had missed his appointment, although Nabeel said he was never notified. Even if he had been, experts say, his case falls into the gray area that often leads to rejection. The 23-year-old claims he was in love with a rich girl in his hometown. But her family was against the relationship with Nabeel, who was poor and didn\u2019t have the right family name, important factors in some areas of Pakistan for arranging a marriage. The girl\u2019s brother and father set out to kill Nabeel, he says, to protect the girl\u2019s honor. His only proof, he says, are fading scars on his body from being severely beaten by members of her family. Nabeel arrived in Germany after traveling six months and crossing seven different countries. Now, he may be sent back. \u201cI won\u2019t go back; I\u2019d rather kill myself,\u201d Nabeel says. He plans to appeal the asylum official\u2019s decision. There are loopholes in the German system allowing for people like Nabeel \u2014 who aren\u2019t strictly fleeing from war or political persecution \u2014 to temporarily stay in Germany on humanitarian grounds. Some are eventually granted permanent residence. But only about 4 percent of asylum requests by Pakistanis are currently decided in their favor. And Nabeel\u2019s rejection comes at a time when the German government is increasingly taking measures targeting those migrants it deems ineligible for protection. It is determined to enforce deportation more strictly and even hired a consulting firm to help. Negotiations for deportation deals with Afghanistan and Nigeria are underway on the national and the European level. [Europe pressing harder on countries to take back deported migrants] Politicians in favor of a more restrictive asylum policy argue that some migrants apply for refugee status based on flimsy evidence and come to Germany for purely economic reasons. Others, they say, could escape the dangers they\u2019re facing by simply approaching the local police or by moving to a different part of their home country. Daniel Owolabi Ajibade is one of the more than 10,000 Nigerians who applied for asylum in Germany this year. The business consultant claims that members of a Nigerian cartel attempted to kill him because they feared that the high-quality marbles and tiles he wanted to bring into the country would ruin their business with cheap Chinese imports. Although the 35-year-old has a newspaper article to prove the incident, the chances are high that German migration officials won\u2019t heed his plea. The protection rate for Nigerians is only about 9 percent and to be allowed to stay, Ajibade will have to convince authorities that he had nowhere else to go. \u201cI\u2019m very afraid of what the outcome will be, since going back to Nigeria would be very risky,\u201d he says. \u201cI understand that there\u2019s a real war in Syria and our problems with Boko Haram are mostly in the north . . . but I wish that the German government would also accept more of us until things quiet down.\u201d \u201cOur system caters primarily to those who have a concrete claim for protection, as bitter as this might be for some individuals,\u201d said Ansgar Heveling, a lawmaker with Angela Merkel\u2019s Christian Democratic Union and chairman of the German parliament\u2019s Home Affairs Committee. Heveling thinks that the vast majority of applicants are given their due. \u201cIf in individual cases a wrong decision is made, we have courts to correct them,\u201d he said. [Germany said it took in more than 1 million refugees last year. But it didn\u2019t.] The nongovernmental organization Pro Asyl says that the flood of appeals against the Federal Office\u2019s decision suggest that the system is flawed. So far, 18,666 Syrians went to court this year to fight for a better status of protection than they were granted. Many cases were dropped, but of the 1,943 verdicts, 1,547 were in favor of the plaintiffs. Stephan D\u00fcnnwald, spokesman for the Bavarian Refugee Council, said that there is a danger of the German authorities sweepingly rejecting certain groups of asylum seekers because they\u2019re overburdened or because of political decisions made in Berlin. \u201cThe decision-making is a disaster, because there are so many new and inexperienced deciders who are under a lot of time pressure . . . In some situations, where there should be additional probing, this simply isn\u2019t done. The quality of the interpreters has declined rapidly. There are no quality standards,\u201d D\u00fcnnwald said. \u201cSometimes it almost feels as if people must be beaten to death before they are being believed.\u201d", "essay": "This is something that is hard to choose sides with.  When people seek asylum its fine to want to help. At some point though it becomes too much and a country like Germany can only hold so much people in it. I think what Germany needs is to overhaul their immigration laws and make a change down the middle where asylum is fair but realistic."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Wind turbines killing more than just local birds \u2014  Wind turbines are known to kill large birds, such as golden eagles, that live nearby. Now there is evidence that birds from up to hundreds of miles away make up a significant portion of the raptors that are killed at these wind energy fields. Using DNA from tissue and stable isotopes from the feathers of golden eagle carcasses, researchers from Purdue University and the U.S. Geological Survey found that golden eagles killed at the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area in northern California can come from hundreds of miles away. Golden eagles are a species of conservation concern, so understanding population-level differences and how individuals interact with turbines is key to meeting a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service target of no net loss to their populations. The APWRA is one of the oldest wind farms in the country and one of the largest in the world originally with around 5,000 turbines. Worldwide, such facilities have been responsible for the deaths of 140,000 to 328,000 birds and 500,000 to 1.6 million bats, raising questions about their effects on population sustainability. \"Eagles tend to use that habitat around the turbines. It's windy there, so they can save energy and soar, and their preferred prey, California ground squirrels, is abundant there,\" said J. Andrew DeWoody, a Purdue professor of genetics in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. \"As they soar, these eagles are often looking straight down, and they fail to see the rapidly moving turbine blades. They get hit by the blades, and carcasses are found on the ground under the turbines.\" Collaborator David Nelson, a stable isotope ecologist with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, tested the birds' feathers for stable hydrogen isotopes, which can be used to determine where the birds likely grew their feathers. The research team determined that about 75 percent of the 62 birds were from the local population. The remaining 25 percent likely migrated into the area before they were killed. Isotopes are atoms of an element that have different molecular weights. As precipitation moves inland, water with the heavier form of hydrogen falls out first, which creates predictable patterns of the stable isotopes ratios of precipitation across continents. \"When a bird drinks water or eats animals in a particular place, the hydrogen isotope ratios of precipitation in that area get recorded in its tissues,\" Nelson said. \"You can use these hydrogen ratios in the feathers to determine the approximate place that the bird grew its feathers.\" A genetic analysis revealed that golden eagles from the western U.S. have gene pools similar to those killed at the APWRA, which reflects the capacity of these birds to disperse widely. \"The population models we built confirm that the age structure of the eagles killed at Altamont is difficult to replicate without substantial immigration,\" said co-author Todd Katzner, a wildlife biologist with the USGS. Katzner said these findings suggest that environmental assessments of alternative energy facilities like Altamont Pass should take into consideration that animal populations affected by wind turbines might not be just local. \"If you only consider local birds in an environmental assessment, you're not really evaluating the effect that facility may have on the entire population,\" Katzner said. DeWoody said that wind energy generators can receive permits that allow a certain number of unintended bird deaths. But if that number is too large, the companies could be fined. And knowing that a large percentage of the birds killed are from neighboring states could muddy the management waters. \"The golden eagle fatalities at this one site have demonstrated consequences that extend across much of the range of the species across North America,\" DeWoody said. The golden eagle population is a concern for several state and federal agencies, DeWoody added. He said future research could include looking at more bird species affected by turbines.", "essay": "I think it's sad that the golden eagles are being killed by manmade technology.  It's so typical that something we have made for our convenience is just carelessly killing wildlife in the area, and an endangered species at that.  It's also sad that birds are traveling from long distances just to be killed by these things.  And there is not much that can be done except maybe to just do away with the technology altogether.  This is just one of many similar examples anyway."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Wind turbines killing more than just local birds \u2014  Wind turbines are known to kill large birds, such as golden eagles, that live nearby. Now there is evidence that birds from up to hundreds of miles away make up a significant portion of the raptors that are killed at these wind energy fields. Using DNA from tissue and stable isotopes from the feathers of golden eagle carcasses, researchers from Purdue University and the U.S. Geological Survey found that golden eagles killed at the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area in northern California can come from hundreds of miles away. Golden eagles are a species of conservation concern, so understanding population-level differences and how individuals interact with turbines is key to meeting a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service target of no net loss to their populations. The APWRA is one of the oldest wind farms in the country and one of the largest in the world originally with around 5,000 turbines. Worldwide, such facilities have been responsible for the deaths of 140,000 to 328,000 birds and 500,000 to 1.6 million bats, raising questions about their effects on population sustainability. \"Eagles tend to use that habitat around the turbines. It's windy there, so they can save energy and soar, and their preferred prey, California ground squirrels, is abundant there,\" said J. Andrew DeWoody, a Purdue professor of genetics in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. \"As they soar, these eagles are often looking straight down, and they fail to see the rapidly moving turbine blades. They get hit by the blades, and carcasses are found on the ground under the turbines.\" Collaborator David Nelson, a stable isotope ecologist with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, tested the birds' feathers for stable hydrogen isotopes, which can be used to determine where the birds likely grew their feathers. The research team determined that about 75 percent of the 62 birds were from the local population. The remaining 25 percent likely migrated into the area before they were killed. Isotopes are atoms of an element that have different molecular weights. As precipitation moves inland, water with the heavier form of hydrogen falls out first, which creates predictable patterns of the stable isotopes ratios of precipitation across continents. \"When a bird drinks water or eats animals in a particular place, the hydrogen isotope ratios of precipitation in that area get recorded in its tissues,\" Nelson said. \"You can use these hydrogen ratios in the feathers to determine the approximate place that the bird grew its feathers.\" A genetic analysis revealed that golden eagles from the western U.S. have gene pools similar to those killed at the APWRA, which reflects the capacity of these birds to disperse widely. \"The population models we built confirm that the age structure of the eagles killed at Altamont is difficult to replicate without substantial immigration,\" said co-author Todd Katzner, a wildlife biologist with the USGS. Katzner said these findings suggest that environmental assessments of alternative energy facilities like Altamont Pass should take into consideration that animal populations affected by wind turbines might not be just local. \"If you only consider local birds in an environmental assessment, you're not really evaluating the effect that facility may have on the entire population,\" Katzner said. DeWoody said that wind energy generators can receive permits that allow a certain number of unintended bird deaths. But if that number is too large, the companies could be fined. And knowing that a large percentage of the birds killed are from neighboring states could muddy the management waters. \"The golden eagle fatalities at this one site have demonstrated consequences that extend across much of the range of the species across North America,\" DeWoody said. The golden eagle population is a concern for several state and federal agencies, DeWoody added. He said future research could include looking at more bird species affected by turbines.", "essay": "To me this is a hard story to think about. First thing I think about when I hear wind turbines is clean and green power, which in my opinion is a good thing. I would have never thought that they would be killing eagles and bats. This is a hard because we use wind to help the environment, but the turbines are hurting flying animals. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p027", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 34 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 89000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 34, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 89000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "Wind turbines killing more than just local birds \u2014  Wind turbines are known to kill large birds, such as golden eagles, that live nearby. Now there is evidence that birds from up to hundreds of miles away make up a significant portion of the raptors that are killed at these wind energy fields. Using DNA from tissue and stable isotopes from the feathers of golden eagle carcasses, researchers from Purdue University and the U.S. Geological Survey found that golden eagles killed at the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area in northern California can come from hundreds of miles away. Golden eagles are a species of conservation concern, so understanding population-level differences and how individuals interact with turbines is key to meeting a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service target of no net loss to their populations. The APWRA is one of the oldest wind farms in the country and one of the largest in the world originally with around 5,000 turbines. Worldwide, such facilities have been responsible for the deaths of 140,000 to 328,000 birds and 500,000 to 1.6 million bats, raising questions about their effects on population sustainability. \"Eagles tend to use that habitat around the turbines. It's windy there, so they can save energy and soar, and their preferred prey, California ground squirrels, is abundant there,\" said J. Andrew DeWoody, a Purdue professor of genetics in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. \"As they soar, these eagles are often looking straight down, and they fail to see the rapidly moving turbine blades. They get hit by the blades, and carcasses are found on the ground under the turbines.\" Collaborator David Nelson, a stable isotope ecologist with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, tested the birds' feathers for stable hydrogen isotopes, which can be used to determine where the birds likely grew their feathers. The research team determined that about 75 percent of the 62 birds were from the local population. The remaining 25 percent likely migrated into the area before they were killed. Isotopes are atoms of an element that have different molecular weights. As precipitation moves inland, water with the heavier form of hydrogen falls out first, which creates predictable patterns of the stable isotopes ratios of precipitation across continents. \"When a bird drinks water or eats animals in a particular place, the hydrogen isotope ratios of precipitation in that area get recorded in its tissues,\" Nelson said. \"You can use these hydrogen ratios in the feathers to determine the approximate place that the bird grew its feathers.\" A genetic analysis revealed that golden eagles from the western U.S. have gene pools similar to those killed at the APWRA, which reflects the capacity of these birds to disperse widely. \"The population models we built confirm that the age structure of the eagles killed at Altamont is difficult to replicate without substantial immigration,\" said co-author Todd Katzner, a wildlife biologist with the USGS. Katzner said these findings suggest that environmental assessments of alternative energy facilities like Altamont Pass should take into consideration that animal populations affected by wind turbines might not be just local. \"If you only consider local birds in an environmental assessment, you're not really evaluating the effect that facility may have on the entire population,\" Katzner said. DeWoody said that wind energy generators can receive permits that allow a certain number of unintended bird deaths. But if that number is too large, the companies could be fined. And knowing that a large percentage of the birds killed are from neighboring states could muddy the management waters. \"The golden eagle fatalities at this one site have demonstrated consequences that extend across much of the range of the species across North America,\" DeWoody said. The golden eagle population is a concern for several state and federal agencies, DeWoody added. He said future research could include looking at more bird species affected by turbines.", "essay": "So sad about all the birds that die in wind turbines. It seems that every move you make, every footstep is to the detriment of something else, even if you're trying to do something good. It's so sad how violent and chaotic and painful life is. You can't walk without out killing a bug under your feet, every step is death. It makes it all so so worthless sometimes. Have a great day."}
{"user_id": "ec_p044", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 46 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 150000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 3.5 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 3.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 46, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 150000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 3.5, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 3.0}}, "article": "Wind turbines killing more than just local birds \u2014  Wind turbines are known to kill large birds, such as golden eagles, that live nearby. Now there is evidence that birds from up to hundreds of miles away make up a significant portion of the raptors that are killed at these wind energy fields. Using DNA from tissue and stable isotopes from the feathers of golden eagle carcasses, researchers from Purdue University and the U.S. Geological Survey found that golden eagles killed at the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area in northern California can come from hundreds of miles away. Golden eagles are a species of conservation concern, so understanding population-level differences and how individuals interact with turbines is key to meeting a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service target of no net loss to their populations. The APWRA is one of the oldest wind farms in the country and one of the largest in the world originally with around 5,000 turbines. Worldwide, such facilities have been responsible for the deaths of 140,000 to 328,000 birds and 500,000 to 1.6 million bats, raising questions about their effects on population sustainability. \"Eagles tend to use that habitat around the turbines. It's windy there, so they can save energy and soar, and their preferred prey, California ground squirrels, is abundant there,\" said J. Andrew DeWoody, a Purdue professor of genetics in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. \"As they soar, these eagles are often looking straight down, and they fail to see the rapidly moving turbine blades. They get hit by the blades, and carcasses are found on the ground under the turbines.\" Collaborator David Nelson, a stable isotope ecologist with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, tested the birds' feathers for stable hydrogen isotopes, which can be used to determine where the birds likely grew their feathers. The research team determined that about 75 percent of the 62 birds were from the local population. The remaining 25 percent likely migrated into the area before they were killed. Isotopes are atoms of an element that have different molecular weights. As precipitation moves inland, water with the heavier form of hydrogen falls out first, which creates predictable patterns of the stable isotopes ratios of precipitation across continents. \"When a bird drinks water or eats animals in a particular place, the hydrogen isotope ratios of precipitation in that area get recorded in its tissues,\" Nelson said. \"You can use these hydrogen ratios in the feathers to determine the approximate place that the bird grew its feathers.\" A genetic analysis revealed that golden eagles from the western U.S. have gene pools similar to those killed at the APWRA, which reflects the capacity of these birds to disperse widely. \"The population models we built confirm that the age structure of the eagles killed at Altamont is difficult to replicate without substantial immigration,\" said co-author Todd Katzner, a wildlife biologist with the USGS. Katzner said these findings suggest that environmental assessments of alternative energy facilities like Altamont Pass should take into consideration that animal populations affected by wind turbines might not be just local. \"If you only consider local birds in an environmental assessment, you're not really evaluating the effect that facility may have on the entire population,\" Katzner said. DeWoody said that wind energy generators can receive permits that allow a certain number of unintended bird deaths. But if that number is too large, the companies could be fined. And knowing that a large percentage of the birds killed are from neighboring states could muddy the management waters. \"The golden eagle fatalities at this one site have demonstrated consequences that extend across much of the range of the species across North America,\" DeWoody said. The golden eagle population is a concern for several state and federal agencies, DeWoody added. He said future research could include looking at more bird species affected by turbines.", "essay": "Considering the analysis made in the article i read concerning the death of birds via wind energy company turbines e.g Altamont Pass is really an alarming cause for the issue to resolved and i highly suggest that fine be paid by companies who directly or indirectly affect ecology as drastic as the analysis made in the article to be convinced the researchers made analysis of the Isotopes of the Birds Feathers."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Wind turbines killing more than just local birds \u2014  Wind turbines are known to kill large birds, such as golden eagles, that live nearby. Now there is evidence that birds from up to hundreds of miles away make up a significant portion of the raptors that are killed at these wind energy fields. Using DNA from tissue and stable isotopes from the feathers of golden eagle carcasses, researchers from Purdue University and the U.S. Geological Survey found that golden eagles killed at the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area in northern California can come from hundreds of miles away. Golden eagles are a species of conservation concern, so understanding population-level differences and how individuals interact with turbines is key to meeting a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service target of no net loss to their populations. The APWRA is one of the oldest wind farms in the country and one of the largest in the world originally with around 5,000 turbines. Worldwide, such facilities have been responsible for the deaths of 140,000 to 328,000 birds and 500,000 to 1.6 million bats, raising questions about their effects on population sustainability. \"Eagles tend to use that habitat around the turbines. It's windy there, so they can save energy and soar, and their preferred prey, California ground squirrels, is abundant there,\" said J. Andrew DeWoody, a Purdue professor of genetics in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. \"As they soar, these eagles are often looking straight down, and they fail to see the rapidly moving turbine blades. They get hit by the blades, and carcasses are found on the ground under the turbines.\" Collaborator David Nelson, a stable isotope ecologist with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, tested the birds' feathers for stable hydrogen isotopes, which can be used to determine where the birds likely grew their feathers. The research team determined that about 75 percent of the 62 birds were from the local population. The remaining 25 percent likely migrated into the area before they were killed. Isotopes are atoms of an element that have different molecular weights. As precipitation moves inland, water with the heavier form of hydrogen falls out first, which creates predictable patterns of the stable isotopes ratios of precipitation across continents. \"When a bird drinks water or eats animals in a particular place, the hydrogen isotope ratios of precipitation in that area get recorded in its tissues,\" Nelson said. \"You can use these hydrogen ratios in the feathers to determine the approximate place that the bird grew its feathers.\" A genetic analysis revealed that golden eagles from the western U.S. have gene pools similar to those killed at the APWRA, which reflects the capacity of these birds to disperse widely. \"The population models we built confirm that the age structure of the eagles killed at Altamont is difficult to replicate without substantial immigration,\" said co-author Todd Katzner, a wildlife biologist with the USGS. Katzner said these findings suggest that environmental assessments of alternative energy facilities like Altamont Pass should take into consideration that animal populations affected by wind turbines might not be just local. \"If you only consider local birds in an environmental assessment, you're not really evaluating the effect that facility may have on the entire population,\" Katzner said. DeWoody said that wind energy generators can receive permits that allow a certain number of unintended bird deaths. But if that number is too large, the companies could be fined. And knowing that a large percentage of the birds killed are from neighboring states could muddy the management waters. \"The golden eagle fatalities at this one site have demonstrated consequences that extend across much of the range of the species across North America,\" DeWoody said. The golden eagle population is a concern for several state and federal agencies, DeWoody added. He said future research could include looking at more bird species affected by turbines.", "essay": "I completely agree with the findings in this article. I think that these companies need to look at the big picture of animal life being killed. They need to look at the scientific evidence that not only are local birds being killed but also the ones that are migrating. I think some kind of barrier should be put up around these turbines, to protect against fatalities, something like a gate, the turbines can still operate but it will make it harder for birds to get in there and be harmed. I think eagles are endangered or protected so something should really be done to protect them. Also the companies should be fined for the total loss not just local."}
{"user_id": "ec_p060", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 35 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 32000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 3.0 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 35, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 32000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 3.0, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "A Palm Oil Company Threatens The Third Largest Population Of Orangutan In Indonesia \u2014  The Sungai Putri, meaning River of the Princess, is an exquisite natural forest located in West Kalimantan, providence of Indonesia. It is about 141,000 acres of forest land, has extensive peat areas of up to 14.5 meters deep at some points, and can provide a home to about 750 to 1750 orangutan. Because of these numbers, it is the third largest population of critically Endangered orangutan Species in the province. Due to the fact that the Indonesia government has committed to protecting peat, forests and orangutans, it is alarming that there is no protection to this forest.   The forest is at critical risk of being cut down by a company named PT Mohairson Pawan Khatulistiwa who have plans to clear more than half of their liscence area to covert into an industrial tree plantation. The company is also planning on building a drainage canal from the north to the south side of the area for which some work has already reportedly began.   The Indonesian government has stated its international and national commitments to reducing carbon emissions and deforestation, protecting and restoring peat swamp forests through the Peatland Restoration Agency established by the president and stabilizing all remaining wild orangutan populations. At the same time, they allowed the company to obtain a lisence permissing the destruction of this forest land, peat and the orangutans who live in that habitat.   A satellite image taken of the land in 2016 confirms that about 58 percent of the 48,440 lisence area still remains covered in tall tree peat swamp forest and the rest is covered in medium height swamp forest, heath forest and hill forest.   At the deepest part of the dome, the peat is 14.5 meters deep, with large areas deeper than 3 meters. Indonesian laws such as the Government Regulation no. 71 of 2014 do not allow peat development in areas with more than 3 meters peat.   Threatened orangutans living in the area also raises much concern. The most recent orangutan survey for the 57,000 Sungai Putri block estimated up to 1,750 orangutans. These orangutans will not survive in areas where all forest is cleared. If conversion plans go ahead, some 500 to 1,000 orangutans will likely die or will be in need of rescue. The Indonesian Orangutan Forum FORINA recently recognized this as the largest population of orangutan located in the region and if they lose their habitat they will have  no other place to go. Indonesia\u2019s current national action plan for orangutans aims to stabilize all wild populations by 2017, and destroying the habitat of one of the largest remaining populations is incompatible with that.   A well known developer Norweigian professor who specializes in tropical forests says, \u201cThese developments seem to violate Indonesia\u2019s own legal processes not to mention its international commitments. Claims about absence of forest, peat and endangered species \u2013 here and elsewhere \u2013 clearly need to be assessed and verified in a transparent manner. Those who dispute the conditions can provide their data\u201d.   Improved management is desperately needed in Sungai Putri. There are lots of illegal logging happening in the area, as are fires. According to the Global Fire Watch data, in 2015 alone, there were about 250 fires that occurred on the margins of Sungai Putri. The risk of more fires would only increase if Sungai Putri was drained and deforested as planned.   There are opposing conflicts regarding the deforestation.  Some people welcome the development of the peatland area because of the potential employment opportunities it can bring as well as the possibility to get compensated by the company for their lost traditional land uses. Others see it differently. However, according to the latest science studies, the development of coastal peatlands will never be sustainable.   Instead of going through with this development, there are other solutions available that would allow Indonesia to fulfill its development and poverty alleviations objectives but they require careful planning and close collaboration efforts between the private sector, governments, non-governmental groups, and local communities. The time to initiate those collaborations and find sustainable solutions for Indonesia is now!", "essay": "I find humanities lack of care for the environment disgusting. The fact the there are companies that profit off the destruction of forests and homes and animals is mind blowing. Entire acres of forest are being destroyed for the wood they hold. Inside those forests are animals that have homes and families. They are all being displaced, or worse killed, by these greedy businessmen looking to turn a profit off of nature. After reading this article it sounds like the government of Indonesia is not committed to protecting the forests or the animals living in them. It almost seems like they are making money off of the death of nature, and so they are turning a blind eye to the violation of its very own laws. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "A Palm Oil Company Threatens The Third Largest Population Of Orangutan In Indonesia \u2014  The Sungai Putri, meaning River of the Princess, is an exquisite natural forest located in West Kalimantan, providence of Indonesia. It is about 141,000 acres of forest land, has extensive peat areas of up to 14.5 meters deep at some points, and can provide a home to about 750 to 1750 orangutan. Because of these numbers, it is the third largest population of critically Endangered orangutan Species in the province. Due to the fact that the Indonesia government has committed to protecting peat, forests and orangutans, it is alarming that there is no protection to this forest.   The forest is at critical risk of being cut down by a company named PT Mohairson Pawan Khatulistiwa who have plans to clear more than half of their liscence area to covert into an industrial tree plantation. The company is also planning on building a drainage canal from the north to the south side of the area for which some work has already reportedly began.   The Indonesian government has stated its international and national commitments to reducing carbon emissions and deforestation, protecting and restoring peat swamp forests through the Peatland Restoration Agency established by the president and stabilizing all remaining wild orangutan populations. At the same time, they allowed the company to obtain a lisence permissing the destruction of this forest land, peat and the orangutans who live in that habitat.   A satellite image taken of the land in 2016 confirms that about 58 percent of the 48,440 lisence area still remains covered in tall tree peat swamp forest and the rest is covered in medium height swamp forest, heath forest and hill forest.   At the deepest part of the dome, the peat is 14.5 meters deep, with large areas deeper than 3 meters. Indonesian laws such as the Government Regulation no. 71 of 2014 do not allow peat development in areas with more than 3 meters peat.   Threatened orangutans living in the area also raises much concern. The most recent orangutan survey for the 57,000 Sungai Putri block estimated up to 1,750 orangutans. These orangutans will not survive in areas where all forest is cleared. If conversion plans go ahead, some 500 to 1,000 orangutans will likely die or will be in need of rescue. The Indonesian Orangutan Forum FORINA recently recognized this as the largest population of orangutan located in the region and if they lose their habitat they will have  no other place to go. Indonesia\u2019s current national action plan for orangutans aims to stabilize all wild populations by 2017, and destroying the habitat of one of the largest remaining populations is incompatible with that.   A well known developer Norweigian professor who specializes in tropical forests says, \u201cThese developments seem to violate Indonesia\u2019s own legal processes not to mention its international commitments. Claims about absence of forest, peat and endangered species \u2013 here and elsewhere \u2013 clearly need to be assessed and verified in a transparent manner. Those who dispute the conditions can provide their data\u201d.   Improved management is desperately needed in Sungai Putri. There are lots of illegal logging happening in the area, as are fires. According to the Global Fire Watch data, in 2015 alone, there were about 250 fires that occurred on the margins of Sungai Putri. The risk of more fires would only increase if Sungai Putri was drained and deforested as planned.   There are opposing conflicts regarding the deforestation.  Some people welcome the development of the peatland area because of the potential employment opportunities it can bring as well as the possibility to get compensated by the company for their lost traditional land uses. Others see it differently. However, according to the latest science studies, the development of coastal peatlands will never be sustainable.   Instead of going through with this development, there are other solutions available that would allow Indonesia to fulfill its development and poverty alleviations objectives but they require careful planning and close collaboration efforts between the private sector, governments, non-governmental groups, and local communities. The time to initiate those collaborations and find sustainable solutions for Indonesia is now!", "essay": "I'm mostly bothered by this story because of how much it demonstrates our inability to do anything about these large issues.  Even if we, in the West, have the means and desire to do something about these issues (and we don't), the rest of the world doesn't see things like we do.  Indonesia doesn't even live up to the agreements that they presumably agreed to.  I feel bad for the orangutans, I guess.  I'm not sure what their situation is but I guess it's bad.  But how can you have any hope or faith in humans tackling all these big issues when we're so prone to dealing with our economies and self-interest, and so rarely sacrifice in any real way for something long term or for someone/something else?"}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "A Palm Oil Company Threatens The Third Largest Population Of Orangutan In Indonesia \u2014  The Sungai Putri, meaning River of the Princess, is an exquisite natural forest located in West Kalimantan, providence of Indonesia. It is about 141,000 acres of forest land, has extensive peat areas of up to 14.5 meters deep at some points, and can provide a home to about 750 to 1750 orangutan. Because of these numbers, it is the third largest population of critically Endangered orangutan Species in the province. Due to the fact that the Indonesia government has committed to protecting peat, forests and orangutans, it is alarming that there is no protection to this forest.   The forest is at critical risk of being cut down by a company named PT Mohairson Pawan Khatulistiwa who have plans to clear more than half of their liscence area to covert into an industrial tree plantation. The company is also planning on building a drainage canal from the north to the south side of the area for which some work has already reportedly began.   The Indonesian government has stated its international and national commitments to reducing carbon emissions and deforestation, protecting and restoring peat swamp forests through the Peatland Restoration Agency established by the president and stabilizing all remaining wild orangutan populations. At the same time, they allowed the company to obtain a lisence permissing the destruction of this forest land, peat and the orangutans who live in that habitat.   A satellite image taken of the land in 2016 confirms that about 58 percent of the 48,440 lisence area still remains covered in tall tree peat swamp forest and the rest is covered in medium height swamp forest, heath forest and hill forest.   At the deepest part of the dome, the peat is 14.5 meters deep, with large areas deeper than 3 meters. Indonesian laws such as the Government Regulation no. 71 of 2014 do not allow peat development in areas with more than 3 meters peat.   Threatened orangutans living in the area also raises much concern. The most recent orangutan survey for the 57,000 Sungai Putri block estimated up to 1,750 orangutans. These orangutans will not survive in areas where all forest is cleared. If conversion plans go ahead, some 500 to 1,000 orangutans will likely die or will be in need of rescue. The Indonesian Orangutan Forum FORINA recently recognized this as the largest population of orangutan located in the region and if they lose their habitat they will have  no other place to go. Indonesia\u2019s current national action plan for orangutans aims to stabilize all wild populations by 2017, and destroying the habitat of one of the largest remaining populations is incompatible with that.   A well known developer Norweigian professor who specializes in tropical forests says, \u201cThese developments seem to violate Indonesia\u2019s own legal processes not to mention its international commitments. Claims about absence of forest, peat and endangered species \u2013 here and elsewhere \u2013 clearly need to be assessed and verified in a transparent manner. Those who dispute the conditions can provide their data\u201d.   Improved management is desperately needed in Sungai Putri. There are lots of illegal logging happening in the area, as are fires. According to the Global Fire Watch data, in 2015 alone, there were about 250 fires that occurred on the margins of Sungai Putri. The risk of more fires would only increase if Sungai Putri was drained and deforested as planned.   There are opposing conflicts regarding the deforestation.  Some people welcome the development of the peatland area because of the potential employment opportunities it can bring as well as the possibility to get compensated by the company for their lost traditional land uses. Others see it differently. However, according to the latest science studies, the development of coastal peatlands will never be sustainable.   Instead of going through with this development, there are other solutions available that would allow Indonesia to fulfill its development and poverty alleviations objectives but they require careful planning and close collaboration efforts between the private sector, governments, non-governmental groups, and local communities. The time to initiate those collaborations and find sustainable solutions for Indonesia is now!", "essay": "We must do something to stop these companies from getting rid of what forest and animals we have left. The fact that orangutans are an endagered species angers me. What have we as humans done to prevent this? I think nothing. If something is done it would be totally unimpressive and do nothing. What we need to do is all come together and work towards the same goal."}
{"user_id": "ec_p042", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 35 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 120000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 4.5 in conscientiousness, 3.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 35, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 120000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 4.5, "extraversion": 3.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "A Palm Oil Company Threatens The Third Largest Population Of Orangutan In Indonesia \u2014  The Sungai Putri, meaning River of the Princess, is an exquisite natural forest located in West Kalimantan, providence of Indonesia. It is about 141,000 acres of forest land, has extensive peat areas of up to 14.5 meters deep at some points, and can provide a home to about 750 to 1750 orangutan. Because of these numbers, it is the third largest population of critically Endangered orangutan Species in the province. Due to the fact that the Indonesia government has committed to protecting peat, forests and orangutans, it is alarming that there is no protection to this forest.   The forest is at critical risk of being cut down by a company named PT Mohairson Pawan Khatulistiwa who have plans to clear more than half of their liscence area to covert into an industrial tree plantation. The company is also planning on building a drainage canal from the north to the south side of the area for which some work has already reportedly began.   The Indonesian government has stated its international and national commitments to reducing carbon emissions and deforestation, protecting and restoring peat swamp forests through the Peatland Restoration Agency established by the president and stabilizing all remaining wild orangutan populations. At the same time, they allowed the company to obtain a lisence permissing the destruction of this forest land, peat and the orangutans who live in that habitat.   A satellite image taken of the land in 2016 confirms that about 58 percent of the 48,440 lisence area still remains covered in tall tree peat swamp forest and the rest is covered in medium height swamp forest, heath forest and hill forest.   At the deepest part of the dome, the peat is 14.5 meters deep, with large areas deeper than 3 meters. Indonesian laws such as the Government Regulation no. 71 of 2014 do not allow peat development in areas with more than 3 meters peat.   Threatened orangutans living in the area also raises much concern. The most recent orangutan survey for the 57,000 Sungai Putri block estimated up to 1,750 orangutans. These orangutans will not survive in areas where all forest is cleared. If conversion plans go ahead, some 500 to 1,000 orangutans will likely die or will be in need of rescue. The Indonesian Orangutan Forum FORINA recently recognized this as the largest population of orangutan located in the region and if they lose their habitat they will have  no other place to go. Indonesia\u2019s current national action plan for orangutans aims to stabilize all wild populations by 2017, and destroying the habitat of one of the largest remaining populations is incompatible with that.   A well known developer Norweigian professor who specializes in tropical forests says, \u201cThese developments seem to violate Indonesia\u2019s own legal processes not to mention its international commitments. Claims about absence of forest, peat and endangered species \u2013 here and elsewhere \u2013 clearly need to be assessed and verified in a transparent manner. Those who dispute the conditions can provide their data\u201d.   Improved management is desperately needed in Sungai Putri. There are lots of illegal logging happening in the area, as are fires. According to the Global Fire Watch data, in 2015 alone, there were about 250 fires that occurred on the margins of Sungai Putri. The risk of more fires would only increase if Sungai Putri was drained and deforested as planned.   There are opposing conflicts regarding the deforestation.  Some people welcome the development of the peatland area because of the potential employment opportunities it can bring as well as the possibility to get compensated by the company for their lost traditional land uses. Others see it differently. However, according to the latest science studies, the development of coastal peatlands will never be sustainable.   Instead of going through with this development, there are other solutions available that would allow Indonesia to fulfill its development and poverty alleviations objectives but they require careful planning and close collaboration efforts between the private sector, governments, non-governmental groups, and local communities. The time to initiate those collaborations and find sustainable solutions for Indonesia is now!", "essay": "This is a very serious situation as it affects both the wildlife and forest situation in Indonesia. It affects the population of the endangered Orangutan species. The government must do everything to protect the trees, provide rangers to protect the life of the Orangutans. Provisions should be made to reduce wildfire. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p027", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 34 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 89000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 34, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 89000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "A Palm Oil Company Threatens The Third Largest Population Of Orangutan In Indonesia \u2014  The Sungai Putri, meaning River of the Princess, is an exquisite natural forest located in West Kalimantan, providence of Indonesia. It is about 141,000 acres of forest land, has extensive peat areas of up to 14.5 meters deep at some points, and can provide a home to about 750 to 1750 orangutan. Because of these numbers, it is the third largest population of critically Endangered orangutan Species in the province. Due to the fact that the Indonesia government has committed to protecting peat, forests and orangutans, it is alarming that there is no protection to this forest.   The forest is at critical risk of being cut down by a company named PT Mohairson Pawan Khatulistiwa who have plans to clear more than half of their liscence area to covert into an industrial tree plantation. The company is also planning on building a drainage canal from the north to the south side of the area for which some work has already reportedly began.   The Indonesian government has stated its international and national commitments to reducing carbon emissions and deforestation, protecting and restoring peat swamp forests through the Peatland Restoration Agency established by the president and stabilizing all remaining wild orangutan populations. At the same time, they allowed the company to obtain a lisence permissing the destruction of this forest land, peat and the orangutans who live in that habitat.   A satellite image taken of the land in 2016 confirms that about 58 percent of the 48,440 lisence area still remains covered in tall tree peat swamp forest and the rest is covered in medium height swamp forest, heath forest and hill forest.   At the deepest part of the dome, the peat is 14.5 meters deep, with large areas deeper than 3 meters. Indonesian laws such as the Government Regulation no. 71 of 2014 do not allow peat development in areas with more than 3 meters peat.   Threatened orangutans living in the area also raises much concern. The most recent orangutan survey for the 57,000 Sungai Putri block estimated up to 1,750 orangutans. These orangutans will not survive in areas where all forest is cleared. If conversion plans go ahead, some 500 to 1,000 orangutans will likely die or will be in need of rescue. The Indonesian Orangutan Forum FORINA recently recognized this as the largest population of orangutan located in the region and if they lose their habitat they will have  no other place to go. Indonesia\u2019s current national action plan for orangutans aims to stabilize all wild populations by 2017, and destroying the habitat of one of the largest remaining populations is incompatible with that.   A well known developer Norweigian professor who specializes in tropical forests says, \u201cThese developments seem to violate Indonesia\u2019s own legal processes not to mention its international commitments. Claims about absence of forest, peat and endangered species \u2013 here and elsewhere \u2013 clearly need to be assessed and verified in a transparent manner. Those who dispute the conditions can provide their data\u201d.   Improved management is desperately needed in Sungai Putri. There are lots of illegal logging happening in the area, as are fires. According to the Global Fire Watch data, in 2015 alone, there were about 250 fires that occurred on the margins of Sungai Putri. The risk of more fires would only increase if Sungai Putri was drained and deforested as planned.   There are opposing conflicts regarding the deforestation.  Some people welcome the development of the peatland area because of the potential employment opportunities it can bring as well as the possibility to get compensated by the company for their lost traditional land uses. Others see it differently. However, according to the latest science studies, the development of coastal peatlands will never be sustainable.   Instead of going through with this development, there are other solutions available that would allow Indonesia to fulfill its development and poverty alleviations objectives but they require careful planning and close collaboration efforts between the private sector, governments, non-governmental groups, and local communities. The time to initiate those collaborations and find sustainable solutions for Indonesia is now!", "essay": "Another case of displacing natural wildlife to make room for our own causes and concerns. Everything we have come oat the expense of other creatures and stuff. It's difficult to look past this, and it should be even harder. I think about their lives, they see and feel and are frightened just like i am, but wha they want doesn't matter because it doesn't make anyone rich to care about others. have a great day!"}
{"user_id": "ec_p009", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 29 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 44000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 29, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 44000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Man Is Shot in Charlotte as Unrest Stretches to Second Night \u2014  A second night of protests set off by the police killing of a black man spiraled into chaos and violence after nightfall here Wednesday when a demonstration was interrupted by gunfire that gravely wounded a man in the crowd. Law enforcement authorities fired tear gas in a desperate bid to restore order. The city said on its Twitter account that the unidentified man was on life support after what officials said was a \u201ccivilian on civilian\u201d confrontation. The authorities provided no further details. Charlotte officials had said earlier that the man had been killed in the unrest. The Police Department reported that four officers had injuries that were not life-threatening. Gov. Pat McCrory\u2019s office said late Wednesday that he had declared an emergency and had \u201cinitiated efforts\u201d to deploy the National Guard and the state Highway Patrol. The shooting heightened the tension among the demonstrators and the police alike. City officials were quick to say the police had not fired any live rounds, but riot police personnel did fire repeated rounds of tear gas. The scene of the shooting and the largest demonstration of the evening happened along a crowded street in Charlotte\u2019s city center, where the sound of gunfire mixed with the noise of people banging objects into vehicles. The gunshot victim lay motionless on the ground, his eyes open, as people surrounded him and blood pooled among their feet. He was taken into the nearby Omni Hotel, and a series of confrontations played out afterward as the police kept people from entering. There was sporadic looting. Twitter messages showed that the team store of the Charlotte Hornets of the N.B.A. had been broken into and gutted of merchandise. \u201cWe are working very hard to bring peace and calm back to our city,\u201d Mayor Jennifer Roberts said on CNN. A spokesman for Ms. Roberts said she had requested and planned to review on Thursday a police dashboard video of the encounter with Keith L. Scott, the black man who was shot and killed here on Tuesday. But she said she would not make the video public. Around 10 p.m., the police ordered all civilians, including members of the news media, to leave parts of the Uptown neighborhood and threatened to arrest those who did not comply. When the crowd did not respond immediately, the authorities fired more tear gas within minutes. After that, it appeared that the crowd started to disperse, although some stragglers remained in the area. The unrest in Charlotte came after two other police-involved deadly shootings in the last week. First came the shooting of a teenager in Columbus, Ohio, who had been brandishing a BB gun. Two days later, on Friday, was the shooting death in Tulsa, Okla., of a man who had his hands above his head before an officer opened fire. And then it was Charlotte, where Mr. Scott, 43, black like the other two, was shot by a police officer in a parking space marked \u201cVisitor\u201d outside an unremarkable apartment complex. On Wednesday that parking space was both a shooting site and a shrine, and Charlotte was a city on edge, the latest to play a role in what feels like a recurring, seemingly inescapable tape loop of American tragedy. \u201cTo see this happen multiple times \u2014 just time after time \u2014 it\u2019s depressing, man,\u201d said Tom Jackson, 25, who works with mentally disabled people. He didn\u2019t know Mr. Scott but was drawn here nonetheless, one of many strangers and friends who came to pay their respects and make sense of their sorrow. In addition to the fatal attacks on police officers in Baton Rouge and Dallas, it was another grim snapshot of America\u2019s continuing crisis in black and blue, this moment amplified by presidential politics. And as usual, there was very little consensus on what went wrong and how to fix it. At a news conference on Wednesday, Kerr Putney, chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police, said officers had found the gun that the police said Mr. Scott had brandished before an officer, who is also black, fatally shot him and were examining police video of the encounter that unfolded as Mr. Scott stepped out of a car. Family members of Mr. Scott have said that he was unarmed and was holding only a book. Chief Putney said Wednesday morning, \u201cWe did not find a book.\u201d The response of B. J. Murphy, an African-American activist here, could not have been more different: \u201cEverybody in Charlotte should be on notice that black people, today, we\u2019re tired of this,\u201d he said, adding an epithet. \u201cWe\u2019re tired of being killed and nobody saying nothing. We\u2019re tired of our political leaders going along to get along; they\u2019re so weak, they don\u2019t have no sympathy for our grief. And we want justice.\u201d All three shootings are under investigation, and are rife with questions. The police in Columbus said that the BB gun wielded by 13-year-old Tyre King was built to look nearly identical to a Smith & Wesson Military & Police semiautomatic pistol. Mayor Andrew J. Ginther blamed the shooting, in part, on Americans\u2019 \u201ceasy access to guns, whether they are firearms or replicas.\u201d In Tulsa, the police said investigators found the drug PCP in the shooting victim\u2019s S.U.V. The drug is known to induce erratic behavior in some users. But Mr. Crump, who is representing the family of the victim, Terence Crutcher, said the discovery of the drug, if true, would not justify the deadly shooting. In an interview on Wednesday, Mr. Crutcher\u2019s father, the Rev. Joey Crutcher, said his son had marched in protest of earlier police killings and had thought about how to protect himself during interactions with police officers. They had planned to go to a church event aimed at teaching people how behave around the police and avoid becoming another hashtag shared on social media by Black Lives Matter protesters. \u201cI never thought this would happen to my family,\u201d Mr. Crutcher said, adding that he had counseled his son all his life about how to behave around the police. \u201cI said, \u2018Whenever you\u2019re stopped by a police and you\u2019re in that situation, raise your hands up, always let them see your hands, let them see that you are not going for a gun.\u2019 And that is what Terence was doing. I said, \u2018Always put your hands on your car.\u2019 I made that specific, \u2018your car.\u2019 And that\u2019s what Terence was walking to do on his car so that they could see his hands.\u201d John Barnett, a civil rights activist in Charlotte, said during a raucous news conference near the site of the shooting that Mr. Scott had been waiting for his son to arrive home from school. \u201cThe truth of the matter is, he didn\u2019t point that gun,\u201d Mr. Barnett said. \u201cDid he intend to really sit in a vehicle, waiting on his son to get home from school and then plot to shoot a cop if they pulled up on him?\u201d Adding to an atmosphere loaded with suspicion and mistrust, residents of the apartment complex gave varying accounts of Mr. Scott\u2019s death. Some differed from the police on which officer fired the shots, and others said that no one had tried to administer CPR for Mr. Scott as officials had said. Brentley Vinson, the officer who the police say shot Mr. Scott, is black, as is the police chief. \u201cSince black lives do not matter for this city, then our black dollars should not matter,\u201d said Mr. Murphy, the activist. \u201cWe\u2019re watching a modern-day lynching on social media, on television and it is affecting the psyche of black people.\u201d Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch said Wednesday that the Justice Department \u201cis aware of, and we are assessing, the incident that led to the death of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte.\u201d Responding to another police shooting, the state\u2019s attorney in Baltimore County, Md., Scott D. Shellenberger, announced Wednesday that no charges would be filed against any of the officers involved in the Aug. 1 shooting death of Korryn Gaines or the shooting of her 5-year-old son. In Charlotte, Rakeyia Scott, Mr. Scott\u2019s wife, said on Wednesday the family was \u201cdevastated\u201d by the shooting. She described her husband as \u201ca loving husband, father, brother and friend\u201d and called on protesters to remain peaceful. At a campaign rally in Orlando, Fla., Hillary Clinton spoke about the shootings here and in Tulsa. \u201cThere is still much we don\u2019t know about what happened in both incidents, but we do know that we have two more names to add to a list of African-Americans killed by police officers in these encounters,\u2019\u2019 she said. \u201cIt\u2019s unbearable, and it needs to become intolerable. We also saw the targeting of police officers in Philadelphia last week. And last night in Charlotte, 12 officers were injured in demonstrations following Keith Scott\u2019s death. Every day police officers are serving with courage, honor and skill.\u201d Her Republican rival, Donald J. Trump, reacted on Twitter. \u201cHopefully the violence & unrest in Charlotte will come to an immediate end,\u201d he wrote. \u201cTo those injured, get well soon. We need unity & leadership.\u201d Unity, thus far, has been in short supply. On Friday, Mr. Trump earned the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police. But polls show that his support among African-Americans is negligible, even though he has singled them out in promising to solve the ills of poverty and violence that he has characterized as plaguing black neighborhoods. On Wednesday, Mr. Jackson, the man who came here to mourn, was not thinking about the current presidential candidates. The police, he said, \u201care out here killing people, and they don\u2019t even know their backgrounds,\u201d he said. \u201cThey could be killing the next president.\u201d", "essay": "Dear friend,                                          I have recently just read an article about a horrible shooting in Charlotte. It was a black man who was killed by the police. This is just one of many such cases unfortunately. I think there is a problem in this country and I hope that it can be solved one day."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Man Is Shot in Charlotte as Unrest Stretches to Second Night \u2014  A second night of protests set off by the police killing of a black man spiraled into chaos and violence after nightfall here Wednesday when a demonstration was interrupted by gunfire that gravely wounded a man in the crowd. Law enforcement authorities fired tear gas in a desperate bid to restore order. The city said on its Twitter account that the unidentified man was on life support after what officials said was a \u201ccivilian on civilian\u201d confrontation. The authorities provided no further details. Charlotte officials had said earlier that the man had been killed in the unrest. The Police Department reported that four officers had injuries that were not life-threatening. Gov. Pat McCrory\u2019s office said late Wednesday that he had declared an emergency and had \u201cinitiated efforts\u201d to deploy the National Guard and the state Highway Patrol. The shooting heightened the tension among the demonstrators and the police alike. City officials were quick to say the police had not fired any live rounds, but riot police personnel did fire repeated rounds of tear gas. The scene of the shooting and the largest demonstration of the evening happened along a crowded street in Charlotte\u2019s city center, where the sound of gunfire mixed with the noise of people banging objects into vehicles. The gunshot victim lay motionless on the ground, his eyes open, as people surrounded him and blood pooled among their feet. He was taken into the nearby Omni Hotel, and a series of confrontations played out afterward as the police kept people from entering. There was sporadic looting. Twitter messages showed that the team store of the Charlotte Hornets of the N.B.A. had been broken into and gutted of merchandise. \u201cWe are working very hard to bring peace and calm back to our city,\u201d Mayor Jennifer Roberts said on CNN. A spokesman for Ms. Roberts said she had requested and planned to review on Thursday a police dashboard video of the encounter with Keith L. Scott, the black man who was shot and killed here on Tuesday. But she said she would not make the video public. Around 10 p.m., the police ordered all civilians, including members of the news media, to leave parts of the Uptown neighborhood and threatened to arrest those who did not comply. When the crowd did not respond immediately, the authorities fired more tear gas within minutes. After that, it appeared that the crowd started to disperse, although some stragglers remained in the area. The unrest in Charlotte came after two other police-involved deadly shootings in the last week. First came the shooting of a teenager in Columbus, Ohio, who had been brandishing a BB gun. Two days later, on Friday, was the shooting death in Tulsa, Okla., of a man who had his hands above his head before an officer opened fire. And then it was Charlotte, where Mr. Scott, 43, black like the other two, was shot by a police officer in a parking space marked \u201cVisitor\u201d outside an unremarkable apartment complex. On Wednesday that parking space was both a shooting site and a shrine, and Charlotte was a city on edge, the latest to play a role in what feels like a recurring, seemingly inescapable tape loop of American tragedy. \u201cTo see this happen multiple times \u2014 just time after time \u2014 it\u2019s depressing, man,\u201d said Tom Jackson, 25, who works with mentally disabled people. He didn\u2019t know Mr. Scott but was drawn here nonetheless, one of many strangers and friends who came to pay their respects and make sense of their sorrow. In addition to the fatal attacks on police officers in Baton Rouge and Dallas, it was another grim snapshot of America\u2019s continuing crisis in black and blue, this moment amplified by presidential politics. And as usual, there was very little consensus on what went wrong and how to fix it. At a news conference on Wednesday, Kerr Putney, chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police, said officers had found the gun that the police said Mr. Scott had brandished before an officer, who is also black, fatally shot him and were examining police video of the encounter that unfolded as Mr. Scott stepped out of a car. Family members of Mr. Scott have said that he was unarmed and was holding only a book. Chief Putney said Wednesday morning, \u201cWe did not find a book.\u201d The response of B. J. Murphy, an African-American activist here, could not have been more different: \u201cEverybody in Charlotte should be on notice that black people, today, we\u2019re tired of this,\u201d he said, adding an epithet. \u201cWe\u2019re tired of being killed and nobody saying nothing. We\u2019re tired of our political leaders going along to get along; they\u2019re so weak, they don\u2019t have no sympathy for our grief. And we want justice.\u201d All three shootings are under investigation, and are rife with questions. The police in Columbus said that the BB gun wielded by 13-year-old Tyre King was built to look nearly identical to a Smith & Wesson Military & Police semiautomatic pistol. Mayor Andrew J. Ginther blamed the shooting, in part, on Americans\u2019 \u201ceasy access to guns, whether they are firearms or replicas.\u201d In Tulsa, the police said investigators found the drug PCP in the shooting victim\u2019s S.U.V. The drug is known to induce erratic behavior in some users. But Mr. Crump, who is representing the family of the victim, Terence Crutcher, said the discovery of the drug, if true, would not justify the deadly shooting. In an interview on Wednesday, Mr. Crutcher\u2019s father, the Rev. Joey Crutcher, said his son had marched in protest of earlier police killings and had thought about how to protect himself during interactions with police officers. They had planned to go to a church event aimed at teaching people how behave around the police and avoid becoming another hashtag shared on social media by Black Lives Matter protesters. \u201cI never thought this would happen to my family,\u201d Mr. Crutcher said, adding that he had counseled his son all his life about how to behave around the police. \u201cI said, \u2018Whenever you\u2019re stopped by a police and you\u2019re in that situation, raise your hands up, always let them see your hands, let them see that you are not going for a gun.\u2019 And that is what Terence was doing. I said, \u2018Always put your hands on your car.\u2019 I made that specific, \u2018your car.\u2019 And that\u2019s what Terence was walking to do on his car so that they could see his hands.\u201d John Barnett, a civil rights activist in Charlotte, said during a raucous news conference near the site of the shooting that Mr. Scott had been waiting for his son to arrive home from school. \u201cThe truth of the matter is, he didn\u2019t point that gun,\u201d Mr. Barnett said. \u201cDid he intend to really sit in a vehicle, waiting on his son to get home from school and then plot to shoot a cop if they pulled up on him?\u201d Adding to an atmosphere loaded with suspicion and mistrust, residents of the apartment complex gave varying accounts of Mr. Scott\u2019s death. Some differed from the police on which officer fired the shots, and others said that no one had tried to administer CPR for Mr. Scott as officials had said. Brentley Vinson, the officer who the police say shot Mr. Scott, is black, as is the police chief. \u201cSince black lives do not matter for this city, then our black dollars should not matter,\u201d said Mr. Murphy, the activist. \u201cWe\u2019re watching a modern-day lynching on social media, on television and it is affecting the psyche of black people.\u201d Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch said Wednesday that the Justice Department \u201cis aware of, and we are assessing, the incident that led to the death of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte.\u201d Responding to another police shooting, the state\u2019s attorney in Baltimore County, Md., Scott D. Shellenberger, announced Wednesday that no charges would be filed against any of the officers involved in the Aug. 1 shooting death of Korryn Gaines or the shooting of her 5-year-old son. In Charlotte, Rakeyia Scott, Mr. Scott\u2019s wife, said on Wednesday the family was \u201cdevastated\u201d by the shooting. She described her husband as \u201ca loving husband, father, brother and friend\u201d and called on protesters to remain peaceful. At a campaign rally in Orlando, Fla., Hillary Clinton spoke about the shootings here and in Tulsa. \u201cThere is still much we don\u2019t know about what happened in both incidents, but we do know that we have two more names to add to a list of African-Americans killed by police officers in these encounters,\u2019\u2019 she said. \u201cIt\u2019s unbearable, and it needs to become intolerable. We also saw the targeting of police officers in Philadelphia last week. And last night in Charlotte, 12 officers were injured in demonstrations following Keith Scott\u2019s death. Every day police officers are serving with courage, honor and skill.\u201d Her Republican rival, Donald J. Trump, reacted on Twitter. \u201cHopefully the violence & unrest in Charlotte will come to an immediate end,\u201d he wrote. \u201cTo those injured, get well soon. We need unity & leadership.\u201d Unity, thus far, has been in short supply. On Friday, Mr. Trump earned the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police. But polls show that his support among African-Americans is negligible, even though he has singled them out in promising to solve the ills of poverty and violence that he has characterized as plaguing black neighborhoods. On Wednesday, Mr. Jackson, the man who came here to mourn, was not thinking about the current presidential candidates. The police, he said, \u201care out here killing people, and they don\u2019t even know their backgrounds,\u201d he said. \u201cThey could be killing the next president.\u201d", "essay": "This whole issue is bullshit.  Blacks get killed by cops less frequently than whites based on encounter rates.  The question the nation should be asking itself is not why cops are killing blacks, or how we can tolerate it.  The question is why there are apparently generations of blacks who don't feel it necessary to obey laws or comply with police, and are then surprised when police act in the ways they do.  This whole movement was also based on a complete lie.  The Ferguson thing was complete horseshit.  That Brown guy attacked a cop, tried to take his gun, and was rightfully killed in the process.  And yet the truth never comes out, just the narrative that blacks are being murdered by law enforcement.  It's disgraceful."}
{"user_id": "ec_p027", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 34 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 89000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 34, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 89000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "Man Is Shot in Charlotte as Unrest Stretches to Second Night \u2014  A second night of protests set off by the police killing of a black man spiraled into chaos and violence after nightfall here Wednesday when a demonstration was interrupted by gunfire that gravely wounded a man in the crowd. Law enforcement authorities fired tear gas in a desperate bid to restore order. The city said on its Twitter account that the unidentified man was on life support after what officials said was a \u201ccivilian on civilian\u201d confrontation. The authorities provided no further details. Charlotte officials had said earlier that the man had been killed in the unrest. The Police Department reported that four officers had injuries that were not life-threatening. Gov. Pat McCrory\u2019s office said late Wednesday that he had declared an emergency and had \u201cinitiated efforts\u201d to deploy the National Guard and the state Highway Patrol. The shooting heightened the tension among the demonstrators and the police alike. City officials were quick to say the police had not fired any live rounds, but riot police personnel did fire repeated rounds of tear gas. The scene of the shooting and the largest demonstration of the evening happened along a crowded street in Charlotte\u2019s city center, where the sound of gunfire mixed with the noise of people banging objects into vehicles. The gunshot victim lay motionless on the ground, his eyes open, as people surrounded him and blood pooled among their feet. He was taken into the nearby Omni Hotel, and a series of confrontations played out afterward as the police kept people from entering. There was sporadic looting. Twitter messages showed that the team store of the Charlotte Hornets of the N.B.A. had been broken into and gutted of merchandise. \u201cWe are working very hard to bring peace and calm back to our city,\u201d Mayor Jennifer Roberts said on CNN. A spokesman for Ms. Roberts said she had requested and planned to review on Thursday a police dashboard video of the encounter with Keith L. Scott, the black man who was shot and killed here on Tuesday. But she said she would not make the video public. Around 10 p.m., the police ordered all civilians, including members of the news media, to leave parts of the Uptown neighborhood and threatened to arrest those who did not comply. When the crowd did not respond immediately, the authorities fired more tear gas within minutes. After that, it appeared that the crowd started to disperse, although some stragglers remained in the area. The unrest in Charlotte came after two other police-involved deadly shootings in the last week. First came the shooting of a teenager in Columbus, Ohio, who had been brandishing a BB gun. Two days later, on Friday, was the shooting death in Tulsa, Okla., of a man who had his hands above his head before an officer opened fire. And then it was Charlotte, where Mr. Scott, 43, black like the other two, was shot by a police officer in a parking space marked \u201cVisitor\u201d outside an unremarkable apartment complex. On Wednesday that parking space was both a shooting site and a shrine, and Charlotte was a city on edge, the latest to play a role in what feels like a recurring, seemingly inescapable tape loop of American tragedy. \u201cTo see this happen multiple times \u2014 just time after time \u2014 it\u2019s depressing, man,\u201d said Tom Jackson, 25, who works with mentally disabled people. He didn\u2019t know Mr. Scott but was drawn here nonetheless, one of many strangers and friends who came to pay their respects and make sense of their sorrow. In addition to the fatal attacks on police officers in Baton Rouge and Dallas, it was another grim snapshot of America\u2019s continuing crisis in black and blue, this moment amplified by presidential politics. And as usual, there was very little consensus on what went wrong and how to fix it. At a news conference on Wednesday, Kerr Putney, chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police, said officers had found the gun that the police said Mr. Scott had brandished before an officer, who is also black, fatally shot him and were examining police video of the encounter that unfolded as Mr. Scott stepped out of a car. Family members of Mr. Scott have said that he was unarmed and was holding only a book. Chief Putney said Wednesday morning, \u201cWe did not find a book.\u201d The response of B. J. Murphy, an African-American activist here, could not have been more different: \u201cEverybody in Charlotte should be on notice that black people, today, we\u2019re tired of this,\u201d he said, adding an epithet. \u201cWe\u2019re tired of being killed and nobody saying nothing. We\u2019re tired of our political leaders going along to get along; they\u2019re so weak, they don\u2019t have no sympathy for our grief. And we want justice.\u201d All three shootings are under investigation, and are rife with questions. The police in Columbus said that the BB gun wielded by 13-year-old Tyre King was built to look nearly identical to a Smith & Wesson Military & Police semiautomatic pistol. Mayor Andrew J. Ginther blamed the shooting, in part, on Americans\u2019 \u201ceasy access to guns, whether they are firearms or replicas.\u201d In Tulsa, the police said investigators found the drug PCP in the shooting victim\u2019s S.U.V. The drug is known to induce erratic behavior in some users. But Mr. Crump, who is representing the family of the victim, Terence Crutcher, said the discovery of the drug, if true, would not justify the deadly shooting. In an interview on Wednesday, Mr. Crutcher\u2019s father, the Rev. Joey Crutcher, said his son had marched in protest of earlier police killings and had thought about how to protect himself during interactions with police officers. They had planned to go to a church event aimed at teaching people how behave around the police and avoid becoming another hashtag shared on social media by Black Lives Matter protesters. \u201cI never thought this would happen to my family,\u201d Mr. Crutcher said, adding that he had counseled his son all his life about how to behave around the police. \u201cI said, \u2018Whenever you\u2019re stopped by a police and you\u2019re in that situation, raise your hands up, always let them see your hands, let them see that you are not going for a gun.\u2019 And that is what Terence was doing. I said, \u2018Always put your hands on your car.\u2019 I made that specific, \u2018your car.\u2019 And that\u2019s what Terence was walking to do on his car so that they could see his hands.\u201d John Barnett, a civil rights activist in Charlotte, said during a raucous news conference near the site of the shooting that Mr. Scott had been waiting for his son to arrive home from school. \u201cThe truth of the matter is, he didn\u2019t point that gun,\u201d Mr. Barnett said. \u201cDid he intend to really sit in a vehicle, waiting on his son to get home from school and then plot to shoot a cop if they pulled up on him?\u201d Adding to an atmosphere loaded with suspicion and mistrust, residents of the apartment complex gave varying accounts of Mr. Scott\u2019s death. Some differed from the police on which officer fired the shots, and others said that no one had tried to administer CPR for Mr. Scott as officials had said. Brentley Vinson, the officer who the police say shot Mr. Scott, is black, as is the police chief. \u201cSince black lives do not matter for this city, then our black dollars should not matter,\u201d said Mr. Murphy, the activist. \u201cWe\u2019re watching a modern-day lynching on social media, on television and it is affecting the psyche of black people.\u201d Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch said Wednesday that the Justice Department \u201cis aware of, and we are assessing, the incident that led to the death of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte.\u201d Responding to another police shooting, the state\u2019s attorney in Baltimore County, Md., Scott D. Shellenberger, announced Wednesday that no charges would be filed against any of the officers involved in the Aug. 1 shooting death of Korryn Gaines or the shooting of her 5-year-old son. In Charlotte, Rakeyia Scott, Mr. Scott\u2019s wife, said on Wednesday the family was \u201cdevastated\u201d by the shooting. She described her husband as \u201ca loving husband, father, brother and friend\u201d and called on protesters to remain peaceful. At a campaign rally in Orlando, Fla., Hillary Clinton spoke about the shootings here and in Tulsa. \u201cThere is still much we don\u2019t know about what happened in both incidents, but we do know that we have two more names to add to a list of African-Americans killed by police officers in these encounters,\u2019\u2019 she said. \u201cIt\u2019s unbearable, and it needs to become intolerable. We also saw the targeting of police officers in Philadelphia last week. And last night in Charlotte, 12 officers were injured in demonstrations following Keith Scott\u2019s death. Every day police officers are serving with courage, honor and skill.\u201d Her Republican rival, Donald J. Trump, reacted on Twitter. \u201cHopefully the violence & unrest in Charlotte will come to an immediate end,\u201d he wrote. \u201cTo those injured, get well soon. We need unity & leadership.\u201d Unity, thus far, has been in short supply. On Friday, Mr. Trump earned the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police. But polls show that his support among African-Americans is negligible, even though he has singled them out in promising to solve the ills of poverty and violence that he has characterized as plaguing black neighborhoods. On Wednesday, Mr. Jackson, the man who came here to mourn, was not thinking about the current presidential candidates. The police, he said, \u201care out here killing people, and they don\u2019t even know their backgrounds,\u201d he said. \u201cThey could be killing the next president.\u201d", "essay": "I feel absolute fear thinking about how police are just these over militarized, under trained, fearful reactionary simpletons gunning down anyone that might even be a potential maybe threat at some point, but mostly not even that. These people are being absolutely slaughtered in the streets, and its no consequences for the cops. Sad, troubling times"}
{"user_id": "ec_p065", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 41 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 64000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 41, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 64000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Man Is Shot in Charlotte as Unrest Stretches to Second Night \u2014  A second night of protests set off by the police killing of a black man spiraled into chaos and violence after nightfall here Wednesday when a demonstration was interrupted by gunfire that gravely wounded a man in the crowd. Law enforcement authorities fired tear gas in a desperate bid to restore order. The city said on its Twitter account that the unidentified man was on life support after what officials said was a \u201ccivilian on civilian\u201d confrontation. The authorities provided no further details. Charlotte officials had said earlier that the man had been killed in the unrest. The Police Department reported that four officers had injuries that were not life-threatening. Gov. Pat McCrory\u2019s office said late Wednesday that he had declared an emergency and had \u201cinitiated efforts\u201d to deploy the National Guard and the state Highway Patrol. The shooting heightened the tension among the demonstrators and the police alike. City officials were quick to say the police had not fired any live rounds, but riot police personnel did fire repeated rounds of tear gas. The scene of the shooting and the largest demonstration of the evening happened along a crowded street in Charlotte\u2019s city center, where the sound of gunfire mixed with the noise of people banging objects into vehicles. The gunshot victim lay motionless on the ground, his eyes open, as people surrounded him and blood pooled among their feet. He was taken into the nearby Omni Hotel, and a series of confrontations played out afterward as the police kept people from entering. There was sporadic looting. Twitter messages showed that the team store of the Charlotte Hornets of the N.B.A. had been broken into and gutted of merchandise. \u201cWe are working very hard to bring peace and calm back to our city,\u201d Mayor Jennifer Roberts said on CNN. A spokesman for Ms. Roberts said she had requested and planned to review on Thursday a police dashboard video of the encounter with Keith L. Scott, the black man who was shot and killed here on Tuesday. But she said she would not make the video public. Around 10 p.m., the police ordered all civilians, including members of the news media, to leave parts of the Uptown neighborhood and threatened to arrest those who did not comply. When the crowd did not respond immediately, the authorities fired more tear gas within minutes. After that, it appeared that the crowd started to disperse, although some stragglers remained in the area. The unrest in Charlotte came after two other police-involved deadly shootings in the last week. First came the shooting of a teenager in Columbus, Ohio, who had been brandishing a BB gun. Two days later, on Friday, was the shooting death in Tulsa, Okla., of a man who had his hands above his head before an officer opened fire. And then it was Charlotte, where Mr. Scott, 43, black like the other two, was shot by a police officer in a parking space marked \u201cVisitor\u201d outside an unremarkable apartment complex. On Wednesday that parking space was both a shooting site and a shrine, and Charlotte was a city on edge, the latest to play a role in what feels like a recurring, seemingly inescapable tape loop of American tragedy. \u201cTo see this happen multiple times \u2014 just time after time \u2014 it\u2019s depressing, man,\u201d said Tom Jackson, 25, who works with mentally disabled people. He didn\u2019t know Mr. Scott but was drawn here nonetheless, one of many strangers and friends who came to pay their respects and make sense of their sorrow. In addition to the fatal attacks on police officers in Baton Rouge and Dallas, it was another grim snapshot of America\u2019s continuing crisis in black and blue, this moment amplified by presidential politics. And as usual, there was very little consensus on what went wrong and how to fix it. At a news conference on Wednesday, Kerr Putney, chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police, said officers had found the gun that the police said Mr. Scott had brandished before an officer, who is also black, fatally shot him and were examining police video of the encounter that unfolded as Mr. Scott stepped out of a car. Family members of Mr. Scott have said that he was unarmed and was holding only a book. Chief Putney said Wednesday morning, \u201cWe did not find a book.\u201d The response of B. J. Murphy, an African-American activist here, could not have been more different: \u201cEverybody in Charlotte should be on notice that black people, today, we\u2019re tired of this,\u201d he said, adding an epithet. \u201cWe\u2019re tired of being killed and nobody saying nothing. We\u2019re tired of our political leaders going along to get along; they\u2019re so weak, they don\u2019t have no sympathy for our grief. And we want justice.\u201d All three shootings are under investigation, and are rife with questions. The police in Columbus said that the BB gun wielded by 13-year-old Tyre King was built to look nearly identical to a Smith & Wesson Military & Police semiautomatic pistol. Mayor Andrew J. Ginther blamed the shooting, in part, on Americans\u2019 \u201ceasy access to guns, whether they are firearms or replicas.\u201d In Tulsa, the police said investigators found the drug PCP in the shooting victim\u2019s S.U.V. The drug is known to induce erratic behavior in some users. But Mr. Crump, who is representing the family of the victim, Terence Crutcher, said the discovery of the drug, if true, would not justify the deadly shooting. In an interview on Wednesday, Mr. Crutcher\u2019s father, the Rev. Joey Crutcher, said his son had marched in protest of earlier police killings and had thought about how to protect himself during interactions with police officers. They had planned to go to a church event aimed at teaching people how behave around the police and avoid becoming another hashtag shared on social media by Black Lives Matter protesters. \u201cI never thought this would happen to my family,\u201d Mr. Crutcher said, adding that he had counseled his son all his life about how to behave around the police. \u201cI said, \u2018Whenever you\u2019re stopped by a police and you\u2019re in that situation, raise your hands up, always let them see your hands, let them see that you are not going for a gun.\u2019 And that is what Terence was doing. I said, \u2018Always put your hands on your car.\u2019 I made that specific, \u2018your car.\u2019 And that\u2019s what Terence was walking to do on his car so that they could see his hands.\u201d John Barnett, a civil rights activist in Charlotte, said during a raucous news conference near the site of the shooting that Mr. Scott had been waiting for his son to arrive home from school. \u201cThe truth of the matter is, he didn\u2019t point that gun,\u201d Mr. Barnett said. \u201cDid he intend to really sit in a vehicle, waiting on his son to get home from school and then plot to shoot a cop if they pulled up on him?\u201d Adding to an atmosphere loaded with suspicion and mistrust, residents of the apartment complex gave varying accounts of Mr. Scott\u2019s death. Some differed from the police on which officer fired the shots, and others said that no one had tried to administer CPR for Mr. Scott as officials had said. Brentley Vinson, the officer who the police say shot Mr. Scott, is black, as is the police chief. \u201cSince black lives do not matter for this city, then our black dollars should not matter,\u201d said Mr. Murphy, the activist. \u201cWe\u2019re watching a modern-day lynching on social media, on television and it is affecting the psyche of black people.\u201d Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch said Wednesday that the Justice Department \u201cis aware of, and we are assessing, the incident that led to the death of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte.\u201d Responding to another police shooting, the state\u2019s attorney in Baltimore County, Md., Scott D. Shellenberger, announced Wednesday that no charges would be filed against any of the officers involved in the Aug. 1 shooting death of Korryn Gaines or the shooting of her 5-year-old son. In Charlotte, Rakeyia Scott, Mr. Scott\u2019s wife, said on Wednesday the family was \u201cdevastated\u201d by the shooting. She described her husband as \u201ca loving husband, father, brother and friend\u201d and called on protesters to remain peaceful. At a campaign rally in Orlando, Fla., Hillary Clinton spoke about the shootings here and in Tulsa. \u201cThere is still much we don\u2019t know about what happened in both incidents, but we do know that we have two more names to add to a list of African-Americans killed by police officers in these encounters,\u2019\u2019 she said. \u201cIt\u2019s unbearable, and it needs to become intolerable. We also saw the targeting of police officers in Philadelphia last week. And last night in Charlotte, 12 officers were injured in demonstrations following Keith Scott\u2019s death. Every day police officers are serving with courage, honor and skill.\u201d Her Republican rival, Donald J. Trump, reacted on Twitter. \u201cHopefully the violence & unrest in Charlotte will come to an immediate end,\u201d he wrote. \u201cTo those injured, get well soon. We need unity & leadership.\u201d Unity, thus far, has been in short supply. On Friday, Mr. Trump earned the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police. But polls show that his support among African-Americans is negligible, even though he has singled them out in promising to solve the ills of poverty and violence that he has characterized as plaguing black neighborhoods. On Wednesday, Mr. Jackson, the man who came here to mourn, was not thinking about the current presidential candidates. The police, he said, \u201care out here killing people, and they don\u2019t even know their backgrounds,\u201d he said. \u201cThey could be killing the next president.\u201d", "essay": "Hey buddy, I just read about yet another officer involved shooting of an African American. Although this incident is pretty old news, it told of the unrest in Charlotte after a black man was killed by the police. In the protests, someone (not a cop) fired into the crowd, wounding a civilian and four police officers. It's just a sad commentary on where we're at with race relations in this country. Even sadder: I don't see it getting any better any time soon..."}
{"user_id": "ec_p007", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 3.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 3.0}}, "article": "Man Is Shot in Charlotte as Unrest Stretches to Second Night \u2014  A second night of protests set off by the police killing of a black man spiraled into chaos and violence after nightfall here Wednesday when a demonstration was interrupted by gunfire that gravely wounded a man in the crowd. Law enforcement authorities fired tear gas in a desperate bid to restore order. The city said on its Twitter account that the unidentified man was on life support after what officials said was a \u201ccivilian on civilian\u201d confrontation. The authorities provided no further details. Charlotte officials had said earlier that the man had been killed in the unrest. The Police Department reported that four officers had injuries that were not life-threatening. Gov. Pat McCrory\u2019s office said late Wednesday that he had declared an emergency and had \u201cinitiated efforts\u201d to deploy the National Guard and the state Highway Patrol. The shooting heightened the tension among the demonstrators and the police alike. City officials were quick to say the police had not fired any live rounds, but riot police personnel did fire repeated rounds of tear gas. The scene of the shooting and the largest demonstration of the evening happened along a crowded street in Charlotte\u2019s city center, where the sound of gunfire mixed with the noise of people banging objects into vehicles. The gunshot victim lay motionless on the ground, his eyes open, as people surrounded him and blood pooled among their feet. He was taken into the nearby Omni Hotel, and a series of confrontations played out afterward as the police kept people from entering. There was sporadic looting. Twitter messages showed that the team store of the Charlotte Hornets of the N.B.A. had been broken into and gutted of merchandise. \u201cWe are working very hard to bring peace and calm back to our city,\u201d Mayor Jennifer Roberts said on CNN. A spokesman for Ms. Roberts said she had requested and planned to review on Thursday a police dashboard video of the encounter with Keith L. Scott, the black man who was shot and killed here on Tuesday. But she said she would not make the video public. Around 10 p.m., the police ordered all civilians, including members of the news media, to leave parts of the Uptown neighborhood and threatened to arrest those who did not comply. When the crowd did not respond immediately, the authorities fired more tear gas within minutes. After that, it appeared that the crowd started to disperse, although some stragglers remained in the area. The unrest in Charlotte came after two other police-involved deadly shootings in the last week. First came the shooting of a teenager in Columbus, Ohio, who had been brandishing a BB gun. Two days later, on Friday, was the shooting death in Tulsa, Okla., of a man who had his hands above his head before an officer opened fire. And then it was Charlotte, where Mr. Scott, 43, black like the other two, was shot by a police officer in a parking space marked \u201cVisitor\u201d outside an unremarkable apartment complex. On Wednesday that parking space was both a shooting site and a shrine, and Charlotte was a city on edge, the latest to play a role in what feels like a recurring, seemingly inescapable tape loop of American tragedy. \u201cTo see this happen multiple times \u2014 just time after time \u2014 it\u2019s depressing, man,\u201d said Tom Jackson, 25, who works with mentally disabled people. He didn\u2019t know Mr. Scott but was drawn here nonetheless, one of many strangers and friends who came to pay their respects and make sense of their sorrow. In addition to the fatal attacks on police officers in Baton Rouge and Dallas, it was another grim snapshot of America\u2019s continuing crisis in black and blue, this moment amplified by presidential politics. And as usual, there was very little consensus on what went wrong and how to fix it. At a news conference on Wednesday, Kerr Putney, chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police, said officers had found the gun that the police said Mr. Scott had brandished before an officer, who is also black, fatally shot him and were examining police video of the encounter that unfolded as Mr. Scott stepped out of a car. Family members of Mr. Scott have said that he was unarmed and was holding only a book. Chief Putney said Wednesday morning, \u201cWe did not find a book.\u201d The response of B. J. Murphy, an African-American activist here, could not have been more different: \u201cEverybody in Charlotte should be on notice that black people, today, we\u2019re tired of this,\u201d he said, adding an epithet. \u201cWe\u2019re tired of being killed and nobody saying nothing. We\u2019re tired of our political leaders going along to get along; they\u2019re so weak, they don\u2019t have no sympathy for our grief. And we want justice.\u201d All three shootings are under investigation, and are rife with questions. The police in Columbus said that the BB gun wielded by 13-year-old Tyre King was built to look nearly identical to a Smith & Wesson Military & Police semiautomatic pistol. Mayor Andrew J. Ginther blamed the shooting, in part, on Americans\u2019 \u201ceasy access to guns, whether they are firearms or replicas.\u201d In Tulsa, the police said investigators found the drug PCP in the shooting victim\u2019s S.U.V. The drug is known to induce erratic behavior in some users. But Mr. Crump, who is representing the family of the victim, Terence Crutcher, said the discovery of the drug, if true, would not justify the deadly shooting. In an interview on Wednesday, Mr. Crutcher\u2019s father, the Rev. Joey Crutcher, said his son had marched in protest of earlier police killings and had thought about how to protect himself during interactions with police officers. They had planned to go to a church event aimed at teaching people how behave around the police and avoid becoming another hashtag shared on social media by Black Lives Matter protesters. \u201cI never thought this would happen to my family,\u201d Mr. Crutcher said, adding that he had counseled his son all his life about how to behave around the police. \u201cI said, \u2018Whenever you\u2019re stopped by a police and you\u2019re in that situation, raise your hands up, always let them see your hands, let them see that you are not going for a gun.\u2019 And that is what Terence was doing. I said, \u2018Always put your hands on your car.\u2019 I made that specific, \u2018your car.\u2019 And that\u2019s what Terence was walking to do on his car so that they could see his hands.\u201d John Barnett, a civil rights activist in Charlotte, said during a raucous news conference near the site of the shooting that Mr. Scott had been waiting for his son to arrive home from school. \u201cThe truth of the matter is, he didn\u2019t point that gun,\u201d Mr. Barnett said. \u201cDid he intend to really sit in a vehicle, waiting on his son to get home from school and then plot to shoot a cop if they pulled up on him?\u201d Adding to an atmosphere loaded with suspicion and mistrust, residents of the apartment complex gave varying accounts of Mr. Scott\u2019s death. Some differed from the police on which officer fired the shots, and others said that no one had tried to administer CPR for Mr. Scott as officials had said. Brentley Vinson, the officer who the police say shot Mr. Scott, is black, as is the police chief. \u201cSince black lives do not matter for this city, then our black dollars should not matter,\u201d said Mr. Murphy, the activist. \u201cWe\u2019re watching a modern-day lynching on social media, on television and it is affecting the psyche of black people.\u201d Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch said Wednesday that the Justice Department \u201cis aware of, and we are assessing, the incident that led to the death of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte.\u201d Responding to another police shooting, the state\u2019s attorney in Baltimore County, Md., Scott D. Shellenberger, announced Wednesday that no charges would be filed against any of the officers involved in the Aug. 1 shooting death of Korryn Gaines or the shooting of her 5-year-old son. In Charlotte, Rakeyia Scott, Mr. Scott\u2019s wife, said on Wednesday the family was \u201cdevastated\u201d by the shooting. She described her husband as \u201ca loving husband, father, brother and friend\u201d and called on protesters to remain peaceful. At a campaign rally in Orlando, Fla., Hillary Clinton spoke about the shootings here and in Tulsa. \u201cThere is still much we don\u2019t know about what happened in both incidents, but we do know that we have two more names to add to a list of African-Americans killed by police officers in these encounters,\u2019\u2019 she said. \u201cIt\u2019s unbearable, and it needs to become intolerable. We also saw the targeting of police officers in Philadelphia last week. And last night in Charlotte, 12 officers were injured in demonstrations following Keith Scott\u2019s death. Every day police officers are serving with courage, honor and skill.\u201d Her Republican rival, Donald J. Trump, reacted on Twitter. \u201cHopefully the violence & unrest in Charlotte will come to an immediate end,\u201d he wrote. \u201cTo those injured, get well soon. We need unity & leadership.\u201d Unity, thus far, has been in short supply. On Friday, Mr. Trump earned the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police. But polls show that his support among African-Americans is negligible, even though he has singled them out in promising to solve the ills of poverty and violence that he has characterized as plaguing black neighborhoods. On Wednesday, Mr. Jackson, the man who came here to mourn, was not thinking about the current presidential candidates. The police, he said, \u201care out here killing people, and they don\u2019t even know their backgrounds,\u201d he said. \u201cThey could be killing the next president.\u201d", "essay": "I know there are a lot of specific circumstances and things pertaining to police shootings of African Americans, but hoenstly a lot of these cases seem like the cop is just really trigger happy. And honestly that is unacceptable. African Americans are racially profiled and that is wrong. I think there has to be something done with our law enforcement to make these shootings less likely to occur."}
{"user_id": "ec_p063", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 31 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 82000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 3.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 31, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 82000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 3.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Riot police move in on North Dakota pipeline protesters \u2014  Armed police in the US state of North Dakota have arrested 141 Native American protesters and environmental activists during a tense confrontation. They were among several hundred people who occupied private land in the path of a controversial new oil pipeline. Police fired non-lethal rounds and used pepper spray and sound cannon to push protesters back to their main encampment on public land. Skirmishes lasted overnight and continued until early Friday morning. By then, spent bean bag rounds and pepper spray canisters littered the ground as police towed away vehicles that the protesters had burned to create barricades in the road, including several military-grade Humvees. \"They used a sonic device and then also they used rubber bullets and we have shots of people who had rubber bullets right to the face. They maced elders right in the face. They dragged people out of sweat lodges. They shot one 15-year-old boy's horse and killed it under him,\" Jacqueline Keeler from the Sioux tribe told the BBC. She said members of the tribe were protesting because the pipeline threatened the region's water supply went across land never ceded by the tribe. Police said they had fired non-lethal bean bag rounds in response to stone throwing and one woman who fired a pistol three times at police officers without hitting any. Dozens of officers in riot gear, some armed, moved in assisted by trucks and military Humvees. Morton County Sheriff's office said the operation began at 11:15am local time (18:15 GMT) and that protesters had refused to leave voluntarily on Wednesday. Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said the protesters were a \"public safety issue\" and their actions had \"forced law enforcement to respond\". \"We cannot have protesters blocking county roads, blocking state highways or trespassing on private property,\" he said in a statement. But Robert Eder, a 64-year-old Vietnam War veteran from the Standing Rock Reservation, said protesters were not scared. \"If they take everybody to jail, there will be twice as many tomorrow, and every day that passes more will come,\" he said. \"If they raze these teepees, tomorrow we will be back.\" Hundreds of protesters have camped on the federally owned land for months, with more than 260 people arrested before Thursday's police operation. Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the project, has said it will boost the local economy and is safer than transporting oil by rail or road. Members of the Sioux tribe say the Dakota Access pipeline will desecrate sacred land and harm water resources. The pipeline will run almost 1,900km (1,170 miles), carrying oil to Gulf Coast refineries. Native American protesters claim the land as their own, citing a 19th Century treaty with the federal government. The protest has drawn the attention of activists and celebrities, including actress-activist Shailene Woodley and Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein.", "essay": "This whole situation kind of blows.  On one hand, I hate that what we might be doing is infringing on people sacred land.  On the other hand, I remember reading about how they gave the pipeline an x amount chance of spilling into the water, and it was relatively low.  I just don't know who I support here.  I don't think people should be burning cars, and blocking roads, but I don't really have an alternative plan either."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Riot police move in on North Dakota pipeline protesters \u2014  Armed police in the US state of North Dakota have arrested 141 Native American protesters and environmental activists during a tense confrontation. They were among several hundred people who occupied private land in the path of a controversial new oil pipeline. Police fired non-lethal rounds and used pepper spray and sound cannon to push protesters back to their main encampment on public land. Skirmishes lasted overnight and continued until early Friday morning. By then, spent bean bag rounds and pepper spray canisters littered the ground as police towed away vehicles that the protesters had burned to create barricades in the road, including several military-grade Humvees. \"They used a sonic device and then also they used rubber bullets and we have shots of people who had rubber bullets right to the face. They maced elders right in the face. They dragged people out of sweat lodges. They shot one 15-year-old boy's horse and killed it under him,\" Jacqueline Keeler from the Sioux tribe told the BBC. She said members of the tribe were protesting because the pipeline threatened the region's water supply went across land never ceded by the tribe. Police said they had fired non-lethal bean bag rounds in response to stone throwing and one woman who fired a pistol three times at police officers without hitting any. Dozens of officers in riot gear, some armed, moved in assisted by trucks and military Humvees. Morton County Sheriff's office said the operation began at 11:15am local time (18:15 GMT) and that protesters had refused to leave voluntarily on Wednesday. Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said the protesters were a \"public safety issue\" and their actions had \"forced law enforcement to respond\". \"We cannot have protesters blocking county roads, blocking state highways or trespassing on private property,\" he said in a statement. But Robert Eder, a 64-year-old Vietnam War veteran from the Standing Rock Reservation, said protesters were not scared. \"If they take everybody to jail, there will be twice as many tomorrow, and every day that passes more will come,\" he said. \"If they raze these teepees, tomorrow we will be back.\" Hundreds of protesters have camped on the federally owned land for months, with more than 260 people arrested before Thursday's police operation. Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the project, has said it will boost the local economy and is safer than transporting oil by rail or road. Members of the Sioux tribe say the Dakota Access pipeline will desecrate sacred land and harm water resources. The pipeline will run almost 1,900km (1,170 miles), carrying oil to Gulf Coast refineries. Native American protesters claim the land as their own, citing a 19th Century treaty with the federal government. The protest has drawn the attention of activists and celebrities, including actress-activist Shailene Woodley and Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein.", "essay": "I think police need to be checked for how they treating protestors. These native people are in the right defending their own land and should not be maced for doing so. The native american people in this country have suffered enough. Its time we give them something good instead of bad again. They deserve this land."}
{"user_id": "ec_p018", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 10000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 4.0 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 10000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 4.0, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "Riot police move in on North Dakota pipeline protesters \u2014  Armed police in the US state of North Dakota have arrested 141 Native American protesters and environmental activists during a tense confrontation. They were among several hundred people who occupied private land in the path of a controversial new oil pipeline. Police fired non-lethal rounds and used pepper spray and sound cannon to push protesters back to their main encampment on public land. Skirmishes lasted overnight and continued until early Friday morning. By then, spent bean bag rounds and pepper spray canisters littered the ground as police towed away vehicles that the protesters had burned to create barricades in the road, including several military-grade Humvees. \"They used a sonic device and then also they used rubber bullets and we have shots of people who had rubber bullets right to the face. They maced elders right in the face. They dragged people out of sweat lodges. They shot one 15-year-old boy's horse and killed it under him,\" Jacqueline Keeler from the Sioux tribe told the BBC. She said members of the tribe were protesting because the pipeline threatened the region's water supply went across land never ceded by the tribe. Police said they had fired non-lethal bean bag rounds in response to stone throwing and one woman who fired a pistol three times at police officers without hitting any. Dozens of officers in riot gear, some armed, moved in assisted by trucks and military Humvees. Morton County Sheriff's office said the operation began at 11:15am local time (18:15 GMT) and that protesters had refused to leave voluntarily on Wednesday. Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said the protesters were a \"public safety issue\" and their actions had \"forced law enforcement to respond\". \"We cannot have protesters blocking county roads, blocking state highways or trespassing on private property,\" he said in a statement. But Robert Eder, a 64-year-old Vietnam War veteran from the Standing Rock Reservation, said protesters were not scared. \"If they take everybody to jail, there will be twice as many tomorrow, and every day that passes more will come,\" he said. \"If they raze these teepees, tomorrow we will be back.\" Hundreds of protesters have camped on the federally owned land for months, with more than 260 people arrested before Thursday's police operation. Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the project, has said it will boost the local economy and is safer than transporting oil by rail or road. Members of the Sioux tribe say the Dakota Access pipeline will desecrate sacred land and harm water resources. The pipeline will run almost 1,900km (1,170 miles), carrying oil to Gulf Coast refineries. Native American protesters claim the land as their own, citing a 19th Century treaty with the federal government. The protest has drawn the attention of activists and celebrities, including actress-activist Shailene Woodley and Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein.", "essay": "I view the content that is sent to me online as my virtualized personalized email inbox. I find it unfortunate that scholars can relate their works cited to the various other work they are completing in ways to document not only their feelings on the article, but also progress on their goals as a person regarding their personalized information they receive. However, we as mTurk workers are afforded the luxury, and in fact the article more relates to the fact that remote workers are sometimes shut off from communication to the outside world by regular means. This does relate to the article in that a pipeline is spewing contamination into a water supply. When I contact my superiors that also work remotely, most projects are mishandled in ways and my personalized communication style."}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "Riot police move in on North Dakota pipeline protesters \u2014  Armed police in the US state of North Dakota have arrested 141 Native American protesters and environmental activists during a tense confrontation. They were among several hundred people who occupied private land in the path of a controversial new oil pipeline. Police fired non-lethal rounds and used pepper spray and sound cannon to push protesters back to their main encampment on public land. Skirmishes lasted overnight and continued until early Friday morning. By then, spent bean bag rounds and pepper spray canisters littered the ground as police towed away vehicles that the protesters had burned to create barricades in the road, including several military-grade Humvees. \"They used a sonic device and then also they used rubber bullets and we have shots of people who had rubber bullets right to the face. They maced elders right in the face. They dragged people out of sweat lodges. They shot one 15-year-old boy's horse and killed it under him,\" Jacqueline Keeler from the Sioux tribe told the BBC. She said members of the tribe were protesting because the pipeline threatened the region's water supply went across land never ceded by the tribe. Police said they had fired non-lethal bean bag rounds in response to stone throwing and one woman who fired a pistol three times at police officers without hitting any. Dozens of officers in riot gear, some armed, moved in assisted by trucks and military Humvees. Morton County Sheriff's office said the operation began at 11:15am local time (18:15 GMT) and that protesters had refused to leave voluntarily on Wednesday. Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said the protesters were a \"public safety issue\" and their actions had \"forced law enforcement to respond\". \"We cannot have protesters blocking county roads, blocking state highways or trespassing on private property,\" he said in a statement. But Robert Eder, a 64-year-old Vietnam War veteran from the Standing Rock Reservation, said protesters were not scared. \"If they take everybody to jail, there will be twice as many tomorrow, and every day that passes more will come,\" he said. \"If they raze these teepees, tomorrow we will be back.\" Hundreds of protesters have camped on the federally owned land for months, with more than 260 people arrested before Thursday's police operation. Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the project, has said it will boost the local economy and is safer than transporting oil by rail or road. Members of the Sioux tribe say the Dakota Access pipeline will desecrate sacred land and harm water resources. The pipeline will run almost 1,900km (1,170 miles), carrying oil to Gulf Coast refineries. Native American protesters claim the land as their own, citing a 19th Century treaty with the federal government. The protest has drawn the attention of activists and celebrities, including actress-activist Shailene Woodley and Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein.", "essay": "We need more oil and more jobs where do these people have time to go and protest do they work or not I mean I have no time to go protest it is crazy to me that these people can stop the construction of a wonderful pipeline to bring more oil to us I love oil and I love when it is cheap and affordable"}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Riot police move in on North Dakota pipeline protesters \u2014  Armed police in the US state of North Dakota have arrested 141 Native American protesters and environmental activists during a tense confrontation. They were among several hundred people who occupied private land in the path of a controversial new oil pipeline. Police fired non-lethal rounds and used pepper spray and sound cannon to push protesters back to their main encampment on public land. Skirmishes lasted overnight and continued until early Friday morning. By then, spent bean bag rounds and pepper spray canisters littered the ground as police towed away vehicles that the protesters had burned to create barricades in the road, including several military-grade Humvees. \"They used a sonic device and then also they used rubber bullets and we have shots of people who had rubber bullets right to the face. They maced elders right in the face. They dragged people out of sweat lodges. They shot one 15-year-old boy's horse and killed it under him,\" Jacqueline Keeler from the Sioux tribe told the BBC. She said members of the tribe were protesting because the pipeline threatened the region's water supply went across land never ceded by the tribe. Police said they had fired non-lethal bean bag rounds in response to stone throwing and one woman who fired a pistol three times at police officers without hitting any. Dozens of officers in riot gear, some armed, moved in assisted by trucks and military Humvees. Morton County Sheriff's office said the operation began at 11:15am local time (18:15 GMT) and that protesters had refused to leave voluntarily on Wednesday. Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said the protesters were a \"public safety issue\" and their actions had \"forced law enforcement to respond\". \"We cannot have protesters blocking county roads, blocking state highways or trespassing on private property,\" he said in a statement. But Robert Eder, a 64-year-old Vietnam War veteran from the Standing Rock Reservation, said protesters were not scared. \"If they take everybody to jail, there will be twice as many tomorrow, and every day that passes more will come,\" he said. \"If they raze these teepees, tomorrow we will be back.\" Hundreds of protesters have camped on the federally owned land for months, with more than 260 people arrested before Thursday's police operation. Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the project, has said it will boost the local economy and is safer than transporting oil by rail or road. Members of the Sioux tribe say the Dakota Access pipeline will desecrate sacred land and harm water resources. The pipeline will run almost 1,900km (1,170 miles), carrying oil to Gulf Coast refineries. Native American protesters claim the land as their own, citing a 19th Century treaty with the federal government. The protest has drawn the attention of activists and celebrities, including actress-activist Shailene Woodley and Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein.", "essay": "This is crazy to me that this sort of stuff is going on right now in the US over oil/money... Shooting a kids horse?? That sounds like something that would have happened in medieval times or the 1800s or something, not 2020. This is so sad... adn this has been going on for far to long. A generation is growing up in this. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p027", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 34 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 89000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 34, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 89000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "Paris attacks: A year of grief, anger and change \u2014  Lanterns, candles and calls for peace illuminated the City of Light on Sunday as Paris mourned 130 people killed one year ago in attacks throughout the city.   November 13, 2015, was like any other day for Georges Salines: Work, a lunchtime swim with his daughter Lola, watching the news on TV, and an early night. He had no idea, until the phone rang, jolting him from his sleep, that his world was about to change forever. \"I went to bed ... without knowing what was going on in the streets of Paris,\" he recalls. \"I was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night, from my eldest son, who knew that his sister was at the Bataclan.\" Salines' 29-year-old daughter, Lola, had gone to a concert at the Bataclan by US rock band the Eagles of Death Metal. Midway through the show, ISIS-linked gunmen opened fire on the audience and detonated suicide vests; 90 people were killed in the raid, one of a series of coordinated attacks across Paris. Unable to reach her, the family spent hours trying to find out what had happened to Lola, calling emergency help lines and hospitals, even the morgue, but nobody could tell them if she was alive. Then the worst news, delivered in the worst way: They discovered via social media that she had been killed. \"I hope she didn't suffer or see her death coming,\" her father says. French President Francois Hollande unveiled plaques at attack sites in the city -- at the Stade de France, outside the Petit Cambodge restaurant, in the Boulevard Voltaire, and at the Bonne Biere and Belle Equipe cafes. At the Bataclan, the President tore down a French flag to reveal the memorial, as the names of all 90 who perished there were read aloud in solemn ceremony. It followed an emotional performance on Saturday night by musician Sting, a fundraiser for victim support charities at the newly opened Bataclan. He began with the words: \"We shall not forget them.\" The much-loved venue has been renovated to remove all traces of the massacre that took place there. On Sunday, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said a state of emergency, first imposed in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, will likely be extended. With the country's presidential elections coming in April-May, the prime minister said the government needs to retain the extra powers delegated by emergency laws \"to protect our democracy.\"   Denys Plaud was also at the Bataclan on the night of the attacks. He credits his survival to the fact that, when the attackers burst in, he was up on the balcony where there was more room to move to the music. \"I love to dance, and that saved my life,\" he told CNN days after his escape from the Bataclan. \"It meant I was not in the direct line of fire from the terrorists' machine guns.\" Plaud hid in a tiny room at the venue with 15 others; they waited as the gunmen got closer and closer, even shooting at the partition that sheltered them: \"I thought, 'Oh my God, I hope that wall will stand.'\" \"For three hours, we had to listen to the shooting,\" he remembers. \"That was terrible. Every time we thought it would end, it was just time for the terrorists to get their weapons reloaded, and then they would shoot again.\" Eventually, the police arrived and led them to safety across what Plaud calls \"the bloody battlefield,\" urging them not to look at the bodies of their fellow music fans. \"But ... it was not a direct path, I had to look where I was putting my feet. ... There was no way but to look at death.\" A year on, he says, the memories are \"very fresh ... it's just like it was yesterday.\" By late morning Sunday, the first flowers to remember victims were placed among the autumn leaves at the Place de la R\u00e9publique, which became the center of the city's mourning and expressions of national unity after the attacks. For many Parisians, it is an opportunity to begin getting on with life. The year since the attacks has been filled with shock, grief and mourning -- for the relatives of the dead, for those who survived, and for France as a whole: The nation was left traumatized. Extra police and troops have been on the streets of France since January 2015, when terrorists attacked the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people: Armed officers now patrol outside tourist hot spots, schools, government and religious buildings. Operation Sentinel has seen the mobilization of 10,000 soldiers to monitor and protect more than 11,000 locations across the country -- 3,000 of them religious sites, the rest a mixture of key infrastructure, industrial plants and \"symbolic\" places around the country. And despite all the extra security on the streets, what happened in January and November 2015 -- and other incidents that followed in 2016, in Nice, Rouen and Magnanville -- have impacted the country's morale. Plaud says Paris itself was left \"in shock.\" Anger at these events has been linked to a steep rise in xenophobia; according to the National Commission on Human Rights, or CCNDH, there were 429 reports of attacks on, and threats against, Muslims in France in 2015 -- a rise of 223% on the previous year. This \"wave of aggression against Muslims\" ranged from assaults on women wearing the hijab to graffiti on places of worship and halal butcher shops. In one incident, the door handle of a mosque was wrapped in bacon. The CCNDH says the majority happened in January and November. The attacks have also damaged France's prized tourism industry: Almost 2 million fewer visitors have come to the country over the past year -- international arrivals are down 8.1% so far in 2016. But Plaud says the country has seen troubled times before, and is sure to bounce back: \"I am confident; in Parisian history there have been a lot of events like that -- war, civil war. But Paris has always been able to recover.\" #ParisResiste Balloons were released into the skies over Paris, and as darkness fell, thousands of lanterns were floated on the waters of the Canal St. Martin, close to the scene of several of the attacks. A social media campaign, #ParisResiste called on people to display lighted candles in the windows of their homes on Sunday evening, to \"light up the city\" and \"brighten the future.\" Salines concedes the day will be a difficult one for many: \"Some families have chosen to take a vacation and go abroad even, because there will be a lot of media attention and there will be a lot of archive footage of last year -- I'm sure it will be painful to see these images again.\" Plaud suffered flashbacks in the months after the attack that forced him to give up his job as a math and physics tutor, but says he is gradually recovering. This week he returned to the Bataclan for the first time. \"I want[ed] to come back to pay my last homage to the victims and people who died there,\" he says. \"It is important even if it is very strong, emotionally, to be here.\" Both Plaud and Salines say putting pen to paper has helped them through the past 12 months. \"I wanted to write in order not to forget,\" Salines says. \"The writing helped me, because it was the only way in the first days that I could think about what had happened ... not without pain, but being able to stay calm and to keep some distance between the pain and my thinking.\" The idea for his book, \"The unspeakable, from A to Z\" came, he says, from \"the messages I received from friends and family -- lots of them started with the words, 'this is unspeakable,' 'we don't know what to say,' 'there are no words.' They had no words but I had lots! I started to make a list of words and ... little by little it grew and it grew into a book.\" He says the dictionary-like form his writings took helped reflect the rapidly changing emotions he experienced in the weeks and months after Lola's death. \"It was very close to what I was experiencing in terms of the shift between very different moods, even happening all at the same time, within a few minutes, from crying to laughing. When you read you go from one word to another, from emotional feelings ... to very funny.\" The first entry in the book: A is for absurd. \"Because Lola, and I am sure all the other young people who lost their lives that day, were total strangers to the situation, the fight that the terrorists have and it is profoundly unjust.\" For Plaud, revisiting his experiences to write about them \"was very difficult [but] it was therapeutic.\" \"It was a way to exorcise the demons and all the horror I saw that night. It was dangerous because sometimes I had to go deep inside my memories of death.\" 'Grieving never ends' \"The grieving never ends,\" says Salines. \"I am at a stage now where I know that things are relatively stable -- the pain will probably last for the rest of my life but I don't break down in tears three times a day as I was doing at the beginning.\" Salines is sustained by his work as chairman of one of the support groups for those affected by the events of November 13, and by his memories of Lola. \"Her life was maybe short, but it was a full life, full of happiness,\" he says. A publisher of children's and young adult books, Lola loved to travel and had a passion for roller derby. \"She had incredible energy. We didn't know how she could do so many things in a day.\" \"She did a lot of good things in her life, she had a great deal of pleasure, she was very enthusiastic,\" he says. \"She had a good life. Writing about it was maybe a way of convincing myself, but I feel pretty confident that my daughter's life was a good life.\" Plaud says for him, the time has come to move on. \"It's been one year now and I feel like it's the end of my mourning.\" \"It is a good thing that life has come back again,\" he says. \"We have to keep the memory, but you also [must] not be stuck in that horror, [you must] keep on living.\"", "essay": "This was an awful tragedy. You see it so much these days, it just doesn't register. Atually, i can't believe it but I'd forgotten al about it until i was reminded by this article. So tragic so sad. And it doesn't end. It just piles up nd up the more you live. Senselessand cruel. All for an ideology. All for hatred. Wha5t did those people do? Nothing. No one deserves this."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Paris attacks: A year of grief, anger and change \u2014  Lanterns, candles and calls for peace illuminated the City of Light on Sunday as Paris mourned 130 people killed one year ago in attacks throughout the city.   November 13, 2015, was like any other day for Georges Salines: Work, a lunchtime swim with his daughter Lola, watching the news on TV, and an early night. He had no idea, until the phone rang, jolting him from his sleep, that his world was about to change forever. \"I went to bed ... without knowing what was going on in the streets of Paris,\" he recalls. \"I was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night, from my eldest son, who knew that his sister was at the Bataclan.\" Salines' 29-year-old daughter, Lola, had gone to a concert at the Bataclan by US rock band the Eagles of Death Metal. Midway through the show, ISIS-linked gunmen opened fire on the audience and detonated suicide vests; 90 people were killed in the raid, one of a series of coordinated attacks across Paris. Unable to reach her, the family spent hours trying to find out what had happened to Lola, calling emergency help lines and hospitals, even the morgue, but nobody could tell them if she was alive. Then the worst news, delivered in the worst way: They discovered via social media that she had been killed. \"I hope she didn't suffer or see her death coming,\" her father says. French President Francois Hollande unveiled plaques at attack sites in the city -- at the Stade de France, outside the Petit Cambodge restaurant, in the Boulevard Voltaire, and at the Bonne Biere and Belle Equipe cafes. At the Bataclan, the President tore down a French flag to reveal the memorial, as the names of all 90 who perished there were read aloud in solemn ceremony. It followed an emotional performance on Saturday night by musician Sting, a fundraiser for victim support charities at the newly opened Bataclan. He began with the words: \"We shall not forget them.\" The much-loved venue has been renovated to remove all traces of the massacre that took place there. On Sunday, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said a state of emergency, first imposed in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, will likely be extended. With the country's presidential elections coming in April-May, the prime minister said the government needs to retain the extra powers delegated by emergency laws \"to protect our democracy.\"   Denys Plaud was also at the Bataclan on the night of the attacks. He credits his survival to the fact that, when the attackers burst in, he was up on the balcony where there was more room to move to the music. \"I love to dance, and that saved my life,\" he told CNN days after his escape from the Bataclan. \"It meant I was not in the direct line of fire from the terrorists' machine guns.\" Plaud hid in a tiny room at the venue with 15 others; they waited as the gunmen got closer and closer, even shooting at the partition that sheltered them: \"I thought, 'Oh my God, I hope that wall will stand.'\" \"For three hours, we had to listen to the shooting,\" he remembers. \"That was terrible. Every time we thought it would end, it was just time for the terrorists to get their weapons reloaded, and then they would shoot again.\" Eventually, the police arrived and led them to safety across what Plaud calls \"the bloody battlefield,\" urging them not to look at the bodies of their fellow music fans. \"But ... it was not a direct path, I had to look where I was putting my feet. ... There was no way but to look at death.\" A year on, he says, the memories are \"very fresh ... it's just like it was yesterday.\" By late morning Sunday, the first flowers to remember victims were placed among the autumn leaves at the Place de la R\u00e9publique, which became the center of the city's mourning and expressions of national unity after the attacks. For many Parisians, it is an opportunity to begin getting on with life. The year since the attacks has been filled with shock, grief and mourning -- for the relatives of the dead, for those who survived, and for France as a whole: The nation was left traumatized. Extra police and troops have been on the streets of France since January 2015, when terrorists attacked the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people: Armed officers now patrol outside tourist hot spots, schools, government and religious buildings. Operation Sentinel has seen the mobilization of 10,000 soldiers to monitor and protect more than 11,000 locations across the country -- 3,000 of them religious sites, the rest a mixture of key infrastructure, industrial plants and \"symbolic\" places around the country. And despite all the extra security on the streets, what happened in January and November 2015 -- and other incidents that followed in 2016, in Nice, Rouen and Magnanville -- have impacted the country's morale. Plaud says Paris itself was left \"in shock.\" Anger at these events has been linked to a steep rise in xenophobia; according to the National Commission on Human Rights, or CCNDH, there were 429 reports of attacks on, and threats against, Muslims in France in 2015 -- a rise of 223% on the previous year. This \"wave of aggression against Muslims\" ranged from assaults on women wearing the hijab to graffiti on places of worship and halal butcher shops. In one incident, the door handle of a mosque was wrapped in bacon. The CCNDH says the majority happened in January and November. The attacks have also damaged France's prized tourism industry: Almost 2 million fewer visitors have come to the country over the past year -- international arrivals are down 8.1% so far in 2016. But Plaud says the country has seen troubled times before, and is sure to bounce back: \"I am confident; in Parisian history there have been a lot of events like that -- war, civil war. But Paris has always been able to recover.\" #ParisResiste Balloons were released into the skies over Paris, and as darkness fell, thousands of lanterns were floated on the waters of the Canal St. Martin, close to the scene of several of the attacks. A social media campaign, #ParisResiste called on people to display lighted candles in the windows of their homes on Sunday evening, to \"light up the city\" and \"brighten the future.\" Salines concedes the day will be a difficult one for many: \"Some families have chosen to take a vacation and go abroad even, because there will be a lot of media attention and there will be a lot of archive footage of last year -- I'm sure it will be painful to see these images again.\" Plaud suffered flashbacks in the months after the attack that forced him to give up his job as a math and physics tutor, but says he is gradually recovering. This week he returned to the Bataclan for the first time. \"I want[ed] to come back to pay my last homage to the victims and people who died there,\" he says. \"It is important even if it is very strong, emotionally, to be here.\" Both Plaud and Salines say putting pen to paper has helped them through the past 12 months. \"I wanted to write in order not to forget,\" Salines says. \"The writing helped me, because it was the only way in the first days that I could think about what had happened ... not without pain, but being able to stay calm and to keep some distance between the pain and my thinking.\" The idea for his book, \"The unspeakable, from A to Z\" came, he says, from \"the messages I received from friends and family -- lots of them started with the words, 'this is unspeakable,' 'we don't know what to say,' 'there are no words.' They had no words but I had lots! I started to make a list of words and ... little by little it grew and it grew into a book.\" He says the dictionary-like form his writings took helped reflect the rapidly changing emotions he experienced in the weeks and months after Lola's death. \"It was very close to what I was experiencing in terms of the shift between very different moods, even happening all at the same time, within a few minutes, from crying to laughing. When you read you go from one word to another, from emotional feelings ... to very funny.\" The first entry in the book: A is for absurd. \"Because Lola, and I am sure all the other young people who lost their lives that day, were total strangers to the situation, the fight that the terrorists have and it is profoundly unjust.\" For Plaud, revisiting his experiences to write about them \"was very difficult [but] it was therapeutic.\" \"It was a way to exorcise the demons and all the horror I saw that night. It was dangerous because sometimes I had to go deep inside my memories of death.\" 'Grieving never ends' \"The grieving never ends,\" says Salines. \"I am at a stage now where I know that things are relatively stable -- the pain will probably last for the rest of my life but I don't break down in tears three times a day as I was doing at the beginning.\" Salines is sustained by his work as chairman of one of the support groups for those affected by the events of November 13, and by his memories of Lola. \"Her life was maybe short, but it was a full life, full of happiness,\" he says. A publisher of children's and young adult books, Lola loved to travel and had a passion for roller derby. \"She had incredible energy. We didn't know how she could do so many things in a day.\" \"She did a lot of good things in her life, she had a great deal of pleasure, she was very enthusiastic,\" he says. \"She had a good life. Writing about it was maybe a way of convincing myself, but I feel pretty confident that my daughter's life was a good life.\" Plaud says for him, the time has come to move on. \"It's been one year now and I feel like it's the end of my mourning.\" \"It is a good thing that life has come back again,\" he says. \"We have to keep the memory, but you also [must] not be stuck in that horror, [you must] keep on living.\"", "essay": "It was very sad what happened in Paris. I think the terrorist are cowards. I would hate to find out after all the worrying and not being able to reach my child that they had died on social media. It was very sad to read about and feel the father's emotions about his daughter.  I was happy that he found some peace with his lost."}
{"user_id": "ec_p017", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 33 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 78000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 3.0 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 33, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 78000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 3.0, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Paris attacks: A year of grief, anger and change \u2014  Lanterns, candles and calls for peace illuminated the City of Light on Sunday as Paris mourned 130 people killed one year ago in attacks throughout the city.   November 13, 2015, was like any other day for Georges Salines: Work, a lunchtime swim with his daughter Lola, watching the news on TV, and an early night. He had no idea, until the phone rang, jolting him from his sleep, that his world was about to change forever. \"I went to bed ... without knowing what was going on in the streets of Paris,\" he recalls. \"I was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night, from my eldest son, who knew that his sister was at the Bataclan.\" Salines' 29-year-old daughter, Lola, had gone to a concert at the Bataclan by US rock band the Eagles of Death Metal. Midway through the show, ISIS-linked gunmen opened fire on the audience and detonated suicide vests; 90 people were killed in the raid, one of a series of coordinated attacks across Paris. Unable to reach her, the family spent hours trying to find out what had happened to Lola, calling emergency help lines and hospitals, even the morgue, but nobody could tell them if she was alive. Then the worst news, delivered in the worst way: They discovered via social media that she had been killed. \"I hope she didn't suffer or see her death coming,\" her father says. French President Francois Hollande unveiled plaques at attack sites in the city -- at the Stade de France, outside the Petit Cambodge restaurant, in the Boulevard Voltaire, and at the Bonne Biere and Belle Equipe cafes. At the Bataclan, the President tore down a French flag to reveal the memorial, as the names of all 90 who perished there were read aloud in solemn ceremony. It followed an emotional performance on Saturday night by musician Sting, a fundraiser for victim support charities at the newly opened Bataclan. He began with the words: \"We shall not forget them.\" The much-loved venue has been renovated to remove all traces of the massacre that took place there. On Sunday, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said a state of emergency, first imposed in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, will likely be extended. With the country's presidential elections coming in April-May, the prime minister said the government needs to retain the extra powers delegated by emergency laws \"to protect our democracy.\"   Denys Plaud was also at the Bataclan on the night of the attacks. He credits his survival to the fact that, when the attackers burst in, he was up on the balcony where there was more room to move to the music. \"I love to dance, and that saved my life,\" he told CNN days after his escape from the Bataclan. \"It meant I was not in the direct line of fire from the terrorists' machine guns.\" Plaud hid in a tiny room at the venue with 15 others; they waited as the gunmen got closer and closer, even shooting at the partition that sheltered them: \"I thought, 'Oh my God, I hope that wall will stand.'\" \"For three hours, we had to listen to the shooting,\" he remembers. \"That was terrible. Every time we thought it would end, it was just time for the terrorists to get their weapons reloaded, and then they would shoot again.\" Eventually, the police arrived and led them to safety across what Plaud calls \"the bloody battlefield,\" urging them not to look at the bodies of their fellow music fans. \"But ... it was not a direct path, I had to look where I was putting my feet. ... There was no way but to look at death.\" A year on, he says, the memories are \"very fresh ... it's just like it was yesterday.\" By late morning Sunday, the first flowers to remember victims were placed among the autumn leaves at the Place de la R\u00e9publique, which became the center of the city's mourning and expressions of national unity after the attacks. For many Parisians, it is an opportunity to begin getting on with life. The year since the attacks has been filled with shock, grief and mourning -- for the relatives of the dead, for those who survived, and for France as a whole: The nation was left traumatized. Extra police and troops have been on the streets of France since January 2015, when terrorists attacked the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people: Armed officers now patrol outside tourist hot spots, schools, government and religious buildings. Operation Sentinel has seen the mobilization of 10,000 soldiers to monitor and protect more than 11,000 locations across the country -- 3,000 of them religious sites, the rest a mixture of key infrastructure, industrial plants and \"symbolic\" places around the country. And despite all the extra security on the streets, what happened in January and November 2015 -- and other incidents that followed in 2016, in Nice, Rouen and Magnanville -- have impacted the country's morale. Plaud says Paris itself was left \"in shock.\" Anger at these events has been linked to a steep rise in xenophobia; according to the National Commission on Human Rights, or CCNDH, there were 429 reports of attacks on, and threats against, Muslims in France in 2015 -- a rise of 223% on the previous year. This \"wave of aggression against Muslims\" ranged from assaults on women wearing the hijab to graffiti on places of worship and halal butcher shops. In one incident, the door handle of a mosque was wrapped in bacon. The CCNDH says the majority happened in January and November. The attacks have also damaged France's prized tourism industry: Almost 2 million fewer visitors have come to the country over the past year -- international arrivals are down 8.1% so far in 2016. But Plaud says the country has seen troubled times before, and is sure to bounce back: \"I am confident; in Parisian history there have been a lot of events like that -- war, civil war. But Paris has always been able to recover.\" #ParisResiste Balloons were released into the skies over Paris, and as darkness fell, thousands of lanterns were floated on the waters of the Canal St. Martin, close to the scene of several of the attacks. A social media campaign, #ParisResiste called on people to display lighted candles in the windows of their homes on Sunday evening, to \"light up the city\" and \"brighten the future.\" Salines concedes the day will be a difficult one for many: \"Some families have chosen to take a vacation and go abroad even, because there will be a lot of media attention and there will be a lot of archive footage of last year -- I'm sure it will be painful to see these images again.\" Plaud suffered flashbacks in the months after the attack that forced him to give up his job as a math and physics tutor, but says he is gradually recovering. This week he returned to the Bataclan for the first time. \"I want[ed] to come back to pay my last homage to the victims and people who died there,\" he says. \"It is important even if it is very strong, emotionally, to be here.\" Both Plaud and Salines say putting pen to paper has helped them through the past 12 months. \"I wanted to write in order not to forget,\" Salines says. \"The writing helped me, because it was the only way in the first days that I could think about what had happened ... not without pain, but being able to stay calm and to keep some distance between the pain and my thinking.\" The idea for his book, \"The unspeakable, from A to Z\" came, he says, from \"the messages I received from friends and family -- lots of them started with the words, 'this is unspeakable,' 'we don't know what to say,' 'there are no words.' They had no words but I had lots! I started to make a list of words and ... little by little it grew and it grew into a book.\" He says the dictionary-like form his writings took helped reflect the rapidly changing emotions he experienced in the weeks and months after Lola's death. \"It was very close to what I was experiencing in terms of the shift between very different moods, even happening all at the same time, within a few minutes, from crying to laughing. When you read you go from one word to another, from emotional feelings ... to very funny.\" The first entry in the book: A is for absurd. \"Because Lola, and I am sure all the other young people who lost their lives that day, were total strangers to the situation, the fight that the terrorists have and it is profoundly unjust.\" For Plaud, revisiting his experiences to write about them \"was very difficult [but] it was therapeutic.\" \"It was a way to exorcise the demons and all the horror I saw that night. It was dangerous because sometimes I had to go deep inside my memories of death.\" 'Grieving never ends' \"The grieving never ends,\" says Salines. \"I am at a stage now where I know that things are relatively stable -- the pain will probably last for the rest of my life but I don't break down in tears three times a day as I was doing at the beginning.\" Salines is sustained by his work as chairman of one of the support groups for those affected by the events of November 13, and by his memories of Lola. \"Her life was maybe short, but it was a full life, full of happiness,\" he says. A publisher of children's and young adult books, Lola loved to travel and had a passion for roller derby. \"She had incredible energy. We didn't know how she could do so many things in a day.\" \"She did a lot of good things in her life, she had a great deal of pleasure, she was very enthusiastic,\" he says. \"She had a good life. Writing about it was maybe a way of convincing myself, but I feel pretty confident that my daughter's life was a good life.\" Plaud says for him, the time has come to move on. \"It's been one year now and I feel like it's the end of my mourning.\" \"It is a good thing that life has come back again,\" he says. \"We have to keep the memory, but you also [must] not be stuck in that horror, [you must] keep on living.\"", "essay": "life is precious. dont waste your time not doing the things you want or it might all be taken from you vefore you get a chance to do everything in this life that you want to. I just read about how a bunch of people died in paris in 2015 and it was horrible to hear about how those people died. it got me to thinking, i want to paint a self portrait. what do you want to do?"}
{"user_id": "ec_p009", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 29 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 44000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 29, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 44000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Paris attacks: A year of grief, anger and change \u2014  Lanterns, candles and calls for peace illuminated the City of Light on Sunday as Paris mourned 130 people killed one year ago in attacks throughout the city.   November 13, 2015, was like any other day for Georges Salines: Work, a lunchtime swim with his daughter Lola, watching the news on TV, and an early night. He had no idea, until the phone rang, jolting him from his sleep, that his world was about to change forever. \"I went to bed ... without knowing what was going on in the streets of Paris,\" he recalls. \"I was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night, from my eldest son, who knew that his sister was at the Bataclan.\" Salines' 29-year-old daughter, Lola, had gone to a concert at the Bataclan by US rock band the Eagles of Death Metal. Midway through the show, ISIS-linked gunmen opened fire on the audience and detonated suicide vests; 90 people were killed in the raid, one of a series of coordinated attacks across Paris. Unable to reach her, the family spent hours trying to find out what had happened to Lola, calling emergency help lines and hospitals, even the morgue, but nobody could tell them if she was alive. Then the worst news, delivered in the worst way: They discovered via social media that she had been killed. \"I hope she didn't suffer or see her death coming,\" her father says. French President Francois Hollande unveiled plaques at attack sites in the city -- at the Stade de France, outside the Petit Cambodge restaurant, in the Boulevard Voltaire, and at the Bonne Biere and Belle Equipe cafes. At the Bataclan, the President tore down a French flag to reveal the memorial, as the names of all 90 who perished there were read aloud in solemn ceremony. It followed an emotional performance on Saturday night by musician Sting, a fundraiser for victim support charities at the newly opened Bataclan. He began with the words: \"We shall not forget them.\" The much-loved venue has been renovated to remove all traces of the massacre that took place there. On Sunday, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said a state of emergency, first imposed in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, will likely be extended. With the country's presidential elections coming in April-May, the prime minister said the government needs to retain the extra powers delegated by emergency laws \"to protect our democracy.\"   Denys Plaud was also at the Bataclan on the night of the attacks. He credits his survival to the fact that, when the attackers burst in, he was up on the balcony where there was more room to move to the music. \"I love to dance, and that saved my life,\" he told CNN days after his escape from the Bataclan. \"It meant I was not in the direct line of fire from the terrorists' machine guns.\" Plaud hid in a tiny room at the venue with 15 others; they waited as the gunmen got closer and closer, even shooting at the partition that sheltered them: \"I thought, 'Oh my God, I hope that wall will stand.'\" \"For three hours, we had to listen to the shooting,\" he remembers. \"That was terrible. Every time we thought it would end, it was just time for the terrorists to get their weapons reloaded, and then they would shoot again.\" Eventually, the police arrived and led them to safety across what Plaud calls \"the bloody battlefield,\" urging them not to look at the bodies of their fellow music fans. \"But ... it was not a direct path, I had to look where I was putting my feet. ... There was no way but to look at death.\" A year on, he says, the memories are \"very fresh ... it's just like it was yesterday.\" By late morning Sunday, the first flowers to remember victims were placed among the autumn leaves at the Place de la R\u00e9publique, which became the center of the city's mourning and expressions of national unity after the attacks. For many Parisians, it is an opportunity to begin getting on with life. The year since the attacks has been filled with shock, grief and mourning -- for the relatives of the dead, for those who survived, and for France as a whole: The nation was left traumatized. Extra police and troops have been on the streets of France since January 2015, when terrorists attacked the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people: Armed officers now patrol outside tourist hot spots, schools, government and religious buildings. Operation Sentinel has seen the mobilization of 10,000 soldiers to monitor and protect more than 11,000 locations across the country -- 3,000 of them religious sites, the rest a mixture of key infrastructure, industrial plants and \"symbolic\" places around the country. And despite all the extra security on the streets, what happened in January and November 2015 -- and other incidents that followed in 2016, in Nice, Rouen and Magnanville -- have impacted the country's morale. Plaud says Paris itself was left \"in shock.\" Anger at these events has been linked to a steep rise in xenophobia; according to the National Commission on Human Rights, or CCNDH, there were 429 reports of attacks on, and threats against, Muslims in France in 2015 -- a rise of 223% on the previous year. This \"wave of aggression against Muslims\" ranged from assaults on women wearing the hijab to graffiti on places of worship and halal butcher shops. In one incident, the door handle of a mosque was wrapped in bacon. The CCNDH says the majority happened in January and November. The attacks have also damaged France's prized tourism industry: Almost 2 million fewer visitors have come to the country over the past year -- international arrivals are down 8.1% so far in 2016. But Plaud says the country has seen troubled times before, and is sure to bounce back: \"I am confident; in Parisian history there have been a lot of events like that -- war, civil war. But Paris has always been able to recover.\" #ParisResiste Balloons were released into the skies over Paris, and as darkness fell, thousands of lanterns were floated on the waters of the Canal St. Martin, close to the scene of several of the attacks. A social media campaign, #ParisResiste called on people to display lighted candles in the windows of their homes on Sunday evening, to \"light up the city\" and \"brighten the future.\" Salines concedes the day will be a difficult one for many: \"Some families have chosen to take a vacation and go abroad even, because there will be a lot of media attention and there will be a lot of archive footage of last year -- I'm sure it will be painful to see these images again.\" Plaud suffered flashbacks in the months after the attack that forced him to give up his job as a math and physics tutor, but says he is gradually recovering. This week he returned to the Bataclan for the first time. \"I want[ed] to come back to pay my last homage to the victims and people who died there,\" he says. \"It is important even if it is very strong, emotionally, to be here.\" Both Plaud and Salines say putting pen to paper has helped them through the past 12 months. \"I wanted to write in order not to forget,\" Salines says. \"The writing helped me, because it was the only way in the first days that I could think about what had happened ... not without pain, but being able to stay calm and to keep some distance between the pain and my thinking.\" The idea for his book, \"The unspeakable, from A to Z\" came, he says, from \"the messages I received from friends and family -- lots of them started with the words, 'this is unspeakable,' 'we don't know what to say,' 'there are no words.' They had no words but I had lots! I started to make a list of words and ... little by little it grew and it grew into a book.\" He says the dictionary-like form his writings took helped reflect the rapidly changing emotions he experienced in the weeks and months after Lola's death. \"It was very close to what I was experiencing in terms of the shift between very different moods, even happening all at the same time, within a few minutes, from crying to laughing. When you read you go from one word to another, from emotional feelings ... to very funny.\" The first entry in the book: A is for absurd. \"Because Lola, and I am sure all the other young people who lost their lives that day, were total strangers to the situation, the fight that the terrorists have and it is profoundly unjust.\" For Plaud, revisiting his experiences to write about them \"was very difficult [but] it was therapeutic.\" \"It was a way to exorcise the demons and all the horror I saw that night. It was dangerous because sometimes I had to go deep inside my memories of death.\" 'Grieving never ends' \"The grieving never ends,\" says Salines. \"I am at a stage now where I know that things are relatively stable -- the pain will probably last for the rest of my life but I don't break down in tears three times a day as I was doing at the beginning.\" Salines is sustained by his work as chairman of one of the support groups for those affected by the events of November 13, and by his memories of Lola. \"Her life was maybe short, but it was a full life, full of happiness,\" he says. A publisher of children's and young adult books, Lola loved to travel and had a passion for roller derby. \"She had incredible energy. We didn't know how she could do so many things in a day.\" \"She did a lot of good things in her life, she had a great deal of pleasure, she was very enthusiastic,\" he says. \"She had a good life. Writing about it was maybe a way of convincing myself, but I feel pretty confident that my daughter's life was a good life.\" Plaud says for him, the time has come to move on. \"It's been one year now and I feel like it's the end of my mourning.\" \"It is a good thing that life has come back again,\" he says. \"We have to keep the memory, but you also [must] not be stuck in that horror, [you must] keep on living.\"", "essay": "Dear friend,                                        I have just read a horrifying and disturbing article about a terror attack that happened in Paris, france in 2015. There were 90 people killed at a rock concert after terrorists opened fire and set of bombs inside of the music venue. This was a truly horrible event."}
{"user_id": "ec_p044", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 46 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 150000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 3.5 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 3.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 46, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 150000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 3.5, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 3.0}}, "article": "Paris attacks: A year of grief, anger and change \u2014  Lanterns, candles and calls for peace illuminated the City of Light on Sunday as Paris mourned 130 people killed one year ago in attacks throughout the city.   November 13, 2015, was like any other day for Georges Salines: Work, a lunchtime swim with his daughter Lola, watching the news on TV, and an early night. He had no idea, until the phone rang, jolting him from his sleep, that his world was about to change forever. \"I went to bed ... without knowing what was going on in the streets of Paris,\" he recalls. \"I was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night, from my eldest son, who knew that his sister was at the Bataclan.\" Salines' 29-year-old daughter, Lola, had gone to a concert at the Bataclan by US rock band the Eagles of Death Metal. Midway through the show, ISIS-linked gunmen opened fire on the audience and detonated suicide vests; 90 people were killed in the raid, one of a series of coordinated attacks across Paris. Unable to reach her, the family spent hours trying to find out what had happened to Lola, calling emergency help lines and hospitals, even the morgue, but nobody could tell them if she was alive. Then the worst news, delivered in the worst way: They discovered via social media that she had been killed. \"I hope she didn't suffer or see her death coming,\" her father says. French President Francois Hollande unveiled plaques at attack sites in the city -- at the Stade de France, outside the Petit Cambodge restaurant, in the Boulevard Voltaire, and at the Bonne Biere and Belle Equipe cafes. At the Bataclan, the President tore down a French flag to reveal the memorial, as the names of all 90 who perished there were read aloud in solemn ceremony. It followed an emotional performance on Saturday night by musician Sting, a fundraiser for victim support charities at the newly opened Bataclan. He began with the words: \"We shall not forget them.\" The much-loved venue has been renovated to remove all traces of the massacre that took place there. On Sunday, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said a state of emergency, first imposed in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, will likely be extended. With the country's presidential elections coming in April-May, the prime minister said the government needs to retain the extra powers delegated by emergency laws \"to protect our democracy.\"   Denys Plaud was also at the Bataclan on the night of the attacks. He credits his survival to the fact that, when the attackers burst in, he was up on the balcony where there was more room to move to the music. \"I love to dance, and that saved my life,\" he told CNN days after his escape from the Bataclan. \"It meant I was not in the direct line of fire from the terrorists' machine guns.\" Plaud hid in a tiny room at the venue with 15 others; they waited as the gunmen got closer and closer, even shooting at the partition that sheltered them: \"I thought, 'Oh my God, I hope that wall will stand.'\" \"For three hours, we had to listen to the shooting,\" he remembers. \"That was terrible. Every time we thought it would end, it was just time for the terrorists to get their weapons reloaded, and then they would shoot again.\" Eventually, the police arrived and led them to safety across what Plaud calls \"the bloody battlefield,\" urging them not to look at the bodies of their fellow music fans. \"But ... it was not a direct path, I had to look where I was putting my feet. ... There was no way but to look at death.\" A year on, he says, the memories are \"very fresh ... it's just like it was yesterday.\" By late morning Sunday, the first flowers to remember victims were placed among the autumn leaves at the Place de la R\u00e9publique, which became the center of the city's mourning and expressions of national unity after the attacks. For many Parisians, it is an opportunity to begin getting on with life. The year since the attacks has been filled with shock, grief and mourning -- for the relatives of the dead, for those who survived, and for France as a whole: The nation was left traumatized. Extra police and troops have been on the streets of France since January 2015, when terrorists attacked the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people: Armed officers now patrol outside tourist hot spots, schools, government and religious buildings. Operation Sentinel has seen the mobilization of 10,000 soldiers to monitor and protect more than 11,000 locations across the country -- 3,000 of them religious sites, the rest a mixture of key infrastructure, industrial plants and \"symbolic\" places around the country. And despite all the extra security on the streets, what happened in January and November 2015 -- and other incidents that followed in 2016, in Nice, Rouen and Magnanville -- have impacted the country's morale. Plaud says Paris itself was left \"in shock.\" Anger at these events has been linked to a steep rise in xenophobia; according to the National Commission on Human Rights, or CCNDH, there were 429 reports of attacks on, and threats against, Muslims in France in 2015 -- a rise of 223% on the previous year. This \"wave of aggression against Muslims\" ranged from assaults on women wearing the hijab to graffiti on places of worship and halal butcher shops. In one incident, the door handle of a mosque was wrapped in bacon. The CCNDH says the majority happened in January and November. The attacks have also damaged France's prized tourism industry: Almost 2 million fewer visitors have come to the country over the past year -- international arrivals are down 8.1% so far in 2016. But Plaud says the country has seen troubled times before, and is sure to bounce back: \"I am confident; in Parisian history there have been a lot of events like that -- war, civil war. But Paris has always been able to recover.\" #ParisResiste Balloons were released into the skies over Paris, and as darkness fell, thousands of lanterns were floated on the waters of the Canal St. Martin, close to the scene of several of the attacks. A social media campaign, #ParisResiste called on people to display lighted candles in the windows of their homes on Sunday evening, to \"light up the city\" and \"brighten the future.\" Salines concedes the day will be a difficult one for many: \"Some families have chosen to take a vacation and go abroad even, because there will be a lot of media attention and there will be a lot of archive footage of last year -- I'm sure it will be painful to see these images again.\" Plaud suffered flashbacks in the months after the attack that forced him to give up his job as a math and physics tutor, but says he is gradually recovering. This week he returned to the Bataclan for the first time. \"I want[ed] to come back to pay my last homage to the victims and people who died there,\" he says. \"It is important even if it is very strong, emotionally, to be here.\" Both Plaud and Salines say putting pen to paper has helped them through the past 12 months. \"I wanted to write in order not to forget,\" Salines says. \"The writing helped me, because it was the only way in the first days that I could think about what had happened ... not without pain, but being able to stay calm and to keep some distance between the pain and my thinking.\" The idea for his book, \"The unspeakable, from A to Z\" came, he says, from \"the messages I received from friends and family -- lots of them started with the words, 'this is unspeakable,' 'we don't know what to say,' 'there are no words.' They had no words but I had lots! I started to make a list of words and ... little by little it grew and it grew into a book.\" He says the dictionary-like form his writings took helped reflect the rapidly changing emotions he experienced in the weeks and months after Lola's death. \"It was very close to what I was experiencing in terms of the shift between very different moods, even happening all at the same time, within a few minutes, from crying to laughing. When you read you go from one word to another, from emotional feelings ... to very funny.\" The first entry in the book: A is for absurd. \"Because Lola, and I am sure all the other young people who lost their lives that day, were total strangers to the situation, the fight that the terrorists have and it is profoundly unjust.\" For Plaud, revisiting his experiences to write about them \"was very difficult [but] it was therapeutic.\" \"It was a way to exorcise the demons and all the horror I saw that night. It was dangerous because sometimes I had to go deep inside my memories of death.\" 'Grieving never ends' \"The grieving never ends,\" says Salines. \"I am at a stage now where I know that things are relatively stable -- the pain will probably last for the rest of my life but I don't break down in tears three times a day as I was doing at the beginning.\" Salines is sustained by his work as chairman of one of the support groups for those affected by the events of November 13, and by his memories of Lola. \"Her life was maybe short, but it was a full life, full of happiness,\" he says. A publisher of children's and young adult books, Lola loved to travel and had a passion for roller derby. \"She had incredible energy. We didn't know how she could do so many things in a day.\" \"She did a lot of good things in her life, she had a great deal of pleasure, she was very enthusiastic,\" he says. \"She had a good life. Writing about it was maybe a way of convincing myself, but I feel pretty confident that my daughter's life was a good life.\" Plaud says for him, the time has come to move on. \"It's been one year now and I feel like it's the end of my mourning.\" \"It is a good thing that life has come back again,\" he says. \"We have to keep the memory, but you also [must] not be stuck in that horror, [you must] keep on living.\"", "essay": "The terrific massacre that happened a year ago is really a bad situation to be in. I feel for the victims of this horrible experience may their souls rest in peace. I hope we have better security at events henceforth. ISIS truly is a pain in the ass and I just so wish that all perpetrator be caught and justice be passed "}
{"user_id": "ec_p027", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 34 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 89000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 34, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 89000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "\u2018She was my constant companion\u2019: No charges in fatal dog shooting on Virginia park trail \u2014  Susan R. Smith lost her best companion this week \u2014 a black Labrador mix \u2014 after a man shot and killed her in a park. Smith said she was walking her 10-month-old dog, Macie, on Tuesday afternoon along with a friend and the friend\u2019s dog at Algonkian Regional Park, near her home in Loudoun County. Smith, of Sterling, said she had Macie off her leash, which she acknowledges is in violation of county rules. They came upon a couple walking toward them on a path, and when her dog began to jump behind the man, he shot and killed it, Smith said. The man was not charged and Loudoun County Animal Services officials said their investigation found that the man acted in self-defense after the two dogs were \u201cbehaving aggressively.\u201d The man had a license to carry a concealed weapon in Virginia, authorities said. He could not be reached to comment. Smith recalled the events that left her holding Macie as she died in her arms. Smith said her dog approached the couple and jumped in the air. She said the dog was leaping behind the man but was not barking at the time. At that point, the man yelled out, \u201cCall your dog,\u201d Smith said. \u201cHe said it once, maybe twice.\u201d Smith said she and her friend then started running toward the dogs, who were about 20 yards away. \u201cWe called for our dogs,\u201d Smith said. Then she said she saw the man\u2019s arm \u201cgo to his side\u201d and across his body. \u201cHe sees us coming,\u201d she said. The man pulled out a gun and fired it at the dog. When the gun went off, Smith said she asked the man if it was a cap gun. \u201cHe said, \u2018No it is a real gun.\u2019 \u201d Hysterical, she said, she called 911. A wounded Macie slowly came to Smith, then lay on the path, taking her last breaths in Smith\u2019s arms. Smith said the couple waited in their car for police and animal control authorities to arrive. [Arlington National Cemetery bans pets on grounds] As the couple walked past her, she said, one of them apologized for her loss. Smith said she wishes the man would have used other methods to scare her dog away, such as firing a warning shot, kicking her or swinging a stick. She said she misses Macie jumping on her bed each morning to wake her. \u201cShe was my constant companion,\u201d she said. \u201cShe doesn\u2019t even bark at a doorbell,\u201d Smith said. \u201cIt was unnecessary to shoot her. It was poor judgment.\u201d Animal services officials said in a statement that \u201ctwo large-breed dogs\u201d had been walking off their leashes and were \u201cbehaving aggressively towards a man who was walking in the park.\u201d Animal services investigators found that Macie \u201ccircled and jumped up on the walker and that the dogs\u2019 owner failed to secure them despite the walker\u2019s repeated requests.\u201d Officials said the man was \u201clegally carrying a firearm when he discharged it in an act of self-defense, fatally shooting the dog.\u201d Authorities said no charges would be filed in the case. \u201cI could be ugly and call him up,\u201d Smith said of the man who fired the shot. \u201cBut he was within his rights. It is not going to bring my dog back.\u201d", "essay": "Just a bad situation here. A woman brings her dog or dogs to a park where their not supposed to be, takes them are their leash which you shouldn't do, bu a guy got scared and because its the wild west you can just walk around with a gun shooting things. I don't like any part of any of this. Hart to tell what to think sometimes. You don't to look for blame, but Like i said, I don't like anybody involved in tis too much"}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "\u2018She was my constant companion\u2019: No charges in fatal dog shooting on Virginia park trail \u2014  Susan R. Smith lost her best companion this week \u2014 a black Labrador mix \u2014 after a man shot and killed her in a park. Smith said she was walking her 10-month-old dog, Macie, on Tuesday afternoon along with a friend and the friend\u2019s dog at Algonkian Regional Park, near her home in Loudoun County. Smith, of Sterling, said she had Macie off her leash, which she acknowledges is in violation of county rules. They came upon a couple walking toward them on a path, and when her dog began to jump behind the man, he shot and killed it, Smith said. The man was not charged and Loudoun County Animal Services officials said their investigation found that the man acted in self-defense after the two dogs were \u201cbehaving aggressively.\u201d The man had a license to carry a concealed weapon in Virginia, authorities said. He could not be reached to comment. Smith recalled the events that left her holding Macie as she died in her arms. Smith said her dog approached the couple and jumped in the air. She said the dog was leaping behind the man but was not barking at the time. At that point, the man yelled out, \u201cCall your dog,\u201d Smith said. \u201cHe said it once, maybe twice.\u201d Smith said she and her friend then started running toward the dogs, who were about 20 yards away. \u201cWe called for our dogs,\u201d Smith said. Then she said she saw the man\u2019s arm \u201cgo to his side\u201d and across his body. \u201cHe sees us coming,\u201d she said. The man pulled out a gun and fired it at the dog. When the gun went off, Smith said she asked the man if it was a cap gun. \u201cHe said, \u2018No it is a real gun.\u2019 \u201d Hysterical, she said, she called 911. A wounded Macie slowly came to Smith, then lay on the path, taking her last breaths in Smith\u2019s arms. Smith said the couple waited in their car for police and animal control authorities to arrive. [Arlington National Cemetery bans pets on grounds] As the couple walked past her, she said, one of them apologized for her loss. Smith said she wishes the man would have used other methods to scare her dog away, such as firing a warning shot, kicking her or swinging a stick. She said she misses Macie jumping on her bed each morning to wake her. \u201cShe was my constant companion,\u201d she said. \u201cShe doesn\u2019t even bark at a doorbell,\u201d Smith said. \u201cIt was unnecessary to shoot her. It was poor judgment.\u201d Animal services officials said in a statement that \u201ctwo large-breed dogs\u201d had been walking off their leashes and were \u201cbehaving aggressively towards a man who was walking in the park.\u201d Animal services investigators found that Macie \u201ccircled and jumped up on the walker and that the dogs\u2019 owner failed to secure them despite the walker\u2019s repeated requests.\u201d Officials said the man was \u201clegally carrying a firearm when he discharged it in an act of self-defense, fatally shooting the dog.\u201d Authorities said no charges would be filed in the case. \u201cI could be ugly and call him up,\u201d Smith said of the man who fired the shot. \u201cBut he was within his rights. It is not going to bring my dog back.\u201d", "essay": "In this case I totally support the actions of the man who shot the dog.  He was totally within his rights and it was highly inappropriate and inconsiderate of that woman to have an unleashed dog running int he park.  The man asked her to restrain her dog when it attacked her and she failed to do that several times so she had fair warning.  I'm sick of dogs running wild and attacking innocent bystanders, often resulting in grave bodily injury or death.  Somebody needs to do something to stop this problem."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "\u2018She was my constant companion\u2019: No charges in fatal dog shooting on Virginia park trail \u2014  Susan R. Smith lost her best companion this week \u2014 a black Labrador mix \u2014 after a man shot and killed her in a park. Smith said she was walking her 10-month-old dog, Macie, on Tuesday afternoon along with a friend and the friend\u2019s dog at Algonkian Regional Park, near her home in Loudoun County. Smith, of Sterling, said she had Macie off her leash, which she acknowledges is in violation of county rules. They came upon a couple walking toward them on a path, and when her dog began to jump behind the man, he shot and killed it, Smith said. The man was not charged and Loudoun County Animal Services officials said their investigation found that the man acted in self-defense after the two dogs were \u201cbehaving aggressively.\u201d The man had a license to carry a concealed weapon in Virginia, authorities said. He could not be reached to comment. Smith recalled the events that left her holding Macie as she died in her arms. Smith said her dog approached the couple and jumped in the air. She said the dog was leaping behind the man but was not barking at the time. At that point, the man yelled out, \u201cCall your dog,\u201d Smith said. \u201cHe said it once, maybe twice.\u201d Smith said she and her friend then started running toward the dogs, who were about 20 yards away. \u201cWe called for our dogs,\u201d Smith said. Then she said she saw the man\u2019s arm \u201cgo to his side\u201d and across his body. \u201cHe sees us coming,\u201d she said. The man pulled out a gun and fired it at the dog. When the gun went off, Smith said she asked the man if it was a cap gun. \u201cHe said, \u2018No it is a real gun.\u2019 \u201d Hysterical, she said, she called 911. A wounded Macie slowly came to Smith, then lay on the path, taking her last breaths in Smith\u2019s arms. Smith said the couple waited in their car for police and animal control authorities to arrive. [Arlington National Cemetery bans pets on grounds] As the couple walked past her, she said, one of them apologized for her loss. Smith said she wishes the man would have used other methods to scare her dog away, such as firing a warning shot, kicking her or swinging a stick. She said she misses Macie jumping on her bed each morning to wake her. \u201cShe was my constant companion,\u201d she said. \u201cShe doesn\u2019t even bark at a doorbell,\u201d Smith said. \u201cIt was unnecessary to shoot her. It was poor judgment.\u201d Animal services officials said in a statement that \u201ctwo large-breed dogs\u201d had been walking off their leashes and were \u201cbehaving aggressively towards a man who was walking in the park.\u201d Animal services investigators found that Macie \u201ccircled and jumped up on the walker and that the dogs\u2019 owner failed to secure them despite the walker\u2019s repeated requests.\u201d Officials said the man was \u201clegally carrying a firearm when he discharged it in an act of self-defense, fatally shooting the dog.\u201d Authorities said no charges would be filed in the case. \u201cI could be ugly and call him up,\u201d Smith said of the man who fired the shot. \u201cBut he was within his rights. It is not going to bring my dog back.\u201d", "essay": "I feel sorry for the dog. I think it is the owner's fault that the dog was killed. The man could have handled it better, but he was within his rights to shoot the dog for his protection. The owner should have kept her dog on a better leash and not let the dog run freely in the park. Hopefully the owner will learn from this."}
{"user_id": "ec_p051", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 42 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 42, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "\u2018She was my constant companion\u2019: No charges in fatal dog shooting on Virginia park trail \u2014  Susan R. Smith lost her best companion this week \u2014 a black Labrador mix \u2014 after a man shot and killed her in a park. Smith said she was walking her 10-month-old dog, Macie, on Tuesday afternoon along with a friend and the friend\u2019s dog at Algonkian Regional Park, near her home in Loudoun County. Smith, of Sterling, said she had Macie off her leash, which she acknowledges is in violation of county rules. They came upon a couple walking toward them on a path, and when her dog began to jump behind the man, he shot and killed it, Smith said. The man was not charged and Loudoun County Animal Services officials said their investigation found that the man acted in self-defense after the two dogs were \u201cbehaving aggressively.\u201d The man had a license to carry a concealed weapon in Virginia, authorities said. He could not be reached to comment. Smith recalled the events that left her holding Macie as she died in her arms. Smith said her dog approached the couple and jumped in the air. She said the dog was leaping behind the man but was not barking at the time. At that point, the man yelled out, \u201cCall your dog,\u201d Smith said. \u201cHe said it once, maybe twice.\u201d Smith said she and her friend then started running toward the dogs, who were about 20 yards away. \u201cWe called for our dogs,\u201d Smith said. Then she said she saw the man\u2019s arm \u201cgo to his side\u201d and across his body. \u201cHe sees us coming,\u201d she said. The man pulled out a gun and fired it at the dog. When the gun went off, Smith said she asked the man if it was a cap gun. \u201cHe said, \u2018No it is a real gun.\u2019 \u201d Hysterical, she said, she called 911. A wounded Macie slowly came to Smith, then lay on the path, taking her last breaths in Smith\u2019s arms. Smith said the couple waited in their car for police and animal control authorities to arrive. [Arlington National Cemetery bans pets on grounds] As the couple walked past her, she said, one of them apologized for her loss. Smith said she wishes the man would have used other methods to scare her dog away, such as firing a warning shot, kicking her or swinging a stick. She said she misses Macie jumping on her bed each morning to wake her. \u201cShe was my constant companion,\u201d she said. \u201cShe doesn\u2019t even bark at a doorbell,\u201d Smith said. \u201cIt was unnecessary to shoot her. It was poor judgment.\u201d Animal services officials said in a statement that \u201ctwo large-breed dogs\u201d had been walking off their leashes and were \u201cbehaving aggressively towards a man who was walking in the park.\u201d Animal services investigators found that Macie \u201ccircled and jumped up on the walker and that the dogs\u2019 owner failed to secure them despite the walker\u2019s repeated requests.\u201d Officials said the man was \u201clegally carrying a firearm when he discharged it in an act of self-defense, fatally shooting the dog.\u201d Authorities said no charges would be filed in the case. \u201cI could be ugly and call him up,\u201d Smith said of the man who fired the shot. \u201cBut he was within his rights. It is not going to bring my dog back.\u201d", "essay": "I understand that the women broke a leash law, but the consequences was not deserved.  It seems like the man overreacted by shooting a dog for running up to him and should be held criminally liable.  I do not mind conceal and carry laws, but a person using it irresponsibly such as this person should be punished."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "\u2018She was my constant companion\u2019: No charges in fatal dog shooting on Virginia park trail \u2014  Susan R. Smith lost her best companion this week \u2014 a black Labrador mix \u2014 after a man shot and killed her in a park. Smith said she was walking her 10-month-old dog, Macie, on Tuesday afternoon along with a friend and the friend\u2019s dog at Algonkian Regional Park, near her home in Loudoun County. Smith, of Sterling, said she had Macie off her leash, which she acknowledges is in violation of county rules. They came upon a couple walking toward them on a path, and when her dog began to jump behind the man, he shot and killed it, Smith said. The man was not charged and Loudoun County Animal Services officials said their investigation found that the man acted in self-defense after the two dogs were \u201cbehaving aggressively.\u201d The man had a license to carry a concealed weapon in Virginia, authorities said. He could not be reached to comment. Smith recalled the events that left her holding Macie as she died in her arms. Smith said her dog approached the couple and jumped in the air. She said the dog was leaping behind the man but was not barking at the time. At that point, the man yelled out, \u201cCall your dog,\u201d Smith said. \u201cHe said it once, maybe twice.\u201d Smith said she and her friend then started running toward the dogs, who were about 20 yards away. \u201cWe called for our dogs,\u201d Smith said. Then she said she saw the man\u2019s arm \u201cgo to his side\u201d and across his body. \u201cHe sees us coming,\u201d she said. The man pulled out a gun and fired it at the dog. When the gun went off, Smith said she asked the man if it was a cap gun. \u201cHe said, \u2018No it is a real gun.\u2019 \u201d Hysterical, she said, she called 911. A wounded Macie slowly came to Smith, then lay on the path, taking her last breaths in Smith\u2019s arms. Smith said the couple waited in their car for police and animal control authorities to arrive. [Arlington National Cemetery bans pets on grounds] As the couple walked past her, she said, one of them apologized for her loss. Smith said she wishes the man would have used other methods to scare her dog away, such as firing a warning shot, kicking her or swinging a stick. She said she misses Macie jumping on her bed each morning to wake her. \u201cShe was my constant companion,\u201d she said. \u201cShe doesn\u2019t even bark at a doorbell,\u201d Smith said. \u201cIt was unnecessary to shoot her. It was poor judgment.\u201d Animal services officials said in a statement that \u201ctwo large-breed dogs\u201d had been walking off their leashes and were \u201cbehaving aggressively towards a man who was walking in the park.\u201d Animal services investigators found that Macie \u201ccircled and jumped up on the walker and that the dogs\u2019 owner failed to secure them despite the walker\u2019s repeated requests.\u201d Officials said the man was \u201clegally carrying a firearm when he discharged it in an act of self-defense, fatally shooting the dog.\u201d Authorities said no charges would be filed in the case. \u201cI could be ugly and call him up,\u201d Smith said of the man who fired the shot. \u201cBut he was within his rights. It is not going to bring my dog back.\u201d", "essay": "After hearing about the shooting of a dog in a public park, I fully stand behind the actions of the man who shot the dog.  I'm sorry for the dog owner's loss, but in this case they were totally in the wrong and should have taken precautions to protect and be considerate of others.  For starters, they did not have the dog on a leash.  They also did not restrain the dog when it jumped at the man and he repeatedly asked them to restrain it.  With so many dog attacks resulting in deaths recently, I can understand the man's concern and he acted to defend himself quickly.  This was the dog owner's fault entirely."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Garden ponds 'playing role' in frog disease spread \u2014  Garden ponds are playing a role in the spread of deadly frog diseases across the UK, a study suggests. Ranaviruses can infect amphibians, reptiles and fish. In the UK, they have devastated common frog populations. This research suggests that the introduction of infected animals from aquatic retailers into ponds or moving species between different ponds may be exacerbating the problem. The findings are published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Dr Trent Garner, from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), told BBC News: \"The virus seems to be spreading at a rate that exceeds the ability of a frog to hop, and there seems to be human-aided dispersal of the virus.\" Ranaviruses are a group of viruses found across the world and they affect different species in different ways. In the UK, one type of ranavirus was found to be present in the South East of England in the 1980s, and it has since spread. It can kill common frogs either by causing sores and blisters to form on the animal's skin or by causing their internal organs to bleed. \"In a certain proportion of populations, the disease persists. And when it persists, frogs decline by around 85%, and they don't seem to be recovering,\" said Dr Garner. To analyse the movement of the disease in the UK, scientists looked at two decades of data recorded by a citizen science scheme called the Frog Mortality Project, which is now coordinated through Garden Wildlife Health. Genetic records suggested that ranavirus was not always present in the UK, and had probably been introduced to the UK on two separate occasions. The study also found that while infection is spread by the natural movement of amphibians, garden ponds could also be playing a key role. Dr Garner said: \"Potentially garden ponds can act as stepping stones for infected animals to move around and reach new sites.\" He said that taking frogspawn or frogs from one pond and placing them in another could be helping to spread ranavirus. \"There are also other species that could potentially carry ranavirus - ornamental fish for example. So I do think there is a case to be made to investigate their role in infections.\" Lead author Dr Stephen Price, from University College London, ZSL and Queen Mary University of London, said: \"Ranavirus is one of the most serious health threats currently facing the UK's amphibian population. \"So our findings that humans seem to have helped move the virus around, facilitating its rapid spread, could be translated into some straightforward ways to manage the risk of disease outbreaks.\" He added: \"We certainly don't want to discourage people from adding ponds to their urban gardens - this remains one of the most positive steps we can all take to support wildlife. \"But equally we would strongly urge people to try to limit how much potentially-infectious material they're moving into and out of their gardens in the process.\"", "essay": "I didn't really feel anything from this story.  I don't care about amphibians and certainly don't care about them in England.  I just thought the science of it all was interesting, or the analysis . But it shows what humans do to all environments they come in contact with.  They change them.  The migrate and bring in new things.  And that affects stuff.  That's not always our fault, but that's the way of things.  And yet we think it's fine to let refugees and immigrants go where they want, as if there aren't repercussions for that. There are repercussions for everything.  Migration changes habitats.  Change isn't inherently bad, but it's inherently different, and people don't like that."}
{"user_id": "ec_p028", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 23 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 70000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 4.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 3.5 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 23, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 70000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 4.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 3.5, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Garden ponds 'playing role' in frog disease spread \u2014  Garden ponds are playing a role in the spread of deadly frog diseases across the UK, a study suggests. Ranaviruses can infect amphibians, reptiles and fish. In the UK, they have devastated common frog populations. This research suggests that the introduction of infected animals from aquatic retailers into ponds or moving species between different ponds may be exacerbating the problem. The findings are published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Dr Trent Garner, from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), told BBC News: \"The virus seems to be spreading at a rate that exceeds the ability of a frog to hop, and there seems to be human-aided dispersal of the virus.\" Ranaviruses are a group of viruses found across the world and they affect different species in different ways. In the UK, one type of ranavirus was found to be present in the South East of England in the 1980s, and it has since spread. It can kill common frogs either by causing sores and blisters to form on the animal's skin or by causing their internal organs to bleed. \"In a certain proportion of populations, the disease persists. And when it persists, frogs decline by around 85%, and they don't seem to be recovering,\" said Dr Garner. To analyse the movement of the disease in the UK, scientists looked at two decades of data recorded by a citizen science scheme called the Frog Mortality Project, which is now coordinated through Garden Wildlife Health. Genetic records suggested that ranavirus was not always present in the UK, and had probably been introduced to the UK on two separate occasions. The study also found that while infection is spread by the natural movement of amphibians, garden ponds could also be playing a key role. Dr Garner said: \"Potentially garden ponds can act as stepping stones for infected animals to move around and reach new sites.\" He said that taking frogspawn or frogs from one pond and placing them in another could be helping to spread ranavirus. \"There are also other species that could potentially carry ranavirus - ornamental fish for example. So I do think there is a case to be made to investigate their role in infections.\" Lead author Dr Stephen Price, from University College London, ZSL and Queen Mary University of London, said: \"Ranavirus is one of the most serious health threats currently facing the UK's amphibian population. \"So our findings that humans seem to have helped move the virus around, facilitating its rapid spread, could be translated into some straightforward ways to manage the risk of disease outbreaks.\" He added: \"We certainly don't want to discourage people from adding ponds to their urban gardens - this remains one of the most positive steps we can all take to support wildlife. \"But equally we would strongly urge people to try to limit how much potentially-infectious material they're moving into and out of their gardens in the process.\"", "essay": "Have you heard of the current situation with the amphibian population of the UK. They are being affected by a type of virus right now that is causing much of their population to be wiped out. It is terrible and is likely being caused by human intervention. At least to the point that people are causing the virus to spread faster by them constantly moving the animals and man made ponds being built. I hope the scientific community steps in to correct the issue or many more animals will be harmed."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Garden ponds 'playing role' in frog disease spread \u2014  Garden ponds are playing a role in the spread of deadly frog diseases across the UK, a study suggests. Ranaviruses can infect amphibians, reptiles and fish. In the UK, they have devastated common frog populations. This research suggests that the introduction of infected animals from aquatic retailers into ponds or moving species between different ponds may be exacerbating the problem. The findings are published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Dr Trent Garner, from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), told BBC News: \"The virus seems to be spreading at a rate that exceeds the ability of a frog to hop, and there seems to be human-aided dispersal of the virus.\" Ranaviruses are a group of viruses found across the world and they affect different species in different ways. In the UK, one type of ranavirus was found to be present in the South East of England in the 1980s, and it has since spread. It can kill common frogs either by causing sores and blisters to form on the animal's skin or by causing their internal organs to bleed. \"In a certain proportion of populations, the disease persists. And when it persists, frogs decline by around 85%, and they don't seem to be recovering,\" said Dr Garner. To analyse the movement of the disease in the UK, scientists looked at two decades of data recorded by a citizen science scheme called the Frog Mortality Project, which is now coordinated through Garden Wildlife Health. Genetic records suggested that ranavirus was not always present in the UK, and had probably been introduced to the UK on two separate occasions. The study also found that while infection is spread by the natural movement of amphibians, garden ponds could also be playing a key role. Dr Garner said: \"Potentially garden ponds can act as stepping stones for infected animals to move around and reach new sites.\" He said that taking frogspawn or frogs from one pond and placing them in another could be helping to spread ranavirus. \"There are also other species that could potentially carry ranavirus - ornamental fish for example. So I do think there is a case to be made to investigate their role in infections.\" Lead author Dr Stephen Price, from University College London, ZSL and Queen Mary University of London, said: \"Ranavirus is one of the most serious health threats currently facing the UK's amphibian population. \"So our findings that humans seem to have helped move the virus around, facilitating its rapid spread, could be translated into some straightforward ways to manage the risk of disease outbreaks.\" He added: \"We certainly don't want to discourage people from adding ponds to their urban gardens - this remains one of the most positive steps we can all take to support wildlife. \"But equally we would strongly urge people to try to limit how much potentially-infectious material they're moving into and out of their gardens in the process.\"", "essay": "I learned something new about garden ponds and their role in spreading infections in frogs and fish. The frog population his been effected by urban garden ponds and people moving frogs from pond to pond. The frogs do not seem to be recovering from the diseases that is spreading. I wonder how many people in England will read this and stop having a garden pond."}
{"user_id": "ec_p073", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Garden ponds 'playing role' in frog disease spread \u2014  Garden ponds are playing a role in the spread of deadly frog diseases across the UK, a study suggests. Ranaviruses can infect amphibians, reptiles and fish. In the UK, they have devastated common frog populations. This research suggests that the introduction of infected animals from aquatic retailers into ponds or moving species between different ponds may be exacerbating the problem. The findings are published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Dr Trent Garner, from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), told BBC News: \"The virus seems to be spreading at a rate that exceeds the ability of a frog to hop, and there seems to be human-aided dispersal of the virus.\" Ranaviruses are a group of viruses found across the world and they affect different species in different ways. In the UK, one type of ranavirus was found to be present in the South East of England in the 1980s, and it has since spread. It can kill common frogs either by causing sores and blisters to form on the animal's skin or by causing their internal organs to bleed. \"In a certain proportion of populations, the disease persists. And when it persists, frogs decline by around 85%, and they don't seem to be recovering,\" said Dr Garner. To analyse the movement of the disease in the UK, scientists looked at two decades of data recorded by a citizen science scheme called the Frog Mortality Project, which is now coordinated through Garden Wildlife Health. Genetic records suggested that ranavirus was not always present in the UK, and had probably been introduced to the UK on two separate occasions. The study also found that while infection is spread by the natural movement of amphibians, garden ponds could also be playing a key role. Dr Garner said: \"Potentially garden ponds can act as stepping stones for infected animals to move around and reach new sites.\" He said that taking frogspawn or frogs from one pond and placing them in another could be helping to spread ranavirus. \"There are also other species that could potentially carry ranavirus - ornamental fish for example. So I do think there is a case to be made to investigate their role in infections.\" Lead author Dr Stephen Price, from University College London, ZSL and Queen Mary University of London, said: \"Ranavirus is one of the most serious health threats currently facing the UK's amphibian population. \"So our findings that humans seem to have helped move the virus around, facilitating its rapid spread, could be translated into some straightforward ways to manage the risk of disease outbreaks.\" He added: \"We certainly don't want to discourage people from adding ponds to their urban gardens - this remains one of the most positive steps we can all take to support wildlife. \"But equally we would strongly urge people to try to limit how much potentially-infectious material they're moving into and out of their gardens in the process.\"", "essay": "This story is sad because of all the frogs becoming sick and how quickly it is spreading. I think that maybe the areas where this is happening can try to educate people on what they can do to try to keep the disease from spreading any further. Most people probably don't even realize that their garden ponds might be causing this disease for the frogs."}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Garden ponds 'playing role' in frog disease spread \u2014  Garden ponds are playing a role in the spread of deadly frog diseases across the UK, a study suggests. Ranaviruses can infect amphibians, reptiles and fish. In the UK, they have devastated common frog populations. This research suggests that the introduction of infected animals from aquatic retailers into ponds or moving species between different ponds may be exacerbating the problem. The findings are published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Dr Trent Garner, from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), told BBC News: \"The virus seems to be spreading at a rate that exceeds the ability of a frog to hop, and there seems to be human-aided dispersal of the virus.\" Ranaviruses are a group of viruses found across the world and they affect different species in different ways. In the UK, one type of ranavirus was found to be present in the South East of England in the 1980s, and it has since spread. It can kill common frogs either by causing sores and blisters to form on the animal's skin or by causing their internal organs to bleed. \"In a certain proportion of populations, the disease persists. And when it persists, frogs decline by around 85%, and they don't seem to be recovering,\" said Dr Garner. To analyse the movement of the disease in the UK, scientists looked at two decades of data recorded by a citizen science scheme called the Frog Mortality Project, which is now coordinated through Garden Wildlife Health. Genetic records suggested that ranavirus was not always present in the UK, and had probably been introduced to the UK on two separate occasions. The study also found that while infection is spread by the natural movement of amphibians, garden ponds could also be playing a key role. Dr Garner said: \"Potentially garden ponds can act as stepping stones for infected animals to move around and reach new sites.\" He said that taking frogspawn or frogs from one pond and placing them in another could be helping to spread ranavirus. \"There are also other species that could potentially carry ranavirus - ornamental fish for example. So I do think there is a case to be made to investigate their role in infections.\" Lead author Dr Stephen Price, from University College London, ZSL and Queen Mary University of London, said: \"Ranavirus is one of the most serious health threats currently facing the UK's amphibian population. \"So our findings that humans seem to have helped move the virus around, facilitating its rapid spread, could be translated into some straightforward ways to manage the risk of disease outbreaks.\" He added: \"We certainly don't want to discourage people from adding ponds to their urban gardens - this remains one of the most positive steps we can all take to support wildlife. \"But equally we would strongly urge people to try to limit how much potentially-infectious material they're moving into and out of their gardens in the process.\"", "essay": "Poor  animals! But at least it sounds like the government is involved in helping stop the spreading of this thing. I hope people who have ponds or want ponds in their yard will be made aware or make themselves aware of the danger of this, and how to prevent it as well as stop the spread. That is the only way this will get better"}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Female Lawyer Accuses Justice Clarence Thomas Of Groping Her In 1999 \u2014  She was 23 at the time. He was a Supreme Court justice. Years after his Senate confirmation hearings were roiled by accusations that he sexually harassed Anita Hill, another woman has come forward to accuse Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of groping her. Moira Smith, vice president and general counsel at Enstar Natural Gas Co., told the National Law Journal that the justice grabbed her without her consent in 1999, when she met him at a Truman Foundation dinner. Veteran Supreme Court reporter Marcia Coyle writes that Smith described the encounter \u2015 which allegedly took place when she was a 23-year-old Truman scholar \u2015 on Facebook earlier this month. She has since deactivated her Facebook page. \u201cHe groped me while I was setting the table, suggesting I should sit \u2018right next to him,\u2019\u201d Smith wrote, according to the NLJ. Smith told the NLJ that Thomas \u201ccupped his hand around my butt and pulled me pretty close to him\u201d and later \u201csqueezed\u201d her behind during a June 1999 dinner for Truman scholars at the home of Louis Blair, then head of the Truman Foundation. The NLJ spoke with several of Smith\u2019s former roommates and fellow Truman scholars who said they remembered her describing the incident at the time. Through a Supreme Court spokeswoman, Thomas denied Smith\u2019s allegations. \u201cThis claim is preposterous and it never happened,\u201d he said in the statement. During Thomas\u2019 Supreme Court confirmation hearings in 1991, Hill, a law professor, testified that Thomas had harassed her a decade earlier, when he was her supervisor at the U.S. Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  Earlier this month, Hill wrote a Boston Globe op-ed about her experience, sparked by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump\u2019s recorded boasts about grabbing women \u201cby the pussy\u201d and kissing women without their consent. \u201cWhat I learned in 1991 is no less true today and no less important for people to understand: responses to sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence must start with a belief that women matter as much as the powerful men they encounter at work or at school, whether those men are bosses or professors, colleagues or fellow students,\u201d Hill wrote. Read more at the National Law Journal. Need help? Visit RAINN\u2019s National Sexual Assault Online Hotline or the National Sexual Violence Resource Center\u2019s website.", "essay": "As a man, I could never understand why a man would want to grab or touch a woman without her wanting them to. I wonder if there is a connection between wanting to be in a high position and have high status and the feeling like you can do anything you want. I feel sorry for any woman that has been in this situation. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Female Lawyer Accuses Justice Clarence Thomas Of Groping Her In 1999 \u2014  She was 23 at the time. He was a Supreme Court justice. Years after his Senate confirmation hearings were roiled by accusations that he sexually harassed Anita Hill, another woman has come forward to accuse Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of groping her. Moira Smith, vice president and general counsel at Enstar Natural Gas Co., told the National Law Journal that the justice grabbed her without her consent in 1999, when she met him at a Truman Foundation dinner. Veteran Supreme Court reporter Marcia Coyle writes that Smith described the encounter \u2015 which allegedly took place when she was a 23-year-old Truman scholar \u2015 on Facebook earlier this month. She has since deactivated her Facebook page. \u201cHe groped me while I was setting the table, suggesting I should sit \u2018right next to him,\u2019\u201d Smith wrote, according to the NLJ. Smith told the NLJ that Thomas \u201ccupped his hand around my butt and pulled me pretty close to him\u201d and later \u201csqueezed\u201d her behind during a June 1999 dinner for Truman scholars at the home of Louis Blair, then head of the Truman Foundation. The NLJ spoke with several of Smith\u2019s former roommates and fellow Truman scholars who said they remembered her describing the incident at the time. Through a Supreme Court spokeswoman, Thomas denied Smith\u2019s allegations. \u201cThis claim is preposterous and it never happened,\u201d he said in the statement. During Thomas\u2019 Supreme Court confirmation hearings in 1991, Hill, a law professor, testified that Thomas had harassed her a decade earlier, when he was her supervisor at the U.S. Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  Earlier this month, Hill wrote a Boston Globe op-ed about her experience, sparked by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump\u2019s recorded boasts about grabbing women \u201cby the pussy\u201d and kissing women without their consent. \u201cWhat I learned in 1991 is no less true today and no less important for people to understand: responses to sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence must start with a belief that women matter as much as the powerful men they encounter at work or at school, whether those men are bosses or professors, colleagues or fellow students,\u201d Hill wrote. Read more at the National Law Journal. Need help? Visit RAINN\u2019s National Sexual Assault Online Hotline or the National Sexual Violence Resource Center\u2019s website.", "essay": "Ehh I never really know what to think about claims like this.  On the one hand, her roommates claim that they remember hearing her talk about it at the time.  On the other hand, why wait twenty years to bring up an incident that happened that was that disturbing?  I think some women are making allegations and accusations just to get attention or for political motivations.  Who knows why.  People do crazy things for crazy reasons.  I'm just really skeptical of a lot of these things I hear and I think the #metoo movement has gotten way out of hand.  Sorry, just my two cents.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p073", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Female Lawyer Accuses Justice Clarence Thomas Of Groping Her In 1999 \u2014  She was 23 at the time. He was a Supreme Court justice. Years after his Senate confirmation hearings were roiled by accusations that he sexually harassed Anita Hill, another woman has come forward to accuse Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of groping her. Moira Smith, vice president and general counsel at Enstar Natural Gas Co., told the National Law Journal that the justice grabbed her without her consent in 1999, when she met him at a Truman Foundation dinner. Veteran Supreme Court reporter Marcia Coyle writes that Smith described the encounter \u2015 which allegedly took place when she was a 23-year-old Truman scholar \u2015 on Facebook earlier this month. She has since deactivated her Facebook page. \u201cHe groped me while I was setting the table, suggesting I should sit \u2018right next to him,\u2019\u201d Smith wrote, according to the NLJ. Smith told the NLJ that Thomas \u201ccupped his hand around my butt and pulled me pretty close to him\u201d and later \u201csqueezed\u201d her behind during a June 1999 dinner for Truman scholars at the home of Louis Blair, then head of the Truman Foundation. The NLJ spoke with several of Smith\u2019s former roommates and fellow Truman scholars who said they remembered her describing the incident at the time. Through a Supreme Court spokeswoman, Thomas denied Smith\u2019s allegations. \u201cThis claim is preposterous and it never happened,\u201d he said in the statement. During Thomas\u2019 Supreme Court confirmation hearings in 1991, Hill, a law professor, testified that Thomas had harassed her a decade earlier, when he was her supervisor at the U.S. Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  Earlier this month, Hill wrote a Boston Globe op-ed about her experience, sparked by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump\u2019s recorded boasts about grabbing women \u201cby the pussy\u201d and kissing women without their consent. \u201cWhat I learned in 1991 is no less true today and no less important for people to understand: responses to sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence must start with a belief that women matter as much as the powerful men they encounter at work or at school, whether those men are bosses or professors, colleagues or fellow students,\u201d Hill wrote. Read more at the National Law Journal. Need help? Visit RAINN\u2019s National Sexual Assault Online Hotline or the National Sexual Violence Resource Center\u2019s website.", "essay": "I just read this story about a female lawyer that is accusing Justice Clarence Thomas of groping her in 1999. He apparently tried to get her to sit next to him, cleared a space at the table next to him, and touched her butt. It's hard for me to really know with these stories because so much of it seems to be influenced by politics."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Female Lawyer Accuses Justice Clarence Thomas Of Groping Her In 1999 \u2014  She was 23 at the time. He was a Supreme Court justice. Years after his Senate confirmation hearings were roiled by accusations that he sexually harassed Anita Hill, another woman has come forward to accuse Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of groping her. Moira Smith, vice president and general counsel at Enstar Natural Gas Co., told the National Law Journal that the justice grabbed her without her consent in 1999, when she met him at a Truman Foundation dinner. Veteran Supreme Court reporter Marcia Coyle writes that Smith described the encounter \u2015 which allegedly took place when she was a 23-year-old Truman scholar \u2015 on Facebook earlier this month. She has since deactivated her Facebook page. \u201cHe groped me while I was setting the table, suggesting I should sit \u2018right next to him,\u2019\u201d Smith wrote, according to the NLJ. Smith told the NLJ that Thomas \u201ccupped his hand around my butt and pulled me pretty close to him\u201d and later \u201csqueezed\u201d her behind during a June 1999 dinner for Truman scholars at the home of Louis Blair, then head of the Truman Foundation. The NLJ spoke with several of Smith\u2019s former roommates and fellow Truman scholars who said they remembered her describing the incident at the time. Through a Supreme Court spokeswoman, Thomas denied Smith\u2019s allegations. \u201cThis claim is preposterous and it never happened,\u201d he said in the statement. During Thomas\u2019 Supreme Court confirmation hearings in 1991, Hill, a law professor, testified that Thomas had harassed her a decade earlier, when he was her supervisor at the U.S. Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  Earlier this month, Hill wrote a Boston Globe op-ed about her experience, sparked by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump\u2019s recorded boasts about grabbing women \u201cby the pussy\u201d and kissing women without their consent. \u201cWhat I learned in 1991 is no less true today and no less important for people to understand: responses to sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence must start with a belief that women matter as much as the powerful men they encounter at work or at school, whether those men are bosses or professors, colleagues or fellow students,\u201d Hill wrote. Read more at the National Law Journal. Need help? Visit RAINN\u2019s National Sexual Assault Online Hotline or the National Sexual Violence Resource Center\u2019s website.", "essay": "I am never sure what to think about these people.  I mean if he did actually harrass her that is bad and deserves attention.  But if she is just making up the allegations then shame on her.  I think the me too movement has gone too far with too many people making up allegations and ruining the lives of men.  However, in this case Thomas was already guilty of harrassing Anita Hill so it is probably more likely to be true.  Either way it is always hard to tell.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Female Lawyer Accuses Justice Clarence Thomas Of Groping Her In 1999 \u2014  She was 23 at the time. He was a Supreme Court justice. Years after his Senate confirmation hearings were roiled by accusations that he sexually harassed Anita Hill, another woman has come forward to accuse Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of groping her. Moira Smith, vice president and general counsel at Enstar Natural Gas Co., told the National Law Journal that the justice grabbed her without her consent in 1999, when she met him at a Truman Foundation dinner. Veteran Supreme Court reporter Marcia Coyle writes that Smith described the encounter \u2015 which allegedly took place when she was a 23-year-old Truman scholar \u2015 on Facebook earlier this month. She has since deactivated her Facebook page. \u201cHe groped me while I was setting the table, suggesting I should sit \u2018right next to him,\u2019\u201d Smith wrote, according to the NLJ. Smith told the NLJ that Thomas \u201ccupped his hand around my butt and pulled me pretty close to him\u201d and later \u201csqueezed\u201d her behind during a June 1999 dinner for Truman scholars at the home of Louis Blair, then head of the Truman Foundation. The NLJ spoke with several of Smith\u2019s former roommates and fellow Truman scholars who said they remembered her describing the incident at the time. Through a Supreme Court spokeswoman, Thomas denied Smith\u2019s allegations. \u201cThis claim is preposterous and it never happened,\u201d he said in the statement. During Thomas\u2019 Supreme Court confirmation hearings in 1991, Hill, a law professor, testified that Thomas had harassed her a decade earlier, when he was her supervisor at the U.S. Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  Earlier this month, Hill wrote a Boston Globe op-ed about her experience, sparked by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump\u2019s recorded boasts about grabbing women \u201cby the pussy\u201d and kissing women without their consent. \u201cWhat I learned in 1991 is no less true today and no less important for people to understand: responses to sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence must start with a belief that women matter as much as the powerful men they encounter at work or at school, whether those men are bosses or professors, colleagues or fellow students,\u201d Hill wrote. Read more at the National Law Journal. Need help? Visit RAINN\u2019s National Sexual Assault Online Hotline or the National Sexual Violence Resource Center\u2019s website.", "essay": "I think it must be investigated thoroughly and if true this man should be removed from his position immediately. Groping is just as bad as rape in my honest and humble opinion and should be removed fast. I think a precedent has to be set to stop these things and in order for that to happen we must be able to iron the bad ones out."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "POLICE ASKING FOR HELP REUNITING UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN WITH FAMILY \u2014  Police are asking for the public's help in their effort to identify a woman who was found wandering in the middle of the night without a coat in Northeast Philadelphia.   The woman was found shortly before 1 a.m. Monday on the 8700 block of Pine Road.   Responding police officers observed the woman walking towards Pennypack Park. She was not wearing a coat despite the cold temperature.   When the officers attempted to stop to speak with the woman, she was allegedly uncooperative and appeared to be confused.   She was eventually transported to the hospital for a medical evaluation.   Police are now attempting to identify the woman and reunite her with her family.   She appears to be in her late 60s or early 70s, 6'0\", 175lbs, with gray hair; she was wearing a blue sweatshirt, blue scrub pants, and white sneakers.   Anyone with information is asked to contact Northeast Detective Division at 215-686-3153 / 3154 or call 911.", "essay": "I wonder if this type of thing is going to become more common as more people are forced to take care of elderly relatives at home.  Or mentally ill relatives.  Or both.  I assume this woman has something wrong with her.  She's not that old and I have to believe something's wrong with her to be out like that.  Dementia or mental illness or something.  Anyway, it's got to be really hard to take care of someone like that.  Our ability to live a long time is a double-edged sword.  Our bodies keep working and our minds stop, or vice versa, I guess.  Anyway, I feel sad if some family is worrying about where this woman is.  She might be scared and confused too."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "POLICE ASKING FOR HELP REUNITING UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN WITH FAMILY \u2014  Police are asking for the public's help in their effort to identify a woman who was found wandering in the middle of the night without a coat in Northeast Philadelphia.   The woman was found shortly before 1 a.m. Monday on the 8700 block of Pine Road.   Responding police officers observed the woman walking towards Pennypack Park. She was not wearing a coat despite the cold temperature.   When the officers attempted to stop to speak with the woman, she was allegedly uncooperative and appeared to be confused.   She was eventually transported to the hospital for a medical evaluation.   Police are now attempting to identify the woman and reunite her with her family.   She appears to be in her late 60s or early 70s, 6'0\", 175lbs, with gray hair; she was wearing a blue sweatshirt, blue scrub pants, and white sneakers.   Anyone with information is asked to contact Northeast Detective Division at 215-686-3153 / 3154 or call 911.", "essay": "So, I just read an article about an old woman who seemed to be suffering from dementia found wandering without a coat in the northeast. The police were asking for public assistance to find out where she belonged. It's so sad to think that people in this state can be left alone and have no one to miss them if they wander away."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "POLICE ASKING FOR HELP REUNITING UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN WITH FAMILY \u2014  Police are asking for the public's help in their effort to identify a woman who was found wandering in the middle of the night without a coat in Northeast Philadelphia.   The woman was found shortly before 1 a.m. Monday on the 8700 block of Pine Road.   Responding police officers observed the woman walking towards Pennypack Park. She was not wearing a coat despite the cold temperature.   When the officers attempted to stop to speak with the woman, she was allegedly uncooperative and appeared to be confused.   She was eventually transported to the hospital for a medical evaluation.   Police are now attempting to identify the woman and reunite her with her family.   She appears to be in her late 60s or early 70s, 6'0\", 175lbs, with gray hair; she was wearing a blue sweatshirt, blue scrub pants, and white sneakers.   Anyone with information is asked to contact Northeast Detective Division at 215-686-3153 / 3154 or call 911.", "essay": "This is a sad case of what seems like an elderly woman getting lost.  I feel sad for the family involved and the feelings they must have.  Or did they even notice she was gone?  You would think they would be out looking for her if they noticed.  Maybe it was just a lonely old woman by herself which is even more sad.  Either way, I feel like elderly people in general are often overlooked and that is unfortunate.  They should deserve the same respect that younger people do  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "POLICE ASKING FOR HELP REUNITING UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN WITH FAMILY \u2014  Police are asking for the public's help in their effort to identify a woman who was found wandering in the middle of the night without a coat in Northeast Philadelphia.   The woman was found shortly before 1 a.m. Monday on the 8700 block of Pine Road.   Responding police officers observed the woman walking towards Pennypack Park. She was not wearing a coat despite the cold temperature.   When the officers attempted to stop to speak with the woman, she was allegedly uncooperative and appeared to be confused.   She was eventually transported to the hospital for a medical evaluation.   Police are now attempting to identify the woman and reunite her with her family.   She appears to be in her late 60s or early 70s, 6'0\", 175lbs, with gray hair; she was wearing a blue sweatshirt, blue scrub pants, and white sneakers.   Anyone with information is asked to contact Northeast Detective Division at 215-686-3153 / 3154 or call 911.", "essay": "Its a good thing the cops are asking for help because I dont feel like anyone else would at this point. The fact that the woman was found wandering in the middle of the night without a coat is scary. It also goes to show that most people do not help others. She was confused and obviously drugged I just hope she gets the help she needs."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "POLICE ASKING FOR HELP REUNITING UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN WITH FAMILY \u2014  Police are asking for the public's help in their effort to identify a woman who was found wandering in the middle of the night without a coat in Northeast Philadelphia.   The woman was found shortly before 1 a.m. Monday on the 8700 block of Pine Road.   Responding police officers observed the woman walking towards Pennypack Park. She was not wearing a coat despite the cold temperature.   When the officers attempted to stop to speak with the woman, she was allegedly uncooperative and appeared to be confused.   She was eventually transported to the hospital for a medical evaluation.   Police are now attempting to identify the woman and reunite her with her family.   She appears to be in her late 60s or early 70s, 6'0\", 175lbs, with gray hair; she was wearing a blue sweatshirt, blue scrub pants, and white sneakers.   Anyone with information is asked to contact Northeast Detective Division at 215-686-3153 / 3154 or call 911.", "essay": "This is sad for the woman and the family!  It sounds like she had some sort of dementia and alzheimers which is really scary.  Hopefully she is okay and will be able to be reunited with her family.  It is sad when people get so old that they are deteriorating so much.  I hope my parents don't decline that much as they age but they possibly will.  My grandparents definitely.  anyway, hopefully, they can get better services to help people like this and avoid situations like the one in the article.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p003", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is other. The person is 55 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 70000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 4.5 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "Other", "age": 55, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 70000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 4.5, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "3,800 dead ... and more on the way \u2014  (CNN)Rickety boats that should never have sailed. Unscrupulous smugglers with no regard for life. And desperate people risking everything. That mix of fear, hope and greed has now produced a horrifying record. More people have drowned in the Mediterranean this year than ever before: at least 3,800. That's about 90 a week. It's nearly 13 every day. Here's a look at how we got to this point. Why are they doing it? They have no choice. They are Syrians, Afghans, Iraqis, escaping war. They are Nigerians and Eritreans in search of a better life. More than 65 million people have fled their homes; 1 in 3 of them are refugees. We're in the midst of the largest migration of refugees since World War II. The sheer number dwarfs the population of many countries. Would you risk these odds? Even though fewer people are crossing this year than in 2015, more people are dying as they try to make the journey. One person out of every 88 has been lost at sea trying to reach the shores of Greece, Italy or Spain. That means they're 90 times more likely to die on the journey than an American is likely to die of gunshot wounds. Where are they heading? There are three main routes across the Mediterranean. Eastern Route: Last year, the route from Turkey to Greece was the busiest by far, but a deal between the European Union and Ankara has brought the numbers down. Still, it remains a heavily trafficked route. Central Route: Libya has no government, which gives people smugglers plenty of freedom to operate out of north Africa. Traffic has been busy this year between Libya and Italy. Central Route: Libya has no government, which gives people smugglers plenty of freedom to operate out of north Africa. Traffic has been busy this year between Libya and Italy. Western Route: West Africa is far from the Middle Eastern hotspots and poor sub-Saharan African countries that produce most migrants to Europe. And relatively small numbers of people try to reach the continent from there. But even so, a steady trickle crosses the sea at the narrow point south of Spain.  Where are they fleeing from? More than a million people have fled Somalia. Nearly three million have escaped Afghanistan. But it is Syria, wracked by civil war for more than five years, that produces the most refugees: nearly five million. Just how bad is it in Syria? The Syrian refugees may outnumber any other country's refugees, but they make up less than half the number of Syrians driven from their homes by the war. Far more are internally displaced -- still in Syria, but living like refugees in the country. And then, of course, an unknown number of people have been killed in the war. International agencies stopped trying to count the dead years ago. The latest estimates by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the number somewhere around 430,000. If that's right, it means about one out of every 50 people in the country has been killed. Where do they go? President Obama vowed that the United States would resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees this year, and by August, the administration was saying it would surpass the target. Justin Trudeau vowed Canada would take 25,000 when he became prime minister last year. But far more are claiming asylum in Europe. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her country would take one million refugees. And all across Europe, refugees from Syria are claiming asylum. But far more stay in the Middle East. Syria's own neighbors host the vast majority of people trying to escape the war. And there's little hope the war will end any time soon -- so the refugees will keep fleeing. And they will keep dying.", "essay": "Smugglers are causing so many deaths! You must read this article about their disregard for life and how its causing so many deaths around the globe! So many are trying to escape war, and the governments of these country are giving these smugglers so much freedom -- Its so sad! You have to read this article to belive it!"}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "3,800 dead ... and more on the way \u2014  (CNN)Rickety boats that should never have sailed. Unscrupulous smugglers with no regard for life. And desperate people risking everything. That mix of fear, hope and greed has now produced a horrifying record. More people have drowned in the Mediterranean this year than ever before: at least 3,800. That's about 90 a week. It's nearly 13 every day. Here's a look at how we got to this point. Why are they doing it? They have no choice. They are Syrians, Afghans, Iraqis, escaping war. They are Nigerians and Eritreans in search of a better life. More than 65 million people have fled their homes; 1 in 3 of them are refugees. We're in the midst of the largest migration of refugees since World War II. The sheer number dwarfs the population of many countries. Would you risk these odds? Even though fewer people are crossing this year than in 2015, more people are dying as they try to make the journey. One person out of every 88 has been lost at sea trying to reach the shores of Greece, Italy or Spain. That means they're 90 times more likely to die on the journey than an American is likely to die of gunshot wounds. Where are they heading? There are three main routes across the Mediterranean. Eastern Route: Last year, the route from Turkey to Greece was the busiest by far, but a deal between the European Union and Ankara has brought the numbers down. Still, it remains a heavily trafficked route. Central Route: Libya has no government, which gives people smugglers plenty of freedom to operate out of north Africa. Traffic has been busy this year between Libya and Italy. Central Route: Libya has no government, which gives people smugglers plenty of freedom to operate out of north Africa. Traffic has been busy this year between Libya and Italy. Western Route: West Africa is far from the Middle Eastern hotspots and poor sub-Saharan African countries that produce most migrants to Europe. And relatively small numbers of people try to reach the continent from there. But even so, a steady trickle crosses the sea at the narrow point south of Spain.  Where are they fleeing from? More than a million people have fled Somalia. Nearly three million have escaped Afghanistan. But it is Syria, wracked by civil war for more than five years, that produces the most refugees: nearly five million. Just how bad is it in Syria? The Syrian refugees may outnumber any other country's refugees, but they make up less than half the number of Syrians driven from their homes by the war. Far more are internally displaced -- still in Syria, but living like refugees in the country. And then, of course, an unknown number of people have been killed in the war. International agencies stopped trying to count the dead years ago. The latest estimates by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the number somewhere around 430,000. If that's right, it means about one out of every 50 people in the country has been killed. Where do they go? President Obama vowed that the United States would resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees this year, and by August, the administration was saying it would surpass the target. Justin Trudeau vowed Canada would take 25,000 when he became prime minister last year. But far more are claiming asylum in Europe. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her country would take one million refugees. And all across Europe, refugees from Syria are claiming asylum. But far more stay in the Middle East. Syria's own neighbors host the vast majority of people trying to escape the war. And there's little hope the war will end any time soon -- so the refugees will keep fleeing. And they will keep dying.", "essay": "Anytime these tragedies happen one can't help but wonder what could've been done to prevent this? The fact that 3,800 are dead is just mind boggling. Drowning continues and its at 90 a week that is just crazy. They have no choice one must assume but surely we can help better those countries? We must do something."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "3,800 dead ... and more on the way \u2014  (CNN)Rickety boats that should never have sailed. Unscrupulous smugglers with no regard for life. And desperate people risking everything. That mix of fear, hope and greed has now produced a horrifying record. More people have drowned in the Mediterranean this year than ever before: at least 3,800. That's about 90 a week. It's nearly 13 every day. Here's a look at how we got to this point. Why are they doing it? They have no choice. They are Syrians, Afghans, Iraqis, escaping war. They are Nigerians and Eritreans in search of a better life. More than 65 million people have fled their homes; 1 in 3 of them are refugees. We're in the midst of the largest migration of refugees since World War II. The sheer number dwarfs the population of many countries. Would you risk these odds? Even though fewer people are crossing this year than in 2015, more people are dying as they try to make the journey. One person out of every 88 has been lost at sea trying to reach the shores of Greece, Italy or Spain. That means they're 90 times more likely to die on the journey than an American is likely to die of gunshot wounds. Where are they heading? There are three main routes across the Mediterranean. Eastern Route: Last year, the route from Turkey to Greece was the busiest by far, but a deal between the European Union and Ankara has brought the numbers down. Still, it remains a heavily trafficked route. Central Route: Libya has no government, which gives people smugglers plenty of freedom to operate out of north Africa. Traffic has been busy this year between Libya and Italy. Central Route: Libya has no government, which gives people smugglers plenty of freedom to operate out of north Africa. Traffic has been busy this year between Libya and Italy. Western Route: West Africa is far from the Middle Eastern hotspots and poor sub-Saharan African countries that produce most migrants to Europe. And relatively small numbers of people try to reach the continent from there. But even so, a steady trickle crosses the sea at the narrow point south of Spain.  Where are they fleeing from? More than a million people have fled Somalia. Nearly three million have escaped Afghanistan. But it is Syria, wracked by civil war for more than five years, that produces the most refugees: nearly five million. Just how bad is it in Syria? The Syrian refugees may outnumber any other country's refugees, but they make up less than half the number of Syrians driven from their homes by the war. Far more are internally displaced -- still in Syria, but living like refugees in the country. And then, of course, an unknown number of people have been killed in the war. International agencies stopped trying to count the dead years ago. The latest estimates by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the number somewhere around 430,000. If that's right, it means about one out of every 50 people in the country has been killed. Where do they go? President Obama vowed that the United States would resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees this year, and by August, the administration was saying it would surpass the target. Justin Trudeau vowed Canada would take 25,000 when he became prime minister last year. But far more are claiming asylum in Europe. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her country would take one million refugees. And all across Europe, refugees from Syria are claiming asylum. But far more stay in the Middle East. Syria's own neighbors host the vast majority of people trying to escape the war. And there's little hope the war will end any time soon -- so the refugees will keep fleeing. And they will keep dying.", "essay": "I don't feel empathy for the refugees, who are complicit in corruption and worthless systems of government that lead to their need to flee.  Nor do I think they have any right to do what they're doing.  And every country has every right to keep them out and let them deal with their own situation in their own country.  But I fear the state of our country and the world when these people invade and infest good countries.  The weak and bad infect the good, and too many countries, like Germany, are allowing it to happen.  How disgusted would I be if I were a German citizen and Merkel said Germany would take in one million refugees.  Why not just hand the country over to Syria and these other craphole places and we'll go live on their sand piles?  It's lunacy."}
{"user_id": "ec_p073", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "3,800 dead ... and more on the way \u2014  (CNN)Rickety boats that should never have sailed. Unscrupulous smugglers with no regard for life. And desperate people risking everything. That mix of fear, hope and greed has now produced a horrifying record. More people have drowned in the Mediterranean this year than ever before: at least 3,800. That's about 90 a week. It's nearly 13 every day. Here's a look at how we got to this point. Why are they doing it? They have no choice. They are Syrians, Afghans, Iraqis, escaping war. They are Nigerians and Eritreans in search of a better life. More than 65 million people have fled their homes; 1 in 3 of them are refugees. We're in the midst of the largest migration of refugees since World War II. The sheer number dwarfs the population of many countries. Would you risk these odds? Even though fewer people are crossing this year than in 2015, more people are dying as they try to make the journey. One person out of every 88 has been lost at sea trying to reach the shores of Greece, Italy or Spain. That means they're 90 times more likely to die on the journey than an American is likely to die of gunshot wounds. Where are they heading? There are three main routes across the Mediterranean. Eastern Route: Last year, the route from Turkey to Greece was the busiest by far, but a deal between the European Union and Ankara has brought the numbers down. Still, it remains a heavily trafficked route. Central Route: Libya has no government, which gives people smugglers plenty of freedom to operate out of north Africa. Traffic has been busy this year between Libya and Italy. Central Route: Libya has no government, which gives people smugglers plenty of freedom to operate out of north Africa. Traffic has been busy this year between Libya and Italy. Western Route: West Africa is far from the Middle Eastern hotspots and poor sub-Saharan African countries that produce most migrants to Europe. And relatively small numbers of people try to reach the continent from there. But even so, a steady trickle crosses the sea at the narrow point south of Spain.  Where are they fleeing from? More than a million people have fled Somalia. Nearly three million have escaped Afghanistan. But it is Syria, wracked by civil war for more than five years, that produces the most refugees: nearly five million. Just how bad is it in Syria? The Syrian refugees may outnumber any other country's refugees, but they make up less than half the number of Syrians driven from their homes by the war. Far more are internally displaced -- still in Syria, but living like refugees in the country. And then, of course, an unknown number of people have been killed in the war. International agencies stopped trying to count the dead years ago. The latest estimates by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the number somewhere around 430,000. If that's right, it means about one out of every 50 people in the country has been killed. Where do they go? President Obama vowed that the United States would resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees this year, and by August, the administration was saying it would surpass the target. Justin Trudeau vowed Canada would take 25,000 when he became prime minister last year. But far more are claiming asylum in Europe. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her country would take one million refugees. And all across Europe, refugees from Syria are claiming asylum. But far more stay in the Middle East. Syria's own neighbors host the vast majority of people trying to escape the war. And there's little hope the war will end any time soon -- so the refugees will keep fleeing. And they will keep dying.", "essay": "This is a sad story about all of the people trying to flee Syria. It said that 1 out of every 50 people in the country have been killed due to war. I can't imagine living and trying to raise a family in this sort of situation. These people are obviously risking their lives trying to get out but they are also risking their lives staying."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "3,800 dead ... and more on the way \u2014  (CNN)Rickety boats that should never have sailed. Unscrupulous smugglers with no regard for life. And desperate people risking everything. That mix of fear, hope and greed has now produced a horrifying record. More people have drowned in the Mediterranean this year than ever before: at least 3,800. That's about 90 a week. It's nearly 13 every day. Here's a look at how we got to this point. Why are they doing it? They have no choice. They are Syrians, Afghans, Iraqis, escaping war. They are Nigerians and Eritreans in search of a better life. More than 65 million people have fled their homes; 1 in 3 of them are refugees. We're in the midst of the largest migration of refugees since World War II. The sheer number dwarfs the population of many countries. Would you risk these odds? Even though fewer people are crossing this year than in 2015, more people are dying as they try to make the journey. One person out of every 88 has been lost at sea trying to reach the shores of Greece, Italy or Spain. That means they're 90 times more likely to die on the journey than an American is likely to die of gunshot wounds. Where are they heading? There are three main routes across the Mediterranean. Eastern Route: Last year, the route from Turkey to Greece was the busiest by far, but a deal between the European Union and Ankara has brought the numbers down. Still, it remains a heavily trafficked route. Central Route: Libya has no government, which gives people smugglers plenty of freedom to operate out of north Africa. Traffic has been busy this year between Libya and Italy. Central Route: Libya has no government, which gives people smugglers plenty of freedom to operate out of north Africa. Traffic has been busy this year between Libya and Italy. Western Route: West Africa is far from the Middle Eastern hotspots and poor sub-Saharan African countries that produce most migrants to Europe. And relatively small numbers of people try to reach the continent from there. But even so, a steady trickle crosses the sea at the narrow point south of Spain.  Where are they fleeing from? More than a million people have fled Somalia. Nearly three million have escaped Afghanistan. But it is Syria, wracked by civil war for more than five years, that produces the most refugees: nearly five million. Just how bad is it in Syria? The Syrian refugees may outnumber any other country's refugees, but they make up less than half the number of Syrians driven from their homes by the war. Far more are internally displaced -- still in Syria, but living like refugees in the country. And then, of course, an unknown number of people have been killed in the war. International agencies stopped trying to count the dead years ago. The latest estimates by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the number somewhere around 430,000. If that's right, it means about one out of every 50 people in the country has been killed. Where do they go? President Obama vowed that the United States would resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees this year, and by August, the administration was saying it would surpass the target. Justin Trudeau vowed Canada would take 25,000 when he became prime minister last year. But far more are claiming asylum in Europe. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her country would take one million refugees. And all across Europe, refugees from Syria are claiming asylum. But far more stay in the Middle East. Syria's own neighbors host the vast majority of people trying to escape the war. And there's little hope the war will end any time soon -- so the refugees will keep fleeing. And they will keep dying.", "essay": "When you read an article like this, you can't help but feel bad for all the people that died. They were all risking their lives to try and find a better life for their families. They were mainly trying to escape from war and poverty but unfortunate events happened and they never made their way. Hopefully they find a better place in the afterlife. It's very unfortunate what happened to them."}
{"user_id": "ec_p009", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 29 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 44000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 29, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 44000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Janet Reno, first female US attorney general, dies at 78 \u2014  anet Reno, former US attorney general under President Bill Clinton, died Monday morning following a long battle with Parkinson's disease, her sister Maggy Hurchalla said. She was 78.   Reno, the nation's first-ever female attorney general, served in the Clinton White House from 1993 to 2001. What is Parkinson's disease? In a statement, former President Bill Clinton said that he and his wife, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, were \"deeply saddened\" by the passing of Reno, calling her \"an extraordinary public servant who dedicated her life to advancing justice, equality, and innovations in criminal justice that would save and lift lives.\" \"As Attorney General for all eight years of my Presidency, Janet worked tirelessly to make our communities safer, protect the vulnerable, and to strike the right balance between seeking justice and avoiding abuse of power,\" Clinton said in the statement, listing some of her top accomplishments. \"It's fitting that she spent her last years with family and friends, living in the house her mother built with her own hands. Janet was her mother's daughter. I will always be grateful for her service, counsel, and friendship.\" Convictions and controversies As part of the Clinton administration, Reno oversaw the high-profile convictions of numerous bombers including Ted Kaczynski, the domestic terrorist infamously known as the \"Unabomber;\" Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; and Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols for their roles in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. \"Speak out against the hatred, the bigotry and the violence in this land. Most haters are cowards. When confronted, they back down. When we remain silent, they flourish,\" Reno said one month after the Oklahoma City bombing. Reno's time in office was also bookended with a pair of major controversies that gripped the country. In 1993, she took office as the Waco, Texas, standoff was already underway. On the 51st day of the standoff, the attorney general ordered federal agents to raid the compound -- a decision that resulted in the death of approximately 80 members of the Branch Davidian sect. \"The buck stops with me,\" Reno said after the incident. She later said on CNN's \"Larry King Live\" that her decision was \"obviously wrong.\" In April 2000, Reno played a pivotal role in the saga of six-year-old Cuban immigrant Elian Gonzalez. Gonzalez, found off the coast of Fort Lauderdale in November 1999, was the only survivor among a group of 13 Cuban migrants trying to make it to the US. The incident sparked an international custody dispute between Gonzalez's relatives in the US and his father in Cuba. Reno ultimately ordered a raid that sent Gonzalez back to Cuba. When Clinton's administration was rocked by the Whitewater scandal, Reno was the person tasked with appointing special prosecutor Robert Fiske to lead the probe in 1994. The Clintons were never charged with criminal wrongdoing. In Clinton's second term -- months before his impeachment -- the Republican-controlled House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted to cite Reno for contempt of Congress for failing to hand over key memos. Reno eventually provided those documents. Congress never moved forward with a vote on the matter. From Miami to Washington D.C. Born in 1938, Reno grew up in Miami, Florida, with parents who both worked as reporters for Miami newspapers. After attending Cornell University for her undergraduate degree, Reno enrolled at Harvard University for law school in the early 1960s. During her first year, she heard one of her heroes, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, speak at the Sanders Theater. \"She was so wonderful and her voice was still so clear and so magnificent,\" Reno later recalled in a 1993 speech to the Women's Bar Association. \"And I went up to her afterwards, and I said, \"Mrs. Roosevelt, I think you are perfectly wonderful.\" And I will never forget her looking at me and saying, 'Why, thank you, my dear. Those words mean so much to me.' And she seemed to mean it.\" After law school, Reno worked for four years as an associate at Brigham & Brigham, before becoming partner at Lewis & Reno, where she stayed for four years. In 1971, Reno decided to work with the Florida House of Representatives as a staff director. After a brief return to the private sector, she was appointed as Florida's State Attorney in Miami, becoming the first woman to ever hold that position. Reno stayed in the job for about 15 years until Clinton tapped her to become the 78th US attorney general. After the White House At a ceremony to honor Reno in 2009, then-Attorney General Eric Holder praised his predecessor for her tenacity and tireless work ethic during her eight years in the job. \"I don't know how many times she said to me, 'What's the right thing to do?'\" Holder said. \"It was never what's the easy thing, what's the political thing, or the expedient thing to do.\" In 2002, Reno ran to become Florida's governor, but narrowly lost in the Democratic primary. Reno died at her home in Miami. She had battled Parkinson's disease for 20 years.", "essay": "Dear friend,                                                       I have just finished reading an article about Janet Reno. She was the first female US Attorney General. She had a very impressive professional and legal career. I am saddened by her death, she died at the age of seventy eight. She had a productive life."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Janet Reno, first female US attorney general, dies at 78 \u2014  anet Reno, former US attorney general under President Bill Clinton, died Monday morning following a long battle with Parkinson's disease, her sister Maggy Hurchalla said. She was 78.   Reno, the nation's first-ever female attorney general, served in the Clinton White House from 1993 to 2001. What is Parkinson's disease? In a statement, former President Bill Clinton said that he and his wife, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, were \"deeply saddened\" by the passing of Reno, calling her \"an extraordinary public servant who dedicated her life to advancing justice, equality, and innovations in criminal justice that would save and lift lives.\" \"As Attorney General for all eight years of my Presidency, Janet worked tirelessly to make our communities safer, protect the vulnerable, and to strike the right balance between seeking justice and avoiding abuse of power,\" Clinton said in the statement, listing some of her top accomplishments. \"It's fitting that she spent her last years with family and friends, living in the house her mother built with her own hands. Janet was her mother's daughter. I will always be grateful for her service, counsel, and friendship.\" Convictions and controversies As part of the Clinton administration, Reno oversaw the high-profile convictions of numerous bombers including Ted Kaczynski, the domestic terrorist infamously known as the \"Unabomber;\" Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; and Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols for their roles in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. \"Speak out against the hatred, the bigotry and the violence in this land. Most haters are cowards. When confronted, they back down. When we remain silent, they flourish,\" Reno said one month after the Oklahoma City bombing. Reno's time in office was also bookended with a pair of major controversies that gripped the country. In 1993, she took office as the Waco, Texas, standoff was already underway. On the 51st day of the standoff, the attorney general ordered federal agents to raid the compound -- a decision that resulted in the death of approximately 80 members of the Branch Davidian sect. \"The buck stops with me,\" Reno said after the incident. She later said on CNN's \"Larry King Live\" that her decision was \"obviously wrong.\" In April 2000, Reno played a pivotal role in the saga of six-year-old Cuban immigrant Elian Gonzalez. Gonzalez, found off the coast of Fort Lauderdale in November 1999, was the only survivor among a group of 13 Cuban migrants trying to make it to the US. The incident sparked an international custody dispute between Gonzalez's relatives in the US and his father in Cuba. Reno ultimately ordered a raid that sent Gonzalez back to Cuba. When Clinton's administration was rocked by the Whitewater scandal, Reno was the person tasked with appointing special prosecutor Robert Fiske to lead the probe in 1994. The Clintons were never charged with criminal wrongdoing. In Clinton's second term -- months before his impeachment -- the Republican-controlled House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted to cite Reno for contempt of Congress for failing to hand over key memos. Reno eventually provided those documents. Congress never moved forward with a vote on the matter. From Miami to Washington D.C. Born in 1938, Reno grew up in Miami, Florida, with parents who both worked as reporters for Miami newspapers. After attending Cornell University for her undergraduate degree, Reno enrolled at Harvard University for law school in the early 1960s. During her first year, she heard one of her heroes, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, speak at the Sanders Theater. \"She was so wonderful and her voice was still so clear and so magnificent,\" Reno later recalled in a 1993 speech to the Women's Bar Association. \"And I went up to her afterwards, and I said, \"Mrs. Roosevelt, I think you are perfectly wonderful.\" And I will never forget her looking at me and saying, 'Why, thank you, my dear. Those words mean so much to me.' And she seemed to mean it.\" After law school, Reno worked for four years as an associate at Brigham & Brigham, before becoming partner at Lewis & Reno, where she stayed for four years. In 1971, Reno decided to work with the Florida House of Representatives as a staff director. After a brief return to the private sector, she was appointed as Florida's State Attorney in Miami, becoming the first woman to ever hold that position. Reno stayed in the job for about 15 years until Clinton tapped her to become the 78th US attorney general. After the White House At a ceremony to honor Reno in 2009, then-Attorney General Eric Holder praised his predecessor for her tenacity and tireless work ethic during her eight years in the job. \"I don't know how many times she said to me, 'What's the right thing to do?'\" Holder said. \"It was never what's the easy thing, what's the political thing, or the expedient thing to do.\" In 2002, Reno ran to become Florida's governor, but narrowly lost in the Democratic primary. Reno died at her home in Miami. She had battled Parkinson's disease for 20 years.", "essay": "I remember reading about her growing up during the Bush era. She seemed to be a rude person with that whole Elian Gonzales saga. However we must pay our respects every time somebody dies. For that I really feel like she should be honored and I hope people close to her find peace after all of this loss."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Janet Reno, first female US attorney general, dies at 78 \u2014  anet Reno, former US attorney general under President Bill Clinton, died Monday morning following a long battle with Parkinson's disease, her sister Maggy Hurchalla said. She was 78.   Reno, the nation's first-ever female attorney general, served in the Clinton White House from 1993 to 2001. What is Parkinson's disease? In a statement, former President Bill Clinton said that he and his wife, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, were \"deeply saddened\" by the passing of Reno, calling her \"an extraordinary public servant who dedicated her life to advancing justice, equality, and innovations in criminal justice that would save and lift lives.\" \"As Attorney General for all eight years of my Presidency, Janet worked tirelessly to make our communities safer, protect the vulnerable, and to strike the right balance between seeking justice and avoiding abuse of power,\" Clinton said in the statement, listing some of her top accomplishments. \"It's fitting that she spent her last years with family and friends, living in the house her mother built with her own hands. Janet was her mother's daughter. I will always be grateful for her service, counsel, and friendship.\" Convictions and controversies As part of the Clinton administration, Reno oversaw the high-profile convictions of numerous bombers including Ted Kaczynski, the domestic terrorist infamously known as the \"Unabomber;\" Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; and Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols for their roles in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. \"Speak out against the hatred, the bigotry and the violence in this land. Most haters are cowards. When confronted, they back down. When we remain silent, they flourish,\" Reno said one month after the Oklahoma City bombing. Reno's time in office was also bookended with a pair of major controversies that gripped the country. In 1993, she took office as the Waco, Texas, standoff was already underway. On the 51st day of the standoff, the attorney general ordered federal agents to raid the compound -- a decision that resulted in the death of approximately 80 members of the Branch Davidian sect. \"The buck stops with me,\" Reno said after the incident. She later said on CNN's \"Larry King Live\" that her decision was \"obviously wrong.\" In April 2000, Reno played a pivotal role in the saga of six-year-old Cuban immigrant Elian Gonzalez. Gonzalez, found off the coast of Fort Lauderdale in November 1999, was the only survivor among a group of 13 Cuban migrants trying to make it to the US. The incident sparked an international custody dispute between Gonzalez's relatives in the US and his father in Cuba. Reno ultimately ordered a raid that sent Gonzalez back to Cuba. When Clinton's administration was rocked by the Whitewater scandal, Reno was the person tasked with appointing special prosecutor Robert Fiske to lead the probe in 1994. The Clintons were never charged with criminal wrongdoing. In Clinton's second term -- months before his impeachment -- the Republican-controlled House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted to cite Reno for contempt of Congress for failing to hand over key memos. Reno eventually provided those documents. Congress never moved forward with a vote on the matter. From Miami to Washington D.C. Born in 1938, Reno grew up in Miami, Florida, with parents who both worked as reporters for Miami newspapers. After attending Cornell University for her undergraduate degree, Reno enrolled at Harvard University for law school in the early 1960s. During her first year, she heard one of her heroes, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, speak at the Sanders Theater. \"She was so wonderful and her voice was still so clear and so magnificent,\" Reno later recalled in a 1993 speech to the Women's Bar Association. \"And I went up to her afterwards, and I said, \"Mrs. Roosevelt, I think you are perfectly wonderful.\" And I will never forget her looking at me and saying, 'Why, thank you, my dear. Those words mean so much to me.' And she seemed to mean it.\" After law school, Reno worked for four years as an associate at Brigham & Brigham, before becoming partner at Lewis & Reno, where she stayed for four years. In 1971, Reno decided to work with the Florida House of Representatives as a staff director. After a brief return to the private sector, she was appointed as Florida's State Attorney in Miami, becoming the first woman to ever hold that position. Reno stayed in the job for about 15 years until Clinton tapped her to become the 78th US attorney general. After the White House At a ceremony to honor Reno in 2009, then-Attorney General Eric Holder praised his predecessor for her tenacity and tireless work ethic during her eight years in the job. \"I don't know how many times she said to me, 'What's the right thing to do?'\" Holder said. \"It was never what's the easy thing, what's the political thing, or the expedient thing to do.\" In 2002, Reno ran to become Florida's governor, but narrowly lost in the Democratic primary. Reno died at her home in Miami. She had battled Parkinson's disease for 20 years.", "essay": "I don't really feel sympathetic or empathetic for Janet Reno or anyone who knew her, but I vividly remember many of the issues she dealt with and so she represents a part of my past.  i guess I found this story nostalgic more than anything.  Reno was a very visible Attorney General, more so than most.  That was sometimes for good reasons and sometimes for bad.  I give her credit for admitting that what they did in Waco was wrong, although I'm not sure what the wrong thing to do was.  But she was also corrupt like they all are at that level.  Still, she's an interesting figure in political history.  Very visible.  Didn't hurt that Will Ferrell played her on SNL."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Janet Reno, first female US attorney general, dies at 78 \u2014  anet Reno, former US attorney general under President Bill Clinton, died Monday morning following a long battle with Parkinson's disease, her sister Maggy Hurchalla said. She was 78.   Reno, the nation's first-ever female attorney general, served in the Clinton White House from 1993 to 2001. What is Parkinson's disease? In a statement, former President Bill Clinton said that he and his wife, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, were \"deeply saddened\" by the passing of Reno, calling her \"an extraordinary public servant who dedicated her life to advancing justice, equality, and innovations in criminal justice that would save and lift lives.\" \"As Attorney General for all eight years of my Presidency, Janet worked tirelessly to make our communities safer, protect the vulnerable, and to strike the right balance between seeking justice and avoiding abuse of power,\" Clinton said in the statement, listing some of her top accomplishments. \"It's fitting that she spent her last years with family and friends, living in the house her mother built with her own hands. Janet was her mother's daughter. I will always be grateful for her service, counsel, and friendship.\" Convictions and controversies As part of the Clinton administration, Reno oversaw the high-profile convictions of numerous bombers including Ted Kaczynski, the domestic terrorist infamously known as the \"Unabomber;\" Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; and Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols for their roles in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. \"Speak out against the hatred, the bigotry and the violence in this land. Most haters are cowards. When confronted, they back down. When we remain silent, they flourish,\" Reno said one month after the Oklahoma City bombing. Reno's time in office was also bookended with a pair of major controversies that gripped the country. In 1993, she took office as the Waco, Texas, standoff was already underway. On the 51st day of the standoff, the attorney general ordered federal agents to raid the compound -- a decision that resulted in the death of approximately 80 members of the Branch Davidian sect. \"The buck stops with me,\" Reno said after the incident. She later said on CNN's \"Larry King Live\" that her decision was \"obviously wrong.\" In April 2000, Reno played a pivotal role in the saga of six-year-old Cuban immigrant Elian Gonzalez. Gonzalez, found off the coast of Fort Lauderdale in November 1999, was the only survivor among a group of 13 Cuban migrants trying to make it to the US. The incident sparked an international custody dispute between Gonzalez's relatives in the US and his father in Cuba. Reno ultimately ordered a raid that sent Gonzalez back to Cuba. When Clinton's administration was rocked by the Whitewater scandal, Reno was the person tasked with appointing special prosecutor Robert Fiske to lead the probe in 1994. The Clintons were never charged with criminal wrongdoing. In Clinton's second term -- months before his impeachment -- the Republican-controlled House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted to cite Reno for contempt of Congress for failing to hand over key memos. Reno eventually provided those documents. Congress never moved forward with a vote on the matter. From Miami to Washington D.C. Born in 1938, Reno grew up in Miami, Florida, with parents who both worked as reporters for Miami newspapers. After attending Cornell University for her undergraduate degree, Reno enrolled at Harvard University for law school in the early 1960s. During her first year, she heard one of her heroes, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, speak at the Sanders Theater. \"She was so wonderful and her voice was still so clear and so magnificent,\" Reno later recalled in a 1993 speech to the Women's Bar Association. \"And I went up to her afterwards, and I said, \"Mrs. Roosevelt, I think you are perfectly wonderful.\" And I will never forget her looking at me and saying, 'Why, thank you, my dear. Those words mean so much to me.' And she seemed to mean it.\" After law school, Reno worked for four years as an associate at Brigham & Brigham, before becoming partner at Lewis & Reno, where she stayed for four years. In 1971, Reno decided to work with the Florida House of Representatives as a staff director. After a brief return to the private sector, she was appointed as Florida's State Attorney in Miami, becoming the first woman to ever hold that position. Reno stayed in the job for about 15 years until Clinton tapped her to become the 78th US attorney general. After the White House At a ceremony to honor Reno in 2009, then-Attorney General Eric Holder praised his predecessor for her tenacity and tireless work ethic during her eight years in the job. \"I don't know how many times she said to me, 'What's the right thing to do?'\" Holder said. \"It was never what's the easy thing, what's the political thing, or the expedient thing to do.\" In 2002, Reno ran to become Florida's governor, but narrowly lost in the Democratic primary. Reno died at her home in Miami. She had battled Parkinson's disease for 20 years.", "essay": "I remember as a child watching Janet Reno in the news. Never really know what s he did back then just knew that she was a big part of the Elian Gonzales case when he was deported back to Cuba. This is crazy and honestly I'm surprised to hear her name again and its unfortunate it has to be under these circumstances."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Janet Reno, first female US attorney general, dies at 78 \u2014  anet Reno, former US attorney general under President Bill Clinton, died Monday morning following a long battle with Parkinson's disease, her sister Maggy Hurchalla said. She was 78.   Reno, the nation's first-ever female attorney general, served in the Clinton White House from 1993 to 2001. What is Parkinson's disease? In a statement, former President Bill Clinton said that he and his wife, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, were \"deeply saddened\" by the passing of Reno, calling her \"an extraordinary public servant who dedicated her life to advancing justice, equality, and innovations in criminal justice that would save and lift lives.\" \"As Attorney General for all eight years of my Presidency, Janet worked tirelessly to make our communities safer, protect the vulnerable, and to strike the right balance between seeking justice and avoiding abuse of power,\" Clinton said in the statement, listing some of her top accomplishments. \"It's fitting that she spent her last years with family and friends, living in the house her mother built with her own hands. Janet was her mother's daughter. I will always be grateful for her service, counsel, and friendship.\" Convictions and controversies As part of the Clinton administration, Reno oversaw the high-profile convictions of numerous bombers including Ted Kaczynski, the domestic terrorist infamously known as the \"Unabomber;\" Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; and Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols for their roles in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. \"Speak out against the hatred, the bigotry and the violence in this land. Most haters are cowards. When confronted, they back down. When we remain silent, they flourish,\" Reno said one month after the Oklahoma City bombing. Reno's time in office was also bookended with a pair of major controversies that gripped the country. In 1993, she took office as the Waco, Texas, standoff was already underway. On the 51st day of the standoff, the attorney general ordered federal agents to raid the compound -- a decision that resulted in the death of approximately 80 members of the Branch Davidian sect. \"The buck stops with me,\" Reno said after the incident. She later said on CNN's \"Larry King Live\" that her decision was \"obviously wrong.\" In April 2000, Reno played a pivotal role in the saga of six-year-old Cuban immigrant Elian Gonzalez. Gonzalez, found off the coast of Fort Lauderdale in November 1999, was the only survivor among a group of 13 Cuban migrants trying to make it to the US. The incident sparked an international custody dispute between Gonzalez's relatives in the US and his father in Cuba. Reno ultimately ordered a raid that sent Gonzalez back to Cuba. When Clinton's administration was rocked by the Whitewater scandal, Reno was the person tasked with appointing special prosecutor Robert Fiske to lead the probe in 1994. The Clintons were never charged with criminal wrongdoing. In Clinton's second term -- months before his impeachment -- the Republican-controlled House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted to cite Reno for contempt of Congress for failing to hand over key memos. Reno eventually provided those documents. Congress never moved forward with a vote on the matter. From Miami to Washington D.C. Born in 1938, Reno grew up in Miami, Florida, with parents who both worked as reporters for Miami newspapers. After attending Cornell University for her undergraduate degree, Reno enrolled at Harvard University for law school in the early 1960s. During her first year, she heard one of her heroes, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, speak at the Sanders Theater. \"She was so wonderful and her voice was still so clear and so magnificent,\" Reno later recalled in a 1993 speech to the Women's Bar Association. \"And I went up to her afterwards, and I said, \"Mrs. Roosevelt, I think you are perfectly wonderful.\" And I will never forget her looking at me and saying, 'Why, thank you, my dear. Those words mean so much to me.' And she seemed to mean it.\" After law school, Reno worked for four years as an associate at Brigham & Brigham, before becoming partner at Lewis & Reno, where she stayed for four years. In 1971, Reno decided to work with the Florida House of Representatives as a staff director. After a brief return to the private sector, she was appointed as Florida's State Attorney in Miami, becoming the first woman to ever hold that position. Reno stayed in the job for about 15 years until Clinton tapped her to become the 78th US attorney general. After the White House At a ceremony to honor Reno in 2009, then-Attorney General Eric Holder praised his predecessor for her tenacity and tireless work ethic during her eight years in the job. \"I don't know how many times she said to me, 'What's the right thing to do?'\" Holder said. \"It was never what's the easy thing, what's the political thing, or the expedient thing to do.\" In 2002, Reno ran to become Florida's governor, but narrowly lost in the Democratic primary. Reno died at her home in Miami. She had battled Parkinson's disease for 20 years.", "essay": "I must say I really disagree with her politics and am not at all a fan of hers.  However, it is always sad for a person to suffer from a disease such as Parkinson's so I am sympathetic for what she must have gone through as well as for her family as well.  I'm sure it was hard on them watching her deteriorate and suffer and that is always so rough on the family.  So regardless of how I feel about her career or her actions, I have sympathy for what she went through and for her family's feelings."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/13/europe/paris-attacks-one-year-on/index.html \u2014  Lanterns, candles and calls for peace illuminated the City of Light on Sunday as Paris mourned 130 people killed one year ago in attacks throughout the city.   November 13, 2015, was like any other day for Georges Salines: Work, a lunchtime swim with his daughter Lola, watching the news on TV, and an early night. He had no idea, until the phone rang, jolting him from his sleep, that his world was about to change forever. \"I went to bed ... without knowing what was going on in the streets of Paris,\" he recalls. \"I was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night, from my eldest son, who knew that his sister was at the Bataclan.\" Salines' 29-year-old daughter, Lola, had gone to a concert at the Bataclan by US rock band the Eagles of Death Metal. Midway through the show, ISIS-linked gunmen opened fire on the audience and detonated suicide vests; 90 people were killed in the raid, one of a series of coordinated attacks across Paris. Unable to reach her, the family spent hours trying to find out what had happened to Lola, calling emergency help lines and hospitals, even the morgue, but nobody could tell them if she was alive. Then the worst news, delivered in the worst way: They discovered via social media that she had been killed. \"I hope she didn't suffer or see her death coming,\" her father says. French President Francois Hollande unveiled plaques at attack sites in the city -- at the Stade de France, outside the Petit Cambodge restaurant, in the Boulevard Voltaire, and at the Bonne Biere and Belle Equipe cafes. At the Bataclan, the President tore down a French flag to reveal the memorial, as the names of all 90 who perished there were read aloud in solemn ceremony. It followed an emotional performance on Saturday night by musician Sting, a fundraiser for victim support charities at the newly opened Bataclan. He began with the words: \"We shall not forget them.\" The much-loved venue has been renovated to remove all traces of the massacre that took place there. On Sunday, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said a state of emergency, first imposed in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, will likely be extended. With the country's presidential elections coming in April-May, the prime minister said the government needs to retain the extra powers delegated by emergency laws \"to protect our democracy.\" 'Bloody battlefield' Denys Plaud was also at the Bataclan on the night of the attacks. He credits his survival to the fact that, when the attackers burst in, he was up on the balcony where there was more room to move to the music. \"I love to dance, and that saved my life,\" he told CNN days after his escape from the Bataclan. \"It meant I was not in the direct line of fire from the terrorists' machine guns.\" Plaud hid in a tiny room at the venue with 15 others; they waited as the gunmen got closer and closer, even shooting at the partition that sheltered them: \"I thought, 'Oh my God, I hope that wall will stand.'\" \"For three hours, we had to listen to the shooting,\" he remembers. \"That was terrible. Every time we thought it would end, it was just time for the terrorists to get their weapons reloaded, and then they would shoot again.\" Eventually, the police arrived and led them to safety across what Plaud calls \"the bloody battlefield,\" urging them not to look at the bodies of their fellow music fans. \"But ... it was not a direct path, I had to look where I was putting my feet. ... There was no way but to look at death.\" A year on, he says, the memories are \"very fresh ... it's just like it was yesterday.\" Artist turns Paris attacks ordeal into graphic novel A nation traumatized By late morning Sunday, the first flowers to remember victims were placed among the autumn leaves at the Place de la R\u00e9publique, which became the center of the city's mourning and expressions of national unity after the attacks. For many Parisians, it is an opportunity to begin getting on with life. The year since the attacks has been filled with shock, grief and mourning -- for the relatives of the dead, for those who survived, and for France as a whole: The nation was left traumatized. Extra police and troops have been on the streets of France since January 2015, when terrorists attacked the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people: Armed officers now patrol outside tourist hot spots, schools, government and religious buildings. Operation Sentinel has seen the mobilization of 10,000 soldiers to monitor and protect more than 11,000 locations across the country -- 3,000 of them religious sites, the rest a mixture of key infrastructure, industrial plants and \"symbolic\" places around the country. And despite all the extra security on the streets, what happened in January and November 2015 -- and other incidents that followed in 2016, in Nice, Rouen and Magnanville -- have impacted the country's morale. Plaud says Paris itself was left \"in shock.\" Anger at these events has been linked to a steep rise in xenophobia; according to the National Commission on Human Rights, or CCNDH, there were 429 reports of attacks on, and threats against, Muslims in France in 2015 -- a rise of 223% on the previous year. This \"wave of aggression against Muslims\" ranged from assaults on women wearing the hijab to graffiti on places of worship and halal butcher shops. In one incident, the door handle of a mosque was wrapped in bacon. The CCNDH says the majority happened in January and November. The attacks have also damaged France's prized tourism industry: Almost 2 million fewer visitors have come to the country over the past year -- international arrivals are down 8.1% so far in 2016. But Plaud says the country has seen troubled times before, and is sure to bounce back: \"I am confident; in Parisian history there have been a lot of events like that -- war, civil war. But Paris has always been able to recover.\" #ParisResiste Balloons were released into the skies over Paris, and as darkness fell, thousands of lanterns were floated on the waters of the Canal St. Martin, close to the scene of several of the attacks. A social media campaign, #ParisResiste called on people to display lighted candles in the windows of their homes on Sunday evening, to \"light up the city\" and \"brighten the future.\" Salines concedes the day will be a difficult one for many: \"Some families have chosen to take a vacation and go abroad even, because there will be a lot of media attention and there will be a lot of archive footage of last year -- I'm sure it will be painful to see these images again.\" Plaud suffered flashbacks in the months after the attack that forced him to give up his job as a math and physics tutor, but says he is gradually recovering. This week he returned to the Bataclan for the first time. \"I want[ed] to come back to pay my last homage to the victims and people who died there,\" he says. \"It is important even if it is very strong, emotionally, to be here.\" Both Plaud and Salines say putting pen to paper has helped them through the past 12 months. \"I wanted to write in order not to forget,\" Salines says. \"The writing helped me, because it was the only way in the first days that I could think about what had happened ... not without pain, but being able to stay calm and to keep some distance between the pain and my thinking.\" The idea for his book, \"The unspeakable, from A to Z\" came, he says, from \"the messages I received from friends and family -- lots of them started with the words, 'this is unspeakable,' 'we don't know what to say,' 'there are no words.' They had no words but I had lots! I started to make a list of words and ... little by little it grew and it grew into a book.\" He says the dictionary-like form his writings took helped reflect the rapidly changing emotions he experienced in the weeks and months after Lola's death. \"It was very close to what I was experiencing in terms of the shift between very different moods, even happening all at the same time, within a few minutes, from crying to laughing. When you read you go from one word to another, from emotional feelings ... to very funny.\" The first entry in the book: A is for absurd. \"Because Lola, and I am sure all the other young people who lost their lives that day, were total strangers to the situation, the fight that the terrorists have and it is profoundly unjust.\" For Plaud, revisiting his experiences to write about them \"was very difficult [but] it was therapeutic.\" \"It was a way to exorcise the demons and all the horror I saw that night. It was dangerous because sometimes I had to go deep inside my memories of death.\" 'Grieving never ends' \"The grieving never ends,\" says Salines. \"I am at a stage now where I know that things are relatively stable -- the pain will probably last for the rest of my life but I don't break down in tears three times a day as I was doing at the beginning.\" Salines is sustained by his work as chairman of one of the support groups for those affected by the events of November 13, and by his memories of Lola. \"Her life was maybe short, but it was a full life, full of happiness,\" he says. A publisher of children's and young adult books, Lola loved to travel and had a passion for roller derby. \"She had incredible energy. We didn't know how she could do so many things in a day.\" \"She did a lot of good things in her life, she had a great deal of pleasure, she was very enthusiastic,\" he says. \"She had a good life. Writing about it was maybe a way of convincing myself, but I feel pretty confident that my daughter's life was a good life.\" Plaud says for him, the time has come to move on. \"It's been one year now and I feel like it's the end of my mourning.\" \"It is a good thing that life has come back again,\" he says. \"We have to keep the memory, but you also [must] not be stuck in that horror, [you must] keep on living.\"", "essay": "To me this was very sad to read.  These parents lost their child and many other people lost loved ones in this senseless attack.  It just seems like it's gotten unsafe to go anywhere public these days with large crowds.  The situation is obviously out of hand in France and it is bad in the United States too.  Everywhere really.  I don't trust the terrorists or Muslims and there are many other problematic groups as well.  The problem is with humanity and it is very sad.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p028", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 23 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 70000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 4.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 3.5 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 23, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 70000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 4.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 3.5, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/13/europe/paris-attacks-one-year-on/index.html \u2014  Lanterns, candles and calls for peace illuminated the City of Light on Sunday as Paris mourned 130 people killed one year ago in attacks throughout the city.   November 13, 2015, was like any other day for Georges Salines: Work, a lunchtime swim with his daughter Lola, watching the news on TV, and an early night. He had no idea, until the phone rang, jolting him from his sleep, that his world was about to change forever. \"I went to bed ... without knowing what was going on in the streets of Paris,\" he recalls. \"I was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night, from my eldest son, who knew that his sister was at the Bataclan.\" Salines' 29-year-old daughter, Lola, had gone to a concert at the Bataclan by US rock band the Eagles of Death Metal. Midway through the show, ISIS-linked gunmen opened fire on the audience and detonated suicide vests; 90 people were killed in the raid, one of a series of coordinated attacks across Paris. Unable to reach her, the family spent hours trying to find out what had happened to Lola, calling emergency help lines and hospitals, even the morgue, but nobody could tell them if she was alive. Then the worst news, delivered in the worst way: They discovered via social media that she had been killed. \"I hope she didn't suffer or see her death coming,\" her father says. French President Francois Hollande unveiled plaques at attack sites in the city -- at the Stade de France, outside the Petit Cambodge restaurant, in the Boulevard Voltaire, and at the Bonne Biere and Belle Equipe cafes. At the Bataclan, the President tore down a French flag to reveal the memorial, as the names of all 90 who perished there were read aloud in solemn ceremony. It followed an emotional performance on Saturday night by musician Sting, a fundraiser for victim support charities at the newly opened Bataclan. He began with the words: \"We shall not forget them.\" The much-loved venue has been renovated to remove all traces of the massacre that took place there. On Sunday, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said a state of emergency, first imposed in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, will likely be extended. With the country's presidential elections coming in April-May, the prime minister said the government needs to retain the extra powers delegated by emergency laws \"to protect our democracy.\" 'Bloody battlefield' Denys Plaud was also at the Bataclan on the night of the attacks. He credits his survival to the fact that, when the attackers burst in, he was up on the balcony where there was more room to move to the music. \"I love to dance, and that saved my life,\" he told CNN days after his escape from the Bataclan. \"It meant I was not in the direct line of fire from the terrorists' machine guns.\" Plaud hid in a tiny room at the venue with 15 others; they waited as the gunmen got closer and closer, even shooting at the partition that sheltered them: \"I thought, 'Oh my God, I hope that wall will stand.'\" \"For three hours, we had to listen to the shooting,\" he remembers. \"That was terrible. Every time we thought it would end, it was just time for the terrorists to get their weapons reloaded, and then they would shoot again.\" Eventually, the police arrived and led them to safety across what Plaud calls \"the bloody battlefield,\" urging them not to look at the bodies of their fellow music fans. \"But ... it was not a direct path, I had to look where I was putting my feet. ... There was no way but to look at death.\" A year on, he says, the memories are \"very fresh ... it's just like it was yesterday.\" Artist turns Paris attacks ordeal into graphic novel A nation traumatized By late morning Sunday, the first flowers to remember victims were placed among the autumn leaves at the Place de la R\u00e9publique, which became the center of the city's mourning and expressions of national unity after the attacks. For many Parisians, it is an opportunity to begin getting on with life. The year since the attacks has been filled with shock, grief and mourning -- for the relatives of the dead, for those who survived, and for France as a whole: The nation was left traumatized. Extra police and troops have been on the streets of France since January 2015, when terrorists attacked the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people: Armed officers now patrol outside tourist hot spots, schools, government and religious buildings. Operation Sentinel has seen the mobilization of 10,000 soldiers to monitor and protect more than 11,000 locations across the country -- 3,000 of them religious sites, the rest a mixture of key infrastructure, industrial plants and \"symbolic\" places around the country. And despite all the extra security on the streets, what happened in January and November 2015 -- and other incidents that followed in 2016, in Nice, Rouen and Magnanville -- have impacted the country's morale. Plaud says Paris itself was left \"in shock.\" Anger at these events has been linked to a steep rise in xenophobia; according to the National Commission on Human Rights, or CCNDH, there were 429 reports of attacks on, and threats against, Muslims in France in 2015 -- a rise of 223% on the previous year. This \"wave of aggression against Muslims\" ranged from assaults on women wearing the hijab to graffiti on places of worship and halal butcher shops. In one incident, the door handle of a mosque was wrapped in bacon. The CCNDH says the majority happened in January and November. The attacks have also damaged France's prized tourism industry: Almost 2 million fewer visitors have come to the country over the past year -- international arrivals are down 8.1% so far in 2016. But Plaud says the country has seen troubled times before, and is sure to bounce back: \"I am confident; in Parisian history there have been a lot of events like that -- war, civil war. But Paris has always been able to recover.\" #ParisResiste Balloons were released into the skies over Paris, and as darkness fell, thousands of lanterns were floated on the waters of the Canal St. Martin, close to the scene of several of the attacks. A social media campaign, #ParisResiste called on people to display lighted candles in the windows of their homes on Sunday evening, to \"light up the city\" and \"brighten the future.\" Salines concedes the day will be a difficult one for many: \"Some families have chosen to take a vacation and go abroad even, because there will be a lot of media attention and there will be a lot of archive footage of last year -- I'm sure it will be painful to see these images again.\" Plaud suffered flashbacks in the months after the attack that forced him to give up his job as a math and physics tutor, but says he is gradually recovering. This week he returned to the Bataclan for the first time. \"I want[ed] to come back to pay my last homage to the victims and people who died there,\" he says. \"It is important even if it is very strong, emotionally, to be here.\" Both Plaud and Salines say putting pen to paper has helped them through the past 12 months. \"I wanted to write in order not to forget,\" Salines says. \"The writing helped me, because it was the only way in the first days that I could think about what had happened ... not without pain, but being able to stay calm and to keep some distance between the pain and my thinking.\" The idea for his book, \"The unspeakable, from A to Z\" came, he says, from \"the messages I received from friends and family -- lots of them started with the words, 'this is unspeakable,' 'we don't know what to say,' 'there are no words.' They had no words but I had lots! I started to make a list of words and ... little by little it grew and it grew into a book.\" He says the dictionary-like form his writings took helped reflect the rapidly changing emotions he experienced in the weeks and months after Lola's death. \"It was very close to what I was experiencing in terms of the shift between very different moods, even happening all at the same time, within a few minutes, from crying to laughing. When you read you go from one word to another, from emotional feelings ... to very funny.\" The first entry in the book: A is for absurd. \"Because Lola, and I am sure all the other young people who lost their lives that day, were total strangers to the situation, the fight that the terrorists have and it is profoundly unjust.\" For Plaud, revisiting his experiences to write about them \"was very difficult [but] it was therapeutic.\" \"It was a way to exorcise the demons and all the horror I saw that night. It was dangerous because sometimes I had to go deep inside my memories of death.\" 'Grieving never ends' \"The grieving never ends,\" says Salines. \"I am at a stage now where I know that things are relatively stable -- the pain will probably last for the rest of my life but I don't break down in tears three times a day as I was doing at the beginning.\" Salines is sustained by his work as chairman of one of the support groups for those affected by the events of November 13, and by his memories of Lola. \"Her life was maybe short, but it was a full life, full of happiness,\" he says. A publisher of children's and young adult books, Lola loved to travel and had a passion for roller derby. \"She had incredible energy. We didn't know how she could do so many things in a day.\" \"She did a lot of good things in her life, she had a great deal of pleasure, she was very enthusiastic,\" he says. \"She had a good life. Writing about it was maybe a way of convincing myself, but I feel pretty confident that my daughter's life was a good life.\" Plaud says for him, the time has come to move on. \"It's been one year now and I feel like it's the end of my mourning.\" \"It is a good thing that life has come back again,\" he says. \"We have to keep the memory, but you also [must] not be stuck in that horror, [you must] keep on living.\"", "essay": "Did you read into at all about the attack in paris? It is absolutely hearbreaking everything that occured and really makes me upset about the current climate of the world. I have always though that people aren't just good or evil but reading about that terrorist attack really made me think otherwise. It is absolutely sickening and i can't believe that someone could do that to another person or group of people. Something needs to be done about terrorism but what can we do without just creating more terrorists."}
{"user_id": "ec_p073", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/13/europe/paris-attacks-one-year-on/index.html \u2014  Lanterns, candles and calls for peace illuminated the City of Light on Sunday as Paris mourned 130 people killed one year ago in attacks throughout the city.   November 13, 2015, was like any other day for Georges Salines: Work, a lunchtime swim with his daughter Lola, watching the news on TV, and an early night. He had no idea, until the phone rang, jolting him from his sleep, that his world was about to change forever. \"I went to bed ... without knowing what was going on in the streets of Paris,\" he recalls. \"I was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night, from my eldest son, who knew that his sister was at the Bataclan.\" Salines' 29-year-old daughter, Lola, had gone to a concert at the Bataclan by US rock band the Eagles of Death Metal. Midway through the show, ISIS-linked gunmen opened fire on the audience and detonated suicide vests; 90 people were killed in the raid, one of a series of coordinated attacks across Paris. Unable to reach her, the family spent hours trying to find out what had happened to Lola, calling emergency help lines and hospitals, even the morgue, but nobody could tell them if she was alive. Then the worst news, delivered in the worst way: They discovered via social media that she had been killed. \"I hope she didn't suffer or see her death coming,\" her father says. French President Francois Hollande unveiled plaques at attack sites in the city -- at the Stade de France, outside the Petit Cambodge restaurant, in the Boulevard Voltaire, and at the Bonne Biere and Belle Equipe cafes. At the Bataclan, the President tore down a French flag to reveal the memorial, as the names of all 90 who perished there were read aloud in solemn ceremony. It followed an emotional performance on Saturday night by musician Sting, a fundraiser for victim support charities at the newly opened Bataclan. He began with the words: \"We shall not forget them.\" The much-loved venue has been renovated to remove all traces of the massacre that took place there. On Sunday, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said a state of emergency, first imposed in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, will likely be extended. With the country's presidential elections coming in April-May, the prime minister said the government needs to retain the extra powers delegated by emergency laws \"to protect our democracy.\" 'Bloody battlefield' Denys Plaud was also at the Bataclan on the night of the attacks. He credits his survival to the fact that, when the attackers burst in, he was up on the balcony where there was more room to move to the music. \"I love to dance, and that saved my life,\" he told CNN days after his escape from the Bataclan. \"It meant I was not in the direct line of fire from the terrorists' machine guns.\" Plaud hid in a tiny room at the venue with 15 others; they waited as the gunmen got closer and closer, even shooting at the partition that sheltered them: \"I thought, 'Oh my God, I hope that wall will stand.'\" \"For three hours, we had to listen to the shooting,\" he remembers. \"That was terrible. Every time we thought it would end, it was just time for the terrorists to get their weapons reloaded, and then they would shoot again.\" Eventually, the police arrived and led them to safety across what Plaud calls \"the bloody battlefield,\" urging them not to look at the bodies of their fellow music fans. \"But ... it was not a direct path, I had to look where I was putting my feet. ... There was no way but to look at death.\" A year on, he says, the memories are \"very fresh ... it's just like it was yesterday.\" Artist turns Paris attacks ordeal into graphic novel A nation traumatized By late morning Sunday, the first flowers to remember victims were placed among the autumn leaves at the Place de la R\u00e9publique, which became the center of the city's mourning and expressions of national unity after the attacks. For many Parisians, it is an opportunity to begin getting on with life. The year since the attacks has been filled with shock, grief and mourning -- for the relatives of the dead, for those who survived, and for France as a whole: The nation was left traumatized. Extra police and troops have been on the streets of France since January 2015, when terrorists attacked the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people: Armed officers now patrol outside tourist hot spots, schools, government and religious buildings. Operation Sentinel has seen the mobilization of 10,000 soldiers to monitor and protect more than 11,000 locations across the country -- 3,000 of them religious sites, the rest a mixture of key infrastructure, industrial plants and \"symbolic\" places around the country. And despite all the extra security on the streets, what happened in January and November 2015 -- and other incidents that followed in 2016, in Nice, Rouen and Magnanville -- have impacted the country's morale. Plaud says Paris itself was left \"in shock.\" Anger at these events has been linked to a steep rise in xenophobia; according to the National Commission on Human Rights, or CCNDH, there were 429 reports of attacks on, and threats against, Muslims in France in 2015 -- a rise of 223% on the previous year. This \"wave of aggression against Muslims\" ranged from assaults on women wearing the hijab to graffiti on places of worship and halal butcher shops. In one incident, the door handle of a mosque was wrapped in bacon. The CCNDH says the majority happened in January and November. The attacks have also damaged France's prized tourism industry: Almost 2 million fewer visitors have come to the country over the past year -- international arrivals are down 8.1% so far in 2016. But Plaud says the country has seen troubled times before, and is sure to bounce back: \"I am confident; in Parisian history there have been a lot of events like that -- war, civil war. But Paris has always been able to recover.\" #ParisResiste Balloons were released into the skies over Paris, and as darkness fell, thousands of lanterns were floated on the waters of the Canal St. Martin, close to the scene of several of the attacks. A social media campaign, #ParisResiste called on people to display lighted candles in the windows of their homes on Sunday evening, to \"light up the city\" and \"brighten the future.\" Salines concedes the day will be a difficult one for many: \"Some families have chosen to take a vacation and go abroad even, because there will be a lot of media attention and there will be a lot of archive footage of last year -- I'm sure it will be painful to see these images again.\" Plaud suffered flashbacks in the months after the attack that forced him to give up his job as a math and physics tutor, but says he is gradually recovering. This week he returned to the Bataclan for the first time. \"I want[ed] to come back to pay my last homage to the victims and people who died there,\" he says. \"It is important even if it is very strong, emotionally, to be here.\" Both Plaud and Salines say putting pen to paper has helped them through the past 12 months. \"I wanted to write in order not to forget,\" Salines says. \"The writing helped me, because it was the only way in the first days that I could think about what had happened ... not without pain, but being able to stay calm and to keep some distance between the pain and my thinking.\" The idea for his book, \"The unspeakable, from A to Z\" came, he says, from \"the messages I received from friends and family -- lots of them started with the words, 'this is unspeakable,' 'we don't know what to say,' 'there are no words.' They had no words but I had lots! I started to make a list of words and ... little by little it grew and it grew into a book.\" He says the dictionary-like form his writings took helped reflect the rapidly changing emotions he experienced in the weeks and months after Lola's death. \"It was very close to what I was experiencing in terms of the shift between very different moods, even happening all at the same time, within a few minutes, from crying to laughing. When you read you go from one word to another, from emotional feelings ... to very funny.\" The first entry in the book: A is for absurd. \"Because Lola, and I am sure all the other young people who lost their lives that day, were total strangers to the situation, the fight that the terrorists have and it is profoundly unjust.\" For Plaud, revisiting his experiences to write about them \"was very difficult [but] it was therapeutic.\" \"It was a way to exorcise the demons and all the horror I saw that night. It was dangerous because sometimes I had to go deep inside my memories of death.\" 'Grieving never ends' \"The grieving never ends,\" says Salines. \"I am at a stage now where I know that things are relatively stable -- the pain will probably last for the rest of my life but I don't break down in tears three times a day as I was doing at the beginning.\" Salines is sustained by his work as chairman of one of the support groups for those affected by the events of November 13, and by his memories of Lola. \"Her life was maybe short, but it was a full life, full of happiness,\" he says. A publisher of children's and young adult books, Lola loved to travel and had a passion for roller derby. \"She had incredible energy. We didn't know how she could do so many things in a day.\" \"She did a lot of good things in her life, she had a great deal of pleasure, she was very enthusiastic,\" he says. \"She had a good life. Writing about it was maybe a way of convincing myself, but I feel pretty confident that my daughter's life was a good life.\" Plaud says for him, the time has come to move on. \"It's been one year now and I feel like it's the end of my mourning.\" \"It is a good thing that life has come back again,\" he says. \"We have to keep the memory, but you also [must] not be stuck in that horror, [you must] keep on living.\"", "essay": "This is a terrible story about an ISIS attack in Paris. It was at a concert and went on for hours. 90 people were killed. I feel so badly for the people who lost loved ones in the attack and for the people who had to go through it but survived. I can't imagine that life for them will ever be the same."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/13/europe/paris-attacks-one-year-on/index.html \u2014  Lanterns, candles and calls for peace illuminated the City of Light on Sunday as Paris mourned 130 people killed one year ago in attacks throughout the city.   November 13, 2015, was like any other day for Georges Salines: Work, a lunchtime swim with his daughter Lola, watching the news on TV, and an early night. He had no idea, until the phone rang, jolting him from his sleep, that his world was about to change forever. \"I went to bed ... without knowing what was going on in the streets of Paris,\" he recalls. \"I was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night, from my eldest son, who knew that his sister was at the Bataclan.\" Salines' 29-year-old daughter, Lola, had gone to a concert at the Bataclan by US rock band the Eagles of Death Metal. Midway through the show, ISIS-linked gunmen opened fire on the audience and detonated suicide vests; 90 people were killed in the raid, one of a series of coordinated attacks across Paris. Unable to reach her, the family spent hours trying to find out what had happened to Lola, calling emergency help lines and hospitals, even the morgue, but nobody could tell them if she was alive. Then the worst news, delivered in the worst way: They discovered via social media that she had been killed. \"I hope she didn't suffer or see her death coming,\" her father says. French President Francois Hollande unveiled plaques at attack sites in the city -- at the Stade de France, outside the Petit Cambodge restaurant, in the Boulevard Voltaire, and at the Bonne Biere and Belle Equipe cafes. At the Bataclan, the President tore down a French flag to reveal the memorial, as the names of all 90 who perished there were read aloud in solemn ceremony. It followed an emotional performance on Saturday night by musician Sting, a fundraiser for victim support charities at the newly opened Bataclan. He began with the words: \"We shall not forget them.\" The much-loved venue has been renovated to remove all traces of the massacre that took place there. On Sunday, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said a state of emergency, first imposed in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, will likely be extended. With the country's presidential elections coming in April-May, the prime minister said the government needs to retain the extra powers delegated by emergency laws \"to protect our democracy.\" 'Bloody battlefield' Denys Plaud was also at the Bataclan on the night of the attacks. He credits his survival to the fact that, when the attackers burst in, he was up on the balcony where there was more room to move to the music. \"I love to dance, and that saved my life,\" he told CNN days after his escape from the Bataclan. \"It meant I was not in the direct line of fire from the terrorists' machine guns.\" Plaud hid in a tiny room at the venue with 15 others; they waited as the gunmen got closer and closer, even shooting at the partition that sheltered them: \"I thought, 'Oh my God, I hope that wall will stand.'\" \"For three hours, we had to listen to the shooting,\" he remembers. \"That was terrible. Every time we thought it would end, it was just time for the terrorists to get their weapons reloaded, and then they would shoot again.\" Eventually, the police arrived and led them to safety across what Plaud calls \"the bloody battlefield,\" urging them not to look at the bodies of their fellow music fans. \"But ... it was not a direct path, I had to look where I was putting my feet. ... There was no way but to look at death.\" A year on, he says, the memories are \"very fresh ... it's just like it was yesterday.\" Artist turns Paris attacks ordeal into graphic novel A nation traumatized By late morning Sunday, the first flowers to remember victims were placed among the autumn leaves at the Place de la R\u00e9publique, which became the center of the city's mourning and expressions of national unity after the attacks. For many Parisians, it is an opportunity to begin getting on with life. The year since the attacks has been filled with shock, grief and mourning -- for the relatives of the dead, for those who survived, and for France as a whole: The nation was left traumatized. Extra police and troops have been on the streets of France since January 2015, when terrorists attacked the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people: Armed officers now patrol outside tourist hot spots, schools, government and religious buildings. Operation Sentinel has seen the mobilization of 10,000 soldiers to monitor and protect more than 11,000 locations across the country -- 3,000 of them religious sites, the rest a mixture of key infrastructure, industrial plants and \"symbolic\" places around the country. And despite all the extra security on the streets, what happened in January and November 2015 -- and other incidents that followed in 2016, in Nice, Rouen and Magnanville -- have impacted the country's morale. Plaud says Paris itself was left \"in shock.\" Anger at these events has been linked to a steep rise in xenophobia; according to the National Commission on Human Rights, or CCNDH, there were 429 reports of attacks on, and threats against, Muslims in France in 2015 -- a rise of 223% on the previous year. This \"wave of aggression against Muslims\" ranged from assaults on women wearing the hijab to graffiti on places of worship and halal butcher shops. In one incident, the door handle of a mosque was wrapped in bacon. The CCNDH says the majority happened in January and November. The attacks have also damaged France's prized tourism industry: Almost 2 million fewer visitors have come to the country over the past year -- international arrivals are down 8.1% so far in 2016. But Plaud says the country has seen troubled times before, and is sure to bounce back: \"I am confident; in Parisian history there have been a lot of events like that -- war, civil war. But Paris has always been able to recover.\" #ParisResiste Balloons were released into the skies over Paris, and as darkness fell, thousands of lanterns were floated on the waters of the Canal St. Martin, close to the scene of several of the attacks. A social media campaign, #ParisResiste called on people to display lighted candles in the windows of their homes on Sunday evening, to \"light up the city\" and \"brighten the future.\" Salines concedes the day will be a difficult one for many: \"Some families have chosen to take a vacation and go abroad even, because there will be a lot of media attention and there will be a lot of archive footage of last year -- I'm sure it will be painful to see these images again.\" Plaud suffered flashbacks in the months after the attack that forced him to give up his job as a math and physics tutor, but says he is gradually recovering. This week he returned to the Bataclan for the first time. \"I want[ed] to come back to pay my last homage to the victims and people who died there,\" he says. \"It is important even if it is very strong, emotionally, to be here.\" Both Plaud and Salines say putting pen to paper has helped them through the past 12 months. \"I wanted to write in order not to forget,\" Salines says. \"The writing helped me, because it was the only way in the first days that I could think about what had happened ... not without pain, but being able to stay calm and to keep some distance between the pain and my thinking.\" The idea for his book, \"The unspeakable, from A to Z\" came, he says, from \"the messages I received from friends and family -- lots of them started with the words, 'this is unspeakable,' 'we don't know what to say,' 'there are no words.' They had no words but I had lots! I started to make a list of words and ... little by little it grew and it grew into a book.\" He says the dictionary-like form his writings took helped reflect the rapidly changing emotions he experienced in the weeks and months after Lola's death. \"It was very close to what I was experiencing in terms of the shift between very different moods, even happening all at the same time, within a few minutes, from crying to laughing. When you read you go from one word to another, from emotional feelings ... to very funny.\" The first entry in the book: A is for absurd. \"Because Lola, and I am sure all the other young people who lost their lives that day, were total strangers to the situation, the fight that the terrorists have and it is profoundly unjust.\" For Plaud, revisiting his experiences to write about them \"was very difficult [but] it was therapeutic.\" \"It was a way to exorcise the demons and all the horror I saw that night. It was dangerous because sometimes I had to go deep inside my memories of death.\" 'Grieving never ends' \"The grieving never ends,\" says Salines. \"I am at a stage now where I know that things are relatively stable -- the pain will probably last for the rest of my life but I don't break down in tears three times a day as I was doing at the beginning.\" Salines is sustained by his work as chairman of one of the support groups for those affected by the events of November 13, and by his memories of Lola. \"Her life was maybe short, but it was a full life, full of happiness,\" he says. A publisher of children's and young adult books, Lola loved to travel and had a passion for roller derby. \"She had incredible energy. We didn't know how she could do so many things in a day.\" \"She did a lot of good things in her life, she had a great deal of pleasure, she was very enthusiastic,\" he says. \"She had a good life. Writing about it was maybe a way of convincing myself, but I feel pretty confident that my daughter's life was a good life.\" Plaud says for him, the time has come to move on. \"It's been one year now and I feel like it's the end of my mourning.\" \"It is a good thing that life has come back again,\" he says. \"We have to keep the memory, but you also [must] not be stuck in that horror, [you must] keep on living.\"", "essay": "I just read an article about a girl who was about my age who died in the Paris attacks a few years back. This particular story hit closer to home because it focused on a specific person and her family. I can't imagine being roused from my bed to hear that my child has been the victim of a terrorist attack at a show. The whole thing sounds terrible."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/13/europe/paris-attacks-one-year-on/index.html \u2014  Lanterns, candles and calls for peace illuminated the City of Light on Sunday as Paris mourned 130 people killed one year ago in attacks throughout the city.   November 13, 2015, was like any other day for Georges Salines: Work, a lunchtime swim with his daughter Lola, watching the news on TV, and an early night. He had no idea, until the phone rang, jolting him from his sleep, that his world was about to change forever. \"I went to bed ... without knowing what was going on in the streets of Paris,\" he recalls. \"I was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night, from my eldest son, who knew that his sister was at the Bataclan.\" Salines' 29-year-old daughter, Lola, had gone to a concert at the Bataclan by US rock band the Eagles of Death Metal. Midway through the show, ISIS-linked gunmen opened fire on the audience and detonated suicide vests; 90 people were killed in the raid, one of a series of coordinated attacks across Paris. Unable to reach her, the family spent hours trying to find out what had happened to Lola, calling emergency help lines and hospitals, even the morgue, but nobody could tell them if she was alive. Then the worst news, delivered in the worst way: They discovered via social media that she had been killed. \"I hope she didn't suffer or see her death coming,\" her father says. French President Francois Hollande unveiled plaques at attack sites in the city -- at the Stade de France, outside the Petit Cambodge restaurant, in the Boulevard Voltaire, and at the Bonne Biere and Belle Equipe cafes. At the Bataclan, the President tore down a French flag to reveal the memorial, as the names of all 90 who perished there were read aloud in solemn ceremony. It followed an emotional performance on Saturday night by musician Sting, a fundraiser for victim support charities at the newly opened Bataclan. He began with the words: \"We shall not forget them.\" The much-loved venue has been renovated to remove all traces of the massacre that took place there. On Sunday, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said a state of emergency, first imposed in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, will likely be extended. With the country's presidential elections coming in April-May, the prime minister said the government needs to retain the extra powers delegated by emergency laws \"to protect our democracy.\" 'Bloody battlefield' Denys Plaud was also at the Bataclan on the night of the attacks. He credits his survival to the fact that, when the attackers burst in, he was up on the balcony where there was more room to move to the music. \"I love to dance, and that saved my life,\" he told CNN days after his escape from the Bataclan. \"It meant I was not in the direct line of fire from the terrorists' machine guns.\" Plaud hid in a tiny room at the venue with 15 others; they waited as the gunmen got closer and closer, even shooting at the partition that sheltered them: \"I thought, 'Oh my God, I hope that wall will stand.'\" \"For three hours, we had to listen to the shooting,\" he remembers. \"That was terrible. Every time we thought it would end, it was just time for the terrorists to get their weapons reloaded, and then they would shoot again.\" Eventually, the police arrived and led them to safety across what Plaud calls \"the bloody battlefield,\" urging them not to look at the bodies of their fellow music fans. \"But ... it was not a direct path, I had to look where I was putting my feet. ... There was no way but to look at death.\" A year on, he says, the memories are \"very fresh ... it's just like it was yesterday.\" Artist turns Paris attacks ordeal into graphic novel A nation traumatized By late morning Sunday, the first flowers to remember victims were placed among the autumn leaves at the Place de la R\u00e9publique, which became the center of the city's mourning and expressions of national unity after the attacks. For many Parisians, it is an opportunity to begin getting on with life. The year since the attacks has been filled with shock, grief and mourning -- for the relatives of the dead, for those who survived, and for France as a whole: The nation was left traumatized. Extra police and troops have been on the streets of France since January 2015, when terrorists attacked the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people: Armed officers now patrol outside tourist hot spots, schools, government and religious buildings. Operation Sentinel has seen the mobilization of 10,000 soldiers to monitor and protect more than 11,000 locations across the country -- 3,000 of them religious sites, the rest a mixture of key infrastructure, industrial plants and \"symbolic\" places around the country. And despite all the extra security on the streets, what happened in January and November 2015 -- and other incidents that followed in 2016, in Nice, Rouen and Magnanville -- have impacted the country's morale. Plaud says Paris itself was left \"in shock.\" Anger at these events has been linked to a steep rise in xenophobia; according to the National Commission on Human Rights, or CCNDH, there were 429 reports of attacks on, and threats against, Muslims in France in 2015 -- a rise of 223% on the previous year. This \"wave of aggression against Muslims\" ranged from assaults on women wearing the hijab to graffiti on places of worship and halal butcher shops. In one incident, the door handle of a mosque was wrapped in bacon. The CCNDH says the majority happened in January and November. The attacks have also damaged France's prized tourism industry: Almost 2 million fewer visitors have come to the country over the past year -- international arrivals are down 8.1% so far in 2016. But Plaud says the country has seen troubled times before, and is sure to bounce back: \"I am confident; in Parisian history there have been a lot of events like that -- war, civil war. But Paris has always been able to recover.\" #ParisResiste Balloons were released into the skies over Paris, and as darkness fell, thousands of lanterns were floated on the waters of the Canal St. Martin, close to the scene of several of the attacks. A social media campaign, #ParisResiste called on people to display lighted candles in the windows of their homes on Sunday evening, to \"light up the city\" and \"brighten the future.\" Salines concedes the day will be a difficult one for many: \"Some families have chosen to take a vacation and go abroad even, because there will be a lot of media attention and there will be a lot of archive footage of last year -- I'm sure it will be painful to see these images again.\" Plaud suffered flashbacks in the months after the attack that forced him to give up his job as a math and physics tutor, but says he is gradually recovering. This week he returned to the Bataclan for the first time. \"I want[ed] to come back to pay my last homage to the victims and people who died there,\" he says. \"It is important even if it is very strong, emotionally, to be here.\" Both Plaud and Salines say putting pen to paper has helped them through the past 12 months. \"I wanted to write in order not to forget,\" Salines says. \"The writing helped me, because it was the only way in the first days that I could think about what had happened ... not without pain, but being able to stay calm and to keep some distance between the pain and my thinking.\" The idea for his book, \"The unspeakable, from A to Z\" came, he says, from \"the messages I received from friends and family -- lots of them started with the words, 'this is unspeakable,' 'we don't know what to say,' 'there are no words.' They had no words but I had lots! I started to make a list of words and ... little by little it grew and it grew into a book.\" He says the dictionary-like form his writings took helped reflect the rapidly changing emotions he experienced in the weeks and months after Lola's death. \"It was very close to what I was experiencing in terms of the shift between very different moods, even happening all at the same time, within a few minutes, from crying to laughing. When you read you go from one word to another, from emotional feelings ... to very funny.\" The first entry in the book: A is for absurd. \"Because Lola, and I am sure all the other young people who lost their lives that day, were total strangers to the situation, the fight that the terrorists have and it is profoundly unjust.\" For Plaud, revisiting his experiences to write about them \"was very difficult [but] it was therapeutic.\" \"It was a way to exorcise the demons and all the horror I saw that night. It was dangerous because sometimes I had to go deep inside my memories of death.\" 'Grieving never ends' \"The grieving never ends,\" says Salines. \"I am at a stage now where I know that things are relatively stable -- the pain will probably last for the rest of my life but I don't break down in tears three times a day as I was doing at the beginning.\" Salines is sustained by his work as chairman of one of the support groups for those affected by the events of November 13, and by his memories of Lola. \"Her life was maybe short, but it was a full life, full of happiness,\" he says. A publisher of children's and young adult books, Lola loved to travel and had a passion for roller derby. \"She had incredible energy. We didn't know how she could do so many things in a day.\" \"She did a lot of good things in her life, she had a great deal of pleasure, she was very enthusiastic,\" he says. \"She had a good life. Writing about it was maybe a way of convincing myself, but I feel pretty confident that my daughter's life was a good life.\" Plaud says for him, the time has come to move on. \"It's been one year now and I feel like it's the end of my mourning.\" \"It is a good thing that life has come back again,\" he says. \"We have to keep the memory, but you also [must] not be stuck in that horror, [you must] keep on living.\"", "essay": "It's always harder to view these stories from the perspective of a single individual instead of as a group.  That's not to say we should necessarily do that, or that we necessarily get anything truly valuable out of doing that, but it's the reality.  And so I felt sad reading this, thinking about the loss this father felt, and all the terrible emotions he would have experienced from the beginning of the even to, well, his death, probably.  And the terror of the people at the concert.  And the anger of the people afterwards who committed harassment and whatnot against Muslims.  All of the emotions I felt and was chagrined by.  These are barbaric people and events."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Islamic State militants are kidnapping thousands of people to use as human shields \u2014  TULUL AL-NASIR, Iraq \u2014 Islamic State militants have rounded up thousands of villagers at gunpoint to use as human shields as they retreat toward their stronghold of Mosul, the latest brutal war tactic inflicted on civilians in areas the group controls. Military officials and some who escaped said that the vast majority of people in more than half a dozen villages were forced to walk north toward the city as the army advanced from the south, and that those who refused were shot. Some villagers said they ran and hid in the desert to avoid being captured, sleeping out in the open for days. Others said they were taken but later managed to flee. Villagers also described mass executions of former policemen and army officers as the militants become increasingly paranoid about spies and collaborators. The kidnappings and killings compound fears about the plight of civilians as Iraqi forces advance toward the northern city of Mosul, a prize the militants don\u2019t appear ready to give up without a hard fight. Humanitarian organizations have said they have grave concerns that civilians are at risk of being caught in crossfire, trapped between fighting or used as human shields. Holding civilian populations hostage is among the tactics the militants use to waylay advancing forces and complicate the U.S.-led airstrikes that support them. They also have set fire to oil wells and a sulfur plant south of the city, sending noxious fumes over hundreds of miles. Before launching the offensive for Mosul last week, Iraqi officials estimated that as many as 1.8 million residents were still in the city, with expectations of an exodus as forces advanced. But residents of Tulul al-Nasir, a gray, cinder-block settlement about 25 miles south of the city, said they were forced to flee the other way. [Signs of panic in the heart of Islamic State\u2019s self-proclaimed caliphate] \u201cThey told us on the loudspeakers that whoever stays will be killed,\u201d said Mohammed Ali, 45. They were ordered by the militants to walk about 15 miles north to Hamam al-Ali, a larger village that is still under Islamic State control. As he spoke, men crowded around him to list their family members who are missing. Some said dozens had been taken, with families divided in the confusion. More than 90 percent of the village\u2019s 5,000 residents were kidnapped, said Iraqi army Col. Faisal Ali Abdellatif. \u201cWhen they retreat from every village, they take the civilians with them to use as human shields,\u201d he said. At her house in Tulul al-Nasir, Bushra Hussein recalled how two armed militants came by one recent day. \u201cThey said we had to gather on the road and that if they came back in 30 minutes and found us here, they\u2019d kill us,\u201d she said. With thousands of her neighbors, she was marched north, pushing her disabled 26-year-old son in his wheelchair, which broke after several days. Unable to move him, she was allowed to stay by the side of the road with him, where she remained until security forces advanced. Her husband, three other sons, three daughters and grandchildren were all forced to move on with the militants, she said. They called her briefly two days earlier to say they were in Mosul. \u201cThousands of families have been taken,\u201d she said. \u201cNo one wanted to go.\u201d [Sunnis fleeing Islamic State rule in Mosul brace for revenge] For those who refused to leave, the punishment was swift. On the outskirts of the village, Moyad Atallah, 40, was attending a funeral for his three brothers, who were shot after protesting. Eight Islamic State fighters in pickup trucks mounted with machine guns had arrived at their house at sundown to round them up, he said. One brother refused. \u201cThey shot him just there,\u201d said Atallah, pointing at the dust outside his home. When his two other brothers then fought back, they were also killed, he said. The militants took their money and the family car, then kidnapped another brother and said they would return. The rest of the family fled and hid in an abandoned house nearby, including 11 now-orphaned children. The Islamic State\u2019s utter disregard for the safety of civilians and its apparently deliberate use of human shields is putting people trapped in areas of active conflict at even greater risk as Iraqi forces advance, said Lynn Maalouf, a Beirut-based researcher for Amnesty International. Iraqi security forces have slowly won back villages and towns outside Mosul, but the militants have shown little sign that they will give up ground easily, and Iraqi and U.S. military officials say they expect the fight to get tougher as they near the city\u2019s outskirts. As the militants are gradually squeezed, they have stepped up their savagery against local populations, residents have said. Abdulrahim al-Shammiri, the chairman of the human rights committee in the Iraqi parliament, said that 190 civilians were executed in Hamam al-Ali on Wednesday after being \u201ckidnapped\u201d from surrounding areas. Those who escaped said that former police or army officers were separated from their families and executed. \u201cThey killed 20 people in front of me,\u201d said one 19-year-old from the village of Safina, who was held for three days in Hamam al-Ali before his family escaped at night, walking for days before reaching the Iraqi security forces. The family members were separated during their escape, and militants on motorbikes recaptured some of them while others watched from a ditch. Those who escaped were shot at as they fled; one woman was hit in the abdomen and is receiving treatment in Irbil. The family members declined to give their names because of concerns about the security of 30 relatives who are still missing. \u201cAll of us were against them, but they dragged us with them, all the village,\u201d said his aunt, whose husband, four sons and three daughters are missing. Mustafa Salim contributed to this report.", "essay": "I'm starting to feel like these militants dont represent that whole religion as a whole. I feel like they are twist to the religion that is out to give them a bad name., Kidnapping children is just too low even for the hardest of criminals. WE must do something to stop this and that is hurting their finances and freezing all of their bank accounts."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Islamic State militants are kidnapping thousands of people to use as human shields \u2014  TULUL AL-NASIR, Iraq \u2014 Islamic State militants have rounded up thousands of villagers at gunpoint to use as human shields as they retreat toward their stronghold of Mosul, the latest brutal war tactic inflicted on civilians in areas the group controls. Military officials and some who escaped said that the vast majority of people in more than half a dozen villages were forced to walk north toward the city as the army advanced from the south, and that those who refused were shot. Some villagers said they ran and hid in the desert to avoid being captured, sleeping out in the open for days. Others said they were taken but later managed to flee. Villagers also described mass executions of former policemen and army officers as the militants become increasingly paranoid about spies and collaborators. The kidnappings and killings compound fears about the plight of civilians as Iraqi forces advance toward the northern city of Mosul, a prize the militants don\u2019t appear ready to give up without a hard fight. Humanitarian organizations have said they have grave concerns that civilians are at risk of being caught in crossfire, trapped between fighting or used as human shields. Holding civilian populations hostage is among the tactics the militants use to waylay advancing forces and complicate the U.S.-led airstrikes that support them. They also have set fire to oil wells and a sulfur plant south of the city, sending noxious fumes over hundreds of miles. Before launching the offensive for Mosul last week, Iraqi officials estimated that as many as 1.8 million residents were still in the city, with expectations of an exodus as forces advanced. But residents of Tulul al-Nasir, a gray, cinder-block settlement about 25 miles south of the city, said they were forced to flee the other way. [Signs of panic in the heart of Islamic State\u2019s self-proclaimed caliphate] \u201cThey told us on the loudspeakers that whoever stays will be killed,\u201d said Mohammed Ali, 45. They were ordered by the militants to walk about 15 miles north to Hamam al-Ali, a larger village that is still under Islamic State control. As he spoke, men crowded around him to list their family members who are missing. Some said dozens had been taken, with families divided in the confusion. More than 90 percent of the village\u2019s 5,000 residents were kidnapped, said Iraqi army Col. Faisal Ali Abdellatif. \u201cWhen they retreat from every village, they take the civilians with them to use as human shields,\u201d he said. At her house in Tulul al-Nasir, Bushra Hussein recalled how two armed militants came by one recent day. \u201cThey said we had to gather on the road and that if they came back in 30 minutes and found us here, they\u2019d kill us,\u201d she said. With thousands of her neighbors, she was marched north, pushing her disabled 26-year-old son in his wheelchair, which broke after several days. Unable to move him, she was allowed to stay by the side of the road with him, where she remained until security forces advanced. Her husband, three other sons, three daughters and grandchildren were all forced to move on with the militants, she said. They called her briefly two days earlier to say they were in Mosul. \u201cThousands of families have been taken,\u201d she said. \u201cNo one wanted to go.\u201d [Sunnis fleeing Islamic State rule in Mosul brace for revenge] For those who refused to leave, the punishment was swift. On the outskirts of the village, Moyad Atallah, 40, was attending a funeral for his three brothers, who were shot after protesting. Eight Islamic State fighters in pickup trucks mounted with machine guns had arrived at their house at sundown to round them up, he said. One brother refused. \u201cThey shot him just there,\u201d said Atallah, pointing at the dust outside his home. When his two other brothers then fought back, they were also killed, he said. The militants took their money and the family car, then kidnapped another brother and said they would return. The rest of the family fled and hid in an abandoned house nearby, including 11 now-orphaned children. The Islamic State\u2019s utter disregard for the safety of civilians and its apparently deliberate use of human shields is putting people trapped in areas of active conflict at even greater risk as Iraqi forces advance, said Lynn Maalouf, a Beirut-based researcher for Amnesty International. Iraqi security forces have slowly won back villages and towns outside Mosul, but the militants have shown little sign that they will give up ground easily, and Iraqi and U.S. military officials say they expect the fight to get tougher as they near the city\u2019s outskirts. As the militants are gradually squeezed, they have stepped up their savagery against local populations, residents have said. Abdulrahim al-Shammiri, the chairman of the human rights committee in the Iraqi parliament, said that 190 civilians were executed in Hamam al-Ali on Wednesday after being \u201ckidnapped\u201d from surrounding areas. Those who escaped said that former police or army officers were separated from their families and executed. \u201cThey killed 20 people in front of me,\u201d said one 19-year-old from the village of Safina, who was held for three days in Hamam al-Ali before his family escaped at night, walking for days before reaching the Iraqi security forces. The family members were separated during their escape, and militants on motorbikes recaptured some of them while others watched from a ditch. Those who escaped were shot at as they fled; one woman was hit in the abdomen and is receiving treatment in Irbil. The family members declined to give their names because of concerns about the security of 30 relatives who are still missing. \u201cAll of us were against them, but they dragged us with them, all the village,\u201d said his aunt, whose husband, four sons and three daughters are missing. Mustafa Salim contributed to this report.", "essay": "Wow, hearing about things like this really makes me so grateful to be an American.  I'm very happy to live in this beautiful country and I wish people would stop complaining so much about everything they think is wrong here.  Just be grateful you're not being used as a human shield.  Some of the things going on over there are just atrocious, and as bad as people think it is here it doesn't even hold a candle to that.  I am saddened to hear about these families and children being harmed so maliciously."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Islamic State militants are kidnapping thousands of people to use as human shields \u2014  TULUL AL-NASIR, Iraq \u2014 Islamic State militants have rounded up thousands of villagers at gunpoint to use as human shields as they retreat toward their stronghold of Mosul, the latest brutal war tactic inflicted on civilians in areas the group controls. Military officials and some who escaped said that the vast majority of people in more than half a dozen villages were forced to walk north toward the city as the army advanced from the south, and that those who refused were shot. Some villagers said they ran and hid in the desert to avoid being captured, sleeping out in the open for days. Others said they were taken but later managed to flee. Villagers also described mass executions of former policemen and army officers as the militants become increasingly paranoid about spies and collaborators. The kidnappings and killings compound fears about the plight of civilians as Iraqi forces advance toward the northern city of Mosul, a prize the militants don\u2019t appear ready to give up without a hard fight. Humanitarian organizations have said they have grave concerns that civilians are at risk of being caught in crossfire, trapped between fighting or used as human shields. Holding civilian populations hostage is among the tactics the militants use to waylay advancing forces and complicate the U.S.-led airstrikes that support them. They also have set fire to oil wells and a sulfur plant south of the city, sending noxious fumes over hundreds of miles. Before launching the offensive for Mosul last week, Iraqi officials estimated that as many as 1.8 million residents were still in the city, with expectations of an exodus as forces advanced. But residents of Tulul al-Nasir, a gray, cinder-block settlement about 25 miles south of the city, said they were forced to flee the other way. [Signs of panic in the heart of Islamic State\u2019s self-proclaimed caliphate] \u201cThey told us on the loudspeakers that whoever stays will be killed,\u201d said Mohammed Ali, 45. They were ordered by the militants to walk about 15 miles north to Hamam al-Ali, a larger village that is still under Islamic State control. As he spoke, men crowded around him to list their family members who are missing. Some said dozens had been taken, with families divided in the confusion. More than 90 percent of the village\u2019s 5,000 residents were kidnapped, said Iraqi army Col. Faisal Ali Abdellatif. \u201cWhen they retreat from every village, they take the civilians with them to use as human shields,\u201d he said. At her house in Tulul al-Nasir, Bushra Hussein recalled how two armed militants came by one recent day. \u201cThey said we had to gather on the road and that if they came back in 30 minutes and found us here, they\u2019d kill us,\u201d she said. With thousands of her neighbors, she was marched north, pushing her disabled 26-year-old son in his wheelchair, which broke after several days. Unable to move him, she was allowed to stay by the side of the road with him, where she remained until security forces advanced. Her husband, three other sons, three daughters and grandchildren were all forced to move on with the militants, she said. They called her briefly two days earlier to say they were in Mosul. \u201cThousands of families have been taken,\u201d she said. \u201cNo one wanted to go.\u201d [Sunnis fleeing Islamic State rule in Mosul brace for revenge] For those who refused to leave, the punishment was swift. On the outskirts of the village, Moyad Atallah, 40, was attending a funeral for his three brothers, who were shot after protesting. Eight Islamic State fighters in pickup trucks mounted with machine guns had arrived at their house at sundown to round them up, he said. One brother refused. \u201cThey shot him just there,\u201d said Atallah, pointing at the dust outside his home. When his two other brothers then fought back, they were also killed, he said. The militants took their money and the family car, then kidnapped another brother and said they would return. The rest of the family fled and hid in an abandoned house nearby, including 11 now-orphaned children. The Islamic State\u2019s utter disregard for the safety of civilians and its apparently deliberate use of human shields is putting people trapped in areas of active conflict at even greater risk as Iraqi forces advance, said Lynn Maalouf, a Beirut-based researcher for Amnesty International. Iraqi security forces have slowly won back villages and towns outside Mosul, but the militants have shown little sign that they will give up ground easily, and Iraqi and U.S. military officials say they expect the fight to get tougher as they near the city\u2019s outskirts. As the militants are gradually squeezed, they have stepped up their savagery against local populations, residents have said. Abdulrahim al-Shammiri, the chairman of the human rights committee in the Iraqi parliament, said that 190 civilians were executed in Hamam al-Ali on Wednesday after being \u201ckidnapped\u201d from surrounding areas. Those who escaped said that former police or army officers were separated from their families and executed. \u201cThey killed 20 people in front of me,\u201d said one 19-year-old from the village of Safina, who was held for three days in Hamam al-Ali before his family escaped at night, walking for days before reaching the Iraqi security forces. The family members were separated during their escape, and militants on motorbikes recaptured some of them while others watched from a ditch. Those who escaped were shot at as they fled; one woman was hit in the abdomen and is receiving treatment in Irbil. The family members declined to give their names because of concerns about the security of 30 relatives who are still missing. \u201cAll of us were against them, but they dragged us with them, all the village,\u201d said his aunt, whose husband, four sons and three daughters are missing. Mustafa Salim contributed to this report.", "essay": "I feel sad for all the people who are being turned into human shields in Iraq. The article made me think about how good we have it in the United States and things that are happening to these people are only seen in movies.  To be shot dead on the spot for protesting or have more than half of your family missing because they were kidnapped would be horrible."}
{"user_id": "ec_p028", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 23 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 70000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 4.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 3.5 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 23, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 70000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 4.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 3.5, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Islamic State militants are kidnapping thousands of people to use as human shields \u2014  TULUL AL-NASIR, Iraq \u2014 Islamic State militants have rounded up thousands of villagers at gunpoint to use as human shields as they retreat toward their stronghold of Mosul, the latest brutal war tactic inflicted on civilians in areas the group controls. Military officials and some who escaped said that the vast majority of people in more than half a dozen villages were forced to walk north toward the city as the army advanced from the south, and that those who refused were shot. Some villagers said they ran and hid in the desert to avoid being captured, sleeping out in the open for days. Others said they were taken but later managed to flee. Villagers also described mass executions of former policemen and army officers as the militants become increasingly paranoid about spies and collaborators. The kidnappings and killings compound fears about the plight of civilians as Iraqi forces advance toward the northern city of Mosul, a prize the militants don\u2019t appear ready to give up without a hard fight. Humanitarian organizations have said they have grave concerns that civilians are at risk of being caught in crossfire, trapped between fighting or used as human shields. Holding civilian populations hostage is among the tactics the militants use to waylay advancing forces and complicate the U.S.-led airstrikes that support them. They also have set fire to oil wells and a sulfur plant south of the city, sending noxious fumes over hundreds of miles. Before launching the offensive for Mosul last week, Iraqi officials estimated that as many as 1.8 million residents were still in the city, with expectations of an exodus as forces advanced. But residents of Tulul al-Nasir, a gray, cinder-block settlement about 25 miles south of the city, said they were forced to flee the other way. [Signs of panic in the heart of Islamic State\u2019s self-proclaimed caliphate] \u201cThey told us on the loudspeakers that whoever stays will be killed,\u201d said Mohammed Ali, 45. They were ordered by the militants to walk about 15 miles north to Hamam al-Ali, a larger village that is still under Islamic State control. As he spoke, men crowded around him to list their family members who are missing. Some said dozens had been taken, with families divided in the confusion. More than 90 percent of the village\u2019s 5,000 residents were kidnapped, said Iraqi army Col. Faisal Ali Abdellatif. \u201cWhen they retreat from every village, they take the civilians with them to use as human shields,\u201d he said. At her house in Tulul al-Nasir, Bushra Hussein recalled how two armed militants came by one recent day. \u201cThey said we had to gather on the road and that if they came back in 30 minutes and found us here, they\u2019d kill us,\u201d she said. With thousands of her neighbors, she was marched north, pushing her disabled 26-year-old son in his wheelchair, which broke after several days. Unable to move him, she was allowed to stay by the side of the road with him, where she remained until security forces advanced. Her husband, three other sons, three daughters and grandchildren were all forced to move on with the militants, she said. They called her briefly two days earlier to say they were in Mosul. \u201cThousands of families have been taken,\u201d she said. \u201cNo one wanted to go.\u201d [Sunnis fleeing Islamic State rule in Mosul brace for revenge] For those who refused to leave, the punishment was swift. On the outskirts of the village, Moyad Atallah, 40, was attending a funeral for his three brothers, who were shot after protesting. Eight Islamic State fighters in pickup trucks mounted with machine guns had arrived at their house at sundown to round them up, he said. One brother refused. \u201cThey shot him just there,\u201d said Atallah, pointing at the dust outside his home. When his two other brothers then fought back, they were also killed, he said. The militants took their money and the family car, then kidnapped another brother and said they would return. The rest of the family fled and hid in an abandoned house nearby, including 11 now-orphaned children. The Islamic State\u2019s utter disregard for the safety of civilians and its apparently deliberate use of human shields is putting people trapped in areas of active conflict at even greater risk as Iraqi forces advance, said Lynn Maalouf, a Beirut-based researcher for Amnesty International. Iraqi security forces have slowly won back villages and towns outside Mosul, but the militants have shown little sign that they will give up ground easily, and Iraqi and U.S. military officials say they expect the fight to get tougher as they near the city\u2019s outskirts. As the militants are gradually squeezed, they have stepped up their savagery against local populations, residents have said. Abdulrahim al-Shammiri, the chairman of the human rights committee in the Iraqi parliament, said that 190 civilians were executed in Hamam al-Ali on Wednesday after being \u201ckidnapped\u201d from surrounding areas. Those who escaped said that former police or army officers were separated from their families and executed. \u201cThey killed 20 people in front of me,\u201d said one 19-year-old from the village of Safina, who was held for three days in Hamam al-Ali before his family escaped at night, walking for days before reaching the Iraqi security forces. The family members were separated during their escape, and militants on motorbikes recaptured some of them while others watched from a ditch. Those who escaped were shot at as they fled; one woman was hit in the abdomen and is receiving treatment in Irbil. The family members declined to give their names because of concerns about the security of 30 relatives who are still missing. \u201cAll of us were against them, but they dragged us with them, all the village,\u201d said his aunt, whose husband, four sons and three daughters are missing. Mustafa Salim contributed to this report.", "essay": "Have you been reading about what is happening in Iraq, militants taking control of villages and just rounding up thousands of them for executions. It is absolutely horrible and disgusting that people are capable of doing something like that to each other and seeing each other as less than human. Over 5000 people kidnapped it really makes me feel for their families and hope that change occurs over there."}
{"user_id": "ec_p009", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 29 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 44000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 29, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 44000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Islamic State militants are kidnapping thousands of people to use as human shields \u2014  TULUL AL-NASIR, Iraq \u2014 Islamic State militants have rounded up thousands of villagers at gunpoint to use as human shields as they retreat toward their stronghold of Mosul, the latest brutal war tactic inflicted on civilians in areas the group controls. Military officials and some who escaped said that the vast majority of people in more than half a dozen villages were forced to walk north toward the city as the army advanced from the south, and that those who refused were shot. Some villagers said they ran and hid in the desert to avoid being captured, sleeping out in the open for days. Others said they were taken but later managed to flee. Villagers also described mass executions of former policemen and army officers as the militants become increasingly paranoid about spies and collaborators. The kidnappings and killings compound fears about the plight of civilians as Iraqi forces advance toward the northern city of Mosul, a prize the militants don\u2019t appear ready to give up without a hard fight. Humanitarian organizations have said they have grave concerns that civilians are at risk of being caught in crossfire, trapped between fighting or used as human shields. Holding civilian populations hostage is among the tactics the militants use to waylay advancing forces and complicate the U.S.-led airstrikes that support them. They also have set fire to oil wells and a sulfur plant south of the city, sending noxious fumes over hundreds of miles. Before launching the offensive for Mosul last week, Iraqi officials estimated that as many as 1.8 million residents were still in the city, with expectations of an exodus as forces advanced. But residents of Tulul al-Nasir, a gray, cinder-block settlement about 25 miles south of the city, said they were forced to flee the other way. [Signs of panic in the heart of Islamic State\u2019s self-proclaimed caliphate] \u201cThey told us on the loudspeakers that whoever stays will be killed,\u201d said Mohammed Ali, 45. They were ordered by the militants to walk about 15 miles north to Hamam al-Ali, a larger village that is still under Islamic State control. As he spoke, men crowded around him to list their family members who are missing. Some said dozens had been taken, with families divided in the confusion. More than 90 percent of the village\u2019s 5,000 residents were kidnapped, said Iraqi army Col. Faisal Ali Abdellatif. \u201cWhen they retreat from every village, they take the civilians with them to use as human shields,\u201d he said. At her house in Tulul al-Nasir, Bushra Hussein recalled how two armed militants came by one recent day. \u201cThey said we had to gather on the road and that if they came back in 30 minutes and found us here, they\u2019d kill us,\u201d she said. With thousands of her neighbors, she was marched north, pushing her disabled 26-year-old son in his wheelchair, which broke after several days. Unable to move him, she was allowed to stay by the side of the road with him, where she remained until security forces advanced. Her husband, three other sons, three daughters and grandchildren were all forced to move on with the militants, she said. They called her briefly two days earlier to say they were in Mosul. \u201cThousands of families have been taken,\u201d she said. \u201cNo one wanted to go.\u201d [Sunnis fleeing Islamic State rule in Mosul brace for revenge] For those who refused to leave, the punishment was swift. On the outskirts of the village, Moyad Atallah, 40, was attending a funeral for his three brothers, who were shot after protesting. Eight Islamic State fighters in pickup trucks mounted with machine guns had arrived at their house at sundown to round them up, he said. One brother refused. \u201cThey shot him just there,\u201d said Atallah, pointing at the dust outside his home. When his two other brothers then fought back, they were also killed, he said. The militants took their money and the family car, then kidnapped another brother and said they would return. The rest of the family fled and hid in an abandoned house nearby, including 11 now-orphaned children. The Islamic State\u2019s utter disregard for the safety of civilians and its apparently deliberate use of human shields is putting people trapped in areas of active conflict at even greater risk as Iraqi forces advance, said Lynn Maalouf, a Beirut-based researcher for Amnesty International. Iraqi security forces have slowly won back villages and towns outside Mosul, but the militants have shown little sign that they will give up ground easily, and Iraqi and U.S. military officials say they expect the fight to get tougher as they near the city\u2019s outskirts. As the militants are gradually squeezed, they have stepped up their savagery against local populations, residents have said. Abdulrahim al-Shammiri, the chairman of the human rights committee in the Iraqi parliament, said that 190 civilians were executed in Hamam al-Ali on Wednesday after being \u201ckidnapped\u201d from surrounding areas. Those who escaped said that former police or army officers were separated from their families and executed. \u201cThey killed 20 people in front of me,\u201d said one 19-year-old from the village of Safina, who was held for three days in Hamam al-Ali before his family escaped at night, walking for days before reaching the Iraqi security forces. The family members were separated during their escape, and militants on motorbikes recaptured some of them while others watched from a ditch. Those who escaped were shot at as they fled; one woman was hit in the abdomen and is receiving treatment in Irbil. The family members declined to give their names because of concerns about the security of 30 relatives who are still missing. \u201cAll of us were against them, but they dragged us with them, all the village,\u201d said his aunt, whose husband, four sons and three daughters are missing. Mustafa Salim contributed to this report.", "essay": "Dear friend,                                                  I have just read an article about Islamic militants who are kidnapping innocent people and using them as human shields. They shoot anyone who refuses to help. The story has made me upset to read. There is so much evil and suffering in the world, I wish it would end."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "A humanitarian crisis looms in Afghanistan as the number of displaced climbs \u2014  KABUL \u2014 Abdulhalim fled the northern city of Kunduz this month after militants and security forces had been clashing for days. Now he\u2019s 200 miles away in Kabul, sleeping in a tent and living on aid. He is part of a looming humanitarian crisis aid agencies here are struggling to contain. Before the current crisis, more than a million people had already been uprooted last year. This year, at least another million Afghans are \u201con the move\u201d inside Afghanistan and across its borders, in what the United Nations warns is an alarming new wave of displaced people. Many, like Abdulhalim, fled violence or conflict; others escaped hardships such as poverty or drought. Still others were forced to return from Pakistan and Iran. Even as the numbers grew, Afghanistan agreed to accept \u00adAfghan asylum seekers deported from the European Union. The deal, signed in October, could lead the E.U. to construct a separate terminal for deportees at Kabul\u2019s international airport, and as many as 100,000 Afghans could return. \u201cThis sudden increase [in the displaced] has put a lot of pressure on Afghanistan, which has had 30 years of war,\u201d said Nader Farhad, spokesman for the U.N. refugee agency in Kabul. \u201cIt\u2019s not easy to put together the infrastructure, to provide the services that are required,\u201d he said, adding that the displaced need everything from food and blankets to jobs and health care. \u201cTo the European countries, we say: Instead of investing in the return of Afghans to Afghanistan, tackle the root causes,\u201d Farhad said. If the United Nations and other aid agencies fail to provide emergency assistance, \u201cit will be a humanitarian crisis,\u201d he said. Massive displacement has plagued Afghanistan for years, beginning with the Soviet invasion in 1979. That conflict kindled two decades of war. When the United States invaded in 2001, some 4 million Afghans were living in Pakistan and Iran. [Europe pressing harder on countries to take back deported migrants] Many of those refugees later returned, driven by hopes for stability and peace. But now, \u00adAfghanistan is witnessing some of its worst violence since the United States helped to topple the Taliban. More than 1,600 civilians were killed in the first six months of 2016, according to a U.N. report released in July. That was the highest number of civilian casualties in the first half of a year since the United Nations began keeping track in 2009. The violence has been driven by Taliban assaults on Afghan cities, putting more civilians in the crosshairs. And the clashes have pushed even more people from their homes. \u201cThe fighting was intense. There was artillery, rockets, aerial bombardment,\u201d Abdulhalim, 38, said of this month\u2019s days-long battle between Afghan and Taliban forces in Kunduz city. Insurgents briefly seized the city at the same time last year. \u201cMy children were screaming, our neighbors\u2019 houses destroyed,\u201d said Abdulhalim, who like many Afghans goes by one name. \u201cWe had no option but to leave.\u201d In Helmand province, in the restive south, more than 60,000 people have been displaced this year, according to the United Nations, and militants have fought pitched battles in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah. At least 5,000 of those displaced in Helmand were forced out only in the past two months, the United Nations says, and thousands more have fled to neighboring provinces and beyond. \u201cIn some provinces, the [armed] groups have more power there, and the government, it is very difficult for us to reach\u201d the affected population, said Sayed Rohullah Hashemi, an adviser to the minister of refugees and repatriation. \u201cWe don\u2019t have the capacity to do so, especially in our ministry. The government cannot reach everyone on its own.\u201d In a dusty lot east of Kabul, the U.N. refugee agency has erected a center for the hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees arriving from Pakistan. At least 5,000 refugees cross the border from Pakistan every day. The United Nations gives them a small stipend and vaccinates the children against measles and polio. [Afghan refugees, settled in Pakistan for decades, are being ordered to leave] The influx began after Pakistani authorities announced a deadline for Afghan refugees \u2014 of which there were 1.7 million registered with the United Nations \u2014 to leave. Many of the refugees had lived in Pakistan for decades, or were even born there after their parents had fled Afghanistan. Jumauddin, 27, was born in Pakistan to Afghan parents. Now he is heading to Kunduz province, to the Khanabad district, where Taliban fighters hold sway. He says he has no choice. \u201cKabul is too expensive, and maybe in Kunduz I can plow a plot of land,\u201d Jumauddin said. \u201cI know that there was fighting there even last week, but I have no other option.\u201d The government is worried about the return of refugees to areas where insurgents are active. But right now, the Taliban controls more territory than at any time since 2001. \u201cWe are facing the return of tens of thousands of Afghans each month. . . . This will add very much to the vicious cycle of insecurity and joblessness,\u201d said Bashir Bezhen, an Afghan analyst and political commentator. Reports have already surfaced of returning refugees clashing with locals over resources and land. The displaced are often rejected, or pushed into squalid camps. They also face the threat of forced eviction and rarely have access to clean water or food. \u201cThey are the poorest of the poor. They often live in open air,\u201d the U.N.\u2019s Farhad said. \u201cBut they should go back [to their homes] when they feel secure. It has to be voluntary and of their own accord.\u201d In the area where Abdulhalim took shelter, the displaced worried that the government would force them out. The fighting in Kunduz city had subsided, but they couldn\u2019t just pack up and go home. \u201cThey want us gone from here, but we don\u2019t have anything, not even the money to get back,\u201d Abdulhalim said. He first fled Kunduz on foot, with his children and the clothes on his back. Bezhen said that the government \u201cis incapable of creating jobs for these people or of improving the economy in the remote places where they live.\u201d He said criminal and terrorist networks will seek out the jobless and displaced youths. \u201cIt will push Afghanistan into deeper crisis,\u201d Bezhen said. Sayed Salahuddin contributed to this report.", "essay": "I found it a little hard to relate to this situation.  It seems so far away and I can't really connect with any of the people involved.  I'm really sad for these families and their children.  It seems like they are in a difficult position without much option or anything they can do about it.  I hope they are able to find some resolution or some solution, but it doesn't seem like much is going to change there anytime soon.  I don't think this is the problem of the United States and we should remain uninvolved."}
{"user_id": "ec_p009", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 29 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 44000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 29, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 44000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "A humanitarian crisis looms in Afghanistan as the number of displaced climbs \u2014  KABUL \u2014 Abdulhalim fled the northern city of Kunduz this month after militants and security forces had been clashing for days. Now he\u2019s 200 miles away in Kabul, sleeping in a tent and living on aid. He is part of a looming humanitarian crisis aid agencies here are struggling to contain. Before the current crisis, more than a million people had already been uprooted last year. This year, at least another million Afghans are \u201con the move\u201d inside Afghanistan and across its borders, in what the United Nations warns is an alarming new wave of displaced people. Many, like Abdulhalim, fled violence or conflict; others escaped hardships such as poverty or drought. Still others were forced to return from Pakistan and Iran. Even as the numbers grew, Afghanistan agreed to accept \u00adAfghan asylum seekers deported from the European Union. The deal, signed in October, could lead the E.U. to construct a separate terminal for deportees at Kabul\u2019s international airport, and as many as 100,000 Afghans could return. \u201cThis sudden increase [in the displaced] has put a lot of pressure on Afghanistan, which has had 30 years of war,\u201d said Nader Farhad, spokesman for the U.N. refugee agency in Kabul. \u201cIt\u2019s not easy to put together the infrastructure, to provide the services that are required,\u201d he said, adding that the displaced need everything from food and blankets to jobs and health care. \u201cTo the European countries, we say: Instead of investing in the return of Afghans to Afghanistan, tackle the root causes,\u201d Farhad said. If the United Nations and other aid agencies fail to provide emergency assistance, \u201cit will be a humanitarian crisis,\u201d he said. Massive displacement has plagued Afghanistan for years, beginning with the Soviet invasion in 1979. That conflict kindled two decades of war. When the United States invaded in 2001, some 4 million Afghans were living in Pakistan and Iran. [Europe pressing harder on countries to take back deported migrants] Many of those refugees later returned, driven by hopes for stability and peace. But now, \u00adAfghanistan is witnessing some of its worst violence since the United States helped to topple the Taliban. More than 1,600 civilians were killed in the first six months of 2016, according to a U.N. report released in July. That was the highest number of civilian casualties in the first half of a year since the United Nations began keeping track in 2009. The violence has been driven by Taliban assaults on Afghan cities, putting more civilians in the crosshairs. And the clashes have pushed even more people from their homes. \u201cThe fighting was intense. There was artillery, rockets, aerial bombardment,\u201d Abdulhalim, 38, said of this month\u2019s days-long battle between Afghan and Taliban forces in Kunduz city. Insurgents briefly seized the city at the same time last year. \u201cMy children were screaming, our neighbors\u2019 houses destroyed,\u201d said Abdulhalim, who like many Afghans goes by one name. \u201cWe had no option but to leave.\u201d In Helmand province, in the restive south, more than 60,000 people have been displaced this year, according to the United Nations, and militants have fought pitched battles in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah. At least 5,000 of those displaced in Helmand were forced out only in the past two months, the United Nations says, and thousands more have fled to neighboring provinces and beyond. \u201cIn some provinces, the [armed] groups have more power there, and the government, it is very difficult for us to reach\u201d the affected population, said Sayed Rohullah Hashemi, an adviser to the minister of refugees and repatriation. \u201cWe don\u2019t have the capacity to do so, especially in our ministry. The government cannot reach everyone on its own.\u201d In a dusty lot east of Kabul, the U.N. refugee agency has erected a center for the hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees arriving from Pakistan. At least 5,000 refugees cross the border from Pakistan every day. The United Nations gives them a small stipend and vaccinates the children against measles and polio. [Afghan refugees, settled in Pakistan for decades, are being ordered to leave] The influx began after Pakistani authorities announced a deadline for Afghan refugees \u2014 of which there were 1.7 million registered with the United Nations \u2014 to leave. Many of the refugees had lived in Pakistan for decades, or were even born there after their parents had fled Afghanistan. Jumauddin, 27, was born in Pakistan to Afghan parents. Now he is heading to Kunduz province, to the Khanabad district, where Taliban fighters hold sway. He says he has no choice. \u201cKabul is too expensive, and maybe in Kunduz I can plow a plot of land,\u201d Jumauddin said. \u201cI know that there was fighting there even last week, but I have no other option.\u201d The government is worried about the return of refugees to areas where insurgents are active. But right now, the Taliban controls more territory than at any time since 2001. \u201cWe are facing the return of tens of thousands of Afghans each month. . . . This will add very much to the vicious cycle of insecurity and joblessness,\u201d said Bashir Bezhen, an Afghan analyst and political commentator. Reports have already surfaced of returning refugees clashing with locals over resources and land. The displaced are often rejected, or pushed into squalid camps. They also face the threat of forced eviction and rarely have access to clean water or food. \u201cThey are the poorest of the poor. They often live in open air,\u201d the U.N.\u2019s Farhad said. \u201cBut they should go back [to their homes] when they feel secure. It has to be voluntary and of their own accord.\u201d In the area where Abdulhalim took shelter, the displaced worried that the government would force them out. The fighting in Kunduz city had subsided, but they couldn\u2019t just pack up and go home. \u201cThey want us gone from here, but we don\u2019t have anything, not even the money to get back,\u201d Abdulhalim said. He first fled Kunduz on foot, with his children and the clothes on his back. Bezhen said that the government \u201cis incapable of creating jobs for these people or of improving the economy in the remote places where they live.\u201d He said criminal and terrorist networks will seek out the jobless and displaced youths. \u201cIt will push Afghanistan into deeper crisis,\u201d Bezhen said. Sayed Salahuddin contributed to this report.", "essay": "Dear friend,                                                                                    I have just read an article about all of the displaced people in Afghanistan. It is truly saddening. There are over a million people who were forced to leave their homes just in the past year alone. They have no other options, I feel terrible for them."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "A humanitarian crisis looms in Afghanistan as the number of displaced climbs \u2014  KABUL \u2014 Abdulhalim fled the northern city of Kunduz this month after militants and security forces had been clashing for days. Now he\u2019s 200 miles away in Kabul, sleeping in a tent and living on aid. He is part of a looming humanitarian crisis aid agencies here are struggling to contain. Before the current crisis, more than a million people had already been uprooted last year. This year, at least another million Afghans are \u201con the move\u201d inside Afghanistan and across its borders, in what the United Nations warns is an alarming new wave of displaced people. Many, like Abdulhalim, fled violence or conflict; others escaped hardships such as poverty or drought. Still others were forced to return from Pakistan and Iran. Even as the numbers grew, Afghanistan agreed to accept \u00adAfghan asylum seekers deported from the European Union. The deal, signed in October, could lead the E.U. to construct a separate terminal for deportees at Kabul\u2019s international airport, and as many as 100,000 Afghans could return. \u201cThis sudden increase [in the displaced] has put a lot of pressure on Afghanistan, which has had 30 years of war,\u201d said Nader Farhad, spokesman for the U.N. refugee agency in Kabul. \u201cIt\u2019s not easy to put together the infrastructure, to provide the services that are required,\u201d he said, adding that the displaced need everything from food and blankets to jobs and health care. \u201cTo the European countries, we say: Instead of investing in the return of Afghans to Afghanistan, tackle the root causes,\u201d Farhad said. If the United Nations and other aid agencies fail to provide emergency assistance, \u201cit will be a humanitarian crisis,\u201d he said. Massive displacement has plagued Afghanistan for years, beginning with the Soviet invasion in 1979. That conflict kindled two decades of war. When the United States invaded in 2001, some 4 million Afghans were living in Pakistan and Iran. [Europe pressing harder on countries to take back deported migrants] Many of those refugees later returned, driven by hopes for stability and peace. But now, \u00adAfghanistan is witnessing some of its worst violence since the United States helped to topple the Taliban. More than 1,600 civilians were killed in the first six months of 2016, according to a U.N. report released in July. That was the highest number of civilian casualties in the first half of a year since the United Nations began keeping track in 2009. The violence has been driven by Taliban assaults on Afghan cities, putting more civilians in the crosshairs. And the clashes have pushed even more people from their homes. \u201cThe fighting was intense. There was artillery, rockets, aerial bombardment,\u201d Abdulhalim, 38, said of this month\u2019s days-long battle between Afghan and Taliban forces in Kunduz city. Insurgents briefly seized the city at the same time last year. \u201cMy children were screaming, our neighbors\u2019 houses destroyed,\u201d said Abdulhalim, who like many Afghans goes by one name. \u201cWe had no option but to leave.\u201d In Helmand province, in the restive south, more than 60,000 people have been displaced this year, according to the United Nations, and militants have fought pitched battles in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah. At least 5,000 of those displaced in Helmand were forced out only in the past two months, the United Nations says, and thousands more have fled to neighboring provinces and beyond. \u201cIn some provinces, the [armed] groups have more power there, and the government, it is very difficult for us to reach\u201d the affected population, said Sayed Rohullah Hashemi, an adviser to the minister of refugees and repatriation. \u201cWe don\u2019t have the capacity to do so, especially in our ministry. The government cannot reach everyone on its own.\u201d In a dusty lot east of Kabul, the U.N. refugee agency has erected a center for the hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees arriving from Pakistan. At least 5,000 refugees cross the border from Pakistan every day. The United Nations gives them a small stipend and vaccinates the children against measles and polio. [Afghan refugees, settled in Pakistan for decades, are being ordered to leave] The influx began after Pakistani authorities announced a deadline for Afghan refugees \u2014 of which there were 1.7 million registered with the United Nations \u2014 to leave. Many of the refugees had lived in Pakistan for decades, or were even born there after their parents had fled Afghanistan. Jumauddin, 27, was born in Pakistan to Afghan parents. Now he is heading to Kunduz province, to the Khanabad district, where Taliban fighters hold sway. He says he has no choice. \u201cKabul is too expensive, and maybe in Kunduz I can plow a plot of land,\u201d Jumauddin said. \u201cI know that there was fighting there even last week, but I have no other option.\u201d The government is worried about the return of refugees to areas where insurgents are active. But right now, the Taliban controls more territory than at any time since 2001. \u201cWe are facing the return of tens of thousands of Afghans each month. . . . This will add very much to the vicious cycle of insecurity and joblessness,\u201d said Bashir Bezhen, an Afghan analyst and political commentator. Reports have already surfaced of returning refugees clashing with locals over resources and land. The displaced are often rejected, or pushed into squalid camps. They also face the threat of forced eviction and rarely have access to clean water or food. \u201cThey are the poorest of the poor. They often live in open air,\u201d the U.N.\u2019s Farhad said. \u201cBut they should go back [to their homes] when they feel secure. It has to be voluntary and of their own accord.\u201d In the area where Abdulhalim took shelter, the displaced worried that the government would force them out. The fighting in Kunduz city had subsided, but they couldn\u2019t just pack up and go home. \u201cThey want us gone from here, but we don\u2019t have anything, not even the money to get back,\u201d Abdulhalim said. He first fled Kunduz on foot, with his children and the clothes on his back. Bezhen said that the government \u201cis incapable of creating jobs for these people or of improving the economy in the remote places where they live.\u201d He said criminal and terrorist networks will seek out the jobless and displaced youths. \u201cIt will push Afghanistan into deeper crisis,\u201d Bezhen said. Sayed Salahuddin contributed to this report.", "essay": "I feel sorry for the people living in that region. I hate that children have to go through that and have a life of war and no hope. I hope the UN helps the people with root of the problem and helps them get jobs,food, shelter, and healthcare. I hope the European countries allow some of the people to stay to take the pressure off their home countries."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "A humanitarian crisis looms in Afghanistan as the number of displaced climbs \u2014  KABUL \u2014 Abdulhalim fled the northern city of Kunduz this month after militants and security forces had been clashing for days. Now he\u2019s 200 miles away in Kabul, sleeping in a tent and living on aid. He is part of a looming humanitarian crisis aid agencies here are struggling to contain. Before the current crisis, more than a million people had already been uprooted last year. This year, at least another million Afghans are \u201con the move\u201d inside Afghanistan and across its borders, in what the United Nations warns is an alarming new wave of displaced people. Many, like Abdulhalim, fled violence or conflict; others escaped hardships such as poverty or drought. Still others were forced to return from Pakistan and Iran. Even as the numbers grew, Afghanistan agreed to accept \u00adAfghan asylum seekers deported from the European Union. The deal, signed in October, could lead the E.U. to construct a separate terminal for deportees at Kabul\u2019s international airport, and as many as 100,000 Afghans could return. \u201cThis sudden increase [in the displaced] has put a lot of pressure on Afghanistan, which has had 30 years of war,\u201d said Nader Farhad, spokesman for the U.N. refugee agency in Kabul. \u201cIt\u2019s not easy to put together the infrastructure, to provide the services that are required,\u201d he said, adding that the displaced need everything from food and blankets to jobs and health care. \u201cTo the European countries, we say: Instead of investing in the return of Afghans to Afghanistan, tackle the root causes,\u201d Farhad said. If the United Nations and other aid agencies fail to provide emergency assistance, \u201cit will be a humanitarian crisis,\u201d he said. Massive displacement has plagued Afghanistan for years, beginning with the Soviet invasion in 1979. That conflict kindled two decades of war. When the United States invaded in 2001, some 4 million Afghans were living in Pakistan and Iran. [Europe pressing harder on countries to take back deported migrants] Many of those refugees later returned, driven by hopes for stability and peace. But now, \u00adAfghanistan is witnessing some of its worst violence since the United States helped to topple the Taliban. More than 1,600 civilians were killed in the first six months of 2016, according to a U.N. report released in July. That was the highest number of civilian casualties in the first half of a year since the United Nations began keeping track in 2009. The violence has been driven by Taliban assaults on Afghan cities, putting more civilians in the crosshairs. And the clashes have pushed even more people from their homes. \u201cThe fighting was intense. There was artillery, rockets, aerial bombardment,\u201d Abdulhalim, 38, said of this month\u2019s days-long battle between Afghan and Taliban forces in Kunduz city. Insurgents briefly seized the city at the same time last year. \u201cMy children were screaming, our neighbors\u2019 houses destroyed,\u201d said Abdulhalim, who like many Afghans goes by one name. \u201cWe had no option but to leave.\u201d In Helmand province, in the restive south, more than 60,000 people have been displaced this year, according to the United Nations, and militants have fought pitched battles in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah. At least 5,000 of those displaced in Helmand were forced out only in the past two months, the United Nations says, and thousands more have fled to neighboring provinces and beyond. \u201cIn some provinces, the [armed] groups have more power there, and the government, it is very difficult for us to reach\u201d the affected population, said Sayed Rohullah Hashemi, an adviser to the minister of refugees and repatriation. \u201cWe don\u2019t have the capacity to do so, especially in our ministry. The government cannot reach everyone on its own.\u201d In a dusty lot east of Kabul, the U.N. refugee agency has erected a center for the hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees arriving from Pakistan. At least 5,000 refugees cross the border from Pakistan every day. The United Nations gives them a small stipend and vaccinates the children against measles and polio. [Afghan refugees, settled in Pakistan for decades, are being ordered to leave] The influx began after Pakistani authorities announced a deadline for Afghan refugees \u2014 of which there were 1.7 million registered with the United Nations \u2014 to leave. Many of the refugees had lived in Pakistan for decades, or were even born there after their parents had fled Afghanistan. Jumauddin, 27, was born in Pakistan to Afghan parents. Now he is heading to Kunduz province, to the Khanabad district, where Taliban fighters hold sway. He says he has no choice. \u201cKabul is too expensive, and maybe in Kunduz I can plow a plot of land,\u201d Jumauddin said. \u201cI know that there was fighting there even last week, but I have no other option.\u201d The government is worried about the return of refugees to areas where insurgents are active. But right now, the Taliban controls more territory than at any time since 2001. \u201cWe are facing the return of tens of thousands of Afghans each month. . . . This will add very much to the vicious cycle of insecurity and joblessness,\u201d said Bashir Bezhen, an Afghan analyst and political commentator. Reports have already surfaced of returning refugees clashing with locals over resources and land. The displaced are often rejected, or pushed into squalid camps. They also face the threat of forced eviction and rarely have access to clean water or food. \u201cThey are the poorest of the poor. They often live in open air,\u201d the U.N.\u2019s Farhad said. \u201cBut they should go back [to their homes] when they feel secure. It has to be voluntary and of their own accord.\u201d In the area where Abdulhalim took shelter, the displaced worried that the government would force them out. The fighting in Kunduz city had subsided, but they couldn\u2019t just pack up and go home. \u201cThey want us gone from here, but we don\u2019t have anything, not even the money to get back,\u201d Abdulhalim said. He first fled Kunduz on foot, with his children and the clothes on his back. Bezhen said that the government \u201cis incapable of creating jobs for these people or of improving the economy in the remote places where they live.\u201d He said criminal and terrorist networks will seek out the jobless and displaced youths. \u201cIt will push Afghanistan into deeper crisis,\u201d Bezhen said. Sayed Salahuddin contributed to this report.", "essay": "My overall reaction is that i felt really bad for the people in that country. They are nothing but innocent civilians but they have to be the ones that suffer the wrath of war and issues in the government. it's terrifying to not know where your home is and sleep whereever you can. These people are basically just wandering around hoping they can find a safe place."}
{"user_id": "ec_p073", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "A humanitarian crisis looms in Afghanistan as the number of displaced climbs \u2014  KABUL \u2014 Abdulhalim fled the northern city of Kunduz this month after militants and security forces had been clashing for days. Now he\u2019s 200 miles away in Kabul, sleeping in a tent and living on aid. He is part of a looming humanitarian crisis aid agencies here are struggling to contain. Before the current crisis, more than a million people had already been uprooted last year. This year, at least another million Afghans are \u201con the move\u201d inside Afghanistan and across its borders, in what the United Nations warns is an alarming new wave of displaced people. Many, like Abdulhalim, fled violence or conflict; others escaped hardships such as poverty or drought. Still others were forced to return from Pakistan and Iran. Even as the numbers grew, Afghanistan agreed to accept \u00adAfghan asylum seekers deported from the European Union. The deal, signed in October, could lead the E.U. to construct a separate terminal for deportees at Kabul\u2019s international airport, and as many as 100,000 Afghans could return. \u201cThis sudden increase [in the displaced] has put a lot of pressure on Afghanistan, which has had 30 years of war,\u201d said Nader Farhad, spokesman for the U.N. refugee agency in Kabul. \u201cIt\u2019s not easy to put together the infrastructure, to provide the services that are required,\u201d he said, adding that the displaced need everything from food and blankets to jobs and health care. \u201cTo the European countries, we say: Instead of investing in the return of Afghans to Afghanistan, tackle the root causes,\u201d Farhad said. If the United Nations and other aid agencies fail to provide emergency assistance, \u201cit will be a humanitarian crisis,\u201d he said. Massive displacement has plagued Afghanistan for years, beginning with the Soviet invasion in 1979. That conflict kindled two decades of war. When the United States invaded in 2001, some 4 million Afghans were living in Pakistan and Iran. [Europe pressing harder on countries to take back deported migrants] Many of those refugees later returned, driven by hopes for stability and peace. But now, \u00adAfghanistan is witnessing some of its worst violence since the United States helped to topple the Taliban. More than 1,600 civilians were killed in the first six months of 2016, according to a U.N. report released in July. That was the highest number of civilian casualties in the first half of a year since the United Nations began keeping track in 2009. The violence has been driven by Taliban assaults on Afghan cities, putting more civilians in the crosshairs. And the clashes have pushed even more people from their homes. \u201cThe fighting was intense. There was artillery, rockets, aerial bombardment,\u201d Abdulhalim, 38, said of this month\u2019s days-long battle between Afghan and Taliban forces in Kunduz city. Insurgents briefly seized the city at the same time last year. \u201cMy children were screaming, our neighbors\u2019 houses destroyed,\u201d said Abdulhalim, who like many Afghans goes by one name. \u201cWe had no option but to leave.\u201d In Helmand province, in the restive south, more than 60,000 people have been displaced this year, according to the United Nations, and militants have fought pitched battles in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah. At least 5,000 of those displaced in Helmand were forced out only in the past two months, the United Nations says, and thousands more have fled to neighboring provinces and beyond. \u201cIn some provinces, the [armed] groups have more power there, and the government, it is very difficult for us to reach\u201d the affected population, said Sayed Rohullah Hashemi, an adviser to the minister of refugees and repatriation. \u201cWe don\u2019t have the capacity to do so, especially in our ministry. The government cannot reach everyone on its own.\u201d In a dusty lot east of Kabul, the U.N. refugee agency has erected a center for the hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees arriving from Pakistan. At least 5,000 refugees cross the border from Pakistan every day. The United Nations gives them a small stipend and vaccinates the children against measles and polio. [Afghan refugees, settled in Pakistan for decades, are being ordered to leave] The influx began after Pakistani authorities announced a deadline for Afghan refugees \u2014 of which there were 1.7 million registered with the United Nations \u2014 to leave. Many of the refugees had lived in Pakistan for decades, or were even born there after their parents had fled Afghanistan. Jumauddin, 27, was born in Pakistan to Afghan parents. Now he is heading to Kunduz province, to the Khanabad district, where Taliban fighters hold sway. He says he has no choice. \u201cKabul is too expensive, and maybe in Kunduz I can plow a plot of land,\u201d Jumauddin said. \u201cI know that there was fighting there even last week, but I have no other option.\u201d The government is worried about the return of refugees to areas where insurgents are active. But right now, the Taliban controls more territory than at any time since 2001. \u201cWe are facing the return of tens of thousands of Afghans each month. . . . This will add very much to the vicious cycle of insecurity and joblessness,\u201d said Bashir Bezhen, an Afghan analyst and political commentator. Reports have already surfaced of returning refugees clashing with locals over resources and land. The displaced are often rejected, or pushed into squalid camps. They also face the threat of forced eviction and rarely have access to clean water or food. \u201cThey are the poorest of the poor. They often live in open air,\u201d the U.N.\u2019s Farhad said. \u201cBut they should go back [to their homes] when they feel secure. It has to be voluntary and of their own accord.\u201d In the area where Abdulhalim took shelter, the displaced worried that the government would force them out. The fighting in Kunduz city had subsided, but they couldn\u2019t just pack up and go home. \u201cThey want us gone from here, but we don\u2019t have anything, not even the money to get back,\u201d Abdulhalim said. He first fled Kunduz on foot, with his children and the clothes on his back. Bezhen said that the government \u201cis incapable of creating jobs for these people or of improving the economy in the remote places where they live.\u201d He said criminal and terrorist networks will seek out the jobless and displaced youths. \u201cIt will push Afghanistan into deeper crisis,\u201d Bezhen said. Sayed Salahuddin contributed to this report.", "essay": "This article is about Afghans that are moving back around Afghanistan and really are having a hard time finding anywhere safe and good to live. Some of them have moved to other places but are not able to be successful there and are moving back to Afghanistan even with fighting happening there. I feel so sad for anyone who has to live like this."}
{"user_id": "ec_p058", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 34 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 68000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 34, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 68000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Aleppo residents get warning by text message: You have 24 hours to leave \u2014  Residents in war-ravaged eastern Aleppo received a dire warning early Sunday: Prepare for your city to be bombed and evacuate in the next 24 hours.   The warning came via text message, urging the sick and wounded to flee before a \"strategically planned assault using high precision weapons occurs within 24 hours.\" Rebels were also given an ultimatum to lay down their arms and renounce their leadership, or be killed. The message was likely sent by the Syrian government as the regime is likely the only party capable of sending a mass text to the entire population. While there were no reports of a bombardment by Monday afternoon, witnesses told CNN that fighter jets had been spotted in the city, as deadly skirmishes were reported all over Aleppo. Who is left in Aleppo? Russian warplanes have since September last year backed the regime with airstrikes over rebel-held positions, pounding eastern Aleppo, where schools and hospitals have been crushed. The text message warning is seen as a response to Syrian rebels launching an offensive last month to break the regime's siege on eastern Aleppo. Assad: Go back to Turkey, or die Russia is the most powerful sponsor of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, and its air power has been a key factor in helping the government solidify its control over the city. What would make you care about Aleppo? Assad has insisted that he has no option but to \"to clean\" Aleppo and press on with the offensive. \"You have to keep cleaning this area and to push the terrorists to Turkey ... to go back to where they come from, or to kill them,\" he said. \"It's going to be the springboard, as a big city, to move to other areas, to liberate other areas from the terrorists. This is the importance of Aleppo now.\" Fresh clashes broke out Sunday, with regime shelling killing at least 11 people in the al-Salehin neighborhood, according to the Aleppo Media Center activist group. Several other neighborhoods were shelled by ground artillery and heavy machine gunfire from helicopters, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. Rebel factions targeted army positions on the northern front line, causing casualties among Syrian troops, the SOHR said. The Syrian Army accuses rebels in eastern Aleppo -- who they call terrorists -- of using civilians as human shields. Humanitarian crisis The UN warned last week that eastern Aleppo was on the brink of starvation ahead of a \"killer\" winter. Residents there told CNN that their food stocks were running out, and that markets that once sold fruit and vegetables were now empty. A kilogram of meat, they said, costs around $40, a price that most in Aleppo simply cannot pay. The last significant aid delivery was in July, and the area is extremely low on medicine and much-needed fuel to run hospital generators and ambulances. The city has seen considerable death and destruction wrought by the civil war that has raged for more than five years. About 1.5 million people still live in the regime-held parts of Aleppo, while 250,000-275,000 residents are in the devastated rebel-held east, according to the UN. In July, about 200,000 people fled the city over a two days, according to a UN official, citing the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Turkey eyes Kurdish-held city Turkey has been carrying out airstrikes in northern Syria to back the Free Syrian Army (FSA), which is currently moving in on the ISIS-held city of al-Bab. The city lies strategically between Aleppo and the ISIS heartland of Raqqa. The Turkish Army said it hit 15 targets on Sunday, including two ISIS \"headquarter\" buildings, an ammunition storage and 10 defense fronts. Ankara has said once the city is liberated, it plans to move on to Manbij, stirring sectarian tensions that complicates internationally backed operations to free Syrian cities from ISIS control. Manbij was in August freed from ISIS rule by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab groups. But Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month said Ankara would not allow the Kurds to hold any territory west of the Iraqi city of Mosul. Manbij is just 40 kilometers south of the Turkish border. Turkey considers some of the Kurdish militia groups in the alliance as terrorists, including the YPG. But the SDF is supported and armed by the US, further complicating the conflict, which has already put Washington at loggerheads with Moscow. The former Cold War enemies, both of which are carrying out airstrikes in Syria, have long feuded over which groups should be targeted. The US supports and arms groups that it considers \"moderate rebels,\" while Russia calls any rebel group that is opposed to the regime \"terrorists.\"", "essay": "there are so many problems over there. syria is a war zone and will probably never recover. terrorism has destroyed that wonderful country. so many people are forced to flee for their lives. what can be done about it though? not much really. too much pain and suffering in the area. i wish them all well."}
{"user_id": "ec_p009", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 29 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 44000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 29, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 44000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Aleppo residents get warning by text message: You have 24 hours to leave \u2014  Residents in war-ravaged eastern Aleppo received a dire warning early Sunday: Prepare for your city to be bombed and evacuate in the next 24 hours.   The warning came via text message, urging the sick and wounded to flee before a \"strategically planned assault using high precision weapons occurs within 24 hours.\" Rebels were also given an ultimatum to lay down their arms and renounce their leadership, or be killed. The message was likely sent by the Syrian government as the regime is likely the only party capable of sending a mass text to the entire population. While there were no reports of a bombardment by Monday afternoon, witnesses told CNN that fighter jets had been spotted in the city, as deadly skirmishes were reported all over Aleppo. Who is left in Aleppo? Russian warplanes have since September last year backed the regime with airstrikes over rebel-held positions, pounding eastern Aleppo, where schools and hospitals have been crushed. The text message warning is seen as a response to Syrian rebels launching an offensive last month to break the regime's siege on eastern Aleppo. Assad: Go back to Turkey, or die Russia is the most powerful sponsor of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, and its air power has been a key factor in helping the government solidify its control over the city. What would make you care about Aleppo? Assad has insisted that he has no option but to \"to clean\" Aleppo and press on with the offensive. \"You have to keep cleaning this area and to push the terrorists to Turkey ... to go back to where they come from, or to kill them,\" he said. \"It's going to be the springboard, as a big city, to move to other areas, to liberate other areas from the terrorists. This is the importance of Aleppo now.\" Fresh clashes broke out Sunday, with regime shelling killing at least 11 people in the al-Salehin neighborhood, according to the Aleppo Media Center activist group. Several other neighborhoods were shelled by ground artillery and heavy machine gunfire from helicopters, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. Rebel factions targeted army positions on the northern front line, causing casualties among Syrian troops, the SOHR said. The Syrian Army accuses rebels in eastern Aleppo -- who they call terrorists -- of using civilians as human shields. Humanitarian crisis The UN warned last week that eastern Aleppo was on the brink of starvation ahead of a \"killer\" winter. Residents there told CNN that their food stocks were running out, and that markets that once sold fruit and vegetables were now empty. A kilogram of meat, they said, costs around $40, a price that most in Aleppo simply cannot pay. The last significant aid delivery was in July, and the area is extremely low on medicine and much-needed fuel to run hospital generators and ambulances. The city has seen considerable death and destruction wrought by the civil war that has raged for more than five years. About 1.5 million people still live in the regime-held parts of Aleppo, while 250,000-275,000 residents are in the devastated rebel-held east, according to the UN. In July, about 200,000 people fled the city over a two days, according to a UN official, citing the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Turkey eyes Kurdish-held city Turkey has been carrying out airstrikes in northern Syria to back the Free Syrian Army (FSA), which is currently moving in on the ISIS-held city of al-Bab. The city lies strategically between Aleppo and the ISIS heartland of Raqqa. The Turkish Army said it hit 15 targets on Sunday, including two ISIS \"headquarter\" buildings, an ammunition storage and 10 defense fronts. Ankara has said once the city is liberated, it plans to move on to Manbij, stirring sectarian tensions that complicates internationally backed operations to free Syrian cities from ISIS control. Manbij was in August freed from ISIS rule by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab groups. But Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month said Ankara would not allow the Kurds to hold any territory west of the Iraqi city of Mosul. Manbij is just 40 kilometers south of the Turkish border. Turkey considers some of the Kurdish militia groups in the alliance as terrorists, including the YPG. But the SDF is supported and armed by the US, further complicating the conflict, which has already put Washington at loggerheads with Moscow. The former Cold War enemies, both of which are carrying out airstrikes in Syria, have long feuded over which groups should be targeted. The US supports and arms groups that it considers \"moderate rebels,\" while Russia calls any rebel group that is opposed to the regime \"terrorists.\"", "essay": "Dear friend,                                                               I have just read an article about the citizens of Aleppo being warned to leave via text message. It is very sad and hard to imagine what it must be like to live in a country like that, where you may be forced to leave at any moment due to acts of violence and war."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Aleppo residents get warning by text message: You have 24 hours to leave \u2014  Residents in war-ravaged eastern Aleppo received a dire warning early Sunday: Prepare for your city to be bombed and evacuate in the next 24 hours.   The warning came via text message, urging the sick and wounded to flee before a \"strategically planned assault using high precision weapons occurs within 24 hours.\" Rebels were also given an ultimatum to lay down their arms and renounce their leadership, or be killed. The message was likely sent by the Syrian government as the regime is likely the only party capable of sending a mass text to the entire population. While there were no reports of a bombardment by Monday afternoon, witnesses told CNN that fighter jets had been spotted in the city, as deadly skirmishes were reported all over Aleppo. Who is left in Aleppo? Russian warplanes have since September last year backed the regime with airstrikes over rebel-held positions, pounding eastern Aleppo, where schools and hospitals have been crushed. The text message warning is seen as a response to Syrian rebels launching an offensive last month to break the regime's siege on eastern Aleppo. Assad: Go back to Turkey, or die Russia is the most powerful sponsor of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, and its air power has been a key factor in helping the government solidify its control over the city. What would make you care about Aleppo? Assad has insisted that he has no option but to \"to clean\" Aleppo and press on with the offensive. \"You have to keep cleaning this area and to push the terrorists to Turkey ... to go back to where they come from, or to kill them,\" he said. \"It's going to be the springboard, as a big city, to move to other areas, to liberate other areas from the terrorists. This is the importance of Aleppo now.\" Fresh clashes broke out Sunday, with regime shelling killing at least 11 people in the al-Salehin neighborhood, according to the Aleppo Media Center activist group. Several other neighborhoods were shelled by ground artillery and heavy machine gunfire from helicopters, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. Rebel factions targeted army positions on the northern front line, causing casualties among Syrian troops, the SOHR said. The Syrian Army accuses rebels in eastern Aleppo -- who they call terrorists -- of using civilians as human shields. Humanitarian crisis The UN warned last week that eastern Aleppo was on the brink of starvation ahead of a \"killer\" winter. Residents there told CNN that their food stocks were running out, and that markets that once sold fruit and vegetables were now empty. A kilogram of meat, they said, costs around $40, a price that most in Aleppo simply cannot pay. The last significant aid delivery was in July, and the area is extremely low on medicine and much-needed fuel to run hospital generators and ambulances. The city has seen considerable death and destruction wrought by the civil war that has raged for more than five years. About 1.5 million people still live in the regime-held parts of Aleppo, while 250,000-275,000 residents are in the devastated rebel-held east, according to the UN. In July, about 200,000 people fled the city over a two days, according to a UN official, citing the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Turkey eyes Kurdish-held city Turkey has been carrying out airstrikes in northern Syria to back the Free Syrian Army (FSA), which is currently moving in on the ISIS-held city of al-Bab. The city lies strategically between Aleppo and the ISIS heartland of Raqqa. The Turkish Army said it hit 15 targets on Sunday, including two ISIS \"headquarter\" buildings, an ammunition storage and 10 defense fronts. Ankara has said once the city is liberated, it plans to move on to Manbij, stirring sectarian tensions that complicates internationally backed operations to free Syrian cities from ISIS control. Manbij was in August freed from ISIS rule by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab groups. But Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month said Ankara would not allow the Kurds to hold any territory west of the Iraqi city of Mosul. Manbij is just 40 kilometers south of the Turkish border. Turkey considers some of the Kurdish militia groups in the alliance as terrorists, including the YPG. But the SDF is supported and armed by the US, further complicating the conflict, which has already put Washington at loggerheads with Moscow. The former Cold War enemies, both of which are carrying out airstrikes in Syria, have long feuded over which groups should be targeted. The US supports and arms groups that it considers \"moderate rebels,\" while Russia calls any rebel group that is opposed to the regime \"terrorists.\"", "essay": "I'm gonna be honest: I just don't care about this stuff anymore.  We're exposed to so many stories of trouble and heartache and loss and danger that I feel like I can't be responsible for it anymore.  Not financially, morally, emotionally, practically, whatever.  I just don't care.  Syria is an absolute mess and millions of people are suffering and I feel like I don't care because it's not my problem.  Either way its' not my problem but if it were smaller and I could do something about it, maybe I wouldn't feel so disinterested.  But we're just bombarded with this shit constantly to the point I just stop giving a damn."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Aleppo residents get warning by text message: You have 24 hours to leave \u2014  Residents in war-ravaged eastern Aleppo received a dire warning early Sunday: Prepare for your city to be bombed and evacuate in the next 24 hours.   The warning came via text message, urging the sick and wounded to flee before a \"strategically planned assault using high precision weapons occurs within 24 hours.\" Rebels were also given an ultimatum to lay down their arms and renounce their leadership, or be killed. The message was likely sent by the Syrian government as the regime is likely the only party capable of sending a mass text to the entire population. While there were no reports of a bombardment by Monday afternoon, witnesses told CNN that fighter jets had been spotted in the city, as deadly skirmishes were reported all over Aleppo. Who is left in Aleppo? Russian warplanes have since September last year backed the regime with airstrikes over rebel-held positions, pounding eastern Aleppo, where schools and hospitals have been crushed. The text message warning is seen as a response to Syrian rebels launching an offensive last month to break the regime's siege on eastern Aleppo. Assad: Go back to Turkey, or die Russia is the most powerful sponsor of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, and its air power has been a key factor in helping the government solidify its control over the city. What would make you care about Aleppo? Assad has insisted that he has no option but to \"to clean\" Aleppo and press on with the offensive. \"You have to keep cleaning this area and to push the terrorists to Turkey ... to go back to where they come from, or to kill them,\" he said. \"It's going to be the springboard, as a big city, to move to other areas, to liberate other areas from the terrorists. This is the importance of Aleppo now.\" Fresh clashes broke out Sunday, with regime shelling killing at least 11 people in the al-Salehin neighborhood, according to the Aleppo Media Center activist group. Several other neighborhoods were shelled by ground artillery and heavy machine gunfire from helicopters, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. Rebel factions targeted army positions on the northern front line, causing casualties among Syrian troops, the SOHR said. The Syrian Army accuses rebels in eastern Aleppo -- who they call terrorists -- of using civilians as human shields. Humanitarian crisis The UN warned last week that eastern Aleppo was on the brink of starvation ahead of a \"killer\" winter. Residents there told CNN that their food stocks were running out, and that markets that once sold fruit and vegetables were now empty. A kilogram of meat, they said, costs around $40, a price that most in Aleppo simply cannot pay. The last significant aid delivery was in July, and the area is extremely low on medicine and much-needed fuel to run hospital generators and ambulances. The city has seen considerable death and destruction wrought by the civil war that has raged for more than five years. About 1.5 million people still live in the regime-held parts of Aleppo, while 250,000-275,000 residents are in the devastated rebel-held east, according to the UN. In July, about 200,000 people fled the city over a two days, according to a UN official, citing the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Turkey eyes Kurdish-held city Turkey has been carrying out airstrikes in northern Syria to back the Free Syrian Army (FSA), which is currently moving in on the ISIS-held city of al-Bab. The city lies strategically between Aleppo and the ISIS heartland of Raqqa. The Turkish Army said it hit 15 targets on Sunday, including two ISIS \"headquarter\" buildings, an ammunition storage and 10 defense fronts. Ankara has said once the city is liberated, it plans to move on to Manbij, stirring sectarian tensions that complicates internationally backed operations to free Syrian cities from ISIS control. Manbij was in August freed from ISIS rule by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab groups. But Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month said Ankara would not allow the Kurds to hold any territory west of the Iraqi city of Mosul. Manbij is just 40 kilometers south of the Turkish border. Turkey considers some of the Kurdish militia groups in the alliance as terrorists, including the YPG. But the SDF is supported and armed by the US, further complicating the conflict, which has already put Washington at loggerheads with Moscow. The former Cold War enemies, both of which are carrying out airstrikes in Syria, have long feuded over which groups should be targeted. The US supports and arms groups that it considers \"moderate rebels,\" while Russia calls any rebel group that is opposed to the regime \"terrorists.\"", "essay": "I just read about a situation in Aleppo where the government sent a mass text to all citizens giving them 24 hours to evacuate before they were potentially targeted by deadly weapons. The thought of receiving a warning like that while you are sitting with your family is just mind boggling to me. What would you do? Where would you go? It's hard to believe people have been living with such violence for such an extended period of time."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Aleppo residents get warning by text message: You have 24 hours to leave \u2014  Residents in war-ravaged eastern Aleppo received a dire warning early Sunday: Prepare for your city to be bombed and evacuate in the next 24 hours.   The warning came via text message, urging the sick and wounded to flee before a \"strategically planned assault using high precision weapons occurs within 24 hours.\" Rebels were also given an ultimatum to lay down their arms and renounce their leadership, or be killed. The message was likely sent by the Syrian government as the regime is likely the only party capable of sending a mass text to the entire population. While there were no reports of a bombardment by Monday afternoon, witnesses told CNN that fighter jets had been spotted in the city, as deadly skirmishes were reported all over Aleppo. Who is left in Aleppo? Russian warplanes have since September last year backed the regime with airstrikes over rebel-held positions, pounding eastern Aleppo, where schools and hospitals have been crushed. The text message warning is seen as a response to Syrian rebels launching an offensive last month to break the regime's siege on eastern Aleppo. Assad: Go back to Turkey, or die Russia is the most powerful sponsor of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, and its air power has been a key factor in helping the government solidify its control over the city. What would make you care about Aleppo? Assad has insisted that he has no option but to \"to clean\" Aleppo and press on with the offensive. \"You have to keep cleaning this area and to push the terrorists to Turkey ... to go back to where they come from, or to kill them,\" he said. \"It's going to be the springboard, as a big city, to move to other areas, to liberate other areas from the terrorists. This is the importance of Aleppo now.\" Fresh clashes broke out Sunday, with regime shelling killing at least 11 people in the al-Salehin neighborhood, according to the Aleppo Media Center activist group. Several other neighborhoods were shelled by ground artillery and heavy machine gunfire from helicopters, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. Rebel factions targeted army positions on the northern front line, causing casualties among Syrian troops, the SOHR said. The Syrian Army accuses rebels in eastern Aleppo -- who they call terrorists -- of using civilians as human shields. Humanitarian crisis The UN warned last week that eastern Aleppo was on the brink of starvation ahead of a \"killer\" winter. Residents there told CNN that their food stocks were running out, and that markets that once sold fruit and vegetables were now empty. A kilogram of meat, they said, costs around $40, a price that most in Aleppo simply cannot pay. The last significant aid delivery was in July, and the area is extremely low on medicine and much-needed fuel to run hospital generators and ambulances. The city has seen considerable death and destruction wrought by the civil war that has raged for more than five years. About 1.5 million people still live in the regime-held parts of Aleppo, while 250,000-275,000 residents are in the devastated rebel-held east, according to the UN. In July, about 200,000 people fled the city over a two days, according to a UN official, citing the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Turkey eyes Kurdish-held city Turkey has been carrying out airstrikes in northern Syria to back the Free Syrian Army (FSA), which is currently moving in on the ISIS-held city of al-Bab. The city lies strategically between Aleppo and the ISIS heartland of Raqqa. The Turkish Army said it hit 15 targets on Sunday, including two ISIS \"headquarter\" buildings, an ammunition storage and 10 defense fronts. Ankara has said once the city is liberated, it plans to move on to Manbij, stirring sectarian tensions that complicates internationally backed operations to free Syrian cities from ISIS control. Manbij was in August freed from ISIS rule by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab groups. But Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month said Ankara would not allow the Kurds to hold any territory west of the Iraqi city of Mosul. Manbij is just 40 kilometers south of the Turkish border. Turkey considers some of the Kurdish militia groups in the alliance as terrorists, including the YPG. But the SDF is supported and armed by the US, further complicating the conflict, which has already put Washington at loggerheads with Moscow. The former Cold War enemies, both of which are carrying out airstrikes in Syria, have long feuded over which groups should be targeted. The US supports and arms groups that it considers \"moderate rebels,\" while Russia calls any rebel group that is opposed to the regime \"terrorists.\"", "essay": "After reading the article, you really can't help but feel bad for all the people that are required to leave the area. It feels as though there is always war and people will never feel safe. They always are on the lookout and can never live a stable and happy life like others do. I feel really bad for them and i hope that their future is better than it is now."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Hate crimes against Muslims hit highest mark since 2001 \u2014  Hate crimes against Muslims spiked last year to their highest level in more than a decade - an increase experts and advocates say was fueled by anger over terrorist attacks and anti-Islam rhetoric on the campaign trail.   Law enforcement agencies across the country reported 257 anti-Islamic incidents in 2015, up nearly 67 percent from the year before, according to FBI data released Monday.   That is significant in its own right, but even more so in historical context. The last time the FBI saw more than 160 anti-Islamic incidents was in 2001, when it reported 481. That was the year that radical Islamist terrorists attacked the World Trade Center, killing thousands and sparking a wave of anti-Muslim incidents.   Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for Council on American-Islamic Relations, said that he believed that the anti-Muslim rhetoric that came out of the presidential campaign was to blame and that he feared there will be more hate crimes this year. \"Whenever you have one of the nation's leading public figures in the person of Donald Trump mainstreaming and empowering Islamophobia in the nation, it's the inevitable result,\" he said.   A Trump campaign spokeswoman did not immediately return an email seeking comment.   Hate crimes overall increased about 6.7 percent from 2014 to 2015, but that increase still left such incidents below what they were a decade earlier. Anti-black incidents rose by about 7.6 percent, anti-Jewish incidents rose by about 9 percent, and incidents based on sexual orientation rose by about 3.5 percent during that time frame.   Before and after Trump's election, there were reports of hateful acts across the country. The Southern Poverty Law Center, drawing on news accounts, social media postings and direct reports, said it had tallied 201 incidents of election-related harassment and intimidation as of Friday. Last week, a Muslim student at San Diego State University reported that she was robbed by two men who made comments about Trump. Police believe she was targeted because she was wearing a hijab. The week before the election, a black church in Mississippi was burned and spray-painted with the words \"Vote Trump.\" During his campaign, Trump vowed to have law enforcement conduct surveillance at mosques and called for at least a temporary ban on Muslims immigrating to the United States, measures that he suggested might prevent terrorist attacks. Asked on \"60 Minutes\" about reports of supporters harassing Latinos and Muslims, he said: \"I am so saddened to hear that. And I say, 'Stop it.' \"   Notably, the data from 2015 does not show an increase in anti-Latino incidents from the year before. Still, advocates say Trump's rhetoric is at least partly to blame for the spike in other incidents.   \"I don't think there's any question at all that the Trump campaign contributed and contributed mightily to these numbers,\" said Mark Potok, senior fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center.   The data available is somewhat limited, analysts say, because law enforcement agencies provide numbers voluntarily to the FBI, and many did not report hate crimes. Bureau of Justice Statistics surveys show a far greater number of hate crimes than what is reported - hundreds of thousands each year.   The data largely confirms the findings of Brian Levin, a professor at California State University at San Bernardino, who wrote earlier this year about a surge in crimes against Muslims. In an interview Monday, Levin said he attributed the spike to three factors - anger after terrorist attacks like those in San Bernardino, Calif., and Paris; a generally elevated level of prejudice against Muslims; and \"the coalescence of a sociopolitical movement that labels Muslims as an enemy.\"   Levin said he found a spate of anti-Muslim incidents in the weeks immediately following the attacks in San Bernardino and Paris. After Paris, for example, a Florida man threatened violence at two mosques in two anti-Islamic diatribes.   But Levin said he did not expect that those would make 2015 an anomaly. Based on 2016 data in places such as Ohio, Texas, Delaware and New York, he estimated that anti-Muslim hate crimes are \"either at or above the levels of 2015.\"", "essay": "I just read an article about the islamaphobia resulting from the election of Donald Trump. The man has lowered the bar so far and affected our country so negatively for years to come due to his voracious appetite for appointing judges. I sincerely hope that more people will pay attention to the corruption and need for a radical restructuring of American politics due to his administration."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Hate crimes against Muslims hit highest mark since 2001 \u2014  Hate crimes against Muslims spiked last year to their highest level in more than a decade - an increase experts and advocates say was fueled by anger over terrorist attacks and anti-Islam rhetoric on the campaign trail.   Law enforcement agencies across the country reported 257 anti-Islamic incidents in 2015, up nearly 67 percent from the year before, according to FBI data released Monday.   That is significant in its own right, but even more so in historical context. The last time the FBI saw more than 160 anti-Islamic incidents was in 2001, when it reported 481. That was the year that radical Islamist terrorists attacked the World Trade Center, killing thousands and sparking a wave of anti-Muslim incidents.   Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for Council on American-Islamic Relations, said that he believed that the anti-Muslim rhetoric that came out of the presidential campaign was to blame and that he feared there will be more hate crimes this year. \"Whenever you have one of the nation's leading public figures in the person of Donald Trump mainstreaming and empowering Islamophobia in the nation, it's the inevitable result,\" he said.   A Trump campaign spokeswoman did not immediately return an email seeking comment.   Hate crimes overall increased about 6.7 percent from 2014 to 2015, but that increase still left such incidents below what they were a decade earlier. Anti-black incidents rose by about 7.6 percent, anti-Jewish incidents rose by about 9 percent, and incidents based on sexual orientation rose by about 3.5 percent during that time frame.   Before and after Trump's election, there were reports of hateful acts across the country. The Southern Poverty Law Center, drawing on news accounts, social media postings and direct reports, said it had tallied 201 incidents of election-related harassment and intimidation as of Friday. Last week, a Muslim student at San Diego State University reported that she was robbed by two men who made comments about Trump. Police believe she was targeted because she was wearing a hijab. The week before the election, a black church in Mississippi was burned and spray-painted with the words \"Vote Trump.\" During his campaign, Trump vowed to have law enforcement conduct surveillance at mosques and called for at least a temporary ban on Muslims immigrating to the United States, measures that he suggested might prevent terrorist attacks. Asked on \"60 Minutes\" about reports of supporters harassing Latinos and Muslims, he said: \"I am so saddened to hear that. And I say, 'Stop it.' \"   Notably, the data from 2015 does not show an increase in anti-Latino incidents from the year before. Still, advocates say Trump's rhetoric is at least partly to blame for the spike in other incidents.   \"I don't think there's any question at all that the Trump campaign contributed and contributed mightily to these numbers,\" said Mark Potok, senior fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center.   The data available is somewhat limited, analysts say, because law enforcement agencies provide numbers voluntarily to the FBI, and many did not report hate crimes. Bureau of Justice Statistics surveys show a far greater number of hate crimes than what is reported - hundreds of thousands each year.   The data largely confirms the findings of Brian Levin, a professor at California State University at San Bernardino, who wrote earlier this year about a surge in crimes against Muslims. In an interview Monday, Levin said he attributed the spike to three factors - anger after terrorist attacks like those in San Bernardino, Calif., and Paris; a generally elevated level of prejudice against Muslims; and \"the coalescence of a sociopolitical movement that labels Muslims as an enemy.\"   Levin said he found a spate of anti-Muslim incidents in the weeks immediately following the attacks in San Bernardino and Paris. After Paris, for example, a Florida man threatened violence at two mosques in two anti-Islamic diatribes.   But Levin said he did not expect that those would make 2015 an anomaly. Based on 2016 data in places such as Ohio, Texas, Delaware and New York, he estimated that anti-Muslim hate crimes are \"either at or above the levels of 2015.\"", "essay": "I'm sorry for the hate crimes happening against Muslims and others, but to blame this on Trump is absurd.  It's more of the left wing media trying to pin things on him.  There have been hate crimes going on for a long time, and even the article said they were at the same level they were in 2015 before he was even elected.  I would blame social media and the way people spread information now.  Plus a general anger that has entered society and people feel it is acceptable to take it out in violence against others.   "}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Hate crimes against Muslims hit highest mark since 2001 \u2014  Hate crimes against Muslims spiked last year to their highest level in more than a decade - an increase experts and advocates say was fueled by anger over terrorist attacks and anti-Islam rhetoric on the campaign trail.   Law enforcement agencies across the country reported 257 anti-Islamic incidents in 2015, up nearly 67 percent from the year before, according to FBI data released Monday.   That is significant in its own right, but even more so in historical context. The last time the FBI saw more than 160 anti-Islamic incidents was in 2001, when it reported 481. That was the year that radical Islamist terrorists attacked the World Trade Center, killing thousands and sparking a wave of anti-Muslim incidents.   Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for Council on American-Islamic Relations, said that he believed that the anti-Muslim rhetoric that came out of the presidential campaign was to blame and that he feared there will be more hate crimes this year. \"Whenever you have one of the nation's leading public figures in the person of Donald Trump mainstreaming and empowering Islamophobia in the nation, it's the inevitable result,\" he said.   A Trump campaign spokeswoman did not immediately return an email seeking comment.   Hate crimes overall increased about 6.7 percent from 2014 to 2015, but that increase still left such incidents below what they were a decade earlier. Anti-black incidents rose by about 7.6 percent, anti-Jewish incidents rose by about 9 percent, and incidents based on sexual orientation rose by about 3.5 percent during that time frame.   Before and after Trump's election, there were reports of hateful acts across the country. The Southern Poverty Law Center, drawing on news accounts, social media postings and direct reports, said it had tallied 201 incidents of election-related harassment and intimidation as of Friday. Last week, a Muslim student at San Diego State University reported that she was robbed by two men who made comments about Trump. Police believe she was targeted because she was wearing a hijab. The week before the election, a black church in Mississippi was burned and spray-painted with the words \"Vote Trump.\" During his campaign, Trump vowed to have law enforcement conduct surveillance at mosques and called for at least a temporary ban on Muslims immigrating to the United States, measures that he suggested might prevent terrorist attacks. Asked on \"60 Minutes\" about reports of supporters harassing Latinos and Muslims, he said: \"I am so saddened to hear that. And I say, 'Stop it.' \"   Notably, the data from 2015 does not show an increase in anti-Latino incidents from the year before. Still, advocates say Trump's rhetoric is at least partly to blame for the spike in other incidents.   \"I don't think there's any question at all that the Trump campaign contributed and contributed mightily to these numbers,\" said Mark Potok, senior fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center.   The data available is somewhat limited, analysts say, because law enforcement agencies provide numbers voluntarily to the FBI, and many did not report hate crimes. Bureau of Justice Statistics surveys show a far greater number of hate crimes than what is reported - hundreds of thousands each year.   The data largely confirms the findings of Brian Levin, a professor at California State University at San Bernardino, who wrote earlier this year about a surge in crimes against Muslims. In an interview Monday, Levin said he attributed the spike to three factors - anger after terrorist attacks like those in San Bernardino, Calif., and Paris; a generally elevated level of prejudice against Muslims; and \"the coalescence of a sociopolitical movement that labels Muslims as an enemy.\"   Levin said he found a spate of anti-Muslim incidents in the weeks immediately following the attacks in San Bernardino and Paris. After Paris, for example, a Florida man threatened violence at two mosques in two anti-Islamic diatribes.   But Levin said he did not expect that those would make 2015 an anomaly. Based on 2016 data in places such as Ohio, Texas, Delaware and New York, he estimated that anti-Muslim hate crimes are \"either at or above the levels of 2015.\"", "essay": "these hate crimes have been rising lately and i feel it is due to more than just terrorists. These hate crimes have not only risen in muslims but also other minorities if you look closely at the news. I feel like more needs to be done to fix this. The fact that we haven't fixed things yet is quite scary and we need to do the right thing and take steps to clean up the problem."}
{"user_id": "ec_p009", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 29 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 44000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 29, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 44000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Hate crimes against Muslims hit highest mark since 2001 \u2014  Hate crimes against Muslims spiked last year to their highest level in more than a decade - an increase experts and advocates say was fueled by anger over terrorist attacks and anti-Islam rhetoric on the campaign trail.   Law enforcement agencies across the country reported 257 anti-Islamic incidents in 2015, up nearly 67 percent from the year before, according to FBI data released Monday.   That is significant in its own right, but even more so in historical context. The last time the FBI saw more than 160 anti-Islamic incidents was in 2001, when it reported 481. That was the year that radical Islamist terrorists attacked the World Trade Center, killing thousands and sparking a wave of anti-Muslim incidents.   Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for Council on American-Islamic Relations, said that he believed that the anti-Muslim rhetoric that came out of the presidential campaign was to blame and that he feared there will be more hate crimes this year. \"Whenever you have one of the nation's leading public figures in the person of Donald Trump mainstreaming and empowering Islamophobia in the nation, it's the inevitable result,\" he said.   A Trump campaign spokeswoman did not immediately return an email seeking comment.   Hate crimes overall increased about 6.7 percent from 2014 to 2015, but that increase still left such incidents below what they were a decade earlier. Anti-black incidents rose by about 7.6 percent, anti-Jewish incidents rose by about 9 percent, and incidents based on sexual orientation rose by about 3.5 percent during that time frame.   Before and after Trump's election, there were reports of hateful acts across the country. The Southern Poverty Law Center, drawing on news accounts, social media postings and direct reports, said it had tallied 201 incidents of election-related harassment and intimidation as of Friday. Last week, a Muslim student at San Diego State University reported that she was robbed by two men who made comments about Trump. Police believe she was targeted because she was wearing a hijab. The week before the election, a black church in Mississippi was burned and spray-painted with the words \"Vote Trump.\" During his campaign, Trump vowed to have law enforcement conduct surveillance at mosques and called for at least a temporary ban on Muslims immigrating to the United States, measures that he suggested might prevent terrorist attacks. Asked on \"60 Minutes\" about reports of supporters harassing Latinos and Muslims, he said: \"I am so saddened to hear that. And I say, 'Stop it.' \"   Notably, the data from 2015 does not show an increase in anti-Latino incidents from the year before. Still, advocates say Trump's rhetoric is at least partly to blame for the spike in other incidents.   \"I don't think there's any question at all that the Trump campaign contributed and contributed mightily to these numbers,\" said Mark Potok, senior fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center.   The data available is somewhat limited, analysts say, because law enforcement agencies provide numbers voluntarily to the FBI, and many did not report hate crimes. Bureau of Justice Statistics surveys show a far greater number of hate crimes than what is reported - hundreds of thousands each year.   The data largely confirms the findings of Brian Levin, a professor at California State University at San Bernardino, who wrote earlier this year about a surge in crimes against Muslims. In an interview Monday, Levin said he attributed the spike to three factors - anger after terrorist attacks like those in San Bernardino, Calif., and Paris; a generally elevated level of prejudice against Muslims; and \"the coalescence of a sociopolitical movement that labels Muslims as an enemy.\"   Levin said he found a spate of anti-Muslim incidents in the weeks immediately following the attacks in San Bernardino and Paris. After Paris, for example, a Florida man threatened violence at two mosques in two anti-Islamic diatribes.   But Levin said he did not expect that those would make 2015 an anomaly. Based on 2016 data in places such as Ohio, Texas, Delaware and New York, he estimated that anti-Muslim hate crimes are \"either at or above the levels of 2015.\"", "essay": "Dear friend,                                                       I have just finished reading an article about hate crimes against muslims and how they are significantly increasing in recent years. The article was very eye-opening and it made me think. I just wish that everyone could get along with each other."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Hate crimes against Muslims hit highest mark since 2001 \u2014  Hate crimes against Muslims spiked last year to their highest level in more than a decade - an increase experts and advocates say was fueled by anger over terrorist attacks and anti-Islam rhetoric on the campaign trail.   Law enforcement agencies across the country reported 257 anti-Islamic incidents in 2015, up nearly 67 percent from the year before, according to FBI data released Monday.   That is significant in its own right, but even more so in historical context. The last time the FBI saw more than 160 anti-Islamic incidents was in 2001, when it reported 481. That was the year that radical Islamist terrorists attacked the World Trade Center, killing thousands and sparking a wave of anti-Muslim incidents.   Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for Council on American-Islamic Relations, said that he believed that the anti-Muslim rhetoric that came out of the presidential campaign was to blame and that he feared there will be more hate crimes this year. \"Whenever you have one of the nation's leading public figures in the person of Donald Trump mainstreaming and empowering Islamophobia in the nation, it's the inevitable result,\" he said.   A Trump campaign spokeswoman did not immediately return an email seeking comment.   Hate crimes overall increased about 6.7 percent from 2014 to 2015, but that increase still left such incidents below what they were a decade earlier. Anti-black incidents rose by about 7.6 percent, anti-Jewish incidents rose by about 9 percent, and incidents based on sexual orientation rose by about 3.5 percent during that time frame.   Before and after Trump's election, there were reports of hateful acts across the country. The Southern Poverty Law Center, drawing on news accounts, social media postings and direct reports, said it had tallied 201 incidents of election-related harassment and intimidation as of Friday. Last week, a Muslim student at San Diego State University reported that she was robbed by two men who made comments about Trump. Police believe she was targeted because she was wearing a hijab. The week before the election, a black church in Mississippi was burned and spray-painted with the words \"Vote Trump.\" During his campaign, Trump vowed to have law enforcement conduct surveillance at mosques and called for at least a temporary ban on Muslims immigrating to the United States, measures that he suggested might prevent terrorist attacks. Asked on \"60 Minutes\" about reports of supporters harassing Latinos and Muslims, he said: \"I am so saddened to hear that. And I say, 'Stop it.' \"   Notably, the data from 2015 does not show an increase in anti-Latino incidents from the year before. Still, advocates say Trump's rhetoric is at least partly to blame for the spike in other incidents.   \"I don't think there's any question at all that the Trump campaign contributed and contributed mightily to these numbers,\" said Mark Potok, senior fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center.   The data available is somewhat limited, analysts say, because law enforcement agencies provide numbers voluntarily to the FBI, and many did not report hate crimes. Bureau of Justice Statistics surveys show a far greater number of hate crimes than what is reported - hundreds of thousands each year.   The data largely confirms the findings of Brian Levin, a professor at California State University at San Bernardino, who wrote earlier this year about a surge in crimes against Muslims. In an interview Monday, Levin said he attributed the spike to three factors - anger after terrorist attacks like those in San Bernardino, Calif., and Paris; a generally elevated level of prejudice against Muslims; and \"the coalescence of a sociopolitical movement that labels Muslims as an enemy.\"   Levin said he found a spate of anti-Muslim incidents in the weeks immediately following the attacks in San Bernardino and Paris. After Paris, for example, a Florida man threatened violence at two mosques in two anti-Islamic diatribes.   But Levin said he did not expect that those would make 2015 an anomaly. Based on 2016 data in places such as Ohio, Texas, Delaware and New York, he estimated that anti-Muslim hate crimes are \"either at or above the levels of 2015.\"", "essay": "After reading the article, you can't help but feel bad for all the Muslims that are currently living in America. You feel bad for them because of what they are going through and all the discrimination they are facing. It's unfair that the ones that are innocent are being stereotyped as well and lumped into the same group as the terrorists when not everyone is like that."}
{"user_id": "ec_p073", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Venezuelan children fainting in school because they are hungry \u2014  Klaireth D\u00edaz is a 1st-grade teacher at El\u00edas Toro School, one of the biggest public schools in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela.   Last year, she says, attendance was painfully low. Every day, of a class of 30 children at least 10 would be absent.   \u201cThe reason was always lack of food,\u201d she told Fox News Latino.   She said she had a student who skipped class every single Thursday and when she asked his mother about it, she explained that Thursday was the day of the week assigned to her family to buy food at government-regulated prices \u2013 which involves standing in line starting sometimes as early as 3 a.m.   \u201cShe told me she couldn\u2019t leave the child alone at home and didn\u2019t have anybody to bring him to school,\u201d D\u00edaz said.   Diaz also once saw a child faint during a cultural event. Across the country, teachers have said they have seen children faint or fall asleep because they haven't had enough to eat.   \u201cWhen he came to he told me that he had only eaten an arepa (cornbread) at 10 a.m. It was 3 p.m.,\u201d she said.   As the school year progressed last year, Diaz said, she noticed more and more kids had stopped bringing lunch.   \u201cAt the beginning of the school year every children bring their lunch. At the end they didn\u2019t. They said their mom didn\u2019t have money to buy food,\u201d she said.   El\u00edas Toro School used to provide lunch through a feeding program, but it stopped years ago.   According to Miguel Pizarro, a lawmaker from the opposition, the government spends barely 5 bolivars per meal in public schools -- 5 bolivars are $0.007 at the official rate.   \u201cA child who does not eat well does not learn well. Some children fall asleep and when you investigate what\u2019s going on you find out it is because they don\u2019t eat. When we see that a child does not bring lunch we have them share; we handle the situation so that they do not feel affected,\u201d Diaz said. \u201cChildren are supportive in that regard.\u201d   Congressman Pizarro called out the government of Nicolas Maduro for spending millions of dollars on weapons, not food. \u201cInstead of fighting invented wars, we must fight hunger. With less than 2 percent of the national budget we could ensure that no schoolchild goes to bed on an empty stomach,\u201d he wrote on Twitter.   According to a poll conducted last month by More Consulting among 2,000 respondents in Caracas, in 48 percent of the times children do not attend school, the cause is related to the food. Either they are feeling too weak for lack of nutrition, or their parents rather use the transport money to buy food, or they are in the food lines with their parents.   The poll revealed that 36.5 percent of children eat only twice a day and 10.2 percent just once. For 11.9 percent of the children, which means 964,737 kids, the 5-bolivars school lunch is their only meal of the day.   While currently almost 30 percent of people surveyed said their children attended private school, 17.5 percent of them stated they were going to change them to a public school.   Five percent of the parents surveyed were considering taking their children out of school altogether.   Additionally, a vast majority of public school are facing the new academic years with infrastructure problems. Carmen Teresa Marquez, secretary of Venezuelan Federation of Teachers, said that in many schools computers and desks were stolen during the summer period.   \u201cThat adds up to the fact that school supplies are impossible to pay for. People have to decide between buying a notebook or buy food,\u201d M\u00e1rquez told Fox News Latino.   The tag price for a list of supplies for a child from elementary school comes up to 111,577.33 bolivars ($17.7, and almost five times the monthly minimum wage), according to the Center for Documentation and Analysis for Workers.", "essay": "This is so sad. I can't even imagine living and trying to raise my family in a situation like this. These poor people can't even send their kids to school because they have to get up so early and stand in food lines. Or else the kids are too weak and sick from not eating, they can't go to school. Also, the school supplies are so expensive, they can't buy them because they need to buy food."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Venezuelan children fainting in school because they are hungry \u2014  Klaireth D\u00edaz is a 1st-grade teacher at El\u00edas Toro School, one of the biggest public schools in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela.   Last year, she says, attendance was painfully low. Every day, of a class of 30 children at least 10 would be absent.   \u201cThe reason was always lack of food,\u201d she told Fox News Latino.   She said she had a student who skipped class every single Thursday and when she asked his mother about it, she explained that Thursday was the day of the week assigned to her family to buy food at government-regulated prices \u2013 which involves standing in line starting sometimes as early as 3 a.m.   \u201cShe told me she couldn\u2019t leave the child alone at home and didn\u2019t have anybody to bring him to school,\u201d D\u00edaz said.   Diaz also once saw a child faint during a cultural event. Across the country, teachers have said they have seen children faint or fall asleep because they haven't had enough to eat.   \u201cWhen he came to he told me that he had only eaten an arepa (cornbread) at 10 a.m. It was 3 p.m.,\u201d she said.   As the school year progressed last year, Diaz said, she noticed more and more kids had stopped bringing lunch.   \u201cAt the beginning of the school year every children bring their lunch. At the end they didn\u2019t. They said their mom didn\u2019t have money to buy food,\u201d she said.   El\u00edas Toro School used to provide lunch through a feeding program, but it stopped years ago.   According to Miguel Pizarro, a lawmaker from the opposition, the government spends barely 5 bolivars per meal in public schools -- 5 bolivars are $0.007 at the official rate.   \u201cA child who does not eat well does not learn well. Some children fall asleep and when you investigate what\u2019s going on you find out it is because they don\u2019t eat. When we see that a child does not bring lunch we have them share; we handle the situation so that they do not feel affected,\u201d Diaz said. \u201cChildren are supportive in that regard.\u201d   Congressman Pizarro called out the government of Nicolas Maduro for spending millions of dollars on weapons, not food. \u201cInstead of fighting invented wars, we must fight hunger. With less than 2 percent of the national budget we could ensure that no schoolchild goes to bed on an empty stomach,\u201d he wrote on Twitter.   According to a poll conducted last month by More Consulting among 2,000 respondents in Caracas, in 48 percent of the times children do not attend school, the cause is related to the food. Either they are feeling too weak for lack of nutrition, or their parents rather use the transport money to buy food, or they are in the food lines with their parents.   The poll revealed that 36.5 percent of children eat only twice a day and 10.2 percent just once. For 11.9 percent of the children, which means 964,737 kids, the 5-bolivars school lunch is their only meal of the day.   While currently almost 30 percent of people surveyed said their children attended private school, 17.5 percent of them stated they were going to change them to a public school.   Five percent of the parents surveyed were considering taking their children out of school altogether.   Additionally, a vast majority of public school are facing the new academic years with infrastructure problems. Carmen Teresa Marquez, secretary of Venezuelan Federation of Teachers, said that in many schools computers and desks were stolen during the summer period.   \u201cThat adds up to the fact that school supplies are impossible to pay for. People have to decide between buying a notebook or buy food,\u201d M\u00e1rquez told Fox News Latino.   The tag price for a list of supplies for a child from elementary school comes up to 111,577.33 bolivars ($17.7, and almost five times the monthly minimum wage), according to the Center for Documentation and Analysis for Workers.", "essay": "I do feel for the people in the country, especially the starving kids, who presumably don't understand what's going on except for the fact that they're hungry.  But I also feel angry and disgusted about the situation.  Venezuela is extremely wealthy due to their oil reserves.  Their country should be vibrant and prosperous.  But it's not because of communist corruption.  Why do people want government to have more control over the things that people rely on to live?  Why centralize everything so that only a small group of corrupt people can ruin everything for everyone else, as opposed to separating things so no one group can ruin it all?  Who will watch the watchmen?  It's easier to do that when the watchmen are split up and separate.  But now Venezuela's problem becomes our problem."}
{"user_id": "ec_p048", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 55000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 55000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "Venezuelan children fainting in school because they are hungry \u2014  Klaireth D\u00edaz is a 1st-grade teacher at El\u00edas Toro School, one of the biggest public schools in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela.   Last year, she says, attendance was painfully low. Every day, of a class of 30 children at least 10 would be absent.   \u201cThe reason was always lack of food,\u201d she told Fox News Latino.   She said she had a student who skipped class every single Thursday and when she asked his mother about it, she explained that Thursday was the day of the week assigned to her family to buy food at government-regulated prices \u2013 which involves standing in line starting sometimes as early as 3 a.m.   \u201cShe told me she couldn\u2019t leave the child alone at home and didn\u2019t have anybody to bring him to school,\u201d D\u00edaz said.   Diaz also once saw a child faint during a cultural event. Across the country, teachers have said they have seen children faint or fall asleep because they haven't had enough to eat.   \u201cWhen he came to he told me that he had only eaten an arepa (cornbread) at 10 a.m. It was 3 p.m.,\u201d she said.   As the school year progressed last year, Diaz said, she noticed more and more kids had stopped bringing lunch.   \u201cAt the beginning of the school year every children bring their lunch. At the end they didn\u2019t. They said their mom didn\u2019t have money to buy food,\u201d she said.   El\u00edas Toro School used to provide lunch through a feeding program, but it stopped years ago.   According to Miguel Pizarro, a lawmaker from the opposition, the government spends barely 5 bolivars per meal in public schools -- 5 bolivars are $0.007 at the official rate.   \u201cA child who does not eat well does not learn well. Some children fall asleep and when you investigate what\u2019s going on you find out it is because they don\u2019t eat. When we see that a child does not bring lunch we have them share; we handle the situation so that they do not feel affected,\u201d Diaz said. \u201cChildren are supportive in that regard.\u201d   Congressman Pizarro called out the government of Nicolas Maduro for spending millions of dollars on weapons, not food. \u201cInstead of fighting invented wars, we must fight hunger. With less than 2 percent of the national budget we could ensure that no schoolchild goes to bed on an empty stomach,\u201d he wrote on Twitter.   According to a poll conducted last month by More Consulting among 2,000 respondents in Caracas, in 48 percent of the times children do not attend school, the cause is related to the food. Either they are feeling too weak for lack of nutrition, or their parents rather use the transport money to buy food, or they are in the food lines with their parents.   The poll revealed that 36.5 percent of children eat only twice a day and 10.2 percent just once. For 11.9 percent of the children, which means 964,737 kids, the 5-bolivars school lunch is their only meal of the day.   While currently almost 30 percent of people surveyed said their children attended private school, 17.5 percent of them stated they were going to change them to a public school.   Five percent of the parents surveyed were considering taking their children out of school altogether.   Additionally, a vast majority of public school are facing the new academic years with infrastructure problems. Carmen Teresa Marquez, secretary of Venezuelan Federation of Teachers, said that in many schools computers and desks were stolen during the summer period.   \u201cThat adds up to the fact that school supplies are impossible to pay for. People have to decide between buying a notebook or buy food,\u201d M\u00e1rquez told Fox News Latino.   The tag price for a list of supplies for a child from elementary school comes up to 111,577.33 bolivars ($17.7, and almost five times the monthly minimum wage), according to the Center for Documentation and Analysis for Workers.", "essay": "You would never even realize how relevant world hunger is until you read articles like this. We are so lucky in the US to not have to worry about kids going hungry. Most schools are starting to offer free lunches to kids too here in the US that they are really trying to combat it but we aren't doing much for other countries. There isn't always a whole lot we can do for other countries but there could be some things done to improve world hunger. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Venezuelan children fainting in school because they are hungry \u2014  Klaireth D\u00edaz is a 1st-grade teacher at El\u00edas Toro School, one of the biggest public schools in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela.   Last year, she says, attendance was painfully low. Every day, of a class of 30 children at least 10 would be absent.   \u201cThe reason was always lack of food,\u201d she told Fox News Latino.   She said she had a student who skipped class every single Thursday and when she asked his mother about it, she explained that Thursday was the day of the week assigned to her family to buy food at government-regulated prices \u2013 which involves standing in line starting sometimes as early as 3 a.m.   \u201cShe told me she couldn\u2019t leave the child alone at home and didn\u2019t have anybody to bring him to school,\u201d D\u00edaz said.   Diaz also once saw a child faint during a cultural event. Across the country, teachers have said they have seen children faint or fall asleep because they haven't had enough to eat.   \u201cWhen he came to he told me that he had only eaten an arepa (cornbread) at 10 a.m. It was 3 p.m.,\u201d she said.   As the school year progressed last year, Diaz said, she noticed more and more kids had stopped bringing lunch.   \u201cAt the beginning of the school year every children bring their lunch. At the end they didn\u2019t. They said their mom didn\u2019t have money to buy food,\u201d she said.   El\u00edas Toro School used to provide lunch through a feeding program, but it stopped years ago.   According to Miguel Pizarro, a lawmaker from the opposition, the government spends barely 5 bolivars per meal in public schools -- 5 bolivars are $0.007 at the official rate.   \u201cA child who does not eat well does not learn well. Some children fall asleep and when you investigate what\u2019s going on you find out it is because they don\u2019t eat. When we see that a child does not bring lunch we have them share; we handle the situation so that they do not feel affected,\u201d Diaz said. \u201cChildren are supportive in that regard.\u201d   Congressman Pizarro called out the government of Nicolas Maduro for spending millions of dollars on weapons, not food. \u201cInstead of fighting invented wars, we must fight hunger. With less than 2 percent of the national budget we could ensure that no schoolchild goes to bed on an empty stomach,\u201d he wrote on Twitter.   According to a poll conducted last month by More Consulting among 2,000 respondents in Caracas, in 48 percent of the times children do not attend school, the cause is related to the food. Either they are feeling too weak for lack of nutrition, or their parents rather use the transport money to buy food, or they are in the food lines with their parents.   The poll revealed that 36.5 percent of children eat only twice a day and 10.2 percent just once. For 11.9 percent of the children, which means 964,737 kids, the 5-bolivars school lunch is their only meal of the day.   While currently almost 30 percent of people surveyed said their children attended private school, 17.5 percent of them stated they were going to change them to a public school.   Five percent of the parents surveyed were considering taking their children out of school altogether.   Additionally, a vast majority of public school are facing the new academic years with infrastructure problems. Carmen Teresa Marquez, secretary of Venezuelan Federation of Teachers, said that in many schools computers and desks were stolen during the summer period.   \u201cThat adds up to the fact that school supplies are impossible to pay for. People have to decide between buying a notebook or buy food,\u201d M\u00e1rquez told Fox News Latino.   The tag price for a list of supplies for a child from elementary school comes up to 111,577.33 bolivars ($17.7, and almost five times the monthly minimum wage), according to the Center for Documentation and Analysis for Workers.", "essay": "I just read a story about school children in Venezuela that are apparently starving due to the lack of government investment in food programs. The image of school children falling asleep or fainting due to lack of nutrition is just absolutely heart breaking. I can't imagine what the parents must feel having to send their children to school where they will not eat at all. A child can't learn without appropriate nutrition."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Venezuelan children fainting in school because they are hungry \u2014  Klaireth D\u00edaz is a 1st-grade teacher at El\u00edas Toro School, one of the biggest public schools in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela.   Last year, she says, attendance was painfully low. Every day, of a class of 30 children at least 10 would be absent.   \u201cThe reason was always lack of food,\u201d she told Fox News Latino.   She said she had a student who skipped class every single Thursday and when she asked his mother about it, she explained that Thursday was the day of the week assigned to her family to buy food at government-regulated prices \u2013 which involves standing in line starting sometimes as early as 3 a.m.   \u201cShe told me she couldn\u2019t leave the child alone at home and didn\u2019t have anybody to bring him to school,\u201d D\u00edaz said.   Diaz also once saw a child faint during a cultural event. Across the country, teachers have said they have seen children faint or fall asleep because they haven't had enough to eat.   \u201cWhen he came to he told me that he had only eaten an arepa (cornbread) at 10 a.m. It was 3 p.m.,\u201d she said.   As the school year progressed last year, Diaz said, she noticed more and more kids had stopped bringing lunch.   \u201cAt the beginning of the school year every children bring their lunch. At the end they didn\u2019t. They said their mom didn\u2019t have money to buy food,\u201d she said.   El\u00edas Toro School used to provide lunch through a feeding program, but it stopped years ago.   According to Miguel Pizarro, a lawmaker from the opposition, the government spends barely 5 bolivars per meal in public schools -- 5 bolivars are $0.007 at the official rate.   \u201cA child who does not eat well does not learn well. Some children fall asleep and when you investigate what\u2019s going on you find out it is because they don\u2019t eat. When we see that a child does not bring lunch we have them share; we handle the situation so that they do not feel affected,\u201d Diaz said. \u201cChildren are supportive in that regard.\u201d   Congressman Pizarro called out the government of Nicolas Maduro for spending millions of dollars on weapons, not food. \u201cInstead of fighting invented wars, we must fight hunger. With less than 2 percent of the national budget we could ensure that no schoolchild goes to bed on an empty stomach,\u201d he wrote on Twitter.   According to a poll conducted last month by More Consulting among 2,000 respondents in Caracas, in 48 percent of the times children do not attend school, the cause is related to the food. Either they are feeling too weak for lack of nutrition, or their parents rather use the transport money to buy food, or they are in the food lines with their parents.   The poll revealed that 36.5 percent of children eat only twice a day and 10.2 percent just once. For 11.9 percent of the children, which means 964,737 kids, the 5-bolivars school lunch is their only meal of the day.   While currently almost 30 percent of people surveyed said their children attended private school, 17.5 percent of them stated they were going to change them to a public school.   Five percent of the parents surveyed were considering taking their children out of school altogether.   Additionally, a vast majority of public school are facing the new academic years with infrastructure problems. Carmen Teresa Marquez, secretary of Venezuelan Federation of Teachers, said that in many schools computers and desks were stolen during the summer period.   \u201cThat adds up to the fact that school supplies are impossible to pay for. People have to decide between buying a notebook or buy food,\u201d M\u00e1rquez told Fox News Latino.   The tag price for a list of supplies for a child from elementary school comes up to 111,577.33 bolivars ($17.7, and almost five times the monthly minimum wage), according to the Center for Documentation and Analysis for Workers.", "essay": "This breaks my heart because no children should have to go through this! I really want to help these kids not go hungry and will look into how I can help after this. I feel like to be honest it is our duty and should be mandatory that we help these kids. It is the best thing overall because no one seems to be helping them."}
{"user_id": "ec_p009", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 29 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 44000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 29, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 44000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Man kills two sons, himself, police say \u2014  A man shot his two young sons and then killed himself in an apparent murder-suicide on Saturday, police said.   The father, identified as Christopher Cadenbach, said St. Louis County Police Department's Deputy Chief Kenneth Cox. He was wanted for domestic violence in Franklin County, Missouri, Cox said. As a result, the St. Louis County police had been looking for him. On Saturday afternoon, Cadenbach, 43, visited his mother and his two children. Amber Alert leads police to dad His mother became worried after hearing him say that he wasn't going to be taken alive, Cox said. She alerted police, who then issued an Amber Alert for his two abducted sons, Ethan, 5, and Owen, 4. Later that evening, a park ranger spotted a 2006 Ford Focus matching the Amber Alert description in a local park and alerted police. As soon as the officers arrived, shots rang out, Cox said. \"He was apparently shooting his children. We tried to engage him and it appears he took his own life.\"", "essay": "Dear friend,                                                                        I have just read a story about another police officer shooting. These seem to be happening all the time now and it is very upsetting. I hope that one day something can be done about all of this. It is sad to think about ."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Man kills two sons, himself, police say \u2014  A man shot his two young sons and then killed himself in an apparent murder-suicide on Saturday, police said.   The father, identified as Christopher Cadenbach, said St. Louis County Police Department's Deputy Chief Kenneth Cox. He was wanted for domestic violence in Franklin County, Missouri, Cox said. As a result, the St. Louis County police had been looking for him. On Saturday afternoon, Cadenbach, 43, visited his mother and his two children. Amber Alert leads police to dad His mother became worried after hearing him say that he wasn't going to be taken alive, Cox said. She alerted police, who then issued an Amber Alert for his two abducted sons, Ethan, 5, and Owen, 4. Later that evening, a park ranger spotted a 2006 Ford Focus matching the Amber Alert description in a local park and alerted police. As soon as the officers arrived, shots rang out, Cox said. \"He was apparently shooting his children. We tried to engage him and it appears he took his own life.\"", "essay": "Just read a story about a father who abducted and then murdered his two sons after being on the run from police. The article didn't give a whole lot of detail, so one has to wonder what drove him to take such drastic action against people who were so close to him. The suspect committed suicide afterward, so I think that it would be considered a crime of passion? Anyway, horribly tragic."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Man kills two sons, himself, police say \u2014  A man shot his two young sons and then killed himself in an apparent murder-suicide on Saturday, police said.   The father, identified as Christopher Cadenbach, said St. Louis County Police Department's Deputy Chief Kenneth Cox. He was wanted for domestic violence in Franklin County, Missouri, Cox said. As a result, the St. Louis County police had been looking for him. On Saturday afternoon, Cadenbach, 43, visited his mother and his two children. Amber Alert leads police to dad His mother became worried after hearing him say that he wasn't going to be taken alive, Cox said. She alerted police, who then issued an Amber Alert for his two abducted sons, Ethan, 5, and Owen, 4. Later that evening, a park ranger spotted a 2006 Ford Focus matching the Amber Alert description in a local park and alerted police. As soon as the officers arrived, shots rang out, Cox said. \"He was apparently shooting his children. We tried to engage him and it appears he took his own life.\"", "essay": "After reading this article, i felt really disturbed. I just couldn't believe that there is someone out there that can kill his own children. I wonder what kind of mental illness the man had because nobody in their right mind can just kill their own children. I felt really bad for the mother as well who is left alone iwth nobody now and can only suffer."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Man kills two sons, himself, police say \u2014  A man shot his two young sons and then killed himself in an apparent murder-suicide on Saturday, police said.   The father, identified as Christopher Cadenbach, said St. Louis County Police Department's Deputy Chief Kenneth Cox. He was wanted for domestic violence in Franklin County, Missouri, Cox said. As a result, the St. Louis County police had been looking for him. On Saturday afternoon, Cadenbach, 43, visited his mother and his two children. Amber Alert leads police to dad His mother became worried after hearing him say that he wasn't going to be taken alive, Cox said. She alerted police, who then issued an Amber Alert for his two abducted sons, Ethan, 5, and Owen, 4. Later that evening, a park ranger spotted a 2006 Ford Focus matching the Amber Alert description in a local park and alerted police. As soon as the officers arrived, shots rang out, Cox said. \"He was apparently shooting his children. We tried to engage him and it appears he took his own life.\"", "essay": "How can your heart just not break reading this article. These children had there life cut way to short for no reason. This father was just pure evil. He needed serious mental help and I can't believe no one saw this coming. There is always signs that people should take serious so it doesnt come to this. I would like to know the motive was it because he felt overwhelmed or because he wanted to get back at someone. The mother should have taken the threat seriosuly and I wonder if the rangers had found the car sooner if those kids would have been alive. They were probably so afraid in that car and it is horrible that was there last memories alive."}
{"user_id": "ec_p028", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 23 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 70000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 4.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 3.5 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 23, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 70000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 4.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 3.5, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "BREAKING NEWS: Angry Villagers Attack Anti-Poaching Unit Rangers In Mozambique \u2014  Three anti-poaching rangers, two South Africans and a Mozambican, were hospitalized after being beaten by villagers after they apprehended a a poacher.   Sean van Niekerk, of Limpopo, and two colleagues were whipped, stabbed and pelted with rocks by a mob in a small Mozambican town near South Africa\u2019s Komatipoort border.   Van Niekerk, 25, was discharged from Nelspruit Medi-Clinic on Thursday, where he was treated for a minor skull fracture, stab wounds and injuries to his face and back. He said it would not stop him returning to the field to help save wildlife. Van Niekerk said they were called last weekend to assist a ranger who had caught a poacher near Sabi river.   \u201cMy colleagues and I, with four Mozambican police officers, were transporting the poacher to the station, which was about 30km away, when he escaped from the vehicle. I chased after the poacher and caught him. I handed him back to the police officer. Suddenly, a mob from the community started moving towards us,\u201d said Van Niekerk. The police officers who were with them ran away.   \u201cWe, the rangers, were the targets. I called for help. We were boxed in. We had no weapons so we had to fight back to stay alive until the helicopter arrived. We were hit by about 10 people, who were armed with blunt machetes. I was stabbed with a bottle, stoned and whipped,\u201d he said.   He said it was only when the helicopter arrived that the mob backed off.   Would you please kindly share this and make it go viral, so the incompetent, corrupt police officers are exposed. Thank you.", "essay": "Have you heard what has been happening to anti poaching rangers in africa. Some of them who have been trying to do their job and ensure the safety of the endangered animals are  being attacked and boxed in by mobs when they try to aprehend poachers. It is a shame how corrupt the local governments are within the continent that allow poaching."}
{"user_id": "ec_p064", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 55000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 55000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "BREAKING NEWS: Angry Villagers Attack Anti-Poaching Unit Rangers In Mozambique \u2014  Three anti-poaching rangers, two South Africans and a Mozambican, were hospitalized after being beaten by villagers after they apprehended a a poacher.   Sean van Niekerk, of Limpopo, and two colleagues were whipped, stabbed and pelted with rocks by a mob in a small Mozambican town near South Africa\u2019s Komatipoort border.   Van Niekerk, 25, was discharged from Nelspruit Medi-Clinic on Thursday, where he was treated for a minor skull fracture, stab wounds and injuries to his face and back. He said it would not stop him returning to the field to help save wildlife. Van Niekerk said they were called last weekend to assist a ranger who had caught a poacher near Sabi river.   \u201cMy colleagues and I, with four Mozambican police officers, were transporting the poacher to the station, which was about 30km away, when he escaped from the vehicle. I chased after the poacher and caught him. I handed him back to the police officer. Suddenly, a mob from the community started moving towards us,\u201d said Van Niekerk. The police officers who were with them ran away.   \u201cWe, the rangers, were the targets. I called for help. We were boxed in. We had no weapons so we had to fight back to stay alive until the helicopter arrived. We were hit by about 10 people, who were armed with blunt machetes. I was stabbed with a bottle, stoned and whipped,\u201d he said.   He said it was only when the helicopter arrived that the mob backed off.   Would you please kindly share this and make it go viral, so the incompetent, corrupt police officers are exposed. Thank you.", "essay": "I had no idea that people that are trying to arrest poachers are being attacked by people that live in the town. It is also so sad that the police act like cowards and do not arrest the poachers who are making certain animals extinct from the planet for selfish reasons. It's so sad that people that are trying to do the right thing are risking losing their life."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "BREAKING NEWS: Angry Villagers Attack Anti-Poaching Unit Rangers In Mozambique \u2014  Three anti-poaching rangers, two South Africans and a Mozambican, were hospitalized after being beaten by villagers after they apprehended a a poacher.   Sean van Niekerk, of Limpopo, and two colleagues were whipped, stabbed and pelted with rocks by a mob in a small Mozambican town near South Africa\u2019s Komatipoort border.   Van Niekerk, 25, was discharged from Nelspruit Medi-Clinic on Thursday, where he was treated for a minor skull fracture, stab wounds and injuries to his face and back. He said it would not stop him returning to the field to help save wildlife. Van Niekerk said they were called last weekend to assist a ranger who had caught a poacher near Sabi river.   \u201cMy colleagues and I, with four Mozambican police officers, were transporting the poacher to the station, which was about 30km away, when he escaped from the vehicle. I chased after the poacher and caught him. I handed him back to the police officer. Suddenly, a mob from the community started moving towards us,\u201d said Van Niekerk. The police officers who were with them ran away.   \u201cWe, the rangers, were the targets. I called for help. We were boxed in. We had no weapons so we had to fight back to stay alive until the helicopter arrived. We were hit by about 10 people, who were armed with blunt machetes. I was stabbed with a bottle, stoned and whipped,\u201d he said.   He said it was only when the helicopter arrived that the mob backed off.   Would you please kindly share this and make it go viral, so the incompetent, corrupt police officers are exposed. Thank you.", "essay": "This one is hard for me to think about. I can see both sides of this one. One, the two anti poachers are trying to save the animals, which I think is a good thing. The other people are trying to make a living in a harsh environment and the rest of the world is based on capitalism where resources are used to make as much money as possible. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p063", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 31 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 82000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 3.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 31, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 82000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 3.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "BREAKING NEWS: Angry Villagers Attack Anti-Poaching Unit Rangers In Mozambique \u2014  Three anti-poaching rangers, two South Africans and a Mozambican, were hospitalized after being beaten by villagers after they apprehended a a poacher.   Sean van Niekerk, of Limpopo, and two colleagues were whipped, stabbed and pelted with rocks by a mob in a small Mozambican town near South Africa\u2019s Komatipoort border.   Van Niekerk, 25, was discharged from Nelspruit Medi-Clinic on Thursday, where he was treated for a minor skull fracture, stab wounds and injuries to his face and back. He said it would not stop him returning to the field to help save wildlife. Van Niekerk said they were called last weekend to assist a ranger who had caught a poacher near Sabi river.   \u201cMy colleagues and I, with four Mozambican police officers, were transporting the poacher to the station, which was about 30km away, when he escaped from the vehicle. I chased after the poacher and caught him. I handed him back to the police officer. Suddenly, a mob from the community started moving towards us,\u201d said Van Niekerk. The police officers who were with them ran away.   \u201cWe, the rangers, were the targets. I called for help. We were boxed in. We had no weapons so we had to fight back to stay alive until the helicopter arrived. We were hit by about 10 people, who were armed with blunt machetes. I was stabbed with a bottle, stoned and whipped,\u201d he said.   He said it was only when the helicopter arrived that the mob backed off.   Would you please kindly share this and make it go viral, so the incompetent, corrupt police officers are exposed. Thank you.", "essay": "I feel really bad that this is happening to people out there trying to protect the wildlife.  i'm not sure exactly what happened, but it seems like these poachers are paying off the policemen, and the locals to protect their livelihood.  It is unfortunate that the people can't protect their own area, but they are probably poor, and consider the money necessary."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "BREAKING NEWS: Angry Villagers Attack Anti-Poaching Unit Rangers In Mozambique \u2014  Three anti-poaching rangers, two South Africans and a Mozambican, were hospitalized after being beaten by villagers after they apprehended a a poacher.   Sean van Niekerk, of Limpopo, and two colleagues were whipped, stabbed and pelted with rocks by a mob in a small Mozambican town near South Africa\u2019s Komatipoort border.   Van Niekerk, 25, was discharged from Nelspruit Medi-Clinic on Thursday, where he was treated for a minor skull fracture, stab wounds and injuries to his face and back. He said it would not stop him returning to the field to help save wildlife. Van Niekerk said they were called last weekend to assist a ranger who had caught a poacher near Sabi river.   \u201cMy colleagues and I, with four Mozambican police officers, were transporting the poacher to the station, which was about 30km away, when he escaped from the vehicle. I chased after the poacher and caught him. I handed him back to the police officer. Suddenly, a mob from the community started moving towards us,\u201d said Van Niekerk. The police officers who were with them ran away.   \u201cWe, the rangers, were the targets. I called for help. We were boxed in. We had no weapons so we had to fight back to stay alive until the helicopter arrived. We were hit by about 10 people, who were armed with blunt machetes. I was stabbed with a bottle, stoned and whipped,\u201d he said.   He said it was only when the helicopter arrived that the mob backed off.   Would you please kindly share this and make it go viral, so the incompetent, corrupt police officers are exposed. Thank you.", "essay": "I feel for both sides on this one. The police and people are trying to protect the sacred wild life and beings but also the village is probably needing the meat of the animal or the money from selling it as they are a very poor country. I can see being so desperate in a third world country that this would seem like the police are cutting off or taking your only source of livlihood. These poor guys however they are just trying to protect and do what is right they do not deserve to be so violently attacked im suprised they were able to live through such a brutal beating. I hope more is done to help the police but also the village "}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Operation killed Afghan civilians, US military says \u2014  The US military acknowledged Saturday that civilians were likely killed in a joint Afghan-US operation in the northern district of Kunduz Thursday.   Besides the 30 civilians, two US service members were killed in the operation that targeted Taliban leaders planning additional attacks in Kunduz city. \"I deeply regret the loss of innocent lives, regardless of the circumstances,\" Gen. John W. Nicholson, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, said in a statement Saturday. \"The loss of innocent life is a tragedy and our thoughts are with the families. We will work with our Afghan partners to investigate and determine the facts and we will work with the government of Afghanistan to provide assistance.\" Afghan forces, advised by the US military, conducted the operation Thursday in the village of Boz in Kunduz district, the statement said. It targeted Taliban leaders planning attacks in the city of Kunduz. \"During the course of the operation, friendly forces encountered significant enemy fire from multiple locations and defended themselves with ground fire and US air-to-ground engagements,\" the US military statement said. \"Initial reports indicate that several Taliban leaders and Taliban members were killed in the engagement.\" Civilians, troops killed At least 30 Afghan civilians were killed and 25 others injured in an air-and-ground operation launched in an area known as Bohd Qhandahari, said Sayed Mahmood Danish, a Kunduz provincial spokesman. Four members of Afghan special forces were also killed and six others injured, Danish said. Twenty-six insurgents were killed and 10 others were wounded, he added. The Pentagon identified the dead US service members as Capt. Andrew D. Byers, 30, of Rolesville, North Carolina, and Sgt. 1st Class Ryan A. Gloyer, 34, of Greenville, Pennsylvania. They were assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson, Colorado. The troops came under fire during what the US military said this week was a mission to train, advise and assist its Afghan partners in clearing a Taliban position and disrupting the organization's operations in Kunduz district. \"On behalf of all of US Forces-Afghanistan, today's loss is heartbreaking and we offer our deepest condolences to the families and friends of our service members who lost their lives today,\" Nicholson said in a statement Thursday. US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said he was saddened by the casualties. \"Our service members were doing their part to help the Afghans secure their own country while protecting our homeland from those who would do us harm,\" he said in a statement. \"We will honor their sacrifice by finishing our important mission in Afghanistan.\" Taliban attack The deaths occurred on the same day that a Taliban mortar attack killed at least seven people attending a wedding party in Faryab province in northern Afghanistan, provincial police spokesman Kareem Youresh said. At least 13 people were wounded. In April, the Pentagon announced that 16 military personnel would be disciplined over a fatal US strike on a Kunduz hospital in October 2015. But the military maintained the strike was not a war crime because it resulted from unintentional human error and equipment failure. The Pentagon said some personnel involved in the bombing of the Doctors Without Borders hospital \"failed to comply with the rules of engagement and the law of armed conflict.\"", "essay": "To me this is very disturbing.  55 civilians were killed?  I mean I get that they killed some bad guys too, but to me it is not worth sacrificing so many innocent lives just to kill a few bad guys.  U.S. troops were killed too.  This whole thing is just terrible and tragic in my opinion.  IT sounded like some protocol was not followed either, which makes it even worse.  I think we need to mind our own business and get out of there honestly.  We have enough issues with our own country to be over there contributing to issues in others."}
{"user_id": "ec_p028", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 23 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 70000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 4.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 3.5 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 23, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 70000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 4.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 3.5, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Operation killed Afghan civilians, US military says \u2014  The US military acknowledged Saturday that civilians were likely killed in a joint Afghan-US operation in the northern district of Kunduz Thursday.   Besides the 30 civilians, two US service members were killed in the operation that targeted Taliban leaders planning additional attacks in Kunduz city. \"I deeply regret the loss of innocent lives, regardless of the circumstances,\" Gen. John W. Nicholson, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, said in a statement Saturday. \"The loss of innocent life is a tragedy and our thoughts are with the families. We will work with our Afghan partners to investigate and determine the facts and we will work with the government of Afghanistan to provide assistance.\" Afghan forces, advised by the US military, conducted the operation Thursday in the village of Boz in Kunduz district, the statement said. It targeted Taliban leaders planning attacks in the city of Kunduz. \"During the course of the operation, friendly forces encountered significant enemy fire from multiple locations and defended themselves with ground fire and US air-to-ground engagements,\" the US military statement said. \"Initial reports indicate that several Taliban leaders and Taliban members were killed in the engagement.\" Civilians, troops killed At least 30 Afghan civilians were killed and 25 others injured in an air-and-ground operation launched in an area known as Bohd Qhandahari, said Sayed Mahmood Danish, a Kunduz provincial spokesman. Four members of Afghan special forces were also killed and six others injured, Danish said. Twenty-six insurgents were killed and 10 others were wounded, he added. The Pentagon identified the dead US service members as Capt. Andrew D. Byers, 30, of Rolesville, North Carolina, and Sgt. 1st Class Ryan A. Gloyer, 34, of Greenville, Pennsylvania. They were assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson, Colorado. The troops came under fire during what the US military said this week was a mission to train, advise and assist its Afghan partners in clearing a Taliban position and disrupting the organization's operations in Kunduz district. \"On behalf of all of US Forces-Afghanistan, today's loss is heartbreaking and we offer our deepest condolences to the families and friends of our service members who lost their lives today,\" Nicholson said in a statement Thursday. US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said he was saddened by the casualties. \"Our service members were doing their part to help the Afghans secure their own country while protecting our homeland from those who would do us harm,\" he said in a statement. \"We will honor their sacrifice by finishing our important mission in Afghanistan.\" Taliban attack The deaths occurred on the same day that a Taliban mortar attack killed at least seven people attending a wedding party in Faryab province in northern Afghanistan, provincial police spokesman Kareem Youresh said. At least 13 people were wounded. In April, the Pentagon announced that 16 military personnel would be disciplined over a fatal US strike on a Kunduz hospital in October 2015. But the military maintained the strike was not a war crime because it resulted from unintentional human error and equipment failure. The Pentagon said some personnel involved in the bombing of the Doctors Without Borders hospital \"failed to comply with the rules of engagement and the law of armed conflict.\"", "essay": "Did you see what happened with the US and Afghan training mission in Afghanistan. It's such a shame that in an area where we are trying to do good and improve things for the people there is being sabotaged by opposing efforts. I feel terrible for the lives lost as they gave their lives to help protect people and to be killed like that is heartbreaking."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Operation killed Afghan civilians, US military says \u2014  The US military acknowledged Saturday that civilians were likely killed in a joint Afghan-US operation in the northern district of Kunduz Thursday.   Besides the 30 civilians, two US service members were killed in the operation that targeted Taliban leaders planning additional attacks in Kunduz city. \"I deeply regret the loss of innocent lives, regardless of the circumstances,\" Gen. John W. Nicholson, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, said in a statement Saturday. \"The loss of innocent life is a tragedy and our thoughts are with the families. We will work with our Afghan partners to investigate and determine the facts and we will work with the government of Afghanistan to provide assistance.\" Afghan forces, advised by the US military, conducted the operation Thursday in the village of Boz in Kunduz district, the statement said. It targeted Taliban leaders planning attacks in the city of Kunduz. \"During the course of the operation, friendly forces encountered significant enemy fire from multiple locations and defended themselves with ground fire and US air-to-ground engagements,\" the US military statement said. \"Initial reports indicate that several Taliban leaders and Taliban members were killed in the engagement.\" Civilians, troops killed At least 30 Afghan civilians were killed and 25 others injured in an air-and-ground operation launched in an area known as Bohd Qhandahari, said Sayed Mahmood Danish, a Kunduz provincial spokesman. Four members of Afghan special forces were also killed and six others injured, Danish said. Twenty-six insurgents were killed and 10 others were wounded, he added. The Pentagon identified the dead US service members as Capt. Andrew D. Byers, 30, of Rolesville, North Carolina, and Sgt. 1st Class Ryan A. Gloyer, 34, of Greenville, Pennsylvania. They were assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson, Colorado. The troops came under fire during what the US military said this week was a mission to train, advise and assist its Afghan partners in clearing a Taliban position and disrupting the organization's operations in Kunduz district. \"On behalf of all of US Forces-Afghanistan, today's loss is heartbreaking and we offer our deepest condolences to the families and friends of our service members who lost their lives today,\" Nicholson said in a statement Thursday. US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said he was saddened by the casualties. \"Our service members were doing their part to help the Afghans secure their own country while protecting our homeland from those who would do us harm,\" he said in a statement. \"We will honor their sacrifice by finishing our important mission in Afghanistan.\" Taliban attack The deaths occurred on the same day that a Taliban mortar attack killed at least seven people attending a wedding party in Faryab province in northern Afghanistan, provincial police spokesman Kareem Youresh said. At least 13 people were wounded. In April, the Pentagon announced that 16 military personnel would be disciplined over a fatal US strike on a Kunduz hospital in October 2015. But the military maintained the strike was not a war crime because it resulted from unintentional human error and equipment failure. The Pentagon said some personnel involved in the bombing of the Doctors Without Borders hospital \"failed to comply with the rules of engagement and the law of armed conflict.\"", "essay": "I feel very sorry of the Afghan civilians that were killed by our military. This is why I hate war. I know some people will say war is war, which is true, but that does not make it any better.  I feel like this type of thing is what makes more terrorist. I know I would want to get revenge on the people who killed my family."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Operation killed Afghan civilians, US military says \u2014  The US military acknowledged Saturday that civilians were likely killed in a joint Afghan-US operation in the northern district of Kunduz Thursday.   Besides the 30 civilians, two US service members were killed in the operation that targeted Taliban leaders planning additional attacks in Kunduz city. \"I deeply regret the loss of innocent lives, regardless of the circumstances,\" Gen. John W. Nicholson, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, said in a statement Saturday. \"The loss of innocent life is a tragedy and our thoughts are with the families. We will work with our Afghan partners to investigate and determine the facts and we will work with the government of Afghanistan to provide assistance.\" Afghan forces, advised by the US military, conducted the operation Thursday in the village of Boz in Kunduz district, the statement said. It targeted Taliban leaders planning attacks in the city of Kunduz. \"During the course of the operation, friendly forces encountered significant enemy fire from multiple locations and defended themselves with ground fire and US air-to-ground engagements,\" the US military statement said. \"Initial reports indicate that several Taliban leaders and Taliban members were killed in the engagement.\" Civilians, troops killed At least 30 Afghan civilians were killed and 25 others injured in an air-and-ground operation launched in an area known as Bohd Qhandahari, said Sayed Mahmood Danish, a Kunduz provincial spokesman. Four members of Afghan special forces were also killed and six others injured, Danish said. Twenty-six insurgents were killed and 10 others were wounded, he added. The Pentagon identified the dead US service members as Capt. Andrew D. Byers, 30, of Rolesville, North Carolina, and Sgt. 1st Class Ryan A. Gloyer, 34, of Greenville, Pennsylvania. They were assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson, Colorado. The troops came under fire during what the US military said this week was a mission to train, advise and assist its Afghan partners in clearing a Taliban position and disrupting the organization's operations in Kunduz district. \"On behalf of all of US Forces-Afghanistan, today's loss is heartbreaking and we offer our deepest condolences to the families and friends of our service members who lost their lives today,\" Nicholson said in a statement Thursday. US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said he was saddened by the casualties. \"Our service members were doing their part to help the Afghans secure their own country while protecting our homeland from those who would do us harm,\" he said in a statement. \"We will honor their sacrifice by finishing our important mission in Afghanistan.\" Taliban attack The deaths occurred on the same day that a Taliban mortar attack killed at least seven people attending a wedding party in Faryab province in northern Afghanistan, provincial police spokesman Kareem Youresh said. At least 13 people were wounded. In April, the Pentagon announced that 16 military personnel would be disciplined over a fatal US strike on a Kunduz hospital in October 2015. But the military maintained the strike was not a war crime because it resulted from unintentional human error and equipment failure. The Pentagon said some personnel involved in the bombing of the Doctors Without Borders hospital \"failed to comply with the rules of engagement and the law of armed conflict.\"", "essay": "Wow, this is very sad.  All these poor people who lost their lives because of this ongoing conflict.  I must say, this whole area just constantly seems caught up in some terrible conflict, tension, war, and violence.  I don't understand what is going on over there, but I know it is very sad to hear about innocent people being killed as a result.  I also feel sad for the U.S. Soldiers who lost their lives.  Their families must be grieving terribly.  So the whole thing is a tragedy, and it all just seems so unnecesary to me.  All this senseless killing."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "The treatment of Calais camp children isn\u2019t just neglectful \u2013 it\u2019s abusive \u2014  The Calais camp lies in limbo, with most of its inhabitants long gone. Those who remain face hardship beyond anything the camp has previously known. Before, there was shelter \u2013 now hundreds sleep on the fringes of its dirt tracks. Before, there was at least some sense of ease \u2013 now shocked and abandoned refugees live in a state of constant tension. Fire is a constant threat, and the bulldozers are coming.   Volunteers grapple not only with the urgency of the situation, but also with the knowledge that it should \u2013 and easily could \u2013 have been prevented.     When the French authorities began the registration and resettlement of refugees, those of us involved felt an initial sense of relief. But after three days of relatively smooth action the warehouse where the registration took place closed its doors. It did not open them again. This was despite previous assurances that all refugees would be accommodated. Those left behind had no chance of safely reaching asylum centres. Most minors, registered separately, were confined to a fenced-in yard and housed in shipping containers. The rest were left homeless alongside the adult population of the camp.   Despite being provided with up-to-date and detailed census information from my organisation, Help Refugees, and the local charity, l\u2019Auberge des Migrants, the authorities chose not to take heed of these estimates. The 50-person, four-day census operation identified exact numbers of men, women, and children within the camp, and put the total population at 10,188. Though promised over 12,000 spaces in accommodation centres throughout France, almost 2,000 refugees have been abandoned once again by an uncaring government, and are left behind in the ruins of the Calais camp.   Over two weeks ago Help Refugees warned authorities at a local tribunal in Lille that housing minors in the \u201ccontainer camp\u201d would be tantamount to exposing them to fire, violence, and extreme trauma. My colleague\u2019s words went unheeded, and now seem almost prophetic. There are now approximately 1,500 children subjected to these conditions.   Children housed in the containers report choking on the smoke that blows in from their burning former homes. They say there is no drinking water, that the toilets are never cleaned and the showers are not working. Food is served only from 3pm to 5pm, and there is only one meal a day.   There is no drinking water. The toilets are never cleaned. The showers are not working. There is only one meal a day The authorities have utterly failed to safeguard these young people, and show little to no regard for their wellbeing, health, or mental states. The children in this camp are starved of care and attention, and are in constant danger. Their treatment is not just neglectful \u2013 it\u2019s abuse.   The lack of organisation has permeated every aspect of these children\u2019s lives. The crippling hunger pangs reported by many are alleviated only when groups of volunteers are allowed to distribute food. Without an identification wristband, children are not permitted to use the few still-working shower facilities \u2013 a fact made worse by the decision of the authorities to register some children without providing wristbands.     The stories you need to read, in one handy email  Read more Arbitrary security measures mean that services such as the Refugee Info Bus \u2013 founded by long-term volunteers to provide refugees with WiFi and legal services \u2013 are barred from approaching the container camp, cutting the children off from means of communication and legal assistance. With this, and the recent banning of human rights lawyers acting as observers from entry into the camp, it is feared that the mistreatment of the camp\u2019s children will go unchecked.   Volunteers are banned from putting up tents to house the homeless adult and child refugees outside the container camps, in yet another example of the restrictions that serve only to further endanger refugees\u2019 lives. With a large portion of the camp in flames, many are sleeping on the dunes surrounding the camp, exposed to the rain, the cold, and the people smugglers.   Despite desperate conditions and daily heartbreak, the volunteers of Help Refugees and other organisations continue to provide food, water, and some comfort to the refugees who are left. Many volunteers are from the UK, and express their devastation that their country is not answering France\u2019s calls and the refugee children it is failing \u2013 at present, it seems unlikely that the UK will take in more than the 274 children it already has. Many other volunteers are French, and must bear witness, distraught, to their nation\u2019s mistreatment of refugees already so weakened by months of subsistence in the camp.   On 1 November charities operating within the camp received notice from the French authorities promising that all children in the container camp would be transferred by bus to accommodation centres across France this week. A representative from the UK Home Office on each bus will ensure that any children legally eligible for asylum within the UK are able to apply for transfer to the UK. It is unknown how long this legal process will take.   This is a testament to the work of the volunteers and legal workers in the camp, and presents an opportunity for these children to leave behind the trauma and misery of life in a refugee camp. However, there are no guarantees, and charities must continue to work to ensure that refugees throughout France are given a far better standard of care than was provided for the children of the Calais container camp.", "essay": "I have very little sympathy for refugees of any type.  They go to another country and expect to be accommodated.  A country and government's first priority should be to its own people.  These other people have no inherent rights to be taken care of or even allowed to enter the country.  We exist in a world of borders and law--for the better.  These people come from countries that are hellholes they must flee, and they are complicit in that.  How anyone can bang on the door of another country and expect anything is beyond me.  They have no right to that.  This refugee issue is going to get more problematic and I think it behooves non crappy countries to decide, well in advance, what they're going to do about mass refugee groups, how many they'll take, etc.  you can't wait until they're ther"}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "The treatment of Calais camp children isn\u2019t just neglectful \u2013 it\u2019s abusive \u2014  The Calais camp lies in limbo, with most of its inhabitants long gone. Those who remain face hardship beyond anything the camp has previously known. Before, there was shelter \u2013 now hundreds sleep on the fringes of its dirt tracks. Before, there was at least some sense of ease \u2013 now shocked and abandoned refugees live in a state of constant tension. Fire is a constant threat, and the bulldozers are coming.   Volunteers grapple not only with the urgency of the situation, but also with the knowledge that it should \u2013 and easily could \u2013 have been prevented.     When the French authorities began the registration and resettlement of refugees, those of us involved felt an initial sense of relief. But after three days of relatively smooth action the warehouse where the registration took place closed its doors. It did not open them again. This was despite previous assurances that all refugees would be accommodated. Those left behind had no chance of safely reaching asylum centres. Most minors, registered separately, were confined to a fenced-in yard and housed in shipping containers. The rest were left homeless alongside the adult population of the camp.   Despite being provided with up-to-date and detailed census information from my organisation, Help Refugees, and the local charity, l\u2019Auberge des Migrants, the authorities chose not to take heed of these estimates. The 50-person, four-day census operation identified exact numbers of men, women, and children within the camp, and put the total population at 10,188. Though promised over 12,000 spaces in accommodation centres throughout France, almost 2,000 refugees have been abandoned once again by an uncaring government, and are left behind in the ruins of the Calais camp.   Over two weeks ago Help Refugees warned authorities at a local tribunal in Lille that housing minors in the \u201ccontainer camp\u201d would be tantamount to exposing them to fire, violence, and extreme trauma. My colleague\u2019s words went unheeded, and now seem almost prophetic. There are now approximately 1,500 children subjected to these conditions.   Children housed in the containers report choking on the smoke that blows in from their burning former homes. They say there is no drinking water, that the toilets are never cleaned and the showers are not working. Food is served only from 3pm to 5pm, and there is only one meal a day.   There is no drinking water. The toilets are never cleaned. The showers are not working. There is only one meal a day The authorities have utterly failed to safeguard these young people, and show little to no regard for their wellbeing, health, or mental states. The children in this camp are starved of care and attention, and are in constant danger. Their treatment is not just neglectful \u2013 it\u2019s abuse.   The lack of organisation has permeated every aspect of these children\u2019s lives. The crippling hunger pangs reported by many are alleviated only when groups of volunteers are allowed to distribute food. Without an identification wristband, children are not permitted to use the few still-working shower facilities \u2013 a fact made worse by the decision of the authorities to register some children without providing wristbands.     The stories you need to read, in one handy email  Read more Arbitrary security measures mean that services such as the Refugee Info Bus \u2013 founded by long-term volunteers to provide refugees with WiFi and legal services \u2013 are barred from approaching the container camp, cutting the children off from means of communication and legal assistance. With this, and the recent banning of human rights lawyers acting as observers from entry into the camp, it is feared that the mistreatment of the camp\u2019s children will go unchecked.   Volunteers are banned from putting up tents to house the homeless adult and child refugees outside the container camps, in yet another example of the restrictions that serve only to further endanger refugees\u2019 lives. With a large portion of the camp in flames, many are sleeping on the dunes surrounding the camp, exposed to the rain, the cold, and the people smugglers.   Despite desperate conditions and daily heartbreak, the volunteers of Help Refugees and other organisations continue to provide food, water, and some comfort to the refugees who are left. Many volunteers are from the UK, and express their devastation that their country is not answering France\u2019s calls and the refugee children it is failing \u2013 at present, it seems unlikely that the UK will take in more than the 274 children it already has. Many other volunteers are French, and must bear witness, distraught, to their nation\u2019s mistreatment of refugees already so weakened by months of subsistence in the camp.   On 1 November charities operating within the camp received notice from the French authorities promising that all children in the container camp would be transferred by bus to accommodation centres across France this week. A representative from the UK Home Office on each bus will ensure that any children legally eligible for asylum within the UK are able to apply for transfer to the UK. It is unknown how long this legal process will take.   This is a testament to the work of the volunteers and legal workers in the camp, and presents an opportunity for these children to leave behind the trauma and misery of life in a refugee camp. However, there are no guarantees, and charities must continue to work to ensure that refugees throughout France are given a far better standard of care than was provided for the children of the Calais container camp.", "essay": "The article did not give much information about where the refugees were from.  I had to google to learn they were mainly from Syria.  I thought this was very sad, although it is one of those problems without an easy solution.  Who is supposed to be paying for these people to be cared for?  Taxes?  Whose taxes?  I don't see a simple fix here.  It's easy to sit there and judge and say this is unfair, but also what is everyone supposed to do?  AT least they are being given asylum from the dangerous place they came from I guess.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "The treatment of Calais camp children isn\u2019t just neglectful \u2013 it\u2019s abusive \u2014  The Calais camp lies in limbo, with most of its inhabitants long gone. Those who remain face hardship beyond anything the camp has previously known. Before, there was shelter \u2013 now hundreds sleep on the fringes of its dirt tracks. Before, there was at least some sense of ease \u2013 now shocked and abandoned refugees live in a state of constant tension. Fire is a constant threat, and the bulldozers are coming.   Volunteers grapple not only with the urgency of the situation, but also with the knowledge that it should \u2013 and easily could \u2013 have been prevented.     When the French authorities began the registration and resettlement of refugees, those of us involved felt an initial sense of relief. But after three days of relatively smooth action the warehouse where the registration took place closed its doors. It did not open them again. This was despite previous assurances that all refugees would be accommodated. Those left behind had no chance of safely reaching asylum centres. Most minors, registered separately, were confined to a fenced-in yard and housed in shipping containers. The rest were left homeless alongside the adult population of the camp.   Despite being provided with up-to-date and detailed census information from my organisation, Help Refugees, and the local charity, l\u2019Auberge des Migrants, the authorities chose not to take heed of these estimates. The 50-person, four-day census operation identified exact numbers of men, women, and children within the camp, and put the total population at 10,188. Though promised over 12,000 spaces in accommodation centres throughout France, almost 2,000 refugees have been abandoned once again by an uncaring government, and are left behind in the ruins of the Calais camp.   Over two weeks ago Help Refugees warned authorities at a local tribunal in Lille that housing minors in the \u201ccontainer camp\u201d would be tantamount to exposing them to fire, violence, and extreme trauma. My colleague\u2019s words went unheeded, and now seem almost prophetic. There are now approximately 1,500 children subjected to these conditions.   Children housed in the containers report choking on the smoke that blows in from their burning former homes. They say there is no drinking water, that the toilets are never cleaned and the showers are not working. Food is served only from 3pm to 5pm, and there is only one meal a day.   There is no drinking water. The toilets are never cleaned. The showers are not working. There is only one meal a day The authorities have utterly failed to safeguard these young people, and show little to no regard for their wellbeing, health, or mental states. The children in this camp are starved of care and attention, and are in constant danger. Their treatment is not just neglectful \u2013 it\u2019s abuse.   The lack of organisation has permeated every aspect of these children\u2019s lives. The crippling hunger pangs reported by many are alleviated only when groups of volunteers are allowed to distribute food. Without an identification wristband, children are not permitted to use the few still-working shower facilities \u2013 a fact made worse by the decision of the authorities to register some children without providing wristbands.     The stories you need to read, in one handy email  Read more Arbitrary security measures mean that services such as the Refugee Info Bus \u2013 founded by long-term volunteers to provide refugees with WiFi and legal services \u2013 are barred from approaching the container camp, cutting the children off from means of communication and legal assistance. With this, and the recent banning of human rights lawyers acting as observers from entry into the camp, it is feared that the mistreatment of the camp\u2019s children will go unchecked.   Volunteers are banned from putting up tents to house the homeless adult and child refugees outside the container camps, in yet another example of the restrictions that serve only to further endanger refugees\u2019 lives. With a large portion of the camp in flames, many are sleeping on the dunes surrounding the camp, exposed to the rain, the cold, and the people smugglers.   Despite desperate conditions and daily heartbreak, the volunteers of Help Refugees and other organisations continue to provide food, water, and some comfort to the refugees who are left. Many volunteers are from the UK, and express their devastation that their country is not answering France\u2019s calls and the refugee children it is failing \u2013 at present, it seems unlikely that the UK will take in more than the 274 children it already has. Many other volunteers are French, and must bear witness, distraught, to their nation\u2019s mistreatment of refugees already so weakened by months of subsistence in the camp.   On 1 November charities operating within the camp received notice from the French authorities promising that all children in the container camp would be transferred by bus to accommodation centres across France this week. A representative from the UK Home Office on each bus will ensure that any children legally eligible for asylum within the UK are able to apply for transfer to the UK. It is unknown how long this legal process will take.   This is a testament to the work of the volunteers and legal workers in the camp, and presents an opportunity for these children to leave behind the trauma and misery of life in a refugee camp. However, there are no guarantees, and charities must continue to work to ensure that refugees throughout France are given a far better standard of care than was provided for the children of the Calais container camp.", "essay": "I never really think about immigration outside of the US, but the more I hear and think about it, the more I realize  just what an issue it is globally. People all over the world are being effected by it on both ends. Both ends being the people immigrating, and the other being the people living in the countries that people are immigrating to "}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "The treatment of Calais camp children isn\u2019t just neglectful \u2013 it\u2019s abusive \u2014  The Calais camp lies in limbo, with most of its inhabitants long gone. Those who remain face hardship beyond anything the camp has previously known. Before, there was shelter \u2013 now hundreds sleep on the fringes of its dirt tracks. Before, there was at least some sense of ease \u2013 now shocked and abandoned refugees live in a state of constant tension. Fire is a constant threat, and the bulldozers are coming.   Volunteers grapple not only with the urgency of the situation, but also with the knowledge that it should \u2013 and easily could \u2013 have been prevented.     When the French authorities began the registration and resettlement of refugees, those of us involved felt an initial sense of relief. But after three days of relatively smooth action the warehouse where the registration took place closed its doors. It did not open them again. This was despite previous assurances that all refugees would be accommodated. Those left behind had no chance of safely reaching asylum centres. Most minors, registered separately, were confined to a fenced-in yard and housed in shipping containers. The rest were left homeless alongside the adult population of the camp.   Despite being provided with up-to-date and detailed census information from my organisation, Help Refugees, and the local charity, l\u2019Auberge des Migrants, the authorities chose not to take heed of these estimates. The 50-person, four-day census operation identified exact numbers of men, women, and children within the camp, and put the total population at 10,188. Though promised over 12,000 spaces in accommodation centres throughout France, almost 2,000 refugees have been abandoned once again by an uncaring government, and are left behind in the ruins of the Calais camp.   Over two weeks ago Help Refugees warned authorities at a local tribunal in Lille that housing minors in the \u201ccontainer camp\u201d would be tantamount to exposing them to fire, violence, and extreme trauma. My colleague\u2019s words went unheeded, and now seem almost prophetic. There are now approximately 1,500 children subjected to these conditions.   Children housed in the containers report choking on the smoke that blows in from their burning former homes. They say there is no drinking water, that the toilets are never cleaned and the showers are not working. Food is served only from 3pm to 5pm, and there is only one meal a day.   There is no drinking water. The toilets are never cleaned. The showers are not working. There is only one meal a day The authorities have utterly failed to safeguard these young people, and show little to no regard for their wellbeing, health, or mental states. The children in this camp are starved of care and attention, and are in constant danger. Their treatment is not just neglectful \u2013 it\u2019s abuse.   The lack of organisation has permeated every aspect of these children\u2019s lives. The crippling hunger pangs reported by many are alleviated only when groups of volunteers are allowed to distribute food. Without an identification wristband, children are not permitted to use the few still-working shower facilities \u2013 a fact made worse by the decision of the authorities to register some children without providing wristbands.     The stories you need to read, in one handy email  Read more Arbitrary security measures mean that services such as the Refugee Info Bus \u2013 founded by long-term volunteers to provide refugees with WiFi and legal services \u2013 are barred from approaching the container camp, cutting the children off from means of communication and legal assistance. With this, and the recent banning of human rights lawyers acting as observers from entry into the camp, it is feared that the mistreatment of the camp\u2019s children will go unchecked.   Volunteers are banned from putting up tents to house the homeless adult and child refugees outside the container camps, in yet another example of the restrictions that serve only to further endanger refugees\u2019 lives. With a large portion of the camp in flames, many are sleeping on the dunes surrounding the camp, exposed to the rain, the cold, and the people smugglers.   Despite desperate conditions and daily heartbreak, the volunteers of Help Refugees and other organisations continue to provide food, water, and some comfort to the refugees who are left. Many volunteers are from the UK, and express their devastation that their country is not answering France\u2019s calls and the refugee children it is failing \u2013 at present, it seems unlikely that the UK will take in more than the 274 children it already has. Many other volunteers are French, and must bear witness, distraught, to their nation\u2019s mistreatment of refugees already so weakened by months of subsistence in the camp.   On 1 November charities operating within the camp received notice from the French authorities promising that all children in the container camp would be transferred by bus to accommodation centres across France this week. A representative from the UK Home Office on each bus will ensure that any children legally eligible for asylum within the UK are able to apply for transfer to the UK. It is unknown how long this legal process will take.   This is a testament to the work of the volunteers and legal workers in the camp, and presents an opportunity for these children to leave behind the trauma and misery of life in a refugee camp. However, there are no guarantees, and charities must continue to work to ensure that refugees throughout France are given a far better standard of care than was provided for the children of the Calais container camp.", "essay": "After reading the article, i can't help but feel bad for the people and children in the camps. I feel bad for them because nobody should have to be living in those type of conditions. Everyone should be able to have shelter, food, and a nice place to sleep on. I feel like these people are almost being treated like dirt and it's very unfair."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "The treatment of Calais camp children isn\u2019t just neglectful \u2013 it\u2019s abusive \u2014  The Calais camp lies in limbo, with most of its inhabitants long gone. Those who remain face hardship beyond anything the camp has previously known. Before, there was shelter \u2013 now hundreds sleep on the fringes of its dirt tracks. Before, there was at least some sense of ease \u2013 now shocked and abandoned refugees live in a state of constant tension. Fire is a constant threat, and the bulldozers are coming.   Volunteers grapple not only with the urgency of the situation, but also with the knowledge that it should \u2013 and easily could \u2013 have been prevented.     When the French authorities began the registration and resettlement of refugees, those of us involved felt an initial sense of relief. But after three days of relatively smooth action the warehouse where the registration took place closed its doors. It did not open them again. This was despite previous assurances that all refugees would be accommodated. Those left behind had no chance of safely reaching asylum centres. Most minors, registered separately, were confined to a fenced-in yard and housed in shipping containers. The rest were left homeless alongside the adult population of the camp.   Despite being provided with up-to-date and detailed census information from my organisation, Help Refugees, and the local charity, l\u2019Auberge des Migrants, the authorities chose not to take heed of these estimates. The 50-person, four-day census operation identified exact numbers of men, women, and children within the camp, and put the total population at 10,188. Though promised over 12,000 spaces in accommodation centres throughout France, almost 2,000 refugees have been abandoned once again by an uncaring government, and are left behind in the ruins of the Calais camp.   Over two weeks ago Help Refugees warned authorities at a local tribunal in Lille that housing minors in the \u201ccontainer camp\u201d would be tantamount to exposing them to fire, violence, and extreme trauma. My colleague\u2019s words went unheeded, and now seem almost prophetic. There are now approximately 1,500 children subjected to these conditions.   Children housed in the containers report choking on the smoke that blows in from their burning former homes. They say there is no drinking water, that the toilets are never cleaned and the showers are not working. Food is served only from 3pm to 5pm, and there is only one meal a day.   There is no drinking water. The toilets are never cleaned. The showers are not working. There is only one meal a day The authorities have utterly failed to safeguard these young people, and show little to no regard for their wellbeing, health, or mental states. The children in this camp are starved of care and attention, and are in constant danger. Their treatment is not just neglectful \u2013 it\u2019s abuse.   The lack of organisation has permeated every aspect of these children\u2019s lives. The crippling hunger pangs reported by many are alleviated only when groups of volunteers are allowed to distribute food. Without an identification wristband, children are not permitted to use the few still-working shower facilities \u2013 a fact made worse by the decision of the authorities to register some children without providing wristbands.     The stories you need to read, in one handy email  Read more Arbitrary security measures mean that services such as the Refugee Info Bus \u2013 founded by long-term volunteers to provide refugees with WiFi and legal services \u2013 are barred from approaching the container camp, cutting the children off from means of communication and legal assistance. With this, and the recent banning of human rights lawyers acting as observers from entry into the camp, it is feared that the mistreatment of the camp\u2019s children will go unchecked.   Volunteers are banned from putting up tents to house the homeless adult and child refugees outside the container camps, in yet another example of the restrictions that serve only to further endanger refugees\u2019 lives. With a large portion of the camp in flames, many are sleeping on the dunes surrounding the camp, exposed to the rain, the cold, and the people smugglers.   Despite desperate conditions and daily heartbreak, the volunteers of Help Refugees and other organisations continue to provide food, water, and some comfort to the refugees who are left. Many volunteers are from the UK, and express their devastation that their country is not answering France\u2019s calls and the refugee children it is failing \u2013 at present, it seems unlikely that the UK will take in more than the 274 children it already has. Many other volunteers are French, and must bear witness, distraught, to their nation\u2019s mistreatment of refugees already so weakened by months of subsistence in the camp.   On 1 November charities operating within the camp received notice from the French authorities promising that all children in the container camp would be transferred by bus to accommodation centres across France this week. A representative from the UK Home Office on each bus will ensure that any children legally eligible for asylum within the UK are able to apply for transfer to the UK. It is unknown how long this legal process will take.   This is a testament to the work of the volunteers and legal workers in the camp, and presents an opportunity for these children to leave behind the trauma and misery of life in a refugee camp. However, there are no guarantees, and charities must continue to work to ensure that refugees throughout France are given a far better standard of care than was provided for the children of the Calais container camp.", "essay": "Why is the rest of the world just sitting around watching this go on. It disgusts me that we are sitting idly by watching these children get abused. I understand it is not America's problem but it is all our problem when children are being hurt . We must stand up and fix this, its the right thing to do no matter what."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "This Is What It\u2019s Like on the Front Lines of Nigeria\u2019s Unseen Hunger Crisis \u2014  Millions of Nigerians survived Boko Haram, but now a humanitarian catastrophe is putting their lives at risk again. ABUJA, Nigeria \u2015 After her father died two years ago during a Boko Haram raid on her village in Yobe, Nigeria, 16-year-old Zulyatu, her younger siblings and their mother fled to Biu, a town in northeast Nigeria\u2019s Borno state. A year ago their mother left for another town to get treatment for high blood pressure from a traditional healer, leaving Zulyatu alone to care for her siblings, 12-year-old Abubakar and 8-year-old Amira. Zulyatu said hunger affects every part of their lives. They only eat once or twice a day, and they often feel dizzy from hunger. In their home village, before Boko Haram came, their father was a butcher, so the family always had enough meat to eat. The hunger makes her long for her father, and Zulyatu said that if he were still alive they wouldn\u2019t be having this experience. The focus on their struggle for food also leaves the siblings with little time or access for education. Before they came to Biu, Zulyatu was interested in studying to become a doctor, but they have been unable to attend school since the move. Sadly, experiences of hunger and desperation, like those of Zulyatu and her siblings, are the rule rather than the exception in conflict-weary Nigeria and in the greater Lake Chad Basin area. The hunger has become so strong, that one woman recently told us that she had become so desperate to feed her children that she took to boiling grass. The militant group Boko Haram emerged in Nigeria, Africa\u2019s most populous country, in 2002, but much of the world first became familiar with the terrorist group when it kidnapped 276 schoolgirls in 2014. Years of violence and destruction, combined with widespread and underestimated drought conditions, have created an ongoing crisis here. But as the Nigerian army retakes territory held by Boko Haram, another problem has emerged in the country \u2015 a horrific and massive humanitarian crisis is revealing itself. More than 4 million people are food insecure, not knowing from where their next meal will come. In August, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that in Borno state, where Zulyatu lives, nearly a quarter of a million children are severely malnourished, and one in five will die if they aren\u2019t treated. Mercy Corps, the global organization I work for, is one of the organizations mounting a response to this urgent and largely overlooked humanitarian situation. Our team has accessed remote villages and towns in south Borno state, where regular army checkpoints serve as a reminder of the serious threat Boko Haram still poses. But despite efforts from aid organizations like ours, there are still 2.2 million people living in unreachable areas in northeast Nigeria, with no contact to the outside world \u2015 and no guarantee of safe passage for aid workers. We don\u2019t yet know the full extent of the crisis \u2015 the Nigerian military and humanitarian organizations like Mercy Corps are still trying to push into these parts of the country \u2015 but based on what we\u2019ve seen so far, we fear the worst.  \u201cThe carnage becomes more glaring as we gain access to newer areas, and it has become a struggle for those of us in the forefront to comprehend how to help the thousands we come across who need our support,\u201d said Michael Mu\u2019azu, our humanitarian projects manager. \u201cWhat keeps me going is the fact that I can contribute to making a difference, and because I work with an amazing team of men and women who have dedicated their lives to providing lifesaving assistance, I wake up every day and go to work knowing more people will get to smile.\u201d For now though, many of the people we come across are not smiling. \u201cWhen I see the people in these communities, I see hunger and suffering in their faces,\u201d Umar Shuaibu, our operations officer, said. In our internal assessments this past July, we found that in the area of Damboa more than 80 percent of shelters were destroyed or partially destroyed, with no roof or doors. Of the people we interviewed, 97 percent reported that they could not afford to buy food in the previous four weeks. Because of continued insecurity, many farmers cannot reach the land where they cultivate food to eat and sell. People in these communities survive by selling foraged firewood and begging or laboring for less than the equivalent of $1 per day. Others have resorted to transactional sex.  The Nigerian military must clear and secure new areas before aid can get in, to make sure humanitarian workers have safe passage and aid does not end up in the wrong hands. And we have also not seen the amount of funding needed to mount a response of this size. Right now, less than one-third of current United Nations appeals for the crisis has been funded, a shortfall of $542 million. As a sovereign nation, Nigeria has a duty to provide for its people. It is ultimately responsible for leading the response to this emergency, establishing strong coordination and allowing for safe and organized access to deliver assistance to people in need. But it is also the humanitarian imperative of the international community to help people in crisis. At Mercy Corps, we are working quickly to meet urgent needs. In south Borno state we have been providing financial assistance, such as cash and vouchers that can be exchanged for food in local markets, as well as grants to jump-start businesses. We are repairing water points and latrines to ensure access to clean water and prevent the spread of waterborne illness. We also provide protection for vulnerable civilians, particularly women and children, and mobilize and train community members to recognize and respond to gender-based violence. We know that the needs are massive, and are going unmet, and we are working as quickly as possible to scale up our operations. Already in the past several months we have shifted to new locations and tripled our financial and staffing resources to reach upwards of 100,000 people. But it is a herculean task for any single organization to tackle on its own, and a risky one because insurgents could attack us unexpectantly. All organizations responding to this crisis in Nigeria face stretched capacity and daunting logistics. But we aren\u2019t giving up. Already we see the benefit of one small act. With the e-voucher she received during Mercy Corps\u2019 first distribution, Zulyatu bought a month\u2019s worth of rice and cooking oil in the local market. When asked what she hopes for the future, Zulyatu said, \u201cI just want to see everyone happy. Everyone would have enough to eat and abundance.\u201d We can make that hope possible, if we act urgently.", "essay": "I think its sad what is happening in Nigeria with the hunger crisis. What happened to Zulyatu and he siblings making the mother flee to Biu is just crazy. I think we should step in as a nation and do the right thing here. It is the correct thing to do honestly and we must get it done as quick as possible."}
{"user_id": "ec_p052", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 78000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 78000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "This Is What It\u2019s Like on the Front Lines of Nigeria\u2019s Unseen Hunger Crisis \u2014  Millions of Nigerians survived Boko Haram, but now a humanitarian catastrophe is putting their lives at risk again. ABUJA, Nigeria \u2015 After her father died two years ago during a Boko Haram raid on her village in Yobe, Nigeria, 16-year-old Zulyatu, her younger siblings and their mother fled to Biu, a town in northeast Nigeria\u2019s Borno state. A year ago their mother left for another town to get treatment for high blood pressure from a traditional healer, leaving Zulyatu alone to care for her siblings, 12-year-old Abubakar and 8-year-old Amira. Zulyatu said hunger affects every part of their lives. They only eat once or twice a day, and they often feel dizzy from hunger. In their home village, before Boko Haram came, their father was a butcher, so the family always had enough meat to eat. The hunger makes her long for her father, and Zulyatu said that if he were still alive they wouldn\u2019t be having this experience. The focus on their struggle for food also leaves the siblings with little time or access for education. Before they came to Biu, Zulyatu was interested in studying to become a doctor, but they have been unable to attend school since the move. Sadly, experiences of hunger and desperation, like those of Zulyatu and her siblings, are the rule rather than the exception in conflict-weary Nigeria and in the greater Lake Chad Basin area. The hunger has become so strong, that one woman recently told us that she had become so desperate to feed her children that she took to boiling grass. The militant group Boko Haram emerged in Nigeria, Africa\u2019s most populous country, in 2002, but much of the world first became familiar with the terrorist group when it kidnapped 276 schoolgirls in 2014. Years of violence and destruction, combined with widespread and underestimated drought conditions, have created an ongoing crisis here. But as the Nigerian army retakes territory held by Boko Haram, another problem has emerged in the country \u2015 a horrific and massive humanitarian crisis is revealing itself. More than 4 million people are food insecure, not knowing from where their next meal will come. In August, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that in Borno state, where Zulyatu lives, nearly a quarter of a million children are severely malnourished, and one in five will die if they aren\u2019t treated. Mercy Corps, the global organization I work for, is one of the organizations mounting a response to this urgent and largely overlooked humanitarian situation. Our team has accessed remote villages and towns in south Borno state, where regular army checkpoints serve as a reminder of the serious threat Boko Haram still poses. But despite efforts from aid organizations like ours, there are still 2.2 million people living in unreachable areas in northeast Nigeria, with no contact to the outside world \u2015 and no guarantee of safe passage for aid workers. We don\u2019t yet know the full extent of the crisis \u2015 the Nigerian military and humanitarian organizations like Mercy Corps are still trying to push into these parts of the country \u2015 but based on what we\u2019ve seen so far, we fear the worst.  \u201cThe carnage becomes more glaring as we gain access to newer areas, and it has become a struggle for those of us in the forefront to comprehend how to help the thousands we come across who need our support,\u201d said Michael Mu\u2019azu, our humanitarian projects manager. \u201cWhat keeps me going is the fact that I can contribute to making a difference, and because I work with an amazing team of men and women who have dedicated their lives to providing lifesaving assistance, I wake up every day and go to work knowing more people will get to smile.\u201d For now though, many of the people we come across are not smiling. \u201cWhen I see the people in these communities, I see hunger and suffering in their faces,\u201d Umar Shuaibu, our operations officer, said. In our internal assessments this past July, we found that in the area of Damboa more than 80 percent of shelters were destroyed or partially destroyed, with no roof or doors. Of the people we interviewed, 97 percent reported that they could not afford to buy food in the previous four weeks. Because of continued insecurity, many farmers cannot reach the land where they cultivate food to eat and sell. People in these communities survive by selling foraged firewood and begging or laboring for less than the equivalent of $1 per day. Others have resorted to transactional sex.  The Nigerian military must clear and secure new areas before aid can get in, to make sure humanitarian workers have safe passage and aid does not end up in the wrong hands. And we have also not seen the amount of funding needed to mount a response of this size. Right now, less than one-third of current United Nations appeals for the crisis has been funded, a shortfall of $542 million. As a sovereign nation, Nigeria has a duty to provide for its people. It is ultimately responsible for leading the response to this emergency, establishing strong coordination and allowing for safe and organized access to deliver assistance to people in need. But it is also the humanitarian imperative of the international community to help people in crisis. At Mercy Corps, we are working quickly to meet urgent needs. In south Borno state we have been providing financial assistance, such as cash and vouchers that can be exchanged for food in local markets, as well as grants to jump-start businesses. We are repairing water points and latrines to ensure access to clean water and prevent the spread of waterborne illness. We also provide protection for vulnerable civilians, particularly women and children, and mobilize and train community members to recognize and respond to gender-based violence. We know that the needs are massive, and are going unmet, and we are working as quickly as possible to scale up our operations. Already in the past several months we have shifted to new locations and tripled our financial and staffing resources to reach upwards of 100,000 people. But it is a herculean task for any single organization to tackle on its own, and a risky one because insurgents could attack us unexpectantly. All organizations responding to this crisis in Nigeria face stretched capacity and daunting logistics. But we aren\u2019t giving up. Already we see the benefit of one small act. With the e-voucher she received during Mercy Corps\u2019 first distribution, Zulyatu bought a month\u2019s worth of rice and cooking oil in the local market. When asked what she hopes for the future, Zulyatu said, \u201cI just want to see everyone happy. Everyone would have enough to eat and abundance.\u201d We can make that hope possible, if we act urgently.", "essay": "The feelings that I have regarding the article is that somethings happen for a reason and they are out of your control sometimes. I think what went wrong in that conflict can be resolved and all that is needed is clear cut communication so that both parties know where each other stands at the end of the day. I personally think that is the best option and that the article itself is something that is worth a read in my opinion."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "This Is What It\u2019s Like on the Front Lines of Nigeria\u2019s Unseen Hunger Crisis \u2014  Millions of Nigerians survived Boko Haram, but now a humanitarian catastrophe is putting their lives at risk again. ABUJA, Nigeria \u2015 After her father died two years ago during a Boko Haram raid on her village in Yobe, Nigeria, 16-year-old Zulyatu, her younger siblings and their mother fled to Biu, a town in northeast Nigeria\u2019s Borno state. A year ago their mother left for another town to get treatment for high blood pressure from a traditional healer, leaving Zulyatu alone to care for her siblings, 12-year-old Abubakar and 8-year-old Amira. Zulyatu said hunger affects every part of their lives. They only eat once or twice a day, and they often feel dizzy from hunger. In their home village, before Boko Haram came, their father was a butcher, so the family always had enough meat to eat. The hunger makes her long for her father, and Zulyatu said that if he were still alive they wouldn\u2019t be having this experience. The focus on their struggle for food also leaves the siblings with little time or access for education. Before they came to Biu, Zulyatu was interested in studying to become a doctor, but they have been unable to attend school since the move. Sadly, experiences of hunger and desperation, like those of Zulyatu and her siblings, are the rule rather than the exception in conflict-weary Nigeria and in the greater Lake Chad Basin area. The hunger has become so strong, that one woman recently told us that she had become so desperate to feed her children that she took to boiling grass. The militant group Boko Haram emerged in Nigeria, Africa\u2019s most populous country, in 2002, but much of the world first became familiar with the terrorist group when it kidnapped 276 schoolgirls in 2014. Years of violence and destruction, combined with widespread and underestimated drought conditions, have created an ongoing crisis here. But as the Nigerian army retakes territory held by Boko Haram, another problem has emerged in the country \u2015 a horrific and massive humanitarian crisis is revealing itself. More than 4 million people are food insecure, not knowing from where their next meal will come. In August, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that in Borno state, where Zulyatu lives, nearly a quarter of a million children are severely malnourished, and one in five will die if they aren\u2019t treated. Mercy Corps, the global organization I work for, is one of the organizations mounting a response to this urgent and largely overlooked humanitarian situation. Our team has accessed remote villages and towns in south Borno state, where regular army checkpoints serve as a reminder of the serious threat Boko Haram still poses. But despite efforts from aid organizations like ours, there are still 2.2 million people living in unreachable areas in northeast Nigeria, with no contact to the outside world \u2015 and no guarantee of safe passage for aid workers. We don\u2019t yet know the full extent of the crisis \u2015 the Nigerian military and humanitarian organizations like Mercy Corps are still trying to push into these parts of the country \u2015 but based on what we\u2019ve seen so far, we fear the worst.  \u201cThe carnage becomes more glaring as we gain access to newer areas, and it has become a struggle for those of us in the forefront to comprehend how to help the thousands we come across who need our support,\u201d said Michael Mu\u2019azu, our humanitarian projects manager. \u201cWhat keeps me going is the fact that I can contribute to making a difference, and because I work with an amazing team of men and women who have dedicated their lives to providing lifesaving assistance, I wake up every day and go to work knowing more people will get to smile.\u201d For now though, many of the people we come across are not smiling. \u201cWhen I see the people in these communities, I see hunger and suffering in their faces,\u201d Umar Shuaibu, our operations officer, said. In our internal assessments this past July, we found that in the area of Damboa more than 80 percent of shelters were destroyed or partially destroyed, with no roof or doors. Of the people we interviewed, 97 percent reported that they could not afford to buy food in the previous four weeks. Because of continued insecurity, many farmers cannot reach the land where they cultivate food to eat and sell. People in these communities survive by selling foraged firewood and begging or laboring for less than the equivalent of $1 per day. Others have resorted to transactional sex.  The Nigerian military must clear and secure new areas before aid can get in, to make sure humanitarian workers have safe passage and aid does not end up in the wrong hands. And we have also not seen the amount of funding needed to mount a response of this size. Right now, less than one-third of current United Nations appeals for the crisis has been funded, a shortfall of $542 million. As a sovereign nation, Nigeria has a duty to provide for its people. It is ultimately responsible for leading the response to this emergency, establishing strong coordination and allowing for safe and organized access to deliver assistance to people in need. But it is also the humanitarian imperative of the international community to help people in crisis. At Mercy Corps, we are working quickly to meet urgent needs. In south Borno state we have been providing financial assistance, such as cash and vouchers that can be exchanged for food in local markets, as well as grants to jump-start businesses. We are repairing water points and latrines to ensure access to clean water and prevent the spread of waterborne illness. We also provide protection for vulnerable civilians, particularly women and children, and mobilize and train community members to recognize and respond to gender-based violence. We know that the needs are massive, and are going unmet, and we are working as quickly as possible to scale up our operations. Already in the past several months we have shifted to new locations and tripled our financial and staffing resources to reach upwards of 100,000 people. But it is a herculean task for any single organization to tackle on its own, and a risky one because insurgents could attack us unexpectantly. All organizations responding to this crisis in Nigeria face stretched capacity and daunting logistics. But we aren\u2019t giving up. Already we see the benefit of one small act. With the e-voucher she received during Mercy Corps\u2019 first distribution, Zulyatu bought a month\u2019s worth of rice and cooking oil in the local market. When asked what she hopes for the future, Zulyatu said, \u201cI just want to see everyone happy. Everyone would have enough to eat and abundance.\u201d We can make that hope possible, if we act urgently.", "essay": "After reading the article, you can't help but feel bad for these people. We're so far into humanity and we are still seeing people suffer from hunger and thirst. We should not be having these problems today. I think that the world should try to do more to take notice of these situations and try to help out whenever possible because we all have that right."}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "This Is What It\u2019s Like on the Front Lines of Nigeria\u2019s Unseen Hunger Crisis \u2014  Millions of Nigerians survived Boko Haram, but now a humanitarian catastrophe is putting their lives at risk again. ABUJA, Nigeria \u2015 After her father died two years ago during a Boko Haram raid on her village in Yobe, Nigeria, 16-year-old Zulyatu, her younger siblings and their mother fled to Biu, a town in northeast Nigeria\u2019s Borno state. A year ago their mother left for another town to get treatment for high blood pressure from a traditional healer, leaving Zulyatu alone to care for her siblings, 12-year-old Abubakar and 8-year-old Amira. Zulyatu said hunger affects every part of their lives. They only eat once or twice a day, and they often feel dizzy from hunger. In their home village, before Boko Haram came, their father was a butcher, so the family always had enough meat to eat. The hunger makes her long for her father, and Zulyatu said that if he were still alive they wouldn\u2019t be having this experience. The focus on their struggle for food also leaves the siblings with little time or access for education. Before they came to Biu, Zulyatu was interested in studying to become a doctor, but they have been unable to attend school since the move. Sadly, experiences of hunger and desperation, like those of Zulyatu and her siblings, are the rule rather than the exception in conflict-weary Nigeria and in the greater Lake Chad Basin area. The hunger has become so strong, that one woman recently told us that she had become so desperate to feed her children that she took to boiling grass. The militant group Boko Haram emerged in Nigeria, Africa\u2019s most populous country, in 2002, but much of the world first became familiar with the terrorist group when it kidnapped 276 schoolgirls in 2014. Years of violence and destruction, combined with widespread and underestimated drought conditions, have created an ongoing crisis here. But as the Nigerian army retakes territory held by Boko Haram, another problem has emerged in the country \u2015 a horrific and massive humanitarian crisis is revealing itself. More than 4 million people are food insecure, not knowing from where their next meal will come. In August, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that in Borno state, where Zulyatu lives, nearly a quarter of a million children are severely malnourished, and one in five will die if they aren\u2019t treated. Mercy Corps, the global organization I work for, is one of the organizations mounting a response to this urgent and largely overlooked humanitarian situation. Our team has accessed remote villages and towns in south Borno state, where regular army checkpoints serve as a reminder of the serious threat Boko Haram still poses. But despite efforts from aid organizations like ours, there are still 2.2 million people living in unreachable areas in northeast Nigeria, with no contact to the outside world \u2015 and no guarantee of safe passage for aid workers. We don\u2019t yet know the full extent of the crisis \u2015 the Nigerian military and humanitarian organizations like Mercy Corps are still trying to push into these parts of the country \u2015 but based on what we\u2019ve seen so far, we fear the worst.  \u201cThe carnage becomes more glaring as we gain access to newer areas, and it has become a struggle for those of us in the forefront to comprehend how to help the thousands we come across who need our support,\u201d said Michael Mu\u2019azu, our humanitarian projects manager. \u201cWhat keeps me going is the fact that I can contribute to making a difference, and because I work with an amazing team of men and women who have dedicated their lives to providing lifesaving assistance, I wake up every day and go to work knowing more people will get to smile.\u201d For now though, many of the people we come across are not smiling. \u201cWhen I see the people in these communities, I see hunger and suffering in their faces,\u201d Umar Shuaibu, our operations officer, said. In our internal assessments this past July, we found that in the area of Damboa more than 80 percent of shelters were destroyed or partially destroyed, with no roof or doors. Of the people we interviewed, 97 percent reported that they could not afford to buy food in the previous four weeks. Because of continued insecurity, many farmers cannot reach the land where they cultivate food to eat and sell. People in these communities survive by selling foraged firewood and begging or laboring for less than the equivalent of $1 per day. Others have resorted to transactional sex.  The Nigerian military must clear and secure new areas before aid can get in, to make sure humanitarian workers have safe passage and aid does not end up in the wrong hands. And we have also not seen the amount of funding needed to mount a response of this size. Right now, less than one-third of current United Nations appeals for the crisis has been funded, a shortfall of $542 million. As a sovereign nation, Nigeria has a duty to provide for its people. It is ultimately responsible for leading the response to this emergency, establishing strong coordination and allowing for safe and organized access to deliver assistance to people in need. But it is also the humanitarian imperative of the international community to help people in crisis. At Mercy Corps, we are working quickly to meet urgent needs. In south Borno state we have been providing financial assistance, such as cash and vouchers that can be exchanged for food in local markets, as well as grants to jump-start businesses. We are repairing water points and latrines to ensure access to clean water and prevent the spread of waterborne illness. We also provide protection for vulnerable civilians, particularly women and children, and mobilize and train community members to recognize and respond to gender-based violence. We know that the needs are massive, and are going unmet, and we are working as quickly as possible to scale up our operations. Already in the past several months we have shifted to new locations and tripled our financial and staffing resources to reach upwards of 100,000 people. But it is a herculean task for any single organization to tackle on its own, and a risky one because insurgents could attack us unexpectantly. All organizations responding to this crisis in Nigeria face stretched capacity and daunting logistics. But we aren\u2019t giving up. Already we see the benefit of one small act. With the e-voucher she received during Mercy Corps\u2019 first distribution, Zulyatu bought a month\u2019s worth of rice and cooking oil in the local market. When asked what she hopes for the future, Zulyatu said, \u201cI just want to see everyone happy. Everyone would have enough to eat and abundance.\u201d We can make that hope possible, if we act urgently.", "essay": "It is terrible that these kids have to starve but it was kind of funny that they were boiling grass I mean think about these africans they always have some sort of crisis even when they are rich in oil they still manage to ruin everything they are like monkeys they resemble apes they behave like animals"}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "This Is What It\u2019s Like on the Front Lines of Nigeria\u2019s Unseen Hunger Crisis \u2014  Millions of Nigerians survived Boko Haram, but now a humanitarian catastrophe is putting their lives at risk again. ABUJA, Nigeria \u2015 After her father died two years ago during a Boko Haram raid on her village in Yobe, Nigeria, 16-year-old Zulyatu, her younger siblings and their mother fled to Biu, a town in northeast Nigeria\u2019s Borno state. A year ago their mother left for another town to get treatment for high blood pressure from a traditional healer, leaving Zulyatu alone to care for her siblings, 12-year-old Abubakar and 8-year-old Amira. Zulyatu said hunger affects every part of their lives. They only eat once or twice a day, and they often feel dizzy from hunger. In their home village, before Boko Haram came, their father was a butcher, so the family always had enough meat to eat. The hunger makes her long for her father, and Zulyatu said that if he were still alive they wouldn\u2019t be having this experience. The focus on their struggle for food also leaves the siblings with little time or access for education. Before they came to Biu, Zulyatu was interested in studying to become a doctor, but they have been unable to attend school since the move. Sadly, experiences of hunger and desperation, like those of Zulyatu and her siblings, are the rule rather than the exception in conflict-weary Nigeria and in the greater Lake Chad Basin area. The hunger has become so strong, that one woman recently told us that she had become so desperate to feed her children that she took to boiling grass. The militant group Boko Haram emerged in Nigeria, Africa\u2019s most populous country, in 2002, but much of the world first became familiar with the terrorist group when it kidnapped 276 schoolgirls in 2014. Years of violence and destruction, combined with widespread and underestimated drought conditions, have created an ongoing crisis here. But as the Nigerian army retakes territory held by Boko Haram, another problem has emerged in the country \u2015 a horrific and massive humanitarian crisis is revealing itself. More than 4 million people are food insecure, not knowing from where their next meal will come. In August, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that in Borno state, where Zulyatu lives, nearly a quarter of a million children are severely malnourished, and one in five will die if they aren\u2019t treated. Mercy Corps, the global organization I work for, is one of the organizations mounting a response to this urgent and largely overlooked humanitarian situation. Our team has accessed remote villages and towns in south Borno state, where regular army checkpoints serve as a reminder of the serious threat Boko Haram still poses. But despite efforts from aid organizations like ours, there are still 2.2 million people living in unreachable areas in northeast Nigeria, with no contact to the outside world \u2015 and no guarantee of safe passage for aid workers. We don\u2019t yet know the full extent of the crisis \u2015 the Nigerian military and humanitarian organizations like Mercy Corps are still trying to push into these parts of the country \u2015 but based on what we\u2019ve seen so far, we fear the worst.  \u201cThe carnage becomes more glaring as we gain access to newer areas, and it has become a struggle for those of us in the forefront to comprehend how to help the thousands we come across who need our support,\u201d said Michael Mu\u2019azu, our humanitarian projects manager. \u201cWhat keeps me going is the fact that I can contribute to making a difference, and because I work with an amazing team of men and women who have dedicated their lives to providing lifesaving assistance, I wake up every day and go to work knowing more people will get to smile.\u201d For now though, many of the people we come across are not smiling. \u201cWhen I see the people in these communities, I see hunger and suffering in their faces,\u201d Umar Shuaibu, our operations officer, said. In our internal assessments this past July, we found that in the area of Damboa more than 80 percent of shelters were destroyed or partially destroyed, with no roof or doors. Of the people we interviewed, 97 percent reported that they could not afford to buy food in the previous four weeks. Because of continued insecurity, many farmers cannot reach the land where they cultivate food to eat and sell. People in these communities survive by selling foraged firewood and begging or laboring for less than the equivalent of $1 per day. Others have resorted to transactional sex.  The Nigerian military must clear and secure new areas before aid can get in, to make sure humanitarian workers have safe passage and aid does not end up in the wrong hands. And we have also not seen the amount of funding needed to mount a response of this size. Right now, less than one-third of current United Nations appeals for the crisis has been funded, a shortfall of $542 million. As a sovereign nation, Nigeria has a duty to provide for its people. It is ultimately responsible for leading the response to this emergency, establishing strong coordination and allowing for safe and organized access to deliver assistance to people in need. But it is also the humanitarian imperative of the international community to help people in crisis. At Mercy Corps, we are working quickly to meet urgent needs. In south Borno state we have been providing financial assistance, such as cash and vouchers that can be exchanged for food in local markets, as well as grants to jump-start businesses. We are repairing water points and latrines to ensure access to clean water and prevent the spread of waterborne illness. We also provide protection for vulnerable civilians, particularly women and children, and mobilize and train community members to recognize and respond to gender-based violence. We know that the needs are massive, and are going unmet, and we are working as quickly as possible to scale up our operations. Already in the past several months we have shifted to new locations and tripled our financial and staffing resources to reach upwards of 100,000 people. But it is a herculean task for any single organization to tackle on its own, and a risky one because insurgents could attack us unexpectantly. All organizations responding to this crisis in Nigeria face stretched capacity and daunting logistics. But we aren\u2019t giving up. Already we see the benefit of one small act. With the e-voucher she received during Mercy Corps\u2019 first distribution, Zulyatu bought a month\u2019s worth of rice and cooking oil in the local market. When asked what she hopes for the future, Zulyatu said, \u201cI just want to see everyone happy. Everyone would have enough to eat and abundance.\u201d We can make that hope possible, if we act urgently.", "essay": "I found this to be very sad.  These people obviously don't have many options, and they are trapped in a bad situation without any food and with a lot of violence around them.  I have heard a lot about this area and the bad things going on there.  This is an ongoing situation that shows no signs of improvement, and meanwhile the people continue to suffer and die.  Young people are affected as well as women and many innocent people who have nothing to do with the terrorist groups causing all these problems."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Aleppo\u2019s oldest residents fear they\u2019ll die alone \u2014  BEIRUT \u2014 Before the war convulsed his native Syria, Marea Marea relished retire\u00adment. He enjoyed leisurely morning walks, played with his grandchildren and took afternoon catnaps. Then the fighting began in rebel-held eastern Aleppo. Airstrikes have pulverized his neighborhood, and a brutal siege has forced him to skimp on food so other members of his family have enough to eat. ADVERTISING Now the 70-year-old feels weak, frightened and helpless. \u201cMy entire life has been spent trying to build something for my family,\u201d he said, speaking by Skype from his home in the war-divided city. \u201cI built this home. My body aches from the decades of work that I did to make them a better life. But now this? There\u2019s little dignity in this kind of life.\u201d The war has taken an immense toll on the more than 200,000 people still in eastern Aleppo. Marea and other older residents face especially difficult circumstances, according to aid workers and doctors there. Some choose \u2014 or are asked \u2014 to make sacrifices for younger family members or are left to cope on their own after their children and grandchildren flee to safety in other countries. \u201cPeople are being forced to make sacrifices, and this often involves the older people getting neglected,\u201d said Bacry al-Ebeid, who distributes food to residents in rebel areas of Aleppo for Mercy-USA, a Michigan-based charity. [Darkness and fear in Aleppo as the bombs rain down] Aleppo, Syria\u2019s largest city before the war, has become perhaps the most important battleground in the conflict, which began in 2011 and has left more than 400,000 dead and millions displaced. Rebels seized the city\u2019s eastern districts in 2012, and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have intensified efforts to take them back. If they do, it would mark a significant victory for the embattled leader. In recent months, warplanes operated by Assad\u2019s government and its ally, Russia, have increasingly bombed hospitals and homes in the city\u2019s opposition-held areas. Food and fuel shortages have worsened because of the siege imposed by pro-government forces, who control the city\u2019s west end. As a result, residents and aid workers in eastern Aleppo say, it has become nearly impossible to find medicine to treat heart disease, diabetes, rheumatism and other conditions most commonly experienced by older people. Overstretched medical facilities must turn away people suffering from such conditions because of the overwhelming number of more-urgent cases, such as people with shrapnel wounds and other \u00adwar-related injuries. Pablo Marco, Middle East operations manager for the medical charity Doctors Without Borders, said the situation is so bad that fewer than three dozen doctors are still working in eastern Aleppo. The area has only one functioning dialysis unit left, he said. \u201cIf that unit stopped working, then that would mean more deaths,\u201d he said. \u201cThe doctors just don\u2019t have the time and facilities to take care of chronic diseases that, if not properly treated, will kill you in a matter of weeks and months.\u201d As some become frail, they might see themselves as a burden on their family, which can fuel anxiety, Ebeid said. Some families have had to take \u00adextreme measures and have abandoned older family members, he said. In Arab societies, older people generally live with their children until death. [Syrian regime and Russia may have killed more children in latest bombing] There are no reliable age breakdowns of people living in the city\u2019s besieged eastern areas, but before the war, Aleppo had a population approaching 3 million. Hundreds of thousands of residents have fled since the conflict erupted. \u201cIn a lot of cases, though, what we see are elderly people who refuse to leave their homes,\u201d Ebeid said. \u201cSo that means their families, when they flee to other countries, are forced to leave them behind.\u201d In another neighborhood of eastern Aleppo, 83-year-old Reema Salama lives alone in the home where she raised her children. Most of her family escaped to Turkey last year, but Salama chose to stay put, she said during a recent interview over Skype. Because of the siege, she cannot leave, and her family cannot visit. She receives food from Ebeid\u2019s organization but struggles to cook it, relying on neighbors for help. \u201cI\u2019m all alone! I\u2019m going to die alone here!\u201d she said before abruptly ending the conversation. Marea said he would never leave his home. To pay for it, he worked for years as a freelance farmhand and day laborer. But even if he tried to leave, the government\u2019s siege would prevent him. So he spends most of his time at home feeling isolated and hoping airstrikes do not obliterate him and his family. \u201cI\u2019m afraid our house will get bombed but that we won\u2019t die in the attack,\u201d he said, describing the fate of many people in his area of town. \u201cWe\u2019ll just be stuck in the rubble for days and slowly die.\u201d He also thinks constantly about trying to balance what he and his 70-year-old wife, Ajoun, need to survive with the demands of the 10 children and grandchildren living with them. Already, the family struggles to care for one son, 45-year-old Ahmed, whose leg was amputated last year after shrapnel struck it during an attack. \u201cWe eat twice \u2014 once in the morning and once in the evening \u2014 because we are trying to reduce the amount we eat so the kids still have enough,\u201d he said. He fears the effect this could have on his wife, who suffers from high blood pressure and rheumatism. Marea has received unexpected help from another son, Hameed, who was visiting from Turkey and became trapped in the city when the government imposed its siege several weeks ago. Asked whether Hameed intends to return to Turkey, Marea choked up. \u201cNo, he can\u2019t go back. The siege. He can\u2019t leave us here,\u201d Marea said. Then, he said, \u201cI\u2019m an old man. I shouldn\u2019t have to think about these kind of things.\u201d Heba Habib in Stockholm and Zakaria Zakaria in Istanbul contributed to this report.", "essay": "This is sad as somebody with elderly parents the thought of them dying alone is quite scary. We must be able to fix this and the best way how is to just overall understand that they need help. We must strive to do better. To do better means helping them out. There is little dignity in that kind of life since everyone else flees and leaves them alone."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Aleppo\u2019s oldest residents fear they\u2019ll die alone \u2014  BEIRUT \u2014 Before the war convulsed his native Syria, Marea Marea relished retire\u00adment. He enjoyed leisurely morning walks, played with his grandchildren and took afternoon catnaps. Then the fighting began in rebel-held eastern Aleppo. Airstrikes have pulverized his neighborhood, and a brutal siege has forced him to skimp on food so other members of his family have enough to eat. ADVERTISING Now the 70-year-old feels weak, frightened and helpless. \u201cMy entire life has been spent trying to build something for my family,\u201d he said, speaking by Skype from his home in the war-divided city. \u201cI built this home. My body aches from the decades of work that I did to make them a better life. But now this? There\u2019s little dignity in this kind of life.\u201d The war has taken an immense toll on the more than 200,000 people still in eastern Aleppo. Marea and other older residents face especially difficult circumstances, according to aid workers and doctors there. Some choose \u2014 or are asked \u2014 to make sacrifices for younger family members or are left to cope on their own after their children and grandchildren flee to safety in other countries. \u201cPeople are being forced to make sacrifices, and this often involves the older people getting neglected,\u201d said Bacry al-Ebeid, who distributes food to residents in rebel areas of Aleppo for Mercy-USA, a Michigan-based charity. [Darkness and fear in Aleppo as the bombs rain down] Aleppo, Syria\u2019s largest city before the war, has become perhaps the most important battleground in the conflict, which began in 2011 and has left more than 400,000 dead and millions displaced. Rebels seized the city\u2019s eastern districts in 2012, and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have intensified efforts to take them back. If they do, it would mark a significant victory for the embattled leader. In recent months, warplanes operated by Assad\u2019s government and its ally, Russia, have increasingly bombed hospitals and homes in the city\u2019s opposition-held areas. Food and fuel shortages have worsened because of the siege imposed by pro-government forces, who control the city\u2019s west end. As a result, residents and aid workers in eastern Aleppo say, it has become nearly impossible to find medicine to treat heart disease, diabetes, rheumatism and other conditions most commonly experienced by older people. Overstretched medical facilities must turn away people suffering from such conditions because of the overwhelming number of more-urgent cases, such as people with shrapnel wounds and other \u00adwar-related injuries. Pablo Marco, Middle East operations manager for the medical charity Doctors Without Borders, said the situation is so bad that fewer than three dozen doctors are still working in eastern Aleppo. The area has only one functioning dialysis unit left, he said. \u201cIf that unit stopped working, then that would mean more deaths,\u201d he said. \u201cThe doctors just don\u2019t have the time and facilities to take care of chronic diseases that, if not properly treated, will kill you in a matter of weeks and months.\u201d As some become frail, they might see themselves as a burden on their family, which can fuel anxiety, Ebeid said. Some families have had to take \u00adextreme measures and have abandoned older family members, he said. In Arab societies, older people generally live with their children until death. [Syrian regime and Russia may have killed more children in latest bombing] There are no reliable age breakdowns of people living in the city\u2019s besieged eastern areas, but before the war, Aleppo had a population approaching 3 million. Hundreds of thousands of residents have fled since the conflict erupted. \u201cIn a lot of cases, though, what we see are elderly people who refuse to leave their homes,\u201d Ebeid said. \u201cSo that means their families, when they flee to other countries, are forced to leave them behind.\u201d In another neighborhood of eastern Aleppo, 83-year-old Reema Salama lives alone in the home where she raised her children. Most of her family escaped to Turkey last year, but Salama chose to stay put, she said during a recent interview over Skype. Because of the siege, she cannot leave, and her family cannot visit. She receives food from Ebeid\u2019s organization but struggles to cook it, relying on neighbors for help. \u201cI\u2019m all alone! I\u2019m going to die alone here!\u201d she said before abruptly ending the conversation. Marea said he would never leave his home. To pay for it, he worked for years as a freelance farmhand and day laborer. But even if he tried to leave, the government\u2019s siege would prevent him. So he spends most of his time at home feeling isolated and hoping airstrikes do not obliterate him and his family. \u201cI\u2019m afraid our house will get bombed but that we won\u2019t die in the attack,\u201d he said, describing the fate of many people in his area of town. \u201cWe\u2019ll just be stuck in the rubble for days and slowly die.\u201d He also thinks constantly about trying to balance what he and his 70-year-old wife, Ajoun, need to survive with the demands of the 10 children and grandchildren living with them. Already, the family struggles to care for one son, 45-year-old Ahmed, whose leg was amputated last year after shrapnel struck it during an attack. \u201cWe eat twice \u2014 once in the morning and once in the evening \u2014 because we are trying to reduce the amount we eat so the kids still have enough,\u201d he said. He fears the effect this could have on his wife, who suffers from high blood pressure and rheumatism. Marea has received unexpected help from another son, Hameed, who was visiting from Turkey and became trapped in the city when the government imposed its siege several weeks ago. Asked whether Hameed intends to return to Turkey, Marea choked up. \u201cNo, he can\u2019t go back. The siege. He can\u2019t leave us here,\u201d Marea said. Then, he said, \u201cI\u2019m an old man. I shouldn\u2019t have to think about these kind of things.\u201d Heba Habib in Stockholm and Zakaria Zakaria in Istanbul contributed to this report.", "essay": "This article was just heartbreaking. I just pictured my father working his whole life for us just for a warm and horrible people to come in and tear it down. It is pure hell for everyone living in this war torn area I cant imagine. No older people who worked there life so there familys can be better should be worried about war and losing the family. The doctors have even fled as there is no resources to help people anymore. Only once dialysis center left which will probably close soon for fear of people and lack of resources. Anyone with a chronic disease is just out of luck as medicine is few and aid cant even be reached to most of these people anymore. It is just so sad."}
{"user_id": "ec_p047", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 35 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 148000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 35, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 148000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "Aleppo\u2019s oldest residents fear they\u2019ll die alone \u2014  BEIRUT \u2014 Before the war convulsed his native Syria, Marea Marea relished retire\u00adment. He enjoyed leisurely morning walks, played with his grandchildren and took afternoon catnaps. Then the fighting began in rebel-held eastern Aleppo. Airstrikes have pulverized his neighborhood, and a brutal siege has forced him to skimp on food so other members of his family have enough to eat. ADVERTISING Now the 70-year-old feels weak, frightened and helpless. \u201cMy entire life has been spent trying to build something for my family,\u201d he said, speaking by Skype from his home in the war-divided city. \u201cI built this home. My body aches from the decades of work that I did to make them a better life. But now this? There\u2019s little dignity in this kind of life.\u201d The war has taken an immense toll on the more than 200,000 people still in eastern Aleppo. Marea and other older residents face especially difficult circumstances, according to aid workers and doctors there. Some choose \u2014 or are asked \u2014 to make sacrifices for younger family members or are left to cope on their own after their children and grandchildren flee to safety in other countries. \u201cPeople are being forced to make sacrifices, and this often involves the older people getting neglected,\u201d said Bacry al-Ebeid, who distributes food to residents in rebel areas of Aleppo for Mercy-USA, a Michigan-based charity. [Darkness and fear in Aleppo as the bombs rain down] Aleppo, Syria\u2019s largest city before the war, has become perhaps the most important battleground in the conflict, which began in 2011 and has left more than 400,000 dead and millions displaced. Rebels seized the city\u2019s eastern districts in 2012, and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have intensified efforts to take them back. If they do, it would mark a significant victory for the embattled leader. In recent months, warplanes operated by Assad\u2019s government and its ally, Russia, have increasingly bombed hospitals and homes in the city\u2019s opposition-held areas. Food and fuel shortages have worsened because of the siege imposed by pro-government forces, who control the city\u2019s west end. As a result, residents and aid workers in eastern Aleppo say, it has become nearly impossible to find medicine to treat heart disease, diabetes, rheumatism and other conditions most commonly experienced by older people. Overstretched medical facilities must turn away people suffering from such conditions because of the overwhelming number of more-urgent cases, such as people with shrapnel wounds and other \u00adwar-related injuries. Pablo Marco, Middle East operations manager for the medical charity Doctors Without Borders, said the situation is so bad that fewer than three dozen doctors are still working in eastern Aleppo. The area has only one functioning dialysis unit left, he said. \u201cIf that unit stopped working, then that would mean more deaths,\u201d he said. \u201cThe doctors just don\u2019t have the time and facilities to take care of chronic diseases that, if not properly treated, will kill you in a matter of weeks and months.\u201d As some become frail, they might see themselves as a burden on their family, which can fuel anxiety, Ebeid said. Some families have had to take \u00adextreme measures and have abandoned older family members, he said. In Arab societies, older people generally live with their children until death. [Syrian regime and Russia may have killed more children in latest bombing] There are no reliable age breakdowns of people living in the city\u2019s besieged eastern areas, but before the war, Aleppo had a population approaching 3 million. Hundreds of thousands of residents have fled since the conflict erupted. \u201cIn a lot of cases, though, what we see are elderly people who refuse to leave their homes,\u201d Ebeid said. \u201cSo that means their families, when they flee to other countries, are forced to leave them behind.\u201d In another neighborhood of eastern Aleppo, 83-year-old Reema Salama lives alone in the home where she raised her children. Most of her family escaped to Turkey last year, but Salama chose to stay put, she said during a recent interview over Skype. Because of the siege, she cannot leave, and her family cannot visit. She receives food from Ebeid\u2019s organization but struggles to cook it, relying on neighbors for help. \u201cI\u2019m all alone! I\u2019m going to die alone here!\u201d she said before abruptly ending the conversation. Marea said he would never leave his home. To pay for it, he worked for years as a freelance farmhand and day laborer. But even if he tried to leave, the government\u2019s siege would prevent him. So he spends most of his time at home feeling isolated and hoping airstrikes do not obliterate him and his family. \u201cI\u2019m afraid our house will get bombed but that we won\u2019t die in the attack,\u201d he said, describing the fate of many people in his area of town. \u201cWe\u2019ll just be stuck in the rubble for days and slowly die.\u201d He also thinks constantly about trying to balance what he and his 70-year-old wife, Ajoun, need to survive with the demands of the 10 children and grandchildren living with them. Already, the family struggles to care for one son, 45-year-old Ahmed, whose leg was amputated last year after shrapnel struck it during an attack. \u201cWe eat twice \u2014 once in the morning and once in the evening \u2014 because we are trying to reduce the amount we eat so the kids still have enough,\u201d he said. He fears the effect this could have on his wife, who suffers from high blood pressure and rheumatism. Marea has received unexpected help from another son, Hameed, who was visiting from Turkey and became trapped in the city when the government imposed its siege several weeks ago. Asked whether Hameed intends to return to Turkey, Marea choked up. \u201cNo, he can\u2019t go back. The siege. He can\u2019t leave us here,\u201d Marea said. Then, he said, \u201cI\u2019m an old man. I shouldn\u2019t have to think about these kind of things.\u201d Heba Habib in Stockholm and Zakaria Zakaria in Istanbul contributed to this report.", "essay": "This is a very heartbreaking article. It's hard to read what is happening to people in other parts of the world. I can't believe people would leave their parents and elderly family members behind in a war. It's unimaginable. And to make matters worse, there is hardly any food for them in their homes. They're under constant attack and can't even get basic medications that we take for granted every day here in the US. I truly hope the wars stop and these people can get some assistance rebuilding their lives and homes. More effort needs to go into donating to the charities that help in these areas. I can understand why some would not want to travel and live there, considering there is a high probability of death from an airstrike but the people should at least have basic food items, clothing "}
{"user_id": "ec_p009", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 29 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 44000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 29, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 44000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Aleppo\u2019s oldest residents fear they\u2019ll die alone \u2014  BEIRUT \u2014 Before the war convulsed his native Syria, Marea Marea relished retire\u00adment. He enjoyed leisurely morning walks, played with his grandchildren and took afternoon catnaps. Then the fighting began in rebel-held eastern Aleppo. Airstrikes have pulverized his neighborhood, and a brutal siege has forced him to skimp on food so other members of his family have enough to eat. ADVERTISING Now the 70-year-old feels weak, frightened and helpless. \u201cMy entire life has been spent trying to build something for my family,\u201d he said, speaking by Skype from his home in the war-divided city. \u201cI built this home. My body aches from the decades of work that I did to make them a better life. But now this? There\u2019s little dignity in this kind of life.\u201d The war has taken an immense toll on the more than 200,000 people still in eastern Aleppo. Marea and other older residents face especially difficult circumstances, according to aid workers and doctors there. Some choose \u2014 or are asked \u2014 to make sacrifices for younger family members or are left to cope on their own after their children and grandchildren flee to safety in other countries. \u201cPeople are being forced to make sacrifices, and this often involves the older people getting neglected,\u201d said Bacry al-Ebeid, who distributes food to residents in rebel areas of Aleppo for Mercy-USA, a Michigan-based charity. [Darkness and fear in Aleppo as the bombs rain down] Aleppo, Syria\u2019s largest city before the war, has become perhaps the most important battleground in the conflict, which began in 2011 and has left more than 400,000 dead and millions displaced. Rebels seized the city\u2019s eastern districts in 2012, and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have intensified efforts to take them back. If they do, it would mark a significant victory for the embattled leader. In recent months, warplanes operated by Assad\u2019s government and its ally, Russia, have increasingly bombed hospitals and homes in the city\u2019s opposition-held areas. Food and fuel shortages have worsened because of the siege imposed by pro-government forces, who control the city\u2019s west end. As a result, residents and aid workers in eastern Aleppo say, it has become nearly impossible to find medicine to treat heart disease, diabetes, rheumatism and other conditions most commonly experienced by older people. Overstretched medical facilities must turn away people suffering from such conditions because of the overwhelming number of more-urgent cases, such as people with shrapnel wounds and other \u00adwar-related injuries. Pablo Marco, Middle East operations manager for the medical charity Doctors Without Borders, said the situation is so bad that fewer than three dozen doctors are still working in eastern Aleppo. The area has only one functioning dialysis unit left, he said. \u201cIf that unit stopped working, then that would mean more deaths,\u201d he said. \u201cThe doctors just don\u2019t have the time and facilities to take care of chronic diseases that, if not properly treated, will kill you in a matter of weeks and months.\u201d As some become frail, they might see themselves as a burden on their family, which can fuel anxiety, Ebeid said. Some families have had to take \u00adextreme measures and have abandoned older family members, he said. In Arab societies, older people generally live with their children until death. [Syrian regime and Russia may have killed more children in latest bombing] There are no reliable age breakdowns of people living in the city\u2019s besieged eastern areas, but before the war, Aleppo had a population approaching 3 million. Hundreds of thousands of residents have fled since the conflict erupted. \u201cIn a lot of cases, though, what we see are elderly people who refuse to leave their homes,\u201d Ebeid said. \u201cSo that means their families, when they flee to other countries, are forced to leave them behind.\u201d In another neighborhood of eastern Aleppo, 83-year-old Reema Salama lives alone in the home where she raised her children. Most of her family escaped to Turkey last year, but Salama chose to stay put, she said during a recent interview over Skype. Because of the siege, she cannot leave, and her family cannot visit. She receives food from Ebeid\u2019s organization but struggles to cook it, relying on neighbors for help. \u201cI\u2019m all alone! I\u2019m going to die alone here!\u201d she said before abruptly ending the conversation. Marea said he would never leave his home. To pay for it, he worked for years as a freelance farmhand and day laborer. But even if he tried to leave, the government\u2019s siege would prevent him. So he spends most of his time at home feeling isolated and hoping airstrikes do not obliterate him and his family. \u201cI\u2019m afraid our house will get bombed but that we won\u2019t die in the attack,\u201d he said, describing the fate of many people in his area of town. \u201cWe\u2019ll just be stuck in the rubble for days and slowly die.\u201d He also thinks constantly about trying to balance what he and his 70-year-old wife, Ajoun, need to survive with the demands of the 10 children and grandchildren living with them. Already, the family struggles to care for one son, 45-year-old Ahmed, whose leg was amputated last year after shrapnel struck it during an attack. \u201cWe eat twice \u2014 once in the morning and once in the evening \u2014 because we are trying to reduce the amount we eat so the kids still have enough,\u201d he said. He fears the effect this could have on his wife, who suffers from high blood pressure and rheumatism. Marea has received unexpected help from another son, Hameed, who was visiting from Turkey and became trapped in the city when the government imposed its siege several weeks ago. Asked whether Hameed intends to return to Turkey, Marea choked up. \u201cNo, he can\u2019t go back. The siege. He can\u2019t leave us here,\u201d Marea said. Then, he said, \u201cI\u2019m an old man. I shouldn\u2019t have to think about these kind of things.\u201d Heba Habib in Stockholm and Zakaria Zakaria in Istanbul contributed to this report.", "essay": "Dear friend,                                                                                          I just read an article about a 70 year old man living in a war torn city in Syria. The story was very sad and has made me think a lot about life. I feel terrible for the people who have to live in those conditions."}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "Aleppo\u2019s oldest residents fear they\u2019ll die alone \u2014  BEIRUT \u2014 Before the war convulsed his native Syria, Marea Marea relished retire\u00adment. He enjoyed leisurely morning walks, played with his grandchildren and took afternoon catnaps. Then the fighting began in rebel-held eastern Aleppo. Airstrikes have pulverized his neighborhood, and a brutal siege has forced him to skimp on food so other members of his family have enough to eat. ADVERTISING Now the 70-year-old feels weak, frightened and helpless. \u201cMy entire life has been spent trying to build something for my family,\u201d he said, speaking by Skype from his home in the war-divided city. \u201cI built this home. My body aches from the decades of work that I did to make them a better life. But now this? There\u2019s little dignity in this kind of life.\u201d The war has taken an immense toll on the more than 200,000 people still in eastern Aleppo. Marea and other older residents face especially difficult circumstances, according to aid workers and doctors there. Some choose \u2014 or are asked \u2014 to make sacrifices for younger family members or are left to cope on their own after their children and grandchildren flee to safety in other countries. \u201cPeople are being forced to make sacrifices, and this often involves the older people getting neglected,\u201d said Bacry al-Ebeid, who distributes food to residents in rebel areas of Aleppo for Mercy-USA, a Michigan-based charity. [Darkness and fear in Aleppo as the bombs rain down] Aleppo, Syria\u2019s largest city before the war, has become perhaps the most important battleground in the conflict, which began in 2011 and has left more than 400,000 dead and millions displaced. Rebels seized the city\u2019s eastern districts in 2012, and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have intensified efforts to take them back. If they do, it would mark a significant victory for the embattled leader. In recent months, warplanes operated by Assad\u2019s government and its ally, Russia, have increasingly bombed hospitals and homes in the city\u2019s opposition-held areas. Food and fuel shortages have worsened because of the siege imposed by pro-government forces, who control the city\u2019s west end. As a result, residents and aid workers in eastern Aleppo say, it has become nearly impossible to find medicine to treat heart disease, diabetes, rheumatism and other conditions most commonly experienced by older people. Overstretched medical facilities must turn away people suffering from such conditions because of the overwhelming number of more-urgent cases, such as people with shrapnel wounds and other \u00adwar-related injuries. Pablo Marco, Middle East operations manager for the medical charity Doctors Without Borders, said the situation is so bad that fewer than three dozen doctors are still working in eastern Aleppo. The area has only one functioning dialysis unit left, he said. \u201cIf that unit stopped working, then that would mean more deaths,\u201d he said. \u201cThe doctors just don\u2019t have the time and facilities to take care of chronic diseases that, if not properly treated, will kill you in a matter of weeks and months.\u201d As some become frail, they might see themselves as a burden on their family, which can fuel anxiety, Ebeid said. Some families have had to take \u00adextreme measures and have abandoned older family members, he said. In Arab societies, older people generally live with their children until death. [Syrian regime and Russia may have killed more children in latest bombing] There are no reliable age breakdowns of people living in the city\u2019s besieged eastern areas, but before the war, Aleppo had a population approaching 3 million. Hundreds of thousands of residents have fled since the conflict erupted. \u201cIn a lot of cases, though, what we see are elderly people who refuse to leave their homes,\u201d Ebeid said. \u201cSo that means their families, when they flee to other countries, are forced to leave them behind.\u201d In another neighborhood of eastern Aleppo, 83-year-old Reema Salama lives alone in the home where she raised her children. Most of her family escaped to Turkey last year, but Salama chose to stay put, she said during a recent interview over Skype. Because of the siege, she cannot leave, and her family cannot visit. She receives food from Ebeid\u2019s organization but struggles to cook it, relying on neighbors for help. \u201cI\u2019m all alone! I\u2019m going to die alone here!\u201d she said before abruptly ending the conversation. Marea said he would never leave his home. To pay for it, he worked for years as a freelance farmhand and day laborer. But even if he tried to leave, the government\u2019s siege would prevent him. So he spends most of his time at home feeling isolated and hoping airstrikes do not obliterate him and his family. \u201cI\u2019m afraid our house will get bombed but that we won\u2019t die in the attack,\u201d he said, describing the fate of many people in his area of town. \u201cWe\u2019ll just be stuck in the rubble for days and slowly die.\u201d He also thinks constantly about trying to balance what he and his 70-year-old wife, Ajoun, need to survive with the demands of the 10 children and grandchildren living with them. Already, the family struggles to care for one son, 45-year-old Ahmed, whose leg was amputated last year after shrapnel struck it during an attack. \u201cWe eat twice \u2014 once in the morning and once in the evening \u2014 because we are trying to reduce the amount we eat so the kids still have enough,\u201d he said. He fears the effect this could have on his wife, who suffers from high blood pressure and rheumatism. Marea has received unexpected help from another son, Hameed, who was visiting from Turkey and became trapped in the city when the government imposed its siege several weeks ago. Asked whether Hameed intends to return to Turkey, Marea choked up. \u201cNo, he can\u2019t go back. The siege. He can\u2019t leave us here,\u201d Marea said. Then, he said, \u201cI\u2019m an old man. I shouldn\u2019t have to think about these kind of things.\u201d Heba Habib in Stockholm and Zakaria Zakaria in Istanbul contributed to this report.", "essay": "I just read the article about Aleppo and Syria.   It made me extremely sad to see what these people have gone through.   They have worked hard their whole lives for betterment of their family.   Now they just pray bombs or airstrikes doesn't kill their families.   Is war ever going to end?   The answer to that is a simple no.   Humans have been killing humans since they existed.   We never, ever learn."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Sheriff: Police dog dies in hot car in western Arkansas \u2014  HUNTSVILLE, Ark. \u2013  A police dog died after she was left in a hot patrol car by her handler in western Arkansas, officials said. Madison County Sheriff Phillip Morgan said the dog, named Lina, died Friday. The sheriff said the dog's handler was placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation. The 5-year-old dog had been with the sheriff's office for three years, and the sheriff said the animal was used in drug investigations. Morgan described the dog's death as a \"bad accident.\" He said the investigation into the dog's death is being handled by the Washington County Sheriff's Office. Last month, a police dog in Stephens County, Oklahoma, died after being left for 38 hours in a hot car and its handler was charged with animal cruelty.", "essay": "Overall, this is a really sad incident.  The poor dog was just helplessly left in the car to suffer, and there's no way it could have let itself out or saved itself.  IT's really sad to me when people are this negligent about pets and other people.  Especially vulnerable populations.  Honestly I think whatever punishment she gets, such as an animal cruelty charge, is definitely deserved and she will just have to take that as it comes.  She should have been more careful with the animal, end of story.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p012", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 36 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 7.0 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 36, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 7.0, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Sheriff: Police dog dies in hot car in western Arkansas \u2014  HUNTSVILLE, Ark. \u2013  A police dog died after she was left in a hot patrol car by her handler in western Arkansas, officials said. Madison County Sheriff Phillip Morgan said the dog, named Lina, died Friday. The sheriff said the dog's handler was placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation. The 5-year-old dog had been with the sheriff's office for three years, and the sheriff said the animal was used in drug investigations. Morgan described the dog's death as a \"bad accident.\" He said the investigation into the dog's death is being handled by the Washington County Sheriff's Office. Last month, a police dog in Stephens County, Oklahoma, died after being left for 38 hours in a hot car and its handler was charged with animal cruelty.", "essay": "I find this inexcusable, and hope the officer is charged with the death of a police officer (as the K9 unit is considered one). This is really awful, and I'm sure the officer in question feels bad, but we need to make examples out of this case. If we set a precedent, making the punishment fit the crime perfectly, it will deter carelessness. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "Sheriff: Police dog dies in hot car in western Arkansas \u2014  HUNTSVILLE, Ark. \u2013  A police dog died after she was left in a hot patrol car by her handler in western Arkansas, officials said. Madison County Sheriff Phillip Morgan said the dog, named Lina, died Friday. The sheriff said the dog's handler was placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation. The 5-year-old dog had been with the sheriff's office for three years, and the sheriff said the animal was used in drug investigations. Morgan described the dog's death as a \"bad accident.\" He said the investigation into the dog's death is being handled by the Washington County Sheriff's Office. Last month, a police dog in Stephens County, Oklahoma, died after being left for 38 hours in a hot car and its handler was charged with animal cruelty.", "essay": "Hi Nora:   Did you see the article this morning where the handler let his police dog die in a hot car in Arkansas?   The dog's name was Lina and he died Friday.   The Sheriff did put the handler on paid administrative leave pending an investigation.   Lina had been with the sheriff's office for three years and was used in a lot of drug investigations.    Lina was left in that car for 38 hours.  Can you believe this?   This deeply disturbs me.  How do you forget a big police dog and not hear him for 38 hours?  Just unbelievable.   The blatant disregard society has for animals and humans is beyond my capacity to understand.   I think we are up to 82 children that have died this year and too many animals.   It's infuriating.  No way I accept any of the lame answers that are given every day. ("}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Sheriff: Police dog dies in hot car in western Arkansas \u2014  HUNTSVILLE, Ark. \u2013  A police dog died after she was left in a hot patrol car by her handler in western Arkansas, officials said. Madison County Sheriff Phillip Morgan said the dog, named Lina, died Friday. The sheriff said the dog's handler was placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation. The 5-year-old dog had been with the sheriff's office for three years, and the sheriff said the animal was used in drug investigations. Morgan described the dog's death as a \"bad accident.\" He said the investigation into the dog's death is being handled by the Washington County Sheriff's Office. Last month, a police dog in Stephens County, Oklahoma, died after being left for 38 hours in a hot car and its handler was charged with animal cruelty.", "essay": "What is with dog owners lately? This isn't the first story I read in the past few months of a dog being left inside a hot car. I believe the owner should be charged and not called an accident! The owner had to know the risks! Its time we hold these people accountable. It is not fair to the dog nor to the people that have to rescue the dog!"}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Sheriff: Police dog dies in hot car in western Arkansas \u2014  HUNTSVILLE, Ark. \u2013  A police dog died after she was left in a hot patrol car by her handler in western Arkansas, officials said. Madison County Sheriff Phillip Morgan said the dog, named Lina, died Friday. The sheriff said the dog's handler was placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation. The 5-year-old dog had been with the sheriff's office for three years, and the sheriff said the animal was used in drug investigations. Morgan described the dog's death as a \"bad accident.\" He said the investigation into the dog's death is being handled by the Washington County Sheriff's Office. Last month, a police dog in Stephens County, Oklahoma, died after being left for 38 hours in a hot car and its handler was charged with animal cruelty.", "essay": "An article like this really tears me in half. I can put myself in both of there shopes and see both sides. I feel like because this officers job is to protect and serve the community he shows he has good character and morals and this was not done out of malice. but also this dog provided a service to the community and did not deserve to dye such a long painful death.I think if anything does comes out of it it should be more safety and precautions put in place so these things can not happen again. This handler must feel horrible as i know the dogs become like there actual partners and family. I think the guilt is punishment enough."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "After Traveling More Than 700 Miles, A Young Wolf Was Gunned Down By A Government Sniper \u2014  A young male wolf who was in search of a mate and had travelled more than 700 miles, has been gunned down by a government sniper.   This wolf was a member of the Huckleberry pack which is a family that lives in Washington state and had been saved from extermination by the Center for Biological Diversity as well as it\u2019s allies when the wolf was a pup back in 2014.   The wolf was collared in February and began his journey east, surviving the wolf-killing fields in Idaho.   On Septemer 29th, he was gunned down at Judith Gap, Montana near Wildlife Services which is the deadly federal killing program that had wiped out more than 3 million wild animals just last year.   This was a special collared wolf whose journey was well documented and whose life was carelessly taken away at the hands of trigger-happy exterminators who must be held accountable for their actions.   Wolves often leave their pack in search of a mate and new territory when they come of age. Sadly, in states such as Colorado, Iowa, Wyoming and Utah these wandering wolves end up dying brutal deaths due to acts of cruelty and indifference.   For this reason, the Center for Biological Diversity has lawyers, scientists and activists who are in court, congress and on the streets every day fighting for the lives and safety of wolves.", "essay": "I am sad for the wolf but this didn't have me too torn up.   I imagine the sniper shot the wolf for some reason.  It's too bad the wolf traveled so far looking for a mate just to be killed, but I guess these things happen sometimes.  Perhaps the sniper should have been a little more careful.  A little more background about why they were out there shooting wolves might have been helpful, like maybe there was a valid reason.  Wolves can be harmful creatures.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p073", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "After Traveling More Than 700 Miles, A Young Wolf Was Gunned Down By A Government Sniper \u2014  A young male wolf who was in search of a mate and had travelled more than 700 miles, has been gunned down by a government sniper.   This wolf was a member of the Huckleberry pack which is a family that lives in Washington state and had been saved from extermination by the Center for Biological Diversity as well as it\u2019s allies when the wolf was a pup back in 2014.   The wolf was collared in February and began his journey east, surviving the wolf-killing fields in Idaho.   On Septemer 29th, he was gunned down at Judith Gap, Montana near Wildlife Services which is the deadly federal killing program that had wiped out more than 3 million wild animals just last year.   This was a special collared wolf whose journey was well documented and whose life was carelessly taken away at the hands of trigger-happy exterminators who must be held accountable for their actions.   Wolves often leave their pack in search of a mate and new territory when they come of age. Sadly, in states such as Colorado, Iowa, Wyoming and Utah these wandering wolves end up dying brutal deaths due to acts of cruelty and indifference.   For this reason, the Center for Biological Diversity has lawyers, scientists and activists who are in court, congress and on the streets every day fighting for the lives and safety of wolves.", "essay": "This is a sad story about one wolf who was being tracked and had traveled more than 700 miles. It was shot and killed in Montana by a sniper. I'm not real sure of the reason for the killing because the article said that it is part of a federal program. I feel bad for the wolf but am not real clear on if the program is necessary or not."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "After Traveling More Than 700 Miles, A Young Wolf Was Gunned Down By A Government Sniper \u2014  A young male wolf who was in search of a mate and had travelled more than 700 miles, has been gunned down by a government sniper.   This wolf was a member of the Huckleberry pack which is a family that lives in Washington state and had been saved from extermination by the Center for Biological Diversity as well as it\u2019s allies when the wolf was a pup back in 2014.   The wolf was collared in February and began his journey east, surviving the wolf-killing fields in Idaho.   On Septemer 29th, he was gunned down at Judith Gap, Montana near Wildlife Services which is the deadly federal killing program that had wiped out more than 3 million wild animals just last year.   This was a special collared wolf whose journey was well documented and whose life was carelessly taken away at the hands of trigger-happy exterminators who must be held accountable for their actions.   Wolves often leave their pack in search of a mate and new territory when they come of age. Sadly, in states such as Colorado, Iowa, Wyoming and Utah these wandering wolves end up dying brutal deaths due to acts of cruelty and indifference.   For this reason, the Center for Biological Diversity has lawyers, scientists and activists who are in court, congress and on the streets every day fighting for the lives and safety of wolves.", "essay": "After reading the article, i felt really bad for the wolf and animals that get hunted in general. I think that there should definitely be some sort of punishment for people who decide to kill animals, especially endangered species of animals just for fun. I think it is so inhumane and twisted that someone can kill a beautiful animal like that with no type of remorse whatsoever."}
{"user_id": "ec_p058", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 34 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 68000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 34, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 68000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "After Traveling More Than 700 Miles, A Young Wolf Was Gunned Down By A Government Sniper \u2014  A young male wolf who was in search of a mate and had travelled more than 700 miles, has been gunned down by a government sniper.   This wolf was a member of the Huckleberry pack which is a family that lives in Washington state and had been saved from extermination by the Center for Biological Diversity as well as it\u2019s allies when the wolf was a pup back in 2014.   The wolf was collared in February and began his journey east, surviving the wolf-killing fields in Idaho.   On Septemer 29th, he was gunned down at Judith Gap, Montana near Wildlife Services which is the deadly federal killing program that had wiped out more than 3 million wild animals just last year.   This was a special collared wolf whose journey was well documented and whose life was carelessly taken away at the hands of trigger-happy exterminators who must be held accountable for their actions.   Wolves often leave their pack in search of a mate and new territory when they come of age. Sadly, in states such as Colorado, Iowa, Wyoming and Utah these wandering wolves end up dying brutal deaths due to acts of cruelty and indifference.   For this reason, the Center for Biological Diversity has lawyers, scientists and activists who are in court, congress and on the streets every day fighting for the lives and safety of wolves.", "essay": "so some government people killed a wolf. I feel like most people won't really care about this story too much. im sure this kind of thing happens on a regular basis. I didn't even know there were protected wolves out there. Are they near extinction? Who knows. I know if I was stranded in the wild I wouldn't be upset that a wolf was killed."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "After Traveling More Than 700 Miles, A Young Wolf Was Gunned Down By A Government Sniper \u2014  A young male wolf who was in search of a mate and had travelled more than 700 miles, has been gunned down by a government sniper.   This wolf was a member of the Huckleberry pack which is a family that lives in Washington state and had been saved from extermination by the Center for Biological Diversity as well as it\u2019s allies when the wolf was a pup back in 2014.   The wolf was collared in February and began his journey east, surviving the wolf-killing fields in Idaho.   On Septemer 29th, he was gunned down at Judith Gap, Montana near Wildlife Services which is the deadly federal killing program that had wiped out more than 3 million wild animals just last year.   This was a special collared wolf whose journey was well documented and whose life was carelessly taken away at the hands of trigger-happy exterminators who must be held accountable for their actions.   Wolves often leave their pack in search of a mate and new territory when they come of age. Sadly, in states such as Colorado, Iowa, Wyoming and Utah these wandering wolves end up dying brutal deaths due to acts of cruelty and indifference.   For this reason, the Center for Biological Diversity has lawyers, scientists and activists who are in court, congress and on the streets every day fighting for the lives and safety of wolves.", "essay": "After reading something like that, you can't help but feel extremely sad. You feel sad for the wolf and you also feel angry that humans would do such a thing. It's terrible that humans just kill and use animals as they wish. I think that animals have all the right in the world to live as well and we can't just use them as we please. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Americans adopted this South Korean man when he was 3. Now 41, he\u2019s being deported. \u2014  Adam Crapser was born in South Korea, but, when he was 3 years old, an American couple adopted him.   Until recently, he lived in Vancouver, Wash., with his daughters and his pregnant wife. He has a son by an ex-girlfriend. He used to own a barbershop, but decided to become a stay-at-home dad, sometimes playing guitar and ukulele and watching a rescue dog.   But that will all soon change \u2014 Crapser is being deported back to South Korea, away from his family, away from the place he\u2019s spent 37 of his 41 years of life.   He\u2019s being held in an immigration detention center in Tacoma, Wash.   \u201cHe will be deported as soon as Immigration and Customs Enforcement makes the necessary arrangements,\u201d Crapser\u2019s attorney Lori Walls told the Associated Press. \u201cAdam, his family, and advocates are heartbroken at the outcome.\u201d   [They grew up as American citizens, then learned that they weren\u2019t]   Crapser\u2019s deportation is a sad denouement to a life in the United States that\u2019s been anything but easy.   After being abandoned near Seoul, Crapser and his older sister were adopted by an unnamed couple. All he brought with him across the ocean were a pair of green rubber shoes, a Korean-language Bible and a stuffed dog.   That couple, as the New York Times magazine noted in an extensive profile of Crapser, abandoned the children to the foster system after many episodes in which they forced Crapser to sit in the dark basement as punishment.   He and his sister were split up, and after several foster homes, he found himself adopted by Thomas and Dollar Crapser, who had adopted two other children and were also caring for several other foster children.   According to Crapser, that family was more abusive than the first. They would slam children\u2019s heads on door frames, tape their mouths shut with duct tape and hit them with 2-by-4s. Eventually, they would be convicted in 1992 of several counts of criminal mistreatment and assault.   Before that, though, they kicked Crapser out of the house after an argument. It happened so quickly, he left his Bible and rubber shoes \u2014 the last remnants of his birth country \u2014 in the house. He was caught breaking into that house, trying to retrieve the items and pleaded guilty to burglary. Twenty-five months in prison followed.   In the years following, Crapser committed a number of infractions. He was found guilty of unlawful firearm possession and, later, assault after getting into a fight with his roommate. In 2013, he called his son by an ex-girlfriend despite a protection order she had taken out against him.   \u201cI made a lot of mistakes in my life, and I\u2019m not proud of it,\u201d Crapser told the New York Times magazine. \u201cI\u2019ve learned a lot of lessons the hard way.\u201d   In the past few years, he\u2019d been working to put his life back on track by getting married and focusing on family.   Now, that\u2019s over.   Difficult as his life here has been, he followed the court\u2019s ordered punishment for his crimes. Returning to a country that the AP described as \u201ccompletely alien to him\u201d was not a punishment handed down from a judge.   But that\u2019s what\u2019s happening.   He ended up on the radar of federal immigration officials after he applied for a green card in 2012. They dug into his background and found a criminal record, which as the AP noted, makes him eligible for deportation.   In fact, it\u2019s a circumstance created by the very parents who adopted, then abandoned, him in the first place. No family that adopted him, nor the adoption agency, ever registered the boy for U.S. citizenship.   Simple paperwork left undone.   Dae Joong Yoon, executive director of the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium, told the AP this isn\u2019t uncommon \u2014 as many as 35,000 intercountry adoptees don\u2019t have U.S. citizenship, through no fault of their own but that of their parents and the agencies that handled their adoptions.   The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 fixed part of this problem by automatically granting citizenship to children adopted by U.S. citizens, but, as NBC noted, it only applied to those under the age of 18 at the time of its passing.   Crapser and many others, thus, were left in their strange limbo. Currently Congress is considering the Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2015, which would grant citizenship to all children who have been adopted by U.S. citizens.   But it\u2019ll be too late for Crapser, who still hopes it will pass.   \u201cWhile I am disappointed in the judge\u2019s ruling and worried about my family\u2019s future, I hope that what has happened to me will further demonstrate the importance of passing the Adoptee Citizenship Act,\u201d Crapser said in a statement obtained by NBC.   Emily Kessel of the Adoptee Rights Campaign finds his deportation \u201cappalling.\u201d   \u201cWe do not choose our families,\u201d Kessel told NBC. \u201cBut the U.S. does choose to bring adoptees into the U.S. with a promise of placing these children in safe homes to grow up like any other American \u2026 Adoptees are not disposable. We urge the community to call members of Congress and underline the need for a legislative fix now.\u201d", "essay": "The immigration system in this country is terrible there is no other way around it. The fact that this man was raised here since 3 and still not given citizenship? Give me a break. There are far too many stories like this and what angers me the most is that nothing is being done to fix this. We must do better."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Americans adopted this South Korean man when he was 3. Now 41, he\u2019s being deported. \u2014  Adam Crapser was born in South Korea, but, when he was 3 years old, an American couple adopted him.   Until recently, he lived in Vancouver, Wash., with his daughters and his pregnant wife. He has a son by an ex-girlfriend. He used to own a barbershop, but decided to become a stay-at-home dad, sometimes playing guitar and ukulele and watching a rescue dog.   But that will all soon change \u2014 Crapser is being deported back to South Korea, away from his family, away from the place he\u2019s spent 37 of his 41 years of life.   He\u2019s being held in an immigration detention center in Tacoma, Wash.   \u201cHe will be deported as soon as Immigration and Customs Enforcement makes the necessary arrangements,\u201d Crapser\u2019s attorney Lori Walls told the Associated Press. \u201cAdam, his family, and advocates are heartbroken at the outcome.\u201d   [They grew up as American citizens, then learned that they weren\u2019t]   Crapser\u2019s deportation is a sad denouement to a life in the United States that\u2019s been anything but easy.   After being abandoned near Seoul, Crapser and his older sister were adopted by an unnamed couple. All he brought with him across the ocean were a pair of green rubber shoes, a Korean-language Bible and a stuffed dog.   That couple, as the New York Times magazine noted in an extensive profile of Crapser, abandoned the children to the foster system after many episodes in which they forced Crapser to sit in the dark basement as punishment.   He and his sister were split up, and after several foster homes, he found himself adopted by Thomas and Dollar Crapser, who had adopted two other children and were also caring for several other foster children.   According to Crapser, that family was more abusive than the first. They would slam children\u2019s heads on door frames, tape their mouths shut with duct tape and hit them with 2-by-4s. Eventually, they would be convicted in 1992 of several counts of criminal mistreatment and assault.   Before that, though, they kicked Crapser out of the house after an argument. It happened so quickly, he left his Bible and rubber shoes \u2014 the last remnants of his birth country \u2014 in the house. He was caught breaking into that house, trying to retrieve the items and pleaded guilty to burglary. Twenty-five months in prison followed.   In the years following, Crapser committed a number of infractions. He was found guilty of unlawful firearm possession and, later, assault after getting into a fight with his roommate. In 2013, he called his son by an ex-girlfriend despite a protection order she had taken out against him.   \u201cI made a lot of mistakes in my life, and I\u2019m not proud of it,\u201d Crapser told the New York Times magazine. \u201cI\u2019ve learned a lot of lessons the hard way.\u201d   In the past few years, he\u2019d been working to put his life back on track by getting married and focusing on family.   Now, that\u2019s over.   Difficult as his life here has been, he followed the court\u2019s ordered punishment for his crimes. Returning to a country that the AP described as \u201ccompletely alien to him\u201d was not a punishment handed down from a judge.   But that\u2019s what\u2019s happening.   He ended up on the radar of federal immigration officials after he applied for a green card in 2012. They dug into his background and found a criminal record, which as the AP noted, makes him eligible for deportation.   In fact, it\u2019s a circumstance created by the very parents who adopted, then abandoned, him in the first place. No family that adopted him, nor the adoption agency, ever registered the boy for U.S. citizenship.   Simple paperwork left undone.   Dae Joong Yoon, executive director of the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium, told the AP this isn\u2019t uncommon \u2014 as many as 35,000 intercountry adoptees don\u2019t have U.S. citizenship, through no fault of their own but that of their parents and the agencies that handled their adoptions.   The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 fixed part of this problem by automatically granting citizenship to children adopted by U.S. citizens, but, as NBC noted, it only applied to those under the age of 18 at the time of its passing.   Crapser and many others, thus, were left in their strange limbo. Currently Congress is considering the Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2015, which would grant citizenship to all children who have been adopted by U.S. citizens.   But it\u2019ll be too late for Crapser, who still hopes it will pass.   \u201cWhile I am disappointed in the judge\u2019s ruling and worried about my family\u2019s future, I hope that what has happened to me will further demonstrate the importance of passing the Adoptee Citizenship Act,\u201d Crapser said in a statement obtained by NBC.   Emily Kessel of the Adoptee Rights Campaign finds his deportation \u201cappalling.\u201d   \u201cWe do not choose our families,\u201d Kessel told NBC. \u201cBut the U.S. does choose to bring adoptees into the U.S. with a promise of placing these children in safe homes to grow up like any other American \u2026 Adoptees are not disposable. We urge the community to call members of Congress and underline the need for a legislative fix now.\u201d", "essay": "I am not sure how I feel about this.  This guy is a lifelong criminal and honestly I don't think people like that deserve citizenship.  His parents messed up when he was young, yes, but he could have taken the responsibility to fix that as an adult.  He should have looked into it instead of spending so much time and energy breaking the law.  So I think he deserves what he is getting and should have been more careful.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p058", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 34 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 68000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 34, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 68000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Americans adopted this South Korean man when he was 3. Now 41, he\u2019s being deported. \u2014  Adam Crapser was born in South Korea, but, when he was 3 years old, an American couple adopted him.   Until recently, he lived in Vancouver, Wash., with his daughters and his pregnant wife. He has a son by an ex-girlfriend. He used to own a barbershop, but decided to become a stay-at-home dad, sometimes playing guitar and ukulele and watching a rescue dog.   But that will all soon change \u2014 Crapser is being deported back to South Korea, away from his family, away from the place he\u2019s spent 37 of his 41 years of life.   He\u2019s being held in an immigration detention center in Tacoma, Wash.   \u201cHe will be deported as soon as Immigration and Customs Enforcement makes the necessary arrangements,\u201d Crapser\u2019s attorney Lori Walls told the Associated Press. \u201cAdam, his family, and advocates are heartbroken at the outcome.\u201d   [They grew up as American citizens, then learned that they weren\u2019t]   Crapser\u2019s deportation is a sad denouement to a life in the United States that\u2019s been anything but easy.   After being abandoned near Seoul, Crapser and his older sister were adopted by an unnamed couple. All he brought with him across the ocean were a pair of green rubber shoes, a Korean-language Bible and a stuffed dog.   That couple, as the New York Times magazine noted in an extensive profile of Crapser, abandoned the children to the foster system after many episodes in which they forced Crapser to sit in the dark basement as punishment.   He and his sister were split up, and after several foster homes, he found himself adopted by Thomas and Dollar Crapser, who had adopted two other children and were also caring for several other foster children.   According to Crapser, that family was more abusive than the first. They would slam children\u2019s heads on door frames, tape their mouths shut with duct tape and hit them with 2-by-4s. Eventually, they would be convicted in 1992 of several counts of criminal mistreatment and assault.   Before that, though, they kicked Crapser out of the house after an argument. It happened so quickly, he left his Bible and rubber shoes \u2014 the last remnants of his birth country \u2014 in the house. He was caught breaking into that house, trying to retrieve the items and pleaded guilty to burglary. Twenty-five months in prison followed.   In the years following, Crapser committed a number of infractions. He was found guilty of unlawful firearm possession and, later, assault after getting into a fight with his roommate. In 2013, he called his son by an ex-girlfriend despite a protection order she had taken out against him.   \u201cI made a lot of mistakes in my life, and I\u2019m not proud of it,\u201d Crapser told the New York Times magazine. \u201cI\u2019ve learned a lot of lessons the hard way.\u201d   In the past few years, he\u2019d been working to put his life back on track by getting married and focusing on family.   Now, that\u2019s over.   Difficult as his life here has been, he followed the court\u2019s ordered punishment for his crimes. Returning to a country that the AP described as \u201ccompletely alien to him\u201d was not a punishment handed down from a judge.   But that\u2019s what\u2019s happening.   He ended up on the radar of federal immigration officials after he applied for a green card in 2012. They dug into his background and found a criminal record, which as the AP noted, makes him eligible for deportation.   In fact, it\u2019s a circumstance created by the very parents who adopted, then abandoned, him in the first place. No family that adopted him, nor the adoption agency, ever registered the boy for U.S. citizenship.   Simple paperwork left undone.   Dae Joong Yoon, executive director of the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium, told the AP this isn\u2019t uncommon \u2014 as many as 35,000 intercountry adoptees don\u2019t have U.S. citizenship, through no fault of their own but that of their parents and the agencies that handled their adoptions.   The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 fixed part of this problem by automatically granting citizenship to children adopted by U.S. citizens, but, as NBC noted, it only applied to those under the age of 18 at the time of its passing.   Crapser and many others, thus, were left in their strange limbo. Currently Congress is considering the Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2015, which would grant citizenship to all children who have been adopted by U.S. citizens.   But it\u2019ll be too late for Crapser, who still hopes it will pass.   \u201cWhile I am disappointed in the judge\u2019s ruling and worried about my family\u2019s future, I hope that what has happened to me will further demonstrate the importance of passing the Adoptee Citizenship Act,\u201d Crapser said in a statement obtained by NBC.   Emily Kessel of the Adoptee Rights Campaign finds his deportation \u201cappalling.\u201d   \u201cWe do not choose our families,\u201d Kessel told NBC. \u201cBut the U.S. does choose to bring adoptees into the U.S. with a promise of placing these children in safe homes to grow up like any other American \u2026 Adoptees are not disposable. We urge the community to call members of Congress and underline the need for a legislative fix now.\u201d", "essay": "i feel like our countries immigration policies are ridiculous. how can you possibly deport someone who has lived her his whole life basically? That just doesn't seem right. We really need to rethink the way we do things in this country. this just isn't fair to anyone to be honest. I'm sure his family is upset."}
{"user_id": "ec_p031", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 7.0 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 7.0, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Americans adopted this South Korean man when he was 3. Now 41, he\u2019s being deported. \u2014  Adam Crapser was born in South Korea, but, when he was 3 years old, an American couple adopted him.   Until recently, he lived in Vancouver, Wash., with his daughters and his pregnant wife. He has a son by an ex-girlfriend. He used to own a barbershop, but decided to become a stay-at-home dad, sometimes playing guitar and ukulele and watching a rescue dog.   But that will all soon change \u2014 Crapser is being deported back to South Korea, away from his family, away from the place he\u2019s spent 37 of his 41 years of life.   He\u2019s being held in an immigration detention center in Tacoma, Wash.   \u201cHe will be deported as soon as Immigration and Customs Enforcement makes the necessary arrangements,\u201d Crapser\u2019s attorney Lori Walls told the Associated Press. \u201cAdam, his family, and advocates are heartbroken at the outcome.\u201d   [They grew up as American citizens, then learned that they weren\u2019t]   Crapser\u2019s deportation is a sad denouement to a life in the United States that\u2019s been anything but easy.   After being abandoned near Seoul, Crapser and his older sister were adopted by an unnamed couple. All he brought with him across the ocean were a pair of green rubber shoes, a Korean-language Bible and a stuffed dog.   That couple, as the New York Times magazine noted in an extensive profile of Crapser, abandoned the children to the foster system after many episodes in which they forced Crapser to sit in the dark basement as punishment.   He and his sister were split up, and after several foster homes, he found himself adopted by Thomas and Dollar Crapser, who had adopted two other children and were also caring for several other foster children.   According to Crapser, that family was more abusive than the first. They would slam children\u2019s heads on door frames, tape their mouths shut with duct tape and hit them with 2-by-4s. Eventually, they would be convicted in 1992 of several counts of criminal mistreatment and assault.   Before that, though, they kicked Crapser out of the house after an argument. It happened so quickly, he left his Bible and rubber shoes \u2014 the last remnants of his birth country \u2014 in the house. He was caught breaking into that house, trying to retrieve the items and pleaded guilty to burglary. Twenty-five months in prison followed.   In the years following, Crapser committed a number of infractions. He was found guilty of unlawful firearm possession and, later, assault after getting into a fight with his roommate. In 2013, he called his son by an ex-girlfriend despite a protection order she had taken out against him.   \u201cI made a lot of mistakes in my life, and I\u2019m not proud of it,\u201d Crapser told the New York Times magazine. \u201cI\u2019ve learned a lot of lessons the hard way.\u201d   In the past few years, he\u2019d been working to put his life back on track by getting married and focusing on family.   Now, that\u2019s over.   Difficult as his life here has been, he followed the court\u2019s ordered punishment for his crimes. Returning to a country that the AP described as \u201ccompletely alien to him\u201d was not a punishment handed down from a judge.   But that\u2019s what\u2019s happening.   He ended up on the radar of federal immigration officials after he applied for a green card in 2012. They dug into his background and found a criminal record, which as the AP noted, makes him eligible for deportation.   In fact, it\u2019s a circumstance created by the very parents who adopted, then abandoned, him in the first place. No family that adopted him, nor the adoption agency, ever registered the boy for U.S. citizenship.   Simple paperwork left undone.   Dae Joong Yoon, executive director of the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium, told the AP this isn\u2019t uncommon \u2014 as many as 35,000 intercountry adoptees don\u2019t have U.S. citizenship, through no fault of their own but that of their parents and the agencies that handled their adoptions.   The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 fixed part of this problem by automatically granting citizenship to children adopted by U.S. citizens, but, as NBC noted, it only applied to those under the age of 18 at the time of its passing.   Crapser and many others, thus, were left in their strange limbo. Currently Congress is considering the Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2015, which would grant citizenship to all children who have been adopted by U.S. citizens.   But it\u2019ll be too late for Crapser, who still hopes it will pass.   \u201cWhile I am disappointed in the judge\u2019s ruling and worried about my family\u2019s future, I hope that what has happened to me will further demonstrate the importance of passing the Adoptee Citizenship Act,\u201d Crapser said in a statement obtained by NBC.   Emily Kessel of the Adoptee Rights Campaign finds his deportation \u201cappalling.\u201d   \u201cWe do not choose our families,\u201d Kessel told NBC. \u201cBut the U.S. does choose to bring adoptees into the U.S. with a promise of placing these children in safe homes to grow up like any other American \u2026 Adoptees are not disposable. We urge the community to call members of Congress and underline the need for a legislative fix now.\u201d", "essay": "American system is really messed up. We let illegals get away with so many things and yet, this man, who was adopted and lived here almost his entire life, is facing deportation! He has a family of his own and I'm sure spent a good portion of his career paying taxes to the American government and now his life is in jeopardy-he has a family who is facing losing everything if he goes away! "}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Celebrity jeweler's surrogate son, second man arrested in gruesome stabbing of Manhattan partygoer \u2014  Bloody evidence, a burned body buried under a foot of earth and a botched coverup led authorities to charge two men with various crimes in the stabbing death of a guest after they partied at a luxury East Side apartment.   But neither is charged with killing Joseph Comunale. Investigators have no doubts Comunale was murdered, but did one of the suspects \u2014 or both \u2014 do it? That's the question they are working to answer.   James Rackover, 25, a Florida ex-con who became a surrogate son to celebrity jeweler Jeffrey Rackover, was charged Thursday with hindering prosecution, tampering with evidence, and concealing a corpse in the slaying of Comunale, 26. Prosecutors also hit Lawrence Dilione, 28, of Jersey City, with the same charges.   Police said the victim was stabbed in the chest 15 times. His bludgeoned and partially burned body was found in a foot-deep grave along the Jersey Shore, police said.   \"One or both of these people committed a murder,\" Assistant District Attorney Antoinette Carter said during an arraignment late Thursday for Rackover Dilione. Both men were ordered held on $3 million bond.   \"We're treating this case as a homicide. Both of these defendants were seen in the basement adjusting the surveillance camera. Dilione is the last person who saw Joseph Comunale alive.\u201d The bloodthirsty pair used a luggage rack to cart the body from the ritzy address, drove an hour south and tried to torch Comunale's bruised and broken corpse, according to sources. Cops are still looking to question at least one other person, sources said.   Friends of jeweler-to-the-stars Jeffrey Rackover \u2014 whose client list includes Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington and incoming First Lady Melania Trump \u2014 said he was devastated. \"You can't talk to him \u2014 he starts to cry,\" said longtime pal Bo Dietl, an ex-NYPD detective. \"You know the old expression: No good deed goes unpunished. This is the perfect frigging example.\"   James was the son Jeffrey never had, Dietl said.   The younger Rackover's blood-spattered E. 59th St. home provided damning proof, as police recovered 32 pieces of evidence from the gory crime scene, said NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce. There were bloodstains on the wall, and cops pulled the victim's clothes, along with sheets and towels, from trash bags tossed down a garbage chute.   The killers tried unsuccessfully to bleach the blood from Comunale's outfit, Boyce said.   The motive for the gut-wrenching attack remained under investigation, although sources indicated the killing occurred after Comunale rejected the sexual advances of one of the men inside the apartment. Both men clammed up after Dilione told cops where to find the body, prosecutors said. The pair are due back in court Monday.   The gasoline used in the attempt to burn Comunale's body was found as well, and the shallow grave where the Stamford, Conn., man was dumped is 1 mile from Dilione's old residence in Oceanport, N.J.   Boyce said officers were cutting down weeds in the remote wooded area where the body was found in hopes of turning up more evidence. An autopsy was performed at the Monmouth County coroner's office.   Comunale\u2019s father Pat told NBC News late Thursday, \u201cIt's horrific that another person can do this to an individual, and take a guy who was the most charismatic, funny guy \u2014 always the life of the party \u2014 never did steroids or anything else. And his friends can all attest to the type of individual he was.\u201d   A solemn-faced Rackover, his head down and his pompadoured hair just perfect, was led from the 13th Precinct stationhouse in handcuffs Thursday afternoon. The suspect, who spent two days in custody before being charged, ignored questions shouted by reporters.   Rackover, dressed in a finely tailored blue suit, wearing loafers with no socks, and Dilione in a grimy designer hoodie with leather quilted sleeves both looked down throughout the arraignment.   Maurice Sercarz, Rackover's lawyer, insisted the case had \u201cserious problems.\u201d \u201cI can't downplay the brutal nature of what happened to that body in New Jersey,\u201d he said. \u201cThese charges are just a place holder. I look forward to conducting our own investigation. I intend to vigorously contest these charges.\u201d   Sercarz said Rackover has worked at an insurance underwriting firm for the past year, and insisted he didn't flee.   James Rackover was home with friends beginning Saturday night watching the Ultimate Fighting pay-per-view event before going out to a Meatpacking District nightclub. Comunale met his killers at the lounge and arrived at the apartment with three other men and three women around 4 a.m. Sunday.   Rackover was known as James Beaudoin when he was busted for a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., burglary in January 2009. He did time from 2012 to 2013 on the burglary rap before starting his new life in Manhattan.   Dietl said the Fifth Ave. jeweler met Beaudoin three years ago in a Manhattan gym and the two became fast friends.   \"They go out and have dinner, and the kid says, 'You know what? My father left me. I never had a father,'\" said Dietl. \"And Jeffrey starts talking about he never had a son, he always wanted a son.\"   Father figure Jeffrey agreed to let James legally take his last name and helped the younger man find a one-bedroom apartment in his posh East Side high rise, Dietl said.   He even subsidized the rent and found Rackover a job with global management consultants Willis Towers Watson. James celebrated Passover Seders with Jeffrey's parents in the elder man's apartment, according to Dietl.", "essay": "This whole situation is alarming.  It's scary that such sick individuals exist out there that will commit such horrible crimes.  It makes me feel like the world is a scary and horrible place.  I'm not really sure what else to say about it.  I hope justice works and is brought against these people.  This type of thing should never happen and I feel bad for the victims and families involved.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Celebrity jeweler's surrogate son, second man arrested in gruesome stabbing of Manhattan partygoer \u2014  Bloody evidence, a burned body buried under a foot of earth and a botched coverup led authorities to charge two men with various crimes in the stabbing death of a guest after they partied at a luxury East Side apartment.   But neither is charged with killing Joseph Comunale. Investigators have no doubts Comunale was murdered, but did one of the suspects \u2014 or both \u2014 do it? That's the question they are working to answer.   James Rackover, 25, a Florida ex-con who became a surrogate son to celebrity jeweler Jeffrey Rackover, was charged Thursday with hindering prosecution, tampering with evidence, and concealing a corpse in the slaying of Comunale, 26. Prosecutors also hit Lawrence Dilione, 28, of Jersey City, with the same charges.   Police said the victim was stabbed in the chest 15 times. His bludgeoned and partially burned body was found in a foot-deep grave along the Jersey Shore, police said.   \"One or both of these people committed a murder,\" Assistant District Attorney Antoinette Carter said during an arraignment late Thursday for Rackover Dilione. Both men were ordered held on $3 million bond.   \"We're treating this case as a homicide. Both of these defendants were seen in the basement adjusting the surveillance camera. Dilione is the last person who saw Joseph Comunale alive.\u201d The bloodthirsty pair used a luggage rack to cart the body from the ritzy address, drove an hour south and tried to torch Comunale's bruised and broken corpse, according to sources. Cops are still looking to question at least one other person, sources said.   Friends of jeweler-to-the-stars Jeffrey Rackover \u2014 whose client list includes Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington and incoming First Lady Melania Trump \u2014 said he was devastated. \"You can't talk to him \u2014 he starts to cry,\" said longtime pal Bo Dietl, an ex-NYPD detective. \"You know the old expression: No good deed goes unpunished. This is the perfect frigging example.\"   James was the son Jeffrey never had, Dietl said.   The younger Rackover's blood-spattered E. 59th St. home provided damning proof, as police recovered 32 pieces of evidence from the gory crime scene, said NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce. There were bloodstains on the wall, and cops pulled the victim's clothes, along with sheets and towels, from trash bags tossed down a garbage chute.   The killers tried unsuccessfully to bleach the blood from Comunale's outfit, Boyce said.   The motive for the gut-wrenching attack remained under investigation, although sources indicated the killing occurred after Comunale rejected the sexual advances of one of the men inside the apartment. Both men clammed up after Dilione told cops where to find the body, prosecutors said. The pair are due back in court Monday.   The gasoline used in the attempt to burn Comunale's body was found as well, and the shallow grave where the Stamford, Conn., man was dumped is 1 mile from Dilione's old residence in Oceanport, N.J.   Boyce said officers were cutting down weeds in the remote wooded area where the body was found in hopes of turning up more evidence. An autopsy was performed at the Monmouth County coroner's office.   Comunale\u2019s father Pat told NBC News late Thursday, \u201cIt's horrific that another person can do this to an individual, and take a guy who was the most charismatic, funny guy \u2014 always the life of the party \u2014 never did steroids or anything else. And his friends can all attest to the type of individual he was.\u201d   A solemn-faced Rackover, his head down and his pompadoured hair just perfect, was led from the 13th Precinct stationhouse in handcuffs Thursday afternoon. The suspect, who spent two days in custody before being charged, ignored questions shouted by reporters.   Rackover, dressed in a finely tailored blue suit, wearing loafers with no socks, and Dilione in a grimy designer hoodie with leather quilted sleeves both looked down throughout the arraignment.   Maurice Sercarz, Rackover's lawyer, insisted the case had \u201cserious problems.\u201d \u201cI can't downplay the brutal nature of what happened to that body in New Jersey,\u201d he said. \u201cThese charges are just a place holder. I look forward to conducting our own investigation. I intend to vigorously contest these charges.\u201d   Sercarz said Rackover has worked at an insurance underwriting firm for the past year, and insisted he didn't flee.   James Rackover was home with friends beginning Saturday night watching the Ultimate Fighting pay-per-view event before going out to a Meatpacking District nightclub. Comunale met his killers at the lounge and arrived at the apartment with three other men and three women around 4 a.m. Sunday.   Rackover was known as James Beaudoin when he was busted for a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., burglary in January 2009. He did time from 2012 to 2013 on the burglary rap before starting his new life in Manhattan.   Dietl said the Fifth Ave. jeweler met Beaudoin three years ago in a Manhattan gym and the two became fast friends.   \"They go out and have dinner, and the kid says, 'You know what? My father left me. I never had a father,'\" said Dietl. \"And Jeffrey starts talking about he never had a son, he always wanted a son.\"   Father figure Jeffrey agreed to let James legally take his last name and helped the younger man find a one-bedroom apartment in his posh East Side high rise, Dietl said.   He even subsidized the rent and found Rackover a job with global management consultants Willis Towers Watson. James celebrated Passover Seders with Jeffrey's parents in the elder man's apartment, according to Dietl.", "essay": "I just read an article about a man who was given everything in life, literally. A deluxe apartment, a great job and a position of status in New York society were apparently not enough for him. He was involved in the brutal murder of a man because the man refused his sexual advances. He must suffer from some sort of mental deficiency. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p036", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 96000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 4.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 96000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 4.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Celebrity jeweler's surrogate son, second man arrested in gruesome stabbing of Manhattan partygoer \u2014  Bloody evidence, a burned body buried under a foot of earth and a botched coverup led authorities to charge two men with various crimes in the stabbing death of a guest after they partied at a luxury East Side apartment.   But neither is charged with killing Joseph Comunale. Investigators have no doubts Comunale was murdered, but did one of the suspects \u2014 or both \u2014 do it? That's the question they are working to answer.   James Rackover, 25, a Florida ex-con who became a surrogate son to celebrity jeweler Jeffrey Rackover, was charged Thursday with hindering prosecution, tampering with evidence, and concealing a corpse in the slaying of Comunale, 26. Prosecutors also hit Lawrence Dilione, 28, of Jersey City, with the same charges.   Police said the victim was stabbed in the chest 15 times. His bludgeoned and partially burned body was found in a foot-deep grave along the Jersey Shore, police said.   \"One or both of these people committed a murder,\" Assistant District Attorney Antoinette Carter said during an arraignment late Thursday for Rackover Dilione. Both men were ordered held on $3 million bond.   \"We're treating this case as a homicide. Both of these defendants were seen in the basement adjusting the surveillance camera. Dilione is the last person who saw Joseph Comunale alive.\u201d The bloodthirsty pair used a luggage rack to cart the body from the ritzy address, drove an hour south and tried to torch Comunale's bruised and broken corpse, according to sources. Cops are still looking to question at least one other person, sources said.   Friends of jeweler-to-the-stars Jeffrey Rackover \u2014 whose client list includes Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington and incoming First Lady Melania Trump \u2014 said he was devastated. \"You can't talk to him \u2014 he starts to cry,\" said longtime pal Bo Dietl, an ex-NYPD detective. \"You know the old expression: No good deed goes unpunished. This is the perfect frigging example.\"   James was the son Jeffrey never had, Dietl said.   The younger Rackover's blood-spattered E. 59th St. home provided damning proof, as police recovered 32 pieces of evidence from the gory crime scene, said NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce. There were bloodstains on the wall, and cops pulled the victim's clothes, along with sheets and towels, from trash bags tossed down a garbage chute.   The killers tried unsuccessfully to bleach the blood from Comunale's outfit, Boyce said.   The motive for the gut-wrenching attack remained under investigation, although sources indicated the killing occurred after Comunale rejected the sexual advances of one of the men inside the apartment. Both men clammed up after Dilione told cops where to find the body, prosecutors said. The pair are due back in court Monday.   The gasoline used in the attempt to burn Comunale's body was found as well, and the shallow grave where the Stamford, Conn., man was dumped is 1 mile from Dilione's old residence in Oceanport, N.J.   Boyce said officers were cutting down weeds in the remote wooded area where the body was found in hopes of turning up more evidence. An autopsy was performed at the Monmouth County coroner's office.   Comunale\u2019s father Pat told NBC News late Thursday, \u201cIt's horrific that another person can do this to an individual, and take a guy who was the most charismatic, funny guy \u2014 always the life of the party \u2014 never did steroids or anything else. And his friends can all attest to the type of individual he was.\u201d   A solemn-faced Rackover, his head down and his pompadoured hair just perfect, was led from the 13th Precinct stationhouse in handcuffs Thursday afternoon. The suspect, who spent two days in custody before being charged, ignored questions shouted by reporters.   Rackover, dressed in a finely tailored blue suit, wearing loafers with no socks, and Dilione in a grimy designer hoodie with leather quilted sleeves both looked down throughout the arraignment.   Maurice Sercarz, Rackover's lawyer, insisted the case had \u201cserious problems.\u201d \u201cI can't downplay the brutal nature of what happened to that body in New Jersey,\u201d he said. \u201cThese charges are just a place holder. I look forward to conducting our own investigation. I intend to vigorously contest these charges.\u201d   Sercarz said Rackover has worked at an insurance underwriting firm for the past year, and insisted he didn't flee.   James Rackover was home with friends beginning Saturday night watching the Ultimate Fighting pay-per-view event before going out to a Meatpacking District nightclub. Comunale met his killers at the lounge and arrived at the apartment with three other men and three women around 4 a.m. Sunday.   Rackover was known as James Beaudoin when he was busted for a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., burglary in January 2009. He did time from 2012 to 2013 on the burglary rap before starting his new life in Manhattan.   Dietl said the Fifth Ave. jeweler met Beaudoin three years ago in a Manhattan gym and the two became fast friends.   \"They go out and have dinner, and the kid says, 'You know what? My father left me. I never had a father,'\" said Dietl. \"And Jeffrey starts talking about he never had a son, he always wanted a son.\"   Father figure Jeffrey agreed to let James legally take his last name and helped the younger man find a one-bedroom apartment in his posh East Side high rise, Dietl said.   He even subsidized the rent and found Rackover a job with global management consultants Willis Towers Watson. James celebrated Passover Seders with Jeffrey's parents in the elder man's apartment, according to Dietl.", "essay": "I think that this article is interesting. I don't really like what happened at all, but I feel mostly for the man who brought someone into his life. Then that person turned out to be involved in all this awful stuff - possibly even a murderer. It makes me sad to read. I also, of course, feel for the victim's family - what an awful way to die."}
{"user_id": "ec_p058", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 34 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 68000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 34, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 68000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Celebrity jeweler's surrogate son, second man arrested in gruesome stabbing of Manhattan partygoer \u2014  Bloody evidence, a burned body buried under a foot of earth and a botched coverup led authorities to charge two men with various crimes in the stabbing death of a guest after they partied at a luxury East Side apartment.   But neither is charged with killing Joseph Comunale. Investigators have no doubts Comunale was murdered, but did one of the suspects \u2014 or both \u2014 do it? That's the question they are working to answer.   James Rackover, 25, a Florida ex-con who became a surrogate son to celebrity jeweler Jeffrey Rackover, was charged Thursday with hindering prosecution, tampering with evidence, and concealing a corpse in the slaying of Comunale, 26. Prosecutors also hit Lawrence Dilione, 28, of Jersey City, with the same charges.   Police said the victim was stabbed in the chest 15 times. His bludgeoned and partially burned body was found in a foot-deep grave along the Jersey Shore, police said.   \"One or both of these people committed a murder,\" Assistant District Attorney Antoinette Carter said during an arraignment late Thursday for Rackover Dilione. Both men were ordered held on $3 million bond.   \"We're treating this case as a homicide. Both of these defendants were seen in the basement adjusting the surveillance camera. Dilione is the last person who saw Joseph Comunale alive.\u201d The bloodthirsty pair used a luggage rack to cart the body from the ritzy address, drove an hour south and tried to torch Comunale's bruised and broken corpse, according to sources. Cops are still looking to question at least one other person, sources said.   Friends of jeweler-to-the-stars Jeffrey Rackover \u2014 whose client list includes Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington and incoming First Lady Melania Trump \u2014 said he was devastated. \"You can't talk to him \u2014 he starts to cry,\" said longtime pal Bo Dietl, an ex-NYPD detective. \"You know the old expression: No good deed goes unpunished. This is the perfect frigging example.\"   James was the son Jeffrey never had, Dietl said.   The younger Rackover's blood-spattered E. 59th St. home provided damning proof, as police recovered 32 pieces of evidence from the gory crime scene, said NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce. There were bloodstains on the wall, and cops pulled the victim's clothes, along with sheets and towels, from trash bags tossed down a garbage chute.   The killers tried unsuccessfully to bleach the blood from Comunale's outfit, Boyce said.   The motive for the gut-wrenching attack remained under investigation, although sources indicated the killing occurred after Comunale rejected the sexual advances of one of the men inside the apartment. Both men clammed up after Dilione told cops where to find the body, prosecutors said. The pair are due back in court Monday.   The gasoline used in the attempt to burn Comunale's body was found as well, and the shallow grave where the Stamford, Conn., man was dumped is 1 mile from Dilione's old residence in Oceanport, N.J.   Boyce said officers were cutting down weeds in the remote wooded area where the body was found in hopes of turning up more evidence. An autopsy was performed at the Monmouth County coroner's office.   Comunale\u2019s father Pat told NBC News late Thursday, \u201cIt's horrific that another person can do this to an individual, and take a guy who was the most charismatic, funny guy \u2014 always the life of the party \u2014 never did steroids or anything else. And his friends can all attest to the type of individual he was.\u201d   A solemn-faced Rackover, his head down and his pompadoured hair just perfect, was led from the 13th Precinct stationhouse in handcuffs Thursday afternoon. The suspect, who spent two days in custody before being charged, ignored questions shouted by reporters.   Rackover, dressed in a finely tailored blue suit, wearing loafers with no socks, and Dilione in a grimy designer hoodie with leather quilted sleeves both looked down throughout the arraignment.   Maurice Sercarz, Rackover's lawyer, insisted the case had \u201cserious problems.\u201d \u201cI can't downplay the brutal nature of what happened to that body in New Jersey,\u201d he said. \u201cThese charges are just a place holder. I look forward to conducting our own investigation. I intend to vigorously contest these charges.\u201d   Sercarz said Rackover has worked at an insurance underwriting firm for the past year, and insisted he didn't flee.   James Rackover was home with friends beginning Saturday night watching the Ultimate Fighting pay-per-view event before going out to a Meatpacking District nightclub. Comunale met his killers at the lounge and arrived at the apartment with three other men and three women around 4 a.m. Sunday.   Rackover was known as James Beaudoin when he was busted for a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., burglary in January 2009. He did time from 2012 to 2013 on the burglary rap before starting his new life in Manhattan.   Dietl said the Fifth Ave. jeweler met Beaudoin three years ago in a Manhattan gym and the two became fast friends.   \"They go out and have dinner, and the kid says, 'You know what? My father left me. I never had a father,'\" said Dietl. \"And Jeffrey starts talking about he never had a son, he always wanted a son.\"   Father figure Jeffrey agreed to let James legally take his last name and helped the younger man find a one-bedroom apartment in his posh East Side high rise, Dietl said.   He even subsidized the rent and found Rackover a job with global management consultants Willis Towers Watson. James celebrated Passover Seders with Jeffrey's parents in the elder man's apartment, according to Dietl.", "essay": "im so sick of seeing articles that are so negative. it's like every news article i see or story from the media is either native, bashing someone or someone being killed. why is it so hard to find positive information in news these days. i feel like i dont even want to look at the news anymore. its so depressing."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Celebrity jeweler's surrogate son, second man arrested in gruesome stabbing of Manhattan partygoer \u2014  Bloody evidence, a burned body buried under a foot of earth and a botched coverup led authorities to charge two men with various crimes in the stabbing death of a guest after they partied at a luxury East Side apartment.   But neither is charged with killing Joseph Comunale. Investigators have no doubts Comunale was murdered, but did one of the suspects \u2014 or both \u2014 do it? That's the question they are working to answer.   James Rackover, 25, a Florida ex-con who became a surrogate son to celebrity jeweler Jeffrey Rackover, was charged Thursday with hindering prosecution, tampering with evidence, and concealing a corpse in the slaying of Comunale, 26. Prosecutors also hit Lawrence Dilione, 28, of Jersey City, with the same charges.   Police said the victim was stabbed in the chest 15 times. His bludgeoned and partially burned body was found in a foot-deep grave along the Jersey Shore, police said.   \"One or both of these people committed a murder,\" Assistant District Attorney Antoinette Carter said during an arraignment late Thursday for Rackover Dilione. Both men were ordered held on $3 million bond.   \"We're treating this case as a homicide. Both of these defendants were seen in the basement adjusting the surveillance camera. Dilione is the last person who saw Joseph Comunale alive.\u201d The bloodthirsty pair used a luggage rack to cart the body from the ritzy address, drove an hour south and tried to torch Comunale's bruised and broken corpse, according to sources. Cops are still looking to question at least one other person, sources said.   Friends of jeweler-to-the-stars Jeffrey Rackover \u2014 whose client list includes Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington and incoming First Lady Melania Trump \u2014 said he was devastated. \"You can't talk to him \u2014 he starts to cry,\" said longtime pal Bo Dietl, an ex-NYPD detective. \"You know the old expression: No good deed goes unpunished. This is the perfect frigging example.\"   James was the son Jeffrey never had, Dietl said.   The younger Rackover's blood-spattered E. 59th St. home provided damning proof, as police recovered 32 pieces of evidence from the gory crime scene, said NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce. There were bloodstains on the wall, and cops pulled the victim's clothes, along with sheets and towels, from trash bags tossed down a garbage chute.   The killers tried unsuccessfully to bleach the blood from Comunale's outfit, Boyce said.   The motive for the gut-wrenching attack remained under investigation, although sources indicated the killing occurred after Comunale rejected the sexual advances of one of the men inside the apartment. Both men clammed up after Dilione told cops where to find the body, prosecutors said. The pair are due back in court Monday.   The gasoline used in the attempt to burn Comunale's body was found as well, and the shallow grave where the Stamford, Conn., man was dumped is 1 mile from Dilione's old residence in Oceanport, N.J.   Boyce said officers were cutting down weeds in the remote wooded area where the body was found in hopes of turning up more evidence. An autopsy was performed at the Monmouth County coroner's office.   Comunale\u2019s father Pat told NBC News late Thursday, \u201cIt's horrific that another person can do this to an individual, and take a guy who was the most charismatic, funny guy \u2014 always the life of the party \u2014 never did steroids or anything else. And his friends can all attest to the type of individual he was.\u201d   A solemn-faced Rackover, his head down and his pompadoured hair just perfect, was led from the 13th Precinct stationhouse in handcuffs Thursday afternoon. The suspect, who spent two days in custody before being charged, ignored questions shouted by reporters.   Rackover, dressed in a finely tailored blue suit, wearing loafers with no socks, and Dilione in a grimy designer hoodie with leather quilted sleeves both looked down throughout the arraignment.   Maurice Sercarz, Rackover's lawyer, insisted the case had \u201cserious problems.\u201d \u201cI can't downplay the brutal nature of what happened to that body in New Jersey,\u201d he said. \u201cThese charges are just a place holder. I look forward to conducting our own investigation. I intend to vigorously contest these charges.\u201d   Sercarz said Rackover has worked at an insurance underwriting firm for the past year, and insisted he didn't flee.   James Rackover was home with friends beginning Saturday night watching the Ultimate Fighting pay-per-view event before going out to a Meatpacking District nightclub. Comunale met his killers at the lounge and arrived at the apartment with three other men and three women around 4 a.m. Sunday.   Rackover was known as James Beaudoin when he was busted for a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., burglary in January 2009. He did time from 2012 to 2013 on the burglary rap before starting his new life in Manhattan.   Dietl said the Fifth Ave. jeweler met Beaudoin three years ago in a Manhattan gym and the two became fast friends.   \"They go out and have dinner, and the kid says, 'You know what? My father left me. I never had a father,'\" said Dietl. \"And Jeffrey starts talking about he never had a son, he always wanted a son.\"   Father figure Jeffrey agreed to let James legally take his last name and helped the younger man find a one-bedroom apartment in his posh East Side high rise, Dietl said.   He even subsidized the rent and found Rackover a job with global management consultants Willis Towers Watson. James celebrated Passover Seders with Jeffrey's parents in the elder man's apartment, according to Dietl.", "essay": "This story was so sad and heartwrenching. I guess the elite are not pardoned from bad things happening to them and this shows that. It is horrible that either one of these men could have stopped this and helped but both were just cold people. How do you just go back to nromal life after muder I would fall to pieces. I think they did flee and didnt just continue on with work. They should be convicted and set to life in prison. How could you kill and burn someone and for over something so minecule like getting hit on. Karma will get back at them and I hope in a grand way. The poor family of this man it is terrible."}
{"user_id": "ec_p009", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 29 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 44000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 29, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 44000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Help Demand That Nosey The Elephant Be Rescued From Decades Of Abuse \u2014  Nosey, a 34 year old female African elephant has been held captive and forced to live in solitary, for almost 3 decades. Nosey has been bound by chains and compelled to perform for public entertainment in circuses and forced to give rides to adults and children in between performances across the United States, for most of her life. This causes major stress to her health as well as to her psychological well being. Much of Nosey\u2019s life has been spent in confinement inside of an inappropriately sized trailer and she is crated from one location to the next, receiving little exercise and no socialization which goes against the highly social nature of her spices. She has been seen to exhibit stiffness in her joints, indicating that she has arthritis which has likely been formed due to her years of longterm confinement. Since 1993, her owner, Hugo Tommy Liebel, has been cited by the the USDA over 200 times and has made 30 direct violations of the Animal Welfare Act. Regardless of these violations, Liebel\u2019s license is still approved for renewal each year. Despite complaints being filed by numerous citizens and organizations looking to seek freedom for Nosey, there has been little or no response from the USDA. The department refuses to order a comprehensive medical exam for nosey after evidence has shown that she is suffering from chronic, untreated health problems and lives everyday in physical and psychological pain. The USDA has the power under the AWA as well as the responsibility to the animal\u2019s well being to respond to complaints made by citizens to stop the repeated violations made by Nosey\u2019s owner to confiscate her and release her into a true elephant sanctuary. Action must be taken NOW to stop the daily abuse to this animal.", "essay": "Dear friend,                                                                                                     I have just finished reading an article about an african elephant named Nosey. She has been held captive for 30 years. It is a very heartbreaking story and it makes me very sad to see her treated this way."}
{"user_id": "ec_p064", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 55000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 55000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Help Demand That Nosey The Elephant Be Rescued From Decades Of Abuse \u2014  Nosey, a 34 year old female African elephant has been held captive and forced to live in solitary, for almost 3 decades. Nosey has been bound by chains and compelled to perform for public entertainment in circuses and forced to give rides to adults and children in between performances across the United States, for most of her life. This causes major stress to her health as well as to her psychological well being. Much of Nosey\u2019s life has been spent in confinement inside of an inappropriately sized trailer and she is crated from one location to the next, receiving little exercise and no socialization which goes against the highly social nature of her spices. She has been seen to exhibit stiffness in her joints, indicating that she has arthritis which has likely been formed due to her years of longterm confinement. Since 1993, her owner, Hugo Tommy Liebel, has been cited by the the USDA over 200 times and has made 30 direct violations of the Animal Welfare Act. Regardless of these violations, Liebel\u2019s license is still approved for renewal each year. Despite complaints being filed by numerous citizens and organizations looking to seek freedom for Nosey, there has been little or no response from the USDA. The department refuses to order a comprehensive medical exam for nosey after evidence has shown that she is suffering from chronic, untreated health problems and lives everyday in physical and psychological pain. The USDA has the power under the AWA as well as the responsibility to the animal\u2019s well being to respond to complaints made by citizens to stop the repeated violations made by Nosey\u2019s owner to confiscate her and release her into a true elephant sanctuary. Action must be taken NOW to stop the daily abuse to this animal.", "essay": "Wow, I can not believe that this poor elephant has been abused for so many years yet nobody does anything about it. This poor elephant should be taken away from the owner and the owner should be arrested, there is no excuse for this type of behavior, she should be allowed to be free in a elephant sanctuary with other elephants, very sad. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Help Demand That Nosey The Elephant Be Rescued From Decades Of Abuse \u2014  Nosey, a 34 year old female African elephant has been held captive and forced to live in solitary, for almost 3 decades. Nosey has been bound by chains and compelled to perform for public entertainment in circuses and forced to give rides to adults and children in between performances across the United States, for most of her life. This causes major stress to her health as well as to her psychological well being. Much of Nosey\u2019s life has been spent in confinement inside of an inappropriately sized trailer and she is crated from one location to the next, receiving little exercise and no socialization which goes against the highly social nature of her spices. She has been seen to exhibit stiffness in her joints, indicating that she has arthritis which has likely been formed due to her years of longterm confinement. Since 1993, her owner, Hugo Tommy Liebel, has been cited by the the USDA over 200 times and has made 30 direct violations of the Animal Welfare Act. Regardless of these violations, Liebel\u2019s license is still approved for renewal each year. Despite complaints being filed by numerous citizens and organizations looking to seek freedom for Nosey, there has been little or no response from the USDA. The department refuses to order a comprehensive medical exam for nosey after evidence has shown that she is suffering from chronic, untreated health problems and lives everyday in physical and psychological pain. The USDA has the power under the AWA as well as the responsibility to the animal\u2019s well being to respond to complaints made by citizens to stop the repeated violations made by Nosey\u2019s owner to confiscate her and release her into a true elephant sanctuary. Action must be taken NOW to stop the daily abuse to this animal.", "essay": "This article just hits you right in the gut. Especially because it deals with animals. Animals are so helpless when at the hand of there human handlers. This is so unfair to this gentle giant. Treated to badly just to perform and make money. she is livign a horrible confined life of solitude. It is greatly disturbing that the givernment has the power to stop this yet has turned a blind eye. They need to take action and be an advocate for this poor animal. She deserves way better treatment then what she is getting now. How does anyone condone this or go to shows where this animal is chaned and obviously in pain and discomfort. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p008", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 21000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 21000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Help Demand That Nosey The Elephant Be Rescued From Decades Of Abuse \u2014  Nosey, a 34 year old female African elephant has been held captive and forced to live in solitary, for almost 3 decades. Nosey has been bound by chains and compelled to perform for public entertainment in circuses and forced to give rides to adults and children in between performances across the United States, for most of her life. This causes major stress to her health as well as to her psychological well being. Much of Nosey\u2019s life has been spent in confinement inside of an inappropriately sized trailer and she is crated from one location to the next, receiving little exercise and no socialization which goes against the highly social nature of her spices. She has been seen to exhibit stiffness in her joints, indicating that she has arthritis which has likely been formed due to her years of longterm confinement. Since 1993, her owner, Hugo Tommy Liebel, has been cited by the the USDA over 200 times and has made 30 direct violations of the Animal Welfare Act. Regardless of these violations, Liebel\u2019s license is still approved for renewal each year. Despite complaints being filed by numerous citizens and organizations looking to seek freedom for Nosey, there has been little or no response from the USDA. The department refuses to order a comprehensive medical exam for nosey after evidence has shown that she is suffering from chronic, untreated health problems and lives everyday in physical and psychological pain. The USDA has the power under the AWA as well as the responsibility to the animal\u2019s well being to respond to complaints made by citizens to stop the repeated violations made by Nosey\u2019s owner to confiscate her and release her into a true elephant sanctuary. Action must be taken NOW to stop the daily abuse to this animal.", "essay": "I love elephants so much and every time I hear about them being abused this way it hurts my heart. I hate that people can be so cruel to animals in general, but to such sweet, gentle giants? It makes me so sad. And her name is Nosey. That's not even fair, someone needs to strip that awful man of that angelic creature."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Help Demand That Nosey The Elephant Be Rescued From Decades Of Abuse \u2014  Nosey, a 34 year old female African elephant has been held captive and forced to live in solitary, for almost 3 decades. Nosey has been bound by chains and compelled to perform for public entertainment in circuses and forced to give rides to adults and children in between performances across the United States, for most of her life. This causes major stress to her health as well as to her psychological well being. Much of Nosey\u2019s life has been spent in confinement inside of an inappropriately sized trailer and she is crated from one location to the next, receiving little exercise and no socialization which goes against the highly social nature of her spices. She has been seen to exhibit stiffness in her joints, indicating that she has arthritis which has likely been formed due to her years of longterm confinement. Since 1993, her owner, Hugo Tommy Liebel, has been cited by the the USDA over 200 times and has made 30 direct violations of the Animal Welfare Act. Regardless of these violations, Liebel\u2019s license is still approved for renewal each year. Despite complaints being filed by numerous citizens and organizations looking to seek freedom for Nosey, there has been little or no response from the USDA. The department refuses to order a comprehensive medical exam for nosey after evidence has shown that she is suffering from chronic, untreated health problems and lives everyday in physical and psychological pain. The USDA has the power under the AWA as well as the responsibility to the animal\u2019s well being to respond to complaints made by citizens to stop the repeated violations made by Nosey\u2019s owner to confiscate her and release her into a true elephant sanctuary. Action must be taken NOW to stop the daily abuse to this animal.", "essay": "This is pretty sad for the elephant.  It obviously has no say so in this matter and that is not okay.  Elephants are very intelligent and sensitive animals.  They shouldn't be kept in captivity in these circuses and shows I do not think.  This seems inhumane and not right.  I would feel guilty going to a circus seeing elephants parade around.  Maybe at a zoo where they could be in a natural habitat it could be okay but not in a circus where they are supposed to dance around for human entertainment, that is just pitiful and sad."}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "Mom, 2 girls killed on Halloween trailer in Mississippi \u2014  U.S. 80 in Newton County is still littered with the spoils of a night meant to be fun for children and families but now holds tragic memories for the small town of Chunky.   Skid marks, accident location paint, dried blood and Skid marks, accident location paint, dried blood and vehicle fluids remain after a pickup truck slammed into a small utility trailer on Monday, Halloween night on U.S. Highway 80 in Chunky, Miss., Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. Mississippi Highway Patrol said the crash left a few people killed and several injured. (Photo: Rogelio V. Solis/AP) A pair of shoes lay separately among the candy and in the weeds on the side of the road, apparently knocked from the feet of their owner and left behind when the victims of a Halloween night vehicle accident were transported to hospitals in Jackson and Meridian. Some of them have life-threatening injuries, officials said. The shoes are not far from the scene where Kristina Shaver and her two daughters, Baylee, 8, and Brooke, 2, were fatally injured while riding in a trailer for a Halloween party Monday night.   The trailer was hit from behind by a pickup, authorities said.   The Shavers were among 10 on the trailer, but they were the only fatalities as of Tuesday. Community members said the others injured in the wreck were Shaver's middle child, McKensey, Shaver's sister, Melissa Cook, 31, and her children. Shaver's husband was killed in a car wreck earlier this summer, family friends said. Cook's husband died in 2012.   Kristina Shaver is shown in this photo of a Facebook Kristina Shaver is shown in this photo of a Facebook post. (Photo: The Clarion-Ledger) McKensey Shaver is the last living member of her immediate family. She is in critical condition at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.   UMMC confirmed they are treating five patients. Two pediatric patients are critical, and two are fair. Cook was in critical condition at UMMC as of 3 p.m. Tuesday.   Don Jones, who lives on Chunky Duffee Road, said his wife keeps count of the trick-or-treaters, and that the trailer had come by their home earlier in the evening.   \"She was hollering, 'How cute, how cute!' so I came to the door and they were all there, just precious, just small kids. I guess door steps, you'd call them. And they were just having a good time,\" he said.   The tenor of the night changed when Jones and his family could hear sirens in the distance, he said.   \"When the local fire department takes off, everyone can hear the sirens,\" he said.   Shortly after that, there were three helicopters landing on the ballfield not far from the wreck site, he said.   Mississippi Highway Patrol Spokesman Sgt. Andy West said the vehicle and trailer was turning off U.S. 80 around 7:45 p.m. when a Ford F-150 driven by Chase Cook, 20, who family friends say is not believed to be related to Melissa Cook, drove into the back of the trailer. West said that \"a full investigation will be conducted into the cause of the wreck.\"   OTHER AREA ACCIDENT: Fiery fatal auto crash in Jackson   The tire marks on the road, highlighted in orange reconstruction paint, drew a fairly clear picture of where the vehicles collided and where they came to rest in a yard on the side of the highway. But it doesn't answer how or why.   \"It would be inappropriate for us to speculate why the driver drove into the rear of that trailer, and we want to refrain from making any statements until the investigation is complete,\" West said.   The trailer was being pulled by a Jeep driven by Terry Smith, 58, of Chunky.   Newton County Elementary School Principal Jason Roberson said counselors were on campus Tuesday to help students and faculty with the impact of the accident.   \"Any time you deal with loss, it's difficult, but when you're trying to explain it to children it compounds it even more,\" he said. \"What we've focused on is remembering the good times we've had here.\"   Roberson said the counselors will remain on campus for the rest of the week.   \"I've never dealt with anything of this magnitude, and it's been a lot to take in,\" he said. \"Everybody's been touched by this.\"   Jones said he's praying for the families of the dead and injured. He said he doesn't know Cook, but he's praying for him, too.   \"I pray for him because he's going to be scarred for life to know what happened when he hit that trailer,\" he said.", "essay": "I feel very bad for the two little girls that were killed in the terrible accident. One minute you are happy and the next your dead. The parents must feel the worst in this situation I hope they will be able to move on wit their lives although I am sure it will be nearly impossible for them to move on"}
{"user_id": "ec_p016", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 60000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 60000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Mom, 2 girls killed on Halloween trailer in Mississippi \u2014  U.S. 80 in Newton County is still littered with the spoils of a night meant to be fun for children and families but now holds tragic memories for the small town of Chunky.   Skid marks, accident location paint, dried blood and Skid marks, accident location paint, dried blood and vehicle fluids remain after a pickup truck slammed into a small utility trailer on Monday, Halloween night on U.S. Highway 80 in Chunky, Miss., Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. Mississippi Highway Patrol said the crash left a few people killed and several injured. (Photo: Rogelio V. Solis/AP) A pair of shoes lay separately among the candy and in the weeds on the side of the road, apparently knocked from the feet of their owner and left behind when the victims of a Halloween night vehicle accident were transported to hospitals in Jackson and Meridian. Some of them have life-threatening injuries, officials said. The shoes are not far from the scene where Kristina Shaver and her two daughters, Baylee, 8, and Brooke, 2, were fatally injured while riding in a trailer for a Halloween party Monday night.   The trailer was hit from behind by a pickup, authorities said.   The Shavers were among 10 on the trailer, but they were the only fatalities as of Tuesday. Community members said the others injured in the wreck were Shaver's middle child, McKensey, Shaver's sister, Melissa Cook, 31, and her children. Shaver's husband was killed in a car wreck earlier this summer, family friends said. Cook's husband died in 2012.   Kristina Shaver is shown in this photo of a Facebook Kristina Shaver is shown in this photo of a Facebook post. (Photo: The Clarion-Ledger) McKensey Shaver is the last living member of her immediate family. She is in critical condition at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.   UMMC confirmed they are treating five patients. Two pediatric patients are critical, and two are fair. Cook was in critical condition at UMMC as of 3 p.m. Tuesday.   Don Jones, who lives on Chunky Duffee Road, said his wife keeps count of the trick-or-treaters, and that the trailer had come by their home earlier in the evening.   \"She was hollering, 'How cute, how cute!' so I came to the door and they were all there, just precious, just small kids. I guess door steps, you'd call them. And they were just having a good time,\" he said.   The tenor of the night changed when Jones and his family could hear sirens in the distance, he said.   \"When the local fire department takes off, everyone can hear the sirens,\" he said.   Shortly after that, there were three helicopters landing on the ballfield not far from the wreck site, he said.   Mississippi Highway Patrol Spokesman Sgt. Andy West said the vehicle and trailer was turning off U.S. 80 around 7:45 p.m. when a Ford F-150 driven by Chase Cook, 20, who family friends say is not believed to be related to Melissa Cook, drove into the back of the trailer. West said that \"a full investigation will be conducted into the cause of the wreck.\"   OTHER AREA ACCIDENT: Fiery fatal auto crash in Jackson   The tire marks on the road, highlighted in orange reconstruction paint, drew a fairly clear picture of where the vehicles collided and where they came to rest in a yard on the side of the highway. But it doesn't answer how or why.   \"It would be inappropriate for us to speculate why the driver drove into the rear of that trailer, and we want to refrain from making any statements until the investigation is complete,\" West said.   The trailer was being pulled by a Jeep driven by Terry Smith, 58, of Chunky.   Newton County Elementary School Principal Jason Roberson said counselors were on campus Tuesday to help students and faculty with the impact of the accident.   \"Any time you deal with loss, it's difficult, but when you're trying to explain it to children it compounds it even more,\" he said. \"What we've focused on is remembering the good times we've had here.\"   Roberson said the counselors will remain on campus for the rest of the week.   \"I've never dealt with anything of this magnitude, and it's been a lot to take in,\" he said. \"Everybody's been touched by this.\"   Jones said he's praying for the families of the dead and injured. He said he doesn't know Cook, but he's praying for him, too.   \"I pray for him because he's going to be scarred for life to know what happened when he hit that trailer,\" he said.", "essay": "I just read about this family that got killed in a car wreck and it was just horrible. It's one thing when part of your family dies, but apparently the husband had already died a few months previous and now the mom and two of the kids are dead, too, and that just leaves one kid who I guess was about five or six. She's all alone now. :("}
{"user_id": "ec_p008", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 21000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 21000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Mom, 2 girls killed on Halloween trailer in Mississippi \u2014  U.S. 80 in Newton County is still littered with the spoils of a night meant to be fun for children and families but now holds tragic memories for the small town of Chunky.   Skid marks, accident location paint, dried blood and Skid marks, accident location paint, dried blood and vehicle fluids remain after a pickup truck slammed into a small utility trailer on Monday, Halloween night on U.S. Highway 80 in Chunky, Miss., Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. Mississippi Highway Patrol said the crash left a few people killed and several injured. (Photo: Rogelio V. Solis/AP) A pair of shoes lay separately among the candy and in the weeds on the side of the road, apparently knocked from the feet of their owner and left behind when the victims of a Halloween night vehicle accident were transported to hospitals in Jackson and Meridian. Some of them have life-threatening injuries, officials said. The shoes are not far from the scene where Kristina Shaver and her two daughters, Baylee, 8, and Brooke, 2, were fatally injured while riding in a trailer for a Halloween party Monday night.   The trailer was hit from behind by a pickup, authorities said.   The Shavers were among 10 on the trailer, but they were the only fatalities as of Tuesday. Community members said the others injured in the wreck were Shaver's middle child, McKensey, Shaver's sister, Melissa Cook, 31, and her children. Shaver's husband was killed in a car wreck earlier this summer, family friends said. Cook's husband died in 2012.   Kristina Shaver is shown in this photo of a Facebook Kristina Shaver is shown in this photo of a Facebook post. (Photo: The Clarion-Ledger) McKensey Shaver is the last living member of her immediate family. She is in critical condition at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.   UMMC confirmed they are treating five patients. Two pediatric patients are critical, and two are fair. Cook was in critical condition at UMMC as of 3 p.m. Tuesday.   Don Jones, who lives on Chunky Duffee Road, said his wife keeps count of the trick-or-treaters, and that the trailer had come by their home earlier in the evening.   \"She was hollering, 'How cute, how cute!' so I came to the door and they were all there, just precious, just small kids. I guess door steps, you'd call them. And they were just having a good time,\" he said.   The tenor of the night changed when Jones and his family could hear sirens in the distance, he said.   \"When the local fire department takes off, everyone can hear the sirens,\" he said.   Shortly after that, there were three helicopters landing on the ballfield not far from the wreck site, he said.   Mississippi Highway Patrol Spokesman Sgt. Andy West said the vehicle and trailer was turning off U.S. 80 around 7:45 p.m. when a Ford F-150 driven by Chase Cook, 20, who family friends say is not believed to be related to Melissa Cook, drove into the back of the trailer. West said that \"a full investigation will be conducted into the cause of the wreck.\"   OTHER AREA ACCIDENT: Fiery fatal auto crash in Jackson   The tire marks on the road, highlighted in orange reconstruction paint, drew a fairly clear picture of where the vehicles collided and where they came to rest in a yard on the side of the highway. But it doesn't answer how or why.   \"It would be inappropriate for us to speculate why the driver drove into the rear of that trailer, and we want to refrain from making any statements until the investigation is complete,\" West said.   The trailer was being pulled by a Jeep driven by Terry Smith, 58, of Chunky.   Newton County Elementary School Principal Jason Roberson said counselors were on campus Tuesday to help students and faculty with the impact of the accident.   \"Any time you deal with loss, it's difficult, but when you're trying to explain it to children it compounds it even more,\" he said. \"What we've focused on is remembering the good times we've had here.\"   Roberson said the counselors will remain on campus for the rest of the week.   \"I've never dealt with anything of this magnitude, and it's been a lot to take in,\" he said. \"Everybody's been touched by this.\"   Jones said he's praying for the families of the dead and injured. He said he doesn't know Cook, but he's praying for him, too.   \"I pray for him because he's going to be scarred for life to know what happened when he hit that trailer,\" he said.", "essay": "I'd bet money on the driver of the car that hit the trailer being a drunk driver. I feel like the amount of people who drive drunk - generally, but especially on holidays - is honestly alarming. And they're always so casual about it, like it's not a big deal and they aren't taking the lives of anyone they get remotely near while behind the wheel into their hands."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Mom, 2 girls killed on Halloween trailer in Mississippi \u2014  U.S. 80 in Newton County is still littered with the spoils of a night meant to be fun for children and families but now holds tragic memories for the small town of Chunky.   Skid marks, accident location paint, dried blood and Skid marks, accident location paint, dried blood and vehicle fluids remain after a pickup truck slammed into a small utility trailer on Monday, Halloween night on U.S. Highway 80 in Chunky, Miss., Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. Mississippi Highway Patrol said the crash left a few people killed and several injured. (Photo: Rogelio V. Solis/AP) A pair of shoes lay separately among the candy and in the weeds on the side of the road, apparently knocked from the feet of their owner and left behind when the victims of a Halloween night vehicle accident were transported to hospitals in Jackson and Meridian. Some of them have life-threatening injuries, officials said. The shoes are not far from the scene where Kristina Shaver and her two daughters, Baylee, 8, and Brooke, 2, were fatally injured while riding in a trailer for a Halloween party Monday night.   The trailer was hit from behind by a pickup, authorities said.   The Shavers were among 10 on the trailer, but they were the only fatalities as of Tuesday. Community members said the others injured in the wreck were Shaver's middle child, McKensey, Shaver's sister, Melissa Cook, 31, and her children. Shaver's husband was killed in a car wreck earlier this summer, family friends said. Cook's husband died in 2012.   Kristina Shaver is shown in this photo of a Facebook Kristina Shaver is shown in this photo of a Facebook post. (Photo: The Clarion-Ledger) McKensey Shaver is the last living member of her immediate family. She is in critical condition at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.   UMMC confirmed they are treating five patients. Two pediatric patients are critical, and two are fair. Cook was in critical condition at UMMC as of 3 p.m. Tuesday.   Don Jones, who lives on Chunky Duffee Road, said his wife keeps count of the trick-or-treaters, and that the trailer had come by their home earlier in the evening.   \"She was hollering, 'How cute, how cute!' so I came to the door and they were all there, just precious, just small kids. I guess door steps, you'd call them. And they were just having a good time,\" he said.   The tenor of the night changed when Jones and his family could hear sirens in the distance, he said.   \"When the local fire department takes off, everyone can hear the sirens,\" he said.   Shortly after that, there were three helicopters landing on the ballfield not far from the wreck site, he said.   Mississippi Highway Patrol Spokesman Sgt. Andy West said the vehicle and trailer was turning off U.S. 80 around 7:45 p.m. when a Ford F-150 driven by Chase Cook, 20, who family friends say is not believed to be related to Melissa Cook, drove into the back of the trailer. West said that \"a full investigation will be conducted into the cause of the wreck.\"   OTHER AREA ACCIDENT: Fiery fatal auto crash in Jackson   The tire marks on the road, highlighted in orange reconstruction paint, drew a fairly clear picture of where the vehicles collided and where they came to rest in a yard on the side of the highway. But it doesn't answer how or why.   \"It would be inappropriate for us to speculate why the driver drove into the rear of that trailer, and we want to refrain from making any statements until the investigation is complete,\" West said.   The trailer was being pulled by a Jeep driven by Terry Smith, 58, of Chunky.   Newton County Elementary School Principal Jason Roberson said counselors were on campus Tuesday to help students and faculty with the impact of the accident.   \"Any time you deal with loss, it's difficult, but when you're trying to explain it to children it compounds it even more,\" he said. \"What we've focused on is remembering the good times we've had here.\"   Roberson said the counselors will remain on campus for the rest of the week.   \"I've never dealt with anything of this magnitude, and it's been a lot to take in,\" he said. \"Everybody's been touched by this.\"   Jones said he's praying for the families of the dead and injured. He said he doesn't know Cook, but he's praying for him, too.   \"I pray for him because he's going to be scarred for life to know what happened when he hit that trailer,\" he said.", "essay": "This article really made me tear up. It is so sad a family could just be taken in a split second like this. I cant imagine the whole left behind in the remaining surviviors life. This town needs some better traffic laws and maybe drivers licensure tests. It seems to be a very prevelant thing auto accidents and needs to be adressed with threat to the public. Also thinking about how traumatized the on scene responders but also the others who were on there and around it at the time I would feel so sad for a long time like survivors guilt. I hope everyone gets therapy to talk about how much this probably effected them."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Mom, 2 girls killed on Halloween trailer in Mississippi \u2014  U.S. 80 in Newton County is still littered with the spoils of a night meant to be fun for children and families but now holds tragic memories for the small town of Chunky.   Skid marks, accident location paint, dried blood and Skid marks, accident location paint, dried blood and vehicle fluids remain after a pickup truck slammed into a small utility trailer on Monday, Halloween night on U.S. Highway 80 in Chunky, Miss., Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. Mississippi Highway Patrol said the crash left a few people killed and several injured. (Photo: Rogelio V. Solis/AP) A pair of shoes lay separately among the candy and in the weeds on the side of the road, apparently knocked from the feet of their owner and left behind when the victims of a Halloween night vehicle accident were transported to hospitals in Jackson and Meridian. Some of them have life-threatening injuries, officials said. The shoes are not far from the scene where Kristina Shaver and her two daughters, Baylee, 8, and Brooke, 2, were fatally injured while riding in a trailer for a Halloween party Monday night.   The trailer was hit from behind by a pickup, authorities said.   The Shavers were among 10 on the trailer, but they were the only fatalities as of Tuesday. Community members said the others injured in the wreck were Shaver's middle child, McKensey, Shaver's sister, Melissa Cook, 31, and her children. Shaver's husband was killed in a car wreck earlier this summer, family friends said. Cook's husband died in 2012.   Kristina Shaver is shown in this photo of a Facebook Kristina Shaver is shown in this photo of a Facebook post. (Photo: The Clarion-Ledger) McKensey Shaver is the last living member of her immediate family. She is in critical condition at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.   UMMC confirmed they are treating five patients. Two pediatric patients are critical, and two are fair. Cook was in critical condition at UMMC as of 3 p.m. Tuesday.   Don Jones, who lives on Chunky Duffee Road, said his wife keeps count of the trick-or-treaters, and that the trailer had come by their home earlier in the evening.   \"She was hollering, 'How cute, how cute!' so I came to the door and they were all there, just precious, just small kids. I guess door steps, you'd call them. And they were just having a good time,\" he said.   The tenor of the night changed when Jones and his family could hear sirens in the distance, he said.   \"When the local fire department takes off, everyone can hear the sirens,\" he said.   Shortly after that, there were three helicopters landing on the ballfield not far from the wreck site, he said.   Mississippi Highway Patrol Spokesman Sgt. Andy West said the vehicle and trailer was turning off U.S. 80 around 7:45 p.m. when a Ford F-150 driven by Chase Cook, 20, who family friends say is not believed to be related to Melissa Cook, drove into the back of the trailer. West said that \"a full investigation will be conducted into the cause of the wreck.\"   OTHER AREA ACCIDENT: Fiery fatal auto crash in Jackson   The tire marks on the road, highlighted in orange reconstruction paint, drew a fairly clear picture of where the vehicles collided and where they came to rest in a yard on the side of the highway. But it doesn't answer how or why.   \"It would be inappropriate for us to speculate why the driver drove into the rear of that trailer, and we want to refrain from making any statements until the investigation is complete,\" West said.   The trailer was being pulled by a Jeep driven by Terry Smith, 58, of Chunky.   Newton County Elementary School Principal Jason Roberson said counselors were on campus Tuesday to help students and faculty with the impact of the accident.   \"Any time you deal with loss, it's difficult, but when you're trying to explain it to children it compounds it even more,\" he said. \"What we've focused on is remembering the good times we've had here.\"   Roberson said the counselors will remain on campus for the rest of the week.   \"I've never dealt with anything of this magnitude, and it's been a lot to take in,\" he said. \"Everybody's been touched by this.\"   Jones said he's praying for the families of the dead and injured. He said he doesn't know Cook, but he's praying for him, too.   \"I pray for him because he's going to be scarred for life to know what happened when he hit that trailer,\" he said.", "essay": "Stuff like this is crazy because it is Halloween and kids are expected to be walking the street. You would, or at least I would think that people would be more aware and feel like they have to drive more carefully than usual because at the end of the day they do have to just be more careful overall since kids will be walking the streets during Halloween."}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "Kenya deports South Sudan opposition official, despite threats against him \u2014  The Kenyan government on Friday deported a senior South Sudan opposition member as tensions rose over its peacekeeping efforts in its war-scarred neighbor.   Kenyan authorities have reacted angrily to a U.N. decision this week to dismiss the Kenyan general in charge of the peacekeeping force there, for failing to protect civilians during a recent spasm of violence. Kenya has been an important force for stability in South Sudan, contributing about 1,000 troops and absorbing refugees.   James Gatdet Dak, the official deported Friday, has served as a spokesman for the main South Sudanese rebel group led by former vice president Riek Machar. Since December 2013, that group has fought on and off against government forces led by President Salva Kiir. The conflict has killed tens of thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands more.   Some Kenyan officials suggested that Dak\u2019s deportation was related to a Facebook post in which he expressed support for the removal earlier this week of Lt. Gen. Johnson Mogoa Kimani Ondieki, the Kenyan top officer in the U.N. mission in South Sudan, known by the acronym UNMISS.   In the post Wednesday, Dak wrote: \u201cWe welcome the change in the UNMISS Force Command in South Sudan. The peacekeepers failed to protect civilians during the crisis right in the capital, Juba, and in other parts of the country.\u201d   A U.N. report this week blamed Ondieki for a \u201clack of leadership\u201d and a \u201cchaotic and ineffective response\u201d to the surge of violence in Juba in July. During that fighting, dozens of South Sudanese civilians were raped and killed, mostly by government forces. Several foreign aid workers were also brutally raped.   In a statement Friday, Machar said he told the Kenyan government that Dak \u201cshould not be deported to Juba due to profound fear for his life.\u201d It said Dak had been \u201carrested from his residence\u201d in Nairobi.   With government forces controlling Juba and bitter tensions between the two groups, human rights experts say the threat to Dak is very real.   \u201cIn colluding with South Sudan and deporting James Gatdet Dak, Kenya has exposed him to a serious risk of persecution,\u201d said Gerry Simpson, senior refugee researcher at Human Rights Watch.   After Ondieki\u2019s dismissal, Kenyan officials threatened to withdraw its peacekeeping troops from South Sudan, calling the deployment \u201cno longer tenable.\u201d Kenya\u2019s contingent is important because of its size and because it has proved difficult to recruit soldiers in the rest of the world for the mission. There are 16,000 U.N. peacekeepers in South Sudan.   The Kenyan Foreign Ministry said Ondieki was fired unfairly and used as a scapegoat for the mission\u2019s institutional failings.   \u201cRegrettably, instead of addressing these shortcomings directly, the United Nations has instead opted to unfairly attribute them to a single individual,\u201d the ministry said in a statement.   The row between the United Nations and the Kenyan government underscores the often tense relations between the world body and the countries that deploy troops to peacekeeping missions. While U.N. officials say they have a responsibility to dismiss poorly performing soldiers, they are often reluctant to do so, for fear of alienating the few countries willing to send forces to far-flung missions.   Kenya also hosts tens of thousands of South Sudanese refugees, mostly in its Kakuma camp. Earlier this year, Kenya threatened to shutter the camp. Though the government later withdrew that plan, its threat was enough to rattle the humanitarian community.   Since July, when battles between the forces of Kiir and Machar broke out in the capital, fighting has resumed across much of the country, even as Machar and other opposition leaders fled the country. Machar is in South Africa.   The United States and other Western intermediaries have lobbied futilely for the restoration of a peace agreement that was only tenuously enforced before the July fighting.", "essay": "Hey A:   Did you read the article where all those children were killed on the roadway and the many injuries that took place?   Kids were in a trailer and a truck plowed into the back of them.  It was extremely disturbing to read.  I could just visualize the pain, suffering, and panic that was taking place.    I can't imagine losing 2 of your own children.  Further reading showed the driver had lost her husband.  Whoever was driving the truck will have to live with this the rest of their lives.  It's extremely sad."}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "Kenya deports South Sudan opposition official, despite threats against him \u2014  The Kenyan government on Friday deported a senior South Sudan opposition member as tensions rose over its peacekeeping efforts in its war-scarred neighbor.   Kenyan authorities have reacted angrily to a U.N. decision this week to dismiss the Kenyan general in charge of the peacekeeping force there, for failing to protect civilians during a recent spasm of violence. Kenya has been an important force for stability in South Sudan, contributing about 1,000 troops and absorbing refugees.   James Gatdet Dak, the official deported Friday, has served as a spokesman for the main South Sudanese rebel group led by former vice president Riek Machar. Since December 2013, that group has fought on and off against government forces led by President Salva Kiir. The conflict has killed tens of thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands more.   Some Kenyan officials suggested that Dak\u2019s deportation was related to a Facebook post in which he expressed support for the removal earlier this week of Lt. Gen. Johnson Mogoa Kimani Ondieki, the Kenyan top officer in the U.N. mission in South Sudan, known by the acronym UNMISS.   In the post Wednesday, Dak wrote: \u201cWe welcome the change in the UNMISS Force Command in South Sudan. The peacekeepers failed to protect civilians during the crisis right in the capital, Juba, and in other parts of the country.\u201d   A U.N. report this week blamed Ondieki for a \u201clack of leadership\u201d and a \u201cchaotic and ineffective response\u201d to the surge of violence in Juba in July. During that fighting, dozens of South Sudanese civilians were raped and killed, mostly by government forces. Several foreign aid workers were also brutally raped.   In a statement Friday, Machar said he told the Kenyan government that Dak \u201cshould not be deported to Juba due to profound fear for his life.\u201d It said Dak had been \u201carrested from his residence\u201d in Nairobi.   With government forces controlling Juba and bitter tensions between the two groups, human rights experts say the threat to Dak is very real.   \u201cIn colluding with South Sudan and deporting James Gatdet Dak, Kenya has exposed him to a serious risk of persecution,\u201d said Gerry Simpson, senior refugee researcher at Human Rights Watch.   After Ondieki\u2019s dismissal, Kenyan officials threatened to withdraw its peacekeeping troops from South Sudan, calling the deployment \u201cno longer tenable.\u201d Kenya\u2019s contingent is important because of its size and because it has proved difficult to recruit soldiers in the rest of the world for the mission. There are 16,000 U.N. peacekeepers in South Sudan.   The Kenyan Foreign Ministry said Ondieki was fired unfairly and used as a scapegoat for the mission\u2019s institutional failings.   \u201cRegrettably, instead of addressing these shortcomings directly, the United Nations has instead opted to unfairly attribute them to a single individual,\u201d the ministry said in a statement.   The row between the United Nations and the Kenyan government underscores the often tense relations between the world body and the countries that deploy troops to peacekeeping missions. While U.N. officials say they have a responsibility to dismiss poorly performing soldiers, they are often reluctant to do so, for fear of alienating the few countries willing to send forces to far-flung missions.   Kenya also hosts tens of thousands of South Sudanese refugees, mostly in its Kakuma camp. Earlier this year, Kenya threatened to shutter the camp. Though the government later withdrew that plan, its threat was enough to rattle the humanitarian community.   Since July, when battles between the forces of Kiir and Machar broke out in the capital, fighting has resumed across much of the country, even as Machar and other opposition leaders fled the country. Machar is in South Africa.   The United States and other Western intermediaries have lobbied futilely for the restoration of a peace agreement that was only tenuously enforced before the July fighting.", "essay": "Can you believe this situation in Africa it seems like there is always something with these people they can not live in peace they really remind me of wild monkeys running around naked with their big lips who cares about these people Kenya should not allow more of these people in to their country they can not handle it"}
{"user_id": "ec_p063", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 31 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 82000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 3.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 31, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 82000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 3.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Kenya deports South Sudan opposition official, despite threats against him \u2014  The Kenyan government on Friday deported a senior South Sudan opposition member as tensions rose over its peacekeeping efforts in its war-scarred neighbor.   Kenyan authorities have reacted angrily to a U.N. decision this week to dismiss the Kenyan general in charge of the peacekeeping force there, for failing to protect civilians during a recent spasm of violence. Kenya has been an important force for stability in South Sudan, contributing about 1,000 troops and absorbing refugees.   James Gatdet Dak, the official deported Friday, has served as a spokesman for the main South Sudanese rebel group led by former vice president Riek Machar. Since December 2013, that group has fought on and off against government forces led by President Salva Kiir. The conflict has killed tens of thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands more.   Some Kenyan officials suggested that Dak\u2019s deportation was related to a Facebook post in which he expressed support for the removal earlier this week of Lt. Gen. Johnson Mogoa Kimani Ondieki, the Kenyan top officer in the U.N. mission in South Sudan, known by the acronym UNMISS.   In the post Wednesday, Dak wrote: \u201cWe welcome the change in the UNMISS Force Command in South Sudan. The peacekeepers failed to protect civilians during the crisis right in the capital, Juba, and in other parts of the country.\u201d   A U.N. report this week blamed Ondieki for a \u201clack of leadership\u201d and a \u201cchaotic and ineffective response\u201d to the surge of violence in Juba in July. During that fighting, dozens of South Sudanese civilians were raped and killed, mostly by government forces. Several foreign aid workers were also brutally raped.   In a statement Friday, Machar said he told the Kenyan government that Dak \u201cshould not be deported to Juba due to profound fear for his life.\u201d It said Dak had been \u201carrested from his residence\u201d in Nairobi.   With government forces controlling Juba and bitter tensions between the two groups, human rights experts say the threat to Dak is very real.   \u201cIn colluding with South Sudan and deporting James Gatdet Dak, Kenya has exposed him to a serious risk of persecution,\u201d said Gerry Simpson, senior refugee researcher at Human Rights Watch.   After Ondieki\u2019s dismissal, Kenyan officials threatened to withdraw its peacekeeping troops from South Sudan, calling the deployment \u201cno longer tenable.\u201d Kenya\u2019s contingent is important because of its size and because it has proved difficult to recruit soldiers in the rest of the world for the mission. There are 16,000 U.N. peacekeepers in South Sudan.   The Kenyan Foreign Ministry said Ondieki was fired unfairly and used as a scapegoat for the mission\u2019s institutional failings.   \u201cRegrettably, instead of addressing these shortcomings directly, the United Nations has instead opted to unfairly attribute them to a single individual,\u201d the ministry said in a statement.   The row between the United Nations and the Kenyan government underscores the often tense relations between the world body and the countries that deploy troops to peacekeeping missions. While U.N. officials say they have a responsibility to dismiss poorly performing soldiers, they are often reluctant to do so, for fear of alienating the few countries willing to send forces to far-flung missions.   Kenya also hosts tens of thousands of South Sudanese refugees, mostly in its Kakuma camp. Earlier this year, Kenya threatened to shutter the camp. Though the government later withdrew that plan, its threat was enough to rattle the humanitarian community.   Since July, when battles between the forces of Kiir and Machar broke out in the capital, fighting has resumed across much of the country, even as Machar and other opposition leaders fled the country. Machar is in South Africa.   The United States and other Western intermediaries have lobbied futilely for the restoration of a peace agreement that was only tenuously enforced before the July fighting.", "essay": "After reading that article, I'm not sure woh the good guys are.  it sounds like the rebels might be the better people, but who knows.  It sucks that the UN is so strapped when it comes to helping in times like this.  I hate to say it, but it just seems like sometimes people are better off leaving countries to their own wares (sp?)."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Kenya deports South Sudan opposition official, despite threats against him \u2014  The Kenyan government on Friday deported a senior South Sudan opposition member as tensions rose over its peacekeeping efforts in its war-scarred neighbor.   Kenyan authorities have reacted angrily to a U.N. decision this week to dismiss the Kenyan general in charge of the peacekeeping force there, for failing to protect civilians during a recent spasm of violence. Kenya has been an important force for stability in South Sudan, contributing about 1,000 troops and absorbing refugees.   James Gatdet Dak, the official deported Friday, has served as a spokesman for the main South Sudanese rebel group led by former vice president Riek Machar. Since December 2013, that group has fought on and off against government forces led by President Salva Kiir. The conflict has killed tens of thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands more.   Some Kenyan officials suggested that Dak\u2019s deportation was related to a Facebook post in which he expressed support for the removal earlier this week of Lt. Gen. Johnson Mogoa Kimani Ondieki, the Kenyan top officer in the U.N. mission in South Sudan, known by the acronym UNMISS.   In the post Wednesday, Dak wrote: \u201cWe welcome the change in the UNMISS Force Command in South Sudan. The peacekeepers failed to protect civilians during the crisis right in the capital, Juba, and in other parts of the country.\u201d   A U.N. report this week blamed Ondieki for a \u201clack of leadership\u201d and a \u201cchaotic and ineffective response\u201d to the surge of violence in Juba in July. During that fighting, dozens of South Sudanese civilians were raped and killed, mostly by government forces. Several foreign aid workers were also brutally raped.   In a statement Friday, Machar said he told the Kenyan government that Dak \u201cshould not be deported to Juba due to profound fear for his life.\u201d It said Dak had been \u201carrested from his residence\u201d in Nairobi.   With government forces controlling Juba and bitter tensions between the two groups, human rights experts say the threat to Dak is very real.   \u201cIn colluding with South Sudan and deporting James Gatdet Dak, Kenya has exposed him to a serious risk of persecution,\u201d said Gerry Simpson, senior refugee researcher at Human Rights Watch.   After Ondieki\u2019s dismissal, Kenyan officials threatened to withdraw its peacekeeping troops from South Sudan, calling the deployment \u201cno longer tenable.\u201d Kenya\u2019s contingent is important because of its size and because it has proved difficult to recruit soldiers in the rest of the world for the mission. There are 16,000 U.N. peacekeepers in South Sudan.   The Kenyan Foreign Ministry said Ondieki was fired unfairly and used as a scapegoat for the mission\u2019s institutional failings.   \u201cRegrettably, instead of addressing these shortcomings directly, the United Nations has instead opted to unfairly attribute them to a single individual,\u201d the ministry said in a statement.   The row between the United Nations and the Kenyan government underscores the often tense relations between the world body and the countries that deploy troops to peacekeeping missions. While U.N. officials say they have a responsibility to dismiss poorly performing soldiers, they are often reluctant to do so, for fear of alienating the few countries willing to send forces to far-flung missions.   Kenya also hosts tens of thousands of South Sudanese refugees, mostly in its Kakuma camp. Earlier this year, Kenya threatened to shutter the camp. Though the government later withdrew that plan, its threat was enough to rattle the humanitarian community.   Since July, when battles between the forces of Kiir and Machar broke out in the capital, fighting has resumed across much of the country, even as Machar and other opposition leaders fled the country. Machar is in South Africa.   The United States and other Western intermediaries have lobbied futilely for the restoration of a peace agreement that was only tenuously enforced before the July fighting.", "essay": "This article was a little hard for me to follow with the different people and places. I think south africa needs a great peace keeping leader to step in and take the rains. It breaks my heart these people are subject to being afraid of such violence and brutality. The women that were raped and especially by there government is nonesense and cant believe in 2019 this is still happening. They need to create a more civilized society over there. Even aid workers who are just there to help were brutally raped that tells me these people have no consequences for actions and to consious of human suffering. This whole article was truly apolling to me."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Kenya deports South Sudan opposition official, despite threats against him \u2014  The Kenyan government on Friday deported a senior South Sudan opposition member as tensions rose over its peacekeeping efforts in its war-scarred neighbor.   Kenyan authorities have reacted angrily to a U.N. decision this week to dismiss the Kenyan general in charge of the peacekeeping force there, for failing to protect civilians during a recent spasm of violence. Kenya has been an important force for stability in South Sudan, contributing about 1,000 troops and absorbing refugees.   James Gatdet Dak, the official deported Friday, has served as a spokesman for the main South Sudanese rebel group led by former vice president Riek Machar. Since December 2013, that group has fought on and off against government forces led by President Salva Kiir. The conflict has killed tens of thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands more.   Some Kenyan officials suggested that Dak\u2019s deportation was related to a Facebook post in which he expressed support for the removal earlier this week of Lt. Gen. Johnson Mogoa Kimani Ondieki, the Kenyan top officer in the U.N. mission in South Sudan, known by the acronym UNMISS.   In the post Wednesday, Dak wrote: \u201cWe welcome the change in the UNMISS Force Command in South Sudan. The peacekeepers failed to protect civilians during the crisis right in the capital, Juba, and in other parts of the country.\u201d   A U.N. report this week blamed Ondieki for a \u201clack of leadership\u201d and a \u201cchaotic and ineffective response\u201d to the surge of violence in Juba in July. During that fighting, dozens of South Sudanese civilians were raped and killed, mostly by government forces. Several foreign aid workers were also brutally raped.   In a statement Friday, Machar said he told the Kenyan government that Dak \u201cshould not be deported to Juba due to profound fear for his life.\u201d It said Dak had been \u201carrested from his residence\u201d in Nairobi.   With government forces controlling Juba and bitter tensions between the two groups, human rights experts say the threat to Dak is very real.   \u201cIn colluding with South Sudan and deporting James Gatdet Dak, Kenya has exposed him to a serious risk of persecution,\u201d said Gerry Simpson, senior refugee researcher at Human Rights Watch.   After Ondieki\u2019s dismissal, Kenyan officials threatened to withdraw its peacekeeping troops from South Sudan, calling the deployment \u201cno longer tenable.\u201d Kenya\u2019s contingent is important because of its size and because it has proved difficult to recruit soldiers in the rest of the world for the mission. There are 16,000 U.N. peacekeepers in South Sudan.   The Kenyan Foreign Ministry said Ondieki was fired unfairly and used as a scapegoat for the mission\u2019s institutional failings.   \u201cRegrettably, instead of addressing these shortcomings directly, the United Nations has instead opted to unfairly attribute them to a single individual,\u201d the ministry said in a statement.   The row between the United Nations and the Kenyan government underscores the often tense relations between the world body and the countries that deploy troops to peacekeeping missions. While U.N. officials say they have a responsibility to dismiss poorly performing soldiers, they are often reluctant to do so, for fear of alienating the few countries willing to send forces to far-flung missions.   Kenya also hosts tens of thousands of South Sudanese refugees, mostly in its Kakuma camp. Earlier this year, Kenya threatened to shutter the camp. Though the government later withdrew that plan, its threat was enough to rattle the humanitarian community.   Since July, when battles between the forces of Kiir and Machar broke out in the capital, fighting has resumed across much of the country, even as Machar and other opposition leaders fled the country. Machar is in South Africa.   The United States and other Western intermediaries have lobbied futilely for the restoration of a peace agreement that was only tenuously enforced before the July fighting.", "essay": "This article was a little hard to follow as I dont follow or know much about whats going on in the other side of the world. It is so sad to me that a war torn third world country has people living there that are afraid for there lives daily. The humanitarian effort is so noble but so sad they are at the hands of a corrupt governemnt and society. How could a government fail to protect its people and aid workers and let them be brutally attacked and raped at there own hands. Noone should be in a position where the power in the society is evil and able to do what they please with no consequence that is a very scary balance. Something needs to be done to help."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Environmental health officers call for smoking ban in playgrounds \u2014  Zoos and anywhere children play should become no-smoking zones, says Chartered Institute of Environmental Health   Smoking should be banned in all parks and playgrounds to reduce the chances of children growing up thinking that using cigarettes is normal, environmental health officers have told ministers. Zoos, theme parks and anywhere else children play should also become no-smoking zones, in a significant proposed expansion of the outdoor areas in which smokers cannot light up. Smoking has been illegal in enclosed public places such as bars, nightclubs and restaurants, as well as public transport and work vehicles, across the UK since 2007. But the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health said on Monday it wants local councils to designate any place where children play or learn as a smoking exclusion zone, although adherence would be voluntary, not statutory. Banning it in those locations would also protect children from secondhand smoke, it says. A new YouGov poll commissioned by the CIEH shows that 89% of 4,300 adults surveyed back a ban on smoking in children\u2019s play areas, while 57% want it to end in public parks. \u201cIt is abundantly clear that the vast majority of people would support restrictions on smoking in children\u2019s play areas. We would like to see smoking being stubbed out wherever children play or learn,\u201d said Anne Godfrey, the CIEH chief executive. \u201cThis would not only include children\u2019s playgrounds but could see no-smoking zones extended to public parks, zoos and theme parks. Children should be able to have fun and enjoy themselves without seeing someone smoking and thinking this is normal behaviour,\u201d she added. Some councils have already moved to try to stop people smoking in some outdoor places. For example, Coventry city council has asked parents not to smoke outside the gates of its 82 primary schools. The policy has gone down well with parents and headteachers, the council said. Advertisement Wrexham has also decreed that playgrounds, school gates and bus shelters should be regarded as smoke-free places, while Nottingham city council seeks to ensure that all its outdoor attractions are smoke-free for the six weeks of the school summer holidays. \u201cPublic opinion \u2013 and not just among parents \u2013 has swung heavily in favour of protecting children from exposure to tobacco smoke and from the behavioural cues children pick up from seeing adults smoking. This is a real opportunity to make it easier for children to grow up healthy,\u201d said Jim McManus, the director of public health at Hertfordshire county council. \u201cParents and children, when given the choice, are overwhelmingly supportive of smoke-free playground. Local voluntary schemes have been popular. It\u2019s time to give parents what they are asking for. You might feel like this is the nanny state \u2013 you\u2019d be wrong,\u201d McManus added. Forest, the smokers\u2019 rights group, called to the plan \u201cOrwellian\u201d. Its director, Simon Clark, said: \u201cExtending the smoking ban to outdoor parks and play areas would be a gross overreaction. There\u2019s no evidence that a significant number of people smoke near children in outdoor areas, nor is there evidence that smoking outside is a threat to anyone else\u2019s health.\u201d Clark added: \u201cPublic parks are for the enjoyment of everyone, including smokers. Most smokers use their common sense and smoke accordingly. They don\u2019t need government dictating how they behave. The idea that children should be protected from the sight of someone smoking is Orwellian. Adults can\u2019t be expected to be perfect role models for other people\u2019s children.\u201d The owners of zoos and theme parks, because they are private businesses, should be allowed to decide whether smoking is banned, Clark said. It became illegal last October to smoke in a car in England or Wales carrying anyone under the age of 18. New figures last week showed that the proportion of adults in England who smoke had fallen to a record low of 16.9%. Deborah Arnott, the director of Action on Smoking and Health, said: \u201cWhile the ban on smoking in indoor public places resulted in significant health benefits, thousands of children are still exposed to smoke in the home and elsewhere. Growing up in a smoke-free environment is one of the best ways of ensuring that they are not attracted to smoking and lured into a lifelong addiction and ill-health.\u201d     Article Title:\u2018Mouse droppings were everywhere\u2019: a day in the life of a food inspector   Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/25/day-in-life-food-safety-inspector-newham-east-london-hygiene   Article author(s) Kate Lyons   Article date: Sunday 25 September 2016 17.57 EDT Last modified on Monday 26 September 201609.26 EDT   News source: theguardian    Sharon Nkansah has worked on the food safety frontline in Newham, London, for 10 years, and seen the good, bad and the ugly   When you\u2019ve been a food safety inspector for as long as Sharon Nkansah, you know how to smell a rat. \u201cLast month, there was a place I inspected [where] I walked in and you could smell it,\u201d she says. \u201cYou can smell mouse activity. They had droppings in fridges, where they have their sauces, where they have their cutlery; the droppings were everywhere. So I just said: \u2018Pull the shutters down\u2019.\u201d You also learn tricks to catch out wily business owners. The best time to inspect a suspect business is in the morning, she says, before staff have had a chance to sweep up anything nasty deposited overnight. Nkansah has worked as a food safety inspector for Newham borough council in east London for 10 years. As we move between businesses throughout the day, she is fun and chatty, talking about her children and her recent holiday, but as soon as she\u2019s in a kitchen, her bright patterned dress is covered with a white coat and her braids are tucked under a hairnet. She becomes brisk, businesslike, at times tough. Her repeated refrain, delivered to staff at the takeaways she inspects who ask her for food hygiene advice, is: \u201cI am not here to train you, I am here to enforce.\u201d A firm approach is needed in Newham. A Guardian analysis of Food Standards Agency data found that the borough has the lowest food hygiene scores in the country: 26% of its food businesses fail inspections, rising to 50.4% for takeaways. Far from being embarrassed by these numbers, Matthew Collins, a principal environmental health officer at the council, and Nkansah\u2019s boss, sees them as a point of pride. \u201cI think it\u2019s an indication that we\u2019re out doing our jobs,\u201d he says. Nkansah began her career as a chef, but wanted a job with more child-friendly hours after having children, so did a one-year degree in food hygiene and began working as an inspector in Newham. Advertisement Cuts to local government funding have meant the number of food inspectors has declined in recent years. The ratio of food safety inspectors to businesses has dropped from 4.2 full-time inspectors per 1,000 food businesses in 2012-13, to 3.7 per 1,000 in 2014-15. This figure is dragged down considerably by England, where there are only 3.2 officers per 1,000 businesses, compared with 5.7 per 1,000 in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The job, says Nkansah, is satisfying, but it comes at a cost: she has seen what goes on in the back rooms of takeaways, cafes and restaurants. Before going to a new restaurant, Nkansah says she always looks up its food safety rating. When asked if she would eat somewhere that scored zero, one or two, Nkansah is appalled. \u201cAbsolutely not,\u201d she says. On a good day, Nkansah can inspect three establishments. On a bad day, if she visits businesses where standards are very poor and the management is either belligerent or impossible to track down, she can spend half a day trying to evaluate one. KFC: High Street North, East Ham Nkansah starts at KFC on the high street. She is expecting big things here: large chains often do well with food safety and at its previous inspection in March 2014, this KFC branch was given the highest possible score of five. Inside the KFC kitchen, the first thing Nkansah does is wash her hands. \u201cIt\u2019s a way of testing if they have adequate hand-washing facilities. If they don\u2019t, that\u2019s not a good start,\u201d she says. KFC\u2019s hand-washing station passes muster and Nkansah then works her way through the kitchen, starting at the entry point for deliveries, before moving on to the tills. Nkansah is happy with everything \u2013 the general cleanliness of the kitchen, the way food is stored and the waste management system. The temperature of the freezer and fridges are good, and she is pleased to see a designated raw chicken preparation area. \u201cThey\u2019ve got good separation,\u201d Nkansah says approvingly of the way the fridges are organised: raw chicken is stored on the left, while other products, such as milk, salad and Pepsi, are on the right. \u201cThey will maintain their five stars as long as their paperwork is in order,\u201d she tells me as we wind up. When we leave the kitchen, two customers sitting down to chicken wraps and a large serving of chips look up at us, with our white coats and hairnets, in a concerned manner. \u201cIs it all right in there?\u201d one man asks, voice lowered. \u201cYes,\u201d we assure him. \u201cLooks good.\u201d They nod and tuck into their meal. King\u2019s Peri Peri Chicken: High Street South, East Ham Next is a visit to King\u2019s Peri Peri Chicken. The inspection is a follow-up after the shop was given a score of zero, the lowest possible, in March. Nkansah is back to see if it has made improvements. What were the issues at the last visit? \u201cOh, everything,\u201d she says. Most significantly, there was no hand-washing station, meaning that employees were either washing their hands in the large washing-up sink or not at all. Today, Nkansah is pleased to see that a hand-washing sink has been installed. The manager is not in, so a staff member shows us around the property, starting with the food preparation area, which is in a basement below the shop. It is small and dark, and the floor is slippery with oil, but quite cool, which Nkansah says is a point in the restaurant\u2019s favour. On the bench is a large plastic crate full of flour in which the raw chicken is tossed before being taken upstairs to be fried. There are two other containers on shelves below the work surface, each holding flour, bits of which are stuck to the sides of the container with, Nkansah assumes, chicken juice. She worries that the same flour is used to coat chicken day in and day out. The chef, who has been working at the shop for two weeks, struggles to understand Nkansah\u2019s questions about how often they are cleaned, first saying they were cleaned every week, then every day and then every two days. It is unclear how much of this is a language barrier and how much is his uncertainty about the details of the cleaning schedule. \u201cI\u2019ve been in this business for a long time,\u201d says Nkansah, gesturing to the crates. \u201cThis is not today\u2019s flour.\u201d Storage is also a problem: food should be kept on shelves off the ground. But a bag of rice and a sack of chicken breading mix, both open, and a bag of bread rolls, are on the floor. A large rice cooker sits in the corner of the kitchen next to cleaning chemicals. Nkansah looks into the fridge, which she says is kept at a good temperature, and pulls out large open tins of jalape\u00f1os and olives, as well as a large uncovered saucepan of sticky sauce meant to go on rice. \u201cThis is one of my pet hates,\u201d says Nkansah. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t even do this at home, putting the whole pot in the fridge.\u201d She orders the staff to throw out the contents of the saucepan and both tins. Nkansah revisits the shop a week later when the manager is in. He shows her the food safety paperwork. Because the shop had taken some measures to improve standards since the March inspection, it is rated up from a zero, meaning \u201curgent improvement necessary\u201d, to a two, signifying \u201cimprovement necessary\u201d. As we leave the shop, we pass a long queue of people waiting to buy chicken and I wonder whether they would keep standing in line if they knew the store\u2019s food safety rating. There is evidence that forcing businesses to display their food hygiene scores improves quality. When Wales made it mandatory for businesses to publicly display their ratings in November 2013, the proportion of places with a zero rating fell from 0.6% to the current rate of 0.2%. Northern Ireland will introduce a similar mandatory display policy on 7 October, but publicly displaying ratings is not mandatory in England or Scotland. Agraba Grill: Barking Road, East Ham The final visit for the day is supposed to be to a chicken shop, Peri Peri de Griller, which Nkansah shut down in July. She is back to see if it has improved conditions and can be allowed to reopen. Instead, we find that the shop has been sold and a new store, Agraba Grill, has opened in the same location. It is in its second week of operation. The business is a Turkish takeaway, advertising kofta, kebabs and falafel wraps, but it still seems to sell a lot of fried chicken. Again, the manager is not in, so someone who says he is a friend of the manager shows Nkansah the premises. Walking through the kitchen, the problems are immediately evident. The food preparation area, covering half of the kitchen, has no lights. \u201cCan I tell you one thing?\u201d Nkansah says. \u201cYou cannot be running this food business in this darkness, it will not help you.\u201d She moves on to the other problems, among them the ceiling, which has a large hole, and an open drain. \u201cYou see, all these holes is where you can get cockroaches,\u201d she says. There are large piles of junk in the back of the kitchen \u2013 an old cooker, bags of rubbish and stacks of boxes. \u201cIf pests come in, they\u2019re going to live in there and breed, so all the boxes and things you don\u2019t need, they need to go,\u201d Nkansah says. There are other problems. There is no basin in the staff toilet \u2013 \u201cSo where do you think they\u2019re washing their hands?\u201d Nkansah asks, with a raised eyebrow \u2013 and she is unimpressed to find an ashtray in the kitchen. \u201cIf someone is smoking back here, they need to stop, it\u2019s illegal,\u201d she says. Nkansah is immediately reassured that no one does. Mostly, she is frustrated that conditions have not improved since the previous business was shut down. Places that are closed down cannot be reopened without being reinspected, but they can be sold on. Owners of a new food business are required to register it with the council 28 days before they start operating, which leads to a food safety inspection, often within a month of operation. But this direction is frequently ignored and Collins says he knows of just one instance of a successful prosecution of a business for failing to register with the council. Nkansah and Collins are adamant that the way to combat this problem is to introduce licences for food businesses, which would require owners to show proof of food safety training before they start serving customers. Checking back with the council two weeks later, Collins tells me that the business has been sold again \u2013 the shop now has its fifth owner in nine months. The new proprietor is working with the council on improving standards at the premises before opening. Back in the office, inspections done for the day, the food safety team are deciding where to go for a late lunch. But with the morning\u2019s inspections playing on their minds, they opt for a safe bet: McDonald\u2019s on the high street, food safety rating five.   Article Title:Greeks Appeal for Aid After Fire Damages Refugee Camp   Article URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/21/world/europe/refugee-camp-greece-fire.html?ref=europe Article author(s) NIKI KITSANTONIS Article date: SEPT. 20, 2016 News source: nytimes ATHENS \u2014 Thousands of people were left homeless after a fire tore through a refugee camp Monday night on the Aegean island of Lesbos, and the Greek authorities appealed on Tuesday to the European Union for more support in managing the migration crisis. The fire, which started in the island\u2019s main Moria camp, destroyed 50 prefabricated homes and dozens of tents, driving 4,400 migrants into nearby fields, according to humanitarian aid workers. Footage aired on Greek television showed the bulk of the camp in flames. About 100 unaccompanied children were the first to be resettled to a hostel Monday night, and about half the families had returned to the Moria camp by midday on Tuesday. The Shipping Ministry said it would send a vessel to anchor at the island, providing temporary accommodation for about 1,000 of the migrants. \u201cThings are very difficult,\u201d an Interior Ministry official, Nikos Toskas, told Greek radio. \u201cThe Europeans must send real, genuine aid,\u201d he said. He condemned European countries that \u201cbuild fences and then send blankets,\u201d an apparent reference to Balkan states that closed their borders to migrants this year, leaving thousands trapped in Greece. The cause of the blaze remained unclear. Local news media said clashes had broken out between different ethnic groups in the camp amid rumors that large numbers of migrants would be sent back to Turkey. The police detained nine camp residents. Earlier in the day, residents protested, calling for the migrants to leave the island. In the wake of the unrest, Mr. Toskas said, two riot police units would be sent to the island. A spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said frustrations had frequently bubbled over into clashes in camps, as many migrants have been living in poor conditions for months amid uncertainty about their future. \u201cThese people gave up everything to seek a better life months ago, and now they\u2019re stuck,\u201d said Roland Schoenbauer, the agency\u2019s representative in Greece. He said frustrations and tension were being fueled by the slow pace at which the Greek authorities were processing the migrants\u2019 asylum applications, and a sluggish European relocation program that has moved 3,700 people to other countries from Greece over the past year, far short of the target of 66,400. If the pace does not pick up, \u201cit will take several years to resolve the problem,\u201d Mr. Schoenbauer said. \u201cThis is not going to go away,\u201d he continued, adding that economic migrants who do not merit asylum should be repatriated \u201cin a humane and dignified way\u201d to free up space at the camps. More than 60,000 refugees or asylum seekers are in Greece, the vast majority in camps across the country, most of them cramped and dirty. Over 5,700 are on Lesbos, which has borne the brunt of the migrant influx into Greece. Arrivals from neighboring Turkey have dropped since the peak of the crisis this time last year, when thousands made the short, perilous journey across the Aegean Sea aboard rickety boats, many drowning in the attempt. An agreement in March between the European Union and Turkey to curb human smuggling across the Aegean reduced the arrivals to virtually zero. However, there has been a significant uptick since July, after the failed coup attempt in Turkey. Now scores, sometimes hundreds, are arriving daily. The increase in arrivals and rising tensions in the camps have fueled protests in some communities close to state-run camps where many residents are fed up with the growing migrant populations. Last week, residents on another Aegean island, Chios, protested. The upheaval has been exploited by members of far-right groups who have also protested, often clashing with more moderate demonstrators. Mayor Spyros Galinos of Lesbos said the protests were being \u201cguided by certain circles, far-right circles who are being supported by members of other parties that have found the opportunity to boost their following, and all this is a dangerous climate that can become explosive.\u201d Addressing a United Nations summit meeting in New York on Monday, the Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, called on other European Union countries to take in more refugees from Greece and emphasized the risk of giving \u201cspace to nationalistic and xenophobic forces to show their faces.\u201d", "essay": "The ban on smoking outdoors in the article takes place in England, but the same thinking could happen in the United States. I do not like the ban. I do not smoke or want my children smoking, but what other adults do with their bodies is their business. If there is proof that smoking in an outdoor space hurts others, then it should be banned. 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According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Environmental health officers call for smoking ban in playgrounds \u2014  Zoos and anywhere children play should become no-smoking zones, says Chartered Institute of Environmental Health   Smoking should be banned in all parks and playgrounds to reduce the chances of children growing up thinking that using cigarettes is normal, environmental health officers have told ministers. Zoos, theme parks and anywhere else children play should also become no-smoking zones, in a significant proposed expansion of the outdoor areas in which smokers cannot light up. Smoking has been illegal in enclosed public places such as bars, nightclubs and restaurants, as well as public transport and work vehicles, across the UK since 2007. But the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health said on Monday it wants local councils to designate any place where children play or learn as a smoking exclusion zone, although adherence would be voluntary, not statutory. Banning it in those locations would also protect children from secondhand smoke, it says. A new YouGov poll commissioned by the CIEH shows that 89% of 4,300 adults surveyed back a ban on smoking in children\u2019s play areas, while 57% want it to end in public parks. \u201cIt is abundantly clear that the vast majority of people would support restrictions on smoking in children\u2019s play areas. We would like to see smoking being stubbed out wherever children play or learn,\u201d said Anne Godfrey, the CIEH chief executive. \u201cThis would not only include children\u2019s playgrounds but could see no-smoking zones extended to public parks, zoos and theme parks. Children should be able to have fun and enjoy themselves without seeing someone smoking and thinking this is normal behaviour,\u201d she added. Some councils have already moved to try to stop people smoking in some outdoor places. For example, Coventry city council has asked parents not to smoke outside the gates of its 82 primary schools. The policy has gone down well with parents and headteachers, the council said. Advertisement Wrexham has also decreed that playgrounds, school gates and bus shelters should be regarded as smoke-free places, while Nottingham city council seeks to ensure that all its outdoor attractions are smoke-free for the six weeks of the school summer holidays. \u201cPublic opinion \u2013 and not just among parents \u2013 has swung heavily in favour of protecting children from exposure to tobacco smoke and from the behavioural cues children pick up from seeing adults smoking. This is a real opportunity to make it easier for children to grow up healthy,\u201d said Jim McManus, the director of public health at Hertfordshire county council. \u201cParents and children, when given the choice, are overwhelmingly supportive of smoke-free playground. Local voluntary schemes have been popular. It\u2019s time to give parents what they are asking for. You might feel like this is the nanny state \u2013 you\u2019d be wrong,\u201d McManus added. Forest, the smokers\u2019 rights group, called to the plan \u201cOrwellian\u201d. Its director, Simon Clark, said: \u201cExtending the smoking ban to outdoor parks and play areas would be a gross overreaction. There\u2019s no evidence that a significant number of people smoke near children in outdoor areas, nor is there evidence that smoking outside is a threat to anyone else\u2019s health.\u201d Clark added: \u201cPublic parks are for the enjoyment of everyone, including smokers. Most smokers use their common sense and smoke accordingly. They don\u2019t need government dictating how they behave. The idea that children should be protected from the sight of someone smoking is Orwellian. Adults can\u2019t be expected to be perfect role models for other people\u2019s children.\u201d The owners of zoos and theme parks, because they are private businesses, should be allowed to decide whether smoking is banned, Clark said. It became illegal last October to smoke in a car in England or Wales carrying anyone under the age of 18. New figures last week showed that the proportion of adults in England who smoke had fallen to a record low of 16.9%. Deborah Arnott, the director of Action on Smoking and Health, said: \u201cWhile the ban on smoking in indoor public places resulted in significant health benefits, thousands of children are still exposed to smoke in the home and elsewhere. Growing up in a smoke-free environment is one of the best ways of ensuring that they are not attracted to smoking and lured into a lifelong addiction and ill-health.\u201d     Article Title:\u2018Mouse droppings were everywhere\u2019: a day in the life of a food inspector   Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/25/day-in-life-food-safety-inspector-newham-east-london-hygiene   Article author(s) Kate Lyons   Article date: Sunday 25 September 2016 17.57 EDT Last modified on Monday 26 September 201609.26 EDT   News source: theguardian    Sharon Nkansah has worked on the food safety frontline in Newham, London, for 10 years, and seen the good, bad and the ugly   When you\u2019ve been a food safety inspector for as long as Sharon Nkansah, you know how to smell a rat. \u201cLast month, there was a place I inspected [where] I walked in and you could smell it,\u201d she says. \u201cYou can smell mouse activity. They had droppings in fridges, where they have their sauces, where they have their cutlery; the droppings were everywhere. So I just said: \u2018Pull the shutters down\u2019.\u201d You also learn tricks to catch out wily business owners. The best time to inspect a suspect business is in the morning, she says, before staff have had a chance to sweep up anything nasty deposited overnight. Nkansah has worked as a food safety inspector for Newham borough council in east London for 10 years. As we move between businesses throughout the day, she is fun and chatty, talking about her children and her recent holiday, but as soon as she\u2019s in a kitchen, her bright patterned dress is covered with a white coat and her braids are tucked under a hairnet. She becomes brisk, businesslike, at times tough. Her repeated refrain, delivered to staff at the takeaways she inspects who ask her for food hygiene advice, is: \u201cI am not here to train you, I am here to enforce.\u201d A firm approach is needed in Newham. A Guardian analysis of Food Standards Agency data found that the borough has the lowest food hygiene scores in the country: 26% of its food businesses fail inspections, rising to 50.4% for takeaways. Far from being embarrassed by these numbers, Matthew Collins, a principal environmental health officer at the council, and Nkansah\u2019s boss, sees them as a point of pride. \u201cI think it\u2019s an indication that we\u2019re out doing our jobs,\u201d he says. Nkansah began her career as a chef, but wanted a job with more child-friendly hours after having children, so did a one-year degree in food hygiene and began working as an inspector in Newham. Advertisement Cuts to local government funding have meant the number of food inspectors has declined in recent years. The ratio of food safety inspectors to businesses has dropped from 4.2 full-time inspectors per 1,000 food businesses in 2012-13, to 3.7 per 1,000 in 2014-15. This figure is dragged down considerably by England, where there are only 3.2 officers per 1,000 businesses, compared with 5.7 per 1,000 in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The job, says Nkansah, is satisfying, but it comes at a cost: she has seen what goes on in the back rooms of takeaways, cafes and restaurants. Before going to a new restaurant, Nkansah says she always looks up its food safety rating. When asked if she would eat somewhere that scored zero, one or two, Nkansah is appalled. \u201cAbsolutely not,\u201d she says. On a good day, Nkansah can inspect three establishments. On a bad day, if she visits businesses where standards are very poor and the management is either belligerent or impossible to track down, she can spend half a day trying to evaluate one. KFC: High Street North, East Ham Nkansah starts at KFC on the high street. She is expecting big things here: large chains often do well with food safety and at its previous inspection in March 2014, this KFC branch was given the highest possible score of five. Inside the KFC kitchen, the first thing Nkansah does is wash her hands. \u201cIt\u2019s a way of testing if they have adequate hand-washing facilities. If they don\u2019t, that\u2019s not a good start,\u201d she says. KFC\u2019s hand-washing station passes muster and Nkansah then works her way through the kitchen, starting at the entry point for deliveries, before moving on to the tills. Nkansah is happy with everything \u2013 the general cleanliness of the kitchen, the way food is stored and the waste management system. The temperature of the freezer and fridges are good, and she is pleased to see a designated raw chicken preparation area. \u201cThey\u2019ve got good separation,\u201d Nkansah says approvingly of the way the fridges are organised: raw chicken is stored on the left, while other products, such as milk, salad and Pepsi, are on the right. \u201cThey will maintain their five stars as long as their paperwork is in order,\u201d she tells me as we wind up. When we leave the kitchen, two customers sitting down to chicken wraps and a large serving of chips look up at us, with our white coats and hairnets, in a concerned manner. \u201cIs it all right in there?\u201d one man asks, voice lowered. \u201cYes,\u201d we assure him. \u201cLooks good.\u201d They nod and tuck into their meal. King\u2019s Peri Peri Chicken: High Street South, East Ham Next is a visit to King\u2019s Peri Peri Chicken. The inspection is a follow-up after the shop was given a score of zero, the lowest possible, in March. Nkansah is back to see if it has made improvements. What were the issues at the last visit? \u201cOh, everything,\u201d she says. Most significantly, there was no hand-washing station, meaning that employees were either washing their hands in the large washing-up sink or not at all. Today, Nkansah is pleased to see that a hand-washing sink has been installed. The manager is not in, so a staff member shows us around the property, starting with the food preparation area, which is in a basement below the shop. It is small and dark, and the floor is slippery with oil, but quite cool, which Nkansah says is a point in the restaurant\u2019s favour. On the bench is a large plastic crate full of flour in which the raw chicken is tossed before being taken upstairs to be fried. There are two other containers on shelves below the work surface, each holding flour, bits of which are stuck to the sides of the container with, Nkansah assumes, chicken juice. She worries that the same flour is used to coat chicken day in and day out. The chef, who has been working at the shop for two weeks, struggles to understand Nkansah\u2019s questions about how often they are cleaned, first saying they were cleaned every week, then every day and then every two days. It is unclear how much of this is a language barrier and how much is his uncertainty about the details of the cleaning schedule. \u201cI\u2019ve been in this business for a long time,\u201d says Nkansah, gesturing to the crates. \u201cThis is not today\u2019s flour.\u201d Storage is also a problem: food should be kept on shelves off the ground. But a bag of rice and a sack of chicken breading mix, both open, and a bag of bread rolls, are on the floor. A large rice cooker sits in the corner of the kitchen next to cleaning chemicals. Nkansah looks into the fridge, which she says is kept at a good temperature, and pulls out large open tins of jalape\u00f1os and olives, as well as a large uncovered saucepan of sticky sauce meant to go on rice. \u201cThis is one of my pet hates,\u201d says Nkansah. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t even do this at home, putting the whole pot in the fridge.\u201d She orders the staff to throw out the contents of the saucepan and both tins. Nkansah revisits the shop a week later when the manager is in. He shows her the food safety paperwork. Because the shop had taken some measures to improve standards since the March inspection, it is rated up from a zero, meaning \u201curgent improvement necessary\u201d, to a two, signifying \u201cimprovement necessary\u201d. As we leave the shop, we pass a long queue of people waiting to buy chicken and I wonder whether they would keep standing in line if they knew the store\u2019s food safety rating. There is evidence that forcing businesses to display their food hygiene scores improves quality. When Wales made it mandatory for businesses to publicly display their ratings in November 2013, the proportion of places with a zero rating fell from 0.6% to the current rate of 0.2%. Northern Ireland will introduce a similar mandatory display policy on 7 October, but publicly displaying ratings is not mandatory in England or Scotland. Agraba Grill: Barking Road, East Ham The final visit for the day is supposed to be to a chicken shop, Peri Peri de Griller, which Nkansah shut down in July. She is back to see if it has improved conditions and can be allowed to reopen. Instead, we find that the shop has been sold and a new store, Agraba Grill, has opened in the same location. It is in its second week of operation. The business is a Turkish takeaway, advertising kofta, kebabs and falafel wraps, but it still seems to sell a lot of fried chicken. Again, the manager is not in, so someone who says he is a friend of the manager shows Nkansah the premises. Walking through the kitchen, the problems are immediately evident. The food preparation area, covering half of the kitchen, has no lights. \u201cCan I tell you one thing?\u201d Nkansah says. \u201cYou cannot be running this food business in this darkness, it will not help you.\u201d She moves on to the other problems, among them the ceiling, which has a large hole, and an open drain. \u201cYou see, all these holes is where you can get cockroaches,\u201d she says. There are large piles of junk in the back of the kitchen \u2013 an old cooker, bags of rubbish and stacks of boxes. \u201cIf pests come in, they\u2019re going to live in there and breed, so all the boxes and things you don\u2019t need, they need to go,\u201d Nkansah says. There are other problems. There is no basin in the staff toilet \u2013 \u201cSo where do you think they\u2019re washing their hands?\u201d Nkansah asks, with a raised eyebrow \u2013 and she is unimpressed to find an ashtray in the kitchen. \u201cIf someone is smoking back here, they need to stop, it\u2019s illegal,\u201d she says. Nkansah is immediately reassured that no one does. Mostly, she is frustrated that conditions have not improved since the previous business was shut down. Places that are closed down cannot be reopened without being reinspected, but they can be sold on. Owners of a new food business are required to register it with the council 28 days before they start operating, which leads to a food safety inspection, often within a month of operation. But this direction is frequently ignored and Collins says he knows of just one instance of a successful prosecution of a business for failing to register with the council. Nkansah and Collins are adamant that the way to combat this problem is to introduce licences for food businesses, which would require owners to show proof of food safety training before they start serving customers. Checking back with the council two weeks later, Collins tells me that the business has been sold again \u2013 the shop now has its fifth owner in nine months. The new proprietor is working with the council on improving standards at the premises before opening. Back in the office, inspections done for the day, the food safety team are deciding where to go for a late lunch. But with the morning\u2019s inspections playing on their minds, they opt for a safe bet: McDonald\u2019s on the high street, food safety rating five.   Article Title:Greeks Appeal for Aid After Fire Damages Refugee Camp   Article URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/21/world/europe/refugee-camp-greece-fire.html?ref=europe Article author(s) NIKI KITSANTONIS Article date: SEPT. 20, 2016 News source: nytimes ATHENS \u2014 Thousands of people were left homeless after a fire tore through a refugee camp Monday night on the Aegean island of Lesbos, and the Greek authorities appealed on Tuesday to the European Union for more support in managing the migration crisis. The fire, which started in the island\u2019s main Moria camp, destroyed 50 prefabricated homes and dozens of tents, driving 4,400 migrants into nearby fields, according to humanitarian aid workers. Footage aired on Greek television showed the bulk of the camp in flames. About 100 unaccompanied children were the first to be resettled to a hostel Monday night, and about half the families had returned to the Moria camp by midday on Tuesday. The Shipping Ministry said it would send a vessel to anchor at the island, providing temporary accommodation for about 1,000 of the migrants. \u201cThings are very difficult,\u201d an Interior Ministry official, Nikos Toskas, told Greek radio. \u201cThe Europeans must send real, genuine aid,\u201d he said. He condemned European countries that \u201cbuild fences and then send blankets,\u201d an apparent reference to Balkan states that closed their borders to migrants this year, leaving thousands trapped in Greece. The cause of the blaze remained unclear. Local news media said clashes had broken out between different ethnic groups in the camp amid rumors that large numbers of migrants would be sent back to Turkey. The police detained nine camp residents. Earlier in the day, residents protested, calling for the migrants to leave the island. In the wake of the unrest, Mr. Toskas said, two riot police units would be sent to the island. A spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said frustrations had frequently bubbled over into clashes in camps, as many migrants have been living in poor conditions for months amid uncertainty about their future. \u201cThese people gave up everything to seek a better life months ago, and now they\u2019re stuck,\u201d said Roland Schoenbauer, the agency\u2019s representative in Greece. He said frustrations and tension were being fueled by the slow pace at which the Greek authorities were processing the migrants\u2019 asylum applications, and a sluggish European relocation program that has moved 3,700 people to other countries from Greece over the past year, far short of the target of 66,400. If the pace does not pick up, \u201cit will take several years to resolve the problem,\u201d Mr. Schoenbauer said. \u201cThis is not going to go away,\u201d he continued, adding that economic migrants who do not merit asylum should be repatriated \u201cin a humane and dignified way\u201d to free up space at the camps. More than 60,000 refugees or asylum seekers are in Greece, the vast majority in camps across the country, most of them cramped and dirty. Over 5,700 are on Lesbos, which has borne the brunt of the migrant influx into Greece. Arrivals from neighboring Turkey have dropped since the peak of the crisis this time last year, when thousands made the short, perilous journey across the Aegean Sea aboard rickety boats, many drowning in the attempt. An agreement in March between the European Union and Turkey to curb human smuggling across the Aegean reduced the arrivals to virtually zero. However, there has been a significant uptick since July, after the failed coup attempt in Turkey. Now scores, sometimes hundreds, are arriving daily. The increase in arrivals and rising tensions in the camps have fueled protests in some communities close to state-run camps where many residents are fed up with the growing migrant populations. Last week, residents on another Aegean island, Chios, protested. The upheaval has been exploited by members of far-right groups who have also protested, often clashing with more moderate demonstrators. Mayor Spyros Galinos of Lesbos said the protests were being \u201cguided by certain circles, far-right circles who are being supported by members of other parties that have found the opportunity to boost their following, and all this is a dangerous climate that can become explosive.\u201d Addressing a United Nations summit meeting in New York on Monday, the Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, called on other European Union countries to take in more refugees from Greece and emphasized the risk of giving \u201cspace to nationalistic and xenophobic forces to show their faces.\u201d", "essay": "This article is something i can really agree with. I had never thought of how places like zzos and themeparks are abundant with little minds that should not be subject to smoking. I think cigarettes should be considered something like alchol were you cant drink in public you cant smoke either. These children see others smoking and in there mind this is a norm and okay. I think this generation not growing up witht hat around them will set them up to make better choices in the future and be more healthy. There is a real chance to cut potential new smokers and get rid of the popularity of smoking for generations to come. I am all for this proposed ban and see no harm from imposing it."}
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According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Environmental health officers call for smoking ban in playgrounds \u2014  Zoos and anywhere children play should become no-smoking zones, says Chartered Institute of Environmental Health   Smoking should be banned in all parks and playgrounds to reduce the chances of children growing up thinking that using cigarettes is normal, environmental health officers have told ministers. Zoos, theme parks and anywhere else children play should also become no-smoking zones, in a significant proposed expansion of the outdoor areas in which smokers cannot light up. Smoking has been illegal in enclosed public places such as bars, nightclubs and restaurants, as well as public transport and work vehicles, across the UK since 2007. But the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health said on Monday it wants local councils to designate any place where children play or learn as a smoking exclusion zone, although adherence would be voluntary, not statutory. Banning it in those locations would also protect children from secondhand smoke, it says. A new YouGov poll commissioned by the CIEH shows that 89% of 4,300 adults surveyed back a ban on smoking in children\u2019s play areas, while 57% want it to end in public parks. \u201cIt is abundantly clear that the vast majority of people would support restrictions on smoking in children\u2019s play areas. We would like to see smoking being stubbed out wherever children play or learn,\u201d said Anne Godfrey, the CIEH chief executive. \u201cThis would not only include children\u2019s playgrounds but could see no-smoking zones extended to public parks, zoos and theme parks. Children should be able to have fun and enjoy themselves without seeing someone smoking and thinking this is normal behaviour,\u201d she added. Some councils have already moved to try to stop people smoking in some outdoor places. For example, Coventry city council has asked parents not to smoke outside the gates of its 82 primary schools. The policy has gone down well with parents and headteachers, the council said. Advertisement Wrexham has also decreed that playgrounds, school gates and bus shelters should be regarded as smoke-free places, while Nottingham city council seeks to ensure that all its outdoor attractions are smoke-free for the six weeks of the school summer holidays. \u201cPublic opinion \u2013 and not just among parents \u2013 has swung heavily in favour of protecting children from exposure to tobacco smoke and from the behavioural cues children pick up from seeing adults smoking. This is a real opportunity to make it easier for children to grow up healthy,\u201d said Jim McManus, the director of public health at Hertfordshire county council. \u201cParents and children, when given the choice, are overwhelmingly supportive of smoke-free playground. Local voluntary schemes have been popular. It\u2019s time to give parents what they are asking for. You might feel like this is the nanny state \u2013 you\u2019d be wrong,\u201d McManus added. Forest, the smokers\u2019 rights group, called to the plan \u201cOrwellian\u201d. Its director, Simon Clark, said: \u201cExtending the smoking ban to outdoor parks and play areas would be a gross overreaction. There\u2019s no evidence that a significant number of people smoke near children in outdoor areas, nor is there evidence that smoking outside is a threat to anyone else\u2019s health.\u201d Clark added: \u201cPublic parks are for the enjoyment of everyone, including smokers. Most smokers use their common sense and smoke accordingly. They don\u2019t need government dictating how they behave. The idea that children should be protected from the sight of someone smoking is Orwellian. Adults can\u2019t be expected to be perfect role models for other people\u2019s children.\u201d The owners of zoos and theme parks, because they are private businesses, should be allowed to decide whether smoking is banned, Clark said. It became illegal last October to smoke in a car in England or Wales carrying anyone under the age of 18. New figures last week showed that the proportion of adults in England who smoke had fallen to a record low of 16.9%. Deborah Arnott, the director of Action on Smoking and Health, said: \u201cWhile the ban on smoking in indoor public places resulted in significant health benefits, thousands of children are still exposed to smoke in the home and elsewhere. Growing up in a smoke-free environment is one of the best ways of ensuring that they are not attracted to smoking and lured into a lifelong addiction and ill-health.\u201d     Article Title:\u2018Mouse droppings were everywhere\u2019: a day in the life of a food inspector   Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/25/day-in-life-food-safety-inspector-newham-east-london-hygiene   Article author(s) Kate Lyons   Article date: Sunday 25 September 2016 17.57 EDT Last modified on Monday 26 September 201609.26 EDT   News source: theguardian    Sharon Nkansah has worked on the food safety frontline in Newham, London, for 10 years, and seen the good, bad and the ugly   When you\u2019ve been a food safety inspector for as long as Sharon Nkansah, you know how to smell a rat. \u201cLast month, there was a place I inspected [where] I walked in and you could smell it,\u201d she says. \u201cYou can smell mouse activity. They had droppings in fridges, where they have their sauces, where they have their cutlery; the droppings were everywhere. So I just said: \u2018Pull the shutters down\u2019.\u201d You also learn tricks to catch out wily business owners. The best time to inspect a suspect business is in the morning, she says, before staff have had a chance to sweep up anything nasty deposited overnight. Nkansah has worked as a food safety inspector for Newham borough council in east London for 10 years. As we move between businesses throughout the day, she is fun and chatty, talking about her children and her recent holiday, but as soon as she\u2019s in a kitchen, her bright patterned dress is covered with a white coat and her braids are tucked under a hairnet. She becomes brisk, businesslike, at times tough. Her repeated refrain, delivered to staff at the takeaways she inspects who ask her for food hygiene advice, is: \u201cI am not here to train you, I am here to enforce.\u201d A firm approach is needed in Newham. A Guardian analysis of Food Standards Agency data found that the borough has the lowest food hygiene scores in the country: 26% of its food businesses fail inspections, rising to 50.4% for takeaways. Far from being embarrassed by these numbers, Matthew Collins, a principal environmental health officer at the council, and Nkansah\u2019s boss, sees them as a point of pride. \u201cI think it\u2019s an indication that we\u2019re out doing our jobs,\u201d he says. Nkansah began her career as a chef, but wanted a job with more child-friendly hours after having children, so did a one-year degree in food hygiene and began working as an inspector in Newham. Advertisement Cuts to local government funding have meant the number of food inspectors has declined in recent years. The ratio of food safety inspectors to businesses has dropped from 4.2 full-time inspectors per 1,000 food businesses in 2012-13, to 3.7 per 1,000 in 2014-15. This figure is dragged down considerably by England, where there are only 3.2 officers per 1,000 businesses, compared with 5.7 per 1,000 in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The job, says Nkansah, is satisfying, but it comes at a cost: she has seen what goes on in the back rooms of takeaways, cafes and restaurants. Before going to a new restaurant, Nkansah says she always looks up its food safety rating. When asked if she would eat somewhere that scored zero, one or two, Nkansah is appalled. \u201cAbsolutely not,\u201d she says. On a good day, Nkansah can inspect three establishments. On a bad day, if she visits businesses where standards are very poor and the management is either belligerent or impossible to track down, she can spend half a day trying to evaluate one. KFC: High Street North, East Ham Nkansah starts at KFC on the high street. She is expecting big things here: large chains often do well with food safety and at its previous inspection in March 2014, this KFC branch was given the highest possible score of five. Inside the KFC kitchen, the first thing Nkansah does is wash her hands. \u201cIt\u2019s a way of testing if they have adequate hand-washing facilities. If they don\u2019t, that\u2019s not a good start,\u201d she says. KFC\u2019s hand-washing station passes muster and Nkansah then works her way through the kitchen, starting at the entry point for deliveries, before moving on to the tills. Nkansah is happy with everything \u2013 the general cleanliness of the kitchen, the way food is stored and the waste management system. The temperature of the freezer and fridges are good, and she is pleased to see a designated raw chicken preparation area. \u201cThey\u2019ve got good separation,\u201d Nkansah says approvingly of the way the fridges are organised: raw chicken is stored on the left, while other products, such as milk, salad and Pepsi, are on the right. \u201cThey will maintain their five stars as long as their paperwork is in order,\u201d she tells me as we wind up. When we leave the kitchen, two customers sitting down to chicken wraps and a large serving of chips look up at us, with our white coats and hairnets, in a concerned manner. \u201cIs it all right in there?\u201d one man asks, voice lowered. \u201cYes,\u201d we assure him. \u201cLooks good.\u201d They nod and tuck into their meal. King\u2019s Peri Peri Chicken: High Street South, East Ham Next is a visit to King\u2019s Peri Peri Chicken. The inspection is a follow-up after the shop was given a score of zero, the lowest possible, in March. Nkansah is back to see if it has made improvements. What were the issues at the last visit? \u201cOh, everything,\u201d she says. Most significantly, there was no hand-washing station, meaning that employees were either washing their hands in the large washing-up sink or not at all. Today, Nkansah is pleased to see that a hand-washing sink has been installed. The manager is not in, so a staff member shows us around the property, starting with the food preparation area, which is in a basement below the shop. It is small and dark, and the floor is slippery with oil, but quite cool, which Nkansah says is a point in the restaurant\u2019s favour. On the bench is a large plastic crate full of flour in which the raw chicken is tossed before being taken upstairs to be fried. There are two other containers on shelves below the work surface, each holding flour, bits of which are stuck to the sides of the container with, Nkansah assumes, chicken juice. She worries that the same flour is used to coat chicken day in and day out. The chef, who has been working at the shop for two weeks, struggles to understand Nkansah\u2019s questions about how often they are cleaned, first saying they were cleaned every week, then every day and then every two days. It is unclear how much of this is a language barrier and how much is his uncertainty about the details of the cleaning schedule. \u201cI\u2019ve been in this business for a long time,\u201d says Nkansah, gesturing to the crates. \u201cThis is not today\u2019s flour.\u201d Storage is also a problem: food should be kept on shelves off the ground. But a bag of rice and a sack of chicken breading mix, both open, and a bag of bread rolls, are on the floor. A large rice cooker sits in the corner of the kitchen next to cleaning chemicals. Nkansah looks into the fridge, which she says is kept at a good temperature, and pulls out large open tins of jalape\u00f1os and olives, as well as a large uncovered saucepan of sticky sauce meant to go on rice. \u201cThis is one of my pet hates,\u201d says Nkansah. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t even do this at home, putting the whole pot in the fridge.\u201d She orders the staff to throw out the contents of the saucepan and both tins. Nkansah revisits the shop a week later when the manager is in. He shows her the food safety paperwork. Because the shop had taken some measures to improve standards since the March inspection, it is rated up from a zero, meaning \u201curgent improvement necessary\u201d, to a two, signifying \u201cimprovement necessary\u201d. As we leave the shop, we pass a long queue of people waiting to buy chicken and I wonder whether they would keep standing in line if they knew the store\u2019s food safety rating. There is evidence that forcing businesses to display their food hygiene scores improves quality. When Wales made it mandatory for businesses to publicly display their ratings in November 2013, the proportion of places with a zero rating fell from 0.6% to the current rate of 0.2%. Northern Ireland will introduce a similar mandatory display policy on 7 October, but publicly displaying ratings is not mandatory in England or Scotland. Agraba Grill: Barking Road, East Ham The final visit for the day is supposed to be to a chicken shop, Peri Peri de Griller, which Nkansah shut down in July. She is back to see if it has improved conditions and can be allowed to reopen. Instead, we find that the shop has been sold and a new store, Agraba Grill, has opened in the same location. It is in its second week of operation. The business is a Turkish takeaway, advertising kofta, kebabs and falafel wraps, but it still seems to sell a lot of fried chicken. Again, the manager is not in, so someone who says he is a friend of the manager shows Nkansah the premises. Walking through the kitchen, the problems are immediately evident. The food preparation area, covering half of the kitchen, has no lights. \u201cCan I tell you one thing?\u201d Nkansah says. \u201cYou cannot be running this food business in this darkness, it will not help you.\u201d She moves on to the other problems, among them the ceiling, which has a large hole, and an open drain. \u201cYou see, all these holes is where you can get cockroaches,\u201d she says. There are large piles of junk in the back of the kitchen \u2013 an old cooker, bags of rubbish and stacks of boxes. \u201cIf pests come in, they\u2019re going to live in there and breed, so all the boxes and things you don\u2019t need, they need to go,\u201d Nkansah says. There are other problems. There is no basin in the staff toilet \u2013 \u201cSo where do you think they\u2019re washing their hands?\u201d Nkansah asks, with a raised eyebrow \u2013 and she is unimpressed to find an ashtray in the kitchen. \u201cIf someone is smoking back here, they need to stop, it\u2019s illegal,\u201d she says. Nkansah is immediately reassured that no one does. Mostly, she is frustrated that conditions have not improved since the previous business was shut down. Places that are closed down cannot be reopened without being reinspected, but they can be sold on. Owners of a new food business are required to register it with the council 28 days before they start operating, which leads to a food safety inspection, often within a month of operation. But this direction is frequently ignored and Collins says he knows of just one instance of a successful prosecution of a business for failing to register with the council. Nkansah and Collins are adamant that the way to combat this problem is to introduce licences for food businesses, which would require owners to show proof of food safety training before they start serving customers. Checking back with the council two weeks later, Collins tells me that the business has been sold again \u2013 the shop now has its fifth owner in nine months. The new proprietor is working with the council on improving standards at the premises before opening. Back in the office, inspections done for the day, the food safety team are deciding where to go for a late lunch. But with the morning\u2019s inspections playing on their minds, they opt for a safe bet: McDonald\u2019s on the high street, food safety rating five.   Article Title:Greeks Appeal for Aid After Fire Damages Refugee Camp   Article URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/21/world/europe/refugee-camp-greece-fire.html?ref=europe Article author(s) NIKI KITSANTONIS Article date: SEPT. 20, 2016 News source: nytimes ATHENS \u2014 Thousands of people were left homeless after a fire tore through a refugee camp Monday night on the Aegean island of Lesbos, and the Greek authorities appealed on Tuesday to the European Union for more support in managing the migration crisis. The fire, which started in the island\u2019s main Moria camp, destroyed 50 prefabricated homes and dozens of tents, driving 4,400 migrants into nearby fields, according to humanitarian aid workers. Footage aired on Greek television showed the bulk of the camp in flames. About 100 unaccompanied children were the first to be resettled to a hostel Monday night, and about half the families had returned to the Moria camp by midday on Tuesday. The Shipping Ministry said it would send a vessel to anchor at the island, providing temporary accommodation for about 1,000 of the migrants. \u201cThings are very difficult,\u201d an Interior Ministry official, Nikos Toskas, told Greek radio. \u201cThe Europeans must send real, genuine aid,\u201d he said. He condemned European countries that \u201cbuild fences and then send blankets,\u201d an apparent reference to Balkan states that closed their borders to migrants this year, leaving thousands trapped in Greece. The cause of the blaze remained unclear. Local news media said clashes had broken out between different ethnic groups in the camp amid rumors that large numbers of migrants would be sent back to Turkey. The police detained nine camp residents. Earlier in the day, residents protested, calling for the migrants to leave the island. In the wake of the unrest, Mr. Toskas said, two riot police units would be sent to the island. A spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said frustrations had frequently bubbled over into clashes in camps, as many migrants have been living in poor conditions for months amid uncertainty about their future. \u201cThese people gave up everything to seek a better life months ago, and now they\u2019re stuck,\u201d said Roland Schoenbauer, the agency\u2019s representative in Greece. He said frustrations and tension were being fueled by the slow pace at which the Greek authorities were processing the migrants\u2019 asylum applications, and a sluggish European relocation program that has moved 3,700 people to other countries from Greece over the past year, far short of the target of 66,400. If the pace does not pick up, \u201cit will take several years to resolve the problem,\u201d Mr. Schoenbauer said. \u201cThis is not going to go away,\u201d he continued, adding that economic migrants who do not merit asylum should be repatriated \u201cin a humane and dignified way\u201d to free up space at the camps. More than 60,000 refugees or asylum seekers are in Greece, the vast majority in camps across the country, most of them cramped and dirty. Over 5,700 are on Lesbos, which has borne the brunt of the migrant influx into Greece. Arrivals from neighboring Turkey have dropped since the peak of the crisis this time last year, when thousands made the short, perilous journey across the Aegean Sea aboard rickety boats, many drowning in the attempt. An agreement in March between the European Union and Turkey to curb human smuggling across the Aegean reduced the arrivals to virtually zero. However, there has been a significant uptick since July, after the failed coup attempt in Turkey. Now scores, sometimes hundreds, are arriving daily. The increase in arrivals and rising tensions in the camps have fueled protests in some communities close to state-run camps where many residents are fed up with the growing migrant populations. Last week, residents on another Aegean island, Chios, protested. The upheaval has been exploited by members of far-right groups who have also protested, often clashing with more moderate demonstrators. Mayor Spyros Galinos of Lesbos said the protests were being \u201cguided by certain circles, far-right circles who are being supported by members of other parties that have found the opportunity to boost their following, and all this is a dangerous climate that can become explosive.\u201d Addressing a United Nations summit meeting in New York on Monday, the Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, called on other European Union countries to take in more refugees from Greece and emphasized the risk of giving \u201cspace to nationalistic and xenophobic forces to show their faces.\u201d", "essay": "Empathy is not finite. Some people would have you believe that it is, but I think that humans are capable of more than the capitalists would have you believe. I think that I'm going to stop paying attention to the news. It's become a negative force in my life and I think that I would be much happier if I didn't pay attention to American politics ever again. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Environmental health officers call for smoking ban in playgrounds \u2014  Zoos and anywhere children play should become no-smoking zones, says Chartered Institute of Environmental Health   Smoking should be banned in all parks and playgrounds to reduce the chances of children growing up thinking that using cigarettes is normal, environmental health officers have told ministers. Zoos, theme parks and anywhere else children play should also become no-smoking zones, in a significant proposed expansion of the outdoor areas in which smokers cannot light up. Smoking has been illegal in enclosed public places such as bars, nightclubs and restaurants, as well as public transport and work vehicles, across the UK since 2007. But the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health said on Monday it wants local councils to designate any place where children play or learn as a smoking exclusion zone, although adherence would be voluntary, not statutory. Banning it in those locations would also protect children from secondhand smoke, it says. A new YouGov poll commissioned by the CIEH shows that 89% of 4,300 adults surveyed back a ban on smoking in children\u2019s play areas, while 57% want it to end in public parks. \u201cIt is abundantly clear that the vast majority of people would support restrictions on smoking in children\u2019s play areas. We would like to see smoking being stubbed out wherever children play or learn,\u201d said Anne Godfrey, the CIEH chief executive. \u201cThis would not only include children\u2019s playgrounds but could see no-smoking zones extended to public parks, zoos and theme parks. Children should be able to have fun and enjoy themselves without seeing someone smoking and thinking this is normal behaviour,\u201d she added. Some councils have already moved to try to stop people smoking in some outdoor places. For example, Coventry city council has asked parents not to smoke outside the gates of its 82 primary schools. The policy has gone down well with parents and headteachers, the council said. Advertisement Wrexham has also decreed that playgrounds, school gates and bus shelters should be regarded as smoke-free places, while Nottingham city council seeks to ensure that all its outdoor attractions are smoke-free for the six weeks of the school summer holidays. \u201cPublic opinion \u2013 and not just among parents \u2013 has swung heavily in favour of protecting children from exposure to tobacco smoke and from the behavioural cues children pick up from seeing adults smoking. This is a real opportunity to make it easier for children to grow up healthy,\u201d said Jim McManus, the director of public health at Hertfordshire county council. \u201cParents and children, when given the choice, are overwhelmingly supportive of smoke-free playground. Local voluntary schemes have been popular. It\u2019s time to give parents what they are asking for. You might feel like this is the nanny state \u2013 you\u2019d be wrong,\u201d McManus added. Forest, the smokers\u2019 rights group, called to the plan \u201cOrwellian\u201d. Its director, Simon Clark, said: \u201cExtending the smoking ban to outdoor parks and play areas would be a gross overreaction. There\u2019s no evidence that a significant number of people smoke near children in outdoor areas, nor is there evidence that smoking outside is a threat to anyone else\u2019s health.\u201d Clark added: \u201cPublic parks are for the enjoyment of everyone, including smokers. Most smokers use their common sense and smoke accordingly. They don\u2019t need government dictating how they behave. The idea that children should be protected from the sight of someone smoking is Orwellian. Adults can\u2019t be expected to be perfect role models for other people\u2019s children.\u201d The owners of zoos and theme parks, because they are private businesses, should be allowed to decide whether smoking is banned, Clark said. It became illegal last October to smoke in a car in England or Wales carrying anyone under the age of 18. New figures last week showed that the proportion of adults in England who smoke had fallen to a record low of 16.9%. Deborah Arnott, the director of Action on Smoking and Health, said: \u201cWhile the ban on smoking in indoor public places resulted in significant health benefits, thousands of children are still exposed to smoke in the home and elsewhere. Growing up in a smoke-free environment is one of the best ways of ensuring that they are not attracted to smoking and lured into a lifelong addiction and ill-health.\u201d     Article Title:\u2018Mouse droppings were everywhere\u2019: a day in the life of a food inspector   Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/25/day-in-life-food-safety-inspector-newham-east-london-hygiene   Article author(s) Kate Lyons   Article date: Sunday 25 September 2016 17.57 EDT Last modified on Monday 26 September 201609.26 EDT   News source: theguardian    Sharon Nkansah has worked on the food safety frontline in Newham, London, for 10 years, and seen the good, bad and the ugly   When you\u2019ve been a food safety inspector for as long as Sharon Nkansah, you know how to smell a rat. \u201cLast month, there was a place I inspected [where] I walked in and you could smell it,\u201d she says. \u201cYou can smell mouse activity. They had droppings in fridges, where they have their sauces, where they have their cutlery; the droppings were everywhere. So I just said: \u2018Pull the shutters down\u2019.\u201d You also learn tricks to catch out wily business owners. The best time to inspect a suspect business is in the morning, she says, before staff have had a chance to sweep up anything nasty deposited overnight. Nkansah has worked as a food safety inspector for Newham borough council in east London for 10 years. As we move between businesses throughout the day, she is fun and chatty, talking about her children and her recent holiday, but as soon as she\u2019s in a kitchen, her bright patterned dress is covered with a white coat and her braids are tucked under a hairnet. She becomes brisk, businesslike, at times tough. Her repeated refrain, delivered to staff at the takeaways she inspects who ask her for food hygiene advice, is: \u201cI am not here to train you, I am here to enforce.\u201d A firm approach is needed in Newham. A Guardian analysis of Food Standards Agency data found that the borough has the lowest food hygiene scores in the country: 26% of its food businesses fail inspections, rising to 50.4% for takeaways. Far from being embarrassed by these numbers, Matthew Collins, a principal environmental health officer at the council, and Nkansah\u2019s boss, sees them as a point of pride. \u201cI think it\u2019s an indication that we\u2019re out doing our jobs,\u201d he says. Nkansah began her career as a chef, but wanted a job with more child-friendly hours after having children, so did a one-year degree in food hygiene and began working as an inspector in Newham. Advertisement Cuts to local government funding have meant the number of food inspectors has declined in recent years. The ratio of food safety inspectors to businesses has dropped from 4.2 full-time inspectors per 1,000 food businesses in 2012-13, to 3.7 per 1,000 in 2014-15. This figure is dragged down considerably by England, where there are only 3.2 officers per 1,000 businesses, compared with 5.7 per 1,000 in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The job, says Nkansah, is satisfying, but it comes at a cost: she has seen what goes on in the back rooms of takeaways, cafes and restaurants. Before going to a new restaurant, Nkansah says she always looks up its food safety rating. When asked if she would eat somewhere that scored zero, one or two, Nkansah is appalled. \u201cAbsolutely not,\u201d she says. On a good day, Nkansah can inspect three establishments. On a bad day, if she visits businesses where standards are very poor and the management is either belligerent or impossible to track down, she can spend half a day trying to evaluate one. KFC: High Street North, East Ham Nkansah starts at KFC on the high street. She is expecting big things here: large chains often do well with food safety and at its previous inspection in March 2014, this KFC branch was given the highest possible score of five. Inside the KFC kitchen, the first thing Nkansah does is wash her hands. \u201cIt\u2019s a way of testing if they have adequate hand-washing facilities. If they don\u2019t, that\u2019s not a good start,\u201d she says. KFC\u2019s hand-washing station passes muster and Nkansah then works her way through the kitchen, starting at the entry point for deliveries, before moving on to the tills. Nkansah is happy with everything \u2013 the general cleanliness of the kitchen, the way food is stored and the waste management system. The temperature of the freezer and fridges are good, and she is pleased to see a designated raw chicken preparation area. \u201cThey\u2019ve got good separation,\u201d Nkansah says approvingly of the way the fridges are organised: raw chicken is stored on the left, while other products, such as milk, salad and Pepsi, are on the right. \u201cThey will maintain their five stars as long as their paperwork is in order,\u201d she tells me as we wind up. When we leave the kitchen, two customers sitting down to chicken wraps and a large serving of chips look up at us, with our white coats and hairnets, in a concerned manner. \u201cIs it all right in there?\u201d one man asks, voice lowered. \u201cYes,\u201d we assure him. \u201cLooks good.\u201d They nod and tuck into their meal. King\u2019s Peri Peri Chicken: High Street South, East Ham Next is a visit to King\u2019s Peri Peri Chicken. The inspection is a follow-up after the shop was given a score of zero, the lowest possible, in March. Nkansah is back to see if it has made improvements. What were the issues at the last visit? \u201cOh, everything,\u201d she says. Most significantly, there was no hand-washing station, meaning that employees were either washing their hands in the large washing-up sink or not at all. Today, Nkansah is pleased to see that a hand-washing sink has been installed. The manager is not in, so a staff member shows us around the property, starting with the food preparation area, which is in a basement below the shop. It is small and dark, and the floor is slippery with oil, but quite cool, which Nkansah says is a point in the restaurant\u2019s favour. On the bench is a large plastic crate full of flour in which the raw chicken is tossed before being taken upstairs to be fried. There are two other containers on shelves below the work surface, each holding flour, bits of which are stuck to the sides of the container with, Nkansah assumes, chicken juice. She worries that the same flour is used to coat chicken day in and day out. The chef, who has been working at the shop for two weeks, struggles to understand Nkansah\u2019s questions about how often they are cleaned, first saying they were cleaned every week, then every day and then every two days. It is unclear how much of this is a language barrier and how much is his uncertainty about the details of the cleaning schedule. \u201cI\u2019ve been in this business for a long time,\u201d says Nkansah, gesturing to the crates. \u201cThis is not today\u2019s flour.\u201d Storage is also a problem: food should be kept on shelves off the ground. But a bag of rice and a sack of chicken breading mix, both open, and a bag of bread rolls, are on the floor. A large rice cooker sits in the corner of the kitchen next to cleaning chemicals. Nkansah looks into the fridge, which she says is kept at a good temperature, and pulls out large open tins of jalape\u00f1os and olives, as well as a large uncovered saucepan of sticky sauce meant to go on rice. \u201cThis is one of my pet hates,\u201d says Nkansah. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t even do this at home, putting the whole pot in the fridge.\u201d She orders the staff to throw out the contents of the saucepan and both tins. Nkansah revisits the shop a week later when the manager is in. He shows her the food safety paperwork. Because the shop had taken some measures to improve standards since the March inspection, it is rated up from a zero, meaning \u201curgent improvement necessary\u201d, to a two, signifying \u201cimprovement necessary\u201d. As we leave the shop, we pass a long queue of people waiting to buy chicken and I wonder whether they would keep standing in line if they knew the store\u2019s food safety rating. There is evidence that forcing businesses to display their food hygiene scores improves quality. When Wales made it mandatory for businesses to publicly display their ratings in November 2013, the proportion of places with a zero rating fell from 0.6% to the current rate of 0.2%. Northern Ireland will introduce a similar mandatory display policy on 7 October, but publicly displaying ratings is not mandatory in England or Scotland. Agraba Grill: Barking Road, East Ham The final visit for the day is supposed to be to a chicken shop, Peri Peri de Griller, which Nkansah shut down in July. She is back to see if it has improved conditions and can be allowed to reopen. Instead, we find that the shop has been sold and a new store, Agraba Grill, has opened in the same location. It is in its second week of operation. The business is a Turkish takeaway, advertising kofta, kebabs and falafel wraps, but it still seems to sell a lot of fried chicken. Again, the manager is not in, so someone who says he is a friend of the manager shows Nkansah the premises. Walking through the kitchen, the problems are immediately evident. The food preparation area, covering half of the kitchen, has no lights. \u201cCan I tell you one thing?\u201d Nkansah says. \u201cYou cannot be running this food business in this darkness, it will not help you.\u201d She moves on to the other problems, among them the ceiling, which has a large hole, and an open drain. \u201cYou see, all these holes is where you can get cockroaches,\u201d she says. There are large piles of junk in the back of the kitchen \u2013 an old cooker, bags of rubbish and stacks of boxes. \u201cIf pests come in, they\u2019re going to live in there and breed, so all the boxes and things you don\u2019t need, they need to go,\u201d Nkansah says. There are other problems. There is no basin in the staff toilet \u2013 \u201cSo where do you think they\u2019re washing their hands?\u201d Nkansah asks, with a raised eyebrow \u2013 and she is unimpressed to find an ashtray in the kitchen. \u201cIf someone is smoking back here, they need to stop, it\u2019s illegal,\u201d she says. Nkansah is immediately reassured that no one does. Mostly, she is frustrated that conditions have not improved since the previous business was shut down. Places that are closed down cannot be reopened without being reinspected, but they can be sold on. Owners of a new food business are required to register it with the council 28 days before they start operating, which leads to a food safety inspection, often within a month of operation. But this direction is frequently ignored and Collins says he knows of just one instance of a successful prosecution of a business for failing to register with the council. Nkansah and Collins are adamant that the way to combat this problem is to introduce licences for food businesses, which would require owners to show proof of food safety training before they start serving customers. Checking back with the council two weeks later, Collins tells me that the business has been sold again \u2013 the shop now has its fifth owner in nine months. The new proprietor is working with the council on improving standards at the premises before opening. Back in the office, inspections done for the day, the food safety team are deciding where to go for a late lunch. But with the morning\u2019s inspections playing on their minds, they opt for a safe bet: McDonald\u2019s on the high street, food safety rating five.   Article Title:Greeks Appeal for Aid After Fire Damages Refugee Camp   Article URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/21/world/europe/refugee-camp-greece-fire.html?ref=europe Article author(s) NIKI KITSANTONIS Article date: SEPT. 20, 2016 News source: nytimes ATHENS \u2014 Thousands of people were left homeless after a fire tore through a refugee camp Monday night on the Aegean island of Lesbos, and the Greek authorities appealed on Tuesday to the European Union for more support in managing the migration crisis. The fire, which started in the island\u2019s main Moria camp, destroyed 50 prefabricated homes and dozens of tents, driving 4,400 migrants into nearby fields, according to humanitarian aid workers. Footage aired on Greek television showed the bulk of the camp in flames. About 100 unaccompanied children were the first to be resettled to a hostel Monday night, and about half the families had returned to the Moria camp by midday on Tuesday. The Shipping Ministry said it would send a vessel to anchor at the island, providing temporary accommodation for about 1,000 of the migrants. \u201cThings are very difficult,\u201d an Interior Ministry official, Nikos Toskas, told Greek radio. \u201cThe Europeans must send real, genuine aid,\u201d he said. He condemned European countries that \u201cbuild fences and then send blankets,\u201d an apparent reference to Balkan states that closed their borders to migrants this year, leaving thousands trapped in Greece. The cause of the blaze remained unclear. Local news media said clashes had broken out between different ethnic groups in the camp amid rumors that large numbers of migrants would be sent back to Turkey. The police detained nine camp residents. Earlier in the day, residents protested, calling for the migrants to leave the island. In the wake of the unrest, Mr. Toskas said, two riot police units would be sent to the island. A spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said frustrations had frequently bubbled over into clashes in camps, as many migrants have been living in poor conditions for months amid uncertainty about their future. \u201cThese people gave up everything to seek a better life months ago, and now they\u2019re stuck,\u201d said Roland Schoenbauer, the agency\u2019s representative in Greece. He said frustrations and tension were being fueled by the slow pace at which the Greek authorities were processing the migrants\u2019 asylum applications, and a sluggish European relocation program that has moved 3,700 people to other countries from Greece over the past year, far short of the target of 66,400. If the pace does not pick up, \u201cit will take several years to resolve the problem,\u201d Mr. Schoenbauer said. \u201cThis is not going to go away,\u201d he continued, adding that economic migrants who do not merit asylum should be repatriated \u201cin a humane and dignified way\u201d to free up space at the camps. More than 60,000 refugees or asylum seekers are in Greece, the vast majority in camps across the country, most of them cramped and dirty. Over 5,700 are on Lesbos, which has borne the brunt of the migrant influx into Greece. Arrivals from neighboring Turkey have dropped since the peak of the crisis this time last year, when thousands made the short, perilous journey across the Aegean Sea aboard rickety boats, many drowning in the attempt. An agreement in March between the European Union and Turkey to curb human smuggling across the Aegean reduced the arrivals to virtually zero. However, there has been a significant uptick since July, after the failed coup attempt in Turkey. Now scores, sometimes hundreds, are arriving daily. The increase in arrivals and rising tensions in the camps have fueled protests in some communities close to state-run camps where many residents are fed up with the growing migrant populations. Last week, residents on another Aegean island, Chios, protested. The upheaval has been exploited by members of far-right groups who have also protested, often clashing with more moderate demonstrators. Mayor Spyros Galinos of Lesbos said the protests were being \u201cguided by certain circles, far-right circles who are being supported by members of other parties that have found the opportunity to boost their following, and all this is a dangerous climate that can become explosive.\u201d Addressing a United Nations summit meeting in New York on Monday, the Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, called on other European Union countries to take in more refugees from Greece and emphasized the risk of giving \u201cspace to nationalistic and xenophobic forces to show their faces.\u201d", "essay": "I completely agree with this article. I think smoking around children is so dangerous and hazerdous! Zoos are such a child centered place its a  no brainer its like banning smoking at a play place or daycare. Children who see adults smoking will grow up thinking that is normal and part of life and I think smoking should seem like an odd thing like drugs. Kids are so suseptible to disease as they are growing and second hand smoke that young can do nothing but bad. These laws are really great and should be applied to any public place make smoking wierd like drinking alcohol in public because it not only effects you but everyone around you!"}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Environmental health officers call for smoking ban in playgrounds \u2014  Zoos and anywhere children play should become no-smoking zones, says Chartered Institute of Environmental Health   Smoking should be banned in all parks and playgrounds to reduce the chances of children growing up thinking that using cigarettes is normal, environmental health officers have told ministers. Zoos, theme parks and anywhere else children play should also become no-smoking zones, in a significant proposed expansion of the outdoor areas in which smokers cannot light up. Smoking has been illegal in enclosed public places such as bars, nightclubs and restaurants, as well as public transport and work vehicles, across the UK since 2007. But the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health said on Monday it wants local councils to designate any place where children play or learn as a smoking exclusion zone, although adherence would be voluntary, not statutory. Banning it in those locations would also protect children from secondhand smoke, it says. A new YouGov poll commissioned by the CIEH shows that 89% of 4,300 adults surveyed back a ban on smoking in children\u2019s play areas, while 57% want it to end in public parks. \u201cIt is abundantly clear that the vast majority of people would support restrictions on smoking in children\u2019s play areas. We would like to see smoking being stubbed out wherever children play or learn,\u201d said Anne Godfrey, the CIEH chief executive. \u201cThis would not only include children\u2019s playgrounds but could see no-smoking zones extended to public parks, zoos and theme parks. Children should be able to have fun and enjoy themselves without seeing someone smoking and thinking this is normal behaviour,\u201d she added. Some councils have already moved to try to stop people smoking in some outdoor places. For example, Coventry city council has asked parents not to smoke outside the gates of its 82 primary schools. The policy has gone down well with parents and headteachers, the council said. Advertisement Wrexham has also decreed that playgrounds, school gates and bus shelters should be regarded as smoke-free places, while Nottingham city council seeks to ensure that all its outdoor attractions are smoke-free for the six weeks of the school summer holidays. \u201cPublic opinion \u2013 and not just among parents \u2013 has swung heavily in favour of protecting children from exposure to tobacco smoke and from the behavioural cues children pick up from seeing adults smoking. This is a real opportunity to make it easier for children to grow up healthy,\u201d said Jim McManus, the director of public health at Hertfordshire county council. \u201cParents and children, when given the choice, are overwhelmingly supportive of smoke-free playground. Local voluntary schemes have been popular. It\u2019s time to give parents what they are asking for. You might feel like this is the nanny state \u2013 you\u2019d be wrong,\u201d McManus added. Forest, the smokers\u2019 rights group, called to the plan \u201cOrwellian\u201d. Its director, Simon Clark, said: \u201cExtending the smoking ban to outdoor parks and play areas would be a gross overreaction. There\u2019s no evidence that a significant number of people smoke near children in outdoor areas, nor is there evidence that smoking outside is a threat to anyone else\u2019s health.\u201d Clark added: \u201cPublic parks are for the enjoyment of everyone, including smokers. Most smokers use their common sense and smoke accordingly. They don\u2019t need government dictating how they behave. The idea that children should be protected from the sight of someone smoking is Orwellian. Adults can\u2019t be expected to be perfect role models for other people\u2019s children.\u201d The owners of zoos and theme parks, because they are private businesses, should be allowed to decide whether smoking is banned, Clark said. It became illegal last October to smoke in a car in England or Wales carrying anyone under the age of 18. New figures last week showed that the proportion of adults in England who smoke had fallen to a record low of 16.9%. Deborah Arnott, the director of Action on Smoking and Health, said: \u201cWhile the ban on smoking in indoor public places resulted in significant health benefits, thousands of children are still exposed to smoke in the home and elsewhere. Growing up in a smoke-free environment is one of the best ways of ensuring that they are not attracted to smoking and lured into a lifelong addiction and ill-health.\u201d     Article Title:\u2018Mouse droppings were everywhere\u2019: a day in the life of a food inspector   Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/25/day-in-life-food-safety-inspector-newham-east-london-hygiene   Article author(s) Kate Lyons   Article date: Sunday 25 September 2016 17.57 EDT Last modified on Monday 26 September 201609.26 EDT   News source: theguardian    Sharon Nkansah has worked on the food safety frontline in Newham, London, for 10 years, and seen the good, bad and the ugly   When you\u2019ve been a food safety inspector for as long as Sharon Nkansah, you know how to smell a rat. \u201cLast month, there was a place I inspected [where] I walked in and you could smell it,\u201d she says. \u201cYou can smell mouse activity. They had droppings in fridges, where they have their sauces, where they have their cutlery; the droppings were everywhere. So I just said: \u2018Pull the shutters down\u2019.\u201d You also learn tricks to catch out wily business owners. The best time to inspect a suspect business is in the morning, she says, before staff have had a chance to sweep up anything nasty deposited overnight. Nkansah has worked as a food safety inspector for Newham borough council in east London for 10 years. As we move between businesses throughout the day, she is fun and chatty, talking about her children and her recent holiday, but as soon as she\u2019s in a kitchen, her bright patterned dress is covered with a white coat and her braids are tucked under a hairnet. She becomes brisk, businesslike, at times tough. Her repeated refrain, delivered to staff at the takeaways she inspects who ask her for food hygiene advice, is: \u201cI am not here to train you, I am here to enforce.\u201d A firm approach is needed in Newham. A Guardian analysis of Food Standards Agency data found that the borough has the lowest food hygiene scores in the country: 26% of its food businesses fail inspections, rising to 50.4% for takeaways. Far from being embarrassed by these numbers, Matthew Collins, a principal environmental health officer at the council, and Nkansah\u2019s boss, sees them as a point of pride. \u201cI think it\u2019s an indication that we\u2019re out doing our jobs,\u201d he says. Nkansah began her career as a chef, but wanted a job with more child-friendly hours after having children, so did a one-year degree in food hygiene and began working as an inspector in Newham. Advertisement Cuts to local government funding have meant the number of food inspectors has declined in recent years. The ratio of food safety inspectors to businesses has dropped from 4.2 full-time inspectors per 1,000 food businesses in 2012-13, to 3.7 per 1,000 in 2014-15. This figure is dragged down considerably by England, where there are only 3.2 officers per 1,000 businesses, compared with 5.7 per 1,000 in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The job, says Nkansah, is satisfying, but it comes at a cost: she has seen what goes on in the back rooms of takeaways, cafes and restaurants. Before going to a new restaurant, Nkansah says she always looks up its food safety rating. When asked if she would eat somewhere that scored zero, one or two, Nkansah is appalled. \u201cAbsolutely not,\u201d she says. On a good day, Nkansah can inspect three establishments. On a bad day, if she visits businesses where standards are very poor and the management is either belligerent or impossible to track down, she can spend half a day trying to evaluate one. KFC: High Street North, East Ham Nkansah starts at KFC on the high street. She is expecting big things here: large chains often do well with food safety and at its previous inspection in March 2014, this KFC branch was given the highest possible score of five. Inside the KFC kitchen, the first thing Nkansah does is wash her hands. \u201cIt\u2019s a way of testing if they have adequate hand-washing facilities. If they don\u2019t, that\u2019s not a good start,\u201d she says. KFC\u2019s hand-washing station passes muster and Nkansah then works her way through the kitchen, starting at the entry point for deliveries, before moving on to the tills. Nkansah is happy with everything \u2013 the general cleanliness of the kitchen, the way food is stored and the waste management system. The temperature of the freezer and fridges are good, and she is pleased to see a designated raw chicken preparation area. \u201cThey\u2019ve got good separation,\u201d Nkansah says approvingly of the way the fridges are organised: raw chicken is stored on the left, while other products, such as milk, salad and Pepsi, are on the right. \u201cThey will maintain their five stars as long as their paperwork is in order,\u201d she tells me as we wind up. When we leave the kitchen, two customers sitting down to chicken wraps and a large serving of chips look up at us, with our white coats and hairnets, in a concerned manner. \u201cIs it all right in there?\u201d one man asks, voice lowered. \u201cYes,\u201d we assure him. \u201cLooks good.\u201d They nod and tuck into their meal. King\u2019s Peri Peri Chicken: High Street South, East Ham Next is a visit to King\u2019s Peri Peri Chicken. The inspection is a follow-up after the shop was given a score of zero, the lowest possible, in March. Nkansah is back to see if it has made improvements. What were the issues at the last visit? \u201cOh, everything,\u201d she says. Most significantly, there was no hand-washing station, meaning that employees were either washing their hands in the large washing-up sink or not at all. Today, Nkansah is pleased to see that a hand-washing sink has been installed. The manager is not in, so a staff member shows us around the property, starting with the food preparation area, which is in a basement below the shop. It is small and dark, and the floor is slippery with oil, but quite cool, which Nkansah says is a point in the restaurant\u2019s favour. On the bench is a large plastic crate full of flour in which the raw chicken is tossed before being taken upstairs to be fried. There are two other containers on shelves below the work surface, each holding flour, bits of which are stuck to the sides of the container with, Nkansah assumes, chicken juice. She worries that the same flour is used to coat chicken day in and day out. The chef, who has been working at the shop for two weeks, struggles to understand Nkansah\u2019s questions about how often they are cleaned, first saying they were cleaned every week, then every day and then every two days. It is unclear how much of this is a language barrier and how much is his uncertainty about the details of the cleaning schedule. \u201cI\u2019ve been in this business for a long time,\u201d says Nkansah, gesturing to the crates. \u201cThis is not today\u2019s flour.\u201d Storage is also a problem: food should be kept on shelves off the ground. But a bag of rice and a sack of chicken breading mix, both open, and a bag of bread rolls, are on the floor. A large rice cooker sits in the corner of the kitchen next to cleaning chemicals. Nkansah looks into the fridge, which she says is kept at a good temperature, and pulls out large open tins of jalape\u00f1os and olives, as well as a large uncovered saucepan of sticky sauce meant to go on rice. \u201cThis is one of my pet hates,\u201d says Nkansah. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t even do this at home, putting the whole pot in the fridge.\u201d She orders the staff to throw out the contents of the saucepan and both tins. Nkansah revisits the shop a week later when the manager is in. He shows her the food safety paperwork. Because the shop had taken some measures to improve standards since the March inspection, it is rated up from a zero, meaning \u201curgent improvement necessary\u201d, to a two, signifying \u201cimprovement necessary\u201d. As we leave the shop, we pass a long queue of people waiting to buy chicken and I wonder whether they would keep standing in line if they knew the store\u2019s food safety rating. There is evidence that forcing businesses to display their food hygiene scores improves quality. When Wales made it mandatory for businesses to publicly display their ratings in November 2013, the proportion of places with a zero rating fell from 0.6% to the current rate of 0.2%. Northern Ireland will introduce a similar mandatory display policy on 7 October, but publicly displaying ratings is not mandatory in England or Scotland. Agraba Grill: Barking Road, East Ham The final visit for the day is supposed to be to a chicken shop, Peri Peri de Griller, which Nkansah shut down in July. She is back to see if it has improved conditions and can be allowed to reopen. Instead, we find that the shop has been sold and a new store, Agraba Grill, has opened in the same location. It is in its second week of operation. The business is a Turkish takeaway, advertising kofta, kebabs and falafel wraps, but it still seems to sell a lot of fried chicken. Again, the manager is not in, so someone who says he is a friend of the manager shows Nkansah the premises. Walking through the kitchen, the problems are immediately evident. The food preparation area, covering half of the kitchen, has no lights. \u201cCan I tell you one thing?\u201d Nkansah says. \u201cYou cannot be running this food business in this darkness, it will not help you.\u201d She moves on to the other problems, among them the ceiling, which has a large hole, and an open drain. \u201cYou see, all these holes is where you can get cockroaches,\u201d she says. There are large piles of junk in the back of the kitchen \u2013 an old cooker, bags of rubbish and stacks of boxes. \u201cIf pests come in, they\u2019re going to live in there and breed, so all the boxes and things you don\u2019t need, they need to go,\u201d Nkansah says. There are other problems. There is no basin in the staff toilet \u2013 \u201cSo where do you think they\u2019re washing their hands?\u201d Nkansah asks, with a raised eyebrow \u2013 and she is unimpressed to find an ashtray in the kitchen. \u201cIf someone is smoking back here, they need to stop, it\u2019s illegal,\u201d she says. Nkansah is immediately reassured that no one does. Mostly, she is frustrated that conditions have not improved since the previous business was shut down. Places that are closed down cannot be reopened without being reinspected, but they can be sold on. Owners of a new food business are required to register it with the council 28 days before they start operating, which leads to a food safety inspection, often within a month of operation. But this direction is frequently ignored and Collins says he knows of just one instance of a successful prosecution of a business for failing to register with the council. Nkansah and Collins are adamant that the way to combat this problem is to introduce licences for food businesses, which would require owners to show proof of food safety training before they start serving customers. Checking back with the council two weeks later, Collins tells me that the business has been sold again \u2013 the shop now has its fifth owner in nine months. The new proprietor is working with the council on improving standards at the premises before opening. Back in the office, inspections done for the day, the food safety team are deciding where to go for a late lunch. But with the morning\u2019s inspections playing on their minds, they opt for a safe bet: McDonald\u2019s on the high street, food safety rating five.   Article Title:Greeks Appeal for Aid After Fire Damages Refugee Camp   Article URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/21/world/europe/refugee-camp-greece-fire.html?ref=europe Article author(s) NIKI KITSANTONIS Article date: SEPT. 20, 2016 News source: nytimes ATHENS \u2014 Thousands of people were left homeless after a fire tore through a refugee camp Monday night on the Aegean island of Lesbos, and the Greek authorities appealed on Tuesday to the European Union for more support in managing the migration crisis. The fire, which started in the island\u2019s main Moria camp, destroyed 50 prefabricated homes and dozens of tents, driving 4,400 migrants into nearby fields, according to humanitarian aid workers. Footage aired on Greek television showed the bulk of the camp in flames. About 100 unaccompanied children were the first to be resettled to a hostel Monday night, and about half the families had returned to the Moria camp by midday on Tuesday. The Shipping Ministry said it would send a vessel to anchor at the island, providing temporary accommodation for about 1,000 of the migrants. \u201cThings are very difficult,\u201d an Interior Ministry official, Nikos Toskas, told Greek radio. \u201cThe Europeans must send real, genuine aid,\u201d he said. He condemned European countries that \u201cbuild fences and then send blankets,\u201d an apparent reference to Balkan states that closed their borders to migrants this year, leaving thousands trapped in Greece. The cause of the blaze remained unclear. Local news media said clashes had broken out between different ethnic groups in the camp amid rumors that large numbers of migrants would be sent back to Turkey. The police detained nine camp residents. Earlier in the day, residents protested, calling for the migrants to leave the island. In the wake of the unrest, Mr. Toskas said, two riot police units would be sent to the island. A spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said frustrations had frequently bubbled over into clashes in camps, as many migrants have been living in poor conditions for months amid uncertainty about their future. \u201cThese people gave up everything to seek a better life months ago, and now they\u2019re stuck,\u201d said Roland Schoenbauer, the agency\u2019s representative in Greece. He said frustrations and tension were being fueled by the slow pace at which the Greek authorities were processing the migrants\u2019 asylum applications, and a sluggish European relocation program that has moved 3,700 people to other countries from Greece over the past year, far short of the target of 66,400. If the pace does not pick up, \u201cit will take several years to resolve the problem,\u201d Mr. Schoenbauer said. \u201cThis is not going to go away,\u201d he continued, adding that economic migrants who do not merit asylum should be repatriated \u201cin a humane and dignified way\u201d to free up space at the camps. More than 60,000 refugees or asylum seekers are in Greece, the vast majority in camps across the country, most of them cramped and dirty. Over 5,700 are on Lesbos, which has borne the brunt of the migrant influx into Greece. Arrivals from neighboring Turkey have dropped since the peak of the crisis this time last year, when thousands made the short, perilous journey across the Aegean Sea aboard rickety boats, many drowning in the attempt. An agreement in March between the European Union and Turkey to curb human smuggling across the Aegean reduced the arrivals to virtually zero. However, there has been a significant uptick since July, after the failed coup attempt in Turkey. Now scores, sometimes hundreds, are arriving daily. The increase in arrivals and rising tensions in the camps have fueled protests in some communities close to state-run camps where many residents are fed up with the growing migrant populations. Last week, residents on another Aegean island, Chios, protested. The upheaval has been exploited by members of far-right groups who have also protested, often clashing with more moderate demonstrators. Mayor Spyros Galinos of Lesbos said the protests were being \u201cguided by certain circles, far-right circles who are being supported by members of other parties that have found the opportunity to boost their following, and all this is a dangerous climate that can become explosive.\u201d Addressing a United Nations summit meeting in New York on Monday, the Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, called on other European Union countries to take in more refugees from Greece and emphasized the risk of giving \u201cspace to nationalistic and xenophobic forces to show their faces.\u201d", "essay": "Second hand smoke is a bad things and I'm glad it is banned from around children.  I do not want the government to have the power to tell people what to do with their bodies. I do not like smoking, but I think that every adult should have the right to do whatever they want with their body. I think smoking should only be banned if it harms other people."}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "Everyone agrees we need to fight cholera. No one can agree on how \u2014  The clinics were overwhelmed. Over just a few days in 2010, cholera had swept through the chaos of earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Violently ill patients were packing wards, slumping in tents, and dying within hours of showing their first symptoms. Dr. Louise Ivers, an infectious disease specialist, needed help. She and other medical professionals were working without sleep, besieged by a stream of weak patients struggling into the clinics. There was a vaccine available. Although the cache was not nearly large enough \u2014 and still not fully approved by the World Health Organization \u2014 Ivers and others appealed to Haitian officials to allow them to distribute the drug. The government said no. \u201cThis was a missed opportunity to save lives,\u201d Ivers, who ran a clinic in Haiti for the nonprofit Partners in Health, recalled in a recent interview. Today, the epidemic is seen as a pivotal moment in a dispute over the best way to counter cholera. On one side are public health advocates, backed by the powerful Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, who have been galvanized in their enthusiasm for vaccines. Those vaccines, they believe, can be used to make major strides against a disease that is thousands of years old, easily treated, and entirely preventable. On the other are public health officials who argue that the vaccines are not effective enough and are a Band-Aid diverting attention from the water and sanitation issues that are at the root of cholera. \u201cThis is a disease of poverty,\u201d said Shafiqul Islam, director of the Water Diplomacy Program at Tufts University. \u201cThere is a group of people who think vaccines will solve the problem. I don\u2019t think it will.\u201d Experts on both sides acknowledge the disagreement has undermined unity in the fight against cholera. The WHO has tried to straddle the divide by supporting both approaches, without settling how to pay for both. Caused by bacteria, cholera is spread through contaminated water, and it kills by massively dehydrating victims\u2019 bodies through diarrhea and vomiting. The WHO says about 100,000 people die worldwide from cholera each year. It is a rough estimate: Some countries do not report cases, and victims often die in isolated rural communities, the cause of their deaths unrecorded. The disease roars seasonally into India, Bangladesh, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and made appearances last year in 32 countries. Outbreaks typically center on Africa, South Asia, and, recently, the Middle East. There are year-to-year fluctuations in the number of cholera cases, but the overall incidence does not seem to be dropping. Two oral vaccines exist, and the most useful, called Shanchol, was available in limited supplies when the epidemic began in Haiti. It had been administered widely in Vietnam since 1997, but at the time of the Haitian crisis \u2014 which came as a handmaiden of death after the country\u2019s earthquake and ultimately killed 9,000 people \u2014 the WHO was awaiting the results of a larger study and had not signed off on international distribution. Since then, the WHO has approved the vaccine and the Gates Foundation \u2014 the source of major public health funding \u2014 has weighed in forcefully to promote its use. Among other steps, the foundation has pumped about $20 million into Shanchol and helped jumpstart manufacturing of the vaccine in India. As of mid-2013, public health officials had at their disposal a stockpile of 2 million doses that can be moved quickly to an area of need. The vaccine was used successfully in rural Guinea in 2012 and again in refugee camps in South Sudan in 2013. Some 500,000 doses have been sent to Iraq, where continuing violence has helped fuel the emergence of more than 2,000 cholera cases. Helen Matzger, senior program officer at the Gates Foundation, said the decision to promote the vaccine made sense. \u201cWhen you look at the amount of money it would take to make infrastructure improvements, that\u2019s well outside what a foundation could do,\u201d she said. But the vaccine has drawbacks: It must be administered in two doses, two weeks apart, a daunting task in an emergency. And it is far from perfect clinically \u2014 it cuts a person\u2019s risk of contracting the disease by an average of 50 percent to 65 percent over two years. After that, a recipient\u2019s immunity drops even further. More to the point, critics noted, reliance on a vaccine does not address the underlying causes of cholera. \u201cYou are really only going to solve this with an investment and infrastructure and maintenance of the infrastructure,\u201d said David Olson, deputy medical director of Doctors Without Borders. He advocates a focus on assisting the 900 million people worldwide without clean water and the 2.5 billion people without good sanitation. Ivers, now senior health and policy adviser for Partners in Health, does not dispute the importance of that goal. \u201cNobody is saying [a vaccine] replaces water and sanitation,\u201d said Ivers. \u201cBut there are still those who say spending $1 million on vaccines is $1 million we don\u2019t have to spend on water and sewer.\u201d Cholera has likely been around as long as man. As societies became urbanized, epidemics were swift, massive, and deadly. More than 14,000 died in London in an 1849 outbreak. Thousands more died when cholera reached New York that year. President James Polk was a victim. The breakthrough against this disease is medical legend. Dr. John Snow, a London physician, rejected the belief that the disease was spread by \u201cbad air,\u201d and began meticulously plotting cholera deaths on a map of Soho in 1854. His plots revealed a key crossroads around a water pump on Broad Street. He got the pump handle removed, stopped the epidemic, and proved contaminated water is the source of the disease. \u201cIt has always inspired fear because it is so sudden and horrifying,\u201d said Eric Mintz, a cholera expert at the CDC. \u201cWe really have made significant progress in understanding how cholera spreads, evolves, how it can be prevented and how it can be treated.\u201d Though naturally present in tropical, brackish waters, cholera may surge into an epidemic when human waste from a sick person contaminates water used by others for drinking, bathing, or growing crops. Without treatment, cholera can drain victims\u2019 bodies of so much fluid in just six hours that their bodies can no longer pump blood. Death follows immediately. Children can succumb even faster. The separation of sanitation and water systems in cities following Snow\u2019s revelation have largely eliminated cholera in developed countries. And doctors have learned how to effectively treat it. Quick infusion of large quantities of a simple saline solution of water, salt, and sugar \u2014 either by drinking or through an IV infusion \u2014 works. Such a solution can convert a deadly bout of cholera into an illness from which patients can recover quickly. In countries where cholera is endemic, a regular occurrence, people know to act fast. \u201cI\u2019ve had it several times,\u201d said Maimuna Majumder, an engineer who works regularly in Bangladesh. \u201cEverybody gets it every year. Everybody knows what it is.\u201d But the deadliest outbreaks occur unexpectedly. Haiti was never known to have cholera, despite its poor water and sewer infrastructure. After the earthquake, however, a United Nations peacekeeper likely brought the bacteria from Nepal, a UN investigation found. Latrine runoff from a UN camp apparently reached a major river used for drinking and washing, and the epidemic erupted within days. Ivers recalled being at a meeting and getting a message from a colleague that 100 patients had arrived overnight at a rural clinic with severe diarrhea. \u201cWe were all afraid to say the word,\u201d she recalled. \u201cEverybody was taking a deep breath, saying, \u2018Oh, please, no.\u2019\u201d Because cholera was unknown in Haiti, people did not recognize it and doctors were not used to treating it. Oral saline solutions and IVs were not there in the numbers needed. The sick crowded wards or slept in tents tended by family members, with few controls to stop further infection. \u201cIt was chaotic and fearful,\u201d said Daniele Lantagne, who was on the UN team sent to investigate the outbreak, and is now on the faculty at Tufts University. \u201cHaiti had absolutely no idea what it was. They literally thought it was voodoo, the curse of god.\u201d Ivers and Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners in Health, urged the government to improve sanitation and to buy the 200,000 available doses of Shanchol \u2014 enough for 100,000 people \u2014 and rush it into use. But the government rejected the appeal. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of criticism about the decision,\u201d said Olson, of Doctors Without Borders, who was on the ground in Haiti soon after the outbreak. \u201cBut at the time, if you had to figure out who are you going to give 100,000 doses to out of 10 million people, how do you do that?\u201d \u201cThe vaccine would not have prevented the exponential spread of the disease,\u201d said Lantagne. \u201cIt could have blunted the curve, yes, but it would not have prevented the epidemic.\u201d Ivers, who finally got approval to administer the vaccine to 45,000 Haitians as the epidemic stretched into its second year, said the results of her experiment \u2014 a 65 percent reduction in cases \u2014 proved the vaccine\u2019s worth. \u201cEven if they only had 200,000 doses in the bank, we could\u2019ve bought those and got started,\u201d Ivers said. \u201cWe could\u2019ve told the manufacturers we will buy 5 million doses, so ramp up the manufacture. We could have started. We could have done it.\u201d Ivers envisions a strategy, mostly embraced by the WHO, in which the vaccine could be used to treat the elderly and children in areas in which the disease is endemic, such as Bangladesh, before the predictable spring and fall outbreaks, and could be rushed in to try to isolate an unexpected outbreak in places like Haiti. But mobilizing vaccinations when an outbreak emerges is tough. \u201cCholera makes fools of epidemiologists. It\u2019s just so hard to predict,\u201d Olson said. \u201cIt will almost always move faster than you can move resources. We are just trying to warn people, \u2018don\u2019t get too caught up in vaccinations because you are going to have patients at any case.\u2019\u201d Added the CDC\u2019s Mintz: \u201cVaccines are not the hydrogen bomb in this war.\u201d A younger generation is injecting new voices \u2014 and new ideas \u2014 into the debate. Majumder, a doctoral engineering candidate at MIT, is seeking to link texting on mobile phones, rapidly becoming ubiquitous in the world, to the fight against cholera. She believes that if communities can begin reporting evidence of the disease sooner to medical providers, public health officials would have a head start in rushing resources to address emerging epidemics. \u201cIf we can identify the hot spots, that would be great,\u201d she said of her effort, known as the Village Zero Project. Another freshly minted researcher, Faith Wallace-Gadsden, has helped start a project in Haiti to mobilize women to sell cheap chlorine water sterilization tablets. It\u2019s a simple idea, but one she believes could work. Wallace-Gadsden contends that the dispute over vaccinations is too narrow. \u201cThe thing that is mind-blowing is the amount of money that has been spent, and it hasn\u2019t worked,\u201d she said. \u201cThe idea that people are still dying in 2015 of cholera is outrageous.\u201d", "essay": "Cholera seems to effect poor countries more then rich ones which is why you should not care about this too much these countries need to start investing in their own ability to provide clean drinking water instead of looking for handouts they suffer from corruption which is hindering them from coming up with a way to fight the disease"}
{"user_id": "ec_p036", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 96000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 4.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 96000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 4.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Everyone agrees we need to fight cholera. No one can agree on how \u2014  The clinics were overwhelmed. Over just a few days in 2010, cholera had swept through the chaos of earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Violently ill patients were packing wards, slumping in tents, and dying within hours of showing their first symptoms. Dr. Louise Ivers, an infectious disease specialist, needed help. She and other medical professionals were working without sleep, besieged by a stream of weak patients struggling into the clinics. There was a vaccine available. Although the cache was not nearly large enough \u2014 and still not fully approved by the World Health Organization \u2014 Ivers and others appealed to Haitian officials to allow them to distribute the drug. The government said no. \u201cThis was a missed opportunity to save lives,\u201d Ivers, who ran a clinic in Haiti for the nonprofit Partners in Health, recalled in a recent interview. Today, the epidemic is seen as a pivotal moment in a dispute over the best way to counter cholera. On one side are public health advocates, backed by the powerful Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, who have been galvanized in their enthusiasm for vaccines. Those vaccines, they believe, can be used to make major strides against a disease that is thousands of years old, easily treated, and entirely preventable. On the other are public health officials who argue that the vaccines are not effective enough and are a Band-Aid diverting attention from the water and sanitation issues that are at the root of cholera. \u201cThis is a disease of poverty,\u201d said Shafiqul Islam, director of the Water Diplomacy Program at Tufts University. \u201cThere is a group of people who think vaccines will solve the problem. I don\u2019t think it will.\u201d Experts on both sides acknowledge the disagreement has undermined unity in the fight against cholera. The WHO has tried to straddle the divide by supporting both approaches, without settling how to pay for both. Caused by bacteria, cholera is spread through contaminated water, and it kills by massively dehydrating victims\u2019 bodies through diarrhea and vomiting. The WHO says about 100,000 people die worldwide from cholera each year. It is a rough estimate: Some countries do not report cases, and victims often die in isolated rural communities, the cause of their deaths unrecorded. The disease roars seasonally into India, Bangladesh, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and made appearances last year in 32 countries. Outbreaks typically center on Africa, South Asia, and, recently, the Middle East. There are year-to-year fluctuations in the number of cholera cases, but the overall incidence does not seem to be dropping. Two oral vaccines exist, and the most useful, called Shanchol, was available in limited supplies when the epidemic began in Haiti. It had been administered widely in Vietnam since 1997, but at the time of the Haitian crisis \u2014 which came as a handmaiden of death after the country\u2019s earthquake and ultimately killed 9,000 people \u2014 the WHO was awaiting the results of a larger study and had not signed off on international distribution. Since then, the WHO has approved the vaccine and the Gates Foundation \u2014 the source of major public health funding \u2014 has weighed in forcefully to promote its use. Among other steps, the foundation has pumped about $20 million into Shanchol and helped jumpstart manufacturing of the vaccine in India. As of mid-2013, public health officials had at their disposal a stockpile of 2 million doses that can be moved quickly to an area of need. The vaccine was used successfully in rural Guinea in 2012 and again in refugee camps in South Sudan in 2013. Some 500,000 doses have been sent to Iraq, where continuing violence has helped fuel the emergence of more than 2,000 cholera cases. Helen Matzger, senior program officer at the Gates Foundation, said the decision to promote the vaccine made sense. \u201cWhen you look at the amount of money it would take to make infrastructure improvements, that\u2019s well outside what a foundation could do,\u201d she said. But the vaccine has drawbacks: It must be administered in two doses, two weeks apart, a daunting task in an emergency. And it is far from perfect clinically \u2014 it cuts a person\u2019s risk of contracting the disease by an average of 50 percent to 65 percent over two years. After that, a recipient\u2019s immunity drops even further. More to the point, critics noted, reliance on a vaccine does not address the underlying causes of cholera. \u201cYou are really only going to solve this with an investment and infrastructure and maintenance of the infrastructure,\u201d said David Olson, deputy medical director of Doctors Without Borders. He advocates a focus on assisting the 900 million people worldwide without clean water and the 2.5 billion people without good sanitation. Ivers, now senior health and policy adviser for Partners in Health, does not dispute the importance of that goal. \u201cNobody is saying [a vaccine] replaces water and sanitation,\u201d said Ivers. \u201cBut there are still those who say spending $1 million on vaccines is $1 million we don\u2019t have to spend on water and sewer.\u201d Cholera has likely been around as long as man. As societies became urbanized, epidemics were swift, massive, and deadly. More than 14,000 died in London in an 1849 outbreak. Thousands more died when cholera reached New York that year. President James Polk was a victim. The breakthrough against this disease is medical legend. Dr. John Snow, a London physician, rejected the belief that the disease was spread by \u201cbad air,\u201d and began meticulously plotting cholera deaths on a map of Soho in 1854. His plots revealed a key crossroads around a water pump on Broad Street. He got the pump handle removed, stopped the epidemic, and proved contaminated water is the source of the disease. \u201cIt has always inspired fear because it is so sudden and horrifying,\u201d said Eric Mintz, a cholera expert at the CDC. \u201cWe really have made significant progress in understanding how cholera spreads, evolves, how it can be prevented and how it can be treated.\u201d Though naturally present in tropical, brackish waters, cholera may surge into an epidemic when human waste from a sick person contaminates water used by others for drinking, bathing, or growing crops. Without treatment, cholera can drain victims\u2019 bodies of so much fluid in just six hours that their bodies can no longer pump blood. Death follows immediately. Children can succumb even faster. The separation of sanitation and water systems in cities following Snow\u2019s revelation have largely eliminated cholera in developed countries. And doctors have learned how to effectively treat it. Quick infusion of large quantities of a simple saline solution of water, salt, and sugar \u2014 either by drinking or through an IV infusion \u2014 works. Such a solution can convert a deadly bout of cholera into an illness from which patients can recover quickly. In countries where cholera is endemic, a regular occurrence, people know to act fast. \u201cI\u2019ve had it several times,\u201d said Maimuna Majumder, an engineer who works regularly in Bangladesh. \u201cEverybody gets it every year. Everybody knows what it is.\u201d But the deadliest outbreaks occur unexpectedly. Haiti was never known to have cholera, despite its poor water and sewer infrastructure. After the earthquake, however, a United Nations peacekeeper likely brought the bacteria from Nepal, a UN investigation found. Latrine runoff from a UN camp apparently reached a major river used for drinking and washing, and the epidemic erupted within days. Ivers recalled being at a meeting and getting a message from a colleague that 100 patients had arrived overnight at a rural clinic with severe diarrhea. \u201cWe were all afraid to say the word,\u201d she recalled. \u201cEverybody was taking a deep breath, saying, \u2018Oh, please, no.\u2019\u201d Because cholera was unknown in Haiti, people did not recognize it and doctors were not used to treating it. Oral saline solutions and IVs were not there in the numbers needed. The sick crowded wards or slept in tents tended by family members, with few controls to stop further infection. \u201cIt was chaotic and fearful,\u201d said Daniele Lantagne, who was on the UN team sent to investigate the outbreak, and is now on the faculty at Tufts University. \u201cHaiti had absolutely no idea what it was. They literally thought it was voodoo, the curse of god.\u201d Ivers and Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners in Health, urged the government to improve sanitation and to buy the 200,000 available doses of Shanchol \u2014 enough for 100,000 people \u2014 and rush it into use. But the government rejected the appeal. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of criticism about the decision,\u201d said Olson, of Doctors Without Borders, who was on the ground in Haiti soon after the outbreak. \u201cBut at the time, if you had to figure out who are you going to give 100,000 doses to out of 10 million people, how do you do that?\u201d \u201cThe vaccine would not have prevented the exponential spread of the disease,\u201d said Lantagne. \u201cIt could have blunted the curve, yes, but it would not have prevented the epidemic.\u201d Ivers, who finally got approval to administer the vaccine to 45,000 Haitians as the epidemic stretched into its second year, said the results of her experiment \u2014 a 65 percent reduction in cases \u2014 proved the vaccine\u2019s worth. \u201cEven if they only had 200,000 doses in the bank, we could\u2019ve bought those and got started,\u201d Ivers said. \u201cWe could\u2019ve told the manufacturers we will buy 5 million doses, so ramp up the manufacture. We could have started. We could have done it.\u201d Ivers envisions a strategy, mostly embraced by the WHO, in which the vaccine could be used to treat the elderly and children in areas in which the disease is endemic, such as Bangladesh, before the predictable spring and fall outbreaks, and could be rushed in to try to isolate an unexpected outbreak in places like Haiti. But mobilizing vaccinations when an outbreak emerges is tough. \u201cCholera makes fools of epidemiologists. It\u2019s just so hard to predict,\u201d Olson said. \u201cIt will almost always move faster than you can move resources. We are just trying to warn people, \u2018don\u2019t get too caught up in vaccinations because you are going to have patients at any case.\u2019\u201d Added the CDC\u2019s Mintz: \u201cVaccines are not the hydrogen bomb in this war.\u201d A younger generation is injecting new voices \u2014 and new ideas \u2014 into the debate. Majumder, a doctoral engineering candidate at MIT, is seeking to link texting on mobile phones, rapidly becoming ubiquitous in the world, to the fight against cholera. She believes that if communities can begin reporting evidence of the disease sooner to medical providers, public health officials would have a head start in rushing resources to address emerging epidemics. \u201cIf we can identify the hot spots, that would be great,\u201d she said of her effort, known as the Village Zero Project. Another freshly minted researcher, Faith Wallace-Gadsden, has helped start a project in Haiti to mobilize women to sell cheap chlorine water sterilization tablets. It\u2019s a simple idea, but one she believes could work. Wallace-Gadsden contends that the dispute over vaccinations is too narrow. \u201cThe thing that is mind-blowing is the amount of money that has been spent, and it hasn\u2019t worked,\u201d she said. \u201cThe idea that people are still dying in 2015 of cholera is outrageous.\u201d", "essay": "I am a pretty liberal person. I do believe that a democratic government can have an earnest concern for its people. But when I read stories like, I don't have to wonder too hard why people are afraid to give control to the government and large extra-governmental agencies. I feel deeply for the people who are sick and dying because a government says no. I am angry when vaccines are on hand and it takes jumping through loop holes to get approval to get the mobilized to patients in need."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Everyone agrees we need to fight cholera. No one can agree on how \u2014  The clinics were overwhelmed. Over just a few days in 2010, cholera had swept through the chaos of earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Violently ill patients were packing wards, slumping in tents, and dying within hours of showing their first symptoms. Dr. Louise Ivers, an infectious disease specialist, needed help. She and other medical professionals were working without sleep, besieged by a stream of weak patients struggling into the clinics. There was a vaccine available. Although the cache was not nearly large enough \u2014 and still not fully approved by the World Health Organization \u2014 Ivers and others appealed to Haitian officials to allow them to distribute the drug. The government said no. \u201cThis was a missed opportunity to save lives,\u201d Ivers, who ran a clinic in Haiti for the nonprofit Partners in Health, recalled in a recent interview. Today, the epidemic is seen as a pivotal moment in a dispute over the best way to counter cholera. On one side are public health advocates, backed by the powerful Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, who have been galvanized in their enthusiasm for vaccines. Those vaccines, they believe, can be used to make major strides against a disease that is thousands of years old, easily treated, and entirely preventable. On the other are public health officials who argue that the vaccines are not effective enough and are a Band-Aid diverting attention from the water and sanitation issues that are at the root of cholera. \u201cThis is a disease of poverty,\u201d said Shafiqul Islam, director of the Water Diplomacy Program at Tufts University. \u201cThere is a group of people who think vaccines will solve the problem. I don\u2019t think it will.\u201d Experts on both sides acknowledge the disagreement has undermined unity in the fight against cholera. The WHO has tried to straddle the divide by supporting both approaches, without settling how to pay for both. Caused by bacteria, cholera is spread through contaminated water, and it kills by massively dehydrating victims\u2019 bodies through diarrhea and vomiting. The WHO says about 100,000 people die worldwide from cholera each year. It is a rough estimate: Some countries do not report cases, and victims often die in isolated rural communities, the cause of their deaths unrecorded. The disease roars seasonally into India, Bangladesh, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and made appearances last year in 32 countries. Outbreaks typically center on Africa, South Asia, and, recently, the Middle East. There are year-to-year fluctuations in the number of cholera cases, but the overall incidence does not seem to be dropping. Two oral vaccines exist, and the most useful, called Shanchol, was available in limited supplies when the epidemic began in Haiti. It had been administered widely in Vietnam since 1997, but at the time of the Haitian crisis \u2014 which came as a handmaiden of death after the country\u2019s earthquake and ultimately killed 9,000 people \u2014 the WHO was awaiting the results of a larger study and had not signed off on international distribution. Since then, the WHO has approved the vaccine and the Gates Foundation \u2014 the source of major public health funding \u2014 has weighed in forcefully to promote its use. Among other steps, the foundation has pumped about $20 million into Shanchol and helped jumpstart manufacturing of the vaccine in India. As of mid-2013, public health officials had at their disposal a stockpile of 2 million doses that can be moved quickly to an area of need. The vaccine was used successfully in rural Guinea in 2012 and again in refugee camps in South Sudan in 2013. Some 500,000 doses have been sent to Iraq, where continuing violence has helped fuel the emergence of more than 2,000 cholera cases. Helen Matzger, senior program officer at the Gates Foundation, said the decision to promote the vaccine made sense. \u201cWhen you look at the amount of money it would take to make infrastructure improvements, that\u2019s well outside what a foundation could do,\u201d she said. But the vaccine has drawbacks: It must be administered in two doses, two weeks apart, a daunting task in an emergency. And it is far from perfect clinically \u2014 it cuts a person\u2019s risk of contracting the disease by an average of 50 percent to 65 percent over two years. After that, a recipient\u2019s immunity drops even further. More to the point, critics noted, reliance on a vaccine does not address the underlying causes of cholera. \u201cYou are really only going to solve this with an investment and infrastructure and maintenance of the infrastructure,\u201d said David Olson, deputy medical director of Doctors Without Borders. He advocates a focus on assisting the 900 million people worldwide without clean water and the 2.5 billion people without good sanitation. Ivers, now senior health and policy adviser for Partners in Health, does not dispute the importance of that goal. \u201cNobody is saying [a vaccine] replaces water and sanitation,\u201d said Ivers. \u201cBut there are still those who say spending $1 million on vaccines is $1 million we don\u2019t have to spend on water and sewer.\u201d Cholera has likely been around as long as man. As societies became urbanized, epidemics were swift, massive, and deadly. More than 14,000 died in London in an 1849 outbreak. Thousands more died when cholera reached New York that year. President James Polk was a victim. The breakthrough against this disease is medical legend. Dr. John Snow, a London physician, rejected the belief that the disease was spread by \u201cbad air,\u201d and began meticulously plotting cholera deaths on a map of Soho in 1854. His plots revealed a key crossroads around a water pump on Broad Street. He got the pump handle removed, stopped the epidemic, and proved contaminated water is the source of the disease. \u201cIt has always inspired fear because it is so sudden and horrifying,\u201d said Eric Mintz, a cholera expert at the CDC. \u201cWe really have made significant progress in understanding how cholera spreads, evolves, how it can be prevented and how it can be treated.\u201d Though naturally present in tropical, brackish waters, cholera may surge into an epidemic when human waste from a sick person contaminates water used by others for drinking, bathing, or growing crops. Without treatment, cholera can drain victims\u2019 bodies of so much fluid in just six hours that their bodies can no longer pump blood. Death follows immediately. Children can succumb even faster. The separation of sanitation and water systems in cities following Snow\u2019s revelation have largely eliminated cholera in developed countries. And doctors have learned how to effectively treat it. Quick infusion of large quantities of a simple saline solution of water, salt, and sugar \u2014 either by drinking or through an IV infusion \u2014 works. Such a solution can convert a deadly bout of cholera into an illness from which patients can recover quickly. In countries where cholera is endemic, a regular occurrence, people know to act fast. \u201cI\u2019ve had it several times,\u201d said Maimuna Majumder, an engineer who works regularly in Bangladesh. \u201cEverybody gets it every year. Everybody knows what it is.\u201d But the deadliest outbreaks occur unexpectedly. Haiti was never known to have cholera, despite its poor water and sewer infrastructure. After the earthquake, however, a United Nations peacekeeper likely brought the bacteria from Nepal, a UN investigation found. Latrine runoff from a UN camp apparently reached a major river used for drinking and washing, and the epidemic erupted within days. Ivers recalled being at a meeting and getting a message from a colleague that 100 patients had arrived overnight at a rural clinic with severe diarrhea. \u201cWe were all afraid to say the word,\u201d she recalled. \u201cEverybody was taking a deep breath, saying, \u2018Oh, please, no.\u2019\u201d Because cholera was unknown in Haiti, people did not recognize it and doctors were not used to treating it. Oral saline solutions and IVs were not there in the numbers needed. The sick crowded wards or slept in tents tended by family members, with few controls to stop further infection. \u201cIt was chaotic and fearful,\u201d said Daniele Lantagne, who was on the UN team sent to investigate the outbreak, and is now on the faculty at Tufts University. \u201cHaiti had absolutely no idea what it was. They literally thought it was voodoo, the curse of god.\u201d Ivers and Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners in Health, urged the government to improve sanitation and to buy the 200,000 available doses of Shanchol \u2014 enough for 100,000 people \u2014 and rush it into use. But the government rejected the appeal. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of criticism about the decision,\u201d said Olson, of Doctors Without Borders, who was on the ground in Haiti soon after the outbreak. \u201cBut at the time, if you had to figure out who are you going to give 100,000 doses to out of 10 million people, how do you do that?\u201d \u201cThe vaccine would not have prevented the exponential spread of the disease,\u201d said Lantagne. \u201cIt could have blunted the curve, yes, but it would not have prevented the epidemic.\u201d Ivers, who finally got approval to administer the vaccine to 45,000 Haitians as the epidemic stretched into its second year, said the results of her experiment \u2014 a 65 percent reduction in cases \u2014 proved the vaccine\u2019s worth. \u201cEven if they only had 200,000 doses in the bank, we could\u2019ve bought those and got started,\u201d Ivers said. \u201cWe could\u2019ve told the manufacturers we will buy 5 million doses, so ramp up the manufacture. We could have started. We could have done it.\u201d Ivers envisions a strategy, mostly embraced by the WHO, in which the vaccine could be used to treat the elderly and children in areas in which the disease is endemic, such as Bangladesh, before the predictable spring and fall outbreaks, and could be rushed in to try to isolate an unexpected outbreak in places like Haiti. But mobilizing vaccinations when an outbreak emerges is tough. \u201cCholera makes fools of epidemiologists. It\u2019s just so hard to predict,\u201d Olson said. \u201cIt will almost always move faster than you can move resources. We are just trying to warn people, \u2018don\u2019t get too caught up in vaccinations because you are going to have patients at any case.\u2019\u201d Added the CDC\u2019s Mintz: \u201cVaccines are not the hydrogen bomb in this war.\u201d A younger generation is injecting new voices \u2014 and new ideas \u2014 into the debate. Majumder, a doctoral engineering candidate at MIT, is seeking to link texting on mobile phones, rapidly becoming ubiquitous in the world, to the fight against cholera. She believes that if communities can begin reporting evidence of the disease sooner to medical providers, public health officials would have a head start in rushing resources to address emerging epidemics. \u201cIf we can identify the hot spots, that would be great,\u201d she said of her effort, known as the Village Zero Project. Another freshly minted researcher, Faith Wallace-Gadsden, has helped start a project in Haiti to mobilize women to sell cheap chlorine water sterilization tablets. It\u2019s a simple idea, but one she believes could work. Wallace-Gadsden contends that the dispute over vaccinations is too narrow. \u201cThe thing that is mind-blowing is the amount of money that has been spent, and it hasn\u2019t worked,\u201d she said. \u201cThe idea that people are still dying in 2015 of cholera is outrageous.\u201d", "essay": "This is just crazy that people are still dying today when there is medicine that can easily save there lives. There should be enough to go around when epidemics like this happen as this is such a senseless horrible way to die. I get that it is hard to get ahead and prepared for epidemics but there should be some sort of procedures in place just in case. Also i dont see how the government could deny giving the vaccines even if there were side effects from it it is still better then death. I think ramping up things like giving out chlorine tabelts for water is a great preventitive step to reduce epidemics like this instead of just solely relying on the vaccines. I feel for the doctors who are over worked and no theres a way to help these people but cant."}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "Everyone agrees we need to fight cholera. No one can agree on how \u2014  The clinics were overwhelmed. Over just a few days in 2010, cholera had swept through the chaos of earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Violently ill patients were packing wards, slumping in tents, and dying within hours of showing their first symptoms. Dr. Louise Ivers, an infectious disease specialist, needed help. She and other medical professionals were working without sleep, besieged by a stream of weak patients struggling into the clinics. There was a vaccine available. Although the cache was not nearly large enough \u2014 and still not fully approved by the World Health Organization \u2014 Ivers and others appealed to Haitian officials to allow them to distribute the drug. The government said no. \u201cThis was a missed opportunity to save lives,\u201d Ivers, who ran a clinic in Haiti for the nonprofit Partners in Health, recalled in a recent interview. Today, the epidemic is seen as a pivotal moment in a dispute over the best way to counter cholera. On one side are public health advocates, backed by the powerful Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, who have been galvanized in their enthusiasm for vaccines. Those vaccines, they believe, can be used to make major strides against a disease that is thousands of years old, easily treated, and entirely preventable. On the other are public health officials who argue that the vaccines are not effective enough and are a Band-Aid diverting attention from the water and sanitation issues that are at the root of cholera. \u201cThis is a disease of poverty,\u201d said Shafiqul Islam, director of the Water Diplomacy Program at Tufts University. \u201cThere is a group of people who think vaccines will solve the problem. I don\u2019t think it will.\u201d Experts on both sides acknowledge the disagreement has undermined unity in the fight against cholera. The WHO has tried to straddle the divide by supporting both approaches, without settling how to pay for both. Caused by bacteria, cholera is spread through contaminated water, and it kills by massively dehydrating victims\u2019 bodies through diarrhea and vomiting. The WHO says about 100,000 people die worldwide from cholera each year. It is a rough estimate: Some countries do not report cases, and victims often die in isolated rural communities, the cause of their deaths unrecorded. The disease roars seasonally into India, Bangladesh, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and made appearances last year in 32 countries. Outbreaks typically center on Africa, South Asia, and, recently, the Middle East. There are year-to-year fluctuations in the number of cholera cases, but the overall incidence does not seem to be dropping. Two oral vaccines exist, and the most useful, called Shanchol, was available in limited supplies when the epidemic began in Haiti. It had been administered widely in Vietnam since 1997, but at the time of the Haitian crisis \u2014 which came as a handmaiden of death after the country\u2019s earthquake and ultimately killed 9,000 people \u2014 the WHO was awaiting the results of a larger study and had not signed off on international distribution. Since then, the WHO has approved the vaccine and the Gates Foundation \u2014 the source of major public health funding \u2014 has weighed in forcefully to promote its use. Among other steps, the foundation has pumped about $20 million into Shanchol and helped jumpstart manufacturing of the vaccine in India. As of mid-2013, public health officials had at their disposal a stockpile of 2 million doses that can be moved quickly to an area of need. The vaccine was used successfully in rural Guinea in 2012 and again in refugee camps in South Sudan in 2013. Some 500,000 doses have been sent to Iraq, where continuing violence has helped fuel the emergence of more than 2,000 cholera cases. Helen Matzger, senior program officer at the Gates Foundation, said the decision to promote the vaccine made sense. \u201cWhen you look at the amount of money it would take to make infrastructure improvements, that\u2019s well outside what a foundation could do,\u201d she said. But the vaccine has drawbacks: It must be administered in two doses, two weeks apart, a daunting task in an emergency. And it is far from perfect clinically \u2014 it cuts a person\u2019s risk of contracting the disease by an average of 50 percent to 65 percent over two years. After that, a recipient\u2019s immunity drops even further. More to the point, critics noted, reliance on a vaccine does not address the underlying causes of cholera. \u201cYou are really only going to solve this with an investment and infrastructure and maintenance of the infrastructure,\u201d said David Olson, deputy medical director of Doctors Without Borders. He advocates a focus on assisting the 900 million people worldwide without clean water and the 2.5 billion people without good sanitation. Ivers, now senior health and policy adviser for Partners in Health, does not dispute the importance of that goal. \u201cNobody is saying [a vaccine] replaces water and sanitation,\u201d said Ivers. \u201cBut there are still those who say spending $1 million on vaccines is $1 million we don\u2019t have to spend on water and sewer.\u201d Cholera has likely been around as long as man. As societies became urbanized, epidemics were swift, massive, and deadly. More than 14,000 died in London in an 1849 outbreak. Thousands more died when cholera reached New York that year. President James Polk was a victim. The breakthrough against this disease is medical legend. Dr. John Snow, a London physician, rejected the belief that the disease was spread by \u201cbad air,\u201d and began meticulously plotting cholera deaths on a map of Soho in 1854. His plots revealed a key crossroads around a water pump on Broad Street. He got the pump handle removed, stopped the epidemic, and proved contaminated water is the source of the disease. \u201cIt has always inspired fear because it is so sudden and horrifying,\u201d said Eric Mintz, a cholera expert at the CDC. \u201cWe really have made significant progress in understanding how cholera spreads, evolves, how it can be prevented and how it can be treated.\u201d Though naturally present in tropical, brackish waters, cholera may surge into an epidemic when human waste from a sick person contaminates water used by others for drinking, bathing, or growing crops. Without treatment, cholera can drain victims\u2019 bodies of so much fluid in just six hours that their bodies can no longer pump blood. Death follows immediately. Children can succumb even faster. The separation of sanitation and water systems in cities following Snow\u2019s revelation have largely eliminated cholera in developed countries. And doctors have learned how to effectively treat it. Quick infusion of large quantities of a simple saline solution of water, salt, and sugar \u2014 either by drinking or through an IV infusion \u2014 works. Such a solution can convert a deadly bout of cholera into an illness from which patients can recover quickly. In countries where cholera is endemic, a regular occurrence, people know to act fast. \u201cI\u2019ve had it several times,\u201d said Maimuna Majumder, an engineer who works regularly in Bangladesh. \u201cEverybody gets it every year. Everybody knows what it is.\u201d But the deadliest outbreaks occur unexpectedly. Haiti was never known to have cholera, despite its poor water and sewer infrastructure. After the earthquake, however, a United Nations peacekeeper likely brought the bacteria from Nepal, a UN investigation found. Latrine runoff from a UN camp apparently reached a major river used for drinking and washing, and the epidemic erupted within days. Ivers recalled being at a meeting and getting a message from a colleague that 100 patients had arrived overnight at a rural clinic with severe diarrhea. \u201cWe were all afraid to say the word,\u201d she recalled. \u201cEverybody was taking a deep breath, saying, \u2018Oh, please, no.\u2019\u201d Because cholera was unknown in Haiti, people did not recognize it and doctors were not used to treating it. Oral saline solutions and IVs were not there in the numbers needed. The sick crowded wards or slept in tents tended by family members, with few controls to stop further infection. \u201cIt was chaotic and fearful,\u201d said Daniele Lantagne, who was on the UN team sent to investigate the outbreak, and is now on the faculty at Tufts University. \u201cHaiti had absolutely no idea what it was. They literally thought it was voodoo, the curse of god.\u201d Ivers and Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners in Health, urged the government to improve sanitation and to buy the 200,000 available doses of Shanchol \u2014 enough for 100,000 people \u2014 and rush it into use. But the government rejected the appeal. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of criticism about the decision,\u201d said Olson, of Doctors Without Borders, who was on the ground in Haiti soon after the outbreak. \u201cBut at the time, if you had to figure out who are you going to give 100,000 doses to out of 10 million people, how do you do that?\u201d \u201cThe vaccine would not have prevented the exponential spread of the disease,\u201d said Lantagne. \u201cIt could have blunted the curve, yes, but it would not have prevented the epidemic.\u201d Ivers, who finally got approval to administer the vaccine to 45,000 Haitians as the epidemic stretched into its second year, said the results of her experiment \u2014 a 65 percent reduction in cases \u2014 proved the vaccine\u2019s worth. \u201cEven if they only had 200,000 doses in the bank, we could\u2019ve bought those and got started,\u201d Ivers said. \u201cWe could\u2019ve told the manufacturers we will buy 5 million doses, so ramp up the manufacture. We could have started. We could have done it.\u201d Ivers envisions a strategy, mostly embraced by the WHO, in which the vaccine could be used to treat the elderly and children in areas in which the disease is endemic, such as Bangladesh, before the predictable spring and fall outbreaks, and could be rushed in to try to isolate an unexpected outbreak in places like Haiti. But mobilizing vaccinations when an outbreak emerges is tough. \u201cCholera makes fools of epidemiologists. It\u2019s just so hard to predict,\u201d Olson said. \u201cIt will almost always move faster than you can move resources. We are just trying to warn people, \u2018don\u2019t get too caught up in vaccinations because you are going to have patients at any case.\u2019\u201d Added the CDC\u2019s Mintz: \u201cVaccines are not the hydrogen bomb in this war.\u201d A younger generation is injecting new voices \u2014 and new ideas \u2014 into the debate. Majumder, a doctoral engineering candidate at MIT, is seeking to link texting on mobile phones, rapidly becoming ubiquitous in the world, to the fight against cholera. She believes that if communities can begin reporting evidence of the disease sooner to medical providers, public health officials would have a head start in rushing resources to address emerging epidemics. \u201cIf we can identify the hot spots, that would be great,\u201d she said of her effort, known as the Village Zero Project. Another freshly minted researcher, Faith Wallace-Gadsden, has helped start a project in Haiti to mobilize women to sell cheap chlorine water sterilization tablets. It\u2019s a simple idea, but one she believes could work. Wallace-Gadsden contends that the dispute over vaccinations is too narrow. \u201cThe thing that is mind-blowing is the amount of money that has been spent, and it hasn\u2019t worked,\u201d she said. \u201cThe idea that people are still dying in 2015 of cholera is outrageous.\u201d", "essay": "I don't care about cholera we need to fix our own water problems here in the states before we try to help the rest of the world with their problems look at Flint Michigan we have people in America suffering without having a safe source of clean drinking water we need to help our own before we can help others."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Everyone agrees we need to fight cholera. No one can agree on how \u2014  The clinics were overwhelmed. Over just a few days in 2010, cholera had swept through the chaos of earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Violently ill patients were packing wards, slumping in tents, and dying within hours of showing their first symptoms. Dr. Louise Ivers, an infectious disease specialist, needed help. She and other medical professionals were working without sleep, besieged by a stream of weak patients struggling into the clinics. There was a vaccine available. Although the cache was not nearly large enough \u2014 and still not fully approved by the World Health Organization \u2014 Ivers and others appealed to Haitian officials to allow them to distribute the drug. The government said no. \u201cThis was a missed opportunity to save lives,\u201d Ivers, who ran a clinic in Haiti for the nonprofit Partners in Health, recalled in a recent interview. Today, the epidemic is seen as a pivotal moment in a dispute over the best way to counter cholera. On one side are public health advocates, backed by the powerful Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, who have been galvanized in their enthusiasm for vaccines. Those vaccines, they believe, can be used to make major strides against a disease that is thousands of years old, easily treated, and entirely preventable. On the other are public health officials who argue that the vaccines are not effective enough and are a Band-Aid diverting attention from the water and sanitation issues that are at the root of cholera. \u201cThis is a disease of poverty,\u201d said Shafiqul Islam, director of the Water Diplomacy Program at Tufts University. \u201cThere is a group of people who think vaccines will solve the problem. I don\u2019t think it will.\u201d Experts on both sides acknowledge the disagreement has undermined unity in the fight against cholera. The WHO has tried to straddle the divide by supporting both approaches, without settling how to pay for both. Caused by bacteria, cholera is spread through contaminated water, and it kills by massively dehydrating victims\u2019 bodies through diarrhea and vomiting. The WHO says about 100,000 people die worldwide from cholera each year. It is a rough estimate: Some countries do not report cases, and victims often die in isolated rural communities, the cause of their deaths unrecorded. The disease roars seasonally into India, Bangladesh, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and made appearances last year in 32 countries. Outbreaks typically center on Africa, South Asia, and, recently, the Middle East. There are year-to-year fluctuations in the number of cholera cases, but the overall incidence does not seem to be dropping. Two oral vaccines exist, and the most useful, called Shanchol, was available in limited supplies when the epidemic began in Haiti. It had been administered widely in Vietnam since 1997, but at the time of the Haitian crisis \u2014 which came as a handmaiden of death after the country\u2019s earthquake and ultimately killed 9,000 people \u2014 the WHO was awaiting the results of a larger study and had not signed off on international distribution. Since then, the WHO has approved the vaccine and the Gates Foundation \u2014 the source of major public health funding \u2014 has weighed in forcefully to promote its use. Among other steps, the foundation has pumped about $20 million into Shanchol and helped jumpstart manufacturing of the vaccine in India. As of mid-2013, public health officials had at their disposal a stockpile of 2 million doses that can be moved quickly to an area of need. The vaccine was used successfully in rural Guinea in 2012 and again in refugee camps in South Sudan in 2013. Some 500,000 doses have been sent to Iraq, where continuing violence has helped fuel the emergence of more than 2,000 cholera cases. Helen Matzger, senior program officer at the Gates Foundation, said the decision to promote the vaccine made sense. \u201cWhen you look at the amount of money it would take to make infrastructure improvements, that\u2019s well outside what a foundation could do,\u201d she said. But the vaccine has drawbacks: It must be administered in two doses, two weeks apart, a daunting task in an emergency. And it is far from perfect clinically \u2014 it cuts a person\u2019s risk of contracting the disease by an average of 50 percent to 65 percent over two years. After that, a recipient\u2019s immunity drops even further. More to the point, critics noted, reliance on a vaccine does not address the underlying causes of cholera. \u201cYou are really only going to solve this with an investment and infrastructure and maintenance of the infrastructure,\u201d said David Olson, deputy medical director of Doctors Without Borders. He advocates a focus on assisting the 900 million people worldwide without clean water and the 2.5 billion people without good sanitation. Ivers, now senior health and policy adviser for Partners in Health, does not dispute the importance of that goal. \u201cNobody is saying [a vaccine] replaces water and sanitation,\u201d said Ivers. \u201cBut there are still those who say spending $1 million on vaccines is $1 million we don\u2019t have to spend on water and sewer.\u201d Cholera has likely been around as long as man. As societies became urbanized, epidemics were swift, massive, and deadly. More than 14,000 died in London in an 1849 outbreak. Thousands more died when cholera reached New York that year. President James Polk was a victim. The breakthrough against this disease is medical legend. Dr. John Snow, a London physician, rejected the belief that the disease was spread by \u201cbad air,\u201d and began meticulously plotting cholera deaths on a map of Soho in 1854. His plots revealed a key crossroads around a water pump on Broad Street. He got the pump handle removed, stopped the epidemic, and proved contaminated water is the source of the disease. \u201cIt has always inspired fear because it is so sudden and horrifying,\u201d said Eric Mintz, a cholera expert at the CDC. \u201cWe really have made significant progress in understanding how cholera spreads, evolves, how it can be prevented and how it can be treated.\u201d Though naturally present in tropical, brackish waters, cholera may surge into an epidemic when human waste from a sick person contaminates water used by others for drinking, bathing, or growing crops. Without treatment, cholera can drain victims\u2019 bodies of so much fluid in just six hours that their bodies can no longer pump blood. Death follows immediately. Children can succumb even faster. The separation of sanitation and water systems in cities following Snow\u2019s revelation have largely eliminated cholera in developed countries. And doctors have learned how to effectively treat it. Quick infusion of large quantities of a simple saline solution of water, salt, and sugar \u2014 either by drinking or through an IV infusion \u2014 works. Such a solution can convert a deadly bout of cholera into an illness from which patients can recover quickly. In countries where cholera is endemic, a regular occurrence, people know to act fast. \u201cI\u2019ve had it several times,\u201d said Maimuna Majumder, an engineer who works regularly in Bangladesh. \u201cEverybody gets it every year. Everybody knows what it is.\u201d But the deadliest outbreaks occur unexpectedly. Haiti was never known to have cholera, despite its poor water and sewer infrastructure. After the earthquake, however, a United Nations peacekeeper likely brought the bacteria from Nepal, a UN investigation found. Latrine runoff from a UN camp apparently reached a major river used for drinking and washing, and the epidemic erupted within days. Ivers recalled being at a meeting and getting a message from a colleague that 100 patients had arrived overnight at a rural clinic with severe diarrhea. \u201cWe were all afraid to say the word,\u201d she recalled. \u201cEverybody was taking a deep breath, saying, \u2018Oh, please, no.\u2019\u201d Because cholera was unknown in Haiti, people did not recognize it and doctors were not used to treating it. Oral saline solutions and IVs were not there in the numbers needed. The sick crowded wards or slept in tents tended by family members, with few controls to stop further infection. \u201cIt was chaotic and fearful,\u201d said Daniele Lantagne, who was on the UN team sent to investigate the outbreak, and is now on the faculty at Tufts University. \u201cHaiti had absolutely no idea what it was. They literally thought it was voodoo, the curse of god.\u201d Ivers and Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners in Health, urged the government to improve sanitation and to buy the 200,000 available doses of Shanchol \u2014 enough for 100,000 people \u2014 and rush it into use. But the government rejected the appeal. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of criticism about the decision,\u201d said Olson, of Doctors Without Borders, who was on the ground in Haiti soon after the outbreak. \u201cBut at the time, if you had to figure out who are you going to give 100,000 doses to out of 10 million people, how do you do that?\u201d \u201cThe vaccine would not have prevented the exponential spread of the disease,\u201d said Lantagne. \u201cIt could have blunted the curve, yes, but it would not have prevented the epidemic.\u201d Ivers, who finally got approval to administer the vaccine to 45,000 Haitians as the epidemic stretched into its second year, said the results of her experiment \u2014 a 65 percent reduction in cases \u2014 proved the vaccine\u2019s worth. \u201cEven if they only had 200,000 doses in the bank, we could\u2019ve bought those and got started,\u201d Ivers said. \u201cWe could\u2019ve told the manufacturers we will buy 5 million doses, so ramp up the manufacture. We could have started. We could have done it.\u201d Ivers envisions a strategy, mostly embraced by the WHO, in which the vaccine could be used to treat the elderly and children in areas in which the disease is endemic, such as Bangladesh, before the predictable spring and fall outbreaks, and could be rushed in to try to isolate an unexpected outbreak in places like Haiti. But mobilizing vaccinations when an outbreak emerges is tough. \u201cCholera makes fools of epidemiologists. It\u2019s just so hard to predict,\u201d Olson said. \u201cIt will almost always move faster than you can move resources. We are just trying to warn people, \u2018don\u2019t get too caught up in vaccinations because you are going to have patients at any case.\u2019\u201d Added the CDC\u2019s Mintz: \u201cVaccines are not the hydrogen bomb in this war.\u201d A younger generation is injecting new voices \u2014 and new ideas \u2014 into the debate. Majumder, a doctoral engineering candidate at MIT, is seeking to link texting on mobile phones, rapidly becoming ubiquitous in the world, to the fight against cholera. She believes that if communities can begin reporting evidence of the disease sooner to medical providers, public health officials would have a head start in rushing resources to address emerging epidemics. \u201cIf we can identify the hot spots, that would be great,\u201d she said of her effort, known as the Village Zero Project. Another freshly minted researcher, Faith Wallace-Gadsden, has helped start a project in Haiti to mobilize women to sell cheap chlorine water sterilization tablets. It\u2019s a simple idea, but one she believes could work. Wallace-Gadsden contends that the dispute over vaccinations is too narrow. \u201cThe thing that is mind-blowing is the amount of money that has been spent, and it hasn\u2019t worked,\u201d she said. \u201cThe idea that people are still dying in 2015 of cholera is outrageous.\u201d", "essay": "I think that two things can be true at one time. I think that giving aid to the people to fight the disease can be a good things and I also think that cleaning the water supply for the people would not have to deal with the disease in the future is also a good thing. I lean more towards fixing the problem long term but short term help is also good."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Airline worker gunned down at Oklahoma City airport, suspect found dead \u2014  A gunman murdered a Southwest Airlines employee, then killed himself Tuesday at Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport in what police described as a premeditated attack.   Michael Winchester, 52, was shot while walking between a crowded terminal and the airport employee parking area. The unidentified suspect was later found dead in a pickup truck in public parking garage overlooking the scene. Police said the suspect appeared to die of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Oklahoma City Police Capt. Paco Balderrama said the shooter apparently knew the victim's schedule and routine.   \"This individual went there and waited for the employee to either be coming or going to take this opportunity,\" Balderrama said. He wouldn't say conclusively that it was a \"sniper-type\" attack. A LinkedIn page with Winchester's name described him as a ramp supervisor for Southwest and said he was from Washington, Okla., about 35 miles south of the airport.   Southwest spokeswoman Brandy King said in a statement that the airline would cancel all flights scheduled to depart Oklahoma City for the remainder of the day Tuesday.   The 1 p.m. shooting set off a scramble at the airport, with police immediately closing the sprawling complex and asking passengers inside to seek cover. They diverted incoming flights and refused to give already-loaded aircraft permission to leave. There were concerns the gunman might have entered the terminal and mingled among passengers or employees. \"We have a heightened level of security all the time. These people have access to aircraft so we're very concerned about that,\" airport spokeswoman Karen Carney said. Hundreds of people were stranded inside the terminal for more than three hours before officers began letting them leave slowly. Carney said about 300 people were held on aircraft away from the terminal after their planes landed ahead of a ground stop. Once police determined that a suspect found in a red pickup truck on the second floor of a public parking garage was dead, officers gave an all-clear. The airport handles between 7,000 and 8,000 passengers daily for Alaska, Delta, Southwest and United airlines and has a separate terminal that serves as a transfer center for federal inmates. A jet carrying inmates to the transfer site was allowed to land while the rest of the airport was shuttered. Video from a television station helicopter showed what appeared to be a pool of blood about 100 feet from the airport's employee parking area -- and about 100 yards from the airport's ticket counters and departure area. While airports have high security, it wasn't immediately known whether surveillance cameras might show the shooting, Balderrama said. Balderrama initially said police had received reports of a possible second victim, but no one was found. Police found the suspect's truck in the garage about three hours after the shooting and determined that someone was inside. They were not sure whether he was dead or alive. After about 75 minutes, using a robot, officers determined the suspect was dead. A number of inbound flights were diverted to other airports after Will Rogers suspended operations. Southwest redirected one flight back to Dallas while a Las Vegas to Houston flight that stops in Oklahoma City went to Amarillo, Texas, instead. Two commercial flights from Chicago's O'Hare Airport were directed to Tulsa, about 100 miles away. Michael Winchester was a punter on the University of Oklahoma's 1985 national championship team. His son, James, also played for the school and currently plays for the Kansas City Chiefs. \"Our hearts are truly heavy for the entire Winchester Family. Mike was a former Sooner student athlete as was his son James/daughter Carolyn,\" the school's athletic director, Joe Castiglione, tweeted Tuesday afternoon. He added \"daughter Becca was also a student athlete. Please keep this beautiful family in your prayers\" in a later tweet.", "essay": "We need gun control now. The amount of deaths like this airline worked being gunned down is everyday news at this point. Everyday is a new story about a new death due to guns. Pro gun activists say that cars or tobacco kill people more but those arent made to kill people and guns are and they do kill people."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Airline worker gunned down at Oklahoma City airport, suspect found dead \u2014  A gunman murdered a Southwest Airlines employee, then killed himself Tuesday at Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport in what police described as a premeditated attack.   Michael Winchester, 52, was shot while walking between a crowded terminal and the airport employee parking area. The unidentified suspect was later found dead in a pickup truck in public parking garage overlooking the scene. Police said the suspect appeared to die of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Oklahoma City Police Capt. Paco Balderrama said the shooter apparently knew the victim's schedule and routine.   \"This individual went there and waited for the employee to either be coming or going to take this opportunity,\" Balderrama said. He wouldn't say conclusively that it was a \"sniper-type\" attack. A LinkedIn page with Winchester's name described him as a ramp supervisor for Southwest and said he was from Washington, Okla., about 35 miles south of the airport.   Southwest spokeswoman Brandy King said in a statement that the airline would cancel all flights scheduled to depart Oklahoma City for the remainder of the day Tuesday.   The 1 p.m. shooting set off a scramble at the airport, with police immediately closing the sprawling complex and asking passengers inside to seek cover. They diverted incoming flights and refused to give already-loaded aircraft permission to leave. There were concerns the gunman might have entered the terminal and mingled among passengers or employees. \"We have a heightened level of security all the time. These people have access to aircraft so we're very concerned about that,\" airport spokeswoman Karen Carney said. Hundreds of people were stranded inside the terminal for more than three hours before officers began letting them leave slowly. Carney said about 300 people were held on aircraft away from the terminal after their planes landed ahead of a ground stop. Once police determined that a suspect found in a red pickup truck on the second floor of a public parking garage was dead, officers gave an all-clear. The airport handles between 7,000 and 8,000 passengers daily for Alaska, Delta, Southwest and United airlines and has a separate terminal that serves as a transfer center for federal inmates. A jet carrying inmates to the transfer site was allowed to land while the rest of the airport was shuttered. Video from a television station helicopter showed what appeared to be a pool of blood about 100 feet from the airport's employee parking area -- and about 100 yards from the airport's ticket counters and departure area. While airports have high security, it wasn't immediately known whether surveillance cameras might show the shooting, Balderrama said. Balderrama initially said police had received reports of a possible second victim, but no one was found. Police found the suspect's truck in the garage about three hours after the shooting and determined that someone was inside. They were not sure whether he was dead or alive. After about 75 minutes, using a robot, officers determined the suspect was dead. A number of inbound flights were diverted to other airports after Will Rogers suspended operations. Southwest redirected one flight back to Dallas while a Las Vegas to Houston flight that stops in Oklahoma City went to Amarillo, Texas, instead. Two commercial flights from Chicago's O'Hare Airport were directed to Tulsa, about 100 miles away. Michael Winchester was a punter on the University of Oklahoma's 1985 national championship team. His son, James, also played for the school and currently plays for the Kansas City Chiefs. \"Our hearts are truly heavy for the entire Winchester Family. Mike was a former Sooner student athlete as was his son James/daughter Carolyn,\" the school's athletic director, Joe Castiglione, tweeted Tuesday afternoon. He added \"daughter Becca was also a student athlete. Please keep this beautiful family in your prayers\" in a later tweet.", "essay": "Sometimes I wonder about the impetus that drives people who murder other people. I think there would be a lot less murder if guns didn't make it so simple. Pulling a trigger. Driving a blade into someone would take a lot more conviction that simply shooting a bullet. I don't know. Have you ever felt like killing another person?"}
{"user_id": "ec_p040", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 45 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 52000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 3.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 45, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 52000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 3.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "Airline worker gunned down at Oklahoma City airport, suspect found dead \u2014  A gunman murdered a Southwest Airlines employee, then killed himself Tuesday at Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport in what police described as a premeditated attack.   Michael Winchester, 52, was shot while walking between a crowded terminal and the airport employee parking area. The unidentified suspect was later found dead in a pickup truck in public parking garage overlooking the scene. Police said the suspect appeared to die of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Oklahoma City Police Capt. Paco Balderrama said the shooter apparently knew the victim's schedule and routine.   \"This individual went there and waited for the employee to either be coming or going to take this opportunity,\" Balderrama said. He wouldn't say conclusively that it was a \"sniper-type\" attack. A LinkedIn page with Winchester's name described him as a ramp supervisor for Southwest and said he was from Washington, Okla., about 35 miles south of the airport.   Southwest spokeswoman Brandy King said in a statement that the airline would cancel all flights scheduled to depart Oklahoma City for the remainder of the day Tuesday.   The 1 p.m. shooting set off a scramble at the airport, with police immediately closing the sprawling complex and asking passengers inside to seek cover. They diverted incoming flights and refused to give already-loaded aircraft permission to leave. There were concerns the gunman might have entered the terminal and mingled among passengers or employees. \"We have a heightened level of security all the time. These people have access to aircraft so we're very concerned about that,\" airport spokeswoman Karen Carney said. Hundreds of people were stranded inside the terminal for more than three hours before officers began letting them leave slowly. Carney said about 300 people were held on aircraft away from the terminal after their planes landed ahead of a ground stop. Once police determined that a suspect found in a red pickup truck on the second floor of a public parking garage was dead, officers gave an all-clear. The airport handles between 7,000 and 8,000 passengers daily for Alaska, Delta, Southwest and United airlines and has a separate terminal that serves as a transfer center for federal inmates. A jet carrying inmates to the transfer site was allowed to land while the rest of the airport was shuttered. Video from a television station helicopter showed what appeared to be a pool of blood about 100 feet from the airport's employee parking area -- and about 100 yards from the airport's ticket counters and departure area. While airports have high security, it wasn't immediately known whether surveillance cameras might show the shooting, Balderrama said. Balderrama initially said police had received reports of a possible second victim, but no one was found. Police found the suspect's truck in the garage about three hours after the shooting and determined that someone was inside. They were not sure whether he was dead or alive. After about 75 minutes, using a robot, officers determined the suspect was dead. A number of inbound flights were diverted to other airports after Will Rogers suspended operations. Southwest redirected one flight back to Dallas while a Las Vegas to Houston flight that stops in Oklahoma City went to Amarillo, Texas, instead. Two commercial flights from Chicago's O'Hare Airport were directed to Tulsa, about 100 miles away. Michael Winchester was a punter on the University of Oklahoma's 1985 national championship team. His son, James, also played for the school and currently plays for the Kansas City Chiefs. \"Our hearts are truly heavy for the entire Winchester Family. Mike was a former Sooner student athlete as was his son James/daughter Carolyn,\" the school's athletic director, Joe Castiglione, tweeted Tuesday afternoon. He added \"daughter Becca was also a student athlete. Please keep this beautiful family in your prayers\" in a later tweet.", "essay": "I think it is very sad. I think many people are turning to suicide because they are desperate. They are depressed and can't take it anymore. It is an awful place to be in. The family was well known but that does not keep them safe from the depression or despair that can hit anyone at any time. You should look out for one another. It is a very tough world out there. It is very easy to slip into a depression. This did not have to happen to him."}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "Airline worker gunned down at Oklahoma City airport, suspect found dead \u2014  A gunman murdered a Southwest Airlines employee, then killed himself Tuesday at Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport in what police described as a premeditated attack.   Michael Winchester, 52, was shot while walking between a crowded terminal and the airport employee parking area. The unidentified suspect was later found dead in a pickup truck in public parking garage overlooking the scene. Police said the suspect appeared to die of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Oklahoma City Police Capt. Paco Balderrama said the shooter apparently knew the victim's schedule and routine.   \"This individual went there and waited for the employee to either be coming or going to take this opportunity,\" Balderrama said. He wouldn't say conclusively that it was a \"sniper-type\" attack. A LinkedIn page with Winchester's name described him as a ramp supervisor for Southwest and said he was from Washington, Okla., about 35 miles south of the airport.   Southwest spokeswoman Brandy King said in a statement that the airline would cancel all flights scheduled to depart Oklahoma City for the remainder of the day Tuesday.   The 1 p.m. shooting set off a scramble at the airport, with police immediately closing the sprawling complex and asking passengers inside to seek cover. They diverted incoming flights and refused to give already-loaded aircraft permission to leave. There were concerns the gunman might have entered the terminal and mingled among passengers or employees. \"We have a heightened level of security all the time. These people have access to aircraft so we're very concerned about that,\" airport spokeswoman Karen Carney said. Hundreds of people were stranded inside the terminal for more than three hours before officers began letting them leave slowly. Carney said about 300 people were held on aircraft away from the terminal after their planes landed ahead of a ground stop. Once police determined that a suspect found in a red pickup truck on the second floor of a public parking garage was dead, officers gave an all-clear. The airport handles between 7,000 and 8,000 passengers daily for Alaska, Delta, Southwest and United airlines and has a separate terminal that serves as a transfer center for federal inmates. A jet carrying inmates to the transfer site was allowed to land while the rest of the airport was shuttered. Video from a television station helicopter showed what appeared to be a pool of blood about 100 feet from the airport's employee parking area -- and about 100 yards from the airport's ticket counters and departure area. While airports have high security, it wasn't immediately known whether surveillance cameras might show the shooting, Balderrama said. Balderrama initially said police had received reports of a possible second victim, but no one was found. Police found the suspect's truck in the garage about three hours after the shooting and determined that someone was inside. They were not sure whether he was dead or alive. After about 75 minutes, using a robot, officers determined the suspect was dead. A number of inbound flights were diverted to other airports after Will Rogers suspended operations. Southwest redirected one flight back to Dallas while a Las Vegas to Houston flight that stops in Oklahoma City went to Amarillo, Texas, instead. Two commercial flights from Chicago's O'Hare Airport were directed to Tulsa, about 100 miles away. Michael Winchester was a punter on the University of Oklahoma's 1985 national championship team. His son, James, also played for the school and currently plays for the Kansas City Chiefs. \"Our hearts are truly heavy for the entire Winchester Family. Mike was a former Sooner student athlete as was his son James/daughter Carolyn,\" the school's athletic director, Joe Castiglione, tweeted Tuesday afternoon. He added \"daughter Becca was also a student athlete. Please keep this beautiful family in your prayers\" in a later tweet.", "essay": "It is sad to see the shooting of people and in the airport too it seems the world is going crazy there is all this violence everywhere you go you can't even go out any more without having to worry about these mass shootings and public shootings this is a very dangerous time we live in and we need to be safe"}
{"user_id": "ec_p067", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 5000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 3.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 3.5 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 5000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 3.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 3.5, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "Airline worker gunned down at Oklahoma City airport, suspect found dead \u2014  A gunman murdered a Southwest Airlines employee, then killed himself Tuesday at Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport in what police described as a premeditated attack.   Michael Winchester, 52, was shot while walking between a crowded terminal and the airport employee parking area. The unidentified suspect was later found dead in a pickup truck in public parking garage overlooking the scene. Police said the suspect appeared to die of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Oklahoma City Police Capt. Paco Balderrama said the shooter apparently knew the victim's schedule and routine.   \"This individual went there and waited for the employee to either be coming or going to take this opportunity,\" Balderrama said. He wouldn't say conclusively that it was a \"sniper-type\" attack. A LinkedIn page with Winchester's name described him as a ramp supervisor for Southwest and said he was from Washington, Okla., about 35 miles south of the airport.   Southwest spokeswoman Brandy King said in a statement that the airline would cancel all flights scheduled to depart Oklahoma City for the remainder of the day Tuesday.   The 1 p.m. shooting set off a scramble at the airport, with police immediately closing the sprawling complex and asking passengers inside to seek cover. They diverted incoming flights and refused to give already-loaded aircraft permission to leave. There were concerns the gunman might have entered the terminal and mingled among passengers or employees. \"We have a heightened level of security all the time. These people have access to aircraft so we're very concerned about that,\" airport spokeswoman Karen Carney said. Hundreds of people were stranded inside the terminal for more than three hours before officers began letting them leave slowly. Carney said about 300 people were held on aircraft away from the terminal after their planes landed ahead of a ground stop. Once police determined that a suspect found in a red pickup truck on the second floor of a public parking garage was dead, officers gave an all-clear. The airport handles between 7,000 and 8,000 passengers daily for Alaska, Delta, Southwest and United airlines and has a separate terminal that serves as a transfer center for federal inmates. A jet carrying inmates to the transfer site was allowed to land while the rest of the airport was shuttered. Video from a television station helicopter showed what appeared to be a pool of blood about 100 feet from the airport's employee parking area -- and about 100 yards from the airport's ticket counters and departure area. While airports have high security, it wasn't immediately known whether surveillance cameras might show the shooting, Balderrama said. Balderrama initially said police had received reports of a possible second victim, but no one was found. Police found the suspect's truck in the garage about three hours after the shooting and determined that someone was inside. They were not sure whether he was dead or alive. After about 75 minutes, using a robot, officers determined the suspect was dead. A number of inbound flights were diverted to other airports after Will Rogers suspended operations. Southwest redirected one flight back to Dallas while a Las Vegas to Houston flight that stops in Oklahoma City went to Amarillo, Texas, instead. Two commercial flights from Chicago's O'Hare Airport were directed to Tulsa, about 100 miles away. Michael Winchester was a punter on the University of Oklahoma's 1985 national championship team. His son, James, also played for the school and currently plays for the Kansas City Chiefs. \"Our hearts are truly heavy for the entire Winchester Family. Mike was a former Sooner student athlete as was his son James/daughter Carolyn,\" the school's athletic director, Joe Castiglione, tweeted Tuesday afternoon. He added \"daughter Becca was also a student athlete. Please keep this beautiful family in your prayers\" in a later tweet.", "essay": "That's awful, I feel that Oklahoma City might not be as safe as I thought. After 9/11 they raised security around airplanes a lot, but it hasn't been perfect. They probably can never get it perfect. I guess it wasn't terrorism exactly though? Just a regular murder. That's just awful either way. There should definitely be a thorough investigation."}
{"user_id": "ec_p045", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 49 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 37000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 49, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 37000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "India Kashmir: The teenager blinded by pellets \u2014  Photographer Abid Bhat here describes the life of 14-year-old Insha Mushtaq, who lost vision in both her eyes after being hit by pellets in Indian-administered Kashmir. \"I just want to ask the security personnel who fired pellets at me what my fault was,\" Miss Mushtaq says, as she stands by the same window she was sitting at when pellets blinded her. She has been in and out of hospitals for the past three months in an attempt to regain her vision. Nothing has worked so far, but she remains hopeful. Ms Mushtaq says she wanted to become a doctor before losing her vision. She brings out her text books to show me, and flips the pages though she cannot read them anymore. \"I can only feel them now,\" she says tearfully. Concern in Kashmir over police pellet guns Photoshopped celebrities used for Kashmir pellet gun campaign She also shows me a school photo identity card. The continuing unrest in Indian-administered Kashmir has seen the deaths of 89 civilians with thousands injured. India blames Pakistan for stirring up violence in the region, a charge that it denies. Both countries claim Kashmir in its entirety but only control parts of it. The region has been a flashpoint for more than 60 years, sparking two wars between the countries. Within the Muslim-majority territory, some militant groups have taken up arms to fight for independence from Indian rule or a merger with Pakistan. And the widespread use of pellet guns to quell protests in recent months has led to more than a thousand people sustaining eye injuries. Pellet guns - a form of shotgun - were first used by the police as a non-lethal weapon to quell protests in Indian-administered Kashmir in 2010. They are normally used for hunting animals. The gun fires a cluster of small, round-shaped pellets, which resemble iron balls, at high velocity. A pellet gun cartridge can contain up to 500 such pellets. When the cartridge explodes, the pellets disperse in all directions. They are less lethal than bullets but can cause serious injuries, especially if they hit the eye. Doctors treating pellet gun wounds in Kashmir told the Indian Express newspaper they were seeing \"sharp and more irregular-shaped pellets\" which were causing \"more damage\" this time. Miss Mushtaq's family is struggling to come to terms with her injuries. Her mother bursts into tears as a family member helps Ms Mushtaq don a scarf and sunglasses to hide her eyes and scarred face. \"If she was killed, I would have been able to overcome the grief but the sight of her blinded eyes kills me every day,\" her father says as he shows me pictures of her daughter in the hospital ICU. As for Miss Mushtaq herself, she is trying to stay positive. She greets every guest coming to enquire about her health with a smile, drinks her tea and tries to console her family members and relatives. Later, she goes out for a walk with some of her relatives, smile still intact. But, for her and many others like her, it is going to be a long and difficult road ahead.", "essay": "The situation in Kashmir has been difficult for some time. I'm not sure, though, if India wants to keep good relations with their provinces, why they would do these kinds of things. These pellet firing weapons are too random, with results like we see in the article. They need to take a more benevelont attitude if they want to keep the region."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "India Kashmir: The teenager blinded by pellets \u2014  Photographer Abid Bhat here describes the life of 14-year-old Insha Mushtaq, who lost vision in both her eyes after being hit by pellets in Indian-administered Kashmir. \"I just want to ask the security personnel who fired pellets at me what my fault was,\" Miss Mushtaq says, as she stands by the same window she was sitting at when pellets blinded her. She has been in and out of hospitals for the past three months in an attempt to regain her vision. Nothing has worked so far, but she remains hopeful. Ms Mushtaq says she wanted to become a doctor before losing her vision. She brings out her text books to show me, and flips the pages though she cannot read them anymore. \"I can only feel them now,\" she says tearfully. Concern in Kashmir over police pellet guns Photoshopped celebrities used for Kashmir pellet gun campaign She also shows me a school photo identity card. The continuing unrest in Indian-administered Kashmir has seen the deaths of 89 civilians with thousands injured. India blames Pakistan for stirring up violence in the region, a charge that it denies. Both countries claim Kashmir in its entirety but only control parts of it. The region has been a flashpoint for more than 60 years, sparking two wars between the countries. Within the Muslim-majority territory, some militant groups have taken up arms to fight for independence from Indian rule or a merger with Pakistan. And the widespread use of pellet guns to quell protests in recent months has led to more than a thousand people sustaining eye injuries. Pellet guns - a form of shotgun - were first used by the police as a non-lethal weapon to quell protests in Indian-administered Kashmir in 2010. They are normally used for hunting animals. The gun fires a cluster of small, round-shaped pellets, which resemble iron balls, at high velocity. A pellet gun cartridge can contain up to 500 such pellets. When the cartridge explodes, the pellets disperse in all directions. They are less lethal than bullets but can cause serious injuries, especially if they hit the eye. Doctors treating pellet gun wounds in Kashmir told the Indian Express newspaper they were seeing \"sharp and more irregular-shaped pellets\" which were causing \"more damage\" this time. Miss Mushtaq's family is struggling to come to terms with her injuries. Her mother bursts into tears as a family member helps Ms Mushtaq don a scarf and sunglasses to hide her eyes and scarred face. \"If she was killed, I would have been able to overcome the grief but the sight of her blinded eyes kills me every day,\" her father says as he shows me pictures of her daughter in the hospital ICU. As for Miss Mushtaq herself, she is trying to stay positive. She greets every guest coming to enquire about her health with a smile, drinks her tea and tries to console her family members and relatives. Later, she goes out for a walk with some of her relatives, smile still intact. But, for her and many others like her, it is going to be a long and difficult road ahead.", "essay": "The fact that it wasn't criminals that did this to the poor girl but security personnel speaks volumes on the world as a society. Pellets are seen as not harmful but the reality is they c an even cause blindness. We must do what is right and correct the wrongs in society by educating people on the harms that they cause."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "India Kashmir: The teenager blinded by pellets \u2014  Photographer Abid Bhat here describes the life of 14-year-old Insha Mushtaq, who lost vision in both her eyes after being hit by pellets in Indian-administered Kashmir. \"I just want to ask the security personnel who fired pellets at me what my fault was,\" Miss Mushtaq says, as she stands by the same window she was sitting at when pellets blinded her. She has been in and out of hospitals for the past three months in an attempt to regain her vision. Nothing has worked so far, but she remains hopeful. Ms Mushtaq says she wanted to become a doctor before losing her vision. She brings out her text books to show me, and flips the pages though she cannot read them anymore. \"I can only feel them now,\" she says tearfully. Concern in Kashmir over police pellet guns Photoshopped celebrities used for Kashmir pellet gun campaign She also shows me a school photo identity card. The continuing unrest in Indian-administered Kashmir has seen the deaths of 89 civilians with thousands injured. India blames Pakistan for stirring up violence in the region, a charge that it denies. Both countries claim Kashmir in its entirety but only control parts of it. The region has been a flashpoint for more than 60 years, sparking two wars between the countries. Within the Muslim-majority territory, some militant groups have taken up arms to fight for independence from Indian rule or a merger with Pakistan. And the widespread use of pellet guns to quell protests in recent months has led to more than a thousand people sustaining eye injuries. Pellet guns - a form of shotgun - were first used by the police as a non-lethal weapon to quell protests in Indian-administered Kashmir in 2010. They are normally used for hunting animals. The gun fires a cluster of small, round-shaped pellets, which resemble iron balls, at high velocity. A pellet gun cartridge can contain up to 500 such pellets. When the cartridge explodes, the pellets disperse in all directions. They are less lethal than bullets but can cause serious injuries, especially if they hit the eye. Doctors treating pellet gun wounds in Kashmir told the Indian Express newspaper they were seeing \"sharp and more irregular-shaped pellets\" which were causing \"more damage\" this time. Miss Mushtaq's family is struggling to come to terms with her injuries. Her mother bursts into tears as a family member helps Ms Mushtaq don a scarf and sunglasses to hide her eyes and scarred face. \"If she was killed, I would have been able to overcome the grief but the sight of her blinded eyes kills me every day,\" her father says as he shows me pictures of her daughter in the hospital ICU. As for Miss Mushtaq herself, she is trying to stay positive. She greets every guest coming to enquire about her health with a smile, drinks her tea and tries to console her family members and relatives. Later, she goes out for a walk with some of her relatives, smile still intact. But, for her and many others like her, it is going to be a long and difficult road ahead.", "essay": "I believe that the photographer that happened to describe the life of Insha hit the nail on the head with this description of the life of her after the blindness. A pellet gun has up to 500 pellets and the fact that  she was hit by these pellets in a Kashmir tell me they are not properly trained. I feel like this is a problem all throughout the world. We need to train people better."}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "India Kashmir: The teenager blinded by pellets \u2014  Photographer Abid Bhat here describes the life of 14-year-old Insha Mushtaq, who lost vision in both her eyes after being hit by pellets in Indian-administered Kashmir. \"I just want to ask the security personnel who fired pellets at me what my fault was,\" Miss Mushtaq says, as she stands by the same window she was sitting at when pellets blinded her. She has been in and out of hospitals for the past three months in an attempt to regain her vision. Nothing has worked so far, but she remains hopeful. Ms Mushtaq says she wanted to become a doctor before losing her vision. She brings out her text books to show me, and flips the pages though she cannot read them anymore. \"I can only feel them now,\" she says tearfully. Concern in Kashmir over police pellet guns Photoshopped celebrities used for Kashmir pellet gun campaign She also shows me a school photo identity card. The continuing unrest in Indian-administered Kashmir has seen the deaths of 89 civilians with thousands injured. India blames Pakistan for stirring up violence in the region, a charge that it denies. Both countries claim Kashmir in its entirety but only control parts of it. The region has been a flashpoint for more than 60 years, sparking two wars between the countries. Within the Muslim-majority territory, some militant groups have taken up arms to fight for independence from Indian rule or a merger with Pakistan. And the widespread use of pellet guns to quell protests in recent months has led to more than a thousand people sustaining eye injuries. Pellet guns - a form of shotgun - were first used by the police as a non-lethal weapon to quell protests in Indian-administered Kashmir in 2010. They are normally used for hunting animals. The gun fires a cluster of small, round-shaped pellets, which resemble iron balls, at high velocity. A pellet gun cartridge can contain up to 500 such pellets. When the cartridge explodes, the pellets disperse in all directions. They are less lethal than bullets but can cause serious injuries, especially if they hit the eye. Doctors treating pellet gun wounds in Kashmir told the Indian Express newspaper they were seeing \"sharp and more irregular-shaped pellets\" which were causing \"more damage\" this time. Miss Mushtaq's family is struggling to come to terms with her injuries. Her mother bursts into tears as a family member helps Ms Mushtaq don a scarf and sunglasses to hide her eyes and scarred face. \"If she was killed, I would have been able to overcome the grief but the sight of her blinded eyes kills me every day,\" her father says as he shows me pictures of her daughter in the hospital ICU. As for Miss Mushtaq herself, she is trying to stay positive. She greets every guest coming to enquire about her health with a smile, drinks her tea and tries to console her family members and relatives. Later, she goes out for a walk with some of her relatives, smile still intact. But, for her and many others like her, it is going to be a long and difficult road ahead.", "essay": "So their fighting over Kashmir again I really don't care about these people they are always fighting one another I think they fought 3 wars over the region already and now they have Nukes so I am sure they will kill each other off pretty soon which would be good for the planet we need less humans here."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "India Kashmir: The teenager blinded by pellets \u2014  Photographer Abid Bhat here describes the life of 14-year-old Insha Mushtaq, who lost vision in both her eyes after being hit by pellets in Indian-administered Kashmir. \"I just want to ask the security personnel who fired pellets at me what my fault was,\" Miss Mushtaq says, as she stands by the same window she was sitting at when pellets blinded her. She has been in and out of hospitals for the past three months in an attempt to regain her vision. Nothing has worked so far, but she remains hopeful. Ms Mushtaq says she wanted to become a doctor before losing her vision. She brings out her text books to show me, and flips the pages though she cannot read them anymore. \"I can only feel them now,\" she says tearfully. Concern in Kashmir over police pellet guns Photoshopped celebrities used for Kashmir pellet gun campaign She also shows me a school photo identity card. The continuing unrest in Indian-administered Kashmir has seen the deaths of 89 civilians with thousands injured. India blames Pakistan for stirring up violence in the region, a charge that it denies. Both countries claim Kashmir in its entirety but only control parts of it. The region has been a flashpoint for more than 60 years, sparking two wars between the countries. Within the Muslim-majority territory, some militant groups have taken up arms to fight for independence from Indian rule or a merger with Pakistan. And the widespread use of pellet guns to quell protests in recent months has led to more than a thousand people sustaining eye injuries. Pellet guns - a form of shotgun - were first used by the police as a non-lethal weapon to quell protests in Indian-administered Kashmir in 2010. They are normally used for hunting animals. The gun fires a cluster of small, round-shaped pellets, which resemble iron balls, at high velocity. A pellet gun cartridge can contain up to 500 such pellets. When the cartridge explodes, the pellets disperse in all directions. They are less lethal than bullets but can cause serious injuries, especially if they hit the eye. Doctors treating pellet gun wounds in Kashmir told the Indian Express newspaper they were seeing \"sharp and more irregular-shaped pellets\" which were causing \"more damage\" this time. Miss Mushtaq's family is struggling to come to terms with her injuries. Her mother bursts into tears as a family member helps Ms Mushtaq don a scarf and sunglasses to hide her eyes and scarred face. \"If she was killed, I would have been able to overcome the grief but the sight of her blinded eyes kills me every day,\" her father says as he shows me pictures of her daughter in the hospital ICU. As for Miss Mushtaq herself, she is trying to stay positive. She greets every guest coming to enquire about her health with a smile, drinks her tea and tries to console her family members and relatives. Later, she goes out for a walk with some of her relatives, smile still intact. But, for her and many others like her, it is going to be a long and difficult road ahead.", "essay": "I feel very sorry for the girl who lost her eye slight to the pallet gun. It is a new way of thinking about non deathly weapons. I think the girl's father was right and wrong at the same time. I think it is better that she was not killed, but I understand his and her pain about her losing the ability to see and how it changed her life."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Burma\u2019s Aung San Suu Kyi under fire as alleged military abuse follows militant attack \u2014  SITTWE, Burma \u2014 A security crackdown following militant attacks has exacerbated the humanitarian situation in a predominantly Muslim region of Burma and focused international attention on the new government of Aung San Suu Kyi. Burmese troops launched a wide-ranging manhunt last month in a troubled area of northern Rakhine state populated largely by Rohingya Muslims, leaving scorched homes and displaced residents in their wake. The manhunt followed an Oct. 9 attack on police posts that left nine policemen dead. The government has accused members of the Rohingya community of being behind the attack. Another police officer was killed in what may have been a second militant attack last week, according to state media. Renata Lok-Dessallien, the United Nations resident coordinator in Burma, was among a team of United Nations officials and diplomats who visited the affected area last week. She said authorities had assured the U.N. that aid would resume after being effectively cut off for weeks. But how soon is not clear. U.S. Ambassador Scot Marciel has called for a \u201cthorough investigation\u201d into alleged abuse and for the restoration of humanitarian access, the State Department said. An estimated 15 members of the security forces \u2014 roughly 10 police and five soldiers \u2014 have died and more than 30 Muslim residents have been reported killed in the security crackdown. Burma is also known as Myanmar. Human Rights Watch has reported that satellite data shows villages that have been burned, and the Reuters news agency and the Myanmar Times newspaper have chronicled the alleged rape of Muslim women by soldiers. The Myanmar Times reporter was fired following her report on the issue. \u201cAny allegation of rape or sexual violence is a profound concern to us,\u201d Lok-Dessallien said. Residents in Rakhine describe a landscape of fear in which members of the Rohingya community have allegedly been barred from going to mosques or work. \u201cWe can\u2019t go anywhere, as we\u2019re not allowed to,\u201d Min Hlaing, a Muslim businessman in a restricted area near Maungdaw, said last week by telephone. He said food prices had risen as a result of roadblocks and claimed that at least one community leader was held by security forces. The crisis marks the first major test of Suu Kyi\u2019s new democratically elected administration, which took over March 31 after decades of military rule. Analysts say she must find a way to work with Burma\u2019s powerful military, which still controls the country\u2019s security forces. Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been accused of not doing enough to address the Rohingya crisis despite her lifelong commitment to Burmese freedom. In an interview with The Washington Post in New Delhi on Oct. 18, Suu Kyi said border security posts must be strengthened, rule of law followed and a development plan created for the area. \u201cSo many things have to be done simultaneously. It\u2019s not an easy job,\u201d she said. \u201cBut we are, of course, determined to contain the situation and to make sure that we restore peace and harmony as soon as possible.\u201d Suu Kyi\u2019s government has said the men who attacked police posts on Oct. 9 were from a little-known group with foreign backing. In YouTube videos, the group has called itself the Movement of Faith. There are about 1 million Rohingya Muslims in Burma who are essentially stateless, and many in the Buddhist-majority country consider them illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. More than 120,000 Rohingya remain confined to dirty camps in the area after violent clashes with their Buddhist neighbors in 2012. Rohingyas said they do not believe that there was a militant group operating in the state. \u201cThis is a rumor. This is not true. This is the deliberate assassination from the government,\u201d said Mohamed Amin, 21, a Rohingya who lives in the heavily guarded Muslim neighborhood in Sittwe. More than 16,000 people from both faiths have been displaced by the search, and 100,000 are without their regular food assistance, according to Pierre Peron, of the U.N.\u2019s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Health services have been suspended, and weeks have passed without access to mobile health clinics and emergency referrals. \u201cYou have a very vulnerable population that is even more vulnerable now,\u201d Peron said last week. The state government spokesman, Tin Maung Shwe, said the matter was \u201can internal affair, not an international affair.\u201d Residents in the crowded camps said that in the days after the attacks, doctors who normally visit a few times a week did not show, although some visits have resumed. Suu Kyi blamed the health-care deficit on the security situation. \u201cIt\u2019s even difficult for us to provide enough security to give them the health care that they need,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is another big problem, because doctors and nurses who go to camps [for displaced people] are not treated well by the communities when they go back.\u201d She added, \u201cThe whole thing is a rigmarole.\u201d At a community health clinic in the Muslim neighborhood in Sittwe one day recently, there were no doctors, just a weary-looking pharmacist and several patients waiting in a dimly lit room. \u201cWe are doing as much as we can,\u201d said Maung Htun, 54, the pharmacist. \u201cBut now we are only capable of healing small things.\u201d Suu Kyi said that the government must create a resettlement program. A controversial citizenship-verification process that has been criticized by rights groups has been stymied because, Suu Kyi said, many Rohingya refused to participate. \u201cWe can\u2019t fix a time frame, because it depends on how much everybody is prepared to cooperate,\u201d she said. \u201cWe started off this movement for citizenship verification in order that we might move forward, but then, if there is no cooperation, it has been very difficult for us.\u201d On the ground, the latest flare-up has frayed hope and diminished an already low level of confidence in Suu Kyi\u2019s government. Maung Aye Shwe, 18, a volunteer teacher in one of the camps, said nothing has changed since Suu Kyi\u2019s historic election a year ago. \u201cThere is no improvement within this year. We are having just oppression \u2014 no changes or improvement,\u201d he said. Maung Kyaw Win, 42, said that he once worked as a goldsmith in his village, and that he does not know when he and his family will be able to return home. But he does know that relations with his Muslim neighbors will not be the same. \u201cNo one will trust each other until the end of the universe,\u201d he said. Gowen reported from New Delhi. Aung Naing Soe contributed from Sittwe.", "essay": "After reading the article, i just feel so bad for the people that are in the war as much as the people that were affected and killed in this war. I feel like war overall is just terrible and we should do all we can to try and stop it. All it induces is hate and death. The people are that are the war has family at home and they can do nothing but grieve and worry abotu them."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Burma\u2019s Aung San Suu Kyi under fire as alleged military abuse follows militant attack \u2014  SITTWE, Burma \u2014 A security crackdown following militant attacks has exacerbated the humanitarian situation in a predominantly Muslim region of Burma and focused international attention on the new government of Aung San Suu Kyi. Burmese troops launched a wide-ranging manhunt last month in a troubled area of northern Rakhine state populated largely by Rohingya Muslims, leaving scorched homes and displaced residents in their wake. The manhunt followed an Oct. 9 attack on police posts that left nine policemen dead. The government has accused members of the Rohingya community of being behind the attack. Another police officer was killed in what may have been a second militant attack last week, according to state media. Renata Lok-Dessallien, the United Nations resident coordinator in Burma, was among a team of United Nations officials and diplomats who visited the affected area last week. She said authorities had assured the U.N. that aid would resume after being effectively cut off for weeks. But how soon is not clear. U.S. Ambassador Scot Marciel has called for a \u201cthorough investigation\u201d into alleged abuse and for the restoration of humanitarian access, the State Department said. An estimated 15 members of the security forces \u2014 roughly 10 police and five soldiers \u2014 have died and more than 30 Muslim residents have been reported killed in the security crackdown. Burma is also known as Myanmar. Human Rights Watch has reported that satellite data shows villages that have been burned, and the Reuters news agency and the Myanmar Times newspaper have chronicled the alleged rape of Muslim women by soldiers. The Myanmar Times reporter was fired following her report on the issue. \u201cAny allegation of rape or sexual violence is a profound concern to us,\u201d Lok-Dessallien said. Residents in Rakhine describe a landscape of fear in which members of the Rohingya community have allegedly been barred from going to mosques or work. \u201cWe can\u2019t go anywhere, as we\u2019re not allowed to,\u201d Min Hlaing, a Muslim businessman in a restricted area near Maungdaw, said last week by telephone. He said food prices had risen as a result of roadblocks and claimed that at least one community leader was held by security forces. The crisis marks the first major test of Suu Kyi\u2019s new democratically elected administration, which took over March 31 after decades of military rule. Analysts say she must find a way to work with Burma\u2019s powerful military, which still controls the country\u2019s security forces. Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been accused of not doing enough to address the Rohingya crisis despite her lifelong commitment to Burmese freedom. In an interview with The Washington Post in New Delhi on Oct. 18, Suu Kyi said border security posts must be strengthened, rule of law followed and a development plan created for the area. \u201cSo many things have to be done simultaneously. It\u2019s not an easy job,\u201d she said. \u201cBut we are, of course, determined to contain the situation and to make sure that we restore peace and harmony as soon as possible.\u201d Suu Kyi\u2019s government has said the men who attacked police posts on Oct. 9 were from a little-known group with foreign backing. In YouTube videos, the group has called itself the Movement of Faith. There are about 1 million Rohingya Muslims in Burma who are essentially stateless, and many in the Buddhist-majority country consider them illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. More than 120,000 Rohingya remain confined to dirty camps in the area after violent clashes with their Buddhist neighbors in 2012. Rohingyas said they do not believe that there was a militant group operating in the state. \u201cThis is a rumor. This is not true. This is the deliberate assassination from the government,\u201d said Mohamed Amin, 21, a Rohingya who lives in the heavily guarded Muslim neighborhood in Sittwe. More than 16,000 people from both faiths have been displaced by the search, and 100,000 are without their regular food assistance, according to Pierre Peron, of the U.N.\u2019s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Health services have been suspended, and weeks have passed without access to mobile health clinics and emergency referrals. \u201cYou have a very vulnerable population that is even more vulnerable now,\u201d Peron said last week. The state government spokesman, Tin Maung Shwe, said the matter was \u201can internal affair, not an international affair.\u201d Residents in the crowded camps said that in the days after the attacks, doctors who normally visit a few times a week did not show, although some visits have resumed. Suu Kyi blamed the health-care deficit on the security situation. \u201cIt\u2019s even difficult for us to provide enough security to give them the health care that they need,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is another big problem, because doctors and nurses who go to camps [for displaced people] are not treated well by the communities when they go back.\u201d She added, \u201cThe whole thing is a rigmarole.\u201d At a community health clinic in the Muslim neighborhood in Sittwe one day recently, there were no doctors, just a weary-looking pharmacist and several patients waiting in a dimly lit room. \u201cWe are doing as much as we can,\u201d said Maung Htun, 54, the pharmacist. \u201cBut now we are only capable of healing small things.\u201d Suu Kyi said that the government must create a resettlement program. A controversial citizenship-verification process that has been criticized by rights groups has been stymied because, Suu Kyi said, many Rohingya refused to participate. \u201cWe can\u2019t fix a time frame, because it depends on how much everybody is prepared to cooperate,\u201d she said. \u201cWe started off this movement for citizenship verification in order that we might move forward, but then, if there is no cooperation, it has been very difficult for us.\u201d On the ground, the latest flare-up has frayed hope and diminished an already low level of confidence in Suu Kyi\u2019s government. Maung Aye Shwe, 18, a volunteer teacher in one of the camps, said nothing has changed since Suu Kyi\u2019s historic election a year ago. \u201cThere is no improvement within this year. We are having just oppression \u2014 no changes or improvement,\u201d he said. Maung Kyaw Win, 42, said that he once worked as a goldsmith in his village, and that he does not know when he and his family will be able to return home. But he does know that relations with his Muslim neighbors will not be the same. \u201cNo one will trust each other until the end of the universe,\u201d he said. Gowen reported from New Delhi. Aung Naing Soe contributed from Sittwe.", "essay": "Reading about the plight of the Rohingya is always a very sobering experience. Basically, these people are nation-less. They are being persecuted in Burma and forced out of neighboring Bangladesh. I feel like Suu Kyi is being unfairly blamed for a situation that is just too complex for the country to solve effectively. I'm really trying to put myself into the shoes of one of the oppressed Muslim minorities like the Rohingya or the Uyghers and having a very difficult time imagining what a day in their lives must be like."}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "Burma\u2019s Aung San Suu Kyi under fire as alleged military abuse follows militant attack \u2014  SITTWE, Burma \u2014 A security crackdown following militant attacks has exacerbated the humanitarian situation in a predominantly Muslim region of Burma and focused international attention on the new government of Aung San Suu Kyi. Burmese troops launched a wide-ranging manhunt last month in a troubled area of northern Rakhine state populated largely by Rohingya Muslims, leaving scorched homes and displaced residents in their wake. The manhunt followed an Oct. 9 attack on police posts that left nine policemen dead. The government has accused members of the Rohingya community of being behind the attack. Another police officer was killed in what may have been a second militant attack last week, according to state media. Renata Lok-Dessallien, the United Nations resident coordinator in Burma, was among a team of United Nations officials and diplomats who visited the affected area last week. She said authorities had assured the U.N. that aid would resume after being effectively cut off for weeks. But how soon is not clear. U.S. Ambassador Scot Marciel has called for a \u201cthorough investigation\u201d into alleged abuse and for the restoration of humanitarian access, the State Department said. An estimated 15 members of the security forces \u2014 roughly 10 police and five soldiers \u2014 have died and more than 30 Muslim residents have been reported killed in the security crackdown. Burma is also known as Myanmar. Human Rights Watch has reported that satellite data shows villages that have been burned, and the Reuters news agency and the Myanmar Times newspaper have chronicled the alleged rape of Muslim women by soldiers. The Myanmar Times reporter was fired following her report on the issue. \u201cAny allegation of rape or sexual violence is a profound concern to us,\u201d Lok-Dessallien said. Residents in Rakhine describe a landscape of fear in which members of the Rohingya community have allegedly been barred from going to mosques or work. \u201cWe can\u2019t go anywhere, as we\u2019re not allowed to,\u201d Min Hlaing, a Muslim businessman in a restricted area near Maungdaw, said last week by telephone. He said food prices had risen as a result of roadblocks and claimed that at least one community leader was held by security forces. The crisis marks the first major test of Suu Kyi\u2019s new democratically elected administration, which took over March 31 after decades of military rule. Analysts say she must find a way to work with Burma\u2019s powerful military, which still controls the country\u2019s security forces. Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been accused of not doing enough to address the Rohingya crisis despite her lifelong commitment to Burmese freedom. In an interview with The Washington Post in New Delhi on Oct. 18, Suu Kyi said border security posts must be strengthened, rule of law followed and a development plan created for the area. \u201cSo many things have to be done simultaneously. It\u2019s not an easy job,\u201d she said. \u201cBut we are, of course, determined to contain the situation and to make sure that we restore peace and harmony as soon as possible.\u201d Suu Kyi\u2019s government has said the men who attacked police posts on Oct. 9 were from a little-known group with foreign backing. In YouTube videos, the group has called itself the Movement of Faith. There are about 1 million Rohingya Muslims in Burma who are essentially stateless, and many in the Buddhist-majority country consider them illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. More than 120,000 Rohingya remain confined to dirty camps in the area after violent clashes with their Buddhist neighbors in 2012. Rohingyas said they do not believe that there was a militant group operating in the state. \u201cThis is a rumor. This is not true. This is the deliberate assassination from the government,\u201d said Mohamed Amin, 21, a Rohingya who lives in the heavily guarded Muslim neighborhood in Sittwe. More than 16,000 people from both faiths have been displaced by the search, and 100,000 are without their regular food assistance, according to Pierre Peron, of the U.N.\u2019s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Health services have been suspended, and weeks have passed without access to mobile health clinics and emergency referrals. \u201cYou have a very vulnerable population that is even more vulnerable now,\u201d Peron said last week. The state government spokesman, Tin Maung Shwe, said the matter was \u201can internal affair, not an international affair.\u201d Residents in the crowded camps said that in the days after the attacks, doctors who normally visit a few times a week did not show, although some visits have resumed. Suu Kyi blamed the health-care deficit on the security situation. \u201cIt\u2019s even difficult for us to provide enough security to give them the health care that they need,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is another big problem, because doctors and nurses who go to camps [for displaced people] are not treated well by the communities when they go back.\u201d She added, \u201cThe whole thing is a rigmarole.\u201d At a community health clinic in the Muslim neighborhood in Sittwe one day recently, there were no doctors, just a weary-looking pharmacist and several patients waiting in a dimly lit room. \u201cWe are doing as much as we can,\u201d said Maung Htun, 54, the pharmacist. \u201cBut now we are only capable of healing small things.\u201d Suu Kyi said that the government must create a resettlement program. A controversial citizenship-verification process that has been criticized by rights groups has been stymied because, Suu Kyi said, many Rohingya refused to participate. \u201cWe can\u2019t fix a time frame, because it depends on how much everybody is prepared to cooperate,\u201d she said. \u201cWe started off this movement for citizenship verification in order that we might move forward, but then, if there is no cooperation, it has been very difficult for us.\u201d On the ground, the latest flare-up has frayed hope and diminished an already low level of confidence in Suu Kyi\u2019s government. Maung Aye Shwe, 18, a volunteer teacher in one of the camps, said nothing has changed since Suu Kyi\u2019s historic election a year ago. \u201cThere is no improvement within this year. We are having just oppression \u2014 no changes or improvement,\u201d he said. Maung Kyaw Win, 42, said that he once worked as a goldsmith in his village, and that he does not know when he and his family will be able to return home. But he does know that relations with his Muslim neighbors will not be the same. \u201cNo one will trust each other until the end of the universe,\u201d he said. Gowen reported from New Delhi. Aung Naing Soe contributed from Sittwe.", "essay": "Look at these Burmese killing muslims I can understand why they would do that though do you want all these terrorists running around your country creating mischief in the land we need to start deporting our muslim population before they start a revoulution in this country its important we support BUrma"}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Burma\u2019s Aung San Suu Kyi under fire as alleged military abuse follows militant attack \u2014  SITTWE, Burma \u2014 A security crackdown following militant attacks has exacerbated the humanitarian situation in a predominantly Muslim region of Burma and focused international attention on the new government of Aung San Suu Kyi. Burmese troops launched a wide-ranging manhunt last month in a troubled area of northern Rakhine state populated largely by Rohingya Muslims, leaving scorched homes and displaced residents in their wake. The manhunt followed an Oct. 9 attack on police posts that left nine policemen dead. The government has accused members of the Rohingya community of being behind the attack. Another police officer was killed in what may have been a second militant attack last week, according to state media. Renata Lok-Dessallien, the United Nations resident coordinator in Burma, was among a team of United Nations officials and diplomats who visited the affected area last week. She said authorities had assured the U.N. that aid would resume after being effectively cut off for weeks. But how soon is not clear. U.S. Ambassador Scot Marciel has called for a \u201cthorough investigation\u201d into alleged abuse and for the restoration of humanitarian access, the State Department said. An estimated 15 members of the security forces \u2014 roughly 10 police and five soldiers \u2014 have died and more than 30 Muslim residents have been reported killed in the security crackdown. Burma is also known as Myanmar. Human Rights Watch has reported that satellite data shows villages that have been burned, and the Reuters news agency and the Myanmar Times newspaper have chronicled the alleged rape of Muslim women by soldiers. The Myanmar Times reporter was fired following her report on the issue. \u201cAny allegation of rape or sexual violence is a profound concern to us,\u201d Lok-Dessallien said. Residents in Rakhine describe a landscape of fear in which members of the Rohingya community have allegedly been barred from going to mosques or work. \u201cWe can\u2019t go anywhere, as we\u2019re not allowed to,\u201d Min Hlaing, a Muslim businessman in a restricted area near Maungdaw, said last week by telephone. He said food prices had risen as a result of roadblocks and claimed that at least one community leader was held by security forces. The crisis marks the first major test of Suu Kyi\u2019s new democratically elected administration, which took over March 31 after decades of military rule. Analysts say she must find a way to work with Burma\u2019s powerful military, which still controls the country\u2019s security forces. Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been accused of not doing enough to address the Rohingya crisis despite her lifelong commitment to Burmese freedom. In an interview with The Washington Post in New Delhi on Oct. 18, Suu Kyi said border security posts must be strengthened, rule of law followed and a development plan created for the area. \u201cSo many things have to be done simultaneously. It\u2019s not an easy job,\u201d she said. \u201cBut we are, of course, determined to contain the situation and to make sure that we restore peace and harmony as soon as possible.\u201d Suu Kyi\u2019s government has said the men who attacked police posts on Oct. 9 were from a little-known group with foreign backing. In YouTube videos, the group has called itself the Movement of Faith. There are about 1 million Rohingya Muslims in Burma who are essentially stateless, and many in the Buddhist-majority country consider them illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. More than 120,000 Rohingya remain confined to dirty camps in the area after violent clashes with their Buddhist neighbors in 2012. Rohingyas said they do not believe that there was a militant group operating in the state. \u201cThis is a rumor. This is not true. This is the deliberate assassination from the government,\u201d said Mohamed Amin, 21, a Rohingya who lives in the heavily guarded Muslim neighborhood in Sittwe. More than 16,000 people from both faiths have been displaced by the search, and 100,000 are without their regular food assistance, according to Pierre Peron, of the U.N.\u2019s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Health services have been suspended, and weeks have passed without access to mobile health clinics and emergency referrals. \u201cYou have a very vulnerable population that is even more vulnerable now,\u201d Peron said last week. The state government spokesman, Tin Maung Shwe, said the matter was \u201can internal affair, not an international affair.\u201d Residents in the crowded camps said that in the days after the attacks, doctors who normally visit a few times a week did not show, although some visits have resumed. Suu Kyi blamed the health-care deficit on the security situation. \u201cIt\u2019s even difficult for us to provide enough security to give them the health care that they need,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is another big problem, because doctors and nurses who go to camps [for displaced people] are not treated well by the communities when they go back.\u201d She added, \u201cThe whole thing is a rigmarole.\u201d At a community health clinic in the Muslim neighborhood in Sittwe one day recently, there were no doctors, just a weary-looking pharmacist and several patients waiting in a dimly lit room. \u201cWe are doing as much as we can,\u201d said Maung Htun, 54, the pharmacist. \u201cBut now we are only capable of healing small things.\u201d Suu Kyi said that the government must create a resettlement program. A controversial citizenship-verification process that has been criticized by rights groups has been stymied because, Suu Kyi said, many Rohingya refused to participate. \u201cWe can\u2019t fix a time frame, because it depends on how much everybody is prepared to cooperate,\u201d she said. \u201cWe started off this movement for citizenship verification in order that we might move forward, but then, if there is no cooperation, it has been very difficult for us.\u201d On the ground, the latest flare-up has frayed hope and diminished an already low level of confidence in Suu Kyi\u2019s government. Maung Aye Shwe, 18, a volunteer teacher in one of the camps, said nothing has changed since Suu Kyi\u2019s historic election a year ago. \u201cThere is no improvement within this year. We are having just oppression \u2014 no changes or improvement,\u201d he said. Maung Kyaw Win, 42, said that he once worked as a goldsmith in his village, and that he does not know when he and his family will be able to return home. But he does know that relations with his Muslim neighbors will not be the same. \u201cNo one will trust each other until the end of the universe,\u201d he said. Gowen reported from New Delhi. Aung Naing Soe contributed from Sittwe.", "essay": "After reading the article, i couldn't help but feel disappointed in people and humanity. I feel bad because i read that the people in the community were killing police officers. It's terrible that police have to be viewed as a bad thing in society today when police were the ones we use to run to for help. I hope things turn out for the better for the country in the future."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "US-Backed Air Campaign Accused Of War Crimes In Yemen \u2014  On an August morning, a taxi driver in northwestern Yemen hugged his kids and jokingly told his family, \"Forgive me if I don't come back.\" It was his way of laughing off the danger of driving in a country where airstrikes can hit any road at any time.   In the afternoon, Mohammed al-Khal happened upon just such a strike. Three missiles had hit a highway, leaving bystanders wounded. Al-Khal took one of them, an ice cream vendor, in his car and rushed him to the nearest hospital, run by the international humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders.   But the warplanes were still hunting.   Moments after al-Khal pulled up at the hospital in the town of Abs, a missile smashed down by his car, just outside the hospital entrance. Al-Khal, a father of eight, was incinerated. The blast ripped through patients and family waiting in an outdoor reception area. Nineteen people were killed, along with two civilians killed on the highway.   The Aug. 15 attack typified what has been a pattern in the nearly 2-year-old air campaign by Saudi Arabia and its allies against Yemen's Shiite rebels, known as Houthis. Rights groups and U.N. officials say the U.S.-backed coalition has often either deliberately or recklessly depended on faulty intelligence, failed to distinguish between civilian and military targets and disregarded the likelihood of civilian casualties.   Experts say some of the strikes amount to war crimes.   \"The Saudis have been committing war crimes in Yemen,\" said Gabor Rona, a professor teaching the laws of war at Columbia University. He warned that American personnel helping the coalition \"may also be guilty of war crimes.\"   Nearly 4,000 civilians have been killed in the war, and an estimated 60 percent of them died in airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition, the U.N. says.   Saudi Arabia launched the coalition campaign in March 2015 in a bid to restore the internationally recognized government of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, after the Houthis overran the capital, Sanaa, and the north of the country. The Iranian-backed Houthis are allied with troops loyal to Hadi's ousted predecessor, Ali Abdullah Saleh.   The war has devastated the country of 26 million, causing widespread hunger and driving 3 million from their homes.   Warplanes have hit medical centers, schools, factories, infrastructure and roads, markets, weddings and residential compounds.   The U.S. and its allies have sold billions of dollars in weapons to Saudi Arabia for the campaign. The U.S. military provides it with intelligence, satellite imagery and logistical help.   Washington underlines it does not make targeting decisions and calls on the coalition to investigate reported violations. Over the summer, the U.S military reduced the number of military personnel advising the coalition from several dozen to fewer than five, an apparent move to distance itself from the campaign.   \"U.S. security cooperation with Saudi Arabia is not a blank check,\" National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said.   The coalition says it does its utmost to avoid civilian casualties and notes rebels often operate among civilians. Rights groups and U.N. officials have reported probable war crimes by the Houthis, including shelling civilian areas and basing their fighters in schools and other civilian locations.     \"This is the fog of war,\" the coalition's spokesman, Saudi Gen. Ahmed al-Asiri, told The Associated Press when asked if there is a pattern of civilian deaths. \"In war, there are decisions that should be taken fast.\"   The coalition, which says it investigates every claim of violations, has made nine investigations public. In two it acknowledged mistakes and said it would pay compensation to victims. In most of the other cases, it said the strikes were against a justified military target.   But critics say the American and international backing has given Saudi Arabia and its allies a free rein.   \"We believe that the coalition understood ... it has a green light to commit more massacres in Yemen,\" said Abdel-Rashed al-Faqeh, the head of Muwatana, one of Yemen's most prominent rights groups.   The strike in Abs underscored several of the problems experts point to in many strikes \u2014 the failure to distinguish between civilian and military targets and a lack of proportionality, the principle that use of force must be balanced to avoid civilian casualties.   In the strikes, warplanes initially fired a rocket targeting a Houthi checkpoint manned by two rebels on a highway outside Abs. The fighters escaped, but two more rockets were fired, killing two bystanders and wounding others. It appears the warplanes followed al-Khal's Camry, believing he was carrying a wounded fighter, and struck him outside the hospital.   The hospital was on a coalition list of sites not to be targeted in airstrikes, and had markings on its roof to show it was a medical facility.   The AP interviewed witnesses to the strikes on the highway and at the hospital, as well as al-Khal's two wives.   The head of Doctors Without Border's mission in Yemen, Colette Gadenne, said the coalition acknowledged to the group privately that the strike was a mistake.   The head of the coalition's investigation team, Mansour al-Mansour, said he could not discuss the investigation results in public. He said the coalition gave Doctors Without Borders all information it gathered.   The effect of the strike \u2014 the fifth on a facility run by the group in Yemen \u2014 has been wide-reaching. The organization pulled its personnel from northern Yemen, straining staff at multiple hospitals.   The Abs hospital served around 100,000 peoplpe, said its manager, Ibrahim Ali. Now it is shut down and the nearest medical facilities are two or three hours away by car. \"Patients sometimes die on the road,\" Ali said.   Rona, the legal expert, said those behind the Abs strikes \"didn't take sufficient precautions to determine that the people in the taxi are targetable.\" Then, warplanes struck where \"there would be significant collateral damage to the hospital.\"   \"Any way you look at it, it is a war crime.\"", "essay": "This isn't the first time it seems like the US has backed what looks to be a group of terrorists. I feel like we as a country need to do better and investigate just who we support much better than we are currently doing. I think the sooner we do it the more luck we will have in making this world a better place."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "US-Backed Air Campaign Accused Of War Crimes In Yemen \u2014  On an August morning, a taxi driver in northwestern Yemen hugged his kids and jokingly told his family, \"Forgive me if I don't come back.\" It was his way of laughing off the danger of driving in a country where airstrikes can hit any road at any time.   In the afternoon, Mohammed al-Khal happened upon just such a strike. Three missiles had hit a highway, leaving bystanders wounded. Al-Khal took one of them, an ice cream vendor, in his car and rushed him to the nearest hospital, run by the international humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders.   But the warplanes were still hunting.   Moments after al-Khal pulled up at the hospital in the town of Abs, a missile smashed down by his car, just outside the hospital entrance. Al-Khal, a father of eight, was incinerated. The blast ripped through patients and family waiting in an outdoor reception area. Nineteen people were killed, along with two civilians killed on the highway.   The Aug. 15 attack typified what has been a pattern in the nearly 2-year-old air campaign by Saudi Arabia and its allies against Yemen's Shiite rebels, known as Houthis. Rights groups and U.N. officials say the U.S.-backed coalition has often either deliberately or recklessly depended on faulty intelligence, failed to distinguish between civilian and military targets and disregarded the likelihood of civilian casualties.   Experts say some of the strikes amount to war crimes.   \"The Saudis have been committing war crimes in Yemen,\" said Gabor Rona, a professor teaching the laws of war at Columbia University. He warned that American personnel helping the coalition \"may also be guilty of war crimes.\"   Nearly 4,000 civilians have been killed in the war, and an estimated 60 percent of them died in airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition, the U.N. says.   Saudi Arabia launched the coalition campaign in March 2015 in a bid to restore the internationally recognized government of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, after the Houthis overran the capital, Sanaa, and the north of the country. The Iranian-backed Houthis are allied with troops loyal to Hadi's ousted predecessor, Ali Abdullah Saleh.   The war has devastated the country of 26 million, causing widespread hunger and driving 3 million from their homes.   Warplanes have hit medical centers, schools, factories, infrastructure and roads, markets, weddings and residential compounds.   The U.S. and its allies have sold billions of dollars in weapons to Saudi Arabia for the campaign. The U.S. military provides it with intelligence, satellite imagery and logistical help.   Washington underlines it does not make targeting decisions and calls on the coalition to investigate reported violations. Over the summer, the U.S military reduced the number of military personnel advising the coalition from several dozen to fewer than five, an apparent move to distance itself from the campaign.   \"U.S. security cooperation with Saudi Arabia is not a blank check,\" National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said.   The coalition says it does its utmost to avoid civilian casualties and notes rebels often operate among civilians. Rights groups and U.N. officials have reported probable war crimes by the Houthis, including shelling civilian areas and basing their fighters in schools and other civilian locations.     \"This is the fog of war,\" the coalition's spokesman, Saudi Gen. Ahmed al-Asiri, told The Associated Press when asked if there is a pattern of civilian deaths. \"In war, there are decisions that should be taken fast.\"   The coalition, which says it investigates every claim of violations, has made nine investigations public. In two it acknowledged mistakes and said it would pay compensation to victims. In most of the other cases, it said the strikes were against a justified military target.   But critics say the American and international backing has given Saudi Arabia and its allies a free rein.   \"We believe that the coalition understood ... it has a green light to commit more massacres in Yemen,\" said Abdel-Rashed al-Faqeh, the head of Muwatana, one of Yemen's most prominent rights groups.   The strike in Abs underscored several of the problems experts point to in many strikes \u2014 the failure to distinguish between civilian and military targets and a lack of proportionality, the principle that use of force must be balanced to avoid civilian casualties.   In the strikes, warplanes initially fired a rocket targeting a Houthi checkpoint manned by two rebels on a highway outside Abs. The fighters escaped, but two more rockets were fired, killing two bystanders and wounding others. It appears the warplanes followed al-Khal's Camry, believing he was carrying a wounded fighter, and struck him outside the hospital.   The hospital was on a coalition list of sites not to be targeted in airstrikes, and had markings on its roof to show it was a medical facility.   The AP interviewed witnesses to the strikes on the highway and at the hospital, as well as al-Khal's two wives.   The head of Doctors Without Border's mission in Yemen, Colette Gadenne, said the coalition acknowledged to the group privately that the strike was a mistake.   The head of the coalition's investigation team, Mansour al-Mansour, said he could not discuss the investigation results in public. He said the coalition gave Doctors Without Borders all information it gathered.   The effect of the strike \u2014 the fifth on a facility run by the group in Yemen \u2014 has been wide-reaching. The organization pulled its personnel from northern Yemen, straining staff at multiple hospitals.   The Abs hospital served around 100,000 peoplpe, said its manager, Ibrahim Ali. Now it is shut down and the nearest medical facilities are two or three hours away by car. \"Patients sometimes die on the road,\" Ali said.   Rona, the legal expert, said those behind the Abs strikes \"didn't take sufficient precautions to determine that the people in the taxi are targetable.\" Then, warplanes struck where \"there would be significant collateral damage to the hospital.\"   \"Any way you look at it, it is a war crime.\"", "essay": "I believe that the United States should not back any government that makes that many mistakes in its airstrikes. I also think the United States should update its policy of using airstrikes. It seems to me that more civilians are being killed than the people who are being targeted.  I feel sorry for the people in Yemen who just want to live a normal life and can not because of the war."}
{"user_id": "ec_p028", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 23 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 70000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 4.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 3.5 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 23, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 70000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 4.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 3.5, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "US-Backed Air Campaign Accused Of War Crimes In Yemen \u2014  On an August morning, a taxi driver in northwestern Yemen hugged his kids and jokingly told his family, \"Forgive me if I don't come back.\" It was his way of laughing off the danger of driving in a country where airstrikes can hit any road at any time.   In the afternoon, Mohammed al-Khal happened upon just such a strike. Three missiles had hit a highway, leaving bystanders wounded. Al-Khal took one of them, an ice cream vendor, in his car and rushed him to the nearest hospital, run by the international humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders.   But the warplanes were still hunting.   Moments after al-Khal pulled up at the hospital in the town of Abs, a missile smashed down by his car, just outside the hospital entrance. Al-Khal, a father of eight, was incinerated. The blast ripped through patients and family waiting in an outdoor reception area. Nineteen people were killed, along with two civilians killed on the highway.   The Aug. 15 attack typified what has been a pattern in the nearly 2-year-old air campaign by Saudi Arabia and its allies against Yemen's Shiite rebels, known as Houthis. Rights groups and U.N. officials say the U.S.-backed coalition has often either deliberately or recklessly depended on faulty intelligence, failed to distinguish between civilian and military targets and disregarded the likelihood of civilian casualties.   Experts say some of the strikes amount to war crimes.   \"The Saudis have been committing war crimes in Yemen,\" said Gabor Rona, a professor teaching the laws of war at Columbia University. He warned that American personnel helping the coalition \"may also be guilty of war crimes.\"   Nearly 4,000 civilians have been killed in the war, and an estimated 60 percent of them died in airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition, the U.N. says.   Saudi Arabia launched the coalition campaign in March 2015 in a bid to restore the internationally recognized government of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, after the Houthis overran the capital, Sanaa, and the north of the country. The Iranian-backed Houthis are allied with troops loyal to Hadi's ousted predecessor, Ali Abdullah Saleh.   The war has devastated the country of 26 million, causing widespread hunger and driving 3 million from their homes.   Warplanes have hit medical centers, schools, factories, infrastructure and roads, markets, weddings and residential compounds.   The U.S. and its allies have sold billions of dollars in weapons to Saudi Arabia for the campaign. The U.S. military provides it with intelligence, satellite imagery and logistical help.   Washington underlines it does not make targeting decisions and calls on the coalition to investigate reported violations. Over the summer, the U.S military reduced the number of military personnel advising the coalition from several dozen to fewer than five, an apparent move to distance itself from the campaign.   \"U.S. security cooperation with Saudi Arabia is not a blank check,\" National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said.   The coalition says it does its utmost to avoid civilian casualties and notes rebels often operate among civilians. Rights groups and U.N. officials have reported probable war crimes by the Houthis, including shelling civilian areas and basing their fighters in schools and other civilian locations.     \"This is the fog of war,\" the coalition's spokesman, Saudi Gen. Ahmed al-Asiri, told The Associated Press when asked if there is a pattern of civilian deaths. \"In war, there are decisions that should be taken fast.\"   The coalition, which says it investigates every claim of violations, has made nine investigations public. In two it acknowledged mistakes and said it would pay compensation to victims. In most of the other cases, it said the strikes were against a justified military target.   But critics say the American and international backing has given Saudi Arabia and its allies a free rein.   \"We believe that the coalition understood ... it has a green light to commit more massacres in Yemen,\" said Abdel-Rashed al-Faqeh, the head of Muwatana, one of Yemen's most prominent rights groups.   The strike in Abs underscored several of the problems experts point to in many strikes \u2014 the failure to distinguish between civilian and military targets and a lack of proportionality, the principle that use of force must be balanced to avoid civilian casualties.   In the strikes, warplanes initially fired a rocket targeting a Houthi checkpoint manned by two rebels on a highway outside Abs. The fighters escaped, but two more rockets were fired, killing two bystanders and wounding others. It appears the warplanes followed al-Khal's Camry, believing he was carrying a wounded fighter, and struck him outside the hospital.   The hospital was on a coalition list of sites not to be targeted in airstrikes, and had markings on its roof to show it was a medical facility.   The AP interviewed witnesses to the strikes on the highway and at the hospital, as well as al-Khal's two wives.   The head of Doctors Without Border's mission in Yemen, Colette Gadenne, said the coalition acknowledged to the group privately that the strike was a mistake.   The head of the coalition's investigation team, Mansour al-Mansour, said he could not discuss the investigation results in public. He said the coalition gave Doctors Without Borders all information it gathered.   The effect of the strike \u2014 the fifth on a facility run by the group in Yemen \u2014 has been wide-reaching. The organization pulled its personnel from northern Yemen, straining staff at multiple hospitals.   The Abs hospital served around 100,000 peoplpe, said its manager, Ibrahim Ali. Now it is shut down and the nearest medical facilities are two or three hours away by car. \"Patients sometimes die on the road,\" Ali said.   Rona, the legal expert, said those behind the Abs strikes \"didn't take sufficient precautions to determine that the people in the taxi are targetable.\" Then, warplanes struck where \"there would be significant collateral damage to the hospital.\"   \"Any way you look at it, it is a war crime.\"", "essay": "Reading about the current airstrike campaign going on in Yemen terrifys me for the people that are the currently. It makes me think that maybe, even though we are doing good over there and improving things overall it isnt the right choice. Because after all there are people who are being impacted their lives are being impacted by these strikes. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "US-Backed Air Campaign Accused Of War Crimes In Yemen \u2014  On an August morning, a taxi driver in northwestern Yemen hugged his kids and jokingly told his family, \"Forgive me if I don't come back.\" It was his way of laughing off the danger of driving in a country where airstrikes can hit any road at any time.   In the afternoon, Mohammed al-Khal happened upon just such a strike. Three missiles had hit a highway, leaving bystanders wounded. Al-Khal took one of them, an ice cream vendor, in his car and rushed him to the nearest hospital, run by the international humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders.   But the warplanes were still hunting.   Moments after al-Khal pulled up at the hospital in the town of Abs, a missile smashed down by his car, just outside the hospital entrance. Al-Khal, a father of eight, was incinerated. The blast ripped through patients and family waiting in an outdoor reception area. Nineteen people were killed, along with two civilians killed on the highway.   The Aug. 15 attack typified what has been a pattern in the nearly 2-year-old air campaign by Saudi Arabia and its allies against Yemen's Shiite rebels, known as Houthis. Rights groups and U.N. officials say the U.S.-backed coalition has often either deliberately or recklessly depended on faulty intelligence, failed to distinguish between civilian and military targets and disregarded the likelihood of civilian casualties.   Experts say some of the strikes amount to war crimes.   \"The Saudis have been committing war crimes in Yemen,\" said Gabor Rona, a professor teaching the laws of war at Columbia University. He warned that American personnel helping the coalition \"may also be guilty of war crimes.\"   Nearly 4,000 civilians have been killed in the war, and an estimated 60 percent of them died in airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition, the U.N. says.   Saudi Arabia launched the coalition campaign in March 2015 in a bid to restore the internationally recognized government of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, after the Houthis overran the capital, Sanaa, and the north of the country. The Iranian-backed Houthis are allied with troops loyal to Hadi's ousted predecessor, Ali Abdullah Saleh.   The war has devastated the country of 26 million, causing widespread hunger and driving 3 million from their homes.   Warplanes have hit medical centers, schools, factories, infrastructure and roads, markets, weddings and residential compounds.   The U.S. and its allies have sold billions of dollars in weapons to Saudi Arabia for the campaign. The U.S. military provides it with intelligence, satellite imagery and logistical help.   Washington underlines it does not make targeting decisions and calls on the coalition to investigate reported violations. Over the summer, the U.S military reduced the number of military personnel advising the coalition from several dozen to fewer than five, an apparent move to distance itself from the campaign.   \"U.S. security cooperation with Saudi Arabia is not a blank check,\" National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said.   The coalition says it does its utmost to avoid civilian casualties and notes rebels often operate among civilians. Rights groups and U.N. officials have reported probable war crimes by the Houthis, including shelling civilian areas and basing their fighters in schools and other civilian locations.     \"This is the fog of war,\" the coalition's spokesman, Saudi Gen. Ahmed al-Asiri, told The Associated Press when asked if there is a pattern of civilian deaths. \"In war, there are decisions that should be taken fast.\"   The coalition, which says it investigates every claim of violations, has made nine investigations public. In two it acknowledged mistakes and said it would pay compensation to victims. In most of the other cases, it said the strikes were against a justified military target.   But critics say the American and international backing has given Saudi Arabia and its allies a free rein.   \"We believe that the coalition understood ... it has a green light to commit more massacres in Yemen,\" said Abdel-Rashed al-Faqeh, the head of Muwatana, one of Yemen's most prominent rights groups.   The strike in Abs underscored several of the problems experts point to in many strikes \u2014 the failure to distinguish between civilian and military targets and a lack of proportionality, the principle that use of force must be balanced to avoid civilian casualties.   In the strikes, warplanes initially fired a rocket targeting a Houthi checkpoint manned by two rebels on a highway outside Abs. The fighters escaped, but two more rockets were fired, killing two bystanders and wounding others. It appears the warplanes followed al-Khal's Camry, believing he was carrying a wounded fighter, and struck him outside the hospital.   The hospital was on a coalition list of sites not to be targeted in airstrikes, and had markings on its roof to show it was a medical facility.   The AP interviewed witnesses to the strikes on the highway and at the hospital, as well as al-Khal's two wives.   The head of Doctors Without Border's mission in Yemen, Colette Gadenne, said the coalition acknowledged to the group privately that the strike was a mistake.   The head of the coalition's investigation team, Mansour al-Mansour, said he could not discuss the investigation results in public. He said the coalition gave Doctors Without Borders all information it gathered.   The effect of the strike \u2014 the fifth on a facility run by the group in Yemen \u2014 has been wide-reaching. The organization pulled its personnel from northern Yemen, straining staff at multiple hospitals.   The Abs hospital served around 100,000 peoplpe, said its manager, Ibrahim Ali. Now it is shut down and the nearest medical facilities are two or three hours away by car. \"Patients sometimes die on the road,\" Ali said.   Rona, the legal expert, said those behind the Abs strikes \"didn't take sufficient precautions to determine that the people in the taxi are targetable.\" Then, warplanes struck where \"there would be significant collateral damage to the hospital.\"   \"Any way you look at it, it is a war crime.\"", "essay": "It's very difficult to fathom living somewhere where airstrikes can take you out at any given moment, regardless of where you are.  It really makes me grateful to live in this beautiful nation where we live, America, and to have the freedoms that we have.  In this story, the man's eight children lost their father and his wife lost her partner.  That is very tragic, and all for a bunch of senseless killing.  The US was supporting these airstrikes which is sort of sad.  I find the whole situation over there so senseless.  IT's like they are all just killing each other nonstop for no valid reason."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "US-Backed Air Campaign Accused Of War Crimes In Yemen \u2014  On an August morning, a taxi driver in northwestern Yemen hugged his kids and jokingly told his family, \"Forgive me if I don't come back.\" It was his way of laughing off the danger of driving in a country where airstrikes can hit any road at any time.   In the afternoon, Mohammed al-Khal happened upon just such a strike. Three missiles had hit a highway, leaving bystanders wounded. Al-Khal took one of them, an ice cream vendor, in his car and rushed him to the nearest hospital, run by the international humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders.   But the warplanes were still hunting.   Moments after al-Khal pulled up at the hospital in the town of Abs, a missile smashed down by his car, just outside the hospital entrance. Al-Khal, a father of eight, was incinerated. The blast ripped through patients and family waiting in an outdoor reception area. Nineteen people were killed, along with two civilians killed on the highway.   The Aug. 15 attack typified what has been a pattern in the nearly 2-year-old air campaign by Saudi Arabia and its allies against Yemen's Shiite rebels, known as Houthis. Rights groups and U.N. officials say the U.S.-backed coalition has often either deliberately or recklessly depended on faulty intelligence, failed to distinguish between civilian and military targets and disregarded the likelihood of civilian casualties.   Experts say some of the strikes amount to war crimes.   \"The Saudis have been committing war crimes in Yemen,\" said Gabor Rona, a professor teaching the laws of war at Columbia University. He warned that American personnel helping the coalition \"may also be guilty of war crimes.\"   Nearly 4,000 civilians have been killed in the war, and an estimated 60 percent of them died in airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition, the U.N. says.   Saudi Arabia launched the coalition campaign in March 2015 in a bid to restore the internationally recognized government of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, after the Houthis overran the capital, Sanaa, and the north of the country. The Iranian-backed Houthis are allied with troops loyal to Hadi's ousted predecessor, Ali Abdullah Saleh.   The war has devastated the country of 26 million, causing widespread hunger and driving 3 million from their homes.   Warplanes have hit medical centers, schools, factories, infrastructure and roads, markets, weddings and residential compounds.   The U.S. and its allies have sold billions of dollars in weapons to Saudi Arabia for the campaign. The U.S. military provides it with intelligence, satellite imagery and logistical help.   Washington underlines it does not make targeting decisions and calls on the coalition to investigate reported violations. Over the summer, the U.S military reduced the number of military personnel advising the coalition from several dozen to fewer than five, an apparent move to distance itself from the campaign.   \"U.S. security cooperation with Saudi Arabia is not a blank check,\" National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said.   The coalition says it does its utmost to avoid civilian casualties and notes rebels often operate among civilians. Rights groups and U.N. officials have reported probable war crimes by the Houthis, including shelling civilian areas and basing their fighters in schools and other civilian locations.     \"This is the fog of war,\" the coalition's spokesman, Saudi Gen. Ahmed al-Asiri, told The Associated Press when asked if there is a pattern of civilian deaths. \"In war, there are decisions that should be taken fast.\"   The coalition, which says it investigates every claim of violations, has made nine investigations public. In two it acknowledged mistakes and said it would pay compensation to victims. In most of the other cases, it said the strikes were against a justified military target.   But critics say the American and international backing has given Saudi Arabia and its allies a free rein.   \"We believe that the coalition understood ... it has a green light to commit more massacres in Yemen,\" said Abdel-Rashed al-Faqeh, the head of Muwatana, one of Yemen's most prominent rights groups.   The strike in Abs underscored several of the problems experts point to in many strikes \u2014 the failure to distinguish between civilian and military targets and a lack of proportionality, the principle that use of force must be balanced to avoid civilian casualties.   In the strikes, warplanes initially fired a rocket targeting a Houthi checkpoint manned by two rebels on a highway outside Abs. The fighters escaped, but two more rockets were fired, killing two bystanders and wounding others. It appears the warplanes followed al-Khal's Camry, believing he was carrying a wounded fighter, and struck him outside the hospital.   The hospital was on a coalition list of sites not to be targeted in airstrikes, and had markings on its roof to show it was a medical facility.   The AP interviewed witnesses to the strikes on the highway and at the hospital, as well as al-Khal's two wives.   The head of Doctors Without Border's mission in Yemen, Colette Gadenne, said the coalition acknowledged to the group privately that the strike was a mistake.   The head of the coalition's investigation team, Mansour al-Mansour, said he could not discuss the investigation results in public. He said the coalition gave Doctors Without Borders all information it gathered.   The effect of the strike \u2014 the fifth on a facility run by the group in Yemen \u2014 has been wide-reaching. The organization pulled its personnel from northern Yemen, straining staff at multiple hospitals.   The Abs hospital served around 100,000 peoplpe, said its manager, Ibrahim Ali. Now it is shut down and the nearest medical facilities are two or three hours away by car. \"Patients sometimes die on the road,\" Ali said.   Rona, the legal expert, said those behind the Abs strikes \"didn't take sufficient precautions to determine that the people in the taxi are targetable.\" Then, warplanes struck where \"there would be significant collateral damage to the hospital.\"   \"Any way you look at it, it is a war crime.\"", "essay": "I just read an article about the devastation in Yemen. I think that the alliance between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia has been nothing but trouble since we decided to started to lust after their wealth. Millions have been killed or displaced in conflicts that we are either tacitly or actively backing and it looks like there is no end in sight."}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Child sex abuse victim recalls horror of being forced to sleep with father and mother \u2014  A woman has recalled the horror of being forced to have sex with both of her parents and being plied with alcohol from the age of 11.   In a particularly heartbreaking episode of The Dr Phil Show, an incestuous child abuse survivor confronted her biological mother two decades on. Victim Amanda divulged her horrific experience, including her parents making her pose for explicit photographs and videotaping their sexual encounters with a view to sell them online.   Mother Justine \u2013 who appeared remorseful for her actions \u2013 claimed that she \"hates\" herself for the crimes made against her daughter. She said: \"I know I made poor choices.\"   The daughter told her mother and the audience: \"My innocence was stolen from me.\"   Television host Dr Phil questioned the mother: \"In what parallel universe does a mother watch her daughter performing a sex act on her husband and her father?\"   Justine and Amanda's biological father Jim were charged with sexual assault and exploitation of their then 13-year-old daughter in 1996. They both pleaded guilty and received sentences of 20 years in prison.   Amanda shocked the audience when she said: \"My parents forced me to have sex with them,\" before revealing that she was given rewards for the sexual acts and that her mother showed her how to \"enjoy\" sex. \"Justine would show me how good sex would feel by having sex in front of me with my father,\" she added. The young woman also claimed she was forced to have sex with both parents. She said that mother Justine both coached her sexually and was a \"willing participant\" in the ongoing sexual abuse.   Amanda revealed that Justine photographed and videotaped much of what she refers to as \"encounters.\" After her parents \"got what they wanted\", family life would resume as normal.   Following the abuse, Amanda gave an account of what would typically happen thereafter. She said: \"Afterwards, it was a normal night, dessert, brush my teeth and bedtime.\"   She also claimed that her parents threatened her if she revealed their dark secret to anyone in a bid for help. \"It's been 20 years since that nightmare ended, but it's still hard to grasp the idea that they are out of prison,\" she said. According to the victim, her mother Justine had allegedly refused \"to acknowledge that she had any significant part\" in the molestation.   Jim, who has since reached out to his daughter on Facebook before becoming \"manipulative,\" has yet to apologise to Amanda. She said: \"I don't think I've ever received a real apology from Jim. Justine claims that her and her husband's behaviour was fuelled by money. She said: \"Jim found out how much money could be made from child pornography.   \"If I could take it all back I would. I hate myself for what I did,\" she added, along with claims that Amanda's father made her \"join him\" in abusing their daughter. She suggested it was all her then-husband's idea and that she had initially fought him for three months, but eventually \"gave in\". Contrarily, Jim has previously branded his ex-wife a liar, and stated that she was a willing participant in their heinous sex crimes against their own child. He is to appear on The Dr Phil Show today (17 November) and explain why he had sex with his daughter.   Since the episode aired, the official Twitter account for Dr Phil has posted a slew of tweets regarding child abuse and information on paedophiles.   Many viewers have expressed their horror on Amanda's story, with one person writing on the social media sharing site: \"This show is a hard one... don't know how I'm going to stomach tomorrow's continuation,\" as another put: \"SO Sad. Her parents are sick and should be ashamed of themselves\".", "essay": "This is truly disgusting. I will never be able to understand how someone, especially a parent, is able to even fathom doing this to their kid. It is disgusting. I can only imagine the daily horrors that this poor women has to live with thanks to her disgusting parents. I can't believe they only for 20 years. they should be in their for life so this poor women does not have to feel scared or worried with them out of prison.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Child sex abuse victim recalls horror of being forced to sleep with father and mother \u2014  A woman has recalled the horror of being forced to have sex with both of her parents and being plied with alcohol from the age of 11.   In a particularly heartbreaking episode of The Dr Phil Show, an incestuous child abuse survivor confronted her biological mother two decades on. Victim Amanda divulged her horrific experience, including her parents making her pose for explicit photographs and videotaping their sexual encounters with a view to sell them online.   Mother Justine \u2013 who appeared remorseful for her actions \u2013 claimed that she \"hates\" herself for the crimes made against her daughter. She said: \"I know I made poor choices.\"   The daughter told her mother and the audience: \"My innocence was stolen from me.\"   Television host Dr Phil questioned the mother: \"In what parallel universe does a mother watch her daughter performing a sex act on her husband and her father?\"   Justine and Amanda's biological father Jim were charged with sexual assault and exploitation of their then 13-year-old daughter in 1996. They both pleaded guilty and received sentences of 20 years in prison.   Amanda shocked the audience when she said: \"My parents forced me to have sex with them,\" before revealing that she was given rewards for the sexual acts and that her mother showed her how to \"enjoy\" sex. \"Justine would show me how good sex would feel by having sex in front of me with my father,\" she added. The young woman also claimed she was forced to have sex with both parents. She said that mother Justine both coached her sexually and was a \"willing participant\" in the ongoing sexual abuse.   Amanda revealed that Justine photographed and videotaped much of what she refers to as \"encounters.\" After her parents \"got what they wanted\", family life would resume as normal.   Following the abuse, Amanda gave an account of what would typically happen thereafter. She said: \"Afterwards, it was a normal night, dessert, brush my teeth and bedtime.\"   She also claimed that her parents threatened her if she revealed their dark secret to anyone in a bid for help. \"It's been 20 years since that nightmare ended, but it's still hard to grasp the idea that they are out of prison,\" she said. According to the victim, her mother Justine had allegedly refused \"to acknowledge that she had any significant part\" in the molestation.   Jim, who has since reached out to his daughter on Facebook before becoming \"manipulative,\" has yet to apologise to Amanda. She said: \"I don't think I've ever received a real apology from Jim. Justine claims that her and her husband's behaviour was fuelled by money. She said: \"Jim found out how much money could be made from child pornography.   \"If I could take it all back I would. I hate myself for what I did,\" she added, along with claims that Amanda's father made her \"join him\" in abusing their daughter. She suggested it was all her then-husband's idea and that she had initially fought him for three months, but eventually \"gave in\". Contrarily, Jim has previously branded his ex-wife a liar, and stated that she was a willing participant in their heinous sex crimes against their own child. He is to appear on The Dr Phil Show today (17 November) and explain why he had sex with his daughter.   Since the episode aired, the official Twitter account for Dr Phil has posted a slew of tweets regarding child abuse and information on paedophiles.   Many viewers have expressed their horror on Amanda's story, with one person writing on the social media sharing site: \"This show is a hard one... don't know how I'm going to stomach tomorrow's continuation,\" as another put: \"SO Sad. Her parents are sick and should be ashamed of themselves\".", "essay": "So, I just read an article about an episode of Dr. Phil that features a young woman who was groomed and sexually abused by both of her parents because of a potential windfall from selling child pornography. I have a hard time wrapping my head around men who abuse their children for sexual gratification, but the fact that her mother was involved in this too makes it almost too horrible to be true. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p025", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 58000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 33, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 58000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Child sex abuse victim recalls horror of being forced to sleep with father and mother \u2014  A woman has recalled the horror of being forced to have sex with both of her parents and being plied with alcohol from the age of 11.   In a particularly heartbreaking episode of The Dr Phil Show, an incestuous child abuse survivor confronted her biological mother two decades on. Victim Amanda divulged her horrific experience, including her parents making her pose for explicit photographs and videotaping their sexual encounters with a view to sell them online.   Mother Justine \u2013 who appeared remorseful for her actions \u2013 claimed that she \"hates\" herself for the crimes made against her daughter. She said: \"I know I made poor choices.\"   The daughter told her mother and the audience: \"My innocence was stolen from me.\"   Television host Dr Phil questioned the mother: \"In what parallel universe does a mother watch her daughter performing a sex act on her husband and her father?\"   Justine and Amanda's biological father Jim were charged with sexual assault and exploitation of their then 13-year-old daughter in 1996. They both pleaded guilty and received sentences of 20 years in prison.   Amanda shocked the audience when she said: \"My parents forced me to have sex with them,\" before revealing that she was given rewards for the sexual acts and that her mother showed her how to \"enjoy\" sex. \"Justine would show me how good sex would feel by having sex in front of me with my father,\" she added. The young woman also claimed she was forced to have sex with both parents. She said that mother Justine both coached her sexually and was a \"willing participant\" in the ongoing sexual abuse.   Amanda revealed that Justine photographed and videotaped much of what she refers to as \"encounters.\" After her parents \"got what they wanted\", family life would resume as normal.   Following the abuse, Amanda gave an account of what would typically happen thereafter. She said: \"Afterwards, it was a normal night, dessert, brush my teeth and bedtime.\"   She also claimed that her parents threatened her if she revealed their dark secret to anyone in a bid for help. \"It's been 20 years since that nightmare ended, but it's still hard to grasp the idea that they are out of prison,\" she said. According to the victim, her mother Justine had allegedly refused \"to acknowledge that she had any significant part\" in the molestation.   Jim, who has since reached out to his daughter on Facebook before becoming \"manipulative,\" has yet to apologise to Amanda. She said: \"I don't think I've ever received a real apology from Jim. Justine claims that her and her husband's behaviour was fuelled by money. She said: \"Jim found out how much money could be made from child pornography.   \"If I could take it all back I would. I hate myself for what I did,\" she added, along with claims that Amanda's father made her \"join him\" in abusing their daughter. She suggested it was all her then-husband's idea and that she had initially fought him for three months, but eventually \"gave in\". Contrarily, Jim has previously branded his ex-wife a liar, and stated that she was a willing participant in their heinous sex crimes against their own child. He is to appear on The Dr Phil Show today (17 November) and explain why he had sex with his daughter.   Since the episode aired, the official Twitter account for Dr Phil has posted a slew of tweets regarding child abuse and information on paedophiles.   Many viewers have expressed their horror on Amanda's story, with one person writing on the social media sharing site: \"This show is a hard one... don't know how I'm going to stomach tomorrow's continuation,\" as another put: \"SO Sad. Her parents are sick and should be ashamed of themselves\".", "essay": "I just read this horrifying article. I am actually not sure that I should even tell you about it because it was so disturbing. It was about this woman who was on the Dr. Phil show. When she was a little girls she was sexually abused by by both her parents. No need to read that again, yes, I said both her parents. They forced her to have sex with the father and the mother videotaped all of it and then they sold the footage. It makes me want to throw up. How horrible of a human being do you have to be to do that to your own child. Thankfully both parents got charged and sentenced to 20 years. Unfortunately their sentence is up. The mother was on the tv show saying how much she regrets it and that the father made her do it. I do not believe her for a second.I would rather die than hurt my kid"}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Child sex abuse victim recalls horror of being forced to sleep with father and mother \u2014  A woman has recalled the horror of being forced to have sex with both of her parents and being plied with alcohol from the age of 11.   In a particularly heartbreaking episode of The Dr Phil Show, an incestuous child abuse survivor confronted her biological mother two decades on. Victim Amanda divulged her horrific experience, including her parents making her pose for explicit photographs and videotaping their sexual encounters with a view to sell them online.   Mother Justine \u2013 who appeared remorseful for her actions \u2013 claimed that she \"hates\" herself for the crimes made against her daughter. She said: \"I know I made poor choices.\"   The daughter told her mother and the audience: \"My innocence was stolen from me.\"   Television host Dr Phil questioned the mother: \"In what parallel universe does a mother watch her daughter performing a sex act on her husband and her father?\"   Justine and Amanda's biological father Jim were charged with sexual assault and exploitation of their then 13-year-old daughter in 1996. They both pleaded guilty and received sentences of 20 years in prison.   Amanda shocked the audience when she said: \"My parents forced me to have sex with them,\" before revealing that she was given rewards for the sexual acts and that her mother showed her how to \"enjoy\" sex. \"Justine would show me how good sex would feel by having sex in front of me with my father,\" she added. The young woman also claimed she was forced to have sex with both parents. She said that mother Justine both coached her sexually and was a \"willing participant\" in the ongoing sexual abuse.   Amanda revealed that Justine photographed and videotaped much of what she refers to as \"encounters.\" After her parents \"got what they wanted\", family life would resume as normal.   Following the abuse, Amanda gave an account of what would typically happen thereafter. She said: \"Afterwards, it was a normal night, dessert, brush my teeth and bedtime.\"   She also claimed that her parents threatened her if she revealed their dark secret to anyone in a bid for help. \"It's been 20 years since that nightmare ended, but it's still hard to grasp the idea that they are out of prison,\" she said. According to the victim, her mother Justine had allegedly refused \"to acknowledge that she had any significant part\" in the molestation.   Jim, who has since reached out to his daughter on Facebook before becoming \"manipulative,\" has yet to apologise to Amanda. She said: \"I don't think I've ever received a real apology from Jim. Justine claims that her and her husband's behaviour was fuelled by money. She said: \"Jim found out how much money could be made from child pornography.   \"If I could take it all back I would. I hate myself for what I did,\" she added, along with claims that Amanda's father made her \"join him\" in abusing their daughter. She suggested it was all her then-husband's idea and that she had initially fought him for three months, but eventually \"gave in\". Contrarily, Jim has previously branded his ex-wife a liar, and stated that she was a willing participant in their heinous sex crimes against their own child. He is to appear on The Dr Phil Show today (17 November) and explain why he had sex with his daughter.   Since the episode aired, the official Twitter account for Dr Phil has posted a slew of tweets regarding child abuse and information on paedophiles.   Many viewers have expressed their horror on Amanda's story, with one person writing on the social media sharing site: \"This show is a hard one... don't know how I'm going to stomach tomorrow's continuation,\" as another put: \"SO Sad. Her parents are sick and should be ashamed of themselves\".", "essay": "This article was troubling on so many different levels. I cant put myself in this girls shoes because I would never imagine my parents doing this to me. I cant believe they are out of jail they seem like such a threat to society if they can do this to there own child. I pray these people never come in contact with a never child again. you are suppose to protect your kids. This girl can never get her childhood back i dont see how you could trust people after this or live a normal life my mind would be so messed up. i hope she gets the help she needs."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Child sex abuse victim recalls horror of being forced to sleep with father and mother \u2014  A woman has recalled the horror of being forced to have sex with both of her parents and being plied with alcohol from the age of 11.   In a particularly heartbreaking episode of The Dr Phil Show, an incestuous child abuse survivor confronted her biological mother two decades on. Victim Amanda divulged her horrific experience, including her parents making her pose for explicit photographs and videotaping their sexual encounters with a view to sell them online.   Mother Justine \u2013 who appeared remorseful for her actions \u2013 claimed that she \"hates\" herself for the crimes made against her daughter. She said: \"I know I made poor choices.\"   The daughter told her mother and the audience: \"My innocence was stolen from me.\"   Television host Dr Phil questioned the mother: \"In what parallel universe does a mother watch her daughter performing a sex act on her husband and her father?\"   Justine and Amanda's biological father Jim were charged with sexual assault and exploitation of their then 13-year-old daughter in 1996. They both pleaded guilty and received sentences of 20 years in prison.   Amanda shocked the audience when she said: \"My parents forced me to have sex with them,\" before revealing that she was given rewards for the sexual acts and that her mother showed her how to \"enjoy\" sex. \"Justine would show me how good sex would feel by having sex in front of me with my father,\" she added. The young woman also claimed she was forced to have sex with both parents. She said that mother Justine both coached her sexually and was a \"willing participant\" in the ongoing sexual abuse.   Amanda revealed that Justine photographed and videotaped much of what she refers to as \"encounters.\" After her parents \"got what they wanted\", family life would resume as normal.   Following the abuse, Amanda gave an account of what would typically happen thereafter. She said: \"Afterwards, it was a normal night, dessert, brush my teeth and bedtime.\"   She also claimed that her parents threatened her if she revealed their dark secret to anyone in a bid for help. \"It's been 20 years since that nightmare ended, but it's still hard to grasp the idea that they are out of prison,\" she said. According to the victim, her mother Justine had allegedly refused \"to acknowledge that she had any significant part\" in the molestation.   Jim, who has since reached out to his daughter on Facebook before becoming \"manipulative,\" has yet to apologise to Amanda. She said: \"I don't think I've ever received a real apology from Jim. Justine claims that her and her husband's behaviour was fuelled by money. She said: \"Jim found out how much money could be made from child pornography.   \"If I could take it all back I would. I hate myself for what I did,\" she added, along with claims that Amanda's father made her \"join him\" in abusing their daughter. She suggested it was all her then-husband's idea and that she had initially fought him for three months, but eventually \"gave in\". Contrarily, Jim has previously branded his ex-wife a liar, and stated that she was a willing participant in their heinous sex crimes against their own child. He is to appear on The Dr Phil Show today (17 November) and explain why he had sex with his daughter.   Since the episode aired, the official Twitter account for Dr Phil has posted a slew of tweets regarding child abuse and information on paedophiles.   Many viewers have expressed their horror on Amanda's story, with one person writing on the social media sharing site: \"This show is a hard one... don't know how I'm going to stomach tomorrow's continuation,\" as another put: \"SO Sad. Her parents are sick and should be ashamed of themselves\".", "essay": "After reading the article, i couldn't help but feel really disgusted and disturbed by what i read. The fact that someone can harm or sexually assault their own child is downright terrible. People like this need to be locked up for ever or even suffer the death penalty. It's terrible because they gave birth to this girl but now her life is already ruined."}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "73 killed in tanker explosion in Mozambique \u2014  A fuel tanker exploded in northern Mozambique as residents gathered around to buy fuel from the driver on Thursday, killing 73 people and injuring 110 others, Mozambican media reported.   Dozens of charred bodies were scattered around the blast site in the town of Caphiridzange in Tete province, and government officials believed more bodies might be in surrounding woods, Radio Mozambique reported. Some badly burned people had tried to run into a nearby river, the radio said.   A truck driver from neighboring Malawi had turned off the main road to sell fuel to local residents, who were gathered around the vehicle when the fuel caught fire, according to Radio Mozambique.   Medical teams rushed to the scene of the accident, evacuating the injured in ambulances and other vehicles. Searchers looked for more victims, though their efforts were hampered as night fell.   The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. Citing Mozambican reports, the Portuguese news agency Lusa said one theory was that a fire near the tanker set off the blast, while another theory pointed to a lightning strike as residents were collecting the fuel.   A national government task force planned to travel to the accident site on Friday.", "essay": "How sad and awful of a tragedy is this. I know accidents happen but surely there were steps in place, or steps that could have been put in place to prevent this. How horrifying of a sight it must have been to see charred bodies tossed in the air like that and being thrown all over the ground. That is something that will haunt whoever survived it for the rest of their lives. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "73 killed in tanker explosion in Mozambique \u2014  A fuel tanker exploded in northern Mozambique as residents gathered around to buy fuel from the driver on Thursday, killing 73 people and injuring 110 others, Mozambican media reported.   Dozens of charred bodies were scattered around the blast site in the town of Caphiridzange in Tete province, and government officials believed more bodies might be in surrounding woods, Radio Mozambique reported. Some badly burned people had tried to run into a nearby river, the radio said.   A truck driver from neighboring Malawi had turned off the main road to sell fuel to local residents, who were gathered around the vehicle when the fuel caught fire, according to Radio Mozambique.   Medical teams rushed to the scene of the accident, evacuating the injured in ambulances and other vehicles. Searchers looked for more victims, though their efforts were hampered as night fell.   The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. Citing Mozambican reports, the Portuguese news agency Lusa said one theory was that a fire near the tanker set off the blast, while another theory pointed to a lightning strike as residents were collecting the fuel.   A national government task force planned to travel to the accident site on Friday.", "essay": "I feel very bad for the people killed. I can only imagine going to get some fuel and having the truck blow up killing me and many others. I do not know if the death was quick or slow  and painful as you burned to death. I hope it was an accident and not cause by someone on purpose, but that does not really matter to the victims that died."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "73 killed in tanker explosion in Mozambique \u2014  A fuel tanker exploded in northern Mozambique as residents gathered around to buy fuel from the driver on Thursday, killing 73 people and injuring 110 others, Mozambican media reported.   Dozens of charred bodies were scattered around the blast site in the town of Caphiridzange in Tete province, and government officials believed more bodies might be in surrounding woods, Radio Mozambique reported. Some badly burned people had tried to run into a nearby river, the radio said.   A truck driver from neighboring Malawi had turned off the main road to sell fuel to local residents, who were gathered around the vehicle when the fuel caught fire, according to Radio Mozambique.   Medical teams rushed to the scene of the accident, evacuating the injured in ambulances and other vehicles. Searchers looked for more victims, though their efforts were hampered as night fell.   The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. Citing Mozambican reports, the Portuguese news agency Lusa said one theory was that a fire near the tanker set off the blast, while another theory pointed to a lightning strike as residents were collecting the fuel.   A national government task force planned to travel to the accident site on Friday.", "essay": "This is a tragic story but it's also what happens in third-world countries where you pull a truck off the side of the road to sell fuel to citizens.  The world is an absolutely enormous place--beyond comprehension.  And death, suffering, and tragedy occur all the time.  I'm not going to worry about the lives of a handful of random people who I didn't know existed until I knew they no longer existed.  These people might as well be fictional characters to me.  Sure, someone is grieving them somewhere.  And this event probably really did happen.  But to me it's not real and it truly doesn't matter.  And, frankly, despite this modern age's attempt to argue the opposite, I don't think the world is any better a place because I know these people are dead."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "73 killed in tanker explosion in Mozambique \u2014  A fuel tanker exploded in northern Mozambique as residents gathered around to buy fuel from the driver on Thursday, killing 73 people and injuring 110 others, Mozambican media reported.   Dozens of charred bodies were scattered around the blast site in the town of Caphiridzange in Tete province, and government officials believed more bodies might be in surrounding woods, Radio Mozambique reported. Some badly burned people had tried to run into a nearby river, the radio said.   A truck driver from neighboring Malawi had turned off the main road to sell fuel to local residents, who were gathered around the vehicle when the fuel caught fire, according to Radio Mozambique.   Medical teams rushed to the scene of the accident, evacuating the injured in ambulances and other vehicles. Searchers looked for more victims, though their efforts were hampered as night fell.   The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. Citing Mozambican reports, the Portuguese news agency Lusa said one theory was that a fire near the tanker set off the blast, while another theory pointed to a lightning strike as residents were collecting the fuel.   A national government task force planned to travel to the accident site on Friday.", "essay": "It is so crazy what a freak accident this was. These people couldnt even try to escape as it just happened. I think that way more safety and procedures being done for these people then just collecting fuel from a truck on the side of the rode. Anything can happen with such a flammable liquid and people that dont really know alot getting it out. I feel horrible for the people who responded to the scene as that had to have been so scarring to see. So many families will be at a loss from this and i think the government should do alot to help out with there life now."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "73 killed in tanker explosion in Mozambique \u2014  A fuel tanker exploded in northern Mozambique as residents gathered around to buy fuel from the driver on Thursday, killing 73 people and injuring 110 others, Mozambican media reported.   Dozens of charred bodies were scattered around the blast site in the town of Caphiridzange in Tete province, and government officials believed more bodies might be in surrounding woods, Radio Mozambique reported. Some badly burned people had tried to run into a nearby river, the radio said.   A truck driver from neighboring Malawi had turned off the main road to sell fuel to local residents, who were gathered around the vehicle when the fuel caught fire, according to Radio Mozambique.   Medical teams rushed to the scene of the accident, evacuating the injured in ambulances and other vehicles. Searchers looked for more victims, though their efforts were hampered as night fell.   The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. Citing Mozambican reports, the Portuguese news agency Lusa said one theory was that a fire near the tanker set off the blast, while another theory pointed to a lightning strike as residents were collecting the fuel.   A national government task force planned to travel to the accident site on Friday.", "essay": "Wow, how sad.  So many people dead for no reason.  This sounds just like a terrible accident to me, I mean they think it could have been caused by lightning striking?  What are the odds?  It's so sad when things like this happen that result in such a massive loss of life.  I feel bad for all the families affected and plus of course all the victims who lost their lives due to something so unnecessary.  Sometimes things like this just happen and there's nothing anyone can do to stop it I guess."}
{"user_id": "ec_p008", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 21000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 21000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "At least 10 hurt after massive Arizona apartment complex fire caught on video \u2014  Ten people were hurt when a fire tore through a small apartment complex in Payson. Fire Chief David Staub says the fourplex is a total loss after an explosion ignited the blaze Saturday evening. The fire was reported after sundown and fire crews arrived to find the building completely engulfed.   Staub says eight people inside all suffered minor injuries except one person who was transported to a Maricopa County burn center. That person remains hospitalized in stable condition.   Two people who were outside the apartments also sustained minor injuries. They were treated at the scene.   It took crews about 10 minutes to get the fire under control after the gas company shut off gas in the neighborhood.   Staub says the cause remains under investigation.", "essay": "Oh my gosh, I wonder what went wrong. Those poor people! I can't fathom what it would be like to just be going about my life when a sudden explosion turns my entire world upside down. Recovering from serious burns must be excruciating, I hate it when I burn my tongue. I hope they figure out what went wrong. Crazy to think how something so necessary can be so dangerous."}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "At least 10 hurt after massive Arizona apartment complex fire caught on video \u2014  Ten people were hurt when a fire tore through a small apartment complex in Payson. Fire Chief David Staub says the fourplex is a total loss after an explosion ignited the blaze Saturday evening. The fire was reported after sundown and fire crews arrived to find the building completely engulfed.   Staub says eight people inside all suffered minor injuries except one person who was transported to a Maricopa County burn center. That person remains hospitalized in stable condition.   Two people who were outside the apartments also sustained minor injuries. They were treated at the scene.   It took crews about 10 minutes to get the fire under control after the gas company shut off gas in the neighborhood.   Staub says the cause remains under investigation.", "essay": "These kind of stories make me sad, but it sounds like it could have been so much worse!! Of all the people that could have been in an apartment complex, for no one to die and for only ten to be injured, that seems like pretty good luck all in all to me. Especially considering only 2 were hurt bad enough to go to the hospital. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "At least 10 hurt after massive Arizona apartment complex fire caught on video \u2014  Ten people were hurt when a fire tore through a small apartment complex in Payson. Fire Chief David Staub says the fourplex is a total loss after an explosion ignited the blaze Saturday evening. The fire was reported after sundown and fire crews arrived to find the building completely engulfed.   Staub says eight people inside all suffered minor injuries except one person who was transported to a Maricopa County burn center. That person remains hospitalized in stable condition.   Two people who were outside the apartments also sustained minor injuries. They were treated at the scene.   It took crews about 10 minutes to get the fire under control after the gas company shut off gas in the neighborhood.   Staub says the cause remains under investigation.", "essay": "It was a shame that there was a fire but at least they did not die. It could have been much worse the firefighters did a good job in preventing the loss of life. It was very good that there wasn't more serious injuries this could have been much worse but thank god there was someone watching out for these people"}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "At least 10 hurt after massive Arizona apartment complex fire caught on video \u2014  Ten people were hurt when a fire tore through a small apartment complex in Payson. Fire Chief David Staub says the fourplex is a total loss after an explosion ignited the blaze Saturday evening. The fire was reported after sundown and fire crews arrived to find the building completely engulfed.   Staub says eight people inside all suffered minor injuries except one person who was transported to a Maricopa County burn center. That person remains hospitalized in stable condition.   Two people who were outside the apartments also sustained minor injuries. They were treated at the scene.   It took crews about 10 minutes to get the fire under control after the gas company shut off gas in the neighborhood.   Staub says the cause remains under investigation.", "essay": "I think when accidents like this happen we must sit back and wonder why they happened and what can be done to prevent them in the future. I feel like this Arizona apartment complex probably did not have the necessary protocols to do things the right way and that caused this to happen. We must ensure all buildings have the necessary steps to prevent this."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "At least 10 hurt after massive Arizona apartment complex fire caught on video \u2014  Ten people were hurt when a fire tore through a small apartment complex in Payson. Fire Chief David Staub says the fourplex is a total loss after an explosion ignited the blaze Saturday evening. The fire was reported after sundown and fire crews arrived to find the building completely engulfed.   Staub says eight people inside all suffered minor injuries except one person who was transported to a Maricopa County burn center. That person remains hospitalized in stable condition.   Two people who were outside the apartments also sustained minor injuries. They were treated at the scene.   It took crews about 10 minutes to get the fire under control after the gas company shut off gas in the neighborhood.   Staub says the cause remains under investigation.", "essay": "After reading the article, you can't help but feel sorry for the people that were affected by the fire. It's a good thing that most only had minor injuries and there weren't any deaths though. I think that something like this is terrible because it is an accident of one person that can really hurt others as well. Hopefully people are more careful in the future."}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Rescuers say all 33 miners trapped in China mine found dead \u2014  BEIJING \u2014 All 33 coal miners trapped underground in a gas explosion earlier this week have been found dead, state media reported Wednesday, as work safety officials vowed to punish those responsible. Two miners survived Monday\u2019s explosion but rescuers working around the clock found no others alive. All bodies have been recovered and rescuers were shown bowing their heads in memorial for the dead. Gas explosions inside mines are often caused when a flame or electrical spark ignites gas leaking from the coal seam. Ventilation systems are supposed to prevent gas from becoming trapped. The State Administration of Work Safety ordered an investigation into the blast, \u201cadding that those responsible must be strictly punished.\u201d Local officials in Chongqing also ordered smaller mines to shut down temporarily, Xinhua said. China\u2019s mining industry has long been among the world\u2019s deadliest. The head of the State Administration of Work Safety said earlier this year that struggling coal mines might be likely to overlook maintenance. China is the world\u2019s largest producer and consumer of coal but plans to shutter more than 1,000 outdated mines as part of a broader plan to reduce overproduction.", "essay": "This makes me so sad.... Especially because it totally could have been prevented if the right safety precautions would have just been taken. 23 lives. That's a lot. That's 23 families who will never be the same. All because it sounds like the heads in charge were lazy and taking the easy shortcuts out. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Rescuers say all 33 miners trapped in China mine found dead \u2014  BEIJING \u2014 All 33 coal miners trapped underground in a gas explosion earlier this week have been found dead, state media reported Wednesday, as work safety officials vowed to punish those responsible. Two miners survived Monday\u2019s explosion but rescuers working around the clock found no others alive. All bodies have been recovered and rescuers were shown bowing their heads in memorial for the dead. Gas explosions inside mines are often caused when a flame or electrical spark ignites gas leaking from the coal seam. Ventilation systems are supposed to prevent gas from becoming trapped. The State Administration of Work Safety ordered an investigation into the blast, \u201cadding that those responsible must be strictly punished.\u201d Local officials in Chongqing also ordered smaller mines to shut down temporarily, Xinhua said. China\u2019s mining industry has long been among the world\u2019s deadliest. The head of the State Administration of Work Safety said earlier this year that struggling coal mines might be likely to overlook maintenance. China is the world\u2019s largest producer and consumer of coal but plans to shutter more than 1,000 outdated mines as part of a broader plan to reduce overproduction.", "essay": "I feel really bad for the miners that were trapped. It was an unfortunate situation and an accident that was hard to avoid. It was just a freak accident and i would not wish this upon anybody. Those people must have been so scared inside that cave. The families of the ones that were lost are all suffering as well which makes me very sad."}
{"user_id": "ec_p016", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 60000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 60000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Rescuers say all 33 miners trapped in China mine found dead \u2014  BEIJING \u2014 All 33 coal miners trapped underground in a gas explosion earlier this week have been found dead, state media reported Wednesday, as work safety officials vowed to punish those responsible. Two miners survived Monday\u2019s explosion but rescuers working around the clock found no others alive. All bodies have been recovered and rescuers were shown bowing their heads in memorial for the dead. Gas explosions inside mines are often caused when a flame or electrical spark ignites gas leaking from the coal seam. Ventilation systems are supposed to prevent gas from becoming trapped. The State Administration of Work Safety ordered an investigation into the blast, \u201cadding that those responsible must be strictly punished.\u201d Local officials in Chongqing also ordered smaller mines to shut down temporarily, Xinhua said. China\u2019s mining industry has long been among the world\u2019s deadliest. The head of the State Administration of Work Safety said earlier this year that struggling coal mines might be likely to overlook maintenance. China is the world\u2019s largest producer and consumer of coal but plans to shutter more than 1,000 outdated mines as part of a broader plan to reduce overproduction.", "essay": "Ugh, this story is so depressing. Cave ins and things like this are always devastating, but even more so when you dig and dig and find nothing. It reminds me of the dogs in 9/11 who got depressed over not finding survivors, or the Mexico earthquake where they made up a survivor just to make people feel better. It's so, so sad. :("}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "Rescuers say all 33 miners trapped in China mine found dead \u2014  BEIJING \u2014 All 33 coal miners trapped underground in a gas explosion earlier this week have been found dead, state media reported Wednesday, as work safety officials vowed to punish those responsible. Two miners survived Monday\u2019s explosion but rescuers working around the clock found no others alive. All bodies have been recovered and rescuers were shown bowing their heads in memorial for the dead. Gas explosions inside mines are often caused when a flame or electrical spark ignites gas leaking from the coal seam. Ventilation systems are supposed to prevent gas from becoming trapped. The State Administration of Work Safety ordered an investigation into the blast, \u201cadding that those responsible must be strictly punished.\u201d Local officials in Chongqing also ordered smaller mines to shut down temporarily, Xinhua said. China\u2019s mining industry has long been among the world\u2019s deadliest. The head of the State Administration of Work Safety said earlier this year that struggling coal mines might be likely to overlook maintenance. China is the world\u2019s largest producer and consumer of coal but plans to shutter more than 1,000 outdated mines as part of a broader plan to reduce overproduction.", "essay": "I read the article on the China mining disaster.   There were 33 miners trapped in the mine.  Only two of them survived.  Officials stated whoever was responsible would be punished.   Smaller mines were shut down immediately until further notice.   China has always been known for the deadliest mining.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Rescuers say all 33 miners trapped in China mine found dead \u2014  BEIJING \u2014 All 33 coal miners trapped underground in a gas explosion earlier this week have been found dead, state media reported Wednesday, as work safety officials vowed to punish those responsible. Two miners survived Monday\u2019s explosion but rescuers working around the clock found no others alive. All bodies have been recovered and rescuers were shown bowing their heads in memorial for the dead. Gas explosions inside mines are often caused when a flame or electrical spark ignites gas leaking from the coal seam. Ventilation systems are supposed to prevent gas from becoming trapped. The State Administration of Work Safety ordered an investigation into the blast, \u201cadding that those responsible must be strictly punished.\u201d Local officials in Chongqing also ordered smaller mines to shut down temporarily, Xinhua said. China\u2019s mining industry has long been among the world\u2019s deadliest. The head of the State Administration of Work Safety said earlier this year that struggling coal mines might be likely to overlook maintenance. China is the world\u2019s largest producer and consumer of coal but plans to shutter more than 1,000 outdated mines as part of a broader plan to reduce overproduction.", "essay": "I cant even imagine dying this way. It is such a slow and painful death being trapped somewhere scared with gas leaking. It is sad that this was totally preventable but somehow they overlooked safety. I think all mines should be shut down until full safety inspections can be done. They need to be able to justify working conditions and not just have people working to make money. All of these people had families that are just stuck without them for such a silly reason to die. The government needs to be held responsible for this."}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "UW-Madison student charged in alleged attacks on 5 women \u2014  (CNN)One woman's allegations of sexual assault against a University of Wisconsin student led to multiple charges based on claims from five women. Alec Cook, 20, appeared Thursday in Dane County Circuit Court to hear the charges against him. He faces 14 felony counts, including second- and third-degree sexual assault, strangulation and false imprisonment, and one misdemeanor count of fourth-degree sexual assault. The court entered a not guilty plea on his behalf to the misdemeanor charge. Under Wisconsin law he will not enter a plea to the felony counts until after his arraignment. He is being held on $200,000 bail in Dane County Jail. Cook's name and face spread through social media and local news reports after his October 17 arrest based on allegations from another UW-Madison student. She told police that Cook sexually assaulted her October 12 in a nearly three-hour ordeal, grabbing her by the hair and neck so tightly that, she told police, her \"vision started to go.\" Cook was charged with four counts of sexual assault, strangulation and false imprisonment stemming from the allegations. Within a week, police said \"dozens\" more women came forward with potential information about Cook. CNN reached out to Cook's lawyers about the additional allegations but they declined to comment on the new charges. March 2015 The earliest count goes back to March 2015, when Cook allegedly invited a woman back to his apartment about two weeks after meeting her at a party. She told police that kissing turned to unwanted touching despite her attempts to push him away. When she tried to leave he grabbed her and pinned her to the futon and resumed kissing and touching her, according to a criminal complaint. She told investigators that after he assaulted her, she again tried to leave but that Cook pinned her to the futon again, wrapping his arms around her neck and torso. The detective asked what she thought would happen if she tried to leave she said she didn't know. \"That's what I was afraid of. I didn't know.\" When she saw his face on the news in connection with his arrest she told police she \"knew immediately\" it was him, according to the complaint. Cook was charged with sexual assault and false imprisonment based on her allegations. January to May 2016 Two women who took ballroom dance classes with Cook reported to police being groped by him during the class. One woman told police the behavior continued even after she told him to stop. Their complaints led to the misdemeanor count of fourth-degree sexual assault. February 2016 Another woman described to police a similar scenario of a February 2016 encounter that started with consensual kissing and quickly escalated to sexual assault. She told police she repeatedly said no as forceful touching turned into forced oral sex and then vaginal rape. She had smoked marijuana earlier that night and drank a beverage she could not identify, and as the evening progressed she began feeling \"fuzzy\" and out of it, she told police, according to complaint. When she awoke the next morning he tried to have sex with her again, she told police, according to the complaint. Her allegations formed the basis of three counts of felony sexual assault. August 2016 Another woman to come forward said she took a psychology class with Cook, according to the complaint. He sent her a Facebook message and they began corresponding. She told police that she went to his apartment and they started kissing and having consensual sex. She rebuffed his efforts to choke her, though, and eventually he relented. About 45 minutes passed before he forced himself on her, hitting her backside with an open palm as he raped her. She told police she went along with it so he would not force her to have oral sex, according to the complaint. Sexual assault: Changing the conversation before college Defense lawyers: Wait for the facts When questioned by police on October 17, Cook said the encounter that triggered his arrest was consensual and that he did not recall grabbing the woman by the neck. He acknowledged pulling the woman's hair. Cook's lawyers called on the public \"to wait for the facts before condemning\" him, and railed against a \"politically correct\" culture that leads to \"blind acceptance of mere accusations.\" \"Alec, a 20-year-old business major with no criminal history, has seemingly been charged, tried, and convicted,\" read the statement from attorneys Christopher T. Van Wagner and Jessa Nicholson. \"The rapid-fire news cycle, combined with the viral nature of social media, has resulted in modern-day character assassination that is very real and very wrong.\" How to help survivors of sexual assault CNN's Jamiel Lynch contributed to this report.", "essay": "This man is truly disgusting.... My heart breaks for these poor girls and what they went through and what they will have to continue to go through as victims and survivors. I hope they know that this is not their fault and it is all on him. He made the choice. I'm sure the media will portray it how they usually do and try to put some blame on them, but it is not their fault at all. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "UW-Madison student charged in alleged attacks on 5 women \u2014  (CNN)One woman's allegations of sexual assault against a University of Wisconsin student led to multiple charges based on claims from five women. Alec Cook, 20, appeared Thursday in Dane County Circuit Court to hear the charges against him. He faces 14 felony counts, including second- and third-degree sexual assault, strangulation and false imprisonment, and one misdemeanor count of fourth-degree sexual assault. The court entered a not guilty plea on his behalf to the misdemeanor charge. Under Wisconsin law he will not enter a plea to the felony counts until after his arraignment. He is being held on $200,000 bail in Dane County Jail. Cook's name and face spread through social media and local news reports after his October 17 arrest based on allegations from another UW-Madison student. She told police that Cook sexually assaulted her October 12 in a nearly three-hour ordeal, grabbing her by the hair and neck so tightly that, she told police, her \"vision started to go.\" Cook was charged with four counts of sexual assault, strangulation and false imprisonment stemming from the allegations. Within a week, police said \"dozens\" more women came forward with potential information about Cook. CNN reached out to Cook's lawyers about the additional allegations but they declined to comment on the new charges. March 2015 The earliest count goes back to March 2015, when Cook allegedly invited a woman back to his apartment about two weeks after meeting her at a party. She told police that kissing turned to unwanted touching despite her attempts to push him away. When she tried to leave he grabbed her and pinned her to the futon and resumed kissing and touching her, according to a criminal complaint. She told investigators that after he assaulted her, she again tried to leave but that Cook pinned her to the futon again, wrapping his arms around her neck and torso. The detective asked what she thought would happen if she tried to leave she said she didn't know. \"That's what I was afraid of. I didn't know.\" When she saw his face on the news in connection with his arrest she told police she \"knew immediately\" it was him, according to the complaint. Cook was charged with sexual assault and false imprisonment based on her allegations. January to May 2016 Two women who took ballroom dance classes with Cook reported to police being groped by him during the class. One woman told police the behavior continued even after she told him to stop. Their complaints led to the misdemeanor count of fourth-degree sexual assault. February 2016 Another woman described to police a similar scenario of a February 2016 encounter that started with consensual kissing and quickly escalated to sexual assault. She told police she repeatedly said no as forceful touching turned into forced oral sex and then vaginal rape. She had smoked marijuana earlier that night and drank a beverage she could not identify, and as the evening progressed she began feeling \"fuzzy\" and out of it, she told police, according to complaint. When she awoke the next morning he tried to have sex with her again, she told police, according to the complaint. Her allegations formed the basis of three counts of felony sexual assault. August 2016 Another woman to come forward said she took a psychology class with Cook, according to the complaint. He sent her a Facebook message and they began corresponding. She told police that she went to his apartment and they started kissing and having consensual sex. She rebuffed his efforts to choke her, though, and eventually he relented. About 45 minutes passed before he forced himself on her, hitting her backside with an open palm as he raped her. She told police she went along with it so he would not force her to have oral sex, according to the complaint. Sexual assault: Changing the conversation before college Defense lawyers: Wait for the facts When questioned by police on October 17, Cook said the encounter that triggered his arrest was consensual and that he did not recall grabbing the woman by the neck. He acknowledged pulling the woman's hair. Cook's lawyers called on the public \"to wait for the facts before condemning\" him, and railed against a \"politically correct\" culture that leads to \"blind acceptance of mere accusations.\" \"Alec, a 20-year-old business major with no criminal history, has seemingly been charged, tried, and convicted,\" read the statement from attorneys Christopher T. Van Wagner and Jessa Nicholson. \"The rapid-fire news cycle, combined with the viral nature of social media, has resulted in modern-day character assassination that is very real and very wrong.\" How to help survivors of sexual assault CNN's Jamiel Lynch contributed to this report.", "essay": "Guys like this make me sick and so angry. The fact that he tried to say nothing every happened it was consentual and basically blaming the victims is beyond me. He tried to say he was already convicted because the news storys but it was his own behavior. You can't go around doing what you please to other people and hurting them for your own pleasure. I am so glad someone had the courage to speak up and stop this guy from hurting more women. In most cases you cant always be sure if the women is telling the truth or just getting back at a guy but multiple women coming forward you just have to believe this guy is a danger to society. He should be locked up for a very long time in my eyes."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "UW-Madison student charged in alleged attacks on 5 women \u2014  (CNN)One woman's allegations of sexual assault against a University of Wisconsin student led to multiple charges based on claims from five women. Alec Cook, 20, appeared Thursday in Dane County Circuit Court to hear the charges against him. He faces 14 felony counts, including second- and third-degree sexual assault, strangulation and false imprisonment, and one misdemeanor count of fourth-degree sexual assault. The court entered a not guilty plea on his behalf to the misdemeanor charge. Under Wisconsin law he will not enter a plea to the felony counts until after his arraignment. He is being held on $200,000 bail in Dane County Jail. Cook's name and face spread through social media and local news reports after his October 17 arrest based on allegations from another UW-Madison student. She told police that Cook sexually assaulted her October 12 in a nearly three-hour ordeal, grabbing her by the hair and neck so tightly that, she told police, her \"vision started to go.\" Cook was charged with four counts of sexual assault, strangulation and false imprisonment stemming from the allegations. Within a week, police said \"dozens\" more women came forward with potential information about Cook. CNN reached out to Cook's lawyers about the additional allegations but they declined to comment on the new charges. March 2015 The earliest count goes back to March 2015, when Cook allegedly invited a woman back to his apartment about two weeks after meeting her at a party. She told police that kissing turned to unwanted touching despite her attempts to push him away. When she tried to leave he grabbed her and pinned her to the futon and resumed kissing and touching her, according to a criminal complaint. She told investigators that after he assaulted her, she again tried to leave but that Cook pinned her to the futon again, wrapping his arms around her neck and torso. The detective asked what she thought would happen if she tried to leave she said she didn't know. \"That's what I was afraid of. I didn't know.\" When she saw his face on the news in connection with his arrest she told police she \"knew immediately\" it was him, according to the complaint. Cook was charged with sexual assault and false imprisonment based on her allegations. January to May 2016 Two women who took ballroom dance classes with Cook reported to police being groped by him during the class. One woman told police the behavior continued even after she told him to stop. Their complaints led to the misdemeanor count of fourth-degree sexual assault. February 2016 Another woman described to police a similar scenario of a February 2016 encounter that started with consensual kissing and quickly escalated to sexual assault. She told police she repeatedly said no as forceful touching turned into forced oral sex and then vaginal rape. She had smoked marijuana earlier that night and drank a beverage she could not identify, and as the evening progressed she began feeling \"fuzzy\" and out of it, she told police, according to complaint. When she awoke the next morning he tried to have sex with her again, she told police, according to the complaint. Her allegations formed the basis of three counts of felony sexual assault. August 2016 Another woman to come forward said she took a psychology class with Cook, according to the complaint. He sent her a Facebook message and they began corresponding. She told police that she went to his apartment and they started kissing and having consensual sex. She rebuffed his efforts to choke her, though, and eventually he relented. About 45 minutes passed before he forced himself on her, hitting her backside with an open palm as he raped her. She told police she went along with it so he would not force her to have oral sex, according to the complaint. Sexual assault: Changing the conversation before college Defense lawyers: Wait for the facts When questioned by police on October 17, Cook said the encounter that triggered his arrest was consensual and that he did not recall grabbing the woman by the neck. He acknowledged pulling the woman's hair. Cook's lawyers called on the public \"to wait for the facts before condemning\" him, and railed against a \"politically correct\" culture that leads to \"blind acceptance of mere accusations.\" \"Alec, a 20-year-old business major with no criminal history, has seemingly been charged, tried, and convicted,\" read the statement from attorneys Christopher T. Van Wagner and Jessa Nicholson. \"The rapid-fire news cycle, combined with the viral nature of social media, has resulted in modern-day character assassination that is very real and very wrong.\" How to help survivors of sexual assault CNN's Jamiel Lynch contributed to this report.", "essay": "This is kinda sad, although it's good that they caught this guy before he did any further damage.  IT is sad for the women he already assaulted though.  He is clearly some sort of serial rapist and needs to be put where he cannot harm any more women because he has already harmed too many.  This type of thing is always sad because the victims can't undo the harm that's already been done to them.  Going through a length trial just brings it all back up and everybody l oses."}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "UW-Madison student charged in alleged attacks on 5 women \u2014  (CNN)One woman's allegations of sexual assault against a University of Wisconsin student led to multiple charges based on claims from five women. Alec Cook, 20, appeared Thursday in Dane County Circuit Court to hear the charges against him. He faces 14 felony counts, including second- and third-degree sexual assault, strangulation and false imprisonment, and one misdemeanor count of fourth-degree sexual assault. The court entered a not guilty plea on his behalf to the misdemeanor charge. Under Wisconsin law he will not enter a plea to the felony counts until after his arraignment. He is being held on $200,000 bail in Dane County Jail. Cook's name and face spread through social media and local news reports after his October 17 arrest based on allegations from another UW-Madison student. She told police that Cook sexually assaulted her October 12 in a nearly three-hour ordeal, grabbing her by the hair and neck so tightly that, she told police, her \"vision started to go.\" Cook was charged with four counts of sexual assault, strangulation and false imprisonment stemming from the allegations. Within a week, police said \"dozens\" more women came forward with potential information about Cook. CNN reached out to Cook's lawyers about the additional allegations but they declined to comment on the new charges. March 2015 The earliest count goes back to March 2015, when Cook allegedly invited a woman back to his apartment about two weeks after meeting her at a party. She told police that kissing turned to unwanted touching despite her attempts to push him away. When she tried to leave he grabbed her and pinned her to the futon and resumed kissing and touching her, according to a criminal complaint. She told investigators that after he assaulted her, she again tried to leave but that Cook pinned her to the futon again, wrapping his arms around her neck and torso. The detective asked what she thought would happen if she tried to leave she said she didn't know. \"That's what I was afraid of. I didn't know.\" When she saw his face on the news in connection with his arrest she told police she \"knew immediately\" it was him, according to the complaint. Cook was charged with sexual assault and false imprisonment based on her allegations. January to May 2016 Two women who took ballroom dance classes with Cook reported to police being groped by him during the class. One woman told police the behavior continued even after she told him to stop. Their complaints led to the misdemeanor count of fourth-degree sexual assault. February 2016 Another woman described to police a similar scenario of a February 2016 encounter that started with consensual kissing and quickly escalated to sexual assault. She told police she repeatedly said no as forceful touching turned into forced oral sex and then vaginal rape. She had smoked marijuana earlier that night and drank a beverage she could not identify, and as the evening progressed she began feeling \"fuzzy\" and out of it, she told police, according to complaint. When she awoke the next morning he tried to have sex with her again, she told police, according to the complaint. Her allegations formed the basis of three counts of felony sexual assault. August 2016 Another woman to come forward said she took a psychology class with Cook, according to the complaint. He sent her a Facebook message and they began corresponding. She told police that she went to his apartment and they started kissing and having consensual sex. She rebuffed his efforts to choke her, though, and eventually he relented. About 45 minutes passed before he forced himself on her, hitting her backside with an open palm as he raped her. She told police she went along with it so he would not force her to have oral sex, according to the complaint. Sexual assault: Changing the conversation before college Defense lawyers: Wait for the facts When questioned by police on October 17, Cook said the encounter that triggered his arrest was consensual and that he did not recall grabbing the woman by the neck. He acknowledged pulling the woman's hair. Cook's lawyers called on the public \"to wait for the facts before condemning\" him, and railed against a \"politically correct\" culture that leads to \"blind acceptance of mere accusations.\" \"Alec, a 20-year-old business major with no criminal history, has seemingly been charged, tried, and convicted,\" read the statement from attorneys Christopher T. Van Wagner and Jessa Nicholson. \"The rapid-fire news cycle, combined with the viral nature of social media, has resulted in modern-day character assassination that is very real and very wrong.\" How to help survivors of sexual assault CNN's Jamiel Lynch contributed to this report.", "essay": "I just finished reading the UW-Madison article.  This guy named Alec Cook is being charged in alleged attacks on 5 women.   It was a gruesome article how he forced these women to have sex with him or drugged and raped them despite the women pleading no.   Stories like this really affect everyone.  It's quite horrendous to think this happens so much in our culture.   His legal team has a great deal to disprove.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "UW-Madison student charged in alleged attacks on 5 women \u2014  (CNN)One woman's allegations of sexual assault against a University of Wisconsin student led to multiple charges based on claims from five women. Alec Cook, 20, appeared Thursday in Dane County Circuit Court to hear the charges against him. He faces 14 felony counts, including second- and third-degree sexual assault, strangulation and false imprisonment, and one misdemeanor count of fourth-degree sexual assault. The court entered a not guilty plea on his behalf to the misdemeanor charge. Under Wisconsin law he will not enter a plea to the felony counts until after his arraignment. He is being held on $200,000 bail in Dane County Jail. Cook's name and face spread through social media and local news reports after his October 17 arrest based on allegations from another UW-Madison student. She told police that Cook sexually assaulted her October 12 in a nearly three-hour ordeal, grabbing her by the hair and neck so tightly that, she told police, her \"vision started to go.\" Cook was charged with four counts of sexual assault, strangulation and false imprisonment stemming from the allegations. Within a week, police said \"dozens\" more women came forward with potential information about Cook. CNN reached out to Cook's lawyers about the additional allegations but they declined to comment on the new charges. March 2015 The earliest count goes back to March 2015, when Cook allegedly invited a woman back to his apartment about two weeks after meeting her at a party. She told police that kissing turned to unwanted touching despite her attempts to push him away. When she tried to leave he grabbed her and pinned her to the futon and resumed kissing and touching her, according to a criminal complaint. She told investigators that after he assaulted her, she again tried to leave but that Cook pinned her to the futon again, wrapping his arms around her neck and torso. The detective asked what she thought would happen if she tried to leave she said she didn't know. \"That's what I was afraid of. I didn't know.\" When she saw his face on the news in connection with his arrest she told police she \"knew immediately\" it was him, according to the complaint. Cook was charged with sexual assault and false imprisonment based on her allegations. January to May 2016 Two women who took ballroom dance classes with Cook reported to police being groped by him during the class. One woman told police the behavior continued even after she told him to stop. Their complaints led to the misdemeanor count of fourth-degree sexual assault. February 2016 Another woman described to police a similar scenario of a February 2016 encounter that started with consensual kissing and quickly escalated to sexual assault. She told police she repeatedly said no as forceful touching turned into forced oral sex and then vaginal rape. She had smoked marijuana earlier that night and drank a beverage she could not identify, and as the evening progressed she began feeling \"fuzzy\" and out of it, she told police, according to complaint. When she awoke the next morning he tried to have sex with her again, she told police, according to the complaint. Her allegations formed the basis of three counts of felony sexual assault. August 2016 Another woman to come forward said she took a psychology class with Cook, according to the complaint. He sent her a Facebook message and they began corresponding. She told police that she went to his apartment and they started kissing and having consensual sex. She rebuffed his efforts to choke her, though, and eventually he relented. About 45 minutes passed before he forced himself on her, hitting her backside with an open palm as he raped her. She told police she went along with it so he would not force her to have oral sex, according to the complaint. Sexual assault: Changing the conversation before college Defense lawyers: Wait for the facts When questioned by police on October 17, Cook said the encounter that triggered his arrest was consensual and that he did not recall grabbing the woman by the neck. He acknowledged pulling the woman's hair. Cook's lawyers called on the public \"to wait for the facts before condemning\" him, and railed against a \"politically correct\" culture that leads to \"blind acceptance of mere accusations.\" \"Alec, a 20-year-old business major with no criminal history, has seemingly been charged, tried, and convicted,\" read the statement from attorneys Christopher T. Van Wagner and Jessa Nicholson. \"The rapid-fire news cycle, combined with the viral nature of social media, has resulted in modern-day character assassination that is very real and very wrong.\" How to help survivors of sexual assault CNN's Jamiel Lynch contributed to this report.", "essay": "After reading the article, i felt really bad for the victims that were sexually abused. It really disgusts me that there are men out there that can so easily take advantage of others just for a couple seconds of pleasure. I think that people like this should be put behind bars and kept away from society for ever. This person violated multiple women."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "China: Boy trapped in well found dead after 4 days \u2014  A young boy stuck in a well in northern China since Sunday has been found dead, according to local media.   Rescue crews found the boy's body Thursday in a narrow, abandoned well in the province of Hebei, bringing an end to an almost five-day search involving more than 500 responders. He fell down the well -- just one foot (30 centimeters) wide -- while helping his father harvest vegetables, state news agency Xinhua reported. Too narrow for adults to climb into, rescuers began digging out the 40-meter deep well. Aerial shots of the scene showed excavators working on soft sandy soil around the dry well. Xinhua said the earth was prone to collapse and measures had been taken to support the shaft.", "essay": "This is a horrible tragedy.  They didn't give the age of the boy, but either way it is horrific for him and the family.  Imagine the horror of being trapped in a tiny well for hours and hours until finally you die.  I imagine you would dehydrate and it would be extremely painful and scary.  It's sad that no one got to him in time.  I am also heartbroken for the family, how terrible.  I'm sure this is the kind of thing no one ever expects to happen.  Why was no one watching him?"}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "China: Boy trapped in well found dead after 4 days \u2014  A young boy stuck in a well in northern China since Sunday has been found dead, according to local media.   Rescue crews found the boy's body Thursday in a narrow, abandoned well in the province of Hebei, bringing an end to an almost five-day search involving more than 500 responders. He fell down the well -- just one foot (30 centimeters) wide -- while helping his father harvest vegetables, state news agency Xinhua reported. Too narrow for adults to climb into, rescuers began digging out the 40-meter deep well. Aerial shots of the scene showed excavators working on soft sandy soil around the dry well. Xinhua said the earth was prone to collapse and measures had been taken to support the shaft.", "essay": "I just read a story about a Chinese boy who went missing and five days later was found dead at the bottom of a well. Apparently, he had been harvesting vegetables with his father. My question is, if you know that you have a well on your property and your son simply vanishes, wouldn't that be the first place that you look?"}
{"user_id": "ec_p048", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 55000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 55000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "China: Boy trapped in well found dead after 4 days \u2014  A young boy stuck in a well in northern China since Sunday has been found dead, according to local media.   Rescue crews found the boy's body Thursday in a narrow, abandoned well in the province of Hebei, bringing an end to an almost five-day search involving more than 500 responders. He fell down the well -- just one foot (30 centimeters) wide -- while helping his father harvest vegetables, state news agency Xinhua reported. Too narrow for adults to climb into, rescuers began digging out the 40-meter deep well. Aerial shots of the scene showed excavators working on soft sandy soil around the dry well. Xinhua said the earth was prone to collapse and measures had been taken to support the shaft.", "essay": "Isn't it scary that so many bad things can happen to children and adults these days? After reading the article about a young boy falling in to a well and being found dead after 5 days, I can't even imagine the horror the boy faced but also the pain that his parents have to endure for the rest of their lives. It's quite sad and unavoidable at times. I highly doubt his father could have ever imagined his son falling into the well that they probably work at every day.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "China: Boy trapped in well found dead after 4 days \u2014  A young boy stuck in a well in northern China since Sunday has been found dead, according to local media.   Rescue crews found the boy's body Thursday in a narrow, abandoned well in the province of Hebei, bringing an end to an almost five-day search involving more than 500 responders. He fell down the well -- just one foot (30 centimeters) wide -- while helping his father harvest vegetables, state news agency Xinhua reported. Too narrow for adults to climb into, rescuers began digging out the 40-meter deep well. Aerial shots of the scene showed excavators working on soft sandy soil around the dry well. Xinhua said the earth was prone to collapse and measures had been taken to support the shaft.", "essay": "This story is so sad! I can't imagine the horror and pain that the boy suffered in his last moments of life... It must have been so scary to be there all alone, proibably knowing or feeling that you are going to die. And then I also feel bad for the workers trying to get to him... how devastating must it have been to find him dead. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "China: Boy trapped in well found dead after 4 days \u2014  A young boy stuck in a well in northern China since Sunday has been found dead, according to local media.   Rescue crews found the boy's body Thursday in a narrow, abandoned well in the province of Hebei, bringing an end to an almost five-day search involving more than 500 responders. He fell down the well -- just one foot (30 centimeters) wide -- while helping his father harvest vegetables, state news agency Xinhua reported. Too narrow for adults to climb into, rescuers began digging out the 40-meter deep well. Aerial shots of the scene showed excavators working on soft sandy soil around the dry well. Xinhua said the earth was prone to collapse and measures had been taken to support the shaft.", "essay": "This is so sad to read.  What a horrible tragedy for everyone involved - the boy himself, his parents, his family, his community.  It must have been a terrible and very scary way to die to be trapped in that well shaft for four days.  Also, the parents must have been beside themselves, I mean can you imagine?  It just sounds completely horrific and with such a terrible ending too.  It would have been much different if they had been able to rescue him but clearly that was not possible.  Overall this is a nightmare situation and one that no one should have to suffer.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "The World Economic Forum's annual gender gap report is out and it doesn't look good \u2014  The World Economic Forum (WEF) revealed its annual global gender gap report today, and the results are depressing.   The US slipped down to 45th on their ranking of countries by gender equality, behind four African countries and all major European countries (all of which are in the top 20), and down from 28th last year.    This dramatic fall is partly because women's participation in the labor force has declined over the past year and the number of women in senior positions is shrinking.   On a more positive note, the US closed its education gender gap in 2016. This means there is a large pool of educated female talent, even though fewer women are actually working, as can be seen in the table showing the United States' scores below. The annual report looks at progress towards equality between men and women in four key areas: educational attainment, health and survival, economic opportunity, and political empowerment.   Progress towards economic equality in 2016 has slowed globally, with the economic participation and opportunity sub-index dipping to 59% \u2014 worse than any point since 2008.  According to the report, the global economic gender gap is not forecasted to close until the year 2196.    That slowdown is partly due to imbalances in salaries, with women around the world on average earning just half of what men earn despite working longer hours, as well as a drop in women's labor force participation, with the global average for women standing at 54% compared to 81% for men. This is  despite the fact that women attend university in equal or higher numbers than men in 95 countries.    The number of women in senior positions also continues to be low, with only four countries in the world having equal numbers of male and female legislators, senior officials and managers.    \"The world is facing an acute misuse of talent by not acting faster to tackle gender inequality, which could put economic growth at risk and deprive economies of the opportunity to develop,\" according to a statement issued by the WEF.   More progress has been made in the education sub-index, with the gender gap there having closed 95%. Similarly, the health and survival sub-index has also improved, with that gap having closed 96%.   The slow rate of economic progress for women poses a particular risk because many of the jobs that usually employ women are \"likely to be hit the hardest by the coming age of technological disruption\" says the report.   \"This 'hollowing out' of female livelihoods could deprive economies further of women\u2019s talents and increases the urgency for more women to enter high-growth fields such as those demanding STEM skills.\" STEM refers to a high education skill set consisting of science, technology, engineering and math.    The top four nations that lead the WEF's report are all Scandinavian countries, with Iceland taking the lead, followed by Finland, Norway, and Sweden. The next highest are Rwanda, Ireland, the Philippines, Slovenia and new Zealand. Rounding out the top 10 is Nicaragua.    The Global Gender Gap Index ranks 144 countries to understand whether countries are distributing their resources equally between women and men, irrespective of their overall income levels. The variables used to create the index come from publicly available data from international organizations like the International Labor Organization, the United Nations Development Programme and the World Health Organization among others, and from perception surveys conducted by the WEF.", "essay": "This story is just depressing. Why can a country as advanced as the US be advanced in gender equality as well. As a women in the workforce it just is depressing to even think about. Why can't equal wages be discovered and demanded? It can't be that hard. And why can't more opportunity be given to women? "}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "The World Economic Forum's annual gender gap report is out and it doesn't look good \u2014  The World Economic Forum (WEF) revealed its annual global gender gap report today, and the results are depressing.   The US slipped down to 45th on their ranking of countries by gender equality, behind four African countries and all major European countries (all of which are in the top 20), and down from 28th last year.    This dramatic fall is partly because women's participation in the labor force has declined over the past year and the number of women in senior positions is shrinking.   On a more positive note, the US closed its education gender gap in 2016. This means there is a large pool of educated female talent, even though fewer women are actually working, as can be seen in the table showing the United States' scores below. The annual report looks at progress towards equality between men and women in four key areas: educational attainment, health and survival, economic opportunity, and political empowerment.   Progress towards economic equality in 2016 has slowed globally, with the economic participation and opportunity sub-index dipping to 59% \u2014 worse than any point since 2008.  According to the report, the global economic gender gap is not forecasted to close until the year 2196.    That slowdown is partly due to imbalances in salaries, with women around the world on average earning just half of what men earn despite working longer hours, as well as a drop in women's labor force participation, with the global average for women standing at 54% compared to 81% for men. This is  despite the fact that women attend university in equal or higher numbers than men in 95 countries.    The number of women in senior positions also continues to be low, with only four countries in the world having equal numbers of male and female legislators, senior officials and managers.    \"The world is facing an acute misuse of talent by not acting faster to tackle gender inequality, which could put economic growth at risk and deprive economies of the opportunity to develop,\" according to a statement issued by the WEF.   More progress has been made in the education sub-index, with the gender gap there having closed 95%. Similarly, the health and survival sub-index has also improved, with that gap having closed 96%.   The slow rate of economic progress for women poses a particular risk because many of the jobs that usually employ women are \"likely to be hit the hardest by the coming age of technological disruption\" says the report.   \"This 'hollowing out' of female livelihoods could deprive economies further of women\u2019s talents and increases the urgency for more women to enter high-growth fields such as those demanding STEM skills.\" STEM refers to a high education skill set consisting of science, technology, engineering and math.    The top four nations that lead the WEF's report are all Scandinavian countries, with Iceland taking the lead, followed by Finland, Norway, and Sweden. The next highest are Rwanda, Ireland, the Philippines, Slovenia and new Zealand. Rounding out the top 10 is Nicaragua.    The Global Gender Gap Index ranks 144 countries to understand whether countries are distributing their resources equally between women and men, irrespective of their overall income levels. The variables used to create the index come from publicly available data from international organizations like the International Labor Organization, the United Nations Development Programme and the World Health Organization among others, and from perception surveys conducted by the WEF.", "essay": "Being a woman myself i find this article very troubling. With all the movements and awareness and activisim for women in america we should be number one in all gender equality categories. I think less women are working or making it to senior positions because in todays society alot of women are shamed for working to hard and not having children. It's also apparent its still a man world with women on average making 50 percent less then men so there is not much motivation to go higher. I think with more focus on girls and stem learning our next generation of women will feel very empowered in math science and technology a place alot of women lack it. The future deinitly gives me hope for my gender to succeed."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "The World Economic Forum's annual gender gap report is out and it doesn't look good \u2014  The World Economic Forum (WEF) revealed its annual global gender gap report today, and the results are depressing.   The US slipped down to 45th on their ranking of countries by gender equality, behind four African countries and all major European countries (all of which are in the top 20), and down from 28th last year.    This dramatic fall is partly because women's participation in the labor force has declined over the past year and the number of women in senior positions is shrinking.   On a more positive note, the US closed its education gender gap in 2016. This means there is a large pool of educated female talent, even though fewer women are actually working, as can be seen in the table showing the United States' scores below. The annual report looks at progress towards equality between men and women in four key areas: educational attainment, health and survival, economic opportunity, and political empowerment.   Progress towards economic equality in 2016 has slowed globally, with the economic participation and opportunity sub-index dipping to 59% \u2014 worse than any point since 2008.  According to the report, the global economic gender gap is not forecasted to close until the year 2196.    That slowdown is partly due to imbalances in salaries, with women around the world on average earning just half of what men earn despite working longer hours, as well as a drop in women's labor force participation, with the global average for women standing at 54% compared to 81% for men. This is  despite the fact that women attend university in equal or higher numbers than men in 95 countries.    The number of women in senior positions also continues to be low, with only four countries in the world having equal numbers of male and female legislators, senior officials and managers.    \"The world is facing an acute misuse of talent by not acting faster to tackle gender inequality, which could put economic growth at risk and deprive economies of the opportunity to develop,\" according to a statement issued by the WEF.   More progress has been made in the education sub-index, with the gender gap there having closed 95%. Similarly, the health and survival sub-index has also improved, with that gap having closed 96%.   The slow rate of economic progress for women poses a particular risk because many of the jobs that usually employ women are \"likely to be hit the hardest by the coming age of technological disruption\" says the report.   \"This 'hollowing out' of female livelihoods could deprive economies further of women\u2019s talents and increases the urgency for more women to enter high-growth fields such as those demanding STEM skills.\" STEM refers to a high education skill set consisting of science, technology, engineering and math.    The top four nations that lead the WEF's report are all Scandinavian countries, with Iceland taking the lead, followed by Finland, Norway, and Sweden. The next highest are Rwanda, Ireland, the Philippines, Slovenia and new Zealand. Rounding out the top 10 is Nicaragua.    The Global Gender Gap Index ranks 144 countries to understand whether countries are distributing their resources equally between women and men, irrespective of their overall income levels. The variables used to create the index come from publicly available data from international organizations like the International Labor Organization, the United Nations Development Programme and the World Health Organization among others, and from perception surveys conducted by the WEF.", "essay": "I just read an article from a couple years ago about the U.S. ranking in comparison to other countries with regard to gender equality. It turns out our backward little country has slipped down to 48th in the international rankings. Am I surprised? No. Will things get worse before they get better? Yes."}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "The World Economic Forum's annual gender gap report is out and it doesn't look good \u2014  The World Economic Forum (WEF) revealed its annual global gender gap report today, and the results are depressing.   The US slipped down to 45th on their ranking of countries by gender equality, behind four African countries and all major European countries (all of which are in the top 20), and down from 28th last year.    This dramatic fall is partly because women's participation in the labor force has declined over the past year and the number of women in senior positions is shrinking.   On a more positive note, the US closed its education gender gap in 2016. This means there is a large pool of educated female talent, even though fewer women are actually working, as can be seen in the table showing the United States' scores below. The annual report looks at progress towards equality between men and women in four key areas: educational attainment, health and survival, economic opportunity, and political empowerment.   Progress towards economic equality in 2016 has slowed globally, with the economic participation and opportunity sub-index dipping to 59% \u2014 worse than any point since 2008.  According to the report, the global economic gender gap is not forecasted to close until the year 2196.    That slowdown is partly due to imbalances in salaries, with women around the world on average earning just half of what men earn despite working longer hours, as well as a drop in women's labor force participation, with the global average for women standing at 54% compared to 81% for men. This is  despite the fact that women attend university in equal or higher numbers than men in 95 countries.    The number of women in senior positions also continues to be low, with only four countries in the world having equal numbers of male and female legislators, senior officials and managers.    \"The world is facing an acute misuse of talent by not acting faster to tackle gender inequality, which could put economic growth at risk and deprive economies of the opportunity to develop,\" according to a statement issued by the WEF.   More progress has been made in the education sub-index, with the gender gap there having closed 95%. Similarly, the health and survival sub-index has also improved, with that gap having closed 96%.   The slow rate of economic progress for women poses a particular risk because many of the jobs that usually employ women are \"likely to be hit the hardest by the coming age of technological disruption\" says the report.   \"This 'hollowing out' of female livelihoods could deprive economies further of women\u2019s talents and increases the urgency for more women to enter high-growth fields such as those demanding STEM skills.\" STEM refers to a high education skill set consisting of science, technology, engineering and math.    The top four nations that lead the WEF's report are all Scandinavian countries, with Iceland taking the lead, followed by Finland, Norway, and Sweden. The next highest are Rwanda, Ireland, the Philippines, Slovenia and new Zealand. Rounding out the top 10 is Nicaragua.    The Global Gender Gap Index ranks 144 countries to understand whether countries are distributing their resources equally between women and men, irrespective of their overall income levels. The variables used to create the index come from publicly available data from international organizations like the International Labor Organization, the United Nations Development Programme and the World Health Organization among others, and from perception surveys conducted by the WEF.", "essay": "I hate reading these kinds of articles!! The unfair pay for women is so annoying. It's crazy that it is even still a thing with how much attention has been brought to it over the last couple of years. It's like people just dont care. Or at least the people in charge don't care. Probably because it would effect their paycheck"}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "The World Economic Forum's annual gender gap report is out and it doesn't look good \u2014  The World Economic Forum (WEF) revealed its annual global gender gap report today, and the results are depressing.   The US slipped down to 45th on their ranking of countries by gender equality, behind four African countries and all major European countries (all of which are in the top 20), and down from 28th last year.    This dramatic fall is partly because women's participation in the labor force has declined over the past year and the number of women in senior positions is shrinking.   On a more positive note, the US closed its education gender gap in 2016. This means there is a large pool of educated female talent, even though fewer women are actually working, as can be seen in the table showing the United States' scores below. The annual report looks at progress towards equality between men and women in four key areas: educational attainment, health and survival, economic opportunity, and political empowerment.   Progress towards economic equality in 2016 has slowed globally, with the economic participation and opportunity sub-index dipping to 59% \u2014 worse than any point since 2008.  According to the report, the global economic gender gap is not forecasted to close until the year 2196.    That slowdown is partly due to imbalances in salaries, with women around the world on average earning just half of what men earn despite working longer hours, as well as a drop in women's labor force participation, with the global average for women standing at 54% compared to 81% for men. This is  despite the fact that women attend university in equal or higher numbers than men in 95 countries.    The number of women in senior positions also continues to be low, with only four countries in the world having equal numbers of male and female legislators, senior officials and managers.    \"The world is facing an acute misuse of talent by not acting faster to tackle gender inequality, which could put economic growth at risk and deprive economies of the opportunity to develop,\" according to a statement issued by the WEF.   More progress has been made in the education sub-index, with the gender gap there having closed 95%. Similarly, the health and survival sub-index has also improved, with that gap having closed 96%.   The slow rate of economic progress for women poses a particular risk because many of the jobs that usually employ women are \"likely to be hit the hardest by the coming age of technological disruption\" says the report.   \"This 'hollowing out' of female livelihoods could deprive economies further of women\u2019s talents and increases the urgency for more women to enter high-growth fields such as those demanding STEM skills.\" STEM refers to a high education skill set consisting of science, technology, engineering and math.    The top four nations that lead the WEF's report are all Scandinavian countries, with Iceland taking the lead, followed by Finland, Norway, and Sweden. The next highest are Rwanda, Ireland, the Philippines, Slovenia and new Zealand. Rounding out the top 10 is Nicaragua.    The Global Gender Gap Index ranks 144 countries to understand whether countries are distributing their resources equally between women and men, irrespective of their overall income levels. The variables used to create the index come from publicly available data from international organizations like the International Labor Organization, the United Nations Development Programme and the World Health Organization among others, and from perception surveys conducted by the WEF.", "essay": "It's the 21st century and we have barely moved women.   USA has slipped to 45th and we have African countries ahead of us.   For the past 100 years, it's all politics and government and who is going to win.  Definitely not for equality or fairness to genders.  I had a job in career that compared identically to a man's and he was paid 40% more than me.   You can't express it or you get fire because almost every state is an at-will state."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Endangered Wildlife Are At Risk After 200,000 Liters Of Fuel Leak Into British Colombia\u2019s Coastal Waters \u2014  Ten days ago, diesel fuel was leaked into Heiltsuk First Nation water near Bella Bella, British Colombia. The leak was caused by a tugboat which crashed in a remote region off British Columbia\u2019s Central Coast.   Following the oil leak, underwater dive images revealed endangered wildlife including abalone, amidst the fuel spill area. Efforts are being made by the Heiltsuk to help recover this protected species. Divers also discovered schools of juvenile herring around the sunken Nathan E. Stewart tugboat.   The outer boom which was put in place to contain the spilled oil had broke free on Friday causing the oil to spread and bad weather had prevented clean up crews from working on the spill for four consecutive days. By Saturday, salvage crews had recovered more than 40 percent of the 200,000 liters of fuel estimated to be in the vessel, but the damage had already been done.   Mike Reid, the Heiltsuk Aquatics Manager said that there is an increased concern about the marine life in the Gale Passage. This is an extremely sensitive ecological and marine rescue area and there is a crucial herring spawning area which is located at the south end of the passage.   \u201cIn the first week of the spill, we had the largest tides of the month at 17.4 feet,\u201d he said in a release. \u201cEven without bad weather, the speed of tides rushing through the spill site are likely to flush diesel into the area.\u201d   The local clam fishery has been shut down and BC NDP leader John Horgan criticized the spill response.   \u201cIt was tragic to see the sheen of diesel on the water,\u201d Horgan said, adding. \u201cYou couldn\u2019t have picked a worse place to drop this boat into the bottom of the ocean.\u201d   The company that owns the tugboat, Kirby Offshore Marine has made their apologies to the Heiltsuk First Nation and gave thanks to the agencies involved in the spill cleanup.   According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), diesel is one of the most toxic types of oil for marine creatures.   Depending weather conditions in the area, 1500 feet of kepner boom will be placed around the primary and secondary containment boom for additional protection.", "essay": "I do not like reading stories like this one. It makes me think about my use of fuel and it is hard to point the finger at somebody else damaging the environment. I think as humans we have a long way to go in figuring our the right balance between how we us the resources of the earth and how we respect the other animals on this planet. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Endangered Wildlife Are At Risk After 200,000 Liters Of Fuel Leak Into British Colombia\u2019s Coastal Waters \u2014  Ten days ago, diesel fuel was leaked into Heiltsuk First Nation water near Bella Bella, British Colombia. The leak was caused by a tugboat which crashed in a remote region off British Columbia\u2019s Central Coast.   Following the oil leak, underwater dive images revealed endangered wildlife including abalone, amidst the fuel spill area. Efforts are being made by the Heiltsuk to help recover this protected species. Divers also discovered schools of juvenile herring around the sunken Nathan E. Stewart tugboat.   The outer boom which was put in place to contain the spilled oil had broke free on Friday causing the oil to spread and bad weather had prevented clean up crews from working on the spill for four consecutive days. By Saturday, salvage crews had recovered more than 40 percent of the 200,000 liters of fuel estimated to be in the vessel, but the damage had already been done.   Mike Reid, the Heiltsuk Aquatics Manager said that there is an increased concern about the marine life in the Gale Passage. This is an extremely sensitive ecological and marine rescue area and there is a crucial herring spawning area which is located at the south end of the passage.   \u201cIn the first week of the spill, we had the largest tides of the month at 17.4 feet,\u201d he said in a release. \u201cEven without bad weather, the speed of tides rushing through the spill site are likely to flush diesel into the area.\u201d   The local clam fishery has been shut down and BC NDP leader John Horgan criticized the spill response.   \u201cIt was tragic to see the sheen of diesel on the water,\u201d Horgan said, adding. \u201cYou couldn\u2019t have picked a worse place to drop this boat into the bottom of the ocean.\u201d   The company that owns the tugboat, Kirby Offshore Marine has made their apologies to the Heiltsuk First Nation and gave thanks to the agencies involved in the spill cleanup.   According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), diesel is one of the most toxic types of oil for marine creatures.   Depending weather conditions in the area, 1500 feet of kepner boom will be placed around the primary and secondary containment boom for additional protection.", "essay": "these poor animals that have to live in this oil spill. It is so unfair that many marine and bird species die at the hands of oil accidents and carelessness. There needs to be more policies in place to prevent these things from happening and more resources and procedures to make sure they are cleaned up fast and efficiently. it is sad that these animals probably died from lacking the ability to move or breathe but also there food sources taken away from them. It is scary that endangered species are also being effected as once there gone there never coming back and an oil spill is such a silly way for that to even happen."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Endangered Wildlife Are At Risk After 200,000 Liters Of Fuel Leak Into British Colombia\u2019s Coastal Waters \u2014  Ten days ago, diesel fuel was leaked into Heiltsuk First Nation water near Bella Bella, British Colombia. The leak was caused by a tugboat which crashed in a remote region off British Columbia\u2019s Central Coast.   Following the oil leak, underwater dive images revealed endangered wildlife including abalone, amidst the fuel spill area. Efforts are being made by the Heiltsuk to help recover this protected species. Divers also discovered schools of juvenile herring around the sunken Nathan E. Stewart tugboat.   The outer boom which was put in place to contain the spilled oil had broke free on Friday causing the oil to spread and bad weather had prevented clean up crews from working on the spill for four consecutive days. By Saturday, salvage crews had recovered more than 40 percent of the 200,000 liters of fuel estimated to be in the vessel, but the damage had already been done.   Mike Reid, the Heiltsuk Aquatics Manager said that there is an increased concern about the marine life in the Gale Passage. This is an extremely sensitive ecological and marine rescue area and there is a crucial herring spawning area which is located at the south end of the passage.   \u201cIn the first week of the spill, we had the largest tides of the month at 17.4 feet,\u201d he said in a release. \u201cEven without bad weather, the speed of tides rushing through the spill site are likely to flush diesel into the area.\u201d   The local clam fishery has been shut down and BC NDP leader John Horgan criticized the spill response.   \u201cIt was tragic to see the sheen of diesel on the water,\u201d Horgan said, adding. \u201cYou couldn\u2019t have picked a worse place to drop this boat into the bottom of the ocean.\u201d   The company that owns the tugboat, Kirby Offshore Marine has made their apologies to the Heiltsuk First Nation and gave thanks to the agencies involved in the spill cleanup.   According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), diesel is one of the most toxic types of oil for marine creatures.   Depending weather conditions in the area, 1500 feet of kepner boom will be placed around the primary and secondary containment boom for additional protection.", "essay": "I just read about a tugboat that spilled a significant amount of oil off the coast of England. There's a lot of talk about automating cars, what about boats? It seems like every little bit we hear about another oil spill that has devastated wildlife and killed a bunch a healthy natural aquatic development. Why does it keep happening? Because people just accept it as a fact of life."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Endangered Wildlife Are At Risk After 200,000 Liters Of Fuel Leak Into British Colombia\u2019s Coastal Waters \u2014  Ten days ago, diesel fuel was leaked into Heiltsuk First Nation water near Bella Bella, British Colombia. The leak was caused by a tugboat which crashed in a remote region off British Columbia\u2019s Central Coast.   Following the oil leak, underwater dive images revealed endangered wildlife including abalone, amidst the fuel spill area. Efforts are being made by the Heiltsuk to help recover this protected species. Divers also discovered schools of juvenile herring around the sunken Nathan E. Stewart tugboat.   The outer boom which was put in place to contain the spilled oil had broke free on Friday causing the oil to spread and bad weather had prevented clean up crews from working on the spill for four consecutive days. By Saturday, salvage crews had recovered more than 40 percent of the 200,000 liters of fuel estimated to be in the vessel, but the damage had already been done.   Mike Reid, the Heiltsuk Aquatics Manager said that there is an increased concern about the marine life in the Gale Passage. This is an extremely sensitive ecological and marine rescue area and there is a crucial herring spawning area which is located at the south end of the passage.   \u201cIn the first week of the spill, we had the largest tides of the month at 17.4 feet,\u201d he said in a release. \u201cEven without bad weather, the speed of tides rushing through the spill site are likely to flush diesel into the area.\u201d   The local clam fishery has been shut down and BC NDP leader John Horgan criticized the spill response.   \u201cIt was tragic to see the sheen of diesel on the water,\u201d Horgan said, adding. \u201cYou couldn\u2019t have picked a worse place to drop this boat into the bottom of the ocean.\u201d   The company that owns the tugboat, Kirby Offshore Marine has made their apologies to the Heiltsuk First Nation and gave thanks to the agencies involved in the spill cleanup.   According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), diesel is one of the most toxic types of oil for marine creatures.   Depending weather conditions in the area, 1500 feet of kepner boom will be placed around the primary and secondary containment boom for additional protection.", "essay": "I don't really care about this at all.  I don't care about herring or abalone or whatever the diesel oil harmed.  I think it's ridiculous that the premiere of B.C., of the awful NDP party, would criticize the cleanup crew.  I'm sure they did the best they could in difficult conditions.  But what do you expect when a ship carrying hundreds of thousands of gallons of diesel crashes in a relatively remote part of B.C.?  I'm sure the Indians will raise holy hell, since they think they own more than 100% of the province.  But what can be done about any of this now other than clean it up and try not to have it happen again.  Either way I don't care."}
{"user_id": "ec_p031", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 7.0 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 7.0, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Endangered Wildlife Are At Risk After 200,000 Liters Of Fuel Leak Into British Colombia\u2019s Coastal Waters \u2014  Ten days ago, diesel fuel was leaked into Heiltsuk First Nation water near Bella Bella, British Colombia. The leak was caused by a tugboat which crashed in a remote region off British Columbia\u2019s Central Coast.   Following the oil leak, underwater dive images revealed endangered wildlife including abalone, amidst the fuel spill area. Efforts are being made by the Heiltsuk to help recover this protected species. Divers also discovered schools of juvenile herring around the sunken Nathan E. Stewart tugboat.   The outer boom which was put in place to contain the spilled oil had broke free on Friday causing the oil to spread and bad weather had prevented clean up crews from working on the spill for four consecutive days. By Saturday, salvage crews had recovered more than 40 percent of the 200,000 liters of fuel estimated to be in the vessel, but the damage had already been done.   Mike Reid, the Heiltsuk Aquatics Manager said that there is an increased concern about the marine life in the Gale Passage. This is an extremely sensitive ecological and marine rescue area and there is a crucial herring spawning area which is located at the south end of the passage.   \u201cIn the first week of the spill, we had the largest tides of the month at 17.4 feet,\u201d he said in a release. \u201cEven without bad weather, the speed of tides rushing through the spill site are likely to flush diesel into the area.\u201d   The local clam fishery has been shut down and BC NDP leader John Horgan criticized the spill response.   \u201cIt was tragic to see the sheen of diesel on the water,\u201d Horgan said, adding. \u201cYou couldn\u2019t have picked a worse place to drop this boat into the bottom of the ocean.\u201d   The company that owns the tugboat, Kirby Offshore Marine has made their apologies to the Heiltsuk First Nation and gave thanks to the agencies involved in the spill cleanup.   According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), diesel is one of the most toxic types of oil for marine creatures.   Depending weather conditions in the area, 1500 feet of kepner boom will be placed around the primary and secondary containment boom for additional protection.", "essay": "Fell terrible for marine life that will be exterminated by this terrible spill. Humans have harmed so many wonderful species through their carelessness and selfish attitude. I just hope that the clean-up will be fast an effective but unfortunately this type of oil is the most dangerous to these innocent creatures. Makes you think about how vulnerable God made animals-he entrusted us to keep them but I think he had too much faith in humanity!"}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "Study: More toddlers and preschoolers are overdosing on opioids \u2014  In recent years, rates of toddlers and preschoolers hospitalized for opioid overdoses more than doubled, according to a new study.   In fact, overdoses rose more than 100% over a 16-year period among all children, the study published in JAMA Pediatrics Oct. 31 showed.   Researchers from Yale School of Medicine analyzed national data from the Kids\u2019 Inpatient Database on children admitted to U.S. hospitals for opioid poisoning. The study focused on more than 13,000 records from patients ages 1 to 19 between 1997 to 2012.   What's to blame? Possibly the increase of prescribed pain killers, including OxyContin and Vicodin. Research from 1999 to 2010 show retail sales of prescription opioids quadrupled.\"Even in children younger than 6 years, opioids, followed closely by benzodiazepines, now account for most of the drug poisonings in this age group; in nearly all these poisonings, the child was exposed to a prescription intended for an adult in the household,\" the study states.   Young children found a pill on the floor, got into their mother's purse or simply figured out how to open a bottle.   While more current data isn't yet available, study author Julie Gaither said the upward trend is likely to remain a problem among young children.   \u201cIt\u2019s a simple message for parents that we can limit so many of these exposures to keep these medications out of these little hands,\" Gaither said.   She also said companies must improve packaging because young children are finding ways to get into \"child-proof\" bottles. Lastly, she said there needs to be more conversations about young overdoses in the pediatrics community, a topic that's largely underreported.   Prescription opioids accounted for most poisonings in the Yale study, but heroin poisonings also increased 161%. In August, more than 225 heroin overdoses occured in four counties in four states within one week. The batch of heroin was most-likely supercharged with another substance, but still drew attention to the popularity of the drug.", "essay": "It is sad that all these kids are overdosing on these drugs it seems like the parents are too dozed out on these pills to pay attention and the part about how heroin overdoses are happening to these kids really shows the state of the country and the use of drugs and how prevalent it has become among people. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Study: More toddlers and preschoolers are overdosing on opioids \u2014  In recent years, rates of toddlers and preschoolers hospitalized for opioid overdoses more than doubled, according to a new study.   In fact, overdoses rose more than 100% over a 16-year period among all children, the study published in JAMA Pediatrics Oct. 31 showed.   Researchers from Yale School of Medicine analyzed national data from the Kids\u2019 Inpatient Database on children admitted to U.S. hospitals for opioid poisoning. The study focused on more than 13,000 records from patients ages 1 to 19 between 1997 to 2012.   What's to blame? Possibly the increase of prescribed pain killers, including OxyContin and Vicodin. Research from 1999 to 2010 show retail sales of prescription opioids quadrupled.\"Even in children younger than 6 years, opioids, followed closely by benzodiazepines, now account for most of the drug poisonings in this age group; in nearly all these poisonings, the child was exposed to a prescription intended for an adult in the household,\" the study states.   Young children found a pill on the floor, got into their mother's purse or simply figured out how to open a bottle.   While more current data isn't yet available, study author Julie Gaither said the upward trend is likely to remain a problem among young children.   \u201cIt\u2019s a simple message for parents that we can limit so many of these exposures to keep these medications out of these little hands,\" Gaither said.   She also said companies must improve packaging because young children are finding ways to get into \"child-proof\" bottles. Lastly, she said there needs to be more conversations about young overdoses in the pediatrics community, a topic that's largely underreported.   Prescription opioids accounted for most poisonings in the Yale study, but heroin poisonings also increased 161%. In August, more than 225 heroin overdoses occured in four counties in four states within one week. The batch of heroin was most-likely supercharged with another substance, but still drew attention to the popularity of the drug.", "essay": "I feel so bad for these children after reading the article. It was not their fault at all but rather the fault of the parents who just leave pills laying around everywhere. The parents should be more responsible for their actions knowing that there are children running around. They should be double checking the floors to make sure they didn't drop anything."}
{"user_id": "ec_p073", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Study: More toddlers and preschoolers are overdosing on opioids \u2014  In recent years, rates of toddlers and preschoolers hospitalized for opioid overdoses more than doubled, according to a new study.   In fact, overdoses rose more than 100% over a 16-year period among all children, the study published in JAMA Pediatrics Oct. 31 showed.   Researchers from Yale School of Medicine analyzed national data from the Kids\u2019 Inpatient Database on children admitted to U.S. hospitals for opioid poisoning. The study focused on more than 13,000 records from patients ages 1 to 19 between 1997 to 2012.   What's to blame? Possibly the increase of prescribed pain killers, including OxyContin and Vicodin. Research from 1999 to 2010 show retail sales of prescription opioids quadrupled.\"Even in children younger than 6 years, opioids, followed closely by benzodiazepines, now account for most of the drug poisonings in this age group; in nearly all these poisonings, the child was exposed to a prescription intended for an adult in the household,\" the study states.   Young children found a pill on the floor, got into their mother's purse or simply figured out how to open a bottle.   While more current data isn't yet available, study author Julie Gaither said the upward trend is likely to remain a problem among young children.   \u201cIt\u2019s a simple message for parents that we can limit so many of these exposures to keep these medications out of these little hands,\" Gaither said.   She also said companies must improve packaging because young children are finding ways to get into \"child-proof\" bottles. Lastly, she said there needs to be more conversations about young overdoses in the pediatrics community, a topic that's largely underreported.   Prescription opioids accounted for most poisonings in the Yale study, but heroin poisonings also increased 161%. In August, more than 225 heroin overdoses occured in four counties in four states within one week. The batch of heroin was most-likely supercharged with another substance, but still drew attention to the popularity of the drug.", "essay": "This news story is about how more and more kids are overdosing on opioids. They are finding in laying around their house or figuring out how to open bottles. Most of the cases are from parents in the home having prescriptions for the opioid. I think this is so sad and is part of a larger problem of opioid addiction."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Study: More toddlers and preschoolers are overdosing on opioids \u2014  In recent years, rates of toddlers and preschoolers hospitalized for opioid overdoses more than doubled, according to a new study.   In fact, overdoses rose more than 100% over a 16-year period among all children, the study published in JAMA Pediatrics Oct. 31 showed.   Researchers from Yale School of Medicine analyzed national data from the Kids\u2019 Inpatient Database on children admitted to U.S. hospitals for opioid poisoning. The study focused on more than 13,000 records from patients ages 1 to 19 between 1997 to 2012.   What's to blame? Possibly the increase of prescribed pain killers, including OxyContin and Vicodin. Research from 1999 to 2010 show retail sales of prescription opioids quadrupled.\"Even in children younger than 6 years, opioids, followed closely by benzodiazepines, now account for most of the drug poisonings in this age group; in nearly all these poisonings, the child was exposed to a prescription intended for an adult in the household,\" the study states.   Young children found a pill on the floor, got into their mother's purse or simply figured out how to open a bottle.   While more current data isn't yet available, study author Julie Gaither said the upward trend is likely to remain a problem among young children.   \u201cIt\u2019s a simple message for parents that we can limit so many of these exposures to keep these medications out of these little hands,\" Gaither said.   She also said companies must improve packaging because young children are finding ways to get into \"child-proof\" bottles. Lastly, she said there needs to be more conversations about young overdoses in the pediatrics community, a topic that's largely underreported.   Prescription opioids accounted for most poisonings in the Yale study, but heroin poisonings also increased 161%. In August, more than 225 heroin overdoses occured in four counties in four states within one week. The batch of heroin was most-likely supercharged with another substance, but still drew attention to the popularity of the drug.", "essay": "I think it's terrible that children are dying because of silly mistakes of parents. The fact that parents can drop something so dangerous like a drug on the ground shows that these parents shouldn't have children in the first place. I think that drugs like these should always be out of reach for children and parents should always check to see if they've dropped anything."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Study: More toddlers and preschoolers are overdosing on opioids \u2014  In recent years, rates of toddlers and preschoolers hospitalized for opioid overdoses more than doubled, according to a new study.   In fact, overdoses rose more than 100% over a 16-year period among all children, the study published in JAMA Pediatrics Oct. 31 showed.   Researchers from Yale School of Medicine analyzed national data from the Kids\u2019 Inpatient Database on children admitted to U.S. hospitals for opioid poisoning. The study focused on more than 13,000 records from patients ages 1 to 19 between 1997 to 2012.   What's to blame? Possibly the increase of prescribed pain killers, including OxyContin and Vicodin. Research from 1999 to 2010 show retail sales of prescription opioids quadrupled.\"Even in children younger than 6 years, opioids, followed closely by benzodiazepines, now account for most of the drug poisonings in this age group; in nearly all these poisonings, the child was exposed to a prescription intended for an adult in the household,\" the study states.   Young children found a pill on the floor, got into their mother's purse or simply figured out how to open a bottle.   While more current data isn't yet available, study author Julie Gaither said the upward trend is likely to remain a problem among young children.   \u201cIt\u2019s a simple message for parents that we can limit so many of these exposures to keep these medications out of these little hands,\" Gaither said.   She also said companies must improve packaging because young children are finding ways to get into \"child-proof\" bottles. Lastly, she said there needs to be more conversations about young overdoses in the pediatrics community, a topic that's largely underreported.   Prescription opioids accounted for most poisonings in the Yale study, but heroin poisonings also increased 161%. In August, more than 225 heroin overdoses occured in four counties in four states within one week. The batch of heroin was most-likely supercharged with another substance, but still drew attention to the popularity of the drug.", "essay": "This is so preventable!  Why aren't people more careful with their drugs?  It's crazy to blame something like this on pharmaceutical companies or anyone other than the drug users themselves, and there is really no excuse for a baby to ever get their hands on someone's medication.  Keep it in a cabinet very high up out of reach where the baby can not get to it, no exceptions!  This is ridiculous and the majority of the time the person doesn't even need to be taking the drug in the first place.  They are just abusing it due to their own addiction or weakness.  For shame."}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "Flamingo Dead After Busch Gardens Visitor Allegedly Threw Her To The Ground \u2014  A beloved flamingo at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida, had to be euthanized Tuesday after police say a park visitor attacked her. Pinky, a female Chilean flamingo known for a distinctive style of walking that became known as the \u201cFlamingo Flamenco,\u201d was 19 years old, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Joseph Anthony Corrao was at the park with his family around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday when he allegedly reached into Pinky\u2019s pen, grabbed her and threw her to the ground. The zoo had to euthanize her because of her injuries, according to a Busch Gardens statement.  \u201cPinky was a beloved member of the Busch Gardens Tampa Bay family and made many appearances on behalf of the park\u2019s conservation and education efforts,\u201d the statement read. \u201cShe will be sorely missed.\u201d Witnesses said that before picking up Pinky, Corrao picked up a different flamingo but put it down unharmed, according to local news station WFLA. Zoo personnel say they never trained Pinky to perform her circular dance, but that she just started doing it on her own. \u201cWhile making an appearance with Jack Hanna, the team noticed that she was dancing on her own to get attention,\u201d Busch Gardens spokeswoman Karen Varga-Sinka told the Orlando Sentinel. \u201cSince then, she has danced for countless guests, school groups, media appearances and national television shows.\u201d Corrao was charged with animal cruelty and jailed on $2,000 bond. At his first court appearance on Wednesday, Judge John Conrad said that the act \u201cborders on depraved,\u201d ABC Action News reports. \u201cI don\u2019t know if you have other issues, but I don\u2019t know who does that,\u201d Conrad said.", "essay": "can you believe that they would throw a flamingo on the ground like that I can't believe the things that people will do and flamingos are such majestic birds and such vibrant colors I would be sad to see such a beautiful bird dying I think they should lock that person up for a long period of time to teach a lesson"}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Flamingo Dead After Busch Gardens Visitor Allegedly Threw Her To The Ground \u2014  A beloved flamingo at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida, had to be euthanized Tuesday after police say a park visitor attacked her. Pinky, a female Chilean flamingo known for a distinctive style of walking that became known as the \u201cFlamingo Flamenco,\u201d was 19 years old, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Joseph Anthony Corrao was at the park with his family around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday when he allegedly reached into Pinky\u2019s pen, grabbed her and threw her to the ground. The zoo had to euthanize her because of her injuries, according to a Busch Gardens statement.  \u201cPinky was a beloved member of the Busch Gardens Tampa Bay family and made many appearances on behalf of the park\u2019s conservation and education efforts,\u201d the statement read. \u201cShe will be sorely missed.\u201d Witnesses said that before picking up Pinky, Corrao picked up a different flamingo but put it down unharmed, according to local news station WFLA. Zoo personnel say they never trained Pinky to perform her circular dance, but that she just started doing it on her own. \u201cWhile making an appearance with Jack Hanna, the team noticed that she was dancing on her own to get attention,\u201d Busch Gardens spokeswoman Karen Varga-Sinka told the Orlando Sentinel. \u201cSince then, she has danced for countless guests, school groups, media appearances and national television shows.\u201d Corrao was charged with animal cruelty and jailed on $2,000 bond. At his first court appearance on Wednesday, Judge John Conrad said that the act \u201cborders on depraved,\u201d ABC Action News reports. \u201cI don\u2019t know if you have other issues, but I don\u2019t know who does that,\u201d Conrad said.", "essay": "After reading the article, i felt so bad for the poor flamingo. It was just minding it's own business when the man attacked it and slammed it to the ground. This makes me lose hope for humanity because someone can actually do something like this is terrible. This person should be put in jail or at least fined because of what he has done."}
{"user_id": "ec_p016", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 60000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 60000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Flamingo Dead After Busch Gardens Visitor Allegedly Threw Her To The Ground \u2014  A beloved flamingo at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida, had to be euthanized Tuesday after police say a park visitor attacked her. Pinky, a female Chilean flamingo known for a distinctive style of walking that became known as the \u201cFlamingo Flamenco,\u201d was 19 years old, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Joseph Anthony Corrao was at the park with his family around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday when he allegedly reached into Pinky\u2019s pen, grabbed her and threw her to the ground. The zoo had to euthanize her because of her injuries, according to a Busch Gardens statement.  \u201cPinky was a beloved member of the Busch Gardens Tampa Bay family and made many appearances on behalf of the park\u2019s conservation and education efforts,\u201d the statement read. \u201cShe will be sorely missed.\u201d Witnesses said that before picking up Pinky, Corrao picked up a different flamingo but put it down unharmed, according to local news station WFLA. Zoo personnel say they never trained Pinky to perform her circular dance, but that she just started doing it on her own. \u201cWhile making an appearance with Jack Hanna, the team noticed that she was dancing on her own to get attention,\u201d Busch Gardens spokeswoman Karen Varga-Sinka told the Orlando Sentinel. \u201cSince then, she has danced for countless guests, school groups, media appearances and national television shows.\u201d Corrao was charged with animal cruelty and jailed on $2,000 bond. At his first court appearance on Wednesday, Judge John Conrad said that the act \u201cborders on depraved,\u201d ABC Action News reports. \u201cI don\u2019t know if you have other issues, but I don\u2019t know who does that,\u201d Conrad said.", "essay": "I can't understand why someone would want to attack an animal like that that wasn't harming anyone and was just minding its own business. Like, how insensitive do you have to be to just kill something for fun? I was also surprised the flamingo was sol old; I had no idea they could live to be nineteen."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Flamingo Dead After Busch Gardens Visitor Allegedly Threw Her To The Ground \u2014  A beloved flamingo at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida, had to be euthanized Tuesday after police say a park visitor attacked her. Pinky, a female Chilean flamingo known for a distinctive style of walking that became known as the \u201cFlamingo Flamenco,\u201d was 19 years old, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Joseph Anthony Corrao was at the park with his family around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday when he allegedly reached into Pinky\u2019s pen, grabbed her and threw her to the ground. The zoo had to euthanize her because of her injuries, according to a Busch Gardens statement.  \u201cPinky was a beloved member of the Busch Gardens Tampa Bay family and made many appearances on behalf of the park\u2019s conservation and education efforts,\u201d the statement read. \u201cShe will be sorely missed.\u201d Witnesses said that before picking up Pinky, Corrao picked up a different flamingo but put it down unharmed, according to local news station WFLA. Zoo personnel say they never trained Pinky to perform her circular dance, but that she just started doing it on her own. \u201cWhile making an appearance with Jack Hanna, the team noticed that she was dancing on her own to get attention,\u201d Busch Gardens spokeswoman Karen Varga-Sinka told the Orlando Sentinel. \u201cSince then, she has danced for countless guests, school groups, media appearances and national television shows.\u201d Corrao was charged with animal cruelty and jailed on $2,000 bond. At his first court appearance on Wednesday, Judge John Conrad said that the act \u201cborders on depraved,\u201d ABC Action News reports. \u201cI don\u2019t know if you have other issues, but I don\u2019t know who does that,\u201d Conrad said.", "essay": "We need to do more to protect life. The fact that this Flamingo died is mind boggling because it was a visitor that did it. With Busch Gardens considers themselves a serious institution they will most certainly end up having to press charges on this guy it is the least they can do here to be quite honest with you."}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Flamingo Dead After Busch Gardens Visitor Allegedly Threw Her To The Ground \u2014  A beloved flamingo at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida, had to be euthanized Tuesday after police say a park visitor attacked her. Pinky, a female Chilean flamingo known for a distinctive style of walking that became known as the \u201cFlamingo Flamenco,\u201d was 19 years old, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Joseph Anthony Corrao was at the park with his family around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday when he allegedly reached into Pinky\u2019s pen, grabbed her and threw her to the ground. The zoo had to euthanize her because of her injuries, according to a Busch Gardens statement.  \u201cPinky was a beloved member of the Busch Gardens Tampa Bay family and made many appearances on behalf of the park\u2019s conservation and education efforts,\u201d the statement read. \u201cShe will be sorely missed.\u201d Witnesses said that before picking up Pinky, Corrao picked up a different flamingo but put it down unharmed, according to local news station WFLA. Zoo personnel say they never trained Pinky to perform her circular dance, but that she just started doing it on her own. \u201cWhile making an appearance with Jack Hanna, the team noticed that she was dancing on her own to get attention,\u201d Busch Gardens spokeswoman Karen Varga-Sinka told the Orlando Sentinel. \u201cSince then, she has danced for countless guests, school groups, media appearances and national television shows.\u201d Corrao was charged with animal cruelty and jailed on $2,000 bond. At his first court appearance on Wednesday, Judge John Conrad said that the act \u201cborders on depraved,\u201d ABC Action News reports. \u201cI don\u2019t know if you have other issues, but I don\u2019t know who does that,\u201d Conrad said.", "essay": "I hate reading stories like this... Poor animals made to suffer the abuse of stupid people. I'll never get where people get off hurting a defenseless animal for no reason. Like what did this flamingo ever do to that dude? Why does he think this is ok? I'm sure he suffered some sort of trauma as a child. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "Wildlife Dying En Masse as South American River Runs Dry \u2014  The Pilcomayo River in Paraguay is littered with dead caiman and fish carcasses as the government scrambles to find a solution. Vultures rest in the tree\u2019s upper branches, their black bodies in stark contrast to the blanched wood beneath their feet. Below them, caimans and capybaras crawl in sucking mud through the Agropil lagoon, seeking water that is unlikely to arrive for many months. The river has dried up, and there is nowhere for them to go. The lagoon, located in the western Paraguayan province of Boquer\u00f3n, is just one of many stretches of the Pilcomayo River suffering an extensive die-off of caiman, fish, and other river creatures. There have not been any official estimates from the Ministry of the Environment, but Roque Gonz\u00e1lez Vera, a journalist for ABC Color in Paraguay, reports utter devastation in some places: Up to 98 percent of caimans (Caiman yacare) are suspected dead, and 80 percent of the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) population has died. Paraguay is in the midst of an ecological crisis. The crisis stems from a combination of drought and mismanagement that has left the Pilcomayo River dry for nearly 435 miles (700 kilometers), according to Vera. On June 24, Paraguay declared an environmental emergency, but little has been done, or can be done, to provide relief for the imperiled animals until the wet season returns. The dry season typically lasts through October, and the annual recharge does not generally occur until January. So, what went wrong? A Perfect Storm of Drought and Mismanagement The Pilcomayo River originates in the Bolivian Highlands, which form the upper basin of the river. The lower reaches run through the Gran Chaco\u2014a hot, semiarid lowland also known as the Chaco Plain\u2014and form a 518-mile (834-kilometer) international border between Argentina and Paraguay. This stretch of the river relies on an annual, three-month pulse of water from the upper basin during its rainy season (roughly January to March). Quite simply, this past year did not deliver. View Images  According to the Ministry of Public Works and Communication (MOPC), the drought is the second worst in the past 30 years, and the paucity of rain has not been seen since 1996-97. Alone, the drought posed a threat to wildlife and agriculture, but the crisis has been exacerbated by the mismanagement of water resources and infrastructure by the Paraguayan government, according to Vera. In a recent article, the reporter argues that the government is complicit in the wildlife die-off, alleging laziness, inefficiency, and irresponsibility in the rehabilitation of the Paraguayan channel. To some extent, the government agrees. The MOPC concluded that the National Commission of the Pilcomayo did an insufficient job of maintaining the river\u2019s channels and canals and recently fired the head of the commission, Daniel Garay. Garay was also charged for the alleged irregularities. However, the mismanagement also extends across the border to Paraguay\u2019s neighbor, Argentina. In 1991, the two countries signed a water distribution agreement for the Pilcomayo, but they have struggled to maintain a fair distribution of water. In any given year, the river largely flows in one country and not the other. A recent review of the river proposed that the country that gets the water is either lucky the river shifted to them, and/or they were more diligent in canal work. Both countries have built up artificial canals outside the agreement\u2014ample mistrust between the nations fuels the construction\u2014but Argentina appears to have done a better job managing theirs, while also adding some reservoirs to hold water surpluses. In recent years, they were luckier and more diligent: Argentina has the water now. How long Argentina keeps the water is largely dependent on a third factor: the natural characteristics of the Pilcomayo River. Natural Phenomenon? Oscar Orfeo, an Argentinean geologist at the Center for Applied Coastal Ecology, believes the lack of water is simply a natural result of the river\u2019s morphology; the river simply does what it wants. The artificial canals cannot control the slope of the plain or the river\u2019s shaping capacity, he says. Orfeo also believes that the current environmental emergency cannot be attributed to a period of extreme drought but is really due to the \u201cwandering\u201d behavior of the river. This wandering is largely related to the significant amounts of sediment the Pilcomayo transports downstream\u2014some 140 million tons of sediment every year, one of the highest amounts in the world. The sediment, in combination with wood debris carried downstream, has created a blockage that disperses the river outside the channel into the surrounding land. As the blockage moves farther upstream every year, the dry river channel grows. It has now been nearly a hundred years since the Pilcomayo\u2019s main channel connected with the Paraguay River in Asunci\u00f3n. With both human and natural forces at play, scientists in Paraguay worry the current crisis could easily become an annual occurrence. Seeking a Solution In the face of public pressure, the Minister of Public Works and Communication, Ram\u00f3n Jim\u00e9nez Gaona, announced that the government is working with local authorities, indigenous groups, and residents to remedy the situation. Yet, despite the claims of the government, so far there has been little action to address the situation, says Vera. At the time of this publishing, National Geographic had not received a response from the Ministry of the Environment or the National Commission of the Pilcomayo, which is housed in the MOPC. In reality, it is hard to see a clear solution right now; there is no water to release or divert. Existing options to rehabilitate the Pilcomayo mostly center on cleaning and updating the canals that are filled with sediment, but it is neither quick nor easy to do so. To restore a consistent flow on both sides of the border, Paraguay and Argentina must commit to sharing water, but cooperation has been hard to come by. Until the infrastructure is developed and maintained, observers can only watch and wait, hoping that it rains enough next year to save the animals, or that the river shifts back into its Paraguayan channel. Politics, water, and wildlife: Welcome to 21st-century river management. Rachel Brown contributed reporting for this story.       Article Title:Will Zimbabwe Sell Off Its Rare \u2018Painted Dogs\u2019?   Article URL:http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/160512-zimbabwe-selling-wildlife-wild-dogs-conservation-elephants-lions/   Article author(s)Carly Nairn   Article date: MAY 12, 2016   News source: nationalgeographic    Zimbabwe\u2019s plan to sell its wildlife could hasten the decline of Africa\u2019s endangered wild dogs. Last week Zimbabwe announced that because of the drought that\u2019s ravaging the country\u2014and leaving four million Zimbabweans in need of food aid\u2014it will \u201cdestock\u201d its national parks and reserves by selling off wildlife. The announcement by the Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (also known as Zimparks) doesn\u2019t say when the sales would begin, nor does it specify which species would be offered and at what prices. Some of the country\u2019s animals can\u2019t be sold off\u2014those already protected against sale or hunting under the Parks and Wildlife Act, dating back to 1975. These include pangolins, pythons, and rhinos. Elephants and lions aren\u2019t protected under the act, and elephants in particular, given their high value, would likely be priorities for sale. Surprisingly, African wild dogs, which are endangered continent-wide, aren\u2019t on Zimbabwe\u2019s no-sale list. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which sets the conservation status of species, these elusive canids are critically endangered and number only 3,000 to 5,500 continent-wide. Zimbabwe claims it must sell wildlife to replenish its coffers in the face of cash shortages so extreme that ATMs can\u2019t be refilled, a scorching drought that\u2019s causing the country\u2019s exports of tobacco and maize to plummet, and a recent bid by the European Union to ban trophy hunting imports, which the government says would deprive the country of additional crucial revenue. (The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service banned the import of elephant hunting trophies from Zimbabwe in 2014, on grounds that killing elephants for trophies there would not enhance the population\u2019s survival, a requirement under the Endangered Species Act.) But Ross Harvey, a senior researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs, says that if Zimbabwe had been governed responsibly, there would be no need reason for it to put its wild animals up for sale. \u201cZimbabwe's economy has been intensively mismanaged since the late 1990s, and the recent drought has had a more devastating effect than it otherwise would have if the economy was in fact being run properly.\u201d According to Harvey, \u201cthe idea that the sale of elephants would help to assuage the country's economic woes is unworkable.\u201d He notes that there\u2019s no assurance that any money the government acquires from wildlife sales would be earmarked for conservation or drought relief. \u201cIn a system where lack of accountability has been baked in over a long time,\u201d Harvey says, \u201cthere\u2019s no guarantee that the money would be directed towards those who need it most.\u201d Zimbabwe has been criticized by wildlife and animal rights advocates for its previous arrangements to use animals as financial leverage. In July 2015 the country exported 24 wild elephants to China. How the money from the sale has been allocated remains an open question. And the killing last year of Cecil the lion by Walter Palmer, an American dentist and trophy hunter, in a private reserve bordering Hwange National Park caused a furor that primed animal advocates to keep a critical eye on Zimbabwe. But so far Zimparks has escaped widespread criticism for its new wildlife sale plan. Will Wild Dogs Take a Hit? One of the continent\u2019s largest populations of wild dogs\u2014also called painted dogs for the splotches of black, tan, and gold on their coats\u2014is in Hwange National Park. Although their exact numbers are unknown, experts believe that the park holds about 150. Zimbabwe as a whole may have around 700. Even without a crippling drought, survival is hard for wild dogs\u2014they get caught in snares set by poachers seeking other animals, and many have been roadkill victims. At the news of the Zimparks proposal to sell wildlife, Peter Blinston, the managing director of the Painted Dog Conservation, a nonprofit based in Hwange, said he didn\u2019t believe that wild dogs would be put up for sale. \u201cPainted Dog Conservation has very good relations with Zimparks,\" he said. \u201cThus our standing carries some weight, and if there was talk of dogs being on the for sale list, we would fight hard, and I suspect we would win.\u201d Speculating on what animals Zimparks would find attractive to sell, Blinston said there was a \u201cperceived abundance\u201d of elephants, yet their exact numbers, like those of wild dogs, are unknown. Estimates vary from a low of 60,000 to a high of 100,000. He also pointed out that \u201cin some areas impala are over-represented. I don\u2019t think anything else is.\u201d If numbers play into the decision about which animals to sell, elephants and impalas would be high on the list. If impalas, an important food source for wild dogs, are sold and suffer drought losses as well, that would be a double whammy of deprivation for Zimbabwe\u2019s already troubled painted dogs. Zimparks and Zimbabwe's Ministry of Environment, Water, and Climate did not respond to requests for comment.   Article Title:South Australia belted by second storm in 24 hours with winds of up to 140km/h   Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/29/south-australia-on-alert-again-as-adelaide-braces-for-strongest-storm-on-record   Article author(s)   Article date:Thursday 29 September 2016 05.51 EDTLast modified on Thursday 29 September 2016 14.11 EDT   News source: theguardian    Intense low-pressure system sweeps across state, causing heavy rain, flooding and major damage after emergency services tell Adelaide workers to go home   South Australia has copped another belting with a destructive storm lashing the state just 24 hours after super cell thunderstorms knocked out the state\u2019s entire power network. The intense low pressure system raged across Adelaide and parts of SouthAustralia late on Thursday. The storm packed winds of up to 140km/h, among the strongest the city has experienced, prompting an unprecedented warning from police for workers to head home early and stay home amid concerns emergency services might not be able to cope. The winds brought down trees across a wide area, causing major damage, and ripped some mid-north buildings apart. Heavy rain caused widespread flooding, from the Patawalonga River in Adelaide, through to the Barossa and Clare valleys, which copped 54mm of rain.   In Clare, a caravan park was under threat and in the Barossa, a dam burst, prompting an emergency flood warning for the town of Greenock. Storm surges and huge waves also inundated some communities along the Spencer and St Vincent gulf coasts with the worst centres affected including Port Pirie, Port Broughton and Moonta. The State Emergency Service responded to more than 660 calls for help, taking the tally to well over 1,000 in the past 36 hours. The police commissioner, Grant Stevens, said extra police could be brought in from interstate to help cope with the crisis. The SES chief officer, Chris Beattie, warned the service was at risk of being stretched beyond capacity. The latest emergency came after Wednesday\u2019s blackout when ferocious winds ripped up more than 20 transmission towers in the mid-north, taking out three of the state\u2019s four major transmission lines. The premier, Jay Weatherill, described the storm as \u201ccatastrophic\u201d and said it had involved weather events not seen before in South Australia, \u201csuch as twin tornadoes, which ripped through the northern parts of our state\u201d. By late on Thursday, 30,000 properties remained without power, some because of Wednesday\u2019s statewide blackout and others as a result of new damage caused by the continued wild weather. Weatherill warned some households, particularly in northern areas, could remain without power for at least a couple of days. At the height of the drama on Wednesday, super cell storms with destructive winds and tornadoes ripped more than 20 transmission towers in South Australia\u2019s north out of the ground, bringing down three major transmission lines. Lightning also damaged energy infrastructure, with 80,000 strikes hitting the state over a short period. It caused a state-wide blackout that plunged South Australia into darkness. South Australian power transmission company ElectraNet will bring in temporary towers from interstate to repair the transmission lines. ElectraNet executive manager of network service, Simon Emms, said the company hoped to have one of the three backbone circuits restored by Sunday and would build on that as fast as possible. Emms said the company continued to work on restoring power to those areas of the state still without electricity but establishing a timeline was difficult. \u201cThat\u2019s a very fair question but very hard to answer at the moment,\u201d he said. \u201cObviously, the current wind conditions are hampering restoration efforts. Access to the sites is very difficult and we haven\u2019t finished fully patrolling all the lines yet to ensure we can safely energise them. \u201cWhen we\u2019ve finished the patrols, then we\u2019ll safely energise. We\u2019ll then restore the assets with emergency towers.\u201d Emms said he was not aware of any power system in the world that could handle losing as much energy so quickly without going into blackout. He said such events were not common but were not unheard of.   Meanwhile, parts of New South Wales were being hit by the tail of the storm cell as it moved on from South Australia. The weather bureau had warnings in place for damaging winds and potential flash flooding for much of the state, but had revised down warnings for heavy rains. Broken Hill has borne the brunt of the destructive winds, with gusts reaching up to 90km/h. Thunderstorms were hitting towns in the north of the state along the Queensland border. The Riverina, central and south tablelands and parts of the Hunter, Snowy Mountains and mid-north coastal regions were all on alert. Towns in flood-ravaged central NSW were also being told to prepare for potential flash flooding and further flooding in the next few days. The central west community of Forbes could be inundated by a second peak of the Lachlan River at the same time the town\u2019s weekend floodwaters reach downstream Condobolin. The SES predicts the high water marks would occur sometime next week, with 30mm of rain expected on Thursday and up to 20mm on Friday. At least 50,000 sandbags had been transported into the towns from Maitland in the Hunter Valley and extra crews brought in from around the state. About 100 properties remained subject to an evacuation order while sittings at courthouses in Forbes, Condobolin and Lake Cargelligo had been cancelled for next week. The SES was calling on those going to the Deni Ute Muster or travelling inland to check for potential road closures.", "essay": "It is terrible what is happening to the rivers and the animals I think global warming could be playing a role in the matter the animals are being effected and soon humans will feel the effects of global warming hopefully they get some rain soon and they can save these poor animals facing all this hardships"}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Wildlife Dying En Masse as South American River Runs Dry \u2014  The Pilcomayo River in Paraguay is littered with dead caiman and fish carcasses as the government scrambles to find a solution. Vultures rest in the tree\u2019s upper branches, their black bodies in stark contrast to the blanched wood beneath their feet. Below them, caimans and capybaras crawl in sucking mud through the Agropil lagoon, seeking water that is unlikely to arrive for many months. The river has dried up, and there is nowhere for them to go. The lagoon, located in the western Paraguayan province of Boquer\u00f3n, is just one of many stretches of the Pilcomayo River suffering an extensive die-off of caiman, fish, and other river creatures. There have not been any official estimates from the Ministry of the Environment, but Roque Gonz\u00e1lez Vera, a journalist for ABC Color in Paraguay, reports utter devastation in some places: Up to 98 percent of caimans (Caiman yacare) are suspected dead, and 80 percent of the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) population has died. Paraguay is in the midst of an ecological crisis. The crisis stems from a combination of drought and mismanagement that has left the Pilcomayo River dry for nearly 435 miles (700 kilometers), according to Vera. On June 24, Paraguay declared an environmental emergency, but little has been done, or can be done, to provide relief for the imperiled animals until the wet season returns. The dry season typically lasts through October, and the annual recharge does not generally occur until January. So, what went wrong? A Perfect Storm of Drought and Mismanagement The Pilcomayo River originates in the Bolivian Highlands, which form the upper basin of the river. The lower reaches run through the Gran Chaco\u2014a hot, semiarid lowland also known as the Chaco Plain\u2014and form a 518-mile (834-kilometer) international border between Argentina and Paraguay. This stretch of the river relies on an annual, three-month pulse of water from the upper basin during its rainy season (roughly January to March). Quite simply, this past year did not deliver. View Images  According to the Ministry of Public Works and Communication (MOPC), the drought is the second worst in the past 30 years, and the paucity of rain has not been seen since 1996-97. Alone, the drought posed a threat to wildlife and agriculture, but the crisis has been exacerbated by the mismanagement of water resources and infrastructure by the Paraguayan government, according to Vera. In a recent article, the reporter argues that the government is complicit in the wildlife die-off, alleging laziness, inefficiency, and irresponsibility in the rehabilitation of the Paraguayan channel. To some extent, the government agrees. The MOPC concluded that the National Commission of the Pilcomayo did an insufficient job of maintaining the river\u2019s channels and canals and recently fired the head of the commission, Daniel Garay. Garay was also charged for the alleged irregularities. However, the mismanagement also extends across the border to Paraguay\u2019s neighbor, Argentina. In 1991, the two countries signed a water distribution agreement for the Pilcomayo, but they have struggled to maintain a fair distribution of water. In any given year, the river largely flows in one country and not the other. A recent review of the river proposed that the country that gets the water is either lucky the river shifted to them, and/or they were more diligent in canal work. Both countries have built up artificial canals outside the agreement\u2014ample mistrust between the nations fuels the construction\u2014but Argentina appears to have done a better job managing theirs, while also adding some reservoirs to hold water surpluses. In recent years, they were luckier and more diligent: Argentina has the water now. How long Argentina keeps the water is largely dependent on a third factor: the natural characteristics of the Pilcomayo River. Natural Phenomenon? Oscar Orfeo, an Argentinean geologist at the Center for Applied Coastal Ecology, believes the lack of water is simply a natural result of the river\u2019s morphology; the river simply does what it wants. The artificial canals cannot control the slope of the plain or the river\u2019s shaping capacity, he says. Orfeo also believes that the current environmental emergency cannot be attributed to a period of extreme drought but is really due to the \u201cwandering\u201d behavior of the river. This wandering is largely related to the significant amounts of sediment the Pilcomayo transports downstream\u2014some 140 million tons of sediment every year, one of the highest amounts in the world. The sediment, in combination with wood debris carried downstream, has created a blockage that disperses the river outside the channel into the surrounding land. As the blockage moves farther upstream every year, the dry river channel grows. It has now been nearly a hundred years since the Pilcomayo\u2019s main channel connected with the Paraguay River in Asunci\u00f3n. With both human and natural forces at play, scientists in Paraguay worry the current crisis could easily become an annual occurrence. Seeking a Solution In the face of public pressure, the Minister of Public Works and Communication, Ram\u00f3n Jim\u00e9nez Gaona, announced that the government is working with local authorities, indigenous groups, and residents to remedy the situation. Yet, despite the claims of the government, so far there has been little action to address the situation, says Vera. At the time of this publishing, National Geographic had not received a response from the Ministry of the Environment or the National Commission of the Pilcomayo, which is housed in the MOPC. In reality, it is hard to see a clear solution right now; there is no water to release or divert. Existing options to rehabilitate the Pilcomayo mostly center on cleaning and updating the canals that are filled with sediment, but it is neither quick nor easy to do so. To restore a consistent flow on both sides of the border, Paraguay and Argentina must commit to sharing water, but cooperation has been hard to come by. Until the infrastructure is developed and maintained, observers can only watch and wait, hoping that it rains enough next year to save the animals, or that the river shifts back into its Paraguayan channel. Politics, water, and wildlife: Welcome to 21st-century river management. Rachel Brown contributed reporting for this story.       Article Title:Will Zimbabwe Sell Off Its Rare \u2018Painted Dogs\u2019?   Article URL:http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/160512-zimbabwe-selling-wildlife-wild-dogs-conservation-elephants-lions/   Article author(s)Carly Nairn   Article date: MAY 12, 2016   News source: nationalgeographic    Zimbabwe\u2019s plan to sell its wildlife could hasten the decline of Africa\u2019s endangered wild dogs. Last week Zimbabwe announced that because of the drought that\u2019s ravaging the country\u2014and leaving four million Zimbabweans in need of food aid\u2014it will \u201cdestock\u201d its national parks and reserves by selling off wildlife. The announcement by the Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (also known as Zimparks) doesn\u2019t say when the sales would begin, nor does it specify which species would be offered and at what prices. Some of the country\u2019s animals can\u2019t be sold off\u2014those already protected against sale or hunting under the Parks and Wildlife Act, dating back to 1975. These include pangolins, pythons, and rhinos. Elephants and lions aren\u2019t protected under the act, and elephants in particular, given their high value, would likely be priorities for sale. Surprisingly, African wild dogs, which are endangered continent-wide, aren\u2019t on Zimbabwe\u2019s no-sale list. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which sets the conservation status of species, these elusive canids are critically endangered and number only 3,000 to 5,500 continent-wide. Zimbabwe claims it must sell wildlife to replenish its coffers in the face of cash shortages so extreme that ATMs can\u2019t be refilled, a scorching drought that\u2019s causing the country\u2019s exports of tobacco and maize to plummet, and a recent bid by the European Union to ban trophy hunting imports, which the government says would deprive the country of additional crucial revenue. (The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service banned the import of elephant hunting trophies from Zimbabwe in 2014, on grounds that killing elephants for trophies there would not enhance the population\u2019s survival, a requirement under the Endangered Species Act.) But Ross Harvey, a senior researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs, says that if Zimbabwe had been governed responsibly, there would be no need reason for it to put its wild animals up for sale. \u201cZimbabwe's economy has been intensively mismanaged since the late 1990s, and the recent drought has had a more devastating effect than it otherwise would have if the economy was in fact being run properly.\u201d According to Harvey, \u201cthe idea that the sale of elephants would help to assuage the country's economic woes is unworkable.\u201d He notes that there\u2019s no assurance that any money the government acquires from wildlife sales would be earmarked for conservation or drought relief. \u201cIn a system where lack of accountability has been baked in over a long time,\u201d Harvey says, \u201cthere\u2019s no guarantee that the money would be directed towards those who need it most.\u201d Zimbabwe has been criticized by wildlife and animal rights advocates for its previous arrangements to use animals as financial leverage. In July 2015 the country exported 24 wild elephants to China. How the money from the sale has been allocated remains an open question. And the killing last year of Cecil the lion by Walter Palmer, an American dentist and trophy hunter, in a private reserve bordering Hwange National Park caused a furor that primed animal advocates to keep a critical eye on Zimbabwe. But so far Zimparks has escaped widespread criticism for its new wildlife sale plan. Will Wild Dogs Take a Hit? One of the continent\u2019s largest populations of wild dogs\u2014also called painted dogs for the splotches of black, tan, and gold on their coats\u2014is in Hwange National Park. Although their exact numbers are unknown, experts believe that the park holds about 150. Zimbabwe as a whole may have around 700. Even without a crippling drought, survival is hard for wild dogs\u2014they get caught in snares set by poachers seeking other animals, and many have been roadkill victims. At the news of the Zimparks proposal to sell wildlife, Peter Blinston, the managing director of the Painted Dog Conservation, a nonprofit based in Hwange, said he didn\u2019t believe that wild dogs would be put up for sale. \u201cPainted Dog Conservation has very good relations with Zimparks,\" he said. \u201cThus our standing carries some weight, and if there was talk of dogs being on the for sale list, we would fight hard, and I suspect we would win.\u201d Speculating on what animals Zimparks would find attractive to sell, Blinston said there was a \u201cperceived abundance\u201d of elephants, yet their exact numbers, like those of wild dogs, are unknown. Estimates vary from a low of 60,000 to a high of 100,000. He also pointed out that \u201cin some areas impala are over-represented. I don\u2019t think anything else is.\u201d If numbers play into the decision about which animals to sell, elephants and impalas would be high on the list. If impalas, an important food source for wild dogs, are sold and suffer drought losses as well, that would be a double whammy of deprivation for Zimbabwe\u2019s already troubled painted dogs. Zimparks and Zimbabwe's Ministry of Environment, Water, and Climate did not respond to requests for comment.   Article Title:South Australia belted by second storm in 24 hours with winds of up to 140km/h   Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/29/south-australia-on-alert-again-as-adelaide-braces-for-strongest-storm-on-record   Article author(s)   Article date:Thursday 29 September 2016 05.51 EDTLast modified on Thursday 29 September 2016 14.11 EDT   News source: theguardian    Intense low-pressure system sweeps across state, causing heavy rain, flooding and major damage after emergency services tell Adelaide workers to go home   South Australia has copped another belting with a destructive storm lashing the state just 24 hours after super cell thunderstorms knocked out the state\u2019s entire power network. The intense low pressure system raged across Adelaide and parts of SouthAustralia late on Thursday. The storm packed winds of up to 140km/h, among the strongest the city has experienced, prompting an unprecedented warning from police for workers to head home early and stay home amid concerns emergency services might not be able to cope. The winds brought down trees across a wide area, causing major damage, and ripped some mid-north buildings apart. Heavy rain caused widespread flooding, from the Patawalonga River in Adelaide, through to the Barossa and Clare valleys, which copped 54mm of rain.   In Clare, a caravan park was under threat and in the Barossa, a dam burst, prompting an emergency flood warning for the town of Greenock. Storm surges and huge waves also inundated some communities along the Spencer and St Vincent gulf coasts with the worst centres affected including Port Pirie, Port Broughton and Moonta. The State Emergency Service responded to more than 660 calls for help, taking the tally to well over 1,000 in the past 36 hours. The police commissioner, Grant Stevens, said extra police could be brought in from interstate to help cope with the crisis. The SES chief officer, Chris Beattie, warned the service was at risk of being stretched beyond capacity. The latest emergency came after Wednesday\u2019s blackout when ferocious winds ripped up more than 20 transmission towers in the mid-north, taking out three of the state\u2019s four major transmission lines. The premier, Jay Weatherill, described the storm as \u201ccatastrophic\u201d and said it had involved weather events not seen before in South Australia, \u201csuch as twin tornadoes, which ripped through the northern parts of our state\u201d. By late on Thursday, 30,000 properties remained without power, some because of Wednesday\u2019s statewide blackout and others as a result of new damage caused by the continued wild weather. Weatherill warned some households, particularly in northern areas, could remain without power for at least a couple of days. At the height of the drama on Wednesday, super cell storms with destructive winds and tornadoes ripped more than 20 transmission towers in South Australia\u2019s north out of the ground, bringing down three major transmission lines. Lightning also damaged energy infrastructure, with 80,000 strikes hitting the state over a short period. It caused a state-wide blackout that plunged South Australia into darkness. South Australian power transmission company ElectraNet will bring in temporary towers from interstate to repair the transmission lines. ElectraNet executive manager of network service, Simon Emms, said the company hoped to have one of the three backbone circuits restored by Sunday and would build on that as fast as possible. Emms said the company continued to work on restoring power to those areas of the state still without electricity but establishing a timeline was difficult. \u201cThat\u2019s a very fair question but very hard to answer at the moment,\u201d he said. \u201cObviously, the current wind conditions are hampering restoration efforts. Access to the sites is very difficult and we haven\u2019t finished fully patrolling all the lines yet to ensure we can safely energise them. \u201cWhen we\u2019ve finished the patrols, then we\u2019ll safely energise. We\u2019ll then restore the assets with emergency towers.\u201d Emms said he was not aware of any power system in the world that could handle losing as much energy so quickly without going into blackout. He said such events were not common but were not unheard of.   Meanwhile, parts of New South Wales were being hit by the tail of the storm cell as it moved on from South Australia. The weather bureau had warnings in place for damaging winds and potential flash flooding for much of the state, but had revised down warnings for heavy rains. Broken Hill has borne the brunt of the destructive winds, with gusts reaching up to 90km/h. Thunderstorms were hitting towns in the north of the state along the Queensland border. The Riverina, central and south tablelands and parts of the Hunter, Snowy Mountains and mid-north coastal regions were all on alert. Towns in flood-ravaged central NSW were also being told to prepare for potential flash flooding and further flooding in the next few days. The central west community of Forbes could be inundated by a second peak of the Lachlan River at the same time the town\u2019s weekend floodwaters reach downstream Condobolin. The SES predicts the high water marks would occur sometime next week, with 30mm of rain expected on Thursday and up to 20mm on Friday. At least 50,000 sandbags had been transported into the towns from Maitland in the Hunter Valley and extra crews brought in from around the state. About 100 properties remained subject to an evacuation order while sittings at courthouses in Forbes, Condobolin and Lake Cargelligo had been cancelled for next week. The SES was calling on those going to the Deni Ute Muster or travelling inland to check for potential road closures.", "essay": "this is so horribloe because anything that effects animals hurts me to the core. They are innocent victims and cant really help themselves in this situation. I think alot needs to be done to make sure the river is restored and blockage is taken away so that this does not happen in the future. These fish cant move debris themsleves and i thin more light needs to shine down on what is happening so maybe a council can come together and monitor or take over and make sure the fish are in a thriving enviroment. I thin if an enviromental emergency is declared and especially in a poor country other countries should step in and lend a helping hand to lesson the suffering to innocent life."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Wildlife Dying En Masse as South American River Runs Dry \u2014  The Pilcomayo River in Paraguay is littered with dead caiman and fish carcasses as the government scrambles to find a solution. Vultures rest in the tree\u2019s upper branches, their black bodies in stark contrast to the blanched wood beneath their feet. Below them, caimans and capybaras crawl in sucking mud through the Agropil lagoon, seeking water that is unlikely to arrive for many months. The river has dried up, and there is nowhere for them to go. The lagoon, located in the western Paraguayan province of Boquer\u00f3n, is just one of many stretches of the Pilcomayo River suffering an extensive die-off of caiman, fish, and other river creatures. There have not been any official estimates from the Ministry of the Environment, but Roque Gonz\u00e1lez Vera, a journalist for ABC Color in Paraguay, reports utter devastation in some places: Up to 98 percent of caimans (Caiman yacare) are suspected dead, and 80 percent of the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) population has died. Paraguay is in the midst of an ecological crisis. The crisis stems from a combination of drought and mismanagement that has left the Pilcomayo River dry for nearly 435 miles (700 kilometers), according to Vera. On June 24, Paraguay declared an environmental emergency, but little has been done, or can be done, to provide relief for the imperiled animals until the wet season returns. The dry season typically lasts through October, and the annual recharge does not generally occur until January. So, what went wrong? A Perfect Storm of Drought and Mismanagement The Pilcomayo River originates in the Bolivian Highlands, which form the upper basin of the river. The lower reaches run through the Gran Chaco\u2014a hot, semiarid lowland also known as the Chaco Plain\u2014and form a 518-mile (834-kilometer) international border between Argentina and Paraguay. This stretch of the river relies on an annual, three-month pulse of water from the upper basin during its rainy season (roughly January to March). Quite simply, this past year did not deliver. View Images  According to the Ministry of Public Works and Communication (MOPC), the drought is the second worst in the past 30 years, and the paucity of rain has not been seen since 1996-97. Alone, the drought posed a threat to wildlife and agriculture, but the crisis has been exacerbated by the mismanagement of water resources and infrastructure by the Paraguayan government, according to Vera. In a recent article, the reporter argues that the government is complicit in the wildlife die-off, alleging laziness, inefficiency, and irresponsibility in the rehabilitation of the Paraguayan channel. To some extent, the government agrees. The MOPC concluded that the National Commission of the Pilcomayo did an insufficient job of maintaining the river\u2019s channels and canals and recently fired the head of the commission, Daniel Garay. Garay was also charged for the alleged irregularities. However, the mismanagement also extends across the border to Paraguay\u2019s neighbor, Argentina. In 1991, the two countries signed a water distribution agreement for the Pilcomayo, but they have struggled to maintain a fair distribution of water. In any given year, the river largely flows in one country and not the other. A recent review of the river proposed that the country that gets the water is either lucky the river shifted to them, and/or they were more diligent in canal work. Both countries have built up artificial canals outside the agreement\u2014ample mistrust between the nations fuels the construction\u2014but Argentina appears to have done a better job managing theirs, while also adding some reservoirs to hold water surpluses. In recent years, they were luckier and more diligent: Argentina has the water now. How long Argentina keeps the water is largely dependent on a third factor: the natural characteristics of the Pilcomayo River. Natural Phenomenon? Oscar Orfeo, an Argentinean geologist at the Center for Applied Coastal Ecology, believes the lack of water is simply a natural result of the river\u2019s morphology; the river simply does what it wants. The artificial canals cannot control the slope of the plain or the river\u2019s shaping capacity, he says. Orfeo also believes that the current environmental emergency cannot be attributed to a period of extreme drought but is really due to the \u201cwandering\u201d behavior of the river. This wandering is largely related to the significant amounts of sediment the Pilcomayo transports downstream\u2014some 140 million tons of sediment every year, one of the highest amounts in the world. The sediment, in combination with wood debris carried downstream, has created a blockage that disperses the river outside the channel into the surrounding land. As the blockage moves farther upstream every year, the dry river channel grows. It has now been nearly a hundred years since the Pilcomayo\u2019s main channel connected with the Paraguay River in Asunci\u00f3n. With both human and natural forces at play, scientists in Paraguay worry the current crisis could easily become an annual occurrence. Seeking a Solution In the face of public pressure, the Minister of Public Works and Communication, Ram\u00f3n Jim\u00e9nez Gaona, announced that the government is working with local authorities, indigenous groups, and residents to remedy the situation. Yet, despite the claims of the government, so far there has been little action to address the situation, says Vera. At the time of this publishing, National Geographic had not received a response from the Ministry of the Environment or the National Commission of the Pilcomayo, which is housed in the MOPC. In reality, it is hard to see a clear solution right now; there is no water to release or divert. Existing options to rehabilitate the Pilcomayo mostly center on cleaning and updating the canals that are filled with sediment, but it is neither quick nor easy to do so. To restore a consistent flow on both sides of the border, Paraguay and Argentina must commit to sharing water, but cooperation has been hard to come by. Until the infrastructure is developed and maintained, observers can only watch and wait, hoping that it rains enough next year to save the animals, or that the river shifts back into its Paraguayan channel. Politics, water, and wildlife: Welcome to 21st-century river management. Rachel Brown contributed reporting for this story.       Article Title:Will Zimbabwe Sell Off Its Rare \u2018Painted Dogs\u2019?   Article URL:http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/160512-zimbabwe-selling-wildlife-wild-dogs-conservation-elephants-lions/   Article author(s)Carly Nairn   Article date: MAY 12, 2016   News source: nationalgeographic    Zimbabwe\u2019s plan to sell its wildlife could hasten the decline of Africa\u2019s endangered wild dogs. Last week Zimbabwe announced that because of the drought that\u2019s ravaging the country\u2014and leaving four million Zimbabweans in need of food aid\u2014it will \u201cdestock\u201d its national parks and reserves by selling off wildlife. The announcement by the Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (also known as Zimparks) doesn\u2019t say when the sales would begin, nor does it specify which species would be offered and at what prices. Some of the country\u2019s animals can\u2019t be sold off\u2014those already protected against sale or hunting under the Parks and Wildlife Act, dating back to 1975. These include pangolins, pythons, and rhinos. Elephants and lions aren\u2019t protected under the act, and elephants in particular, given their high value, would likely be priorities for sale. Surprisingly, African wild dogs, which are endangered continent-wide, aren\u2019t on Zimbabwe\u2019s no-sale list. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which sets the conservation status of species, these elusive canids are critically endangered and number only 3,000 to 5,500 continent-wide. Zimbabwe claims it must sell wildlife to replenish its coffers in the face of cash shortages so extreme that ATMs can\u2019t be refilled, a scorching drought that\u2019s causing the country\u2019s exports of tobacco and maize to plummet, and a recent bid by the European Union to ban trophy hunting imports, which the government says would deprive the country of additional crucial revenue. (The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service banned the import of elephant hunting trophies from Zimbabwe in 2014, on grounds that killing elephants for trophies there would not enhance the population\u2019s survival, a requirement under the Endangered Species Act.) But Ross Harvey, a senior researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs, says that if Zimbabwe had been governed responsibly, there would be no need reason for it to put its wild animals up for sale. \u201cZimbabwe's economy has been intensively mismanaged since the late 1990s, and the recent drought has had a more devastating effect than it otherwise would have if the economy was in fact being run properly.\u201d According to Harvey, \u201cthe idea that the sale of elephants would help to assuage the country's economic woes is unworkable.\u201d He notes that there\u2019s no assurance that any money the government acquires from wildlife sales would be earmarked for conservation or drought relief. \u201cIn a system where lack of accountability has been baked in over a long time,\u201d Harvey says, \u201cthere\u2019s no guarantee that the money would be directed towards those who need it most.\u201d Zimbabwe has been criticized by wildlife and animal rights advocates for its previous arrangements to use animals as financial leverage. In July 2015 the country exported 24 wild elephants to China. How the money from the sale has been allocated remains an open question. And the killing last year of Cecil the lion by Walter Palmer, an American dentist and trophy hunter, in a private reserve bordering Hwange National Park caused a furor that primed animal advocates to keep a critical eye on Zimbabwe. But so far Zimparks has escaped widespread criticism for its new wildlife sale plan. Will Wild Dogs Take a Hit? One of the continent\u2019s largest populations of wild dogs\u2014also called painted dogs for the splotches of black, tan, and gold on their coats\u2014is in Hwange National Park. Although their exact numbers are unknown, experts believe that the park holds about 150. Zimbabwe as a whole may have around 700. Even without a crippling drought, survival is hard for wild dogs\u2014they get caught in snares set by poachers seeking other animals, and many have been roadkill victims. At the news of the Zimparks proposal to sell wildlife, Peter Blinston, the managing director of the Painted Dog Conservation, a nonprofit based in Hwange, said he didn\u2019t believe that wild dogs would be put up for sale. \u201cPainted Dog Conservation has very good relations with Zimparks,\" he said. \u201cThus our standing carries some weight, and if there was talk of dogs being on the for sale list, we would fight hard, and I suspect we would win.\u201d Speculating on what animals Zimparks would find attractive to sell, Blinston said there was a \u201cperceived abundance\u201d of elephants, yet their exact numbers, like those of wild dogs, are unknown. Estimates vary from a low of 60,000 to a high of 100,000. He also pointed out that \u201cin some areas impala are over-represented. I don\u2019t think anything else is.\u201d If numbers play into the decision about which animals to sell, elephants and impalas would be high on the list. If impalas, an important food source for wild dogs, are sold and suffer drought losses as well, that would be a double whammy of deprivation for Zimbabwe\u2019s already troubled painted dogs. Zimparks and Zimbabwe's Ministry of Environment, Water, and Climate did not respond to requests for comment.   Article Title:South Australia belted by second storm in 24 hours with winds of up to 140km/h   Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/29/south-australia-on-alert-again-as-adelaide-braces-for-strongest-storm-on-record   Article author(s)   Article date:Thursday 29 September 2016 05.51 EDTLast modified on Thursday 29 September 2016 14.11 EDT   News source: theguardian    Intense low-pressure system sweeps across state, causing heavy rain, flooding and major damage after emergency services tell Adelaide workers to go home   South Australia has copped another belting with a destructive storm lashing the state just 24 hours after super cell thunderstorms knocked out the state\u2019s entire power network. The intense low pressure system raged across Adelaide and parts of SouthAustralia late on Thursday. The storm packed winds of up to 140km/h, among the strongest the city has experienced, prompting an unprecedented warning from police for workers to head home early and stay home amid concerns emergency services might not be able to cope. The winds brought down trees across a wide area, causing major damage, and ripped some mid-north buildings apart. Heavy rain caused widespread flooding, from the Patawalonga River in Adelaide, through to the Barossa and Clare valleys, which copped 54mm of rain.   In Clare, a caravan park was under threat and in the Barossa, a dam burst, prompting an emergency flood warning for the town of Greenock. Storm surges and huge waves also inundated some communities along the Spencer and St Vincent gulf coasts with the worst centres affected including Port Pirie, Port Broughton and Moonta. The State Emergency Service responded to more than 660 calls for help, taking the tally to well over 1,000 in the past 36 hours. The police commissioner, Grant Stevens, said extra police could be brought in from interstate to help cope with the crisis. The SES chief officer, Chris Beattie, warned the service was at risk of being stretched beyond capacity. The latest emergency came after Wednesday\u2019s blackout when ferocious winds ripped up more than 20 transmission towers in the mid-north, taking out three of the state\u2019s four major transmission lines. The premier, Jay Weatherill, described the storm as \u201ccatastrophic\u201d and said it had involved weather events not seen before in South Australia, \u201csuch as twin tornadoes, which ripped through the northern parts of our state\u201d. By late on Thursday, 30,000 properties remained without power, some because of Wednesday\u2019s statewide blackout and others as a result of new damage caused by the continued wild weather. Weatherill warned some households, particularly in northern areas, could remain without power for at least a couple of days. At the height of the drama on Wednesday, super cell storms with destructive winds and tornadoes ripped more than 20 transmission towers in South Australia\u2019s north out of the ground, bringing down three major transmission lines. Lightning also damaged energy infrastructure, with 80,000 strikes hitting the state over a short period. It caused a state-wide blackout that plunged South Australia into darkness. South Australian power transmission company ElectraNet will bring in temporary towers from interstate to repair the transmission lines. ElectraNet executive manager of network service, Simon Emms, said the company hoped to have one of the three backbone circuits restored by Sunday and would build on that as fast as possible. Emms said the company continued to work on restoring power to those areas of the state still without electricity but establishing a timeline was difficult. \u201cThat\u2019s a very fair question but very hard to answer at the moment,\u201d he said. \u201cObviously, the current wind conditions are hampering restoration efforts. Access to the sites is very difficult and we haven\u2019t finished fully patrolling all the lines yet to ensure we can safely energise them. \u201cWhen we\u2019ve finished the patrols, then we\u2019ll safely energise. We\u2019ll then restore the assets with emergency towers.\u201d Emms said he was not aware of any power system in the world that could handle losing as much energy so quickly without going into blackout. He said such events were not common but were not unheard of.   Meanwhile, parts of New South Wales were being hit by the tail of the storm cell as it moved on from South Australia. The weather bureau had warnings in place for damaging winds and potential flash flooding for much of the state, but had revised down warnings for heavy rains. Broken Hill has borne the brunt of the destructive winds, with gusts reaching up to 90km/h. Thunderstorms were hitting towns in the north of the state along the Queensland border. The Riverina, central and south tablelands and parts of the Hunter, Snowy Mountains and mid-north coastal regions were all on alert. Towns in flood-ravaged central NSW were also being told to prepare for potential flash flooding and further flooding in the next few days. The central west community of Forbes could be inundated by a second peak of the Lachlan River at the same time the town\u2019s weekend floodwaters reach downstream Condobolin. The SES predicts the high water marks would occur sometime next week, with 30mm of rain expected on Thursday and up to 20mm on Friday. At least 50,000 sandbags had been transported into the towns from Maitland in the Hunter Valley and extra crews brought in from around the state. About 100 properties remained subject to an evacuation order while sittings at courthouses in Forbes, Condobolin and Lake Cargelligo had been cancelled for next week. The SES was calling on those going to the Deni Ute Muster or travelling inland to check for potential road closures.", "essay": "This sounds like one of those situations where not much can really be done.  It's sad for the animals who are dying and suffering and I feel bad for them.  I think this is out of anyone's control and really just an act of nature.  Sometimes thiings like this just happen and it's sad and a tragedy but no one can do anything to fix it.  The animals are the ones that suffer.  They are in essence having a drought and starving due to it which is really sad.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Wildlife Dying En Masse as South American River Runs Dry \u2014  The Pilcomayo River in Paraguay is littered with dead caiman and fish carcasses as the government scrambles to find a solution. Vultures rest in the tree\u2019s upper branches, their black bodies in stark contrast to the blanched wood beneath their feet. Below them, caimans and capybaras crawl in sucking mud through the Agropil lagoon, seeking water that is unlikely to arrive for many months. The river has dried up, and there is nowhere for them to go. The lagoon, located in the western Paraguayan province of Boquer\u00f3n, is just one of many stretches of the Pilcomayo River suffering an extensive die-off of caiman, fish, and other river creatures. There have not been any official estimates from the Ministry of the Environment, but Roque Gonz\u00e1lez Vera, a journalist for ABC Color in Paraguay, reports utter devastation in some places: Up to 98 percent of caimans (Caiman yacare) are suspected dead, and 80 percent of the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) population has died. Paraguay is in the midst of an ecological crisis. The crisis stems from a combination of drought and mismanagement that has left the Pilcomayo River dry for nearly 435 miles (700 kilometers), according to Vera. On June 24, Paraguay declared an environmental emergency, but little has been done, or can be done, to provide relief for the imperiled animals until the wet season returns. The dry season typically lasts through October, and the annual recharge does not generally occur until January. So, what went wrong? A Perfect Storm of Drought and Mismanagement The Pilcomayo River originates in the Bolivian Highlands, which form the upper basin of the river. The lower reaches run through the Gran Chaco\u2014a hot, semiarid lowland also known as the Chaco Plain\u2014and form a 518-mile (834-kilometer) international border between Argentina and Paraguay. This stretch of the river relies on an annual, three-month pulse of water from the upper basin during its rainy season (roughly January to March). Quite simply, this past year did not deliver. View Images  According to the Ministry of Public Works and Communication (MOPC), the drought is the second worst in the past 30 years, and the paucity of rain has not been seen since 1996-97. Alone, the drought posed a threat to wildlife and agriculture, but the crisis has been exacerbated by the mismanagement of water resources and infrastructure by the Paraguayan government, according to Vera. In a recent article, the reporter argues that the government is complicit in the wildlife die-off, alleging laziness, inefficiency, and irresponsibility in the rehabilitation of the Paraguayan channel. To some extent, the government agrees. The MOPC concluded that the National Commission of the Pilcomayo did an insufficient job of maintaining the river\u2019s channels and canals and recently fired the head of the commission, Daniel Garay. Garay was also charged for the alleged irregularities. However, the mismanagement also extends across the border to Paraguay\u2019s neighbor, Argentina. In 1991, the two countries signed a water distribution agreement for the Pilcomayo, but they have struggled to maintain a fair distribution of water. In any given year, the river largely flows in one country and not the other. A recent review of the river proposed that the country that gets the water is either lucky the river shifted to them, and/or they were more diligent in canal work. Both countries have built up artificial canals outside the agreement\u2014ample mistrust between the nations fuels the construction\u2014but Argentina appears to have done a better job managing theirs, while also adding some reservoirs to hold water surpluses. In recent years, they were luckier and more diligent: Argentina has the water now. How long Argentina keeps the water is largely dependent on a third factor: the natural characteristics of the Pilcomayo River. Natural Phenomenon? Oscar Orfeo, an Argentinean geologist at the Center for Applied Coastal Ecology, believes the lack of water is simply a natural result of the river\u2019s morphology; the river simply does what it wants. The artificial canals cannot control the slope of the plain or the river\u2019s shaping capacity, he says. Orfeo also believes that the current environmental emergency cannot be attributed to a period of extreme drought but is really due to the \u201cwandering\u201d behavior of the river. This wandering is largely related to the significant amounts of sediment the Pilcomayo transports downstream\u2014some 140 million tons of sediment every year, one of the highest amounts in the world. The sediment, in combination with wood debris carried downstream, has created a blockage that disperses the river outside the channel into the surrounding land. As the blockage moves farther upstream every year, the dry river channel grows. It has now been nearly a hundred years since the Pilcomayo\u2019s main channel connected with the Paraguay River in Asunci\u00f3n. With both human and natural forces at play, scientists in Paraguay worry the current crisis could easily become an annual occurrence. Seeking a Solution In the face of public pressure, the Minister of Public Works and Communication, Ram\u00f3n Jim\u00e9nez Gaona, announced that the government is working with local authorities, indigenous groups, and residents to remedy the situation. Yet, despite the claims of the government, so far there has been little action to address the situation, says Vera. At the time of this publishing, National Geographic had not received a response from the Ministry of the Environment or the National Commission of the Pilcomayo, which is housed in the MOPC. In reality, it is hard to see a clear solution right now; there is no water to release or divert. Existing options to rehabilitate the Pilcomayo mostly center on cleaning and updating the canals that are filled with sediment, but it is neither quick nor easy to do so. To restore a consistent flow on both sides of the border, Paraguay and Argentina must commit to sharing water, but cooperation has been hard to come by. Until the infrastructure is developed and maintained, observers can only watch and wait, hoping that it rains enough next year to save the animals, or that the river shifts back into its Paraguayan channel. Politics, water, and wildlife: Welcome to 21st-century river management. Rachel Brown contributed reporting for this story.       Article Title:Will Zimbabwe Sell Off Its Rare \u2018Painted Dogs\u2019?   Article URL:http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/160512-zimbabwe-selling-wildlife-wild-dogs-conservation-elephants-lions/   Article author(s)Carly Nairn   Article date: MAY 12, 2016   News source: nationalgeographic    Zimbabwe\u2019s plan to sell its wildlife could hasten the decline of Africa\u2019s endangered wild dogs. Last week Zimbabwe announced that because of the drought that\u2019s ravaging the country\u2014and leaving four million Zimbabweans in need of food aid\u2014it will \u201cdestock\u201d its national parks and reserves by selling off wildlife. The announcement by the Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (also known as Zimparks) doesn\u2019t say when the sales would begin, nor does it specify which species would be offered and at what prices. Some of the country\u2019s animals can\u2019t be sold off\u2014those already protected against sale or hunting under the Parks and Wildlife Act, dating back to 1975. These include pangolins, pythons, and rhinos. Elephants and lions aren\u2019t protected under the act, and elephants in particular, given their high value, would likely be priorities for sale. Surprisingly, African wild dogs, which are endangered continent-wide, aren\u2019t on Zimbabwe\u2019s no-sale list. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which sets the conservation status of species, these elusive canids are critically endangered and number only 3,000 to 5,500 continent-wide. Zimbabwe claims it must sell wildlife to replenish its coffers in the face of cash shortages so extreme that ATMs can\u2019t be refilled, a scorching drought that\u2019s causing the country\u2019s exports of tobacco and maize to plummet, and a recent bid by the European Union to ban trophy hunting imports, which the government says would deprive the country of additional crucial revenue. (The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service banned the import of elephant hunting trophies from Zimbabwe in 2014, on grounds that killing elephants for trophies there would not enhance the population\u2019s survival, a requirement under the Endangered Species Act.) But Ross Harvey, a senior researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs, says that if Zimbabwe had been governed responsibly, there would be no need reason for it to put its wild animals up for sale. \u201cZimbabwe's economy has been intensively mismanaged since the late 1990s, and the recent drought has had a more devastating effect than it otherwise would have if the economy was in fact being run properly.\u201d According to Harvey, \u201cthe idea that the sale of elephants would help to assuage the country's economic woes is unworkable.\u201d He notes that there\u2019s no assurance that any money the government acquires from wildlife sales would be earmarked for conservation or drought relief. \u201cIn a system where lack of accountability has been baked in over a long time,\u201d Harvey says, \u201cthere\u2019s no guarantee that the money would be directed towards those who need it most.\u201d Zimbabwe has been criticized by wildlife and animal rights advocates for its previous arrangements to use animals as financial leverage. In July 2015 the country exported 24 wild elephants to China. How the money from the sale has been allocated remains an open question. And the killing last year of Cecil the lion by Walter Palmer, an American dentist and trophy hunter, in a private reserve bordering Hwange National Park caused a furor that primed animal advocates to keep a critical eye on Zimbabwe. But so far Zimparks has escaped widespread criticism for its new wildlife sale plan. Will Wild Dogs Take a Hit? One of the continent\u2019s largest populations of wild dogs\u2014also called painted dogs for the splotches of black, tan, and gold on their coats\u2014is in Hwange National Park. Although their exact numbers are unknown, experts believe that the park holds about 150. Zimbabwe as a whole may have around 700. Even without a crippling drought, survival is hard for wild dogs\u2014they get caught in snares set by poachers seeking other animals, and many have been roadkill victims. At the news of the Zimparks proposal to sell wildlife, Peter Blinston, the managing director of the Painted Dog Conservation, a nonprofit based in Hwange, said he didn\u2019t believe that wild dogs would be put up for sale. \u201cPainted Dog Conservation has very good relations with Zimparks,\" he said. \u201cThus our standing carries some weight, and if there was talk of dogs being on the for sale list, we would fight hard, and I suspect we would win.\u201d Speculating on what animals Zimparks would find attractive to sell, Blinston said there was a \u201cperceived abundance\u201d of elephants, yet their exact numbers, like those of wild dogs, are unknown. Estimates vary from a low of 60,000 to a high of 100,000. He also pointed out that \u201cin some areas impala are over-represented. I don\u2019t think anything else is.\u201d If numbers play into the decision about which animals to sell, elephants and impalas would be high on the list. If impalas, an important food source for wild dogs, are sold and suffer drought losses as well, that would be a double whammy of deprivation for Zimbabwe\u2019s already troubled painted dogs. Zimparks and Zimbabwe's Ministry of Environment, Water, and Climate did not respond to requests for comment.   Article Title:South Australia belted by second storm in 24 hours with winds of up to 140km/h   Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/29/south-australia-on-alert-again-as-adelaide-braces-for-strongest-storm-on-record   Article author(s)   Article date:Thursday 29 September 2016 05.51 EDTLast modified on Thursday 29 September 2016 14.11 EDT   News source: theguardian    Intense low-pressure system sweeps across state, causing heavy rain, flooding and major damage after emergency services tell Adelaide workers to go home   South Australia has copped another belting with a destructive storm lashing the state just 24 hours after super cell thunderstorms knocked out the state\u2019s entire power network. The intense low pressure system raged across Adelaide and parts of SouthAustralia late on Thursday. The storm packed winds of up to 140km/h, among the strongest the city has experienced, prompting an unprecedented warning from police for workers to head home early and stay home amid concerns emergency services might not be able to cope. The winds brought down trees across a wide area, causing major damage, and ripped some mid-north buildings apart. Heavy rain caused widespread flooding, from the Patawalonga River in Adelaide, through to the Barossa and Clare valleys, which copped 54mm of rain.   In Clare, a caravan park was under threat and in the Barossa, a dam burst, prompting an emergency flood warning for the town of Greenock. Storm surges and huge waves also inundated some communities along the Spencer and St Vincent gulf coasts with the worst centres affected including Port Pirie, Port Broughton and Moonta. The State Emergency Service responded to more than 660 calls for help, taking the tally to well over 1,000 in the past 36 hours. The police commissioner, Grant Stevens, said extra police could be brought in from interstate to help cope with the crisis. The SES chief officer, Chris Beattie, warned the service was at risk of being stretched beyond capacity. The latest emergency came after Wednesday\u2019s blackout when ferocious winds ripped up more than 20 transmission towers in the mid-north, taking out three of the state\u2019s four major transmission lines. The premier, Jay Weatherill, described the storm as \u201ccatastrophic\u201d and said it had involved weather events not seen before in South Australia, \u201csuch as twin tornadoes, which ripped through the northern parts of our state\u201d. By late on Thursday, 30,000 properties remained without power, some because of Wednesday\u2019s statewide blackout and others as a result of new damage caused by the continued wild weather. Weatherill warned some households, particularly in northern areas, could remain without power for at least a couple of days. At the height of the drama on Wednesday, super cell storms with destructive winds and tornadoes ripped more than 20 transmission towers in South Australia\u2019s north out of the ground, bringing down three major transmission lines. Lightning also damaged energy infrastructure, with 80,000 strikes hitting the state over a short period. It caused a state-wide blackout that plunged South Australia into darkness. South Australian power transmission company ElectraNet will bring in temporary towers from interstate to repair the transmission lines. ElectraNet executive manager of network service, Simon Emms, said the company hoped to have one of the three backbone circuits restored by Sunday and would build on that as fast as possible. Emms said the company continued to work on restoring power to those areas of the state still without electricity but establishing a timeline was difficult. \u201cThat\u2019s a very fair question but very hard to answer at the moment,\u201d he said. \u201cObviously, the current wind conditions are hampering restoration efforts. Access to the sites is very difficult and we haven\u2019t finished fully patrolling all the lines yet to ensure we can safely energise them. \u201cWhen we\u2019ve finished the patrols, then we\u2019ll safely energise. We\u2019ll then restore the assets with emergency towers.\u201d Emms said he was not aware of any power system in the world that could handle losing as much energy so quickly without going into blackout. He said such events were not common but were not unheard of.   Meanwhile, parts of New South Wales were being hit by the tail of the storm cell as it moved on from South Australia. The weather bureau had warnings in place for damaging winds and potential flash flooding for much of the state, but had revised down warnings for heavy rains. Broken Hill has borne the brunt of the destructive winds, with gusts reaching up to 90km/h. Thunderstorms were hitting towns in the north of the state along the Queensland border. The Riverina, central and south tablelands and parts of the Hunter, Snowy Mountains and mid-north coastal regions were all on alert. Towns in flood-ravaged central NSW were also being told to prepare for potential flash flooding and further flooding in the next few days. The central west community of Forbes could be inundated by a second peak of the Lachlan River at the same time the town\u2019s weekend floodwaters reach downstream Condobolin. The SES predicts the high water marks would occur sometime next week, with 30mm of rain expected on Thursday and up to 20mm on Friday. At least 50,000 sandbags had been transported into the towns from Maitland in the Hunter Valley and extra crews brought in from around the state. About 100 properties remained subject to an evacuation order while sittings at courthouses in Forbes, Condobolin and Lake Cargelligo had been cancelled for next week. The SES was calling on those going to the Deni Ute Muster or travelling inland to check for potential road closures.", "essay": "I think this is combination of human climate change and messing with the rivers. I do think that droughts are natural and some times happens, but I think that human involvement in the river is the main cause of the river running dry. I think that human are going to mess with the river ecosystem and it may never return to normal. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Wildlife Dying En Masse as South American River Runs Dry \u2014  The Pilcomayo River in Paraguay is littered with dead caiman and fish carcasses as the government scrambles to find a solution. Vultures rest in the tree\u2019s upper branches, their black bodies in stark contrast to the blanched wood beneath their feet. Below them, caimans and capybaras crawl in sucking mud through the Agropil lagoon, seeking water that is unlikely to arrive for many months. The river has dried up, and there is nowhere for them to go. The lagoon, located in the western Paraguayan province of Boquer\u00f3n, is just one of many stretches of the Pilcomayo River suffering an extensive die-off of caiman, fish, and other river creatures. There have not been any official estimates from the Ministry of the Environment, but Roque Gonz\u00e1lez Vera, a journalist for ABC Color in Paraguay, reports utter devastation in some places: Up to 98 percent of caimans (Caiman yacare) are suspected dead, and 80 percent of the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) population has died. Paraguay is in the midst of an ecological crisis. The crisis stems from a combination of drought and mismanagement that has left the Pilcomayo River dry for nearly 435 miles (700 kilometers), according to Vera. On June 24, Paraguay declared an environmental emergency, but little has been done, or can be done, to provide relief for the imperiled animals until the wet season returns. The dry season typically lasts through October, and the annual recharge does not generally occur until January. So, what went wrong? A Perfect Storm of Drought and Mismanagement The Pilcomayo River originates in the Bolivian Highlands, which form the upper basin of the river. The lower reaches run through the Gran Chaco\u2014a hot, semiarid lowland also known as the Chaco Plain\u2014and form a 518-mile (834-kilometer) international border between Argentina and Paraguay. This stretch of the river relies on an annual, three-month pulse of water from the upper basin during its rainy season (roughly January to March). Quite simply, this past year did not deliver. View Images  According to the Ministry of Public Works and Communication (MOPC), the drought is the second worst in the past 30 years, and the paucity of rain has not been seen since 1996-97. Alone, the drought posed a threat to wildlife and agriculture, but the crisis has been exacerbated by the mismanagement of water resources and infrastructure by the Paraguayan government, according to Vera. In a recent article, the reporter argues that the government is complicit in the wildlife die-off, alleging laziness, inefficiency, and irresponsibility in the rehabilitation of the Paraguayan channel. To some extent, the government agrees. The MOPC concluded that the National Commission of the Pilcomayo did an insufficient job of maintaining the river\u2019s channels and canals and recently fired the head of the commission, Daniel Garay. Garay was also charged for the alleged irregularities. However, the mismanagement also extends across the border to Paraguay\u2019s neighbor, Argentina. In 1991, the two countries signed a water distribution agreement for the Pilcomayo, but they have struggled to maintain a fair distribution of water. In any given year, the river largely flows in one country and not the other. A recent review of the river proposed that the country that gets the water is either lucky the river shifted to them, and/or they were more diligent in canal work. Both countries have built up artificial canals outside the agreement\u2014ample mistrust between the nations fuels the construction\u2014but Argentina appears to have done a better job managing theirs, while also adding some reservoirs to hold water surpluses. In recent years, they were luckier and more diligent: Argentina has the water now. How long Argentina keeps the water is largely dependent on a third factor: the natural characteristics of the Pilcomayo River. Natural Phenomenon? Oscar Orfeo, an Argentinean geologist at the Center for Applied Coastal Ecology, believes the lack of water is simply a natural result of the river\u2019s morphology; the river simply does what it wants. The artificial canals cannot control the slope of the plain or the river\u2019s shaping capacity, he says. Orfeo also believes that the current environmental emergency cannot be attributed to a period of extreme drought but is really due to the \u201cwandering\u201d behavior of the river. This wandering is largely related to the significant amounts of sediment the Pilcomayo transports downstream\u2014some 140 million tons of sediment every year, one of the highest amounts in the world. The sediment, in combination with wood debris carried downstream, has created a blockage that disperses the river outside the channel into the surrounding land. As the blockage moves farther upstream every year, the dry river channel grows. It has now been nearly a hundred years since the Pilcomayo\u2019s main channel connected with the Paraguay River in Asunci\u00f3n. With both human and natural forces at play, scientists in Paraguay worry the current crisis could easily become an annual occurrence. Seeking a Solution In the face of public pressure, the Minister of Public Works and Communication, Ram\u00f3n Jim\u00e9nez Gaona, announced that the government is working with local authorities, indigenous groups, and residents to remedy the situation. Yet, despite the claims of the government, so far there has been little action to address the situation, says Vera. At the time of this publishing, National Geographic had not received a response from the Ministry of the Environment or the National Commission of the Pilcomayo, which is housed in the MOPC. In reality, it is hard to see a clear solution right now; there is no water to release or divert. Existing options to rehabilitate the Pilcomayo mostly center on cleaning and updating the canals that are filled with sediment, but it is neither quick nor easy to do so. To restore a consistent flow on both sides of the border, Paraguay and Argentina must commit to sharing water, but cooperation has been hard to come by. Until the infrastructure is developed and maintained, observers can only watch and wait, hoping that it rains enough next year to save the animals, or that the river shifts back into its Paraguayan channel. Politics, water, and wildlife: Welcome to 21st-century river management. Rachel Brown contributed reporting for this story.       Article Title:Will Zimbabwe Sell Off Its Rare \u2018Painted Dogs\u2019?   Article URL:http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/160512-zimbabwe-selling-wildlife-wild-dogs-conservation-elephants-lions/   Article author(s)Carly Nairn   Article date: MAY 12, 2016   News source: nationalgeographic    Zimbabwe\u2019s plan to sell its wildlife could hasten the decline of Africa\u2019s endangered wild dogs. Last week Zimbabwe announced that because of the drought that\u2019s ravaging the country\u2014and leaving four million Zimbabweans in need of food aid\u2014it will \u201cdestock\u201d its national parks and reserves by selling off wildlife. The announcement by the Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (also known as Zimparks) doesn\u2019t say when the sales would begin, nor does it specify which species would be offered and at what prices. Some of the country\u2019s animals can\u2019t be sold off\u2014those already protected against sale or hunting under the Parks and Wildlife Act, dating back to 1975. These include pangolins, pythons, and rhinos. Elephants and lions aren\u2019t protected under the act, and elephants in particular, given their high value, would likely be priorities for sale. Surprisingly, African wild dogs, which are endangered continent-wide, aren\u2019t on Zimbabwe\u2019s no-sale list. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which sets the conservation status of species, these elusive canids are critically endangered and number only 3,000 to 5,500 continent-wide. Zimbabwe claims it must sell wildlife to replenish its coffers in the face of cash shortages so extreme that ATMs can\u2019t be refilled, a scorching drought that\u2019s causing the country\u2019s exports of tobacco and maize to plummet, and a recent bid by the European Union to ban trophy hunting imports, which the government says would deprive the country of additional crucial revenue. (The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service banned the import of elephant hunting trophies from Zimbabwe in 2014, on grounds that killing elephants for trophies there would not enhance the population\u2019s survival, a requirement under the Endangered Species Act.) But Ross Harvey, a senior researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs, says that if Zimbabwe had been governed responsibly, there would be no need reason for it to put its wild animals up for sale. \u201cZimbabwe's economy has been intensively mismanaged since the late 1990s, and the recent drought has had a more devastating effect than it otherwise would have if the economy was in fact being run properly.\u201d According to Harvey, \u201cthe idea that the sale of elephants would help to assuage the country's economic woes is unworkable.\u201d He notes that there\u2019s no assurance that any money the government acquires from wildlife sales would be earmarked for conservation or drought relief. \u201cIn a system where lack of accountability has been baked in over a long time,\u201d Harvey says, \u201cthere\u2019s no guarantee that the money would be directed towards those who need it most.\u201d Zimbabwe has been criticized by wildlife and animal rights advocates for its previous arrangements to use animals as financial leverage. In July 2015 the country exported 24 wild elephants to China. How the money from the sale has been allocated remains an open question. And the killing last year of Cecil the lion by Walter Palmer, an American dentist and trophy hunter, in a private reserve bordering Hwange National Park caused a furor that primed animal advocates to keep a critical eye on Zimbabwe. But so far Zimparks has escaped widespread criticism for its new wildlife sale plan. Will Wild Dogs Take a Hit? One of the continent\u2019s largest populations of wild dogs\u2014also called painted dogs for the splotches of black, tan, and gold on their coats\u2014is in Hwange National Park. Although their exact numbers are unknown, experts believe that the park holds about 150. Zimbabwe as a whole may have around 700. Even without a crippling drought, survival is hard for wild dogs\u2014they get caught in snares set by poachers seeking other animals, and many have been roadkill victims. At the news of the Zimparks proposal to sell wildlife, Peter Blinston, the managing director of the Painted Dog Conservation, a nonprofit based in Hwange, said he didn\u2019t believe that wild dogs would be put up for sale. \u201cPainted Dog Conservation has very good relations with Zimparks,\" he said. \u201cThus our standing carries some weight, and if there was talk of dogs being on the for sale list, we would fight hard, and I suspect we would win.\u201d Speculating on what animals Zimparks would find attractive to sell, Blinston said there was a \u201cperceived abundance\u201d of elephants, yet their exact numbers, like those of wild dogs, are unknown. Estimates vary from a low of 60,000 to a high of 100,000. He also pointed out that \u201cin some areas impala are over-represented. I don\u2019t think anything else is.\u201d If numbers play into the decision about which animals to sell, elephants and impalas would be high on the list. If impalas, an important food source for wild dogs, are sold and suffer drought losses as well, that would be a double whammy of deprivation for Zimbabwe\u2019s already troubled painted dogs. Zimparks and Zimbabwe's Ministry of Environment, Water, and Climate did not respond to requests for comment.   Article Title:South Australia belted by second storm in 24 hours with winds of up to 140km/h   Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/29/south-australia-on-alert-again-as-adelaide-braces-for-strongest-storm-on-record   Article author(s)   Article date:Thursday 29 September 2016 05.51 EDTLast modified on Thursday 29 September 2016 14.11 EDT   News source: theguardian    Intense low-pressure system sweeps across state, causing heavy rain, flooding and major damage after emergency services tell Adelaide workers to go home   South Australia has copped another belting with a destructive storm lashing the state just 24 hours after super cell thunderstorms knocked out the state\u2019s entire power network. The intense low pressure system raged across Adelaide and parts of SouthAustralia late on Thursday. The storm packed winds of up to 140km/h, among the strongest the city has experienced, prompting an unprecedented warning from police for workers to head home early and stay home amid concerns emergency services might not be able to cope. The winds brought down trees across a wide area, causing major damage, and ripped some mid-north buildings apart. Heavy rain caused widespread flooding, from the Patawalonga River in Adelaide, through to the Barossa and Clare valleys, which copped 54mm of rain.   In Clare, a caravan park was under threat and in the Barossa, a dam burst, prompting an emergency flood warning for the town of Greenock. Storm surges and huge waves also inundated some communities along the Spencer and St Vincent gulf coasts with the worst centres affected including Port Pirie, Port Broughton and Moonta. The State Emergency Service responded to more than 660 calls for help, taking the tally to well over 1,000 in the past 36 hours. The police commissioner, Grant Stevens, said extra police could be brought in from interstate to help cope with the crisis. The SES chief officer, Chris Beattie, warned the service was at risk of being stretched beyond capacity. The latest emergency came after Wednesday\u2019s blackout when ferocious winds ripped up more than 20 transmission towers in the mid-north, taking out three of the state\u2019s four major transmission lines. The premier, Jay Weatherill, described the storm as \u201ccatastrophic\u201d and said it had involved weather events not seen before in South Australia, \u201csuch as twin tornadoes, which ripped through the northern parts of our state\u201d. By late on Thursday, 30,000 properties remained without power, some because of Wednesday\u2019s statewide blackout and others as a result of new damage caused by the continued wild weather. Weatherill warned some households, particularly in northern areas, could remain without power for at least a couple of days. At the height of the drama on Wednesday, super cell storms with destructive winds and tornadoes ripped more than 20 transmission towers in South Australia\u2019s north out of the ground, bringing down three major transmission lines. Lightning also damaged energy infrastructure, with 80,000 strikes hitting the state over a short period. It caused a state-wide blackout that plunged South Australia into darkness. South Australian power transmission company ElectraNet will bring in temporary towers from interstate to repair the transmission lines. ElectraNet executive manager of network service, Simon Emms, said the company hoped to have one of the three backbone circuits restored by Sunday and would build on that as fast as possible. Emms said the company continued to work on restoring power to those areas of the state still without electricity but establishing a timeline was difficult. \u201cThat\u2019s a very fair question but very hard to answer at the moment,\u201d he said. \u201cObviously, the current wind conditions are hampering restoration efforts. Access to the sites is very difficult and we haven\u2019t finished fully patrolling all the lines yet to ensure we can safely energise them. \u201cWhen we\u2019ve finished the patrols, then we\u2019ll safely energise. We\u2019ll then restore the assets with emergency towers.\u201d Emms said he was not aware of any power system in the world that could handle losing as much energy so quickly without going into blackout. He said such events were not common but were not unheard of.   Meanwhile, parts of New South Wales were being hit by the tail of the storm cell as it moved on from South Australia. The weather bureau had warnings in place for damaging winds and potential flash flooding for much of the state, but had revised down warnings for heavy rains. Broken Hill has borne the brunt of the destructive winds, with gusts reaching up to 90km/h. Thunderstorms were hitting towns in the north of the state along the Queensland border. The Riverina, central and south tablelands and parts of the Hunter, Snowy Mountains and mid-north coastal regions were all on alert. Towns in flood-ravaged central NSW were also being told to prepare for potential flash flooding and further flooding in the next few days. The central west community of Forbes could be inundated by a second peak of the Lachlan River at the same time the town\u2019s weekend floodwaters reach downstream Condobolin. The SES predicts the high water marks would occur sometime next week, with 30mm of rain expected on Thursday and up to 20mm on Friday. At least 50,000 sandbags had been transported into the towns from Maitland in the Hunter Valley and extra crews brought in from around the state. About 100 properties remained subject to an evacuation order while sittings at courthouses in Forbes, Condobolin and Lake Cargelligo had been cancelled for next week. The SES was calling on those going to the Deni Ute Muster or travelling inland to check for potential road closures.", "essay": "After reading the article, i felt really alarmed and worried about wildlife heading into the future. I think that more and more species of animals will start to die out and go extinct because of lack of water as well as food. Hopefully the future generation could figure something out to combat this because if it continues down this path, Earth will end."}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "2 U.S. troops killed fighting Taliban in Afghanistan; civilians hit by airstrike \u2014  KABUL \u2014 At least 26 Afghan civilians were killed and many others injured in airstrikes early Thursday while NATO and \u00adAfghan forces were battling \u00adTaliban fighters in northern Kunduz province, Afghan officials and witnesses said. Two American service members also died in ground clashes there, U.S. military officials confirmed. Details of the incidents were murky, with conflicting reports on the number of casualties and no official account of the airstrikes. Some local officials claimed that up to 100 civilians were killed or wounded in a series of airstrikes around Kunduz city. [NATO and government forces are increasingly responsible for Afghan civilian deaths] A portion of the strategic provincial capital was briefly overrun by insurgents last month, and Afghan troops assisted by U.S. forces have been trying to clear them from the area. The confusing and deadly \u00addrama recalled the tragic events in Kunduz just over a year ago, when the Taliban overran the city and Afghan and NATO forces were trying to beat them back. In the chaos, a U.S. airstrike mistakenly targeted an emergency hospital operated by Doctors Without Borders, killing 42 patients and staff members.  As of late Thursday, NATO officials had not confirmed or commented on the reported deaths of the civilians, who were said to be members of several families living in a neighborhood near the city. Photographs published on the Internet showed the bodies of small children crumpled on a blanket and being carried in a cart by weeping adults.  Angry relatives of the victims attempted to parade their bodies through the city to the provincial governor\u2019s residence in a protest caravan, but they were stopped by security forces, Amruddin Wali, a member of the provincial council, said in a telephone interview.  A security official in Kunduz said an \u201coperation against the opponents\u201d resulted in the deaths of more than 20 civilians from \u201cvarious families.\u201d Ghulam Rabbani, another provincial council member, said 36 people were killed. Other officials said homes in various locations were destroyed by the strikes. [Kabul not spared Taliban strikes] U.S. military officials in Kabul confirmed that two U.S. service members were killed and two others wounded when they came under insurgent fire. \u201cDespite today\u2019s tragic event, we are steadfast in our commitment to help our Afghan partners defend their nation,\u201d said Gen. John W. Nicholson, the senior U.S. military commander here, referring to the deaths of the U.S. troops.  Late Thursday afternoon, Brig. Gen. Charles Cleveland, the chief spokesman for Resolute Support, the U.S.-led NATO mission in Afghanistan, issued a statement that referred to airstrikes by \u201cfriendly forces\u201d but did not confirm any civilian casualties. It said all information on that matter should come from Afghan officials. The NATO mission\u2019s mandate is to assist, advise and train Afghan defense forces in their war against insurgents. Almost all foreign combat troops withdrew at the end of 2014, leaving Afghan troops facing an aggressive Taliban militia. \u201cAs part of an Afghan operation, friendly forces received direct fire and airstrikes were conducted to defend themselves,\u201d Cleveland\u2019s statement said. \u201cWe take all allegations of civilian casualties very seriously. As this was an Afghan operation, we\u2019ll work with our partners to investigate but refer you to them for additional details in the near term. We\u2019ll provide updates as we have them.\u201d The senior Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman, Brig. Gen. Dawlat Waziri, said three Afghan special forces members were killed in fighting with the Taliban. He said he had no information on civilian deaths.  A spokesman for the Taliban, Zabiullah Mujahid, said three Taliban fighters were targeted by the Afghan and foreign forces and were then killed in a firefight in which Afghan and American troops also died. He said a large number of civilians also were killed. Pajhwok Afghan News quoted a farmer in Kunduz named Taza Gul as saying: \u201cI was working on my farm when the bombardment started. On coming home, I saw seven members of my family, including women and children, killed in the raids.\u201d  After the deadly 2015 airstrike in Kunduz, a U.S. military investigation led to the disciplining of 16 military members who were said to have made mistakes leading to the strike. Doctors Without Borders called the attack a war crime.", "essay": "IS this was ever going to end? It seems like it has been going on forever and we have tried and tried to help them, to fix this or to end it even but nothing is working. It seems like two steps forward one step back. I can only imagine the trauma the people/soilders around this event felt. It's disgusting and I wish it would end/ "}
{"user_id": "ec_p073", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "2 U.S. troops killed fighting Taliban in Afghanistan; civilians hit by airstrike \u2014  KABUL \u2014 At least 26 Afghan civilians were killed and many others injured in airstrikes early Thursday while NATO and \u00adAfghan forces were battling \u00adTaliban fighters in northern Kunduz province, Afghan officials and witnesses said. Two American service members also died in ground clashes there, U.S. military officials confirmed. Details of the incidents were murky, with conflicting reports on the number of casualties and no official account of the airstrikes. Some local officials claimed that up to 100 civilians were killed or wounded in a series of airstrikes around Kunduz city. [NATO and government forces are increasingly responsible for Afghan civilian deaths] A portion of the strategic provincial capital was briefly overrun by insurgents last month, and Afghan troops assisted by U.S. forces have been trying to clear them from the area. The confusing and deadly \u00addrama recalled the tragic events in Kunduz just over a year ago, when the Taliban overran the city and Afghan and NATO forces were trying to beat them back. In the chaos, a U.S. airstrike mistakenly targeted an emergency hospital operated by Doctors Without Borders, killing 42 patients and staff members.  As of late Thursday, NATO officials had not confirmed or commented on the reported deaths of the civilians, who were said to be members of several families living in a neighborhood near the city. Photographs published on the Internet showed the bodies of small children crumpled on a blanket and being carried in a cart by weeping adults.  Angry relatives of the victims attempted to parade their bodies through the city to the provincial governor\u2019s residence in a protest caravan, but they were stopped by security forces, Amruddin Wali, a member of the provincial council, said in a telephone interview.  A security official in Kunduz said an \u201coperation against the opponents\u201d resulted in the deaths of more than 20 civilians from \u201cvarious families.\u201d Ghulam Rabbani, another provincial council member, said 36 people were killed. Other officials said homes in various locations were destroyed by the strikes. [Kabul not spared Taliban strikes] U.S. military officials in Kabul confirmed that two U.S. service members were killed and two others wounded when they came under insurgent fire. \u201cDespite today\u2019s tragic event, we are steadfast in our commitment to help our Afghan partners defend their nation,\u201d said Gen. John W. Nicholson, the senior U.S. military commander here, referring to the deaths of the U.S. troops.  Late Thursday afternoon, Brig. Gen. Charles Cleveland, the chief spokesman for Resolute Support, the U.S.-led NATO mission in Afghanistan, issued a statement that referred to airstrikes by \u201cfriendly forces\u201d but did not confirm any civilian casualties. It said all information on that matter should come from Afghan officials. The NATO mission\u2019s mandate is to assist, advise and train Afghan defense forces in their war against insurgents. Almost all foreign combat troops withdrew at the end of 2014, leaving Afghan troops facing an aggressive Taliban militia. \u201cAs part of an Afghan operation, friendly forces received direct fire and airstrikes were conducted to defend themselves,\u201d Cleveland\u2019s statement said. \u201cWe take all allegations of civilian casualties very seriously. As this was an Afghan operation, we\u2019ll work with our partners to investigate but refer you to them for additional details in the near term. We\u2019ll provide updates as we have them.\u201d The senior Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman, Brig. Gen. Dawlat Waziri, said three Afghan special forces members were killed in fighting with the Taliban. He said he had no information on civilian deaths.  A spokesman for the Taliban, Zabiullah Mujahid, said three Taliban fighters were targeted by the Afghan and foreign forces and were then killed in a firefight in which Afghan and American troops also died. He said a large number of civilians also were killed. Pajhwok Afghan News quoted a farmer in Kunduz named Taza Gul as saying: \u201cI was working on my farm when the bombardment started. On coming home, I saw seven members of my family, including women and children, killed in the raids.\u201d  After the deadly 2015 airstrike in Kunduz, a U.S. military investigation led to the disciplining of 16 military members who were said to have made mistakes leading to the strike. Doctors Without Borders called the attack a war crime.", "essay": "This is so sad. I hadn't heard of this happening, but US strikes in Afghanistan ended up killing many civilians. One of the strikes actually hit an emergency hospital that Doctors without Borders was operating. A lot of the patients and the staff were killed. It just sounds horrible. Relatives were trying to walk through the streets with the bodies of their dead children. I can't even imagine what it would be like for these people."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "2 U.S. troops killed fighting Taliban in Afghanistan; civilians hit by airstrike \u2014  KABUL \u2014 At least 26 Afghan civilians were killed and many others injured in airstrikes early Thursday while NATO and \u00adAfghan forces were battling \u00adTaliban fighters in northern Kunduz province, Afghan officials and witnesses said. Two American service members also died in ground clashes there, U.S. military officials confirmed. Details of the incidents were murky, with conflicting reports on the number of casualties and no official account of the airstrikes. Some local officials claimed that up to 100 civilians were killed or wounded in a series of airstrikes around Kunduz city. [NATO and government forces are increasingly responsible for Afghan civilian deaths] A portion of the strategic provincial capital was briefly overrun by insurgents last month, and Afghan troops assisted by U.S. forces have been trying to clear them from the area. The confusing and deadly \u00addrama recalled the tragic events in Kunduz just over a year ago, when the Taliban overran the city and Afghan and NATO forces were trying to beat them back. In the chaos, a U.S. airstrike mistakenly targeted an emergency hospital operated by Doctors Without Borders, killing 42 patients and staff members.  As of late Thursday, NATO officials had not confirmed or commented on the reported deaths of the civilians, who were said to be members of several families living in a neighborhood near the city. Photographs published on the Internet showed the bodies of small children crumpled on a blanket and being carried in a cart by weeping adults.  Angry relatives of the victims attempted to parade their bodies through the city to the provincial governor\u2019s residence in a protest caravan, but they were stopped by security forces, Amruddin Wali, a member of the provincial council, said in a telephone interview.  A security official in Kunduz said an \u201coperation against the opponents\u201d resulted in the deaths of more than 20 civilians from \u201cvarious families.\u201d Ghulam Rabbani, another provincial council member, said 36 people were killed. Other officials said homes in various locations were destroyed by the strikes. [Kabul not spared Taliban strikes] U.S. military officials in Kabul confirmed that two U.S. service members were killed and two others wounded when they came under insurgent fire. \u201cDespite today\u2019s tragic event, we are steadfast in our commitment to help our Afghan partners defend their nation,\u201d said Gen. John W. Nicholson, the senior U.S. military commander here, referring to the deaths of the U.S. troops.  Late Thursday afternoon, Brig. Gen. Charles Cleveland, the chief spokesman for Resolute Support, the U.S.-led NATO mission in Afghanistan, issued a statement that referred to airstrikes by \u201cfriendly forces\u201d but did not confirm any civilian casualties. It said all information on that matter should come from Afghan officials. The NATO mission\u2019s mandate is to assist, advise and train Afghan defense forces in their war against insurgents. Almost all foreign combat troops withdrew at the end of 2014, leaving Afghan troops facing an aggressive Taliban militia. \u201cAs part of an Afghan operation, friendly forces received direct fire and airstrikes were conducted to defend themselves,\u201d Cleveland\u2019s statement said. \u201cWe take all allegations of civilian casualties very seriously. As this was an Afghan operation, we\u2019ll work with our partners to investigate but refer you to them for additional details in the near term. We\u2019ll provide updates as we have them.\u201d The senior Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman, Brig. Gen. Dawlat Waziri, said three Afghan special forces members were killed in fighting with the Taliban. He said he had no information on civilian deaths.  A spokesman for the Taliban, Zabiullah Mujahid, said three Taliban fighters were targeted by the Afghan and foreign forces and were then killed in a firefight in which Afghan and American troops also died. He said a large number of civilians also were killed. Pajhwok Afghan News quoted a farmer in Kunduz named Taza Gul as saying: \u201cI was working on my farm when the bombardment started. On coming home, I saw seven members of my family, including women and children, killed in the raids.\u201d  After the deadly 2015 airstrike in Kunduz, a U.S. military investigation led to the disciplining of 16 military members who were said to have made mistakes leading to the strike. Doctors Without Borders called the attack a war crime.", "essay": "In my opinion, this is a mistake that can not happen. Killing civilians at a doctors without boarders camp has no excuse. I agree with doctors without boarders that this is a war crime. I wonder what discipline happened to the sixteen service members. It was wrong to stop the people protesting with the bodies, they have a right to show their anger. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "2 U.S. troops killed fighting Taliban in Afghanistan; civilians hit by airstrike \u2014  KABUL \u2014 At least 26 Afghan civilians were killed and many others injured in airstrikes early Thursday while NATO and \u00adAfghan forces were battling \u00adTaliban fighters in northern Kunduz province, Afghan officials and witnesses said. Two American service members also died in ground clashes there, U.S. military officials confirmed. Details of the incidents were murky, with conflicting reports on the number of casualties and no official account of the airstrikes. Some local officials claimed that up to 100 civilians were killed or wounded in a series of airstrikes around Kunduz city. [NATO and government forces are increasingly responsible for Afghan civilian deaths] A portion of the strategic provincial capital was briefly overrun by insurgents last month, and Afghan troops assisted by U.S. forces have been trying to clear them from the area. The confusing and deadly \u00addrama recalled the tragic events in Kunduz just over a year ago, when the Taliban overran the city and Afghan and NATO forces were trying to beat them back. In the chaos, a U.S. airstrike mistakenly targeted an emergency hospital operated by Doctors Without Borders, killing 42 patients and staff members.  As of late Thursday, NATO officials had not confirmed or commented on the reported deaths of the civilians, who were said to be members of several families living in a neighborhood near the city. Photographs published on the Internet showed the bodies of small children crumpled on a blanket and being carried in a cart by weeping adults.  Angry relatives of the victims attempted to parade their bodies through the city to the provincial governor\u2019s residence in a protest caravan, but they were stopped by security forces, Amruddin Wali, a member of the provincial council, said in a telephone interview.  A security official in Kunduz said an \u201coperation against the opponents\u201d resulted in the deaths of more than 20 civilians from \u201cvarious families.\u201d Ghulam Rabbani, another provincial council member, said 36 people were killed. Other officials said homes in various locations were destroyed by the strikes. [Kabul not spared Taliban strikes] U.S. military officials in Kabul confirmed that two U.S. service members were killed and two others wounded when they came under insurgent fire. \u201cDespite today\u2019s tragic event, we are steadfast in our commitment to help our Afghan partners defend their nation,\u201d said Gen. John W. Nicholson, the senior U.S. military commander here, referring to the deaths of the U.S. troops.  Late Thursday afternoon, Brig. Gen. Charles Cleveland, the chief spokesman for Resolute Support, the U.S.-led NATO mission in Afghanistan, issued a statement that referred to airstrikes by \u201cfriendly forces\u201d but did not confirm any civilian casualties. It said all information on that matter should come from Afghan officials. The NATO mission\u2019s mandate is to assist, advise and train Afghan defense forces in their war against insurgents. Almost all foreign combat troops withdrew at the end of 2014, leaving Afghan troops facing an aggressive Taliban militia. \u201cAs part of an Afghan operation, friendly forces received direct fire and airstrikes were conducted to defend themselves,\u201d Cleveland\u2019s statement said. \u201cWe take all allegations of civilian casualties very seriously. As this was an Afghan operation, we\u2019ll work with our partners to investigate but refer you to them for additional details in the near term. We\u2019ll provide updates as we have them.\u201d The senior Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman, Brig. Gen. Dawlat Waziri, said three Afghan special forces members were killed in fighting with the Taliban. He said he had no information on civilian deaths.  A spokesman for the Taliban, Zabiullah Mujahid, said three Taliban fighters were targeted by the Afghan and foreign forces and were then killed in a firefight in which Afghan and American troops also died. He said a large number of civilians also were killed. Pajhwok Afghan News quoted a farmer in Kunduz named Taza Gul as saying: \u201cI was working on my farm when the bombardment started. On coming home, I saw seven members of my family, including women and children, killed in the raids.\u201d  After the deadly 2015 airstrike in Kunduz, a U.S. military investigation led to the disciplining of 16 military members who were said to have made mistakes leading to the strike. Doctors Without Borders called the attack a war crime.", "essay": "These doctors are working hard to help these people I suppose it is important that they do this work but at the same time maybe they should stay home and focus on their own people instead of going around and solving everyone elses problems it seems like these people need to know what the real world is like"}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "2 U.S. troops killed fighting Taliban in Afghanistan; civilians hit by airstrike \u2014  KABUL \u2014 At least 26 Afghan civilians were killed and many others injured in airstrikes early Thursday while NATO and \u00adAfghan forces were battling \u00adTaliban fighters in northern Kunduz province, Afghan officials and witnesses said. Two American service members also died in ground clashes there, U.S. military officials confirmed. Details of the incidents were murky, with conflicting reports on the number of casualties and no official account of the airstrikes. Some local officials claimed that up to 100 civilians were killed or wounded in a series of airstrikes around Kunduz city. [NATO and government forces are increasingly responsible for Afghan civilian deaths] A portion of the strategic provincial capital was briefly overrun by insurgents last month, and Afghan troops assisted by U.S. forces have been trying to clear them from the area. The confusing and deadly \u00addrama recalled the tragic events in Kunduz just over a year ago, when the Taliban overran the city and Afghan and NATO forces were trying to beat them back. In the chaos, a U.S. airstrike mistakenly targeted an emergency hospital operated by Doctors Without Borders, killing 42 patients and staff members.  As of late Thursday, NATO officials had not confirmed or commented on the reported deaths of the civilians, who were said to be members of several families living in a neighborhood near the city. Photographs published on the Internet showed the bodies of small children crumpled on a blanket and being carried in a cart by weeping adults.  Angry relatives of the victims attempted to parade their bodies through the city to the provincial governor\u2019s residence in a protest caravan, but they were stopped by security forces, Amruddin Wali, a member of the provincial council, said in a telephone interview.  A security official in Kunduz said an \u201coperation against the opponents\u201d resulted in the deaths of more than 20 civilians from \u201cvarious families.\u201d Ghulam Rabbani, another provincial council member, said 36 people were killed. Other officials said homes in various locations were destroyed by the strikes. [Kabul not spared Taliban strikes] U.S. military officials in Kabul confirmed that two U.S. service members were killed and two others wounded when they came under insurgent fire. \u201cDespite today\u2019s tragic event, we are steadfast in our commitment to help our Afghan partners defend their nation,\u201d said Gen. John W. Nicholson, the senior U.S. military commander here, referring to the deaths of the U.S. troops.  Late Thursday afternoon, Brig. Gen. Charles Cleveland, the chief spokesman for Resolute Support, the U.S.-led NATO mission in Afghanistan, issued a statement that referred to airstrikes by \u201cfriendly forces\u201d but did not confirm any civilian casualties. It said all information on that matter should come from Afghan officials. The NATO mission\u2019s mandate is to assist, advise and train Afghan defense forces in their war against insurgents. Almost all foreign combat troops withdrew at the end of 2014, leaving Afghan troops facing an aggressive Taliban militia. \u201cAs part of an Afghan operation, friendly forces received direct fire and airstrikes were conducted to defend themselves,\u201d Cleveland\u2019s statement said. \u201cWe take all allegations of civilian casualties very seriously. As this was an Afghan operation, we\u2019ll work with our partners to investigate but refer you to them for additional details in the near term. We\u2019ll provide updates as we have them.\u201d The senior Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman, Brig. Gen. Dawlat Waziri, said three Afghan special forces members were killed in fighting with the Taliban. He said he had no information on civilian deaths.  A spokesman for the Taliban, Zabiullah Mujahid, said three Taliban fighters were targeted by the Afghan and foreign forces and were then killed in a firefight in which Afghan and American troops also died. He said a large number of civilians also were killed. Pajhwok Afghan News quoted a farmer in Kunduz named Taza Gul as saying: \u201cI was working on my farm when the bombardment started. On coming home, I saw seven members of my family, including women and children, killed in the raids.\u201d  After the deadly 2015 airstrike in Kunduz, a U.S. military investigation led to the disciplining of 16 military members who were said to have made mistakes leading to the strike. Doctors Without Borders called the attack a war crime.", "essay": "Troops killed in Afghanistan always angers because we should no longer be there in the first place. The fact that we are still there says a lot about us as a country. We need to realize that we have no business there anymore and get out. I don't know why we try to be the world police when it clearly does us no good in the long run."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Surprise! British Red Squirrels Carry Leprosy \u2014  Some of them harbor strains that infected medieval Europeans, but that have been eradicated on the U.K. mainland for centuries. In 2006, Anna Meredith came across a dead red squirrel with a weird skin disorder. Its ears lacked the characteristic red tufts, and were instead swollen, smooth, and shiny, like the cauliflower ears of boxers and rugby players. Its nose, muzzle, and eyelids were similarly swollen and hairless. Meredith, a professor of conservation medicine at the University of Edinburgh, had never seen anything like this before. But she soon saw the same problems again\u2014in six more squirrels over the next six years. She and her colleagues analyzed tissue samples from the dead animals. And to their surprise, they discovered that the squirrels had leprosy. That\u2019s astonishing for two reasons. First, even though leprosy still affects at least 385,000 people around the world (including a few hundred in the U.S.), the disease was eradicated from Britain several centuries ago. Second, squirrels aren\u2019t meant to get leprosy. The disease is mainly caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium leprae, which attacks the skin and peripheral nerves. Chimps and some monkeys can occasionally catch it from people, but until now, scientists knew of only two species that naturally harbor the disease: humans, and nine-banded armadillos in the southern United States. The latter actually acquired the disease from the former; European settlers brought leprosy to the New World and then passed it onto armadillos several centuries ago. Meredith\u2019s discovery generated enough publicity that members of the public started sending her pictures of squirrels from their own backyards, some of whom had the same lesions. Most of the shots came from Scotland, but one was from Brownsea Island\u2014an island off the southern coast of England, and some 480 miles away from Edinburgh. \u201cSomeone had done a day trip there, seen a squirrel, and said: Is this leprosy?\u201d says Meredith. \u201cI looked at it and said: Wow, it\u2019s identical!\u201d Working with Stewart Cole, from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Meredith analyzed the cadavers of 110 red squirrels from Great Britain and Ireland, and found that almost a third of them had leprosy, including several without any clinical signs. Those in Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Wight were infected with Mycobacterium lepromatosis\u2014a second species of leprosy bacterium that was only identified in humans in 2008. By contrast, all the squirrels from Brownsea Island had M. leprae, the more traditional leprosy microbe. By comparing the microbes\u2019 genomes, the team showed that the M. leprae strains currently infecting the Brownsea squirrels are almost identical to those recovered from a medieval human skeleton buried in the nearby city of Winchester some 730 years ago. So it\u2019s possible that humans passed M. leprae to red squirrels several centuries ago, and that the Brownsea individuals have harbored the microbe long after its eradication on the mainland. Could the squirrels ever pass the disease back to us? Armadillos certainly do in the United States, but for the moment, there\u2019s no evidence of squirrel-to-human transmission in Britain. \u201cIt\u2019s not impossible, but there\u2019s no evidence that we\u2019re at risk,\u201d says Meredith. \u201cWe\u2019re more concerned about the squirrels.\u201d Red squirrels are an endangered species in Britain. Once common, they\u2019ve had to contend with the introduction of gray squirrels from the Americas, which outcompeted them and infected them with squirrelpox\u2014an often fatal disease. As a result, the country is currently home to more than 2.5 million grays but just 140,000 reds, most of which live in Scotland. Those that get leprosy can live for many years with the condition, but Meredith wants to see if their health suffers in the long run. They might eventually die because they\u2019re unable to feed properly, or because leprosy makes them more vulnerable to other infections. (Contrary to stigma, leprosy doesn\u2019t make body parts fall off; instead, deadened peripheral nerves sometimes stop people from noticing injuries or infections in their extremities, leading to eventual amputations.)   Why did the squirrels become infected in the first place? They belong to a different order of mammals than either humans or nine-banded armadillos, and all three species are separated by around 100 million years of evolution. And yet the three of us, out of all the mammals in the world, are the only ones know to harbor M. leprae. And for that matter, why does the red squirrel get infected when the closely related grey squirrel doesn\u2019t seem to? No one knows. Meredith\u2019s team looked at an immune gene called TLR1. A few mutations in this gene have been linked to either a greater or lower risk of leprosy in humans, but none of these specific mutations are found in either armadillos or squirrels. Some squirrels did seem to have their own TLR1 mutations that reduced their risk of infection, but with such a small sample, it\u2019s hard to say for sure. Perhaps the weird troika of host species simply reflects our ignorance about where leprosy hides. It may be lurking in more animals than we realize. \u201cWe need to look more closely at the possibility of a wildlife reservoir,\u201d says Meredith. And \u201cthere is circumstantial evidence that M. leprae has an environmental reservoir,\u201d says Helen Donoghue, from University College London. That is, the microbe might hide out in water, soil, vegetation, or something else. Perhaps that\u2019s how the red squirrels originally became infected, she adds. The idea of an environmental reservoir has been long disputed, but perhaps needs to be revisited in light of the squirrel discovery. \u201cAlthough leprosy has been known since biblical times, and still remains a major public health problem in many parts of the world, our understanding of how this infection transmits and causes disease is very limited,\u201d says Anura Rambukkana from the University of Edinburgh. And since the infected squirrels develop symptoms that \u201csomewhat resemble human leprosy\u201d, he adds, they may help us to understand how the disease manifests in humans, and how it spreads between us.", "essay": "I think that after reading this article, i definitely felt a bit of disgust. I would definitely try and look out for myself more often after hearing about these diseases. The fact that there are so many squirrels running around everywhere makes me feel nervous. Also the fact that they can attack you at anytime makes me extremely nervous as well."}
{"user_id": "ec_p054", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Surprise! British Red Squirrels Carry Leprosy \u2014  Some of them harbor strains that infected medieval Europeans, but that have been eradicated on the U.K. mainland for centuries. In 2006, Anna Meredith came across a dead red squirrel with a weird skin disorder. Its ears lacked the characteristic red tufts, and were instead swollen, smooth, and shiny, like the cauliflower ears of boxers and rugby players. Its nose, muzzle, and eyelids were similarly swollen and hairless. Meredith, a professor of conservation medicine at the University of Edinburgh, had never seen anything like this before. But she soon saw the same problems again\u2014in six more squirrels over the next six years. She and her colleagues analyzed tissue samples from the dead animals. And to their surprise, they discovered that the squirrels had leprosy. That\u2019s astonishing for two reasons. First, even though leprosy still affects at least 385,000 people around the world (including a few hundred in the U.S.), the disease was eradicated from Britain several centuries ago. Second, squirrels aren\u2019t meant to get leprosy. The disease is mainly caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium leprae, which attacks the skin and peripheral nerves. Chimps and some monkeys can occasionally catch it from people, but until now, scientists knew of only two species that naturally harbor the disease: humans, and nine-banded armadillos in the southern United States. The latter actually acquired the disease from the former; European settlers brought leprosy to the New World and then passed it onto armadillos several centuries ago. Meredith\u2019s discovery generated enough publicity that members of the public started sending her pictures of squirrels from their own backyards, some of whom had the same lesions. Most of the shots came from Scotland, but one was from Brownsea Island\u2014an island off the southern coast of England, and some 480 miles away from Edinburgh. \u201cSomeone had done a day trip there, seen a squirrel, and said: Is this leprosy?\u201d says Meredith. \u201cI looked at it and said: Wow, it\u2019s identical!\u201d Working with Stewart Cole, from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Meredith analyzed the cadavers of 110 red squirrels from Great Britain and Ireland, and found that almost a third of them had leprosy, including several without any clinical signs. Those in Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Wight were infected with Mycobacterium lepromatosis\u2014a second species of leprosy bacterium that was only identified in humans in 2008. By contrast, all the squirrels from Brownsea Island had M. leprae, the more traditional leprosy microbe. By comparing the microbes\u2019 genomes, the team showed that the M. leprae strains currently infecting the Brownsea squirrels are almost identical to those recovered from a medieval human skeleton buried in the nearby city of Winchester some 730 years ago. So it\u2019s possible that humans passed M. leprae to red squirrels several centuries ago, and that the Brownsea individuals have harbored the microbe long after its eradication on the mainland. Could the squirrels ever pass the disease back to us? Armadillos certainly do in the United States, but for the moment, there\u2019s no evidence of squirrel-to-human transmission in Britain. \u201cIt\u2019s not impossible, but there\u2019s no evidence that we\u2019re at risk,\u201d says Meredith. \u201cWe\u2019re more concerned about the squirrels.\u201d Red squirrels are an endangered species in Britain. Once common, they\u2019ve had to contend with the introduction of gray squirrels from the Americas, which outcompeted them and infected them with squirrelpox\u2014an often fatal disease. As a result, the country is currently home to more than 2.5 million grays but just 140,000 reds, most of which live in Scotland. Those that get leprosy can live for many years with the condition, but Meredith wants to see if their health suffers in the long run. They might eventually die because they\u2019re unable to feed properly, or because leprosy makes them more vulnerable to other infections. (Contrary to stigma, leprosy doesn\u2019t make body parts fall off; instead, deadened peripheral nerves sometimes stop people from noticing injuries or infections in their extremities, leading to eventual amputations.)   Why did the squirrels become infected in the first place? They belong to a different order of mammals than either humans or nine-banded armadillos, and all three species are separated by around 100 million years of evolution. And yet the three of us, out of all the mammals in the world, are the only ones know to harbor M. leprae. And for that matter, why does the red squirrel get infected when the closely related grey squirrel doesn\u2019t seem to? No one knows. Meredith\u2019s team looked at an immune gene called TLR1. A few mutations in this gene have been linked to either a greater or lower risk of leprosy in humans, but none of these specific mutations are found in either armadillos or squirrels. Some squirrels did seem to have their own TLR1 mutations that reduced their risk of infection, but with such a small sample, it\u2019s hard to say for sure. Perhaps the weird troika of host species simply reflects our ignorance about where leprosy hides. It may be lurking in more animals than we realize. \u201cWe need to look more closely at the possibility of a wildlife reservoir,\u201d says Meredith. And \u201cthere is circumstantial evidence that M. leprae has an environmental reservoir,\u201d says Helen Donoghue, from University College London. That is, the microbe might hide out in water, soil, vegetation, or something else. Perhaps that\u2019s how the red squirrels originally became infected, she adds. The idea of an environmental reservoir has been long disputed, but perhaps needs to be revisited in light of the squirrel discovery. \u201cAlthough leprosy has been known since biblical times, and still remains a major public health problem in many parts of the world, our understanding of how this infection transmits and causes disease is very limited,\u201d says Anura Rambukkana from the University of Edinburgh. And since the infected squirrels develop symptoms that \u201csomewhat resemble human leprosy\u201d, he adds, they may help us to understand how the disease manifests in humans, and how it spreads between us.", "essay": "Red squirrels in Britain are found to be carrying leprosy. Many of them are carrying strains of the skin disease that are the same as what infected human Europeans all the way back in medieval times. These same strains have been eradicated in the mainland of the UK for a number of centuries. It is a serious skin disease."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Surprise! British Red Squirrels Carry Leprosy \u2014  Some of them harbor strains that infected medieval Europeans, but that have been eradicated on the U.K. mainland for centuries. In 2006, Anna Meredith came across a dead red squirrel with a weird skin disorder. Its ears lacked the characteristic red tufts, and were instead swollen, smooth, and shiny, like the cauliflower ears of boxers and rugby players. Its nose, muzzle, and eyelids were similarly swollen and hairless. Meredith, a professor of conservation medicine at the University of Edinburgh, had never seen anything like this before. But she soon saw the same problems again\u2014in six more squirrels over the next six years. She and her colleagues analyzed tissue samples from the dead animals. And to their surprise, they discovered that the squirrels had leprosy. That\u2019s astonishing for two reasons. First, even though leprosy still affects at least 385,000 people around the world (including a few hundred in the U.S.), the disease was eradicated from Britain several centuries ago. Second, squirrels aren\u2019t meant to get leprosy. The disease is mainly caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium leprae, which attacks the skin and peripheral nerves. Chimps and some monkeys can occasionally catch it from people, but until now, scientists knew of only two species that naturally harbor the disease: humans, and nine-banded armadillos in the southern United States. The latter actually acquired the disease from the former; European settlers brought leprosy to the New World and then passed it onto armadillos several centuries ago. Meredith\u2019s discovery generated enough publicity that members of the public started sending her pictures of squirrels from their own backyards, some of whom had the same lesions. Most of the shots came from Scotland, but one was from Brownsea Island\u2014an island off the southern coast of England, and some 480 miles away from Edinburgh. \u201cSomeone had done a day trip there, seen a squirrel, and said: Is this leprosy?\u201d says Meredith. \u201cI looked at it and said: Wow, it\u2019s identical!\u201d Working with Stewart Cole, from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Meredith analyzed the cadavers of 110 red squirrels from Great Britain and Ireland, and found that almost a third of them had leprosy, including several without any clinical signs. Those in Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Wight were infected with Mycobacterium lepromatosis\u2014a second species of leprosy bacterium that was only identified in humans in 2008. By contrast, all the squirrels from Brownsea Island had M. leprae, the more traditional leprosy microbe. By comparing the microbes\u2019 genomes, the team showed that the M. leprae strains currently infecting the Brownsea squirrels are almost identical to those recovered from a medieval human skeleton buried in the nearby city of Winchester some 730 years ago. So it\u2019s possible that humans passed M. leprae to red squirrels several centuries ago, and that the Brownsea individuals have harbored the microbe long after its eradication on the mainland. Could the squirrels ever pass the disease back to us? Armadillos certainly do in the United States, but for the moment, there\u2019s no evidence of squirrel-to-human transmission in Britain. \u201cIt\u2019s not impossible, but there\u2019s no evidence that we\u2019re at risk,\u201d says Meredith. \u201cWe\u2019re more concerned about the squirrels.\u201d Red squirrels are an endangered species in Britain. Once common, they\u2019ve had to contend with the introduction of gray squirrels from the Americas, which outcompeted them and infected them with squirrelpox\u2014an often fatal disease. As a result, the country is currently home to more than 2.5 million grays but just 140,000 reds, most of which live in Scotland. Those that get leprosy can live for many years with the condition, but Meredith wants to see if their health suffers in the long run. They might eventually die because they\u2019re unable to feed properly, or because leprosy makes them more vulnerable to other infections. (Contrary to stigma, leprosy doesn\u2019t make body parts fall off; instead, deadened peripheral nerves sometimes stop people from noticing injuries or infections in their extremities, leading to eventual amputations.)   Why did the squirrels become infected in the first place? They belong to a different order of mammals than either humans or nine-banded armadillos, and all three species are separated by around 100 million years of evolution. And yet the three of us, out of all the mammals in the world, are the only ones know to harbor M. leprae. And for that matter, why does the red squirrel get infected when the closely related grey squirrel doesn\u2019t seem to? No one knows. Meredith\u2019s team looked at an immune gene called TLR1. A few mutations in this gene have been linked to either a greater or lower risk of leprosy in humans, but none of these specific mutations are found in either armadillos or squirrels. Some squirrels did seem to have their own TLR1 mutations that reduced their risk of infection, but with such a small sample, it\u2019s hard to say for sure. Perhaps the weird troika of host species simply reflects our ignorance about where leprosy hides. It may be lurking in more animals than we realize. \u201cWe need to look more closely at the possibility of a wildlife reservoir,\u201d says Meredith. And \u201cthere is circumstantial evidence that M. leprae has an environmental reservoir,\u201d says Helen Donoghue, from University College London. That is, the microbe might hide out in water, soil, vegetation, or something else. Perhaps that\u2019s how the red squirrels originally became infected, she adds. The idea of an environmental reservoir has been long disputed, but perhaps needs to be revisited in light of the squirrel discovery. \u201cAlthough leprosy has been known since biblical times, and still remains a major public health problem in many parts of the world, our understanding of how this infection transmits and causes disease is very limited,\u201d says Anura Rambukkana from the University of Edinburgh. And since the infected squirrels develop symptoms that \u201csomewhat resemble human leprosy\u201d, he adds, they may help us to understand how the disease manifests in humans, and how it spreads between us.", "essay": "I just read an article about instances of red squirrels in the U.K. contracting leprosy. Apparently. there are only three species of mammal on the planet that can actively carry and suffer from the disease, which include: humans, banded armadillos and now red squirrels. I also wasn't aware that it kills nerves throughout your body so that infections can go unnoticed, resulting in amputations of limbs."}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "Surprise! British Red Squirrels Carry Leprosy \u2014  Some of them harbor strains that infected medieval Europeans, but that have been eradicated on the U.K. mainland for centuries. In 2006, Anna Meredith came across a dead red squirrel with a weird skin disorder. Its ears lacked the characteristic red tufts, and were instead swollen, smooth, and shiny, like the cauliflower ears of boxers and rugby players. Its nose, muzzle, and eyelids were similarly swollen and hairless. Meredith, a professor of conservation medicine at the University of Edinburgh, had never seen anything like this before. But she soon saw the same problems again\u2014in six more squirrels over the next six years. She and her colleagues analyzed tissue samples from the dead animals. And to their surprise, they discovered that the squirrels had leprosy. That\u2019s astonishing for two reasons. First, even though leprosy still affects at least 385,000 people around the world (including a few hundred in the U.S.), the disease was eradicated from Britain several centuries ago. Second, squirrels aren\u2019t meant to get leprosy. The disease is mainly caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium leprae, which attacks the skin and peripheral nerves. Chimps and some monkeys can occasionally catch it from people, but until now, scientists knew of only two species that naturally harbor the disease: humans, and nine-banded armadillos in the southern United States. The latter actually acquired the disease from the former; European settlers brought leprosy to the New World and then passed it onto armadillos several centuries ago. Meredith\u2019s discovery generated enough publicity that members of the public started sending her pictures of squirrels from their own backyards, some of whom had the same lesions. Most of the shots came from Scotland, but one was from Brownsea Island\u2014an island off the southern coast of England, and some 480 miles away from Edinburgh. \u201cSomeone had done a day trip there, seen a squirrel, and said: Is this leprosy?\u201d says Meredith. \u201cI looked at it and said: Wow, it\u2019s identical!\u201d Working with Stewart Cole, from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Meredith analyzed the cadavers of 110 red squirrels from Great Britain and Ireland, and found that almost a third of them had leprosy, including several without any clinical signs. Those in Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Wight were infected with Mycobacterium lepromatosis\u2014a second species of leprosy bacterium that was only identified in humans in 2008. By contrast, all the squirrels from Brownsea Island had M. leprae, the more traditional leprosy microbe. By comparing the microbes\u2019 genomes, the team showed that the M. leprae strains currently infecting the Brownsea squirrels are almost identical to those recovered from a medieval human skeleton buried in the nearby city of Winchester some 730 years ago. So it\u2019s possible that humans passed M. leprae to red squirrels several centuries ago, and that the Brownsea individuals have harbored the microbe long after its eradication on the mainland. Could the squirrels ever pass the disease back to us? Armadillos certainly do in the United States, but for the moment, there\u2019s no evidence of squirrel-to-human transmission in Britain. \u201cIt\u2019s not impossible, but there\u2019s no evidence that we\u2019re at risk,\u201d says Meredith. \u201cWe\u2019re more concerned about the squirrels.\u201d Red squirrels are an endangered species in Britain. Once common, they\u2019ve had to contend with the introduction of gray squirrels from the Americas, which outcompeted them and infected them with squirrelpox\u2014an often fatal disease. As a result, the country is currently home to more than 2.5 million grays but just 140,000 reds, most of which live in Scotland. Those that get leprosy can live for many years with the condition, but Meredith wants to see if their health suffers in the long run. They might eventually die because they\u2019re unable to feed properly, or because leprosy makes them more vulnerable to other infections. (Contrary to stigma, leprosy doesn\u2019t make body parts fall off; instead, deadened peripheral nerves sometimes stop people from noticing injuries or infections in their extremities, leading to eventual amputations.)   Why did the squirrels become infected in the first place? They belong to a different order of mammals than either humans or nine-banded armadillos, and all three species are separated by around 100 million years of evolution. And yet the three of us, out of all the mammals in the world, are the only ones know to harbor M. leprae. And for that matter, why does the red squirrel get infected when the closely related grey squirrel doesn\u2019t seem to? No one knows. Meredith\u2019s team looked at an immune gene called TLR1. A few mutations in this gene have been linked to either a greater or lower risk of leprosy in humans, but none of these specific mutations are found in either armadillos or squirrels. Some squirrels did seem to have their own TLR1 mutations that reduced their risk of infection, but with such a small sample, it\u2019s hard to say for sure. Perhaps the weird troika of host species simply reflects our ignorance about where leprosy hides. It may be lurking in more animals than we realize. \u201cWe need to look more closely at the possibility of a wildlife reservoir,\u201d says Meredith. And \u201cthere is circumstantial evidence that M. leprae has an environmental reservoir,\u201d says Helen Donoghue, from University College London. That is, the microbe might hide out in water, soil, vegetation, or something else. Perhaps that\u2019s how the red squirrels originally became infected, she adds. The idea of an environmental reservoir has been long disputed, but perhaps needs to be revisited in light of the squirrel discovery. \u201cAlthough leprosy has been known since biblical times, and still remains a major public health problem in many parts of the world, our understanding of how this infection transmits and causes disease is very limited,\u201d says Anura Rambukkana from the University of Edinburgh. And since the infected squirrels develop symptoms that \u201csomewhat resemble human leprosy\u201d, he adds, they may help us to understand how the disease manifests in humans, and how it spreads between us.", "essay": "Can you believe there is still leprosy around this day and age? I did not know that squirrels could even carry the disease from now on I will be more careful around them since they can carry such a serious disease I thought that leprosy only existed during the time of Jesus I am surprised that it is still around. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "Surprise! British Red Squirrels Carry Leprosy \u2014  Some of them harbor strains that infected medieval Europeans, but that have been eradicated on the U.K. mainland for centuries. In 2006, Anna Meredith came across a dead red squirrel with a weird skin disorder. Its ears lacked the characteristic red tufts, and were instead swollen, smooth, and shiny, like the cauliflower ears of boxers and rugby players. Its nose, muzzle, and eyelids were similarly swollen and hairless. Meredith, a professor of conservation medicine at the University of Edinburgh, had never seen anything like this before. But she soon saw the same problems again\u2014in six more squirrels over the next six years. She and her colleagues analyzed tissue samples from the dead animals. And to their surprise, they discovered that the squirrels had leprosy. That\u2019s astonishing for two reasons. First, even though leprosy still affects at least 385,000 people around the world (including a few hundred in the U.S.), the disease was eradicated from Britain several centuries ago. Second, squirrels aren\u2019t meant to get leprosy. The disease is mainly caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium leprae, which attacks the skin and peripheral nerves. Chimps and some monkeys can occasionally catch it from people, but until now, scientists knew of only two species that naturally harbor the disease: humans, and nine-banded armadillos in the southern United States. The latter actually acquired the disease from the former; European settlers brought leprosy to the New World and then passed it onto armadillos several centuries ago. Meredith\u2019s discovery generated enough publicity that members of the public started sending her pictures of squirrels from their own backyards, some of whom had the same lesions. Most of the shots came from Scotland, but one was from Brownsea Island\u2014an island off the southern coast of England, and some 480 miles away from Edinburgh. \u201cSomeone had done a day trip there, seen a squirrel, and said: Is this leprosy?\u201d says Meredith. \u201cI looked at it and said: Wow, it\u2019s identical!\u201d Working with Stewart Cole, from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Meredith analyzed the cadavers of 110 red squirrels from Great Britain and Ireland, and found that almost a third of them had leprosy, including several without any clinical signs. Those in Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Wight were infected with Mycobacterium lepromatosis\u2014a second species of leprosy bacterium that was only identified in humans in 2008. By contrast, all the squirrels from Brownsea Island had M. leprae, the more traditional leprosy microbe. By comparing the microbes\u2019 genomes, the team showed that the M. leprae strains currently infecting the Brownsea squirrels are almost identical to those recovered from a medieval human skeleton buried in the nearby city of Winchester some 730 years ago. So it\u2019s possible that humans passed M. leprae to red squirrels several centuries ago, and that the Brownsea individuals have harbored the microbe long after its eradication on the mainland. Could the squirrels ever pass the disease back to us? Armadillos certainly do in the United States, but for the moment, there\u2019s no evidence of squirrel-to-human transmission in Britain. \u201cIt\u2019s not impossible, but there\u2019s no evidence that we\u2019re at risk,\u201d says Meredith. \u201cWe\u2019re more concerned about the squirrels.\u201d Red squirrels are an endangered species in Britain. Once common, they\u2019ve had to contend with the introduction of gray squirrels from the Americas, which outcompeted them and infected them with squirrelpox\u2014an often fatal disease. As a result, the country is currently home to more than 2.5 million grays but just 140,000 reds, most of which live in Scotland. Those that get leprosy can live for many years with the condition, but Meredith wants to see if their health suffers in the long run. They might eventually die because they\u2019re unable to feed properly, or because leprosy makes them more vulnerable to other infections. (Contrary to stigma, leprosy doesn\u2019t make body parts fall off; instead, deadened peripheral nerves sometimes stop people from noticing injuries or infections in their extremities, leading to eventual amputations.)   Why did the squirrels become infected in the first place? They belong to a different order of mammals than either humans or nine-banded armadillos, and all three species are separated by around 100 million years of evolution. And yet the three of us, out of all the mammals in the world, are the only ones know to harbor M. leprae. And for that matter, why does the red squirrel get infected when the closely related grey squirrel doesn\u2019t seem to? No one knows. Meredith\u2019s team looked at an immune gene called TLR1. A few mutations in this gene have been linked to either a greater or lower risk of leprosy in humans, but none of these specific mutations are found in either armadillos or squirrels. Some squirrels did seem to have their own TLR1 mutations that reduced their risk of infection, but with such a small sample, it\u2019s hard to say for sure. Perhaps the weird troika of host species simply reflects our ignorance about where leprosy hides. It may be lurking in more animals than we realize. \u201cWe need to look more closely at the possibility of a wildlife reservoir,\u201d says Meredith. And \u201cthere is circumstantial evidence that M. leprae has an environmental reservoir,\u201d says Helen Donoghue, from University College London. That is, the microbe might hide out in water, soil, vegetation, or something else. Perhaps that\u2019s how the red squirrels originally became infected, she adds. The idea of an environmental reservoir has been long disputed, but perhaps needs to be revisited in light of the squirrel discovery. \u201cAlthough leprosy has been known since biblical times, and still remains a major public health problem in many parts of the world, our understanding of how this infection transmits and causes disease is very limited,\u201d says Anura Rambukkana from the University of Edinburgh. And since the infected squirrels develop symptoms that \u201csomewhat resemble human leprosy\u201d, he adds, they may help us to understand how the disease manifests in humans, and how it spreads between us.", "essay": "wow I did not know that squirrels could carry such a serious disease it is kind of scary but also it is really interesting to see how adaptable and amazing nature can be I am glad that they have not spread the disease to humans but I feel like it is inevitable that some disease will attack humans in the future"}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "'This isn't Pompeii, this is Aleppo' \u2014  As 200 airstrikes hammered Aleppo last weekend, activists and aid workers posted dozens of pictures and videos online. Each of them heartbreaking, each helping to convey the horror of the besieged Syrian city. On Friday afternoon, a photo emerged of Brahim Sawas and his 10-year old son, Mahmoud, who had fallen victim to the war. They were covered in blood and dust, the pressure of the rubble holding their final postures in place. \"This isn't Pompeii, this is Aleppo,\" one social media user wrote. A family devastated   The tragedy of this family doesn't end there. Another image shows Sawas' 8-month-old baby, Muhammad, buried under rubble in a separate room as Syrian Civil Defense workers try to recover the child's body from the dirt and dust. Um Mahmoud, Sawas' wife and the mother of the two dead boys, survived the airstrike along with her daughter. The mother and daughter were sleeping in the same room with the 8-month-old baby. Weekend of horror Sawas and the two boys were among more than 300 people killed last weekend in a new wave of violence. The deadly strike that hit the family home at 5 a.m. Friday in eastern Aleppo's rebel-held neighborhood of Qaterji was the first of a series of hundred. One activist from Aleppo described to CNN a level of bombing never seen before in a conflict that began more five years ago. In response to the surge in airstrikes, activists took to Twitter, using an Arabic hashtag that translates to #HolocaustAleppo and sharing pictures and videos from the city. Some had mistakenly described the photo of the father and son as that of a mother clutching her baby.", "essay": "Too bad what happened to these Syrians but honestly I don't really care let them all burn up one less muslim to worry about I think they should bomb the whole country and turn it to dust but I guess we can't just go around killing millions of people unless we drop a nuke on them like the Japanese because that was justified"}
{"user_id": "ec_p020", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 50000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 50000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "'This isn't Pompeii, this is Aleppo' \u2014  As 200 airstrikes hammered Aleppo last weekend, activists and aid workers posted dozens of pictures and videos online. Each of them heartbreaking, each helping to convey the horror of the besieged Syrian city. On Friday afternoon, a photo emerged of Brahim Sawas and his 10-year old son, Mahmoud, who had fallen victim to the war. They were covered in blood and dust, the pressure of the rubble holding their final postures in place. \"This isn't Pompeii, this is Aleppo,\" one social media user wrote. A family devastated   The tragedy of this family doesn't end there. Another image shows Sawas' 8-month-old baby, Muhammad, buried under rubble in a separate room as Syrian Civil Defense workers try to recover the child's body from the dirt and dust. Um Mahmoud, Sawas' wife and the mother of the two dead boys, survived the airstrike along with her daughter. The mother and daughter were sleeping in the same room with the 8-month-old baby. Weekend of horror Sawas and the two boys were among more than 300 people killed last weekend in a new wave of violence. The deadly strike that hit the family home at 5 a.m. Friday in eastern Aleppo's rebel-held neighborhood of Qaterji was the first of a series of hundred. One activist from Aleppo described to CNN a level of bombing never seen before in a conflict that began more five years ago. In response to the surge in airstrikes, activists took to Twitter, using an Arabic hashtag that translates to #HolocaustAleppo and sharing pictures and videos from the city. Some had mistakenly described the photo of the father and son as that of a mother clutching her baby.", "essay": "this situation is so sad. The things that are going on in syria break my heart Reading the terrible unimaginable story of children covered in dust and blood is so sad. Reading that children are being killed along with hundreds of others is so sad. This is truly a horrible situation that needs more attention so more can help."}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "'This isn't Pompeii, this is Aleppo' \u2014  As 200 airstrikes hammered Aleppo last weekend, activists and aid workers posted dozens of pictures and videos online. Each of them heartbreaking, each helping to convey the horror of the besieged Syrian city. On Friday afternoon, a photo emerged of Brahim Sawas and his 10-year old son, Mahmoud, who had fallen victim to the war. They were covered in blood and dust, the pressure of the rubble holding their final postures in place. \"This isn't Pompeii, this is Aleppo,\" one social media user wrote. A family devastated   The tragedy of this family doesn't end there. Another image shows Sawas' 8-month-old baby, Muhammad, buried under rubble in a separate room as Syrian Civil Defense workers try to recover the child's body from the dirt and dust. Um Mahmoud, Sawas' wife and the mother of the two dead boys, survived the airstrike along with her daughter. The mother and daughter were sleeping in the same room with the 8-month-old baby. Weekend of horror Sawas and the two boys were among more than 300 people killed last weekend in a new wave of violence. The deadly strike that hit the family home at 5 a.m. Friday in eastern Aleppo's rebel-held neighborhood of Qaterji was the first of a series of hundred. One activist from Aleppo described to CNN a level of bombing never seen before in a conflict that began more five years ago. In response to the surge in airstrikes, activists took to Twitter, using an Arabic hashtag that translates to #HolocaustAleppo and sharing pictures and videos from the city. Some had mistakenly described the photo of the father and son as that of a mother clutching her baby.", "essay": "It is a shame that they are going through such hardships I feel bad about the little baby that died and bombs falling on them but that is part of life growing up in an uncivilized world where savages run rampant if they could just get rid of the people and start over maybe just move all the savages out."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "'This isn't Pompeii, this is Aleppo' \u2014  As 200 airstrikes hammered Aleppo last weekend, activists and aid workers posted dozens of pictures and videos online. Each of them heartbreaking, each helping to convey the horror of the besieged Syrian city. On Friday afternoon, a photo emerged of Brahim Sawas and his 10-year old son, Mahmoud, who had fallen victim to the war. They were covered in blood and dust, the pressure of the rubble holding their final postures in place. \"This isn't Pompeii, this is Aleppo,\" one social media user wrote. A family devastated   The tragedy of this family doesn't end there. Another image shows Sawas' 8-month-old baby, Muhammad, buried under rubble in a separate room as Syrian Civil Defense workers try to recover the child's body from the dirt and dust. Um Mahmoud, Sawas' wife and the mother of the two dead boys, survived the airstrike along with her daughter. The mother and daughter were sleeping in the same room with the 8-month-old baby. Weekend of horror Sawas and the two boys were among more than 300 people killed last weekend in a new wave of violence. The deadly strike that hit the family home at 5 a.m. Friday in eastern Aleppo's rebel-held neighborhood of Qaterji was the first of a series of hundred. One activist from Aleppo described to CNN a level of bombing never seen before in a conflict that began more five years ago. In response to the surge in airstrikes, activists took to Twitter, using an Arabic hashtag that translates to #HolocaustAleppo and sharing pictures and videos from the city. Some had mistakenly described the photo of the father and son as that of a mother clutching her baby.", "essay": "Just read an article about people being buried alive in Aleppo. The situation in Syria has gotten so out of hand its gotten to the point that you almost want to ignore it for your own mental health. I know the article is dated, but Trump's decision to remove support from our Kurdish allies in Syria is one of the greatest strategic blunders since the instigation of the Iraq war."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "13 civilians killed by cross-border shelling in Kashmir, say India, Pakistan \u2014  India and Pakistan say 13 civilians have been killed in cross-border shelling from both sides of the Line of Control, the de facto border between the two countries in the disputed region of Kashmir.   At least seven civilians on the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC) were killed Tuesday and 15 others injured in shelling that came from the Pakistani side, according to local Indian authorities. Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that six civilians on the Pakistani side had been killed by shelling from India Monday, and eight injured. Could India and Pakistan go to war? Women killed 'inside their homes' The casualties on the Pakistani side were in the Nikial and Jandrot areas, the statement said, adding that Pakistan's Director General had summoned India's Deputy High Chief Commissioner on Tuesday to strongly condemn the \"unprovoked ceasefire violations.\" Of the Indian casualties, five civilians were killed in heavy shelling in the Ramgrah sector of India's Samba district, Sheetal Nanda, Samba's district magistrate, told CNN. Nine others were injured in the area. Two women were also killed in shelling in the Manjakote area of Rajouri district, according to Johnny Williams, deputy inspector general of police in the district. \"The two ladies were inside their homes when shells landed there. They died on the spot,\" he said, adding that three others were injured in the strikes. Three civilians were also injured in India's Poonch district, police chief J.S. Johar told CNN. Neither side has responded to the allegations of ceasefire violations. The latest clashes come at a time of heightened tension between the neighbors over Kashmir, a Muslim-majority region that has been disputed territory between India and Pakistan for the past 70 years. Both of the nuclear-armed countries hold separate parts of the region and have fought two wars, in 1947 and 1965, over their claims. They came close to a third, in 1999. Tensions have flared since 19 Indian soldiers were killed in September in an attack by armed militants on an army base in Uri, about 63 miles (102 kilometers) from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. In the aftermath, India launched what it described as a \"surgical strike\" across the Line of Control to attack what it said was a terrorist launching pad. Pakistan denied that the target was a terrorist base, pointing out that two of its soldiers were killed. Amid the continuing fallout, India has relocated more than 10,000 people from around the disputed border area, and a top Bollywood director has refused to hire Pakistani actors.", "essay": "It's so sad that innocent civilians need to die because of war and fighting. These people did nothing wrong and were just minding their own business before their lives were taken away. It's not fair for the people and it's not fair for the families of the people that were killed as well. They are left without a family member and they have to live with that forever."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "13 civilians killed by cross-border shelling in Kashmir, say India, Pakistan \u2014  India and Pakistan say 13 civilians have been killed in cross-border shelling from both sides of the Line of Control, the de facto border between the two countries in the disputed region of Kashmir.   At least seven civilians on the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC) were killed Tuesday and 15 others injured in shelling that came from the Pakistani side, according to local Indian authorities. Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that six civilians on the Pakistani side had been killed by shelling from India Monday, and eight injured. Could India and Pakistan go to war? Women killed 'inside their homes' The casualties on the Pakistani side were in the Nikial and Jandrot areas, the statement said, adding that Pakistan's Director General had summoned India's Deputy High Chief Commissioner on Tuesday to strongly condemn the \"unprovoked ceasefire violations.\" Of the Indian casualties, five civilians were killed in heavy shelling in the Ramgrah sector of India's Samba district, Sheetal Nanda, Samba's district magistrate, told CNN. Nine others were injured in the area. Two women were also killed in shelling in the Manjakote area of Rajouri district, according to Johnny Williams, deputy inspector general of police in the district. \"The two ladies were inside their homes when shells landed there. They died on the spot,\" he said, adding that three others were injured in the strikes. Three civilians were also injured in India's Poonch district, police chief J.S. Johar told CNN. Neither side has responded to the allegations of ceasefire violations. The latest clashes come at a time of heightened tension between the neighbors over Kashmir, a Muslim-majority region that has been disputed territory between India and Pakistan for the past 70 years. Both of the nuclear-armed countries hold separate parts of the region and have fought two wars, in 1947 and 1965, over their claims. They came close to a third, in 1999. Tensions have flared since 19 Indian soldiers were killed in September in an attack by armed militants on an army base in Uri, about 63 miles (102 kilometers) from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. In the aftermath, India launched what it described as a \"surgical strike\" across the Line of Control to attack what it said was a terrorist launching pad. Pakistan denied that the target was a terrorist base, pointing out that two of its soldiers were killed. Amid the continuing fallout, India has relocated more than 10,000 people from around the disputed border area, and a top Bollywood director has refused to hire Pakistani actors.", "essay": "This is clearly sad because of the innocent people involved.  IT is always a tragedy when innocent civilians are caught up in the violence and politics of a government in trouble.  This seems like the situation here, and the people are the ones who are paying the price.  It is unfortunate these groups can't see the harm they are doing and just cease all violent activities.  When are people going to learn?  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "13 civilians killed by cross-border shelling in Kashmir, say India, Pakistan \u2014  India and Pakistan say 13 civilians have been killed in cross-border shelling from both sides of the Line of Control, the de facto border between the two countries in the disputed region of Kashmir.   At least seven civilians on the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC) were killed Tuesday and 15 others injured in shelling that came from the Pakistani side, according to local Indian authorities. Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that six civilians on the Pakistani side had been killed by shelling from India Monday, and eight injured. Could India and Pakistan go to war? Women killed 'inside their homes' The casualties on the Pakistani side were in the Nikial and Jandrot areas, the statement said, adding that Pakistan's Director General had summoned India's Deputy High Chief Commissioner on Tuesday to strongly condemn the \"unprovoked ceasefire violations.\" Of the Indian casualties, five civilians were killed in heavy shelling in the Ramgrah sector of India's Samba district, Sheetal Nanda, Samba's district magistrate, told CNN. Nine others were injured in the area. Two women were also killed in shelling in the Manjakote area of Rajouri district, according to Johnny Williams, deputy inspector general of police in the district. \"The two ladies were inside their homes when shells landed there. They died on the spot,\" he said, adding that three others were injured in the strikes. Three civilians were also injured in India's Poonch district, police chief J.S. Johar told CNN. Neither side has responded to the allegations of ceasefire violations. The latest clashes come at a time of heightened tension between the neighbors over Kashmir, a Muslim-majority region that has been disputed territory between India and Pakistan for the past 70 years. Both of the nuclear-armed countries hold separate parts of the region and have fought two wars, in 1947 and 1965, over their claims. They came close to a third, in 1999. Tensions have flared since 19 Indian soldiers were killed in September in an attack by armed militants on an army base in Uri, about 63 miles (102 kilometers) from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. In the aftermath, India launched what it described as a \"surgical strike\" across the Line of Control to attack what it said was a terrorist launching pad. Pakistan denied that the target was a terrorist base, pointing out that two of its soldiers were killed. Amid the continuing fallout, India has relocated more than 10,000 people from around the disputed border area, and a top Bollywood director has refused to hire Pakistani actors.", "essay": "I don't care about this at all.  There are well over one billion Indians and Pakistanis.  We have enough of them.  I don't care if a few get lost from these people fighting over Kashmir.  That's been going on for decades anyway.  I'm sure it's pointless, but these two sides won't back down so it'll keep going on.  They're too nuclear powers so that's the only thing that makes this kind of interesting.  I love how the Bollywood directors won't hire Pakistani actors.  Pakistan sucks.  They harbor a lot of terrorists and a lot of bad crap happens in, and comes out of, Pakistan.  I'm sure they're to blame for most of the hostilities in the region."}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "13 civilians killed by cross-border shelling in Kashmir, say India, Pakistan \u2014  India and Pakistan say 13 civilians have been killed in cross-border shelling from both sides of the Line of Control, the de facto border between the two countries in the disputed region of Kashmir.   At least seven civilians on the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC) were killed Tuesday and 15 others injured in shelling that came from the Pakistani side, according to local Indian authorities. Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that six civilians on the Pakistani side had been killed by shelling from India Monday, and eight injured. Could India and Pakistan go to war? Women killed 'inside their homes' The casualties on the Pakistani side were in the Nikial and Jandrot areas, the statement said, adding that Pakistan's Director General had summoned India's Deputy High Chief Commissioner on Tuesday to strongly condemn the \"unprovoked ceasefire violations.\" Of the Indian casualties, five civilians were killed in heavy shelling in the Ramgrah sector of India's Samba district, Sheetal Nanda, Samba's district magistrate, told CNN. Nine others were injured in the area. Two women were also killed in shelling in the Manjakote area of Rajouri district, according to Johnny Williams, deputy inspector general of police in the district. \"The two ladies were inside their homes when shells landed there. They died on the spot,\" he said, adding that three others were injured in the strikes. Three civilians were also injured in India's Poonch district, police chief J.S. Johar told CNN. Neither side has responded to the allegations of ceasefire violations. The latest clashes come at a time of heightened tension between the neighbors over Kashmir, a Muslim-majority region that has been disputed territory between India and Pakistan for the past 70 years. Both of the nuclear-armed countries hold separate parts of the region and have fought two wars, in 1947 and 1965, over their claims. They came close to a third, in 1999. Tensions have flared since 19 Indian soldiers were killed in September in an attack by armed militants on an army base in Uri, about 63 miles (102 kilometers) from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. In the aftermath, India launched what it described as a \"surgical strike\" across the Line of Control to attack what it said was a terrorist launching pad. Pakistan denied that the target was a terrorist base, pointing out that two of its soldiers were killed. Amid the continuing fallout, India has relocated more than 10,000 people from around the disputed border area, and a top Bollywood director has refused to hire Pakistani actors.", "essay": "I hate reading things about nuclear war and stuff! It's so scary... That kind of thing could literally destroy humanity. I would never want to think about what that could mean if this is really starting to happen or if this is a real option that people/countries are considering. I just wish that they had never been invented!"}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "13 civilians killed by cross-border shelling in Kashmir, say India, Pakistan \u2014  India and Pakistan say 13 civilians have been killed in cross-border shelling from both sides of the Line of Control, the de facto border between the two countries in the disputed region of Kashmir.   At least seven civilians on the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC) were killed Tuesday and 15 others injured in shelling that came from the Pakistani side, according to local Indian authorities. Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that six civilians on the Pakistani side had been killed by shelling from India Monday, and eight injured. Could India and Pakistan go to war? Women killed 'inside their homes' The casualties on the Pakistani side were in the Nikial and Jandrot areas, the statement said, adding that Pakistan's Director General had summoned India's Deputy High Chief Commissioner on Tuesday to strongly condemn the \"unprovoked ceasefire violations.\" Of the Indian casualties, five civilians were killed in heavy shelling in the Ramgrah sector of India's Samba district, Sheetal Nanda, Samba's district magistrate, told CNN. Nine others were injured in the area. Two women were also killed in shelling in the Manjakote area of Rajouri district, according to Johnny Williams, deputy inspector general of police in the district. \"The two ladies were inside their homes when shells landed there. They died on the spot,\" he said, adding that three others were injured in the strikes. Three civilians were also injured in India's Poonch district, police chief J.S. Johar told CNN. Neither side has responded to the allegations of ceasefire violations. The latest clashes come at a time of heightened tension between the neighbors over Kashmir, a Muslim-majority region that has been disputed territory between India and Pakistan for the past 70 years. Both of the nuclear-armed countries hold separate parts of the region and have fought two wars, in 1947 and 1965, over their claims. They came close to a third, in 1999. Tensions have flared since 19 Indian soldiers were killed in September in an attack by armed militants on an army base in Uri, about 63 miles (102 kilometers) from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. In the aftermath, India launched what it described as a \"surgical strike\" across the Line of Control to attack what it said was a terrorist launching pad. Pakistan denied that the target was a terrorist base, pointing out that two of its soldiers were killed. Amid the continuing fallout, India has relocated more than 10,000 people from around the disputed border area, and a top Bollywood director has refused to hire Pakistani actors.", "essay": "This is sad, I have not heard of this Indian Pakistani issue but it sounds like it is affecting a lot of people and a lot of lives.  I can't imagine living somewhere where you constantly  had to fear being bombed or shot or some catastrophe like that that caused imminent death or bodily harm.  It would just be so stressful and difficult to have to live like that.  I get worried about things like getting sick but jeez this just takes it to an all new level.  It makes me very grateful to live where I am instead of somewhere like that.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "Justice For Disturbing Case Of Kitten Strangled To Death in Spokane, Washington \u2014  Last month, a man named Wesley O\u2019Dell and his wife, were walking around their neighborhood in Spokane, Washington and found something that changed their lives and opened their eyes to the cruelty that humanity can possess. *The real image of the kitten they found was too graphic and disturbing to display. The couple spotted a baby kitten on the side of the road completely wrapped in phone and electrical chargers and dumped like a piece of garbage on the sidewalk. When they approached the helpless kitten, they noticed that it was methodically wrapped so tightly around the kitten\u2019s little body, from its tiny neck, to its small tail and back legs so that so that the poor things appendages were tied up next to its face. When O\u2019Dell began to cut the cords off the the kittens small body, he felt that rigor mortis had already set in and it was hard for him to seperate the wires from its stiff figure. He also saw that the kitten\u2019s jaw was ripped down, with a cord running through its mouth and around its neck. O\u2019Dell was absolutely disgusted with this sight and is now determined to take action and find the culprit accountable for the horrendous crime. This act of cruelty is inhumane, disgusting and it is truly unthinkable that someone would do such a thing to a kitten who had barely even opened its eyes. The couple is now standing up and fighting for animal rights and animal welfare until justice and equality is received by all beings living on this earth. O\u2019Dell is making a point to voice his story so that everyone is aware of the animal abuse that happened in Spokane, Washington and the lack of empathy that his local governing body has over the gruesome death of a helpless baby kitten. \u201cCan you imagine how that would feel? What you would think, the fear in your heart, to be completely helpless at the hands of something much bigger and more poweful than you. Try to feel the pain and sadness this infant feline would have felt. Imagine what you would be thinking as the terror welled up in your swelling throat? The darkness that you would experience as you took your last breath, while someone laughed at you. Think how it would feel to be snuffed out in a cold dark street, scared and alone.\u201d This act happened just two blocks from the couples home while their local police and animal shelters have done nothing about it. O\u2019Dell says that this horrific situation must be remedied and he will try his hardest to ensure justice is served. Since this occurrence, O\u2019Dell has spoken to people throughout the nation who would like to help, including the group \u201cGaurdians of the Rescue\u201d. The rescue group has sent him flyers to be posted around his neighborhood as well as in local veterinarian hospitals and emergency pet clinics. He is hopeful that by distributing these flyers around town, someone will come forward with information on this crime and possibly who is at fault. O\u2019Dell is asking for the public to repost this tragic story on social media and to talk about the kitten with friends and neighbors, not allowing for the kitten\u2019s death to be in vein. Raising awareness of this story is one of the most important things we as animal lovers can do at this point.", "essay": "who cares about a dead kitten do you know how many little human kids are being abused and sold into sex slavery there are so many things that we have to solve about humans before we go around saving kittens and dogs I think it is a shame that these people are wasting time saving stupid animals spend time on people"}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Justice For Disturbing Case Of Kitten Strangled To Death in Spokane, Washington \u2014  Last month, a man named Wesley O\u2019Dell and his wife, were walking around their neighborhood in Spokane, Washington and found something that changed their lives and opened their eyes to the cruelty that humanity can possess. *The real image of the kitten they found was too graphic and disturbing to display. The couple spotted a baby kitten on the side of the road completely wrapped in phone and electrical chargers and dumped like a piece of garbage on the sidewalk. When they approached the helpless kitten, they noticed that it was methodically wrapped so tightly around the kitten\u2019s little body, from its tiny neck, to its small tail and back legs so that so that the poor things appendages were tied up next to its face. When O\u2019Dell began to cut the cords off the the kittens small body, he felt that rigor mortis had already set in and it was hard for him to seperate the wires from its stiff figure. He also saw that the kitten\u2019s jaw was ripped down, with a cord running through its mouth and around its neck. O\u2019Dell was absolutely disgusted with this sight and is now determined to take action and find the culprit accountable for the horrendous crime. This act of cruelty is inhumane, disgusting and it is truly unthinkable that someone would do such a thing to a kitten who had barely even opened its eyes. The couple is now standing up and fighting for animal rights and animal welfare until justice and equality is received by all beings living on this earth. O\u2019Dell is making a point to voice his story so that everyone is aware of the animal abuse that happened in Spokane, Washington and the lack of empathy that his local governing body has over the gruesome death of a helpless baby kitten. \u201cCan you imagine how that would feel? What you would think, the fear in your heart, to be completely helpless at the hands of something much bigger and more poweful than you. Try to feel the pain and sadness this infant feline would have felt. Imagine what you would be thinking as the terror welled up in your swelling throat? The darkness that you would experience as you took your last breath, while someone laughed at you. Think how it would feel to be snuffed out in a cold dark street, scared and alone.\u201d This act happened just two blocks from the couples home while their local police and animal shelters have done nothing about it. O\u2019Dell says that this horrific situation must be remedied and he will try his hardest to ensure justice is served. Since this occurrence, O\u2019Dell has spoken to people throughout the nation who would like to help, including the group \u201cGaurdians of the Rescue\u201d. The rescue group has sent him flyers to be posted around his neighborhood as well as in local veterinarian hospitals and emergency pet clinics. He is hopeful that by distributing these flyers around town, someone will come forward with information on this crime and possibly who is at fault. O\u2019Dell is asking for the public to repost this tragic story on social media and to talk about the kitten with friends and neighbors, not allowing for the kitten\u2019s death to be in vein. Raising awareness of this story is one of the most important things we as animal lovers can do at this point.", "essay": "I just read an article about a kitten that had been brutally bound and left to die on the side of the road in Washington. The article itself was a little too cloying to take very seriously. You know when something is trying a little too hard to tug on your heartstrings and it just has the opposite effect?"}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Justice For Disturbing Case Of Kitten Strangled To Death in Spokane, Washington \u2014  Last month, a man named Wesley O\u2019Dell and his wife, were walking around their neighborhood in Spokane, Washington and found something that changed their lives and opened their eyes to the cruelty that humanity can possess. *The real image of the kitten they found was too graphic and disturbing to display. The couple spotted a baby kitten on the side of the road completely wrapped in phone and electrical chargers and dumped like a piece of garbage on the sidewalk. When they approached the helpless kitten, they noticed that it was methodically wrapped so tightly around the kitten\u2019s little body, from its tiny neck, to its small tail and back legs so that so that the poor things appendages were tied up next to its face. When O\u2019Dell began to cut the cords off the the kittens small body, he felt that rigor mortis had already set in and it was hard for him to seperate the wires from its stiff figure. He also saw that the kitten\u2019s jaw was ripped down, with a cord running through its mouth and around its neck. O\u2019Dell was absolutely disgusted with this sight and is now determined to take action and find the culprit accountable for the horrendous crime. This act of cruelty is inhumane, disgusting and it is truly unthinkable that someone would do such a thing to a kitten who had barely even opened its eyes. The couple is now standing up and fighting for animal rights and animal welfare until justice and equality is received by all beings living on this earth. O\u2019Dell is making a point to voice his story so that everyone is aware of the animal abuse that happened in Spokane, Washington and the lack of empathy that his local governing body has over the gruesome death of a helpless baby kitten. \u201cCan you imagine how that would feel? What you would think, the fear in your heart, to be completely helpless at the hands of something much bigger and more poweful than you. Try to feel the pain and sadness this infant feline would have felt. Imagine what you would be thinking as the terror welled up in your swelling throat? The darkness that you would experience as you took your last breath, while someone laughed at you. Think how it would feel to be snuffed out in a cold dark street, scared and alone.\u201d This act happened just two blocks from the couples home while their local police and animal shelters have done nothing about it. O\u2019Dell says that this horrific situation must be remedied and he will try his hardest to ensure justice is served. Since this occurrence, O\u2019Dell has spoken to people throughout the nation who would like to help, including the group \u201cGaurdians of the Rescue\u201d. The rescue group has sent him flyers to be posted around his neighborhood as well as in local veterinarian hospitals and emergency pet clinics. He is hopeful that by distributing these flyers around town, someone will come forward with information on this crime and possibly who is at fault. O\u2019Dell is asking for the public to repost this tragic story on social media and to talk about the kitten with friends and neighbors, not allowing for the kitten\u2019s death to be in vein. Raising awareness of this story is one of the most important things we as animal lovers can do at this point.", "essay": "After reading the article, i just feel really disturbed about it. The fact that someone can harm an animal is just mind boggling to me. I feel like people like this really need to be put behind bars. If they are willing to harm an animal, who knows what else they might do to humans. I feel like this is only the beginning for these people and they will do much worse."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Justice For Disturbing Case Of Kitten Strangled To Death in Spokane, Washington \u2014  Last month, a man named Wesley O\u2019Dell and his wife, were walking around their neighborhood in Spokane, Washington and found something that changed their lives and opened their eyes to the cruelty that humanity can possess. *The real image of the kitten they found was too graphic and disturbing to display. The couple spotted a baby kitten on the side of the road completely wrapped in phone and electrical chargers and dumped like a piece of garbage on the sidewalk. When they approached the helpless kitten, they noticed that it was methodically wrapped so tightly around the kitten\u2019s little body, from its tiny neck, to its small tail and back legs so that so that the poor things appendages were tied up next to its face. When O\u2019Dell began to cut the cords off the the kittens small body, he felt that rigor mortis had already set in and it was hard for him to seperate the wires from its stiff figure. He also saw that the kitten\u2019s jaw was ripped down, with a cord running through its mouth and around its neck. O\u2019Dell was absolutely disgusted with this sight and is now determined to take action and find the culprit accountable for the horrendous crime. This act of cruelty is inhumane, disgusting and it is truly unthinkable that someone would do such a thing to a kitten who had barely even opened its eyes. The couple is now standing up and fighting for animal rights and animal welfare until justice and equality is received by all beings living on this earth. O\u2019Dell is making a point to voice his story so that everyone is aware of the animal abuse that happened in Spokane, Washington and the lack of empathy that his local governing body has over the gruesome death of a helpless baby kitten. \u201cCan you imagine how that would feel? What you would think, the fear in your heart, to be completely helpless at the hands of something much bigger and more poweful than you. Try to feel the pain and sadness this infant feline would have felt. Imagine what you would be thinking as the terror welled up in your swelling throat? The darkness that you would experience as you took your last breath, while someone laughed at you. Think how it would feel to be snuffed out in a cold dark street, scared and alone.\u201d This act happened just two blocks from the couples home while their local police and animal shelters have done nothing about it. O\u2019Dell says that this horrific situation must be remedied and he will try his hardest to ensure justice is served. Since this occurrence, O\u2019Dell has spoken to people throughout the nation who would like to help, including the group \u201cGaurdians of the Rescue\u201d. The rescue group has sent him flyers to be posted around his neighborhood as well as in local veterinarian hospitals and emergency pet clinics. He is hopeful that by distributing these flyers around town, someone will come forward with information on this crime and possibly who is at fault. O\u2019Dell is asking for the public to repost this tragic story on social media and to talk about the kitten with friends and neighbors, not allowing for the kitten\u2019s death to be in vein. Raising awareness of this story is one of the most important things we as animal lovers can do at this point.", "essay": "How someone can have the cold heart to strangle a living thing let alone a baby kitten to death is beyond me.  Imagine the pain the poor thing felt? How can we let people that do these things continue to live amongst us. Surely there must be some justice for this? What a disturbing case if I've ever seen one."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Justice For Disturbing Case Of Kitten Strangled To Death in Spokane, Washington \u2014  Last month, a man named Wesley O\u2019Dell and his wife, were walking around their neighborhood in Spokane, Washington and found something that changed their lives and opened their eyes to the cruelty that humanity can possess. *The real image of the kitten they found was too graphic and disturbing to display. The couple spotted a baby kitten on the side of the road completely wrapped in phone and electrical chargers and dumped like a piece of garbage on the sidewalk. When they approached the helpless kitten, they noticed that it was methodically wrapped so tightly around the kitten\u2019s little body, from its tiny neck, to its small tail and back legs so that so that the poor things appendages were tied up next to its face. When O\u2019Dell began to cut the cords off the the kittens small body, he felt that rigor mortis had already set in and it was hard for him to seperate the wires from its stiff figure. He also saw that the kitten\u2019s jaw was ripped down, with a cord running through its mouth and around its neck. O\u2019Dell was absolutely disgusted with this sight and is now determined to take action and find the culprit accountable for the horrendous crime. This act of cruelty is inhumane, disgusting and it is truly unthinkable that someone would do such a thing to a kitten who had barely even opened its eyes. The couple is now standing up and fighting for animal rights and animal welfare until justice and equality is received by all beings living on this earth. O\u2019Dell is making a point to voice his story so that everyone is aware of the animal abuse that happened in Spokane, Washington and the lack of empathy that his local governing body has over the gruesome death of a helpless baby kitten. \u201cCan you imagine how that would feel? What you would think, the fear in your heart, to be completely helpless at the hands of something much bigger and more poweful than you. Try to feel the pain and sadness this infant feline would have felt. Imagine what you would be thinking as the terror welled up in your swelling throat? The darkness that you would experience as you took your last breath, while someone laughed at you. Think how it would feel to be snuffed out in a cold dark street, scared and alone.\u201d This act happened just two blocks from the couples home while their local police and animal shelters have done nothing about it. O\u2019Dell says that this horrific situation must be remedied and he will try his hardest to ensure justice is served. Since this occurrence, O\u2019Dell has spoken to people throughout the nation who would like to help, including the group \u201cGaurdians of the Rescue\u201d. The rescue group has sent him flyers to be posted around his neighborhood as well as in local veterinarian hospitals and emergency pet clinics. He is hopeful that by distributing these flyers around town, someone will come forward with information on this crime and possibly who is at fault. O\u2019Dell is asking for the public to repost this tragic story on social media and to talk about the kitten with friends and neighbors, not allowing for the kitten\u2019s death to be in vein. Raising awareness of this story is one of the most important things we as animal lovers can do at this point.", "essay": "I cant believe someone could actually do this to another being. Kittens are so cute and friendly it would be like torchering a baby. Anyone with that kind of mindset on the lose is a danger to society. Mosy serial killers start out hurting innocent animals so this should be taken very seriosuly. Some kind of task force needs to be on this to make this person pay for what they did. Noone deserves to die such a sad and painful death. I cant believe how traumitized the people that found the kitten must be. Just reading this story made me almost cry I cant imagine seeing it. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Video Shows Cop Punching Woman In The Face, But She\u2019s The One Arrested For \u2018Assault\u2019 \u2014  A uniformed Arizona police officer who was filmed punching a woman has been placed on administrative leave while the incident is investigated.   \u201cOur agency is very concerned by what is depicted in this video,\u201d police in Flagstaff, Arizona, said in a Wednesday evening press release.   The footage, shot and posted to Facebook on Wednesday, shows a woman struggling with two officers who apparently believe there is an outstanding warrant for her arrest. She can be heard on video saying the issue has already been resolved.   \u201cYou cannot arrest me until I know I have a warrant,\u201d she tells the officers as she struggles with them.   Suddenly, one of them strikes her in the face with a closed fist.   Authorities have identified that officer as Jeff Bonar. They haven\u2019t released the name of the woman, but she identifies herself in the video as Marissa Morris. \u201cYou just fucking punched me in the face,\u201d Morris can be heard yelling after Bonar hits her.   A number of people appear to be watching the scene from a porch. The man who filmed the confrontation \u2014 identified by The Arizona Republic as Danny Paredes \u2014 can be also heard shouting, \u201cHey, you can\u2019t hit a girl like that.\u201d   Bonar cuffs Morris and the two other officers lead her away and place her in the back of a patrol car while a man \u2015 presumably Paredes \u2015 can be heard saying, \u201cI got it on video, Marissa.\u201d   Morris\u2019 boyfriend, Jimmy Sedillo, told The Arizona Republic he and his children, ages 3 and 9, witnessed the incident.   \u201cShe had a warrant a few weeks ago,\u201d Sedillo said. \u201cHe still assumed she had a warrant.\u201d Sedillo told Phoenix\u2019s KTVK his girlfriend was ultimately charged with assaulting an officer and resisting arrest.Morris, who reportedly remains behind bars, could not be reached for comment.   \u201cAn internal affairs investigation is being initiated,\u201d Flagstaff police said. \u201cFurther details will be released as the investigation progresses.\u201d", "essay": "This article has me very torn. I will always be a supporter of police who protect us and put themselves in harms way everyday and I now they deal with a lot of difficult people and situations. It is up to police to use discretion with force they inlflict on others and I think I would need to see the whole video and backstory and there side to decide. I now serving warrants is one of the scariest things for officers to do as alot are shot at and they go wrong. Im sure with her resisiting and the growing crowd around them they need to control the situation fast. Closed fist punching seems very scary and severe but who knows what led up to that happening. I feel sorry for both parties involved."}
{"user_id": "ec_p016", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 60000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 60000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Video Shows Cop Punching Woman In The Face, But She\u2019s The One Arrested For \u2018Assault\u2019 \u2014  A uniformed Arizona police officer who was filmed punching a woman has been placed on administrative leave while the incident is investigated.   \u201cOur agency is very concerned by what is depicted in this video,\u201d police in Flagstaff, Arizona, said in a Wednesday evening press release.   The footage, shot and posted to Facebook on Wednesday, shows a woman struggling with two officers who apparently believe there is an outstanding warrant for her arrest. She can be heard on video saying the issue has already been resolved.   \u201cYou cannot arrest me until I know I have a warrant,\u201d she tells the officers as she struggles with them.   Suddenly, one of them strikes her in the face with a closed fist.   Authorities have identified that officer as Jeff Bonar. They haven\u2019t released the name of the woman, but she identifies herself in the video as Marissa Morris. \u201cYou just fucking punched me in the face,\u201d Morris can be heard yelling after Bonar hits her.   A number of people appear to be watching the scene from a porch. The man who filmed the confrontation \u2014 identified by The Arizona Republic as Danny Paredes \u2014 can be also heard shouting, \u201cHey, you can\u2019t hit a girl like that.\u201d   Bonar cuffs Morris and the two other officers lead her away and place her in the back of a patrol car while a man \u2015 presumably Paredes \u2015 can be heard saying, \u201cI got it on video, Marissa.\u201d   Morris\u2019 boyfriend, Jimmy Sedillo, told The Arizona Republic he and his children, ages 3 and 9, witnessed the incident.   \u201cShe had a warrant a few weeks ago,\u201d Sedillo said. \u201cHe still assumed she had a warrant.\u201d Sedillo told Phoenix\u2019s KTVK his girlfriend was ultimately charged with assaulting an officer and resisting arrest.Morris, who reportedly remains behind bars, could not be reached for comment.   \u201cAn internal affairs investigation is being initiated,\u201d Flagstaff police said. \u201cFurther details will be released as the investigation progresses.\u201d", "essay": "This is why it's so important to always get things on tap, because if it hadn't been I guarantee the officers would have tried to have said that they didn't do anything and it was all just her resisting arrest. I don't understand why they didn't just look the warrant up to see if it was still active instead of harassing her like that."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Video Shows Cop Punching Woman In The Face, But She\u2019s The One Arrested For \u2018Assault\u2019 \u2014  A uniformed Arizona police officer who was filmed punching a woman has been placed on administrative leave while the incident is investigated.   \u201cOur agency is very concerned by what is depicted in this video,\u201d police in Flagstaff, Arizona, said in a Wednesday evening press release.   The footage, shot and posted to Facebook on Wednesday, shows a woman struggling with two officers who apparently believe there is an outstanding warrant for her arrest. She can be heard on video saying the issue has already been resolved.   \u201cYou cannot arrest me until I know I have a warrant,\u201d she tells the officers as she struggles with them.   Suddenly, one of them strikes her in the face with a closed fist.   Authorities have identified that officer as Jeff Bonar. They haven\u2019t released the name of the woman, but she identifies herself in the video as Marissa Morris. \u201cYou just fucking punched me in the face,\u201d Morris can be heard yelling after Bonar hits her.   A number of people appear to be watching the scene from a porch. The man who filmed the confrontation \u2014 identified by The Arizona Republic as Danny Paredes \u2014 can be also heard shouting, \u201cHey, you can\u2019t hit a girl like that.\u201d   Bonar cuffs Morris and the two other officers lead her away and place her in the back of a patrol car while a man \u2015 presumably Paredes \u2015 can be heard saying, \u201cI got it on video, Marissa.\u201d   Morris\u2019 boyfriend, Jimmy Sedillo, told The Arizona Republic he and his children, ages 3 and 9, witnessed the incident.   \u201cShe had a warrant a few weeks ago,\u201d Sedillo said. \u201cHe still assumed she had a warrant.\u201d Sedillo told Phoenix\u2019s KTVK his girlfriend was ultimately charged with assaulting an officer and resisting arrest.Morris, who reportedly remains behind bars, could not be reached for comment.   \u201cAn internal affairs investigation is being initiated,\u201d Flagstaff police said. \u201cFurther details will be released as the investigation progresses.\u201d", "essay": "I feel no sympathy for anyone who gets punched in the face by a cop.  If you get punched in the face by a cop, you were resisting arrest, almost assuredly. And I have no sympathy for anyone who resists arrest, even if you don't feel you should be getting arrested.  The best way to deal with the police is to cooperate.  Why is this not obvious to people?  If you have nothing to hide then that will come out in the end.  If she had no warrant, what were they going to book her on?  They'd figure that out and let her go.  But instead she resists arrest and gets arrested for that, and punched to boot.  Which she deserved as far as I'm concerned. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Video Shows Cop Punching Woman In The Face, But She\u2019s The One Arrested For \u2018Assault\u2019 \u2014  A uniformed Arizona police officer who was filmed punching a woman has been placed on administrative leave while the incident is investigated.   \u201cOur agency is very concerned by what is depicted in this video,\u201d police in Flagstaff, Arizona, said in a Wednesday evening press release.   The footage, shot and posted to Facebook on Wednesday, shows a woman struggling with two officers who apparently believe there is an outstanding warrant for her arrest. She can be heard on video saying the issue has already been resolved.   \u201cYou cannot arrest me until I know I have a warrant,\u201d she tells the officers as she struggles with them.   Suddenly, one of them strikes her in the face with a closed fist.   Authorities have identified that officer as Jeff Bonar. They haven\u2019t released the name of the woman, but she identifies herself in the video as Marissa Morris. \u201cYou just fucking punched me in the face,\u201d Morris can be heard yelling after Bonar hits her.   A number of people appear to be watching the scene from a porch. The man who filmed the confrontation \u2014 identified by The Arizona Republic as Danny Paredes \u2014 can be also heard shouting, \u201cHey, you can\u2019t hit a girl like that.\u201d   Bonar cuffs Morris and the two other officers lead her away and place her in the back of a patrol car while a man \u2015 presumably Paredes \u2015 can be heard saying, \u201cI got it on video, Marissa.\u201d   Morris\u2019 boyfriend, Jimmy Sedillo, told The Arizona Republic he and his children, ages 3 and 9, witnessed the incident.   \u201cShe had a warrant a few weeks ago,\u201d Sedillo said. \u201cHe still assumed she had a warrant.\u201d Sedillo told Phoenix\u2019s KTVK his girlfriend was ultimately charged with assaulting an officer and resisting arrest.Morris, who reportedly remains behind bars, could not be reached for comment.   \u201cAn internal affairs investigation is being initiated,\u201d Flagstaff police said. \u201cFurther details will be released as the investigation progresses.\u201d", "essay": "I understand that there are more good cops than bad cops and overall cops are needed in society, but at what point do we start training these guys more than they are trained? Literally anybody can be a cop it seems and all these viral videos of cops hurting people are all too common. This is why a lot of the public is growing a huge distrust for cops."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Video Shows Cop Punching Woman In The Face, But She\u2019s The One Arrested For \u2018Assault\u2019 \u2014  A uniformed Arizona police officer who was filmed punching a woman has been placed on administrative leave while the incident is investigated.   \u201cOur agency is very concerned by what is depicted in this video,\u201d police in Flagstaff, Arizona, said in a Wednesday evening press release.   The footage, shot and posted to Facebook on Wednesday, shows a woman struggling with two officers who apparently believe there is an outstanding warrant for her arrest. She can be heard on video saying the issue has already been resolved.   \u201cYou cannot arrest me until I know I have a warrant,\u201d she tells the officers as she struggles with them.   Suddenly, one of them strikes her in the face with a closed fist.   Authorities have identified that officer as Jeff Bonar. They haven\u2019t released the name of the woman, but she identifies herself in the video as Marissa Morris. \u201cYou just fucking punched me in the face,\u201d Morris can be heard yelling after Bonar hits her.   A number of people appear to be watching the scene from a porch. The man who filmed the confrontation \u2014 identified by The Arizona Republic as Danny Paredes \u2014 can be also heard shouting, \u201cHey, you can\u2019t hit a girl like that.\u201d   Bonar cuffs Morris and the two other officers lead her away and place her in the back of a patrol car while a man \u2015 presumably Paredes \u2015 can be heard saying, \u201cI got it on video, Marissa.\u201d   Morris\u2019 boyfriend, Jimmy Sedillo, told The Arizona Republic he and his children, ages 3 and 9, witnessed the incident.   \u201cShe had a warrant a few weeks ago,\u201d Sedillo said. \u201cHe still assumed she had a warrant.\u201d Sedillo told Phoenix\u2019s KTVK his girlfriend was ultimately charged with assaulting an officer and resisting arrest.Morris, who reportedly remains behind bars, could not be reached for comment.   \u201cAn internal affairs investigation is being initiated,\u201d Flagstaff police said. \u201cFurther details will be released as the investigation progresses.\u201d", "essay": "This article is just horrifying. I understand that the police officers deal with hard to arrest people but punching someone yet alone a woman and mother is just horrible. I think less violent and severe tactics should have been taken in this case. It is there discretion but I think he was just taking his anger out on this lady and in no way should that be allowed. In front of her children and family. Maybe she was just worried the arrest was not suppose to happen, you should not be able to become violent out of anger."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "3 U.S. military trainers killed in gunfire by security units at Jordan base \u2014  At least three U.S. military trainers in Jordan were fatally shot by security forces Friday when their vehicle failed to stop at the gate of a military base, Jordanian and U.S. officials said.   The U.S. military service members \u201ccame under fire\u201d as they approached a Jordanian training facility, said Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook. Few other details about the incident were given. Cook said U.S. and Jordanian authorities were investigating the cause.   Earlier, Jordan\u2019s military said there was \u201can exchange of gunfire\u201d after the vehicle\u2019s driver ignored demands to stop outside an air base in southern Jordan. A Jordanian officer was injured, the statement said.   Other details of the incident at the King Faisal Air Base were not immediately clear. Investigators were trying to piece together the events, including whether a possible miscommunication was to blame.   The U.S. official said two of the service members died later in Jordan\u2019s capital, Amman, where they were airlifted for treatment.   Jordan is a close ally of the United States, and military training by U.S. personnel is common. Jordan is also part of the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State in neighboring Syria.   [Prominent Jordanian writer gunned down]   The U.S. Embassy in Amman said in a statement it was \u201cin contact with the appropriate Jordanian authorities, who have offered their full support.\u201d   A U.S. diplomat in Amman, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief reporters, said American and Jordanian officials \u201cdo not believe\u201d the incident was terrorism-related, but he offered no further details.   The King Faisal base, about 150 miles southeast of Amman and near the border with Saudi Arabia, has long been used for joint exercises between Jordan and its various allies, including the United States, Britain and Saudi Arabia. The base is also part of the network in Jordan to train Western-backed Syrian rebels.   According to U.S. diplomats and Jordanian officials, there are more than 1,000 U.S. military personnel based in Jordan, the majority serving as advisers to Jordan\u2019s armed forces and Syrian rebel factions.   Jordan\u2019s military has been on high alert since June, when a suicide attacker driving a bomb-rigged truck barreled through Syria\u2019s border with Jordan, setting off a blast outside a Syrian refugee camp that killed seven Jordanian troops. It was the deadliest attack along the tense border, which hundreds of thousands of Syrians have crossed during the more than five-year conflict in their homeland.   In November 2015, a Jordanian police officer opened fire at a police training academy south of Amman, killing two U.S. contractors.", "essay": "After reading the article, it just makes me so sad that there are soldier that are still being killed. It's great that they are willing to sacrifice their own lives for their country but it's still sad. They have family that they are leaving behind and they will have to suffer for the rest of their lives. It's very sad to know that we are still in war after so long."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "3 U.S. military trainers killed in gunfire by security units at Jordan base \u2014  At least three U.S. military trainers in Jordan were fatally shot by security forces Friday when their vehicle failed to stop at the gate of a military base, Jordanian and U.S. officials said.   The U.S. military service members \u201ccame under fire\u201d as they approached a Jordanian training facility, said Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook. Few other details about the incident were given. Cook said U.S. and Jordanian authorities were investigating the cause.   Earlier, Jordan\u2019s military said there was \u201can exchange of gunfire\u201d after the vehicle\u2019s driver ignored demands to stop outside an air base in southern Jordan. A Jordanian officer was injured, the statement said.   Other details of the incident at the King Faisal Air Base were not immediately clear. Investigators were trying to piece together the events, including whether a possible miscommunication was to blame.   The U.S. official said two of the service members died later in Jordan\u2019s capital, Amman, where they were airlifted for treatment.   Jordan is a close ally of the United States, and military training by U.S. personnel is common. Jordan is also part of the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State in neighboring Syria.   [Prominent Jordanian writer gunned down]   The U.S. Embassy in Amman said in a statement it was \u201cin contact with the appropriate Jordanian authorities, who have offered their full support.\u201d   A U.S. diplomat in Amman, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief reporters, said American and Jordanian officials \u201cdo not believe\u201d the incident was terrorism-related, but he offered no further details.   The King Faisal base, about 150 miles southeast of Amman and near the border with Saudi Arabia, has long been used for joint exercises between Jordan and its various allies, including the United States, Britain and Saudi Arabia. The base is also part of the network in Jordan to train Western-backed Syrian rebels.   According to U.S. diplomats and Jordanian officials, there are more than 1,000 U.S. military personnel based in Jordan, the majority serving as advisers to Jordan\u2019s armed forces and Syrian rebel factions.   Jordan\u2019s military has been on high alert since June, when a suicide attacker driving a bomb-rigged truck barreled through Syria\u2019s border with Jordan, setting off a blast outside a Syrian refugee camp that killed seven Jordanian troops. It was the deadliest attack along the tense border, which hundreds of thousands of Syrians have crossed during the more than five-year conflict in their homeland.   In November 2015, a Jordanian police officer opened fire at a police training academy south of Amman, killing two U.S. contractors.", "essay": "Just read a story about an incident in Jordan where at least two American soldiers were killed in what appeared to be a mix up. A vehicle carrying American soldiers failed to yield at a gate to an military base in Amman and Jordanian troops ended up opening fire on the vehicle. Apparently, there had been an attack on the base recently, so I can understand why the patrols would be on their toes."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "3 U.S. military trainers killed in gunfire by security units at Jordan base \u2014  At least three U.S. military trainers in Jordan were fatally shot by security forces Friday when their vehicle failed to stop at the gate of a military base, Jordanian and U.S. officials said.   The U.S. military service members \u201ccame under fire\u201d as they approached a Jordanian training facility, said Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook. Few other details about the incident were given. Cook said U.S. and Jordanian authorities were investigating the cause.   Earlier, Jordan\u2019s military said there was \u201can exchange of gunfire\u201d after the vehicle\u2019s driver ignored demands to stop outside an air base in southern Jordan. A Jordanian officer was injured, the statement said.   Other details of the incident at the King Faisal Air Base were not immediately clear. Investigators were trying to piece together the events, including whether a possible miscommunication was to blame.   The U.S. official said two of the service members died later in Jordan\u2019s capital, Amman, where they were airlifted for treatment.   Jordan is a close ally of the United States, and military training by U.S. personnel is common. Jordan is also part of the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State in neighboring Syria.   [Prominent Jordanian writer gunned down]   The U.S. Embassy in Amman said in a statement it was \u201cin contact with the appropriate Jordanian authorities, who have offered their full support.\u201d   A U.S. diplomat in Amman, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief reporters, said American and Jordanian officials \u201cdo not believe\u201d the incident was terrorism-related, but he offered no further details.   The King Faisal base, about 150 miles southeast of Amman and near the border with Saudi Arabia, has long been used for joint exercises between Jordan and its various allies, including the United States, Britain and Saudi Arabia. The base is also part of the network in Jordan to train Western-backed Syrian rebels.   According to U.S. diplomats and Jordanian officials, there are more than 1,000 U.S. military personnel based in Jordan, the majority serving as advisers to Jordan\u2019s armed forces and Syrian rebel factions.   Jordan\u2019s military has been on high alert since June, when a suicide attacker driving a bomb-rigged truck barreled through Syria\u2019s border with Jordan, setting off a blast outside a Syrian refugee camp that killed seven Jordanian troops. It was the deadliest attack along the tense border, which hundreds of thousands of Syrians have crossed during the more than five-year conflict in their homeland.   In November 2015, a Jordanian police officer opened fire at a police training academy south of Amman, killing two U.S. contractors.", "essay": "This really sounded like a misunderstanding that resulted in the loss of life.  How very tragic for these three people and their families.  Perhaps better measures should be taken at this facility to be sure that they are identifying people correctly and that nothing else like this happens again.  I think a lot of military casualties are extremely sad, but it seems especially bad when it is not even in combat and just in a situation like this that should have been harmless."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "3 U.S. military trainers killed in gunfire by security units at Jordan base \u2014  At least three U.S. military trainers in Jordan were fatally shot by security forces Friday when their vehicle failed to stop at the gate of a military base, Jordanian and U.S. officials said.   The U.S. military service members \u201ccame under fire\u201d as they approached a Jordanian training facility, said Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook. Few other details about the incident were given. Cook said U.S. and Jordanian authorities were investigating the cause.   Earlier, Jordan\u2019s military said there was \u201can exchange of gunfire\u201d after the vehicle\u2019s driver ignored demands to stop outside an air base in southern Jordan. A Jordanian officer was injured, the statement said.   Other details of the incident at the King Faisal Air Base were not immediately clear. Investigators were trying to piece together the events, including whether a possible miscommunication was to blame.   The U.S. official said two of the service members died later in Jordan\u2019s capital, Amman, where they were airlifted for treatment.   Jordan is a close ally of the United States, and military training by U.S. personnel is common. Jordan is also part of the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State in neighboring Syria.   [Prominent Jordanian writer gunned down]   The U.S. Embassy in Amman said in a statement it was \u201cin contact with the appropriate Jordanian authorities, who have offered their full support.\u201d   A U.S. diplomat in Amman, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief reporters, said American and Jordanian officials \u201cdo not believe\u201d the incident was terrorism-related, but he offered no further details.   The King Faisal base, about 150 miles southeast of Amman and near the border with Saudi Arabia, has long been used for joint exercises between Jordan and its various allies, including the United States, Britain and Saudi Arabia. The base is also part of the network in Jordan to train Western-backed Syrian rebels.   According to U.S. diplomats and Jordanian officials, there are more than 1,000 U.S. military personnel based in Jordan, the majority serving as advisers to Jordan\u2019s armed forces and Syrian rebel factions.   Jordan\u2019s military has been on high alert since June, when a suicide attacker driving a bomb-rigged truck barreled through Syria\u2019s border with Jordan, setting off a blast outside a Syrian refugee camp that killed seven Jordanian troops. It was the deadliest attack along the tense border, which hundreds of thousands of Syrians have crossed during the more than five-year conflict in their homeland.   In November 2015, a Jordanian police officer opened fire at a police training academy south of Amman, killing two U.S. contractors.", "essay": "I feel sorry for the troops that lost their lives. I do not believe we should be in the middle east, but the troops are not making those choices. I do not see how you have a shoot out with a country that you are supporting. I know there is a language barrier, but this should have never happen. I wonder is something else is going on. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "3 U.S. military trainers killed in gunfire by security units at Jordan base \u2014  At least three U.S. military trainers in Jordan were fatally shot by security forces Friday when their vehicle failed to stop at the gate of a military base, Jordanian and U.S. officials said.   The U.S. military service members \u201ccame under fire\u201d as they approached a Jordanian training facility, said Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook. Few other details about the incident were given. Cook said U.S. and Jordanian authorities were investigating the cause.   Earlier, Jordan\u2019s military said there was \u201can exchange of gunfire\u201d after the vehicle\u2019s driver ignored demands to stop outside an air base in southern Jordan. A Jordanian officer was injured, the statement said.   Other details of the incident at the King Faisal Air Base were not immediately clear. Investigators were trying to piece together the events, including whether a possible miscommunication was to blame.   The U.S. official said two of the service members died later in Jordan\u2019s capital, Amman, where they were airlifted for treatment.   Jordan is a close ally of the United States, and military training by U.S. personnel is common. Jordan is also part of the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State in neighboring Syria.   [Prominent Jordanian writer gunned down]   The U.S. Embassy in Amman said in a statement it was \u201cin contact with the appropriate Jordanian authorities, who have offered their full support.\u201d   A U.S. diplomat in Amman, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief reporters, said American and Jordanian officials \u201cdo not believe\u201d the incident was terrorism-related, but he offered no further details.   The King Faisal base, about 150 miles southeast of Amman and near the border with Saudi Arabia, has long been used for joint exercises between Jordan and its various allies, including the United States, Britain and Saudi Arabia. The base is also part of the network in Jordan to train Western-backed Syrian rebels.   According to U.S. diplomats and Jordanian officials, there are more than 1,000 U.S. military personnel based in Jordan, the majority serving as advisers to Jordan\u2019s armed forces and Syrian rebel factions.   Jordan\u2019s military has been on high alert since June, when a suicide attacker driving a bomb-rigged truck barreled through Syria\u2019s border with Jordan, setting off a blast outside a Syrian refugee camp that killed seven Jordanian troops. It was the deadliest attack along the tense border, which hundreds of thousands of Syrians have crossed during the more than five-year conflict in their homeland.   In November 2015, a Jordanian police officer opened fire at a police training academy south of Amman, killing two U.S. contractors.", "essay": "This incident made me feel bad.  I assume it was just an accident and a case of confusion and miscommunication.  But it still feels sad to think that someone was killed needlessly like this.  American troops do a lot for us and the rest of the world.  This is a bad way to go down.  I'm not sure what I hope happened.  Either way it was a tragic event.  It doesn't sound like the Jordanians did anything wrong.  They wee rightfully protecting their base.  It's very unclear what the Americans could have been thinking, but they clearly made a mistake and suffered from it.  Hopefully the truth is discovered and people can be content with the tragic event."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "The Jewish Struggle to Understand Trump's Election \u2014  Synagogues hosted prayer and healing services on Wednesday for congregants grappling with the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. PHILADELPHIA\u2014On November 8, 1938, Nazi paramilitary soldiers and German civilians looted and vandalized thousands of Jewish businesses and synagogues. Jews were murdered. Up to 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and taken to concentration camps. On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. The next day, a man discovered that someone had painted swastikas on an abandoned storefront in South Philly, placing the symbols next to Trump\u2019s name and the words \u201cSieg Heil,\u201d a salute used by Nazis during World War II. Maybe it was an anti-Trump protester. Maybe it was an anti-Semite. Either way, it underscored the ways in which Trump\u2019s election has evoked the persistent Jewish nightmare: That America will become like Germany in 1938. Jews, who have a keen eye for the repetition of history, might be forgiven for worrying about the fragility of American democracy. This is the scale of fear, grief, and anger about Trump in some Jewish communities across America. In Philadelphia, at least three synagogues held prayer services on Wednesday; congregations in a number of other cities, including Durham, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C., held similar events. \u201cNo matter who we voted for and how we are feeling this morning, we all know that we and our country are in desperate need of healing,\u201d read the Facebook invite for an event at the Germantown Jewish Centre in north Philly. \u201cWe will sit together, sing together, pray together, and have a chance to share what is on our hearts with the support of the community.\u201d A woman was crying when I walked into the cavernous sanctuary of GJC on Wednesday night. Roughly 100 people were gathered in a circle of chairs toward the front of the room; the cream ceiling and warmly brown furniture gave the space a living-room feel. In the center of the gathering, a single candle sat burning on a small round table. The space was still except for the occasional baby squeal or patter of toddler feet at the side of the room; people had brought their children because, as someone on Facebook observed, they need to heal, too. Trump\u2019s daughter Ivanka came up\u2014whether Jews would be safe because one of the president\u2019s children is an Orthodox convert. The congregants were concerned about the racism and sexism revealed during the campaign, and discussed the stages of grief. They talked of making aliyah, or emigrating to Israel\u2014not as a plausible possibility, but as a back-of-mind option in case things get really bad. And yes, people brought up Nazi Germany. Unlike Muslims, Mexicans, African Americans, the disabled, and women, Jews have not been directly insulted by Donald Trump during this election. Anti-Semites have arguably been empowered by his campaign: Jewish journalists have been consistently threatened and harassed on Twitter since the election got underway, often by people who self-identify as Trump supporters. But the fear seems to be less that Trump will specifically persecute Jews than the sense that America under Trump will become an increasingly hostile space for Jews and other minority groups. Trump doesn\u2019t have to be an anti-Semite to bear responsibility for anti-Semitism. While exit polls suggest that roughly 25 percent of American Jews voted for Trump\u2014fewer than voted for Mitt Romney in 2012, but more than voted for John McCain in 2008\u2014the group as a whole is overwhelmingly liberal and Democratic. Adam Zeff, the rabbi at GJC, said in an interview that the synagogue\u2019s neighborhood, Mt. Airy, is so left-wing that it\u2019s almost \u201cself-parody.\u201d Most Jews live in cities or stay concentrated in \u201clittle enclaves,\u201d as Zeff called them\u2014he pointed out that on the map of the election results, there are tiny blue spots even deep in Trump country. \u201cThat\u2019s where Jews live,\u201d he said, along with other minority groups. It wasn\u2019t Jews Trump promised to ban some 13 months ago. It was Muslims. This clustering creates a dual challenge for Jewish communities. People at GJC spoke about Trump\u2019s election like they might about a death in the family\u2014with a sense of real and personal loss, and a staggering alienation from their fellow Americans. \u201cIt is kind of shattering to people to feel like, wow, there\u2019s such a difference,\u201d said Zeff. \u201cTo think that racism, anti-immigrant sentiment, and misogyny could be given a pass by so many people makes Jews feel like anti-Semitism could also be given a pass.\u201d And yet the congregants also spoke about the need for understanding. \u201cThe people for whom this is a happy day\u2014we have to think about them, too,\u201d Zeff said during the prayer service. Mt. Airy is about a half hour drive from Bucks County, a swing area in Pennsylvania where nearly half of voters went for Trump this year. But even within such a short distance, it\u2019s difficult to imagine how the liberal Jews of Philadelphia and the Trump supporters one county up would start to know one another or be in community. The other challenge for Jews who are scared is putting that fear into context. Other groups are hurting just as much as Jews are right now, and in some cases, their fears are more tangible. It wasn\u2019t Jews Trump promised to ban from entering the country some 13 months ago\u2014it was Muslims. It wasn\u2019t Jewish neighborhoods Trump described in apocalyptic terms in the presidential debates\u2014it was black neighborhoods. At times, Jews have struggled or declined to find solidarity with both of those groups, often over the issue of Israel. \u201cWhen disaster strikes, the Jewish impulse is to look inward, to say, \u2018What t\u2019shuva,\u2019\u201d or repentance, \u201cdo I need to do?\u201d Zeff said. If his community looked inward and asked what kind of allies they have been to African Americans, Latinos, and other groups in Philadelphia, Zeff said, \u201cI know what [those groups\u2019] answer is, which is: not very good ones.\u201d For Jews, as for other groups who feel threatened by Trump, this new era has begun with a struggle of contradictions: to understand Trump supporters while maintaining their value commitments; to experience their particular and unique pain while finding solidarity with others. When Zeff sent out a note to his synagogue about the election, \u201cI got a response back from a congregant that said, \u2018This is very nice, rabbi, but you\u2019re asking us to do two contradictory things: You\u2019re asking us to reach out, and you\u2019re asking us to stand up,\u2019\u201d Zeff told me. He wrote back, \u201c\u2018Yes, and isn\u2019t that the lot of the Jew?\u2019\u201d", "essay": "People love to blame Trump for anything and everything that goes wrong in this country while he is in power.  The truth is that hate crimes have been ongoing for many decades, an d it has nothing to do with the man in office.  There were multiple hate crimes while Obama was in office and really every other president before him.  People, especially the media, love to scapegoat Trump.  Just like the article said, Trump has actually done a lot to try to build up the Jewish communities.  Black unemployment is at a record low.  Yet people continue to blame him.  Shaking my head."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "The Jewish Struggle to Understand Trump's Election \u2014  Synagogues hosted prayer and healing services on Wednesday for congregants grappling with the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. PHILADELPHIA\u2014On November 8, 1938, Nazi paramilitary soldiers and German civilians looted and vandalized thousands of Jewish businesses and synagogues. Jews were murdered. Up to 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and taken to concentration camps. On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. The next day, a man discovered that someone had painted swastikas on an abandoned storefront in South Philly, placing the symbols next to Trump\u2019s name and the words \u201cSieg Heil,\u201d a salute used by Nazis during World War II. Maybe it was an anti-Trump protester. Maybe it was an anti-Semite. Either way, it underscored the ways in which Trump\u2019s election has evoked the persistent Jewish nightmare: That America will become like Germany in 1938. Jews, who have a keen eye for the repetition of history, might be forgiven for worrying about the fragility of American democracy. This is the scale of fear, grief, and anger about Trump in some Jewish communities across America. In Philadelphia, at least three synagogues held prayer services on Wednesday; congregations in a number of other cities, including Durham, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C., held similar events. \u201cNo matter who we voted for and how we are feeling this morning, we all know that we and our country are in desperate need of healing,\u201d read the Facebook invite for an event at the Germantown Jewish Centre in north Philly. \u201cWe will sit together, sing together, pray together, and have a chance to share what is on our hearts with the support of the community.\u201d A woman was crying when I walked into the cavernous sanctuary of GJC on Wednesday night. Roughly 100 people were gathered in a circle of chairs toward the front of the room; the cream ceiling and warmly brown furniture gave the space a living-room feel. In the center of the gathering, a single candle sat burning on a small round table. The space was still except for the occasional baby squeal or patter of toddler feet at the side of the room; people had brought their children because, as someone on Facebook observed, they need to heal, too. Trump\u2019s daughter Ivanka came up\u2014whether Jews would be safe because one of the president\u2019s children is an Orthodox convert. The congregants were concerned about the racism and sexism revealed during the campaign, and discussed the stages of grief. They talked of making aliyah, or emigrating to Israel\u2014not as a plausible possibility, but as a back-of-mind option in case things get really bad. And yes, people brought up Nazi Germany. Unlike Muslims, Mexicans, African Americans, the disabled, and women, Jews have not been directly insulted by Donald Trump during this election. Anti-Semites have arguably been empowered by his campaign: Jewish journalists have been consistently threatened and harassed on Twitter since the election got underway, often by people who self-identify as Trump supporters. But the fear seems to be less that Trump will specifically persecute Jews than the sense that America under Trump will become an increasingly hostile space for Jews and other minority groups. Trump doesn\u2019t have to be an anti-Semite to bear responsibility for anti-Semitism. While exit polls suggest that roughly 25 percent of American Jews voted for Trump\u2014fewer than voted for Mitt Romney in 2012, but more than voted for John McCain in 2008\u2014the group as a whole is overwhelmingly liberal and Democratic. Adam Zeff, the rabbi at GJC, said in an interview that the synagogue\u2019s neighborhood, Mt. Airy, is so left-wing that it\u2019s almost \u201cself-parody.\u201d Most Jews live in cities or stay concentrated in \u201clittle enclaves,\u201d as Zeff called them\u2014he pointed out that on the map of the election results, there are tiny blue spots even deep in Trump country. \u201cThat\u2019s where Jews live,\u201d he said, along with other minority groups. It wasn\u2019t Jews Trump promised to ban some 13 months ago. It was Muslims. This clustering creates a dual challenge for Jewish communities. People at GJC spoke about Trump\u2019s election like they might about a death in the family\u2014with a sense of real and personal loss, and a staggering alienation from their fellow Americans. \u201cIt is kind of shattering to people to feel like, wow, there\u2019s such a difference,\u201d said Zeff. \u201cTo think that racism, anti-immigrant sentiment, and misogyny could be given a pass by so many people makes Jews feel like anti-Semitism could also be given a pass.\u201d And yet the congregants also spoke about the need for understanding. \u201cThe people for whom this is a happy day\u2014we have to think about them, too,\u201d Zeff said during the prayer service. Mt. Airy is about a half hour drive from Bucks County, a swing area in Pennsylvania where nearly half of voters went for Trump this year. But even within such a short distance, it\u2019s difficult to imagine how the liberal Jews of Philadelphia and the Trump supporters one county up would start to know one another or be in community. The other challenge for Jews who are scared is putting that fear into context. Other groups are hurting just as much as Jews are right now, and in some cases, their fears are more tangible. It wasn\u2019t Jews Trump promised to ban from entering the country some 13 months ago\u2014it was Muslims. It wasn\u2019t Jewish neighborhoods Trump described in apocalyptic terms in the presidential debates\u2014it was black neighborhoods. At times, Jews have struggled or declined to find solidarity with both of those groups, often over the issue of Israel. \u201cWhen disaster strikes, the Jewish impulse is to look inward, to say, \u2018What t\u2019shuva,\u2019\u201d or repentance, \u201cdo I need to do?\u201d Zeff said. If his community looked inward and asked what kind of allies they have been to African Americans, Latinos, and other groups in Philadelphia, Zeff said, \u201cI know what [those groups\u2019] answer is, which is: not very good ones.\u201d For Jews, as for other groups who feel threatened by Trump, this new era has begun with a struggle of contradictions: to understand Trump supporters while maintaining their value commitments; to experience their particular and unique pain while finding solidarity with others. When Zeff sent out a note to his synagogue about the election, \u201cI got a response back from a congregant that said, \u2018This is very nice, rabbi, but you\u2019re asking us to do two contradictory things: You\u2019re asking us to reach out, and you\u2019re asking us to stand up,\u2019\u201d Zeff told me. He wrote back, \u201c\u2018Yes, and isn\u2019t that the lot of the Jew?\u2019\u201d", "essay": "This article is ridiculous.  I'm part Jewish and all of this is absurd.  Likening our country to Nazi Germany in any way is just embarrassing.  The idea that our democracy is under threat because we had a democratic election is too stupid for words.  I like Jews and am part Jewish, as I said, but I have no sympathy for this kind of nonsense.  Trump has supported Israel far more than any other President in recent memory.  Obama abandoned Israel and sided with Iran.  Is that what Jews want in a President?  They feel safe with that?  They feel threatened by a President who supports them and vows to defend them?  People are stupid, even Jews, some of the smartest people in the world."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "The Jewish Struggle to Understand Trump's Election \u2014  Synagogues hosted prayer and healing services on Wednesday for congregants grappling with the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. PHILADELPHIA\u2014On November 8, 1938, Nazi paramilitary soldiers and German civilians looted and vandalized thousands of Jewish businesses and synagogues. Jews were murdered. Up to 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and taken to concentration camps. On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. The next day, a man discovered that someone had painted swastikas on an abandoned storefront in South Philly, placing the symbols next to Trump\u2019s name and the words \u201cSieg Heil,\u201d a salute used by Nazis during World War II. Maybe it was an anti-Trump protester. Maybe it was an anti-Semite. Either way, it underscored the ways in which Trump\u2019s election has evoked the persistent Jewish nightmare: That America will become like Germany in 1938. Jews, who have a keen eye for the repetition of history, might be forgiven for worrying about the fragility of American democracy. This is the scale of fear, grief, and anger about Trump in some Jewish communities across America. In Philadelphia, at least three synagogues held prayer services on Wednesday; congregations in a number of other cities, including Durham, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C., held similar events. \u201cNo matter who we voted for and how we are feeling this morning, we all know that we and our country are in desperate need of healing,\u201d read the Facebook invite for an event at the Germantown Jewish Centre in north Philly. \u201cWe will sit together, sing together, pray together, and have a chance to share what is on our hearts with the support of the community.\u201d A woman was crying when I walked into the cavernous sanctuary of GJC on Wednesday night. Roughly 100 people were gathered in a circle of chairs toward the front of the room; the cream ceiling and warmly brown furniture gave the space a living-room feel. In the center of the gathering, a single candle sat burning on a small round table. The space was still except for the occasional baby squeal or patter of toddler feet at the side of the room; people had brought their children because, as someone on Facebook observed, they need to heal, too. Trump\u2019s daughter Ivanka came up\u2014whether Jews would be safe because one of the president\u2019s children is an Orthodox convert. The congregants were concerned about the racism and sexism revealed during the campaign, and discussed the stages of grief. They talked of making aliyah, or emigrating to Israel\u2014not as a plausible possibility, but as a back-of-mind option in case things get really bad. And yes, people brought up Nazi Germany. Unlike Muslims, Mexicans, African Americans, the disabled, and women, Jews have not been directly insulted by Donald Trump during this election. Anti-Semites have arguably been empowered by his campaign: Jewish journalists have been consistently threatened and harassed on Twitter since the election got underway, often by people who self-identify as Trump supporters. But the fear seems to be less that Trump will specifically persecute Jews than the sense that America under Trump will become an increasingly hostile space for Jews and other minority groups. Trump doesn\u2019t have to be an anti-Semite to bear responsibility for anti-Semitism. While exit polls suggest that roughly 25 percent of American Jews voted for Trump\u2014fewer than voted for Mitt Romney in 2012, but more than voted for John McCain in 2008\u2014the group as a whole is overwhelmingly liberal and Democratic. Adam Zeff, the rabbi at GJC, said in an interview that the synagogue\u2019s neighborhood, Mt. Airy, is so left-wing that it\u2019s almost \u201cself-parody.\u201d Most Jews live in cities or stay concentrated in \u201clittle enclaves,\u201d as Zeff called them\u2014he pointed out that on the map of the election results, there are tiny blue spots even deep in Trump country. \u201cThat\u2019s where Jews live,\u201d he said, along with other minority groups. It wasn\u2019t Jews Trump promised to ban some 13 months ago. It was Muslims. This clustering creates a dual challenge for Jewish communities. People at GJC spoke about Trump\u2019s election like they might about a death in the family\u2014with a sense of real and personal loss, and a staggering alienation from their fellow Americans. \u201cIt is kind of shattering to people to feel like, wow, there\u2019s such a difference,\u201d said Zeff. \u201cTo think that racism, anti-immigrant sentiment, and misogyny could be given a pass by so many people makes Jews feel like anti-Semitism could also be given a pass.\u201d And yet the congregants also spoke about the need for understanding. \u201cThe people for whom this is a happy day\u2014we have to think about them, too,\u201d Zeff said during the prayer service. Mt. Airy is about a half hour drive from Bucks County, a swing area in Pennsylvania where nearly half of voters went for Trump this year. But even within such a short distance, it\u2019s difficult to imagine how the liberal Jews of Philadelphia and the Trump supporters one county up would start to know one another or be in community. The other challenge for Jews who are scared is putting that fear into context. Other groups are hurting just as much as Jews are right now, and in some cases, their fears are more tangible. It wasn\u2019t Jews Trump promised to ban from entering the country some 13 months ago\u2014it was Muslims. It wasn\u2019t Jewish neighborhoods Trump described in apocalyptic terms in the presidential debates\u2014it was black neighborhoods. At times, Jews have struggled or declined to find solidarity with both of those groups, often over the issue of Israel. \u201cWhen disaster strikes, the Jewish impulse is to look inward, to say, \u2018What t\u2019shuva,\u2019\u201d or repentance, \u201cdo I need to do?\u201d Zeff said. If his community looked inward and asked what kind of allies they have been to African Americans, Latinos, and other groups in Philadelphia, Zeff said, \u201cI know what [those groups\u2019] answer is, which is: not very good ones.\u201d For Jews, as for other groups who feel threatened by Trump, this new era has begun with a struggle of contradictions: to understand Trump supporters while maintaining their value commitments; to experience their particular and unique pain while finding solidarity with others. When Zeff sent out a note to his synagogue about the election, \u201cI got a response back from a congregant that said, \u2018This is very nice, rabbi, but you\u2019re asking us to do two contradictory things: You\u2019re asking us to reach out, and you\u2019re asking us to stand up,\u2019\u201d Zeff told me. He wrote back, \u201c\u2018Yes, and isn\u2019t that the lot of the Jew?\u2019\u201d", "essay": "I can relate to the Jewish in the sense that I too struggle to realize and accept the fact that Trump got elected. I think the realization that he got elected is one that I tend to think  made me realize the USA was not the country I thought it was. At the end of the day its good that it happened because we realized that we are not perfect as a country."}
{"user_id": "ec_p054", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "The Jewish Struggle to Understand Trump's Election \u2014  Synagogues hosted prayer and healing services on Wednesday for congregants grappling with the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. PHILADELPHIA\u2014On November 8, 1938, Nazi paramilitary soldiers and German civilians looted and vandalized thousands of Jewish businesses and synagogues. Jews were murdered. Up to 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and taken to concentration camps. On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. The next day, a man discovered that someone had painted swastikas on an abandoned storefront in South Philly, placing the symbols next to Trump\u2019s name and the words \u201cSieg Heil,\u201d a salute used by Nazis during World War II. Maybe it was an anti-Trump protester. Maybe it was an anti-Semite. Either way, it underscored the ways in which Trump\u2019s election has evoked the persistent Jewish nightmare: That America will become like Germany in 1938. Jews, who have a keen eye for the repetition of history, might be forgiven for worrying about the fragility of American democracy. This is the scale of fear, grief, and anger about Trump in some Jewish communities across America. In Philadelphia, at least three synagogues held prayer services on Wednesday; congregations in a number of other cities, including Durham, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C., held similar events. \u201cNo matter who we voted for and how we are feeling this morning, we all know that we and our country are in desperate need of healing,\u201d read the Facebook invite for an event at the Germantown Jewish Centre in north Philly. \u201cWe will sit together, sing together, pray together, and have a chance to share what is on our hearts with the support of the community.\u201d A woman was crying when I walked into the cavernous sanctuary of GJC on Wednesday night. Roughly 100 people were gathered in a circle of chairs toward the front of the room; the cream ceiling and warmly brown furniture gave the space a living-room feel. In the center of the gathering, a single candle sat burning on a small round table. The space was still except for the occasional baby squeal or patter of toddler feet at the side of the room; people had brought their children because, as someone on Facebook observed, they need to heal, too. Trump\u2019s daughter Ivanka came up\u2014whether Jews would be safe because one of the president\u2019s children is an Orthodox convert. The congregants were concerned about the racism and sexism revealed during the campaign, and discussed the stages of grief. They talked of making aliyah, or emigrating to Israel\u2014not as a plausible possibility, but as a back-of-mind option in case things get really bad. And yes, people brought up Nazi Germany. Unlike Muslims, Mexicans, African Americans, the disabled, and women, Jews have not been directly insulted by Donald Trump during this election. Anti-Semites have arguably been empowered by his campaign: Jewish journalists have been consistently threatened and harassed on Twitter since the election got underway, often by people who self-identify as Trump supporters. But the fear seems to be less that Trump will specifically persecute Jews than the sense that America under Trump will become an increasingly hostile space for Jews and other minority groups. Trump doesn\u2019t have to be an anti-Semite to bear responsibility for anti-Semitism. While exit polls suggest that roughly 25 percent of American Jews voted for Trump\u2014fewer than voted for Mitt Romney in 2012, but more than voted for John McCain in 2008\u2014the group as a whole is overwhelmingly liberal and Democratic. Adam Zeff, the rabbi at GJC, said in an interview that the synagogue\u2019s neighborhood, Mt. Airy, is so left-wing that it\u2019s almost \u201cself-parody.\u201d Most Jews live in cities or stay concentrated in \u201clittle enclaves,\u201d as Zeff called them\u2014he pointed out that on the map of the election results, there are tiny blue spots even deep in Trump country. \u201cThat\u2019s where Jews live,\u201d he said, along with other minority groups. It wasn\u2019t Jews Trump promised to ban some 13 months ago. It was Muslims. This clustering creates a dual challenge for Jewish communities. People at GJC spoke about Trump\u2019s election like they might about a death in the family\u2014with a sense of real and personal loss, and a staggering alienation from their fellow Americans. \u201cIt is kind of shattering to people to feel like, wow, there\u2019s such a difference,\u201d said Zeff. \u201cTo think that racism, anti-immigrant sentiment, and misogyny could be given a pass by so many people makes Jews feel like anti-Semitism could also be given a pass.\u201d And yet the congregants also spoke about the need for understanding. \u201cThe people for whom this is a happy day\u2014we have to think about them, too,\u201d Zeff said during the prayer service. Mt. Airy is about a half hour drive from Bucks County, a swing area in Pennsylvania where nearly half of voters went for Trump this year. But even within such a short distance, it\u2019s difficult to imagine how the liberal Jews of Philadelphia and the Trump supporters one county up would start to know one another or be in community. The other challenge for Jews who are scared is putting that fear into context. Other groups are hurting just as much as Jews are right now, and in some cases, their fears are more tangible. It wasn\u2019t Jews Trump promised to ban from entering the country some 13 months ago\u2014it was Muslims. It wasn\u2019t Jewish neighborhoods Trump described in apocalyptic terms in the presidential debates\u2014it was black neighborhoods. At times, Jews have struggled or declined to find solidarity with both of those groups, often over the issue of Israel. \u201cWhen disaster strikes, the Jewish impulse is to look inward, to say, \u2018What t\u2019shuva,\u2019\u201d or repentance, \u201cdo I need to do?\u201d Zeff said. If his community looked inward and asked what kind of allies they have been to African Americans, Latinos, and other groups in Philadelphia, Zeff said, \u201cI know what [those groups\u2019] answer is, which is: not very good ones.\u201d For Jews, as for other groups who feel threatened by Trump, this new era has begun with a struggle of contradictions: to understand Trump supporters while maintaining their value commitments; to experience their particular and unique pain while finding solidarity with others. When Zeff sent out a note to his synagogue about the election, \u201cI got a response back from a congregant that said, \u2018This is very nice, rabbi, but you\u2019re asking us to do two contradictory things: You\u2019re asking us to reach out, and you\u2019re asking us to stand up,\u2019\u201d Zeff told me. He wrote back, \u201c\u2018Yes, and isn\u2019t that the lot of the Jew?\u2019\u201d", "essay": "A number of Jewish Americans have been concerned about the possibility a rise in antisematic behavior following the election of President Donald Trump. Some extremists painted symbols of hate in prominent Jewish areas, leading some Jewish Americans to question whether the extremists' behavior was related to Trump's election."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "The Jewish Struggle to Understand Trump's Election \u2014  Synagogues hosted prayer and healing services on Wednesday for congregants grappling with the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. PHILADELPHIA\u2014On November 8, 1938, Nazi paramilitary soldiers and German civilians looted and vandalized thousands of Jewish businesses and synagogues. Jews were murdered. Up to 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and taken to concentration camps. On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. The next day, a man discovered that someone had painted swastikas on an abandoned storefront in South Philly, placing the symbols next to Trump\u2019s name and the words \u201cSieg Heil,\u201d a salute used by Nazis during World War II. Maybe it was an anti-Trump protester. Maybe it was an anti-Semite. Either way, it underscored the ways in which Trump\u2019s election has evoked the persistent Jewish nightmare: That America will become like Germany in 1938. Jews, who have a keen eye for the repetition of history, might be forgiven for worrying about the fragility of American democracy. This is the scale of fear, grief, and anger about Trump in some Jewish communities across America. In Philadelphia, at least three synagogues held prayer services on Wednesday; congregations in a number of other cities, including Durham, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C., held similar events. \u201cNo matter who we voted for and how we are feeling this morning, we all know that we and our country are in desperate need of healing,\u201d read the Facebook invite for an event at the Germantown Jewish Centre in north Philly. \u201cWe will sit together, sing together, pray together, and have a chance to share what is on our hearts with the support of the community.\u201d A woman was crying when I walked into the cavernous sanctuary of GJC on Wednesday night. Roughly 100 people were gathered in a circle of chairs toward the front of the room; the cream ceiling and warmly brown furniture gave the space a living-room feel. In the center of the gathering, a single candle sat burning on a small round table. The space was still except for the occasional baby squeal or patter of toddler feet at the side of the room; people had brought their children because, as someone on Facebook observed, they need to heal, too. Trump\u2019s daughter Ivanka came up\u2014whether Jews would be safe because one of the president\u2019s children is an Orthodox convert. The congregants were concerned about the racism and sexism revealed during the campaign, and discussed the stages of grief. They talked of making aliyah, or emigrating to Israel\u2014not as a plausible possibility, but as a back-of-mind option in case things get really bad. And yes, people brought up Nazi Germany. Unlike Muslims, Mexicans, African Americans, the disabled, and women, Jews have not been directly insulted by Donald Trump during this election. Anti-Semites have arguably been empowered by his campaign: Jewish journalists have been consistently threatened and harassed on Twitter since the election got underway, often by people who self-identify as Trump supporters. But the fear seems to be less that Trump will specifically persecute Jews than the sense that America under Trump will become an increasingly hostile space for Jews and other minority groups. Trump doesn\u2019t have to be an anti-Semite to bear responsibility for anti-Semitism. While exit polls suggest that roughly 25 percent of American Jews voted for Trump\u2014fewer than voted for Mitt Romney in 2012, but more than voted for John McCain in 2008\u2014the group as a whole is overwhelmingly liberal and Democratic. Adam Zeff, the rabbi at GJC, said in an interview that the synagogue\u2019s neighborhood, Mt. Airy, is so left-wing that it\u2019s almost \u201cself-parody.\u201d Most Jews live in cities or stay concentrated in \u201clittle enclaves,\u201d as Zeff called them\u2014he pointed out that on the map of the election results, there are tiny blue spots even deep in Trump country. \u201cThat\u2019s where Jews live,\u201d he said, along with other minority groups. It wasn\u2019t Jews Trump promised to ban some 13 months ago. It was Muslims. This clustering creates a dual challenge for Jewish communities. People at GJC spoke about Trump\u2019s election like they might about a death in the family\u2014with a sense of real and personal loss, and a staggering alienation from their fellow Americans. \u201cIt is kind of shattering to people to feel like, wow, there\u2019s such a difference,\u201d said Zeff. \u201cTo think that racism, anti-immigrant sentiment, and misogyny could be given a pass by so many people makes Jews feel like anti-Semitism could also be given a pass.\u201d And yet the congregants also spoke about the need for understanding. \u201cThe people for whom this is a happy day\u2014we have to think about them, too,\u201d Zeff said during the prayer service. Mt. Airy is about a half hour drive from Bucks County, a swing area in Pennsylvania where nearly half of voters went for Trump this year. But even within such a short distance, it\u2019s difficult to imagine how the liberal Jews of Philadelphia and the Trump supporters one county up would start to know one another or be in community. The other challenge for Jews who are scared is putting that fear into context. Other groups are hurting just as much as Jews are right now, and in some cases, their fears are more tangible. It wasn\u2019t Jews Trump promised to ban from entering the country some 13 months ago\u2014it was Muslims. It wasn\u2019t Jewish neighborhoods Trump described in apocalyptic terms in the presidential debates\u2014it was black neighborhoods. At times, Jews have struggled or declined to find solidarity with both of those groups, often over the issue of Israel. \u201cWhen disaster strikes, the Jewish impulse is to look inward, to say, \u2018What t\u2019shuva,\u2019\u201d or repentance, \u201cdo I need to do?\u201d Zeff said. If his community looked inward and asked what kind of allies they have been to African Americans, Latinos, and other groups in Philadelphia, Zeff said, \u201cI know what [those groups\u2019] answer is, which is: not very good ones.\u201d For Jews, as for other groups who feel threatened by Trump, this new era has begun with a struggle of contradictions: to understand Trump supporters while maintaining their value commitments; to experience their particular and unique pain while finding solidarity with others. When Zeff sent out a note to his synagogue about the election, \u201cI got a response back from a congregant that said, \u2018This is very nice, rabbi, but you\u2019re asking us to do two contradictory things: You\u2019re asking us to reach out, and you\u2019re asking us to stand up,\u2019\u201d Zeff told me. He wrote back, \u201c\u2018Yes, and isn\u2019t that the lot of the Jew?\u2019\u201d", "essay": "I find all sorts of things wrong with this article and perspective.  Trump has been the greatest Presidential ally for Israel, possibly since its creation.  Obama abandoned Israel and buddied up to Iran--Israel's mortal enemy.  Is that the type of President Jews want?  Obviously that's a false dichotomy, and certainly Jews are allowed to dislike Trump for all sorts of reasons.  But to place this all on Trump is missing the point, in my opinion.  Trump is a symptom of any rise in anti-semitism, not the cause.  The 2016 push-back by whites and males was a long time coming, and was due to cultural changes that have absolutely nothing to do with Trump.  Trans, gays, women, minorities--all of that stuff being shoved in people's faces, aggressively, leads to push back.  Welcome to it."}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Spain\u2019s Deadly Train Crash \u2014  A train crash in Spain has killed at least four people and injured nearly 50 others after it derailed in the northwest region of the country.   About 65 people rode the Portugal-bound train, including crew, when it crashed just before 9:30 a.m. local time. Photos of the wreck showed the train\u2019s carriage flipped on its side and smashed from where it likely hit part of a bridge near the tracks. It crashed just 20 minutes after leaving the Spanish city of Vigo, in Galicia, and was headed for Porto, Portugal.   It\u2019s not clear what caused the wreck, but passengers said the train began to rock. As the BBC reported:   A passenger in a video posted by local daily La Voz de Galicia said the train had suddenly started swaying from one side to the other.   \"It wouldn't stop,\" she said. \"I was sitting down and I fell to the ground. And then the train stopped. It was that quick.\"   A witness woman told Spanish television about hearing a \"very strong bang\" before seeing billowing black smoke. Friday\u2019s crash is near the site of a 2013 train crash, one of the country\u2019s worst in recent decades. In that crash, a high-speed train derailed and hit a wall near Santiago de Compostela, about a 30-minute drive northeast from Friday\u2019s wreck.", "essay": "This is so sad to hear about... I really hope that they are able to find out, soon, the cause of the accident, as I'm sure this will give the victims, and their families, some sort of comfort. It also had to be traumatic for the people watching, to see such a thing happen and lives destroyed like that. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Spain\u2019s Deadly Train Crash \u2014  A train crash in Spain has killed at least four people and injured nearly 50 others after it derailed in the northwest region of the country.   About 65 people rode the Portugal-bound train, including crew, when it crashed just before 9:30 a.m. local time. Photos of the wreck showed the train\u2019s carriage flipped on its side and smashed from where it likely hit part of a bridge near the tracks. It crashed just 20 minutes after leaving the Spanish city of Vigo, in Galicia, and was headed for Porto, Portugal.   It\u2019s not clear what caused the wreck, but passengers said the train began to rock. As the BBC reported:   A passenger in a video posted by local daily La Voz de Galicia said the train had suddenly started swaying from one side to the other.   \"It wouldn't stop,\" she said. \"I was sitting down and I fell to the ground. And then the train stopped. It was that quick.\"   A witness woman told Spanish television about hearing a \"very strong bang\" before seeing billowing black smoke. Friday\u2019s crash is near the site of a 2013 train crash, one of the country\u2019s worst in recent decades. In that crash, a high-speed train derailed and hit a wall near Santiago de Compostela, about a 30-minute drive northeast from Friday\u2019s wreck.", "essay": "I feel so sorry for the passengers and victims onboard. This would be my worst fear being on a train or plain having no control or way out of such a big accident. They must have been so afraid once the train started rocking back and forth. I wonder what actually caused this horrible accident in the first place. They said that a similar one happened earlier so it must be connected. A full investigation should be done to find the cause and fix it. The train should be shut down to avoid loss of life while it is investigated and corrected. It seems to be a totally avoidable way to lose a life and needs to have more security measures put into place."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Spain\u2019s Deadly Train Crash \u2014  A train crash in Spain has killed at least four people and injured nearly 50 others after it derailed in the northwest region of the country.   About 65 people rode the Portugal-bound train, including crew, when it crashed just before 9:30 a.m. local time. Photos of the wreck showed the train\u2019s carriage flipped on its side and smashed from where it likely hit part of a bridge near the tracks. It crashed just 20 minutes after leaving the Spanish city of Vigo, in Galicia, and was headed for Porto, Portugal.   It\u2019s not clear what caused the wreck, but passengers said the train began to rock. As the BBC reported:   A passenger in a video posted by local daily La Voz de Galicia said the train had suddenly started swaying from one side to the other.   \"It wouldn't stop,\" she said. \"I was sitting down and I fell to the ground. And then the train stopped. It was that quick.\"   A witness woman told Spanish television about hearing a \"very strong bang\" before seeing billowing black smoke. Friday\u2019s crash is near the site of a 2013 train crash, one of the country\u2019s worst in recent decades. In that crash, a high-speed train derailed and hit a wall near Santiago de Compostela, about a 30-minute drive northeast from Friday\u2019s wreck.", "essay": "Anytime a train or car crash happens you start to think of what caused it. You wonder if the conductor was drunk or what? Usually there is a hidden reason as to why they happened and a lot of the time we never find out what truly happened. Its near the site of a 2013 crash though which leads me to believe that this happens regularly there!"}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Spain\u2019s Deadly Train Crash \u2014  A train crash in Spain has killed at least four people and injured nearly 50 others after it derailed in the northwest region of the country.   About 65 people rode the Portugal-bound train, including crew, when it crashed just before 9:30 a.m. local time. Photos of the wreck showed the train\u2019s carriage flipped on its side and smashed from where it likely hit part of a bridge near the tracks. It crashed just 20 minutes after leaving the Spanish city of Vigo, in Galicia, and was headed for Porto, Portugal.   It\u2019s not clear what caused the wreck, but passengers said the train began to rock. As the BBC reported:   A passenger in a video posted by local daily La Voz de Galicia said the train had suddenly started swaying from one side to the other.   \"It wouldn't stop,\" she said. \"I was sitting down and I fell to the ground. And then the train stopped. It was that quick.\"   A witness woman told Spanish television about hearing a \"very strong bang\" before seeing billowing black smoke. Friday\u2019s crash is near the site of a 2013 train crash, one of the country\u2019s worst in recent decades. In that crash, a high-speed train derailed and hit a wall near Santiago de Compostela, about a 30-minute drive northeast from Friday\u2019s wreck.", "essay": "I always worried about traveling in an airplane, but the recent news and this article makes me think twice about traveling by train. I feel very sorry of the four people who lost their life and the fifty injuries  in the train wreck.  I hope they find out what caused the wreck for it does not happen again. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p054", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Spain\u2019s Deadly Train Crash \u2014  A train crash in Spain has killed at least four people and injured nearly 50 others after it derailed in the northwest region of the country.   About 65 people rode the Portugal-bound train, including crew, when it crashed just before 9:30 a.m. local time. Photos of the wreck showed the train\u2019s carriage flipped on its side and smashed from where it likely hit part of a bridge near the tracks. It crashed just 20 minutes after leaving the Spanish city of Vigo, in Galicia, and was headed for Porto, Portugal.   It\u2019s not clear what caused the wreck, but passengers said the train began to rock. As the BBC reported:   A passenger in a video posted by local daily La Voz de Galicia said the train had suddenly started swaying from one side to the other.   \"It wouldn't stop,\" she said. \"I was sitting down and I fell to the ground. And then the train stopped. It was that quick.\"   A witness woman told Spanish television about hearing a \"very strong bang\" before seeing billowing black smoke. Friday\u2019s crash is near the site of a 2013 train crash, one of the country\u2019s worst in recent decades. In that crash, a high-speed train derailed and hit a wall near Santiago de Compostela, about a 30-minute drive northeast from Friday\u2019s wreck.", "essay": "Four people were killed in a train crash that happened in Spain's northwest region. The train's carriage had flipped on its side after hitting a bridge near the train tracks. Fifty more people were injured. It is a true tragedy for this community to suffer a horrific accident of this nature. I feel for the people of the area."}
{"user_id": "ec_p011", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 105000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 105000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "Americans feel guilty about wasting too much food, but still do it \u2014  Americans eat a lot, also throw a lot of food. That is the main point worth underlining in the new study published at Plos One, a peer-reviewed journal. Surprisingly, it is just one of the two large-scale papers about food waste.   In 2010, the study says that about one-hundred and thirty-three billion pounds of edible food both at the retail and consumer levels went uneaten. That\u2019s about one-thousand two-hundred and forty-nine calories per person per day. Two-thirds of which were attributed to consumers, meaning people in homes that waste the food that they purchase.   In addition to the significant waste of resources, the paper says that this behavior of consumers has a substantial negative impact to the environment as about ninety-five percent of food waste enter the United States landfills.   In a press release, Ohio State University professor Brian Roe explains that the results provide the data required to develop targeted efforts to reduce waste of food each year. \u201cIf we can increase awareness of the problem, consumers are more likely to increase purposeful action to reduce food waste,\u201d he said. \u201cYou don\u2019t change your behavior if you don\u2019t realize there\u2019s a problem in the first place.\u201d   The team of researchers has developed a national survey to identify the awareness and attitudes of Americans regarding food waste. Last year, it was administered to five-hundred people representative of the country\u2019s population.   The study has found that about fifty-three percent of American respondents said that they\u2019re aware that it is a problem; that\u2019s about ten percent higher than the related research published by Johns Hopkins last year.   Doctoral student Danyi Qi, one of the authors of the research, says that they\u2019ve found three things that people consider regarding food waste: First, about sixty-eight percent of respondents believe that throwing away edible food after the package date has passed is reducing the chance of food-linked diseases and illnesses. Meanwhile, about fifty-nine percent believe that some food waste is \u2018necessary\u2019 for freshness and flavorful certainty.   Second, seventy-seven percent said they feel a \u201cgeneral sense of guilt\u201d when throwing food away. Also, about fifty-eight percent claimed to understand that throwing away of food is bad for the environment. Meanwhile, only forty-two percent said they believe wasted food is a \u201cmajor source of wasted money.\u201d   And third, which is perhaps the most interesting, is that fifty-one percent of respondents believe it would be difficult to reduce home food waste. Plus, about forty-two percent said they don\u2019t have enough time to worry about it. For the economic perspective, fifty-three percent admit that they waste a lot of food but still buy more in bulk or in large quantities during store sales.   For the throwing-the-blame perspective, about eighty-seven percent believed that they waste less food than other similar households.   The research in full is available at the PLOS One website, and it is titled \u2018Household Food Waste: Multivariate Regression and Principal Components Analyses of Awareness and Attitudes among U.S. Consumers.\u2019", "essay": "It is such a shame isn't it that so many people in our country don't understand how important it is to not waste food don't you think? I know that I am also to blame sometimes, and when I throw away food that's been in my fridge I often feel guilty, do you? I really try hard not to waste food though. I wish others felt the same way."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Americans feel guilty about wasting too much food, but still do it \u2014  Americans eat a lot, also throw a lot of food. That is the main point worth underlining in the new study published at Plos One, a peer-reviewed journal. Surprisingly, it is just one of the two large-scale papers about food waste.   In 2010, the study says that about one-hundred and thirty-three billion pounds of edible food both at the retail and consumer levels went uneaten. That\u2019s about one-thousand two-hundred and forty-nine calories per person per day. Two-thirds of which were attributed to consumers, meaning people in homes that waste the food that they purchase.   In addition to the significant waste of resources, the paper says that this behavior of consumers has a substantial negative impact to the environment as about ninety-five percent of food waste enter the United States landfills.   In a press release, Ohio State University professor Brian Roe explains that the results provide the data required to develop targeted efforts to reduce waste of food each year. \u201cIf we can increase awareness of the problem, consumers are more likely to increase purposeful action to reduce food waste,\u201d he said. \u201cYou don\u2019t change your behavior if you don\u2019t realize there\u2019s a problem in the first place.\u201d   The team of researchers has developed a national survey to identify the awareness and attitudes of Americans regarding food waste. Last year, it was administered to five-hundred people representative of the country\u2019s population.   The study has found that about fifty-three percent of American respondents said that they\u2019re aware that it is a problem; that\u2019s about ten percent higher than the related research published by Johns Hopkins last year.   Doctoral student Danyi Qi, one of the authors of the research, says that they\u2019ve found three things that people consider regarding food waste: First, about sixty-eight percent of respondents believe that throwing away edible food after the package date has passed is reducing the chance of food-linked diseases and illnesses. Meanwhile, about fifty-nine percent believe that some food waste is \u2018necessary\u2019 for freshness and flavorful certainty.   Second, seventy-seven percent said they feel a \u201cgeneral sense of guilt\u201d when throwing food away. Also, about fifty-eight percent claimed to understand that throwing away of food is bad for the environment. Meanwhile, only forty-two percent said they believe wasted food is a \u201cmajor source of wasted money.\u201d   And third, which is perhaps the most interesting, is that fifty-one percent of respondents believe it would be difficult to reduce home food waste. Plus, about forty-two percent said they don\u2019t have enough time to worry about it. For the economic perspective, fifty-three percent admit that they waste a lot of food but still buy more in bulk or in large quantities during store sales.   For the throwing-the-blame perspective, about eighty-seven percent believed that they waste less food than other similar households.   The research in full is available at the PLOS One website, and it is titled \u2018Household Food Waste: Multivariate Regression and Principal Components Analyses of Awareness and Attitudes among U.S. Consumers.\u2019", "essay": "After reading this article, i feel that i can definitely relate to it . I defintely am guilty of sometimes wasting food even when it's still fresh. There are times when i buy a really large meal and just leave it in the fridge until it's expired. So reading this article, it made me feel very guilty and uneasy because of how close it hits."}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "Americans feel guilty about wasting too much food, but still do it \u2014  Americans eat a lot, also throw a lot of food. That is the main point worth underlining in the new study published at Plos One, a peer-reviewed journal. Surprisingly, it is just one of the two large-scale papers about food waste.   In 2010, the study says that about one-hundred and thirty-three billion pounds of edible food both at the retail and consumer levels went uneaten. That\u2019s about one-thousand two-hundred and forty-nine calories per person per day. Two-thirds of which were attributed to consumers, meaning people in homes that waste the food that they purchase.   In addition to the significant waste of resources, the paper says that this behavior of consumers has a substantial negative impact to the environment as about ninety-five percent of food waste enter the United States landfills.   In a press release, Ohio State University professor Brian Roe explains that the results provide the data required to develop targeted efforts to reduce waste of food each year. \u201cIf we can increase awareness of the problem, consumers are more likely to increase purposeful action to reduce food waste,\u201d he said. \u201cYou don\u2019t change your behavior if you don\u2019t realize there\u2019s a problem in the first place.\u201d   The team of researchers has developed a national survey to identify the awareness and attitudes of Americans regarding food waste. Last year, it was administered to five-hundred people representative of the country\u2019s population.   The study has found that about fifty-three percent of American respondents said that they\u2019re aware that it is a problem; that\u2019s about ten percent higher than the related research published by Johns Hopkins last year.   Doctoral student Danyi Qi, one of the authors of the research, says that they\u2019ve found three things that people consider regarding food waste: First, about sixty-eight percent of respondents believe that throwing away edible food after the package date has passed is reducing the chance of food-linked diseases and illnesses. Meanwhile, about fifty-nine percent believe that some food waste is \u2018necessary\u2019 for freshness and flavorful certainty.   Second, seventy-seven percent said they feel a \u201cgeneral sense of guilt\u201d when throwing food away. Also, about fifty-eight percent claimed to understand that throwing away of food is bad for the environment. Meanwhile, only forty-two percent said they believe wasted food is a \u201cmajor source of wasted money.\u201d   And third, which is perhaps the most interesting, is that fifty-one percent of respondents believe it would be difficult to reduce home food waste. Plus, about forty-two percent said they don\u2019t have enough time to worry about it. For the economic perspective, fifty-three percent admit that they waste a lot of food but still buy more in bulk or in large quantities during store sales.   For the throwing-the-blame perspective, about eighty-seven percent believed that they waste less food than other similar households.   The research in full is available at the PLOS One website, and it is titled \u2018Household Food Waste: Multivariate Regression and Principal Components Analyses of Awareness and Attitudes among U.S. Consumers.\u2019", "essay": "Food waste in the United States is just shameful.   So many children and adults are hungry, yet we have learned nothing.   There are some companies that were established solely for people to drop off uneaten food or expired food.   There are few places anywhere you can take large amounts of food to redistribute.   "}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Americans feel guilty about wasting too much food, but still do it \u2014  Americans eat a lot, also throw a lot of food. That is the main point worth underlining in the new study published at Plos One, a peer-reviewed journal. Surprisingly, it is just one of the two large-scale papers about food waste.   In 2010, the study says that about one-hundred and thirty-three billion pounds of edible food both at the retail and consumer levels went uneaten. That\u2019s about one-thousand two-hundred and forty-nine calories per person per day. Two-thirds of which were attributed to consumers, meaning people in homes that waste the food that they purchase.   In addition to the significant waste of resources, the paper says that this behavior of consumers has a substantial negative impact to the environment as about ninety-five percent of food waste enter the United States landfills.   In a press release, Ohio State University professor Brian Roe explains that the results provide the data required to develop targeted efforts to reduce waste of food each year. \u201cIf we can increase awareness of the problem, consumers are more likely to increase purposeful action to reduce food waste,\u201d he said. \u201cYou don\u2019t change your behavior if you don\u2019t realize there\u2019s a problem in the first place.\u201d   The team of researchers has developed a national survey to identify the awareness and attitudes of Americans regarding food waste. Last year, it was administered to five-hundred people representative of the country\u2019s population.   The study has found that about fifty-three percent of American respondents said that they\u2019re aware that it is a problem; that\u2019s about ten percent higher than the related research published by Johns Hopkins last year.   Doctoral student Danyi Qi, one of the authors of the research, says that they\u2019ve found three things that people consider regarding food waste: First, about sixty-eight percent of respondents believe that throwing away edible food after the package date has passed is reducing the chance of food-linked diseases and illnesses. Meanwhile, about fifty-nine percent believe that some food waste is \u2018necessary\u2019 for freshness and flavorful certainty.   Second, seventy-seven percent said they feel a \u201cgeneral sense of guilt\u201d when throwing food away. Also, about fifty-eight percent claimed to understand that throwing away of food is bad for the environment. Meanwhile, only forty-two percent said they believe wasted food is a \u201cmajor source of wasted money.\u201d   And third, which is perhaps the most interesting, is that fifty-one percent of respondents believe it would be difficult to reduce home food waste. Plus, about forty-two percent said they don\u2019t have enough time to worry about it. For the economic perspective, fifty-three percent admit that they waste a lot of food but still buy more in bulk or in large quantities during store sales.   For the throwing-the-blame perspective, about eighty-seven percent believed that they waste less food than other similar households.   The research in full is available at the PLOS One website, and it is titled \u2018Household Food Waste: Multivariate Regression and Principal Components Analyses of Awareness and Attitudes among U.S. Consumers.\u2019", "essay": "We shouldn't be wasting food like that us Americans when there are so many starving children around the world. We need to find a way to preserve leftover food , renew it and give it to the people in need. It can be the homeless or children in need. The bottom line is we need to make better use of the food so other people can enjoy it."}
{"user_id": "ec_p054", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Americans feel guilty about wasting too much food, but still do it \u2014  Americans eat a lot, also throw a lot of food. That is the main point worth underlining in the new study published at Plos One, a peer-reviewed journal. Surprisingly, it is just one of the two large-scale papers about food waste.   In 2010, the study says that about one-hundred and thirty-three billion pounds of edible food both at the retail and consumer levels went uneaten. That\u2019s about one-thousand two-hundred and forty-nine calories per person per day. Two-thirds of which were attributed to consumers, meaning people in homes that waste the food that they purchase.   In addition to the significant waste of resources, the paper says that this behavior of consumers has a substantial negative impact to the environment as about ninety-five percent of food waste enter the United States landfills.   In a press release, Ohio State University professor Brian Roe explains that the results provide the data required to develop targeted efforts to reduce waste of food each year. \u201cIf we can increase awareness of the problem, consumers are more likely to increase purposeful action to reduce food waste,\u201d he said. \u201cYou don\u2019t change your behavior if you don\u2019t realize there\u2019s a problem in the first place.\u201d   The team of researchers has developed a national survey to identify the awareness and attitudes of Americans regarding food waste. Last year, it was administered to five-hundred people representative of the country\u2019s population.   The study has found that about fifty-three percent of American respondents said that they\u2019re aware that it is a problem; that\u2019s about ten percent higher than the related research published by Johns Hopkins last year.   Doctoral student Danyi Qi, one of the authors of the research, says that they\u2019ve found three things that people consider regarding food waste: First, about sixty-eight percent of respondents believe that throwing away edible food after the package date has passed is reducing the chance of food-linked diseases and illnesses. Meanwhile, about fifty-nine percent believe that some food waste is \u2018necessary\u2019 for freshness and flavorful certainty.   Second, seventy-seven percent said they feel a \u201cgeneral sense of guilt\u201d when throwing food away. Also, about fifty-eight percent claimed to understand that throwing away of food is bad for the environment. Meanwhile, only forty-two percent said they believe wasted food is a \u201cmajor source of wasted money.\u201d   And third, which is perhaps the most interesting, is that fifty-one percent of respondents believe it would be difficult to reduce home food waste. Plus, about forty-two percent said they don\u2019t have enough time to worry about it. For the economic perspective, fifty-three percent admit that they waste a lot of food but still buy more in bulk or in large quantities during store sales.   For the throwing-the-blame perspective, about eighty-seven percent believed that they waste less food than other similar households.   The research in full is available at the PLOS One website, and it is titled \u2018Household Food Waste: Multivariate Regression and Principal Components Analyses of Awareness and Attitudes among U.S. Consumers.\u2019", "essay": "Food waste is becoming a rather large problem in America. A 2010 study found that one hundred and thirty three billion pounds of edible foods went uneaten in 2010. That is absolutely ridiculous. With as many starving homeless and poor people as are in this country it should not be that so much food is being wasted."}
{"user_id": "ec_p053", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 45 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 45, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Shooting Occurs Near California Polling Station \u2014  Police have rushed to the scene in Azusa on the night of the election. The person who opened fire earlier this afternoon is dead. Police identified him as a Hispanic male. Police found the suspect dead when they entered the home he had barricaded himself in. It is unclear if he killed himself or whether he died from police fire. The suspect had an assault-style rifle. Police are now searching the area to make sure there are no other suspects and there are no victims. Officials also confirmed the shooting was not related to the election. Previous reports the suspect was a woman were false, police say. Shooting Victim Identified The one fatality from the shooting Tuesday afternoon was a man in his 70s, police say. He was killed after an assailant with an assault-style weapon opened fire. The shooter is still surrounded by police, barricaded in a nearby home.", "essay": "There are a lot of troubled people in the world today. Every time I read an article or see a news story about another shooting, I get a little bit on edge. These kind of things happen too much these days. I long for the time when we were growing up when you didn't see this in the news every day. It's good that more people weren't hurt."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Shooting Occurs Near California Polling Station \u2014  Police have rushed to the scene in Azusa on the night of the election. The person who opened fire earlier this afternoon is dead. Police identified him as a Hispanic male. Police found the suspect dead when they entered the home he had barricaded himself in. It is unclear if he killed himself or whether he died from police fire. The suspect had an assault-style rifle. Police are now searching the area to make sure there are no other suspects and there are no victims. Officials also confirmed the shooting was not related to the election. Previous reports the suspect was a woman were false, police say. Shooting Victim Identified The one fatality from the shooting Tuesday afternoon was a man in his 70s, police say. He was killed after an assailant with an assault-style weapon opened fire. The shooter is still surrounded by police, barricaded in a nearby home.", "essay": "This was a very short article without a lot of context to it. It did not tell why the man with the assault style weapon killed the man that was in his seventy's. At first, I thought it was going to be about a man that was denied the right to vote, but that story proved to be false.  I do feel sorry for any body who loses their life to gun violence. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Shooting Occurs Near California Polling Station \u2014  Police have rushed to the scene in Azusa on the night of the election. The person who opened fire earlier this afternoon is dead. Police identified him as a Hispanic male. Police found the suspect dead when they entered the home he had barricaded himself in. It is unclear if he killed himself or whether he died from police fire. The suspect had an assault-style rifle. Police are now searching the area to make sure there are no other suspects and there are no victims. Officials also confirmed the shooting was not related to the election. Previous reports the suspect was a woman were false, police say. Shooting Victim Identified The one fatality from the shooting Tuesday afternoon was a man in his 70s, police say. He was killed after an assailant with an assault-style weapon opened fire. The shooter is still surrounded by police, barricaded in a nearby home.", "essay": "I'm feel for a person that kill themselves. I feel that everybody has the right to make that choice because it is their life and they are the one's that have to deal with their feeling emotional or physical.  The article did not go into great detail about the man, but I hope his family or anybody else are not suffering."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Shooting Occurs Near California Polling Station \u2014  Police have rushed to the scene in Azusa on the night of the election. The person who opened fire earlier this afternoon is dead. Police identified him as a Hispanic male. Police found the suspect dead when they entered the home he had barricaded himself in. It is unclear if he killed himself or whether he died from police fire. The suspect had an assault-style rifle. Police are now searching the area to make sure there are no other suspects and there are no victims. Officials also confirmed the shooting was not related to the election. Previous reports the suspect was a woman were false, police say. Shooting Victim Identified The one fatality from the shooting Tuesday afternoon was a man in his 70s, police say. He was killed after an assailant with an assault-style weapon opened fire. The shooter is still surrounded by police, barricaded in a nearby home.", "essay": "This article sais alot about the state of the country. I think many hispanic people are just angered and don't know where to tell there frustration. This man was probably trying to make some type of statement. With trump putting so much attention on this border and getting illigals out im sure he is scared and doesnt know what to do. This is a horrible way to go about it but I can see both sides. This poor older man who was shot for no reason. People need to think before they act, and more mental health help should be available to people feeling violent or angry. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Shooting Occurs Near California Polling Station \u2014  Police have rushed to the scene in Azusa on the night of the election. The person who opened fire earlier this afternoon is dead. Police identified him as a Hispanic male. Police found the suspect dead when they entered the home he had barricaded himself in. It is unclear if he killed himself or whether he died from police fire. The suspect had an assault-style rifle. Police are now searching the area to make sure there are no other suspects and there are no victims. Officials also confirmed the shooting was not related to the election. Previous reports the suspect was a woman were false, police say. Shooting Victim Identified The one fatality from the shooting Tuesday afternoon was a man in his 70s, police say. He was killed after an assailant with an assault-style weapon opened fire. The shooter is still surrounded by police, barricaded in a nearby home.", "essay": "Just read an article about a shooting that happened in California. The details were sparse, but apparently a man opened fire with an assault rifle in the public space and only killed one elderly man. Say what you will, but this seems like close to an ideal resolution to a scenario like this. The article then doubled back and said the suspect was still alive despite pronouncing him dead earlier in the text. Odd."}
{"user_id": "ec_p000", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 26 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 65000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 26, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 65000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Wife Who Died Alongside Husband, Children in Murder-Suicide Alleged Abuse, Had Plans to Leave \u2014  Megan Short, who died alongside her husband, Mark, and the couple's three children in an apparent murder-suicide over the weekend, had been planning to leave her husband, according to Mark Short's relatives. Mark Short's cousin and aunt told NBC10/Telemundo62 reporter Andrea Cruz that Megan and Mark Short had been going through a tough separation recently, and that Mark had been trying to keep the family together. \"He was a family, family guy. He was all family. He worked himself to death to try and keep his family together,\" James Short, Mark Short's cousin, said. \"It was just work, work, work and family. That was it.\" Megan Short, though, alleged on Facebook that her husband was abusive, a friend told the Reading Eagle. She posted about her desire to leave the marriage on her Facebook profile, the friend said. Mark Short's relatives, who live in Folcroft, Delaware County, where he grew up, said that he took his wife and their children, 2-year-old Willow, 5-year-old Mark Jr. and 8-year-old Liana, to Disney World in February in hopes of improving his relationship with his wife and convincing her to stay together. That didn't help, though, the relatives said, and Megan Short still planned to leave. Police have said their investigation revealed the couple had \"domestic issues,\" but they have not provided additional details. On Saturday, police found 40-year-old Mark and Megan Short, 33, along with their three children and the family's dog, all dead of gunshot wounds in the living room of their home in the Berks County Borough of Sinking Spring. Officers paid a visit to the stately single home where the family lived on Winding Brook Drive when one of Megan Short's relatives called them, concerned after she failed to show up for a planned lunch, authorities said. Police have not yet said who they believe did the shooting, but said investigators did find a \"murder-suicide note\" in the home, along with a handgun near one of the adults' bodies. Authorities called the family's deaths \"an apparent tragic domestic incident.\" Mark Short's relatives described him as a laid-back man who worked in the real-estate industry and would do anything for anyone, particularly his family. \"He was just a really good guy. You wouldn't think he would do this kind of thing, but in the situation he's in right now, you never can tell with people,\" James Short said of his cousin. \"Don't think any less of him, because he's a really, really good guy. He would do anything for anybody,\" James Short continued. \"You don't know the situation, so don't try to judge.\" James Short and other relatives said that Megan Short began dating Mark, who was seven years her senior, when she was just 17 years old, and that the couple had a child and married not long after that.  The family struggled with serious health issues in their youngest child, Willow, who was born with a congenital heart defect that required her to have a heart transplant when she was just days old. Articles in both the New York Times and the Reading Eagle chronicled the Shorts' struggles with Willow's health problems. Megan Short also recently wrote about the post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety she suffers due to dealing with her young daughter's illness in a blog post on the Philly at Heart blog. \"There are very few moments when you can clearly see your life as separated into the before and after,\" Megan Short wrote. \"Having a child born with a severe congenital heart defect has been the most significant shift of my life.\" She wrote that she began taking medication and going to therapy for her PTSD in the blog post, which was published in April. Despite the family's struggles, their Facebook pages seem to tell a different part of the story. Mark and Megan Short's profiles both show dozens of photos of them together and with their blond-haired children, smiling. On a photo of Mark Short and Megan posted on his page in December, he wrote, \"She's still the most beautiful girl I've ever met ... I'm the luckiest guy in the world to have her as my wife and the mother of my three amazing children.\" Mark Short's relatives said they expected his body to be released Monday afternoon following an autopsy, and that they plan to have his funeral in Delaware County. They said Megan Short's family is handling arrangements for her and the children.", "essay": "Hey did you  hear about that murder suicide that happened the other day? He shares the name as the school principals at the twins school, I really hope there is no correlation.  Its really scarey to think you really never know someone. I wonder somedays if my husband will snap on me. I can be a pain in the butt but he works alot and you never know what the future holds"}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "Wife Who Died Alongside Husband, Children in Murder-Suicide Alleged Abuse, Had Plans to Leave \u2014  Megan Short, who died alongside her husband, Mark, and the couple's three children in an apparent murder-suicide over the weekend, had been planning to leave her husband, according to Mark Short's relatives. Mark Short's cousin and aunt told NBC10/Telemundo62 reporter Andrea Cruz that Megan and Mark Short had been going through a tough separation recently, and that Mark had been trying to keep the family together. \"He was a family, family guy. He was all family. He worked himself to death to try and keep his family together,\" James Short, Mark Short's cousin, said. \"It was just work, work, work and family. That was it.\" Megan Short, though, alleged on Facebook that her husband was abusive, a friend told the Reading Eagle. She posted about her desire to leave the marriage on her Facebook profile, the friend said. Mark Short's relatives, who live in Folcroft, Delaware County, where he grew up, said that he took his wife and their children, 2-year-old Willow, 5-year-old Mark Jr. and 8-year-old Liana, to Disney World in February in hopes of improving his relationship with his wife and convincing her to stay together. That didn't help, though, the relatives said, and Megan Short still planned to leave. Police have said their investigation revealed the couple had \"domestic issues,\" but they have not provided additional details. On Saturday, police found 40-year-old Mark and Megan Short, 33, along with their three children and the family's dog, all dead of gunshot wounds in the living room of their home in the Berks County Borough of Sinking Spring. Officers paid a visit to the stately single home where the family lived on Winding Brook Drive when one of Megan Short's relatives called them, concerned after she failed to show up for a planned lunch, authorities said. Police have not yet said who they believe did the shooting, but said investigators did find a \"murder-suicide note\" in the home, along with a handgun near one of the adults' bodies. Authorities called the family's deaths \"an apparent tragic domestic incident.\" Mark Short's relatives described him as a laid-back man who worked in the real-estate industry and would do anything for anyone, particularly his family. \"He was just a really good guy. You wouldn't think he would do this kind of thing, but in the situation he's in right now, you never can tell with people,\" James Short said of his cousin. \"Don't think any less of him, because he's a really, really good guy. He would do anything for anybody,\" James Short continued. \"You don't know the situation, so don't try to judge.\" James Short and other relatives said that Megan Short began dating Mark, who was seven years her senior, when she was just 17 years old, and that the couple had a child and married not long after that.  The family struggled with serious health issues in their youngest child, Willow, who was born with a congenital heart defect that required her to have a heart transplant when she was just days old. Articles in both the New York Times and the Reading Eagle chronicled the Shorts' struggles with Willow's health problems. Megan Short also recently wrote about the post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety she suffers due to dealing with her young daughter's illness in a blog post on the Philly at Heart blog. \"There are very few moments when you can clearly see your life as separated into the before and after,\" Megan Short wrote. \"Having a child born with a severe congenital heart defect has been the most significant shift of my life.\" She wrote that she began taking medication and going to therapy for her PTSD in the blog post, which was published in April. Despite the family's struggles, their Facebook pages seem to tell a different part of the story. Mark and Megan Short's profiles both show dozens of photos of them together and with their blond-haired children, smiling. On a photo of Mark Short and Megan posted on his page in December, he wrote, \"She's still the most beautiful girl I've ever met ... I'm the luckiest guy in the world to have her as my wife and the mother of my three amazing children.\" Mark Short's relatives said they expected his body to be released Monday afternoon following an autopsy, and that they plan to have his funeral in Delaware County. They said Megan Short's family is handling arrangements for her and the children.", "essay": "This story is very very sad.   it seems almost every day and family member kills their entire family.   This article was distressing to read - their little girl had so many health problems.   The mom had PTSD.  Friends and relatives relayed they were great people.   Facebook indicates a wonderful life.  They are gone from this world and none of us know what happened behind closed door.   "}
{"user_id": "ec_p031", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 7.0 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 7.0, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Wife Who Died Alongside Husband, Children in Murder-Suicide Alleged Abuse, Had Plans to Leave \u2014  Megan Short, who died alongside her husband, Mark, and the couple's three children in an apparent murder-suicide over the weekend, had been planning to leave her husband, according to Mark Short's relatives. Mark Short's cousin and aunt told NBC10/Telemundo62 reporter Andrea Cruz that Megan and Mark Short had been going through a tough separation recently, and that Mark had been trying to keep the family together. \"He was a family, family guy. He was all family. He worked himself to death to try and keep his family together,\" James Short, Mark Short's cousin, said. \"It was just work, work, work and family. That was it.\" Megan Short, though, alleged on Facebook that her husband was abusive, a friend told the Reading Eagle. She posted about her desire to leave the marriage on her Facebook profile, the friend said. Mark Short's relatives, who live in Folcroft, Delaware County, where he grew up, said that he took his wife and their children, 2-year-old Willow, 5-year-old Mark Jr. and 8-year-old Liana, to Disney World in February in hopes of improving his relationship with his wife and convincing her to stay together. That didn't help, though, the relatives said, and Megan Short still planned to leave. Police have said their investigation revealed the couple had \"domestic issues,\" but they have not provided additional details. On Saturday, police found 40-year-old Mark and Megan Short, 33, along with their three children and the family's dog, all dead of gunshot wounds in the living room of their home in the Berks County Borough of Sinking Spring. Officers paid a visit to the stately single home where the family lived on Winding Brook Drive when one of Megan Short's relatives called them, concerned after she failed to show up for a planned lunch, authorities said. Police have not yet said who they believe did the shooting, but said investigators did find a \"murder-suicide note\" in the home, along with a handgun near one of the adults' bodies. Authorities called the family's deaths \"an apparent tragic domestic incident.\" Mark Short's relatives described him as a laid-back man who worked in the real-estate industry and would do anything for anyone, particularly his family. \"He was just a really good guy. You wouldn't think he would do this kind of thing, but in the situation he's in right now, you never can tell with people,\" James Short said of his cousin. \"Don't think any less of him, because he's a really, really good guy. He would do anything for anybody,\" James Short continued. \"You don't know the situation, so don't try to judge.\" James Short and other relatives said that Megan Short began dating Mark, who was seven years her senior, when she was just 17 years old, and that the couple had a child and married not long after that.  The family struggled with serious health issues in their youngest child, Willow, who was born with a congenital heart defect that required her to have a heart transplant when she was just days old. Articles in both the New York Times and the Reading Eagle chronicled the Shorts' struggles with Willow's health problems. Megan Short also recently wrote about the post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety she suffers due to dealing with her young daughter's illness in a blog post on the Philly at Heart blog. \"There are very few moments when you can clearly see your life as separated into the before and after,\" Megan Short wrote. \"Having a child born with a severe congenital heart defect has been the most significant shift of my life.\" She wrote that she began taking medication and going to therapy for her PTSD in the blog post, which was published in April. Despite the family's struggles, their Facebook pages seem to tell a different part of the story. Mark and Megan Short's profiles both show dozens of photos of them together and with their blond-haired children, smiling. On a photo of Mark Short and Megan posted on his page in December, he wrote, \"She's still the most beautiful girl I've ever met ... I'm the luckiest guy in the world to have her as my wife and the mother of my three amazing children.\" Mark Short's relatives said they expected his body to be released Monday afternoon following an autopsy, and that they plan to have his funeral in Delaware County. They said Megan Short's family is handling arrangements for her and the children.", "essay": "This is so sad and tragic. The most selfish thing to do is to take innocent lives, especially your own wife and kids! If this man had a mental breakdown over losing his wife he should have went to see a shrink and worked it out with his spouse. His kids were innocent and he denied them their lives. This was the most un-Godly and cowardly thing to do and I just have no words. I feel nothing but anger towards this man and extreme pity towards his wife and kids."}
{"user_id": "ec_p020", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 50000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 50000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Wife Who Died Alongside Husband, Children in Murder-Suicide Alleged Abuse, Had Plans to Leave \u2014  Megan Short, who died alongside her husband, Mark, and the couple's three children in an apparent murder-suicide over the weekend, had been planning to leave her husband, according to Mark Short's relatives. Mark Short's cousin and aunt told NBC10/Telemundo62 reporter Andrea Cruz that Megan and Mark Short had been going through a tough separation recently, and that Mark had been trying to keep the family together. \"He was a family, family guy. He was all family. He worked himself to death to try and keep his family together,\" James Short, Mark Short's cousin, said. \"It was just work, work, work and family. That was it.\" Megan Short, though, alleged on Facebook that her husband was abusive, a friend told the Reading Eagle. She posted about her desire to leave the marriage on her Facebook profile, the friend said. Mark Short's relatives, who live in Folcroft, Delaware County, where he grew up, said that he took his wife and their children, 2-year-old Willow, 5-year-old Mark Jr. and 8-year-old Liana, to Disney World in February in hopes of improving his relationship with his wife and convincing her to stay together. That didn't help, though, the relatives said, and Megan Short still planned to leave. Police have said their investigation revealed the couple had \"domestic issues,\" but they have not provided additional details. On Saturday, police found 40-year-old Mark and Megan Short, 33, along with their three children and the family's dog, all dead of gunshot wounds in the living room of their home in the Berks County Borough of Sinking Spring. Officers paid a visit to the stately single home where the family lived on Winding Brook Drive when one of Megan Short's relatives called them, concerned after she failed to show up for a planned lunch, authorities said. Police have not yet said who they believe did the shooting, but said investigators did find a \"murder-suicide note\" in the home, along with a handgun near one of the adults' bodies. Authorities called the family's deaths \"an apparent tragic domestic incident.\" Mark Short's relatives described him as a laid-back man who worked in the real-estate industry and would do anything for anyone, particularly his family. \"He was just a really good guy. You wouldn't think he would do this kind of thing, but in the situation he's in right now, you never can tell with people,\" James Short said of his cousin. \"Don't think any less of him, because he's a really, really good guy. He would do anything for anybody,\" James Short continued. \"You don't know the situation, so don't try to judge.\" James Short and other relatives said that Megan Short began dating Mark, who was seven years her senior, when she was just 17 years old, and that the couple had a child and married not long after that.  The family struggled with serious health issues in their youngest child, Willow, who was born with a congenital heart defect that required her to have a heart transplant when she was just days old. Articles in both the New York Times and the Reading Eagle chronicled the Shorts' struggles with Willow's health problems. Megan Short also recently wrote about the post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety she suffers due to dealing with her young daughter's illness in a blog post on the Philly at Heart blog. \"There are very few moments when you can clearly see your life as separated into the before and after,\" Megan Short wrote. \"Having a child born with a severe congenital heart defect has been the most significant shift of my life.\" She wrote that she began taking medication and going to therapy for her PTSD in the blog post, which was published in April. Despite the family's struggles, their Facebook pages seem to tell a different part of the story. Mark and Megan Short's profiles both show dozens of photos of them together and with their blond-haired children, smiling. On a photo of Mark Short and Megan posted on his page in December, he wrote, \"She's still the most beautiful girl I've ever met ... I'm the luckiest guy in the world to have her as my wife and the mother of my three amazing children.\" Mark Short's relatives said they expected his body to be released Monday afternoon following an autopsy, and that they plan to have his funeral in Delaware County. They said Megan Short's family is handling arrangements for her and the children.", "essay": "a man killed his family in a murder suicide. his wife had confessed to being abused on facebook. she was very close to leaving when she was murdered. they also had a few children together. this entire situation is so disturbing and sad. the fact that she was so close to escaping this situation but never got to breaks my history."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Wife Who Died Alongside Husband, Children in Murder-Suicide Alleged Abuse, Had Plans to Leave \u2014  Megan Short, who died alongside her husband, Mark, and the couple's three children in an apparent murder-suicide over the weekend, had been planning to leave her husband, according to Mark Short's relatives. Mark Short's cousin and aunt told NBC10/Telemundo62 reporter Andrea Cruz that Megan and Mark Short had been going through a tough separation recently, and that Mark had been trying to keep the family together. \"He was a family, family guy. He was all family. He worked himself to death to try and keep his family together,\" James Short, Mark Short's cousin, said. \"It was just work, work, work and family. That was it.\" Megan Short, though, alleged on Facebook that her husband was abusive, a friend told the Reading Eagle. She posted about her desire to leave the marriage on her Facebook profile, the friend said. Mark Short's relatives, who live in Folcroft, Delaware County, where he grew up, said that he took his wife and their children, 2-year-old Willow, 5-year-old Mark Jr. and 8-year-old Liana, to Disney World in February in hopes of improving his relationship with his wife and convincing her to stay together. That didn't help, though, the relatives said, and Megan Short still planned to leave. Police have said their investigation revealed the couple had \"domestic issues,\" but they have not provided additional details. On Saturday, police found 40-year-old Mark and Megan Short, 33, along with their three children and the family's dog, all dead of gunshot wounds in the living room of their home in the Berks County Borough of Sinking Spring. Officers paid a visit to the stately single home where the family lived on Winding Brook Drive when one of Megan Short's relatives called them, concerned after she failed to show up for a planned lunch, authorities said. Police have not yet said who they believe did the shooting, but said investigators did find a \"murder-suicide note\" in the home, along with a handgun near one of the adults' bodies. Authorities called the family's deaths \"an apparent tragic domestic incident.\" Mark Short's relatives described him as a laid-back man who worked in the real-estate industry and would do anything for anyone, particularly his family. \"He was just a really good guy. You wouldn't think he would do this kind of thing, but in the situation he's in right now, you never can tell with people,\" James Short said of his cousin. \"Don't think any less of him, because he's a really, really good guy. He would do anything for anybody,\" James Short continued. \"You don't know the situation, so don't try to judge.\" James Short and other relatives said that Megan Short began dating Mark, who was seven years her senior, when she was just 17 years old, and that the couple had a child and married not long after that.  The family struggled with serious health issues in their youngest child, Willow, who was born with a congenital heart defect that required her to have a heart transplant when she was just days old. Articles in both the New York Times and the Reading Eagle chronicled the Shorts' struggles with Willow's health problems. Megan Short also recently wrote about the post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety she suffers due to dealing with her young daughter's illness in a blog post on the Philly at Heart blog. \"There are very few moments when you can clearly see your life as separated into the before and after,\" Megan Short wrote. \"Having a child born with a severe congenital heart defect has been the most significant shift of my life.\" She wrote that she began taking medication and going to therapy for her PTSD in the blog post, which was published in April. Despite the family's struggles, their Facebook pages seem to tell a different part of the story. Mark and Megan Short's profiles both show dozens of photos of them together and with their blond-haired children, smiling. On a photo of Mark Short and Megan posted on his page in December, he wrote, \"She's still the most beautiful girl I've ever met ... I'm the luckiest guy in the world to have her as my wife and the mother of my three amazing children.\" Mark Short's relatives said they expected his body to be released Monday afternoon following an autopsy, and that they plan to have his funeral in Delaware County. They said Megan Short's family is handling arrangements for her and the children.", "essay": "So, I just read a story about a family in which the husband and wife were going through domestic strife and the husband ended up murdering everyone and then killing himself. According to the article he attempted to put a band-aid on deeply rooted relationship issues by taking the family to Disney Land. Who thinks like that? Honestly, I can see taking any available route when desperate, but if your wife wants to leave you she is going to leave you."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Millions exposed to dangerous lead levels in US drinking water, report finds \u2014  More than 18 million Americans are served drinking water by providers that have violated federal laws concerning lead in water, with only a tiny proportion of offenses resulting in any penalty, a new report has found. The toxic water crisis in Flint, Michigan, is \u201cnot anomalous\u201d, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) report states, with widespread violations of national rules designed to protect people from lead, a known neurotoxin that is harmful even in small doses. NRDC\u2019s analysis of US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data shows that 5,363 water systems, which provide water to more than 18 million people, breached the federal Lead and Copper Rule last year. These violations include the failure to properly test water for lead or inadequate treatment of water to prevent lead from leeching from old pipes into the drinking supply. Instructions provided varied greatly, ranging from those that contained protocols the EPA advised against a decade ago to those that were periodically updated Read more The violations occurred across virtually every US state last year. Most seriously, 1,110 community water utilities provided water that exceeded the EPA\u2019s actionable limit for lead in water. This means that more than 3.9 million Americans were exposed to dangerously high levels of lead in 2015. Despite the widespread failure of water suppliers across the US, very few were punished by the EPA last year. Of more than 8,000 violations of federal laws, enforcement action was only taken against 11% of cases. Penalties were sought for just 3% of violations, meaning there is \u201cno cop on the beat\u201d, according to the NRDC. In a statement, the EPA said it recognized there are \u201congoing challenges in compliance with the Lead and Copper Rule\u201d. \u201cThe agency has intensified work with state drinking water programs with a priority focus on implementation of the rule, including engagement with every state drinking water program across the country to ensure they are addressing any high lead levels and fully implementing the current rule,\u201d the regulator said. The EPA said that many water systems that violated the rules in 2015 have already resolved their problems. A revised Lead and Copper rule won\u2019t appear until 2017 at the earliest, despite the widespread problems in Flint and beyond. \u201cFlint symbolizes how disastrous the gaps are in the system and there really is a much broader problem across America,\u201d said Erik Olson, director of NRDC\u2019s health program. \u201cAmericans take for granted that the water flowing from their taps is clean and safe but that assumption is often false. \u201cProviding safe drinking water to citizens is a fundamental government service. If you\u2019re not doing that, you\u2019re not doing your job. Unsafe drinking water is a national problem and it needs a national solution.\u201d Flint residents hold bottles of contaminated water after attending a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the water crisis. Photograph: Mark Wilson/Getty Images Olson said that water utilities are routinely \u201cgaming the system\u201d to underplay the amount of lead found in water. The Guardian has revealed that at least 33 US cities have used various methods that can mask the true level of lead when conducting tests. In the wake of the Flint water crisis several schools have shut off their drinking water due to high levels of lead, raising the question: \u2018How big is this issue?\u2019 Read more The failure of the system to pick up violations is underscored by the fact that Flint wasn\u2019t among the places considered in violation of the Lead and Copper Rule last year. The city, which has a poverty rate of around 40%, failed to treat drinking water to prevent lead corrosion when it switched its supply from Lake Huron to the Flint river. According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released this week, lead levels in the blood of Flint children aged under six were \u201csignificantly higher\u201d once the supply change was made. The chances of a child having dangerously high lead levels increased by nearly 50% after the switch, the CDC found, risking developmental, behavioral and learning problems for thousands of children in Flint. Flint\u2019s water is now considered by the EPA to be safe to drink if a filter is used. However, some lawmakers have voiced concerns that more needs to be done to avoid a repeat of the disaster that befell the Michigan city. \u201cFlint wasn\u2019t an isolated example,\u201d said Dick Durbin, a Democrat senator. \u201cWe need a coordinated effort at all levels, we need people in communities to speak up so they don\u2019t become the next Flint.\u201d", "essay": "This article really concerns and scares me. This could be any one of us effected by high levels of lead and never knowing. I am suprised that there is a level expectancy but no prosecution for exceeding it and not regular testing of water. The general population does not now about there water unless it becomes a national crisis like flint. I am very cocerned because they said so many communities are effected what is this doing to the children who are growing up on this water. I will be switching to bottled water because I just do not trust the water anymore to much covering up going on its so sad."}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "Millions exposed to dangerous lead levels in US drinking water, report finds \u2014  More than 18 million Americans are served drinking water by providers that have violated federal laws concerning lead in water, with only a tiny proportion of offenses resulting in any penalty, a new report has found. The toxic water crisis in Flint, Michigan, is \u201cnot anomalous\u201d, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) report states, with widespread violations of national rules designed to protect people from lead, a known neurotoxin that is harmful even in small doses. NRDC\u2019s analysis of US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data shows that 5,363 water systems, which provide water to more than 18 million people, breached the federal Lead and Copper Rule last year. These violations include the failure to properly test water for lead or inadequate treatment of water to prevent lead from leeching from old pipes into the drinking supply. Instructions provided varied greatly, ranging from those that contained protocols the EPA advised against a decade ago to those that were periodically updated Read more The violations occurred across virtually every US state last year. Most seriously, 1,110 community water utilities provided water that exceeded the EPA\u2019s actionable limit for lead in water. This means that more than 3.9 million Americans were exposed to dangerously high levels of lead in 2015. Despite the widespread failure of water suppliers across the US, very few were punished by the EPA last year. Of more than 8,000 violations of federal laws, enforcement action was only taken against 11% of cases. Penalties were sought for just 3% of violations, meaning there is \u201cno cop on the beat\u201d, according to the NRDC. In a statement, the EPA said it recognized there are \u201congoing challenges in compliance with the Lead and Copper Rule\u201d. \u201cThe agency has intensified work with state drinking water programs with a priority focus on implementation of the rule, including engagement with every state drinking water program across the country to ensure they are addressing any high lead levels and fully implementing the current rule,\u201d the regulator said. The EPA said that many water systems that violated the rules in 2015 have already resolved their problems. A revised Lead and Copper rule won\u2019t appear until 2017 at the earliest, despite the widespread problems in Flint and beyond. \u201cFlint symbolizes how disastrous the gaps are in the system and there really is a much broader problem across America,\u201d said Erik Olson, director of NRDC\u2019s health program. \u201cAmericans take for granted that the water flowing from their taps is clean and safe but that assumption is often false. \u201cProviding safe drinking water to citizens is a fundamental government service. If you\u2019re not doing that, you\u2019re not doing your job. Unsafe drinking water is a national problem and it needs a national solution.\u201d Flint residents hold bottles of contaminated water after attending a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the water crisis. Photograph: Mark Wilson/Getty Images Olson said that water utilities are routinely \u201cgaming the system\u201d to underplay the amount of lead found in water. The Guardian has revealed that at least 33 US cities have used various methods that can mask the true level of lead when conducting tests. In the wake of the Flint water crisis several schools have shut off their drinking water due to high levels of lead, raising the question: \u2018How big is this issue?\u2019 Read more The failure of the system to pick up violations is underscored by the fact that Flint wasn\u2019t among the places considered in violation of the Lead and Copper Rule last year. The city, which has a poverty rate of around 40%, failed to treat drinking water to prevent lead corrosion when it switched its supply from Lake Huron to the Flint river. According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released this week, lead levels in the blood of Flint children aged under six were \u201csignificantly higher\u201d once the supply change was made. The chances of a child having dangerously high lead levels increased by nearly 50% after the switch, the CDC found, risking developmental, behavioral and learning problems for thousands of children in Flint. Flint\u2019s water is now considered by the EPA to be safe to drink if a filter is used. However, some lawmakers have voiced concerns that more needs to be done to avoid a repeat of the disaster that befell the Michigan city. \u201cFlint wasn\u2019t an isolated example,\u201d said Dick Durbin, a Democrat senator. \u201cWe need a coordinated effort at all levels, we need people in communities to speak up so they don\u2019t become the next Flint.\u201d", "essay": "Reading this article on contaminated water is mind-boggling.   The work is done, reports are made, violations noted, and no one assesses any penalties.  Ludicrous!   Why do any of the work if nothing is done with the findings.  What other profession allows this!   Our government is ridiculous.   We need more Erin Brockovich's in this world to fine these folks millions and millions of dollars in fine.  I worry about our children."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Millions exposed to dangerous lead levels in US drinking water, report finds \u2014  More than 18 million Americans are served drinking water by providers that have violated federal laws concerning lead in water, with only a tiny proportion of offenses resulting in any penalty, a new report has found. The toxic water crisis in Flint, Michigan, is \u201cnot anomalous\u201d, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) report states, with widespread violations of national rules designed to protect people from lead, a known neurotoxin that is harmful even in small doses. NRDC\u2019s analysis of US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data shows that 5,363 water systems, which provide water to more than 18 million people, breached the federal Lead and Copper Rule last year. These violations include the failure to properly test water for lead or inadequate treatment of water to prevent lead from leeching from old pipes into the drinking supply. Instructions provided varied greatly, ranging from those that contained protocols the EPA advised against a decade ago to those that were periodically updated Read more The violations occurred across virtually every US state last year. Most seriously, 1,110 community water utilities provided water that exceeded the EPA\u2019s actionable limit for lead in water. This means that more than 3.9 million Americans were exposed to dangerously high levels of lead in 2015. Despite the widespread failure of water suppliers across the US, very few were punished by the EPA last year. Of more than 8,000 violations of federal laws, enforcement action was only taken against 11% of cases. Penalties were sought for just 3% of violations, meaning there is \u201cno cop on the beat\u201d, according to the NRDC. In a statement, the EPA said it recognized there are \u201congoing challenges in compliance with the Lead and Copper Rule\u201d. \u201cThe agency has intensified work with state drinking water programs with a priority focus on implementation of the rule, including engagement with every state drinking water program across the country to ensure they are addressing any high lead levels and fully implementing the current rule,\u201d the regulator said. The EPA said that many water systems that violated the rules in 2015 have already resolved their problems. A revised Lead and Copper rule won\u2019t appear until 2017 at the earliest, despite the widespread problems in Flint and beyond. \u201cFlint symbolizes how disastrous the gaps are in the system and there really is a much broader problem across America,\u201d said Erik Olson, director of NRDC\u2019s health program. \u201cAmericans take for granted that the water flowing from their taps is clean and safe but that assumption is often false. \u201cProviding safe drinking water to citizens is a fundamental government service. If you\u2019re not doing that, you\u2019re not doing your job. Unsafe drinking water is a national problem and it needs a national solution.\u201d Flint residents hold bottles of contaminated water after attending a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the water crisis. Photograph: Mark Wilson/Getty Images Olson said that water utilities are routinely \u201cgaming the system\u201d to underplay the amount of lead found in water. The Guardian has revealed that at least 33 US cities have used various methods that can mask the true level of lead when conducting tests. In the wake of the Flint water crisis several schools have shut off their drinking water due to high levels of lead, raising the question: \u2018How big is this issue?\u2019 Read more The failure of the system to pick up violations is underscored by the fact that Flint wasn\u2019t among the places considered in violation of the Lead and Copper Rule last year. The city, which has a poverty rate of around 40%, failed to treat drinking water to prevent lead corrosion when it switched its supply from Lake Huron to the Flint river. According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released this week, lead levels in the blood of Flint children aged under six were \u201csignificantly higher\u201d once the supply change was made. The chances of a child having dangerously high lead levels increased by nearly 50% after the switch, the CDC found, risking developmental, behavioral and learning problems for thousands of children in Flint. Flint\u2019s water is now considered by the EPA to be safe to drink if a filter is used. However, some lawmakers have voiced concerns that more needs to be done to avoid a repeat of the disaster that befell the Michigan city. \u201cFlint wasn\u2019t an isolated example,\u201d said Dick Durbin, a Democrat senator. \u201cWe need a coordinated effort at all levels, we need people in communities to speak up so they don\u2019t become the next Flint.\u201d", "essay": "I think having cities in the United States with bad drinking water is bad for the entire nation and should be address by the entire nation. I think there should be real punishment for the people in charge that do not make sure that the city has clean drinking water. I'm sad to read all the stats about other cities having the same issue."}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "Millions exposed to dangerous lead levels in US drinking water, report finds \u2014  More than 18 million Americans are served drinking water by providers that have violated federal laws concerning lead in water, with only a tiny proportion of offenses resulting in any penalty, a new report has found. The toxic water crisis in Flint, Michigan, is \u201cnot anomalous\u201d, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) report states, with widespread violations of national rules designed to protect people from lead, a known neurotoxin that is harmful even in small doses. NRDC\u2019s analysis of US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data shows that 5,363 water systems, which provide water to more than 18 million people, breached the federal Lead and Copper Rule last year. These violations include the failure to properly test water for lead or inadequate treatment of water to prevent lead from leeching from old pipes into the drinking supply. Instructions provided varied greatly, ranging from those that contained protocols the EPA advised against a decade ago to those that were periodically updated Read more The violations occurred across virtually every US state last year. Most seriously, 1,110 community water utilities provided water that exceeded the EPA\u2019s actionable limit for lead in water. This means that more than 3.9 million Americans were exposed to dangerously high levels of lead in 2015. Despite the widespread failure of water suppliers across the US, very few were punished by the EPA last year. Of more than 8,000 violations of federal laws, enforcement action was only taken against 11% of cases. Penalties were sought for just 3% of violations, meaning there is \u201cno cop on the beat\u201d, according to the NRDC. In a statement, the EPA said it recognized there are \u201congoing challenges in compliance with the Lead and Copper Rule\u201d. \u201cThe agency has intensified work with state drinking water programs with a priority focus on implementation of the rule, including engagement with every state drinking water program across the country to ensure they are addressing any high lead levels and fully implementing the current rule,\u201d the regulator said. The EPA said that many water systems that violated the rules in 2015 have already resolved their problems. A revised Lead and Copper rule won\u2019t appear until 2017 at the earliest, despite the widespread problems in Flint and beyond. \u201cFlint symbolizes how disastrous the gaps are in the system and there really is a much broader problem across America,\u201d said Erik Olson, director of NRDC\u2019s health program. \u201cAmericans take for granted that the water flowing from their taps is clean and safe but that assumption is often false. \u201cProviding safe drinking water to citizens is a fundamental government service. If you\u2019re not doing that, you\u2019re not doing your job. Unsafe drinking water is a national problem and it needs a national solution.\u201d Flint residents hold bottles of contaminated water after attending a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the water crisis. Photograph: Mark Wilson/Getty Images Olson said that water utilities are routinely \u201cgaming the system\u201d to underplay the amount of lead found in water. The Guardian has revealed that at least 33 US cities have used various methods that can mask the true level of lead when conducting tests. In the wake of the Flint water crisis several schools have shut off their drinking water due to high levels of lead, raising the question: \u2018How big is this issue?\u2019 Read more The failure of the system to pick up violations is underscored by the fact that Flint wasn\u2019t among the places considered in violation of the Lead and Copper Rule last year. The city, which has a poverty rate of around 40%, failed to treat drinking water to prevent lead corrosion when it switched its supply from Lake Huron to the Flint river. According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released this week, lead levels in the blood of Flint children aged under six were \u201csignificantly higher\u201d once the supply change was made. The chances of a child having dangerously high lead levels increased by nearly 50% after the switch, the CDC found, risking developmental, behavioral and learning problems for thousands of children in Flint. Flint\u2019s water is now considered by the EPA to be safe to drink if a filter is used. However, some lawmakers have voiced concerns that more needs to be done to avoid a repeat of the disaster that befell the Michigan city. \u201cFlint wasn\u2019t an isolated example,\u201d said Dick Durbin, a Democrat senator. \u201cWe need a coordinated effort at all levels, we need people in communities to speak up so they don\u2019t become the next Flint.\u201d", "essay": "Why isn't the EPA assessing fines for violations?   So presently you just get a violation but no repercussions.   Another example of ridiculous wasted government who sits on their behinds and doesn't do their job.   I feel every year we need a completely new group of employees in every division in the government.   It's ridiculous.   The next most treasured commodity will be clean water everywhere. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p031", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 7.0 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 7.0, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Death of former Putin aide at D.C. hotel is ruled accidental \u2014  A onetime aide of Russian President Vladi\u00admir Putin whose body was found last year in a D.C. hotel room died of head injuries suffered in accidental falls after days of \u201cexcessive\u201d drinking, authorities in Washington said Friday as they closed the death investigation. Mikhail Y. Lesin, 57, a former Russian advertising executive who helped create the Kremlin\u2019s global English-language Russia Today television network, was found dead Nov. 5 in the upscale Dupont Circle Hotel, and for much of a year, the manner of death was ruled \u201cundetermined.\u201d [Former Putin aide found dead in D.C. hotel] The manner has been amended to an accident with \u201cacute ethanol intoxication\u201d as a contributing cause, the office of U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips said Friday. Lesin was alone in his hotel room at the time of the falls, the statement said. The new ruling was made by the office of the D.C. chief medical examiner. Shortly after Lesin\u2019s body was found, his family said he died as the result of a heart attack. More than four months later, the chief medical examiner\u2019s office and D.C. police set off worldwide speculation when they said Lesin had suffered blunt-force injuries to his head and elsewhere on his body, although not explicitly declaring his death a criminal act. [Death investigation remains mystery] The statement Friday said that the investigation determined from video footage, interviews and other evidence that Lesin entered his room for the final time about 10:45 a.m. Nov. 4 after days of excessive alcohol consumption and was found dead the next morning. He \u201csustained the injuries that resulted in his death while alone in his hotel room,\u201d the statement said. [Former aide died of blunt force trauma, medical examiner says] Lesin died of blunt-force injuries to his head, the statement said, and also suffered injuries to his neck, torso, arms and legs caused by falls. In describing the investigation, the statement referred to \u201cnew evidence\u201d developed in the nearly year-long investigation. Asked about that reference, Bill Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney\u2019s office, said, \u201cWe typically do not comment on specifics of our investigation and have no further comment on this particular matter.\u201d On Friday, interim D.C. police chief Peter Newsham said, \u201cI am comfortable with the ruling being an accidental death.\u201d The investigation of Lesin\u2019s death was conducted by D.C. police and the U.S. attorney\u2019s office with assistance from the FBI, the statement said. Lesin, who made his fortune in the advertising business in the 1990s, was an architect of the Kremlin-dominated media landscape under Putin. As minister of the press during Putin\u2019s first term as president from 2000 to 2004, Lesin orchestrated the takeover of the independent television network NTV and oversaw government propaganda and censorship laws during the war in Chechnya. In 2005, he helped launch Russia Today, now RT, a government-funded channel that broadcasts news with a pro-Moscow slant around the world. Known for his volatile temper, Lesin was reported to have antagonized powerful media interests, and an investigation by the anti-Putin whistleblower Alexei Navalny in 2014 revealed that Lesin owned real estate in the United States worth millions of dollars. He resigned later that year as head of Gazprom-Media, a holding company that owns several prominent pro-Kremlin TV networks, and kept a low profile until his death. Two days before his body was found, Lesin failed to appear as expected at a $10,000-a-table fundraiser in Washington organized by the Woodrow Wilson Center\u2019s Kennan Institute, whose honorees included a philanthropist and chief executive of the largest private bank in Russia. Kremlin critics earlier this year theorized that Lesin may have been killed because officials feared that he was about to cut a deal with federal authorities investigating his land dealings in California. However, a longtime friend and business associate of Lesin\u2019s, Sergey Vasiliev, said in March that he believed that Lesin died after a bout of heavy drinking, an account he said he formed after speaking to the Russian Foreign Ministry and others familiar with the sequence of events. Andrew Roth and Peter Hermann contributed to this report.", "essay": "You can never trust Russian government. Putin usually \\cleans up\\\" anyone who is again him or not \\\"useful\\\". A guy does not \\\"accidentally\\\" die in a hotel from mysterious injuries-he gets taken out. Anyone who buys this story is out of their mind. Dictators and communists always take out people who are against them!\""}
{"user_id": "ec_p016", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 60000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 60000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Death of former Putin aide at D.C. hotel is ruled accidental \u2014  A onetime aide of Russian President Vladi\u00admir Putin whose body was found last year in a D.C. hotel room died of head injuries suffered in accidental falls after days of \u201cexcessive\u201d drinking, authorities in Washington said Friday as they closed the death investigation. Mikhail Y. Lesin, 57, a former Russian advertising executive who helped create the Kremlin\u2019s global English-language Russia Today television network, was found dead Nov. 5 in the upscale Dupont Circle Hotel, and for much of a year, the manner of death was ruled \u201cundetermined.\u201d [Former Putin aide found dead in D.C. hotel] The manner has been amended to an accident with \u201cacute ethanol intoxication\u201d as a contributing cause, the office of U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips said Friday. Lesin was alone in his hotel room at the time of the falls, the statement said. The new ruling was made by the office of the D.C. chief medical examiner. Shortly after Lesin\u2019s body was found, his family said he died as the result of a heart attack. More than four months later, the chief medical examiner\u2019s office and D.C. police set off worldwide speculation when they said Lesin had suffered blunt-force injuries to his head and elsewhere on his body, although not explicitly declaring his death a criminal act. [Death investigation remains mystery] The statement Friday said that the investigation determined from video footage, interviews and other evidence that Lesin entered his room for the final time about 10:45 a.m. Nov. 4 after days of excessive alcohol consumption and was found dead the next morning. He \u201csustained the injuries that resulted in his death while alone in his hotel room,\u201d the statement said. [Former aide died of blunt force trauma, medical examiner says] Lesin died of blunt-force injuries to his head, the statement said, and also suffered injuries to his neck, torso, arms and legs caused by falls. In describing the investigation, the statement referred to \u201cnew evidence\u201d developed in the nearly year-long investigation. Asked about that reference, Bill Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney\u2019s office, said, \u201cWe typically do not comment on specifics of our investigation and have no further comment on this particular matter.\u201d On Friday, interim D.C. police chief Peter Newsham said, \u201cI am comfortable with the ruling being an accidental death.\u201d The investigation of Lesin\u2019s death was conducted by D.C. police and the U.S. attorney\u2019s office with assistance from the FBI, the statement said. Lesin, who made his fortune in the advertising business in the 1990s, was an architect of the Kremlin-dominated media landscape under Putin. As minister of the press during Putin\u2019s first term as president from 2000 to 2004, Lesin orchestrated the takeover of the independent television network NTV and oversaw government propaganda and censorship laws during the war in Chechnya. In 2005, he helped launch Russia Today, now RT, a government-funded channel that broadcasts news with a pro-Moscow slant around the world. Known for his volatile temper, Lesin was reported to have antagonized powerful media interests, and an investigation by the anti-Putin whistleblower Alexei Navalny in 2014 revealed that Lesin owned real estate in the United States worth millions of dollars. He resigned later that year as head of Gazprom-Media, a holding company that owns several prominent pro-Kremlin TV networks, and kept a low profile until his death. Two days before his body was found, Lesin failed to appear as expected at a $10,000-a-table fundraiser in Washington organized by the Woodrow Wilson Center\u2019s Kennan Institute, whose honorees included a philanthropist and chief executive of the largest private bank in Russia. Kremlin critics earlier this year theorized that Lesin may have been killed because officials feared that he was about to cut a deal with federal authorities investigating his land dealings in California. However, a longtime friend and business associate of Lesin\u2019s, Sergey Vasiliev, said in March that he believed that Lesin died after a bout of heavy drinking, an account he said he formed after speaking to the Russian Foreign Ministry and others familiar with the sequence of events. Andrew Roth and Peter Hermann contributed to this report.", "essay": "lol, yeah, definitely an accidental death when the guy shows up with blows all over his body, makes perfect sense. I'm not surprised, though \u201a\u00c4\u00ee anything involving Russia is going to have some kind of cover up at play. It's hard to say who did it, though \u201a\u00c4\u00ee his own government or someone outside of it. It's a messed up situation."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Death of former Putin aide at D.C. hotel is ruled accidental \u2014  A onetime aide of Russian President Vladi\u00admir Putin whose body was found last year in a D.C. hotel room died of head injuries suffered in accidental falls after days of \u201cexcessive\u201d drinking, authorities in Washington said Friday as they closed the death investigation. Mikhail Y. Lesin, 57, a former Russian advertising executive who helped create the Kremlin\u2019s global English-language Russia Today television network, was found dead Nov. 5 in the upscale Dupont Circle Hotel, and for much of a year, the manner of death was ruled \u201cundetermined.\u201d [Former Putin aide found dead in D.C. hotel] The manner has been amended to an accident with \u201cacute ethanol intoxication\u201d as a contributing cause, the office of U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips said Friday. Lesin was alone in his hotel room at the time of the falls, the statement said. The new ruling was made by the office of the D.C. chief medical examiner. Shortly after Lesin\u2019s body was found, his family said he died as the result of a heart attack. More than four months later, the chief medical examiner\u2019s office and D.C. police set off worldwide speculation when they said Lesin had suffered blunt-force injuries to his head and elsewhere on his body, although not explicitly declaring his death a criminal act. [Death investigation remains mystery] The statement Friday said that the investigation determined from video footage, interviews and other evidence that Lesin entered his room for the final time about 10:45 a.m. Nov. 4 after days of excessive alcohol consumption and was found dead the next morning. He \u201csustained the injuries that resulted in his death while alone in his hotel room,\u201d the statement said. [Former aide died of blunt force trauma, medical examiner says] Lesin died of blunt-force injuries to his head, the statement said, and also suffered injuries to his neck, torso, arms and legs caused by falls. In describing the investigation, the statement referred to \u201cnew evidence\u201d developed in the nearly year-long investigation. Asked about that reference, Bill Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney\u2019s office, said, \u201cWe typically do not comment on specifics of our investigation and have no further comment on this particular matter.\u201d On Friday, interim D.C. police chief Peter Newsham said, \u201cI am comfortable with the ruling being an accidental death.\u201d The investigation of Lesin\u2019s death was conducted by D.C. police and the U.S. attorney\u2019s office with assistance from the FBI, the statement said. Lesin, who made his fortune in the advertising business in the 1990s, was an architect of the Kremlin-dominated media landscape under Putin. As minister of the press during Putin\u2019s first term as president from 2000 to 2004, Lesin orchestrated the takeover of the independent television network NTV and oversaw government propaganda and censorship laws during the war in Chechnya. In 2005, he helped launch Russia Today, now RT, a government-funded channel that broadcasts news with a pro-Moscow slant around the world. Known for his volatile temper, Lesin was reported to have antagonized powerful media interests, and an investigation by the anti-Putin whistleblower Alexei Navalny in 2014 revealed that Lesin owned real estate in the United States worth millions of dollars. He resigned later that year as head of Gazprom-Media, a holding company that owns several prominent pro-Kremlin TV networks, and kept a low profile until his death. Two days before his body was found, Lesin failed to appear as expected at a $10,000-a-table fundraiser in Washington organized by the Woodrow Wilson Center\u2019s Kennan Institute, whose honorees included a philanthropist and chief executive of the largest private bank in Russia. Kremlin critics earlier this year theorized that Lesin may have been killed because officials feared that he was about to cut a deal with federal authorities investigating his land dealings in California. However, a longtime friend and business associate of Lesin\u2019s, Sergey Vasiliev, said in March that he believed that Lesin died after a bout of heavy drinking, an account he said he formed after speaking to the Russian Foreign Ministry and others familiar with the sequence of events. Andrew Roth and Peter Hermann contributed to this report.", "essay": "Any time an official or aid is found death from Russia or another major country, I feel like they did not die or natural causes. The story said the aid died from drinking too much then falling. I could believe that if the story did not say that the aid fell more than one time. I can see one fall hitting your head then dying, but I can not see more than one fall."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Death of former Putin aide at D.C. hotel is ruled accidental \u2014  A onetime aide of Russian President Vladi\u00admir Putin whose body was found last year in a D.C. hotel room died of head injuries suffered in accidental falls after days of \u201cexcessive\u201d drinking, authorities in Washington said Friday as they closed the death investigation. Mikhail Y. Lesin, 57, a former Russian advertising executive who helped create the Kremlin\u2019s global English-language Russia Today television network, was found dead Nov. 5 in the upscale Dupont Circle Hotel, and for much of a year, the manner of death was ruled \u201cundetermined.\u201d [Former Putin aide found dead in D.C. hotel] The manner has been amended to an accident with \u201cacute ethanol intoxication\u201d as a contributing cause, the office of U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips said Friday. Lesin was alone in his hotel room at the time of the falls, the statement said. The new ruling was made by the office of the D.C. chief medical examiner. Shortly after Lesin\u2019s body was found, his family said he died as the result of a heart attack. More than four months later, the chief medical examiner\u2019s office and D.C. police set off worldwide speculation when they said Lesin had suffered blunt-force injuries to his head and elsewhere on his body, although not explicitly declaring his death a criminal act. [Death investigation remains mystery] The statement Friday said that the investigation determined from video footage, interviews and other evidence that Lesin entered his room for the final time about 10:45 a.m. Nov. 4 after days of excessive alcohol consumption and was found dead the next morning. He \u201csustained the injuries that resulted in his death while alone in his hotel room,\u201d the statement said. [Former aide died of blunt force trauma, medical examiner says] Lesin died of blunt-force injuries to his head, the statement said, and also suffered injuries to his neck, torso, arms and legs caused by falls. In describing the investigation, the statement referred to \u201cnew evidence\u201d developed in the nearly year-long investigation. Asked about that reference, Bill Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney\u2019s office, said, \u201cWe typically do not comment on specifics of our investigation and have no further comment on this particular matter.\u201d On Friday, interim D.C. police chief Peter Newsham said, \u201cI am comfortable with the ruling being an accidental death.\u201d The investigation of Lesin\u2019s death was conducted by D.C. police and the U.S. attorney\u2019s office with assistance from the FBI, the statement said. Lesin, who made his fortune in the advertising business in the 1990s, was an architect of the Kremlin-dominated media landscape under Putin. As minister of the press during Putin\u2019s first term as president from 2000 to 2004, Lesin orchestrated the takeover of the independent television network NTV and oversaw government propaganda and censorship laws during the war in Chechnya. In 2005, he helped launch Russia Today, now RT, a government-funded channel that broadcasts news with a pro-Moscow slant around the world. Known for his volatile temper, Lesin was reported to have antagonized powerful media interests, and an investigation by the anti-Putin whistleblower Alexei Navalny in 2014 revealed that Lesin owned real estate in the United States worth millions of dollars. He resigned later that year as head of Gazprom-Media, a holding company that owns several prominent pro-Kremlin TV networks, and kept a low profile until his death. Two days before his body was found, Lesin failed to appear as expected at a $10,000-a-table fundraiser in Washington organized by the Woodrow Wilson Center\u2019s Kennan Institute, whose honorees included a philanthropist and chief executive of the largest private bank in Russia. Kremlin critics earlier this year theorized that Lesin may have been killed because officials feared that he was about to cut a deal with federal authorities investigating his land dealings in California. However, a longtime friend and business associate of Lesin\u2019s, Sergey Vasiliev, said in March that he believed that Lesin died after a bout of heavy drinking, an account he said he formed after speaking to the Russian Foreign Ministry and others familiar with the sequence of events. Andrew Roth and Peter Hermann contributed to this report.", "essay": "Well I mainly just feel sad for the family of this guy.  I mean, it sounds like he drank himself to death.  That was clearly his own decision and his own doing, not something that he fell victim too.  I guess it is unfortunate that it happened but jeez if you are going to abuse alcohol that badly then what do you expect?  This is the type of thing htat happens when people make bad choices and unfortunately too often it is their family members who are left behind to pay the price and suffer."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Death of former Putin aide at D.C. hotel is ruled accidental \u2014  A onetime aide of Russian President Vladi\u00admir Putin whose body was found last year in a D.C. hotel room died of head injuries suffered in accidental falls after days of \u201cexcessive\u201d drinking, authorities in Washington said Friday as they closed the death investigation. Mikhail Y. Lesin, 57, a former Russian advertising executive who helped create the Kremlin\u2019s global English-language Russia Today television network, was found dead Nov. 5 in the upscale Dupont Circle Hotel, and for much of a year, the manner of death was ruled \u201cundetermined.\u201d [Former Putin aide found dead in D.C. hotel] The manner has been amended to an accident with \u201cacute ethanol intoxication\u201d as a contributing cause, the office of U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips said Friday. Lesin was alone in his hotel room at the time of the falls, the statement said. The new ruling was made by the office of the D.C. chief medical examiner. Shortly after Lesin\u2019s body was found, his family said he died as the result of a heart attack. More than four months later, the chief medical examiner\u2019s office and D.C. police set off worldwide speculation when they said Lesin had suffered blunt-force injuries to his head and elsewhere on his body, although not explicitly declaring his death a criminal act. [Death investigation remains mystery] The statement Friday said that the investigation determined from video footage, interviews and other evidence that Lesin entered his room for the final time about 10:45 a.m. Nov. 4 after days of excessive alcohol consumption and was found dead the next morning. He \u201csustained the injuries that resulted in his death while alone in his hotel room,\u201d the statement said. [Former aide died of blunt force trauma, medical examiner says] Lesin died of blunt-force injuries to his head, the statement said, and also suffered injuries to his neck, torso, arms and legs caused by falls. In describing the investigation, the statement referred to \u201cnew evidence\u201d developed in the nearly year-long investigation. Asked about that reference, Bill Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney\u2019s office, said, \u201cWe typically do not comment on specifics of our investigation and have no further comment on this particular matter.\u201d On Friday, interim D.C. police chief Peter Newsham said, \u201cI am comfortable with the ruling being an accidental death.\u201d The investigation of Lesin\u2019s death was conducted by D.C. police and the U.S. attorney\u2019s office with assistance from the FBI, the statement said. Lesin, who made his fortune in the advertising business in the 1990s, was an architect of the Kremlin-dominated media landscape under Putin. As minister of the press during Putin\u2019s first term as president from 2000 to 2004, Lesin orchestrated the takeover of the independent television network NTV and oversaw government propaganda and censorship laws during the war in Chechnya. In 2005, he helped launch Russia Today, now RT, a government-funded channel that broadcasts news with a pro-Moscow slant around the world. Known for his volatile temper, Lesin was reported to have antagonized powerful media interests, and an investigation by the anti-Putin whistleblower Alexei Navalny in 2014 revealed that Lesin owned real estate in the United States worth millions of dollars. He resigned later that year as head of Gazprom-Media, a holding company that owns several prominent pro-Kremlin TV networks, and kept a low profile until his death. Two days before his body was found, Lesin failed to appear as expected at a $10,000-a-table fundraiser in Washington organized by the Woodrow Wilson Center\u2019s Kennan Institute, whose honorees included a philanthropist and chief executive of the largest private bank in Russia. Kremlin critics earlier this year theorized that Lesin may have been killed because officials feared that he was about to cut a deal with federal authorities investigating his land dealings in California. However, a longtime friend and business associate of Lesin\u2019s, Sergey Vasiliev, said in March that he believed that Lesin died after a bout of heavy drinking, an account he said he formed after speaking to the Russian Foreign Ministry and others familiar with the sequence of events. Andrew Roth and Peter Hermann contributed to this report.", "essay": "After reading this article, i couldn't help but wonder if it is telling the truth of not. I thought that you would never really know if it was accidental or not because the government could just be hiding the truth from everyone. They are not as democratic as the United States so i am sure they hide things fro mtheir people."}
{"user_id": "ec_p012", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 36 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 7.0 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 36, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 7.0, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "A month after Hurricane Matthew, 800,000 Haitians urgently need food \u2014  FONDTOUTANU, Haiti \u2014 There is no food, so along the road through the mountains there are children begging for something to eat. Most of the trucks rumble past with donations for somewhere else. But one stopped here the other day with sacks of rice, beans and dried herring, setting off a stampede. Valleur Noel, a trim, short man with a checkered shirt and a shiny crucifix, climbed to the top of the tailgate and told everyone to calm down. It was futile. His organization, Pwoje Men Kontre, had 412 bags of food, a gift from the German ambassador and U.S. donors. Within minutes there were people pouring through a notch between the mountains, hollering and stumbling down the rocky hillside toward the truck. \u201cNo pushing, no pushing!\u201d Noel yelled. \u201cThere is enough for everyone!\u201d It wasn\u2019t true. The latecomers got nothing. But many others did, and Figaro Phito, 29, hugged his sack with both arms, like a pillow. \u201cThis will keep us alive until another donation arrives,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause that is our only way to survive right now.\u201d A month after Hurricane Matthew blasted through southwestern Haiti, the region is a blighted, apocalyptic landscape of wrecked homes and growling hunger. At least 800,000 people need food urgently, according to the United Nations, including more than two-thirds of families in the worst-hit departments of Grand\u2019Anse and Sud. Emergency help is arriving, but there is not enough of it, and it will take several more weeks to reach remote mountain communities where officials say the destruction was total. The desperation is so explosive that truckloads of food and medical supplies have been looted by crowds gathered along the roadways. A teenage boy was killed Tuesday by police in the city of Les Cayes, where hungry crowds burned tires and blocked roads. Haitian police shot four people, one fatally, on Oct. 26 in the coastal village of Dame Marie, where the arrival of an aid shipment sent crowds surging onto the docks. The Oct. 4 hurricane hit some of the poorest places in the Western hemisphere. It smashed fishing villages and shredded mountain hamlets with the force of a bomb blast, obliterating crops, killing livestock and leaving fruit trees as bare as matchsticks. Haiti, a country still digging out from its devastating 2010 earthquake, will need months of emergency aid to stave off famine, according to relief groups and government officials. More than 141,000 storm victims are in shelters, and those are just the ones with someplace to go. \u201cWe are sleeping under the trees,\u201d said Jeudina Alexis, 63, who hadn\u2019t eaten in two days but now had a sack of food from Noel to carry home up the mountain. In some towns, 80 to 90 percent of homes were destroyed by Matthew\u2019s 140-mile-per-hour winds. The Category 4 storm converted tin roofing panels into flying razors and broken tree branches into spears. The death toll stands at 546, according to the government, but local officials have reported more than twice that many killed. Some remote mountain villages are so inaccessible that government emergency workers say they will not be able to reach them until the end of November. One man who walked out of the mountains recently after hiking two days told authorities that too many people had died in his town to bury the bodies, so villagers burned them and put the ashes in the river. The United Nations has raised just one-third of the $120 million in emergency funding it says it needs to help 750,000 people, including 315,000 children, get through the next three months. Noel has told his donors he will need to feed people for even longer. \u201cIf they plant sweet potatoes and corn, it will be three or four months before they can harvest, but they don\u2019t have seeds,\u201d he said. \u2018We are starving, too\u2019 The storm-hit areas have reported at least 3,500 suspected cholera cases in recent weeks, but some of the outbreaks are happening in far-off settlements where help has yet to arrive. The aid organization Doctors Without Borders recently sent staff by helicopter to one village, Pourcine, to investigate reports of a patient with cholera, only to find 20 stricken from it. The disease spreads rampantly once the bacteria enters the water supply. \u201cWe are sending materials to contain the epidemic, but there are people dying from cholera every day,\u201d said Emmanuel Massart, the group\u2019s field coordinator in Grand\u2019Anse. It is largely a challenge of distribution. Tim Callahan, the U.S. official in charge of the American emergency response, said the U.S. government has delivered 34 metric tons of water treatment tablets to Haiti, enough to supply the entire country for three months. But getting them to families is another matter because roads are impassable or nonexistent in the worst-affected areas. The 2010 earthquake killed at least 200,000 and damaged many of the government buildings in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. The city was largely spared by the recent storm, and that has allowed the Haitian government to take a more active role in directing the relief effort, Callahan and others say. Peter Mulrean, the U.S. ambassador to Haiti, said the fact that so many international relief organizations were doing post-quake reconstruction left them better prepared to respond to the hurricane. Unlike in the post-quake period, when aid efforts were often haphazard and inefficient, international relief organizations have been coordinating their donations and activities with Haitian officials, using the network of modern, air-conditioned emergency response centers set up in every region after the earthquake. \u201cWe want Haitian institutions to come out stronger than before,\u201d Mulrean said. But the man-made disasters of Haitian politics remain an obstacle. Last year\u2019s contested presidential election led to a political impasse and the installation of a caretaker government. New elections are scheduled for Nov. 20, but it\u2019s hard to see how Haitian officials can deliver and count ballots in hurricane-hit areas. Making matters worse, the public schools that double as polling stations are being used as homeless shelters. At the Lycee Nord Alexis in Jeremie, the battered capital of Grand\u2019Anse, children sleep on the cement floors of classrooms, some naked or clothed in adult-sized T-shirts that hang below the knee. Food comes irregularly. The blind, disabled and maimed lie around in dark, stifling rooms, swarmed by mosquitoes. Guerline Brumaches, 40, was languishing in a corner, naked from the waist up, with a suppurating wound the size of a baseball on her swollen left foot where she had been cut by flying debris. A month-old chemistry lesson was written on the chalkboard above her. Flies nibbled at her foot. \u201cIf I lose my foot, I don\u2019t know what I\u2019ll do,\u201d she said. The school had no running water. One of the stairwells had become a latrine. Xavier Charlemagne, 20, said there were several hundred people sleepingevery night in the classrooms and corridors. \u201cWe\u2019re not leaving until they give us tarps,\u201d he said. Jeremie is the only town with large-scale daily food distribution in Grand\u2019Anse, in part because it is the only place with armed security to suppress potential rioting. The U.N. World Food Program gives out 1,000 one-month rations of rice, chickpeas and cooking oil each day in the central plaza, in the shadow of a 200-year-old cathedral with a ripped-off roof. But the sight of so many convoys headed to Jeremie has stirred resentment in towns that say they are not getting their share. At one highway junction where a broken-down truck carrying beans had been attacked a day earlier, dozens of young men lingered on a recent day, watching for signs of mechanical trouble among the vehicles groaning up the pass, as if stalking wounded herd animals. \u201cWe are starving, too,\u201d said Ricardo Dauphin, 29, alongside dozens of other men in the town of Carrefour Charles, watching U.N. trucks roll by in a cloud of dust, escorted by police and Brazilian soldiers. There is no electricity across a wide swath of southern Haiti where utility lines are down, so at night families burn storm debris and garbage with huge bonfires that leap into the darkness and foul the air. On a muddy hillside near the town of Cavaillon, scores of people have settled in crude lean-tos made of sticks, plastic and tattered bedsheets. The nearby river flooded in the storm, forcing those living along the banks to higher ground. Olicia Jean-Louis, 23, said her widowed mother was washed away in the storm, along with the family\u2019s house and all the secondhand footwear they used to sell in the market. Now Jean-Louis was in charge of her siblings, ages 12, 10, 5 and 2. The youngest ones had started calling her \u201cmama,\u201d she said. None of them had eaten that day, Jean-Louis said. It was raining again, and the 2-year-old boy, naked, leaned into her threadbare blue dress, his nose running. Asked what she would do next, Jean-Louis shook her head. \u201cI will rely on you,\u201d she said. \u201cCan you help me?\u201d", "essay": "It's terrible to hear about what people have to go through in Haiti after a crisis like hurricane Matthew. I take for granted what it's like to live in an area where I and my family do not have to worry about these situations. I hope everyone receives the help they need in Haiti, as I'm sure they need all of the assistance they can get."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "A month after Hurricane Matthew, 800,000 Haitians urgently need food \u2014  FONDTOUTANU, Haiti \u2014 There is no food, so along the road through the mountains there are children begging for something to eat. Most of the trucks rumble past with donations for somewhere else. But one stopped here the other day with sacks of rice, beans and dried herring, setting off a stampede. Valleur Noel, a trim, short man with a checkered shirt and a shiny crucifix, climbed to the top of the tailgate and told everyone to calm down. It was futile. His organization, Pwoje Men Kontre, had 412 bags of food, a gift from the German ambassador and U.S. donors. Within minutes there were people pouring through a notch between the mountains, hollering and stumbling down the rocky hillside toward the truck. \u201cNo pushing, no pushing!\u201d Noel yelled. \u201cThere is enough for everyone!\u201d It wasn\u2019t true. The latecomers got nothing. But many others did, and Figaro Phito, 29, hugged his sack with both arms, like a pillow. \u201cThis will keep us alive until another donation arrives,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause that is our only way to survive right now.\u201d A month after Hurricane Matthew blasted through southwestern Haiti, the region is a blighted, apocalyptic landscape of wrecked homes and growling hunger. At least 800,000 people need food urgently, according to the United Nations, including more than two-thirds of families in the worst-hit departments of Grand\u2019Anse and Sud. Emergency help is arriving, but there is not enough of it, and it will take several more weeks to reach remote mountain communities where officials say the destruction was total. The desperation is so explosive that truckloads of food and medical supplies have been looted by crowds gathered along the roadways. A teenage boy was killed Tuesday by police in the city of Les Cayes, where hungry crowds burned tires and blocked roads. Haitian police shot four people, one fatally, on Oct. 26 in the coastal village of Dame Marie, where the arrival of an aid shipment sent crowds surging onto the docks. The Oct. 4 hurricane hit some of the poorest places in the Western hemisphere. It smashed fishing villages and shredded mountain hamlets with the force of a bomb blast, obliterating crops, killing livestock and leaving fruit trees as bare as matchsticks. Haiti, a country still digging out from its devastating 2010 earthquake, will need months of emergency aid to stave off famine, according to relief groups and government officials. More than 141,000 storm victims are in shelters, and those are just the ones with someplace to go. \u201cWe are sleeping under the trees,\u201d said Jeudina Alexis, 63, who hadn\u2019t eaten in two days but now had a sack of food from Noel to carry home up the mountain. In some towns, 80 to 90 percent of homes were destroyed by Matthew\u2019s 140-mile-per-hour winds. The Category 4 storm converted tin roofing panels into flying razors and broken tree branches into spears. The death toll stands at 546, according to the government, but local officials have reported more than twice that many killed. Some remote mountain villages are so inaccessible that government emergency workers say they will not be able to reach them until the end of November. One man who walked out of the mountains recently after hiking two days told authorities that too many people had died in his town to bury the bodies, so villagers burned them and put the ashes in the river. The United Nations has raised just one-third of the $120 million in emergency funding it says it needs to help 750,000 people, including 315,000 children, get through the next three months. Noel has told his donors he will need to feed people for even longer. \u201cIf they plant sweet potatoes and corn, it will be three or four months before they can harvest, but they don\u2019t have seeds,\u201d he said. \u2018We are starving, too\u2019 The storm-hit areas have reported at least 3,500 suspected cholera cases in recent weeks, but some of the outbreaks are happening in far-off settlements where help has yet to arrive. The aid organization Doctors Without Borders recently sent staff by helicopter to one village, Pourcine, to investigate reports of a patient with cholera, only to find 20 stricken from it. The disease spreads rampantly once the bacteria enters the water supply. \u201cWe are sending materials to contain the epidemic, but there are people dying from cholera every day,\u201d said Emmanuel Massart, the group\u2019s field coordinator in Grand\u2019Anse. It is largely a challenge of distribution. Tim Callahan, the U.S. official in charge of the American emergency response, said the U.S. government has delivered 34 metric tons of water treatment tablets to Haiti, enough to supply the entire country for three months. But getting them to families is another matter because roads are impassable or nonexistent in the worst-affected areas. The 2010 earthquake killed at least 200,000 and damaged many of the government buildings in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. The city was largely spared by the recent storm, and that has allowed the Haitian government to take a more active role in directing the relief effort, Callahan and others say. Peter Mulrean, the U.S. ambassador to Haiti, said the fact that so many international relief organizations were doing post-quake reconstruction left them better prepared to respond to the hurricane. Unlike in the post-quake period, when aid efforts were often haphazard and inefficient, international relief organizations have been coordinating their donations and activities with Haitian officials, using the network of modern, air-conditioned emergency response centers set up in every region after the earthquake. \u201cWe want Haitian institutions to come out stronger than before,\u201d Mulrean said. But the man-made disasters of Haitian politics remain an obstacle. Last year\u2019s contested presidential election led to a political impasse and the installation of a caretaker government. New elections are scheduled for Nov. 20, but it\u2019s hard to see how Haitian officials can deliver and count ballots in hurricane-hit areas. Making matters worse, the public schools that double as polling stations are being used as homeless shelters. At the Lycee Nord Alexis in Jeremie, the battered capital of Grand\u2019Anse, children sleep on the cement floors of classrooms, some naked or clothed in adult-sized T-shirts that hang below the knee. Food comes irregularly. The blind, disabled and maimed lie around in dark, stifling rooms, swarmed by mosquitoes. Guerline Brumaches, 40, was languishing in a corner, naked from the waist up, with a suppurating wound the size of a baseball on her swollen left foot where she had been cut by flying debris. A month-old chemistry lesson was written on the chalkboard above her. Flies nibbled at her foot. \u201cIf I lose my foot, I don\u2019t know what I\u2019ll do,\u201d she said. The school had no running water. One of the stairwells had become a latrine. Xavier Charlemagne, 20, said there were several hundred people sleepingevery night in the classrooms and corridors. \u201cWe\u2019re not leaving until they give us tarps,\u201d he said. Jeremie is the only town with large-scale daily food distribution in Grand\u2019Anse, in part because it is the only place with armed security to suppress potential rioting. The U.N. World Food Program gives out 1,000 one-month rations of rice, chickpeas and cooking oil each day in the central plaza, in the shadow of a 200-year-old cathedral with a ripped-off roof. But the sight of so many convoys headed to Jeremie has stirred resentment in towns that say they are not getting their share. At one highway junction where a broken-down truck carrying beans had been attacked a day earlier, dozens of young men lingered on a recent day, watching for signs of mechanical trouble among the vehicles groaning up the pass, as if stalking wounded herd animals. \u201cWe are starving, too,\u201d said Ricardo Dauphin, 29, alongside dozens of other men in the town of Carrefour Charles, watching U.N. trucks roll by in a cloud of dust, escorted by police and Brazilian soldiers. There is no electricity across a wide swath of southern Haiti where utility lines are down, so at night families burn storm debris and garbage with huge bonfires that leap into the darkness and foul the air. On a muddy hillside near the town of Cavaillon, scores of people have settled in crude lean-tos made of sticks, plastic and tattered bedsheets. The nearby river flooded in the storm, forcing those living along the banks to higher ground. Olicia Jean-Louis, 23, said her widowed mother was washed away in the storm, along with the family\u2019s house and all the secondhand footwear they used to sell in the market. Now Jean-Louis was in charge of her siblings, ages 12, 10, 5 and 2. The youngest ones had started calling her \u201cmama,\u201d she said. None of them had eaten that day, Jean-Louis said. It was raining again, and the 2-year-old boy, naked, leaned into her threadbare blue dress, his nose running. Asked what she would do next, Jean-Louis shook her head. \u201cI will rely on you,\u201d she said. \u201cCan you help me?\u201d", "essay": "After reading the article, the only feelings i can say that i have is one of sadness. It's terrible that these people had this unfortunate hurricane hit them. There was nothing they could have really done and they definiteyl did not deserve this. The fact that there are little children with no food or water really hurts me. There are most likely animals out there that are in need of food and water as well."}
{"user_id": "ec_p020", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 50000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 50000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "A month after Hurricane Matthew, 800,000 Haitians urgently need food \u2014  FONDTOUTANU, Haiti \u2014 There is no food, so along the road through the mountains there are children begging for something to eat. Most of the trucks rumble past with donations for somewhere else. But one stopped here the other day with sacks of rice, beans and dried herring, setting off a stampede. Valleur Noel, a trim, short man with a checkered shirt and a shiny crucifix, climbed to the top of the tailgate and told everyone to calm down. It was futile. His organization, Pwoje Men Kontre, had 412 bags of food, a gift from the German ambassador and U.S. donors. Within minutes there were people pouring through a notch between the mountains, hollering and stumbling down the rocky hillside toward the truck. \u201cNo pushing, no pushing!\u201d Noel yelled. \u201cThere is enough for everyone!\u201d It wasn\u2019t true. The latecomers got nothing. But many others did, and Figaro Phito, 29, hugged his sack with both arms, like a pillow. \u201cThis will keep us alive until another donation arrives,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause that is our only way to survive right now.\u201d A month after Hurricane Matthew blasted through southwestern Haiti, the region is a blighted, apocalyptic landscape of wrecked homes and growling hunger. At least 800,000 people need food urgently, according to the United Nations, including more than two-thirds of families in the worst-hit departments of Grand\u2019Anse and Sud. Emergency help is arriving, but there is not enough of it, and it will take several more weeks to reach remote mountain communities where officials say the destruction was total. The desperation is so explosive that truckloads of food and medical supplies have been looted by crowds gathered along the roadways. A teenage boy was killed Tuesday by police in the city of Les Cayes, where hungry crowds burned tires and blocked roads. Haitian police shot four people, one fatally, on Oct. 26 in the coastal village of Dame Marie, where the arrival of an aid shipment sent crowds surging onto the docks. The Oct. 4 hurricane hit some of the poorest places in the Western hemisphere. It smashed fishing villages and shredded mountain hamlets with the force of a bomb blast, obliterating crops, killing livestock and leaving fruit trees as bare as matchsticks. Haiti, a country still digging out from its devastating 2010 earthquake, will need months of emergency aid to stave off famine, according to relief groups and government officials. More than 141,000 storm victims are in shelters, and those are just the ones with someplace to go. \u201cWe are sleeping under the trees,\u201d said Jeudina Alexis, 63, who hadn\u2019t eaten in two days but now had a sack of food from Noel to carry home up the mountain. In some towns, 80 to 90 percent of homes were destroyed by Matthew\u2019s 140-mile-per-hour winds. The Category 4 storm converted tin roofing panels into flying razors and broken tree branches into spears. The death toll stands at 546, according to the government, but local officials have reported more than twice that many killed. Some remote mountain villages are so inaccessible that government emergency workers say they will not be able to reach them until the end of November. One man who walked out of the mountains recently after hiking two days told authorities that too many people had died in his town to bury the bodies, so villagers burned them and put the ashes in the river. The United Nations has raised just one-third of the $120 million in emergency funding it says it needs to help 750,000 people, including 315,000 children, get through the next three months. Noel has told his donors he will need to feed people for even longer. \u201cIf they plant sweet potatoes and corn, it will be three or four months before they can harvest, but they don\u2019t have seeds,\u201d he said. \u2018We are starving, too\u2019 The storm-hit areas have reported at least 3,500 suspected cholera cases in recent weeks, but some of the outbreaks are happening in far-off settlements where help has yet to arrive. The aid organization Doctors Without Borders recently sent staff by helicopter to one village, Pourcine, to investigate reports of a patient with cholera, only to find 20 stricken from it. The disease spreads rampantly once the bacteria enters the water supply. \u201cWe are sending materials to contain the epidemic, but there are people dying from cholera every day,\u201d said Emmanuel Massart, the group\u2019s field coordinator in Grand\u2019Anse. It is largely a challenge of distribution. Tim Callahan, the U.S. official in charge of the American emergency response, said the U.S. government has delivered 34 metric tons of water treatment tablets to Haiti, enough to supply the entire country for three months. But getting them to families is another matter because roads are impassable or nonexistent in the worst-affected areas. The 2010 earthquake killed at least 200,000 and damaged many of the government buildings in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. The city was largely spared by the recent storm, and that has allowed the Haitian government to take a more active role in directing the relief effort, Callahan and others say. Peter Mulrean, the U.S. ambassador to Haiti, said the fact that so many international relief organizations were doing post-quake reconstruction left them better prepared to respond to the hurricane. Unlike in the post-quake period, when aid efforts were often haphazard and inefficient, international relief organizations have been coordinating their donations and activities with Haitian officials, using the network of modern, air-conditioned emergency response centers set up in every region after the earthquake. \u201cWe want Haitian institutions to come out stronger than before,\u201d Mulrean said. But the man-made disasters of Haitian politics remain an obstacle. Last year\u2019s contested presidential election led to a political impasse and the installation of a caretaker government. New elections are scheduled for Nov. 20, but it\u2019s hard to see how Haitian officials can deliver and count ballots in hurricane-hit areas. Making matters worse, the public schools that double as polling stations are being used as homeless shelters. At the Lycee Nord Alexis in Jeremie, the battered capital of Grand\u2019Anse, children sleep on the cement floors of classrooms, some naked or clothed in adult-sized T-shirts that hang below the knee. Food comes irregularly. The blind, disabled and maimed lie around in dark, stifling rooms, swarmed by mosquitoes. Guerline Brumaches, 40, was languishing in a corner, naked from the waist up, with a suppurating wound the size of a baseball on her swollen left foot where she had been cut by flying debris. A month-old chemistry lesson was written on the chalkboard above her. Flies nibbled at her foot. \u201cIf I lose my foot, I don\u2019t know what I\u2019ll do,\u201d she said. The school had no running water. One of the stairwells had become a latrine. Xavier Charlemagne, 20, said there were several hundred people sleepingevery night in the classrooms and corridors. \u201cWe\u2019re not leaving until they give us tarps,\u201d he said. Jeremie is the only town with large-scale daily food distribution in Grand\u2019Anse, in part because it is the only place with armed security to suppress potential rioting. The U.N. World Food Program gives out 1,000 one-month rations of rice, chickpeas and cooking oil each day in the central plaza, in the shadow of a 200-year-old cathedral with a ripped-off roof. But the sight of so many convoys headed to Jeremie has stirred resentment in towns that say they are not getting their share. At one highway junction where a broken-down truck carrying beans had been attacked a day earlier, dozens of young men lingered on a recent day, watching for signs of mechanical trouble among the vehicles groaning up the pass, as if stalking wounded herd animals. \u201cWe are starving, too,\u201d said Ricardo Dauphin, 29, alongside dozens of other men in the town of Carrefour Charles, watching U.N. trucks roll by in a cloud of dust, escorted by police and Brazilian soldiers. There is no electricity across a wide swath of southern Haiti where utility lines are down, so at night families burn storm debris and garbage with huge bonfires that leap into the darkness and foul the air. On a muddy hillside near the town of Cavaillon, scores of people have settled in crude lean-tos made of sticks, plastic and tattered bedsheets. The nearby river flooded in the storm, forcing those living along the banks to higher ground. Olicia Jean-Louis, 23, said her widowed mother was washed away in the storm, along with the family\u2019s house and all the secondhand footwear they used to sell in the market. Now Jean-Louis was in charge of her siblings, ages 12, 10, 5 and 2. The youngest ones had started calling her \u201cmama,\u201d she said. None of them had eaten that day, Jean-Louis said. It was raining again, and the 2-year-old boy, naked, leaned into her threadbare blue dress, his nose running. Asked what she would do next, Jean-Louis shook her head. \u201cI will rely on you,\u201d she said. \u201cCan you help me?\u201d", "essay": "This situation in Haiti is terrible and saddening. no person in this day and age should suffer at the hands of their government while no one does anything to help. It is sad to see such suffering and hungry people. How can a country be that terrible. How does next to nobody help these poor innocent people."}
{"user_id": "ec_p071", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 19 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 19, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "A month after Hurricane Matthew, 800,000 Haitians urgently need food \u2014  FONDTOUTANU, Haiti \u2014 There is no food, so along the road through the mountains there are children begging for something to eat. Most of the trucks rumble past with donations for somewhere else. But one stopped here the other day with sacks of rice, beans and dried herring, setting off a stampede. Valleur Noel, a trim, short man with a checkered shirt and a shiny crucifix, climbed to the top of the tailgate and told everyone to calm down. It was futile. His organization, Pwoje Men Kontre, had 412 bags of food, a gift from the German ambassador and U.S. donors. Within minutes there were people pouring through a notch between the mountains, hollering and stumbling down the rocky hillside toward the truck. \u201cNo pushing, no pushing!\u201d Noel yelled. \u201cThere is enough for everyone!\u201d It wasn\u2019t true. The latecomers got nothing. But many others did, and Figaro Phito, 29, hugged his sack with both arms, like a pillow. \u201cThis will keep us alive until another donation arrives,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause that is our only way to survive right now.\u201d A month after Hurricane Matthew blasted through southwestern Haiti, the region is a blighted, apocalyptic landscape of wrecked homes and growling hunger. At least 800,000 people need food urgently, according to the United Nations, including more than two-thirds of families in the worst-hit departments of Grand\u2019Anse and Sud. Emergency help is arriving, but there is not enough of it, and it will take several more weeks to reach remote mountain communities where officials say the destruction was total. The desperation is so explosive that truckloads of food and medical supplies have been looted by crowds gathered along the roadways. A teenage boy was killed Tuesday by police in the city of Les Cayes, where hungry crowds burned tires and blocked roads. Haitian police shot four people, one fatally, on Oct. 26 in the coastal village of Dame Marie, where the arrival of an aid shipment sent crowds surging onto the docks. The Oct. 4 hurricane hit some of the poorest places in the Western hemisphere. It smashed fishing villages and shredded mountain hamlets with the force of a bomb blast, obliterating crops, killing livestock and leaving fruit trees as bare as matchsticks. Haiti, a country still digging out from its devastating 2010 earthquake, will need months of emergency aid to stave off famine, according to relief groups and government officials. More than 141,000 storm victims are in shelters, and those are just the ones with someplace to go. \u201cWe are sleeping under the trees,\u201d said Jeudina Alexis, 63, who hadn\u2019t eaten in two days but now had a sack of food from Noel to carry home up the mountain. In some towns, 80 to 90 percent of homes were destroyed by Matthew\u2019s 140-mile-per-hour winds. The Category 4 storm converted tin roofing panels into flying razors and broken tree branches into spears. The death toll stands at 546, according to the government, but local officials have reported more than twice that many killed. Some remote mountain villages are so inaccessible that government emergency workers say they will not be able to reach them until the end of November. One man who walked out of the mountains recently after hiking two days told authorities that too many people had died in his town to bury the bodies, so villagers burned them and put the ashes in the river. The United Nations has raised just one-third of the $120 million in emergency funding it says it needs to help 750,000 people, including 315,000 children, get through the next three months. Noel has told his donors he will need to feed people for even longer. \u201cIf they plant sweet potatoes and corn, it will be three or four months before they can harvest, but they don\u2019t have seeds,\u201d he said. \u2018We are starving, too\u2019 The storm-hit areas have reported at least 3,500 suspected cholera cases in recent weeks, but some of the outbreaks are happening in far-off settlements where help has yet to arrive. The aid organization Doctors Without Borders recently sent staff by helicopter to one village, Pourcine, to investigate reports of a patient with cholera, only to find 20 stricken from it. The disease spreads rampantly once the bacteria enters the water supply. \u201cWe are sending materials to contain the epidemic, but there are people dying from cholera every day,\u201d said Emmanuel Massart, the group\u2019s field coordinator in Grand\u2019Anse. It is largely a challenge of distribution. Tim Callahan, the U.S. official in charge of the American emergency response, said the U.S. government has delivered 34 metric tons of water treatment tablets to Haiti, enough to supply the entire country for three months. But getting them to families is another matter because roads are impassable or nonexistent in the worst-affected areas. The 2010 earthquake killed at least 200,000 and damaged many of the government buildings in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. The city was largely spared by the recent storm, and that has allowed the Haitian government to take a more active role in directing the relief effort, Callahan and others say. Peter Mulrean, the U.S. ambassador to Haiti, said the fact that so many international relief organizations were doing post-quake reconstruction left them better prepared to respond to the hurricane. Unlike in the post-quake period, when aid efforts were often haphazard and inefficient, international relief organizations have been coordinating their donations and activities with Haitian officials, using the network of modern, air-conditioned emergency response centers set up in every region after the earthquake. \u201cWe want Haitian institutions to come out stronger than before,\u201d Mulrean said. But the man-made disasters of Haitian politics remain an obstacle. Last year\u2019s contested presidential election led to a political impasse and the installation of a caretaker government. New elections are scheduled for Nov. 20, but it\u2019s hard to see how Haitian officials can deliver and count ballots in hurricane-hit areas. Making matters worse, the public schools that double as polling stations are being used as homeless shelters. At the Lycee Nord Alexis in Jeremie, the battered capital of Grand\u2019Anse, children sleep on the cement floors of classrooms, some naked or clothed in adult-sized T-shirts that hang below the knee. Food comes irregularly. The blind, disabled and maimed lie around in dark, stifling rooms, swarmed by mosquitoes. Guerline Brumaches, 40, was languishing in a corner, naked from the waist up, with a suppurating wound the size of a baseball on her swollen left foot where she had been cut by flying debris. A month-old chemistry lesson was written on the chalkboard above her. Flies nibbled at her foot. \u201cIf I lose my foot, I don\u2019t know what I\u2019ll do,\u201d she said. The school had no running water. One of the stairwells had become a latrine. Xavier Charlemagne, 20, said there were several hundred people sleepingevery night in the classrooms and corridors. \u201cWe\u2019re not leaving until they give us tarps,\u201d he said. Jeremie is the only town with large-scale daily food distribution in Grand\u2019Anse, in part because it is the only place with armed security to suppress potential rioting. The U.N. World Food Program gives out 1,000 one-month rations of rice, chickpeas and cooking oil each day in the central plaza, in the shadow of a 200-year-old cathedral with a ripped-off roof. But the sight of so many convoys headed to Jeremie has stirred resentment in towns that say they are not getting their share. At one highway junction where a broken-down truck carrying beans had been attacked a day earlier, dozens of young men lingered on a recent day, watching for signs of mechanical trouble among the vehicles groaning up the pass, as if stalking wounded herd animals. \u201cWe are starving, too,\u201d said Ricardo Dauphin, 29, alongside dozens of other men in the town of Carrefour Charles, watching U.N. trucks roll by in a cloud of dust, escorted by police and Brazilian soldiers. There is no electricity across a wide swath of southern Haiti where utility lines are down, so at night families burn storm debris and garbage with huge bonfires that leap into the darkness and foul the air. On a muddy hillside near the town of Cavaillon, scores of people have settled in crude lean-tos made of sticks, plastic and tattered bedsheets. The nearby river flooded in the storm, forcing those living along the banks to higher ground. Olicia Jean-Louis, 23, said her widowed mother was washed away in the storm, along with the family\u2019s house and all the secondhand footwear they used to sell in the market. Now Jean-Louis was in charge of her siblings, ages 12, 10, 5 and 2. The youngest ones had started calling her \u201cmama,\u201d she said. None of them had eaten that day, Jean-Louis said. It was raining again, and the 2-year-old boy, naked, leaned into her threadbare blue dress, his nose running. Asked what she would do next, Jean-Louis shook her head. \u201cI will rely on you,\u201d she said. \u201cCan you help me?\u201d", "essay": "I just read an article about recent tragedies that have taken place on the island of hati. It talked about a hurricane and then the earthquake that happend their. Both were awful, terrible events. Many people were dis placed and chaos ensued. This was because many homes were destroyed and people did not have the chance to settle down after these disasters"}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "A month after Hurricane Matthew, 800,000 Haitians urgently need food \u2014  FONDTOUTANU, Haiti \u2014 There is no food, so along the road through the mountains there are children begging for something to eat. Most of the trucks rumble past with donations for somewhere else. But one stopped here the other day with sacks of rice, beans and dried herring, setting off a stampede. Valleur Noel, a trim, short man with a checkered shirt and a shiny crucifix, climbed to the top of the tailgate and told everyone to calm down. It was futile. His organization, Pwoje Men Kontre, had 412 bags of food, a gift from the German ambassador and U.S. donors. Within minutes there were people pouring through a notch between the mountains, hollering and stumbling down the rocky hillside toward the truck. \u201cNo pushing, no pushing!\u201d Noel yelled. \u201cThere is enough for everyone!\u201d It wasn\u2019t true. The latecomers got nothing. But many others did, and Figaro Phito, 29, hugged his sack with both arms, like a pillow. \u201cThis will keep us alive until another donation arrives,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause that is our only way to survive right now.\u201d A month after Hurricane Matthew blasted through southwestern Haiti, the region is a blighted, apocalyptic landscape of wrecked homes and growling hunger. At least 800,000 people need food urgently, according to the United Nations, including more than two-thirds of families in the worst-hit departments of Grand\u2019Anse and Sud. Emergency help is arriving, but there is not enough of it, and it will take several more weeks to reach remote mountain communities where officials say the destruction was total. The desperation is so explosive that truckloads of food and medical supplies have been looted by crowds gathered along the roadways. A teenage boy was killed Tuesday by police in the city of Les Cayes, where hungry crowds burned tires and blocked roads. Haitian police shot four people, one fatally, on Oct. 26 in the coastal village of Dame Marie, where the arrival of an aid shipment sent crowds surging onto the docks. The Oct. 4 hurricane hit some of the poorest places in the Western hemisphere. It smashed fishing villages and shredded mountain hamlets with the force of a bomb blast, obliterating crops, killing livestock and leaving fruit trees as bare as matchsticks. Haiti, a country still digging out from its devastating 2010 earthquake, will need months of emergency aid to stave off famine, according to relief groups and government officials. More than 141,000 storm victims are in shelters, and those are just the ones with someplace to go. \u201cWe are sleeping under the trees,\u201d said Jeudina Alexis, 63, who hadn\u2019t eaten in two days but now had a sack of food from Noel to carry home up the mountain. In some towns, 80 to 90 percent of homes were destroyed by Matthew\u2019s 140-mile-per-hour winds. The Category 4 storm converted tin roofing panels into flying razors and broken tree branches into spears. The death toll stands at 546, according to the government, but local officials have reported more than twice that many killed. Some remote mountain villages are so inaccessible that government emergency workers say they will not be able to reach them until the end of November. One man who walked out of the mountains recently after hiking two days told authorities that too many people had died in his town to bury the bodies, so villagers burned them and put the ashes in the river. The United Nations has raised just one-third of the $120 million in emergency funding it says it needs to help 750,000 people, including 315,000 children, get through the next three months. Noel has told his donors he will need to feed people for even longer. \u201cIf they plant sweet potatoes and corn, it will be three or four months before they can harvest, but they don\u2019t have seeds,\u201d he said. \u2018We are starving, too\u2019 The storm-hit areas have reported at least 3,500 suspected cholera cases in recent weeks, but some of the outbreaks are happening in far-off settlements where help has yet to arrive. The aid organization Doctors Without Borders recently sent staff by helicopter to one village, Pourcine, to investigate reports of a patient with cholera, only to find 20 stricken from it. The disease spreads rampantly once the bacteria enters the water supply. \u201cWe are sending materials to contain the epidemic, but there are people dying from cholera every day,\u201d said Emmanuel Massart, the group\u2019s field coordinator in Grand\u2019Anse. It is largely a challenge of distribution. Tim Callahan, the U.S. official in charge of the American emergency response, said the U.S. government has delivered 34 metric tons of water treatment tablets to Haiti, enough to supply the entire country for three months. But getting them to families is another matter because roads are impassable or nonexistent in the worst-affected areas. The 2010 earthquake killed at least 200,000 and damaged many of the government buildings in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. The city was largely spared by the recent storm, and that has allowed the Haitian government to take a more active role in directing the relief effort, Callahan and others say. Peter Mulrean, the U.S. ambassador to Haiti, said the fact that so many international relief organizations were doing post-quake reconstruction left them better prepared to respond to the hurricane. Unlike in the post-quake period, when aid efforts were often haphazard and inefficient, international relief organizations have been coordinating their donations and activities with Haitian officials, using the network of modern, air-conditioned emergency response centers set up in every region after the earthquake. \u201cWe want Haitian institutions to come out stronger than before,\u201d Mulrean said. But the man-made disasters of Haitian politics remain an obstacle. Last year\u2019s contested presidential election led to a political impasse and the installation of a caretaker government. New elections are scheduled for Nov. 20, but it\u2019s hard to see how Haitian officials can deliver and count ballots in hurricane-hit areas. Making matters worse, the public schools that double as polling stations are being used as homeless shelters. At the Lycee Nord Alexis in Jeremie, the battered capital of Grand\u2019Anse, children sleep on the cement floors of classrooms, some naked or clothed in adult-sized T-shirts that hang below the knee. Food comes irregularly. The blind, disabled and maimed lie around in dark, stifling rooms, swarmed by mosquitoes. Guerline Brumaches, 40, was languishing in a corner, naked from the waist up, with a suppurating wound the size of a baseball on her swollen left foot where she had been cut by flying debris. A month-old chemistry lesson was written on the chalkboard above her. Flies nibbled at her foot. \u201cIf I lose my foot, I don\u2019t know what I\u2019ll do,\u201d she said. The school had no running water. One of the stairwells had become a latrine. Xavier Charlemagne, 20, said there were several hundred people sleepingevery night in the classrooms and corridors. \u201cWe\u2019re not leaving until they give us tarps,\u201d he said. Jeremie is the only town with large-scale daily food distribution in Grand\u2019Anse, in part because it is the only place with armed security to suppress potential rioting. The U.N. World Food Program gives out 1,000 one-month rations of rice, chickpeas and cooking oil each day in the central plaza, in the shadow of a 200-year-old cathedral with a ripped-off roof. But the sight of so many convoys headed to Jeremie has stirred resentment in towns that say they are not getting their share. At one highway junction where a broken-down truck carrying beans had been attacked a day earlier, dozens of young men lingered on a recent day, watching for signs of mechanical trouble among the vehicles groaning up the pass, as if stalking wounded herd animals. \u201cWe are starving, too,\u201d said Ricardo Dauphin, 29, alongside dozens of other men in the town of Carrefour Charles, watching U.N. trucks roll by in a cloud of dust, escorted by police and Brazilian soldiers. There is no electricity across a wide swath of southern Haiti where utility lines are down, so at night families burn storm debris and garbage with huge bonfires that leap into the darkness and foul the air. On a muddy hillside near the town of Cavaillon, scores of people have settled in crude lean-tos made of sticks, plastic and tattered bedsheets. The nearby river flooded in the storm, forcing those living along the banks to higher ground. Olicia Jean-Louis, 23, said her widowed mother was washed away in the storm, along with the family\u2019s house and all the secondhand footwear they used to sell in the market. Now Jean-Louis was in charge of her siblings, ages 12, 10, 5 and 2. The youngest ones had started calling her \u201cmama,\u201d she said. None of them had eaten that day, Jean-Louis said. It was raining again, and the 2-year-old boy, naked, leaned into her threadbare blue dress, his nose running. Asked what she would do next, Jean-Louis shook her head. \u201cI will rely on you,\u201d she said. \u201cCan you help me?\u201d", "essay": "In the 21st century, people are still starving after major disasters.   This earthquake destroyed Haiti and in my opinion, there was not enough food that was brought in from other countries.   I constantly wonder how this continues to be such a slow, slow process.   I have been to Haiti and the country is hard enough just to live without major catastrophic disasters."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Miami Marlins star pitcher Jose Fernandez killed in boating accident \u2014  Miami Marlins pitcher Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez, who defected from Cuba at 15 and went on to become one of baseball's brightest stars, was killed early Sunday in a boating accident, Florida authorities said.   Fern\u00e1ndez, who was 24, and two other men were found dead after their boat was discovered at the entrance of Miami Harbor, said Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Lorenzo Veloz. Coast Guard personnel on patrol noticed the vessel upside down on the north end of a rocky jetty shortly after 3:15 a.m., Veloz said at a news conference. Divers recovered two bodies under the boat, and a third victim was found on the rocks. The names of the two other victims -- also in their 20s -- are being withheld until relatives are notified. The men were Fernandez's friends, Veloz said. Veloz said Fern\u00e1ndez's death was a loss to Miami, to baseball and to anyone who ever met him. \"He was pillar to our community. He was involved in everything that he could be to give back,\" Veloz said. \"I had the experience of talking to him several times -- down-to-earth, great person ... I'm sorry I'm getting goosebumps right now. It's really hitting home and it's horrible.\" Based on impact evidence and the severity of damage, officials concluded the boat -- a 32-foot SeaVee center console model -- hit the rocks at full speed, Veloz said. Top speed on the boat would be between 50 mph and 65 mph, depending on the engines with which it was equipped, according to SeeVee's website. Fern\u00e1ndez was a passenger on the boat, and was not the owner, Veloz said. \"The boat is a total loss right now from what we can see,\" Veloz said. \"It's horrible, it's bad, it's bad.\" Drugs and alcohol did not appear to be factors in the accident, he said, but he added that investigators had been been unable to get under the overturned wreckage. Autopsies have not been conducted. None of the three victims was wearing a life vest, he said. \"The magnanimity of his personality transcended culture, religion and race, I mean it just did,\" Marlins President David Samson said at a news conference where he was flanked by the team and other officials. Several people appeared visibly shaken. \"Jose is a member of this family for all time,\" Samson said. \"His story is representative of a story of hope, and of love and of faith, and no one will ever let that story die.\" Sunday's game against the Atlanta Braves has been canceled. The Marlins' game against the Atlanta Braves on Sunday was canceled, Samson said. \"When you watch kids playing Little League... that's the joy that Jose played with -- and the passion he felt about playing,\" said Marlins Manager Don Mattingly, stopping midsentence to wipe away tears. He appeared too emotionally shaken to continue. People we've lost in 2016 Fern\u00e1ndez was born in Santa Clara, Cuba, and defected to the United States in 2008. Drafted by the Marlins in 2011, he went on to become the franchise's star pitcher, named National League Rookie of the Year 2013 and a two-time All-Star. But his story is about more than baseball accolades, and Mattingly certainly isn't the only person to shed tears over Fern\u00e1ndez's death. The oft-smiling Fern\u00e1ndez had many friends in the game, owing to his cheerful demeanor and fierce competitiveness. He also owned what Miami Herald sportswriter Dan Le Batard once called a \"rags to pitches\" story that many, especially those in Florida's Cuban-American communities, found inspiring. In 2008, Fern\u00e1ndez made his fourth attempt to flee Cuba, according to a 2013 Miami Herald story. He'd been jailed for a previous failed attempt and, this time, was attempting to reach America, via Mexico, with his mother and sister. Once on the open water, the newspaper reported, someone fell off of the boat, and Fern\u00e1ndez, a good swimmer, asked no questions; he jumped in to save the person. It turned out to be his mother, Maritza. \"I dove to help a person not thinking who that person was. Imagine when I realized it was my own mother. If that does not leave a mark on you for the rest of your life, I don't know what will,\" he told the Herald. Once in the United States, Fern\u00e1ndez had trouble adjusting. Fifteen at the time, he missed his grandmother, Olga, desperately, Le Batard wrote in a 2013 profile. Back home, he was \"really, really poor,\" Fern\u00e1ndez told his fellow Cuban-American Le Batard, and he was happy to make $4 a day selling tomatoes and onions. In the U.S., the simplest things, such as computers and motion-activated faucets, eluded him. He wrote phone numbers down in a book because he didn't realize his phone would store them, the profile said. His grasp of English didn't extend much beyond curse words. But there was one language besides Spanish that he understood perfectly: baseball. As a high school sophomore, Fern\u00e1ndez threw 94-mph fastballs, as fast as some pros, and he led Braulio Alonso High School to two state championships, Le Batard reported. The Marlins selected him in the first round of 2011 Major League Baseball draft, and he first took the mound for them in April 2013 en route to National League Rookie of the Year honors. It was after that season -- when Fern\u00e1ndez told Le Batard how much he missed Olga, who had climbed to her Santa Clara roof with a radio to catch the Marlins games when Fern\u00e1ndez pitched -- that the Marlins arranged a surprise. A heartwarming reunion While he conducted an interview in the Marlins locker room that ventured into the topics of his mother and grandmother, whose names he has tattooed inside his bicep, the interviewer asks Fernandez what Olga would tell him if she were there in Miami. \"I don't think she would be here,\" he replied, his sadness evident in his eyes. Little did he know that Olga had arrived in Miami a half hour prior. The Marlins had arranged for her visa. As Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria escorts Olga into the locker room, Fern\u00e1ndez beams a boyish grin, clearly in disbelief. He says only, \"Oh,\" as she rushes over to him. His face is bright red as Olga embraces him for the first time in six years. \"Oh my God,\" he says, almost as if he's exhaling. \"You've got to be kidding me.\" \"You look so great, papi. You look so great,\" Olga tells him in Spanish as he clutches her, kissing the top of her head. Jeffrey Loria explained the team's motivation in getting Olga to the United States. \"Having watched the dynamic unfold with him, caring about his grandmother so much, it kind of came to our attention here. We have a big family here in this organization and there was a link missing in that family so we closed the gap. We got her here,\" he said. Baseball world stunned News of his death sent shockwaves through the baseball community, with players and fans alike taking to social media to express their grief. \"We are stunned and devastated,\" Major League Baseball said in a statement. \"I've never met anyone who extracted more joy, more passion out of what he did than Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez,\" baseball analyst Buster Olney said on ESPN. \"When you watched him pitch, he loved it so much. He had so much emotion.\" \"He's sort of the American dream for the Cuban baseball player,\" Le Batard said. \"This kid is a symbol for Cuban life and the things that can be accomplished in this country.\" Former MLB pitcher Dan Haren tweeted: \"Jose Fernandez is one of the most genuine guys I've ever played with. He loved life, he loved baseball... he will be missed dearly.\" Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred issued a statement saying, \"He was one of our game's great young stars who made a dramatic impact on and off the field since his debut in 2013.\" Many fans spoke of their sadness that, having already achieved remarkable sporting success, Fern\u00e1ndez's life had been cut short just as he was starting a family. Five days ago, the young star had posted a picture to Instagram of his pregnant girlfriend, with the caption: \"I'm so glad you came into my life. I'm ready for where this journey is gonna take us together.\" Baseball fan Matt Birnbach wrote: \"Jose was a reason you watched baseball. He was must-see TV and his personality is what made him great. Absolutely crushed right now.\"", "essay": "I just read an article about a baseball player who was killed with two other men when his boat crashed at high speed. They really made a concerted effort to paint this guy as a saint and I'm sure that he was a nice enough person, but the circumstances of his death were very mysterious. I wouldn't be surprised if drugs or alcohol were involved."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Miami Marlins star pitcher Jose Fernandez killed in boating accident \u2014  Miami Marlins pitcher Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez, who defected from Cuba at 15 and went on to become one of baseball's brightest stars, was killed early Sunday in a boating accident, Florida authorities said.   Fern\u00e1ndez, who was 24, and two other men were found dead after their boat was discovered at the entrance of Miami Harbor, said Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Lorenzo Veloz. Coast Guard personnel on patrol noticed the vessel upside down on the north end of a rocky jetty shortly after 3:15 a.m., Veloz said at a news conference. Divers recovered two bodies under the boat, and a third victim was found on the rocks. The names of the two other victims -- also in their 20s -- are being withheld until relatives are notified. The men were Fernandez's friends, Veloz said. Veloz said Fern\u00e1ndez's death was a loss to Miami, to baseball and to anyone who ever met him. \"He was pillar to our community. He was involved in everything that he could be to give back,\" Veloz said. \"I had the experience of talking to him several times -- down-to-earth, great person ... I'm sorry I'm getting goosebumps right now. It's really hitting home and it's horrible.\" Based on impact evidence and the severity of damage, officials concluded the boat -- a 32-foot SeaVee center console model -- hit the rocks at full speed, Veloz said. Top speed on the boat would be between 50 mph and 65 mph, depending on the engines with which it was equipped, according to SeeVee's website. Fern\u00e1ndez was a passenger on the boat, and was not the owner, Veloz said. \"The boat is a total loss right now from what we can see,\" Veloz said. \"It's horrible, it's bad, it's bad.\" Drugs and alcohol did not appear to be factors in the accident, he said, but he added that investigators had been been unable to get under the overturned wreckage. Autopsies have not been conducted. None of the three victims was wearing a life vest, he said. \"The magnanimity of his personality transcended culture, religion and race, I mean it just did,\" Marlins President David Samson said at a news conference where he was flanked by the team and other officials. Several people appeared visibly shaken. \"Jose is a member of this family for all time,\" Samson said. \"His story is representative of a story of hope, and of love and of faith, and no one will ever let that story die.\" Sunday's game against the Atlanta Braves has been canceled. The Marlins' game against the Atlanta Braves on Sunday was canceled, Samson said. \"When you watch kids playing Little League... that's the joy that Jose played with -- and the passion he felt about playing,\" said Marlins Manager Don Mattingly, stopping midsentence to wipe away tears. He appeared too emotionally shaken to continue. People we've lost in 2016 Fern\u00e1ndez was born in Santa Clara, Cuba, and defected to the United States in 2008. Drafted by the Marlins in 2011, he went on to become the franchise's star pitcher, named National League Rookie of the Year 2013 and a two-time All-Star. But his story is about more than baseball accolades, and Mattingly certainly isn't the only person to shed tears over Fern\u00e1ndez's death. The oft-smiling Fern\u00e1ndez had many friends in the game, owing to his cheerful demeanor and fierce competitiveness. He also owned what Miami Herald sportswriter Dan Le Batard once called a \"rags to pitches\" story that many, especially those in Florida's Cuban-American communities, found inspiring. In 2008, Fern\u00e1ndez made his fourth attempt to flee Cuba, according to a 2013 Miami Herald story. He'd been jailed for a previous failed attempt and, this time, was attempting to reach America, via Mexico, with his mother and sister. Once on the open water, the newspaper reported, someone fell off of the boat, and Fern\u00e1ndez, a good swimmer, asked no questions; he jumped in to save the person. It turned out to be his mother, Maritza. \"I dove to help a person not thinking who that person was. Imagine when I realized it was my own mother. If that does not leave a mark on you for the rest of your life, I don't know what will,\" he told the Herald. Once in the United States, Fern\u00e1ndez had trouble adjusting. Fifteen at the time, he missed his grandmother, Olga, desperately, Le Batard wrote in a 2013 profile. Back home, he was \"really, really poor,\" Fern\u00e1ndez told his fellow Cuban-American Le Batard, and he was happy to make $4 a day selling tomatoes and onions. In the U.S., the simplest things, such as computers and motion-activated faucets, eluded him. He wrote phone numbers down in a book because he didn't realize his phone would store them, the profile said. His grasp of English didn't extend much beyond curse words. But there was one language besides Spanish that he understood perfectly: baseball. As a high school sophomore, Fern\u00e1ndez threw 94-mph fastballs, as fast as some pros, and he led Braulio Alonso High School to two state championships, Le Batard reported. The Marlins selected him in the first round of 2011 Major League Baseball draft, and he first took the mound for them in April 2013 en route to National League Rookie of the Year honors. It was after that season -- when Fern\u00e1ndez told Le Batard how much he missed Olga, who had climbed to her Santa Clara roof with a radio to catch the Marlins games when Fern\u00e1ndez pitched -- that the Marlins arranged a surprise. A heartwarming reunion While he conducted an interview in the Marlins locker room that ventured into the topics of his mother and grandmother, whose names he has tattooed inside his bicep, the interviewer asks Fernandez what Olga would tell him if she were there in Miami. \"I don't think she would be here,\" he replied, his sadness evident in his eyes. Little did he know that Olga had arrived in Miami a half hour prior. The Marlins had arranged for her visa. As Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria escorts Olga into the locker room, Fern\u00e1ndez beams a boyish grin, clearly in disbelief. He says only, \"Oh,\" as she rushes over to him. His face is bright red as Olga embraces him for the first time in six years. \"Oh my God,\" he says, almost as if he's exhaling. \"You've got to be kidding me.\" \"You look so great, papi. You look so great,\" Olga tells him in Spanish as he clutches her, kissing the top of her head. Jeffrey Loria explained the team's motivation in getting Olga to the United States. \"Having watched the dynamic unfold with him, caring about his grandmother so much, it kind of came to our attention here. We have a big family here in this organization and there was a link missing in that family so we closed the gap. We got her here,\" he said. Baseball world stunned News of his death sent shockwaves through the baseball community, with players and fans alike taking to social media to express their grief. \"We are stunned and devastated,\" Major League Baseball said in a statement. \"I've never met anyone who extracted more joy, more passion out of what he did than Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez,\" baseball analyst Buster Olney said on ESPN. \"When you watched him pitch, he loved it so much. He had so much emotion.\" \"He's sort of the American dream for the Cuban baseball player,\" Le Batard said. \"This kid is a symbol for Cuban life and the things that can be accomplished in this country.\" Former MLB pitcher Dan Haren tweeted: \"Jose Fernandez is one of the most genuine guys I've ever played with. He loved life, he loved baseball... he will be missed dearly.\" Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred issued a statement saying, \"He was one of our game's great young stars who made a dramatic impact on and off the field since his debut in 2013.\" Many fans spoke of their sadness that, having already achieved remarkable sporting success, Fern\u00e1ndez's life had been cut short just as he was starting a family. Five days ago, the young star had posted a picture to Instagram of his pregnant girlfriend, with the caption: \"I'm so glad you came into my life. I'm ready for where this journey is gonna take us together.\" Baseball fan Matt Birnbach wrote: \"Jose was a reason you watched baseball. He was must-see TV and his personality is what made him great. Absolutely crushed right now.\"", "essay": "Reading this story just made me feel so sad. Reading about him you could tell he was just a great guy that everyone loved and did alot to give back. It is sad how easily life can be taken. You can also see the team cherished him as they even got a visa and brought over his mother for him. People will really miss him in the community and team and that is the best thing to leave behind a legacy. It is so odd that they went full speed into the rocks, I wonder if some kind of medical emergency happened as they said they did not suspect drugs or alchol. It is also sad that two other people lost there lives. Time is very precious on this earth"}
{"user_id": "ec_p054", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Miami Marlins star pitcher Jose Fernandez killed in boating accident \u2014  Miami Marlins pitcher Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez, who defected from Cuba at 15 and went on to become one of baseball's brightest stars, was killed early Sunday in a boating accident, Florida authorities said.   Fern\u00e1ndez, who was 24, and two other men were found dead after their boat was discovered at the entrance of Miami Harbor, said Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Lorenzo Veloz. Coast Guard personnel on patrol noticed the vessel upside down on the north end of a rocky jetty shortly after 3:15 a.m., Veloz said at a news conference. Divers recovered two bodies under the boat, and a third victim was found on the rocks. The names of the two other victims -- also in their 20s -- are being withheld until relatives are notified. The men were Fernandez's friends, Veloz said. Veloz said Fern\u00e1ndez's death was a loss to Miami, to baseball and to anyone who ever met him. \"He was pillar to our community. He was involved in everything that he could be to give back,\" Veloz said. \"I had the experience of talking to him several times -- down-to-earth, great person ... I'm sorry I'm getting goosebumps right now. It's really hitting home and it's horrible.\" Based on impact evidence and the severity of damage, officials concluded the boat -- a 32-foot SeaVee center console model -- hit the rocks at full speed, Veloz said. Top speed on the boat would be between 50 mph and 65 mph, depending on the engines with which it was equipped, according to SeeVee's website. Fern\u00e1ndez was a passenger on the boat, and was not the owner, Veloz said. \"The boat is a total loss right now from what we can see,\" Veloz said. \"It's horrible, it's bad, it's bad.\" Drugs and alcohol did not appear to be factors in the accident, he said, but he added that investigators had been been unable to get under the overturned wreckage. Autopsies have not been conducted. None of the three victims was wearing a life vest, he said. \"The magnanimity of his personality transcended culture, religion and race, I mean it just did,\" Marlins President David Samson said at a news conference where he was flanked by the team and other officials. Several people appeared visibly shaken. \"Jose is a member of this family for all time,\" Samson said. \"His story is representative of a story of hope, and of love and of faith, and no one will ever let that story die.\" Sunday's game against the Atlanta Braves has been canceled. The Marlins' game against the Atlanta Braves on Sunday was canceled, Samson said. \"When you watch kids playing Little League... that's the joy that Jose played with -- and the passion he felt about playing,\" said Marlins Manager Don Mattingly, stopping midsentence to wipe away tears. He appeared too emotionally shaken to continue. People we've lost in 2016 Fern\u00e1ndez was born in Santa Clara, Cuba, and defected to the United States in 2008. Drafted by the Marlins in 2011, he went on to become the franchise's star pitcher, named National League Rookie of the Year 2013 and a two-time All-Star. But his story is about more than baseball accolades, and Mattingly certainly isn't the only person to shed tears over Fern\u00e1ndez's death. The oft-smiling Fern\u00e1ndez had many friends in the game, owing to his cheerful demeanor and fierce competitiveness. He also owned what Miami Herald sportswriter Dan Le Batard once called a \"rags to pitches\" story that many, especially those in Florida's Cuban-American communities, found inspiring. In 2008, Fern\u00e1ndez made his fourth attempt to flee Cuba, according to a 2013 Miami Herald story. He'd been jailed for a previous failed attempt and, this time, was attempting to reach America, via Mexico, with his mother and sister. Once on the open water, the newspaper reported, someone fell off of the boat, and Fern\u00e1ndez, a good swimmer, asked no questions; he jumped in to save the person. It turned out to be his mother, Maritza. \"I dove to help a person not thinking who that person was. Imagine when I realized it was my own mother. If that does not leave a mark on you for the rest of your life, I don't know what will,\" he told the Herald. Once in the United States, Fern\u00e1ndez had trouble adjusting. Fifteen at the time, he missed his grandmother, Olga, desperately, Le Batard wrote in a 2013 profile. Back home, he was \"really, really poor,\" Fern\u00e1ndez told his fellow Cuban-American Le Batard, and he was happy to make $4 a day selling tomatoes and onions. In the U.S., the simplest things, such as computers and motion-activated faucets, eluded him. He wrote phone numbers down in a book because he didn't realize his phone would store them, the profile said. His grasp of English didn't extend much beyond curse words. But there was one language besides Spanish that he understood perfectly: baseball. As a high school sophomore, Fern\u00e1ndez threw 94-mph fastballs, as fast as some pros, and he led Braulio Alonso High School to two state championships, Le Batard reported. The Marlins selected him in the first round of 2011 Major League Baseball draft, and he first took the mound for them in April 2013 en route to National League Rookie of the Year honors. It was after that season -- when Fern\u00e1ndez told Le Batard how much he missed Olga, who had climbed to her Santa Clara roof with a radio to catch the Marlins games when Fern\u00e1ndez pitched -- that the Marlins arranged a surprise. A heartwarming reunion While he conducted an interview in the Marlins locker room that ventured into the topics of his mother and grandmother, whose names he has tattooed inside his bicep, the interviewer asks Fernandez what Olga would tell him if she were there in Miami. \"I don't think she would be here,\" he replied, his sadness evident in his eyes. Little did he know that Olga had arrived in Miami a half hour prior. The Marlins had arranged for her visa. As Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria escorts Olga into the locker room, Fern\u00e1ndez beams a boyish grin, clearly in disbelief. He says only, \"Oh,\" as she rushes over to him. His face is bright red as Olga embraces him for the first time in six years. \"Oh my God,\" he says, almost as if he's exhaling. \"You've got to be kidding me.\" \"You look so great, papi. You look so great,\" Olga tells him in Spanish as he clutches her, kissing the top of her head. Jeffrey Loria explained the team's motivation in getting Olga to the United States. \"Having watched the dynamic unfold with him, caring about his grandmother so much, it kind of came to our attention here. We have a big family here in this organization and there was a link missing in that family so we closed the gap. We got her here,\" he said. Baseball world stunned News of his death sent shockwaves through the baseball community, with players and fans alike taking to social media to express their grief. \"We are stunned and devastated,\" Major League Baseball said in a statement. \"I've never met anyone who extracted more joy, more passion out of what he did than Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez,\" baseball analyst Buster Olney said on ESPN. \"When you watched him pitch, he loved it so much. He had so much emotion.\" \"He's sort of the American dream for the Cuban baseball player,\" Le Batard said. \"This kid is a symbol for Cuban life and the things that can be accomplished in this country.\" Former MLB pitcher Dan Haren tweeted: \"Jose Fernandez is one of the most genuine guys I've ever played with. He loved life, he loved baseball... he will be missed dearly.\" Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred issued a statement saying, \"He was one of our game's great young stars who made a dramatic impact on and off the field since his debut in 2013.\" Many fans spoke of their sadness that, having already achieved remarkable sporting success, Fern\u00e1ndez's life had been cut short just as he was starting a family. Five days ago, the young star had posted a picture to Instagram of his pregnant girlfriend, with the caption: \"I'm so glad you came into my life. I'm ready for where this journey is gonna take us together.\" Baseball fan Matt Birnbach wrote: \"Jose was a reason you watched baseball. He was must-see TV and his personality is what made him great. Absolutely crushed right now.\"", "essay": "Jose Fernandez, a pitcher for the Miama Marlins baseball team, was killed in a tragic boating accident. He was only 24 years old when he and two others were found dead near the entrance of Miami Harbor. Coast Guard employees found his boat upside down and found the three victims lifeless nearby following this accident."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Miami Marlins star pitcher Jose Fernandez killed in boating accident \u2014  Miami Marlins pitcher Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez, who defected from Cuba at 15 and went on to become one of baseball's brightest stars, was killed early Sunday in a boating accident, Florida authorities said.   Fern\u00e1ndez, who was 24, and two other men were found dead after their boat was discovered at the entrance of Miami Harbor, said Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Lorenzo Veloz. Coast Guard personnel on patrol noticed the vessel upside down on the north end of a rocky jetty shortly after 3:15 a.m., Veloz said at a news conference. Divers recovered two bodies under the boat, and a third victim was found on the rocks. The names of the two other victims -- also in their 20s -- are being withheld until relatives are notified. The men were Fernandez's friends, Veloz said. Veloz said Fern\u00e1ndez's death was a loss to Miami, to baseball and to anyone who ever met him. \"He was pillar to our community. He was involved in everything that he could be to give back,\" Veloz said. \"I had the experience of talking to him several times -- down-to-earth, great person ... I'm sorry I'm getting goosebumps right now. It's really hitting home and it's horrible.\" Based on impact evidence and the severity of damage, officials concluded the boat -- a 32-foot SeaVee center console model -- hit the rocks at full speed, Veloz said. Top speed on the boat would be between 50 mph and 65 mph, depending on the engines with which it was equipped, according to SeeVee's website. Fern\u00e1ndez was a passenger on the boat, and was not the owner, Veloz said. \"The boat is a total loss right now from what we can see,\" Veloz said. \"It's horrible, it's bad, it's bad.\" Drugs and alcohol did not appear to be factors in the accident, he said, but he added that investigators had been been unable to get under the overturned wreckage. Autopsies have not been conducted. None of the three victims was wearing a life vest, he said. \"The magnanimity of his personality transcended culture, religion and race, I mean it just did,\" Marlins President David Samson said at a news conference where he was flanked by the team and other officials. Several people appeared visibly shaken. \"Jose is a member of this family for all time,\" Samson said. \"His story is representative of a story of hope, and of love and of faith, and no one will ever let that story die.\" Sunday's game against the Atlanta Braves has been canceled. The Marlins' game against the Atlanta Braves on Sunday was canceled, Samson said. \"When you watch kids playing Little League... that's the joy that Jose played with -- and the passion he felt about playing,\" said Marlins Manager Don Mattingly, stopping midsentence to wipe away tears. He appeared too emotionally shaken to continue. People we've lost in 2016 Fern\u00e1ndez was born in Santa Clara, Cuba, and defected to the United States in 2008. Drafted by the Marlins in 2011, he went on to become the franchise's star pitcher, named National League Rookie of the Year 2013 and a two-time All-Star. But his story is about more than baseball accolades, and Mattingly certainly isn't the only person to shed tears over Fern\u00e1ndez's death. The oft-smiling Fern\u00e1ndez had many friends in the game, owing to his cheerful demeanor and fierce competitiveness. He also owned what Miami Herald sportswriter Dan Le Batard once called a \"rags to pitches\" story that many, especially those in Florida's Cuban-American communities, found inspiring. In 2008, Fern\u00e1ndez made his fourth attempt to flee Cuba, according to a 2013 Miami Herald story. He'd been jailed for a previous failed attempt and, this time, was attempting to reach America, via Mexico, with his mother and sister. Once on the open water, the newspaper reported, someone fell off of the boat, and Fern\u00e1ndez, a good swimmer, asked no questions; he jumped in to save the person. It turned out to be his mother, Maritza. \"I dove to help a person not thinking who that person was. Imagine when I realized it was my own mother. If that does not leave a mark on you for the rest of your life, I don't know what will,\" he told the Herald. Once in the United States, Fern\u00e1ndez had trouble adjusting. Fifteen at the time, he missed his grandmother, Olga, desperately, Le Batard wrote in a 2013 profile. Back home, he was \"really, really poor,\" Fern\u00e1ndez told his fellow Cuban-American Le Batard, and he was happy to make $4 a day selling tomatoes and onions. In the U.S., the simplest things, such as computers and motion-activated faucets, eluded him. He wrote phone numbers down in a book because he didn't realize his phone would store them, the profile said. His grasp of English didn't extend much beyond curse words. But there was one language besides Spanish that he understood perfectly: baseball. As a high school sophomore, Fern\u00e1ndez threw 94-mph fastballs, as fast as some pros, and he led Braulio Alonso High School to two state championships, Le Batard reported. The Marlins selected him in the first round of 2011 Major League Baseball draft, and he first took the mound for them in April 2013 en route to National League Rookie of the Year honors. It was after that season -- when Fern\u00e1ndez told Le Batard how much he missed Olga, who had climbed to her Santa Clara roof with a radio to catch the Marlins games when Fern\u00e1ndez pitched -- that the Marlins arranged a surprise. A heartwarming reunion While he conducted an interview in the Marlins locker room that ventured into the topics of his mother and grandmother, whose names he has tattooed inside his bicep, the interviewer asks Fernandez what Olga would tell him if she were there in Miami. \"I don't think she would be here,\" he replied, his sadness evident in his eyes. Little did he know that Olga had arrived in Miami a half hour prior. The Marlins had arranged for her visa. As Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria escorts Olga into the locker room, Fern\u00e1ndez beams a boyish grin, clearly in disbelief. He says only, \"Oh,\" as she rushes over to him. His face is bright red as Olga embraces him for the first time in six years. \"Oh my God,\" he says, almost as if he's exhaling. \"You've got to be kidding me.\" \"You look so great, papi. You look so great,\" Olga tells him in Spanish as he clutches her, kissing the top of her head. Jeffrey Loria explained the team's motivation in getting Olga to the United States. \"Having watched the dynamic unfold with him, caring about his grandmother so much, it kind of came to our attention here. We have a big family here in this organization and there was a link missing in that family so we closed the gap. We got her here,\" he said. Baseball world stunned News of his death sent shockwaves through the baseball community, with players and fans alike taking to social media to express their grief. \"We are stunned and devastated,\" Major League Baseball said in a statement. \"I've never met anyone who extracted more joy, more passion out of what he did than Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez,\" baseball analyst Buster Olney said on ESPN. \"When you watched him pitch, he loved it so much. He had so much emotion.\" \"He's sort of the American dream for the Cuban baseball player,\" Le Batard said. \"This kid is a symbol for Cuban life and the things that can be accomplished in this country.\" Former MLB pitcher Dan Haren tweeted: \"Jose Fernandez is one of the most genuine guys I've ever played with. He loved life, he loved baseball... he will be missed dearly.\" Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred issued a statement saying, \"He was one of our game's great young stars who made a dramatic impact on and off the field since his debut in 2013.\" Many fans spoke of their sadness that, having already achieved remarkable sporting success, Fern\u00e1ndez's life had been cut short just as he was starting a family. Five days ago, the young star had posted a picture to Instagram of his pregnant girlfriend, with the caption: \"I'm so glad you came into my life. I'm ready for where this journey is gonna take us together.\" Baseball fan Matt Birnbach wrote: \"Jose was a reason you watched baseball. He was must-see TV and his personality is what made him great. Absolutely crushed right now.\"", "essay": "After reading the article, my initial and first reaction is that i felt really bad for the player. There are things like accidents that we can't control and the fact that it happened to this person is very unfortunate. I feel really bad for the person and for the family of the player as well. I really hope he can make a full recovery and is able to find something he really enjoys."}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "Miami Marlins star pitcher Jose Fernandez killed in boating accident \u2014  Miami Marlins pitcher Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez, who defected from Cuba at 15 and went on to become one of baseball's brightest stars, was killed early Sunday in a boating accident, Florida authorities said.   Fern\u00e1ndez, who was 24, and two other men were found dead after their boat was discovered at the entrance of Miami Harbor, said Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Lorenzo Veloz. Coast Guard personnel on patrol noticed the vessel upside down on the north end of a rocky jetty shortly after 3:15 a.m., Veloz said at a news conference. Divers recovered two bodies under the boat, and a third victim was found on the rocks. The names of the two other victims -- also in their 20s -- are being withheld until relatives are notified. The men were Fernandez's friends, Veloz said. Veloz said Fern\u00e1ndez's death was a loss to Miami, to baseball and to anyone who ever met him. \"He was pillar to our community. He was involved in everything that he could be to give back,\" Veloz said. \"I had the experience of talking to him several times -- down-to-earth, great person ... I'm sorry I'm getting goosebumps right now. It's really hitting home and it's horrible.\" Based on impact evidence and the severity of damage, officials concluded the boat -- a 32-foot SeaVee center console model -- hit the rocks at full speed, Veloz said. Top speed on the boat would be between 50 mph and 65 mph, depending on the engines with which it was equipped, according to SeeVee's website. Fern\u00e1ndez was a passenger on the boat, and was not the owner, Veloz said. \"The boat is a total loss right now from what we can see,\" Veloz said. \"It's horrible, it's bad, it's bad.\" Drugs and alcohol did not appear to be factors in the accident, he said, but he added that investigators had been been unable to get under the overturned wreckage. Autopsies have not been conducted. None of the three victims was wearing a life vest, he said. \"The magnanimity of his personality transcended culture, religion and race, I mean it just did,\" Marlins President David Samson said at a news conference where he was flanked by the team and other officials. Several people appeared visibly shaken. \"Jose is a member of this family for all time,\" Samson said. \"His story is representative of a story of hope, and of love and of faith, and no one will ever let that story die.\" Sunday's game against the Atlanta Braves has been canceled. The Marlins' game against the Atlanta Braves on Sunday was canceled, Samson said. \"When you watch kids playing Little League... that's the joy that Jose played with -- and the passion he felt about playing,\" said Marlins Manager Don Mattingly, stopping midsentence to wipe away tears. He appeared too emotionally shaken to continue. People we've lost in 2016 Fern\u00e1ndez was born in Santa Clara, Cuba, and defected to the United States in 2008. Drafted by the Marlins in 2011, he went on to become the franchise's star pitcher, named National League Rookie of the Year 2013 and a two-time All-Star. But his story is about more than baseball accolades, and Mattingly certainly isn't the only person to shed tears over Fern\u00e1ndez's death. The oft-smiling Fern\u00e1ndez had many friends in the game, owing to his cheerful demeanor and fierce competitiveness. He also owned what Miami Herald sportswriter Dan Le Batard once called a \"rags to pitches\" story that many, especially those in Florida's Cuban-American communities, found inspiring. In 2008, Fern\u00e1ndez made his fourth attempt to flee Cuba, according to a 2013 Miami Herald story. He'd been jailed for a previous failed attempt and, this time, was attempting to reach America, via Mexico, with his mother and sister. Once on the open water, the newspaper reported, someone fell off of the boat, and Fern\u00e1ndez, a good swimmer, asked no questions; he jumped in to save the person. It turned out to be his mother, Maritza. \"I dove to help a person not thinking who that person was. Imagine when I realized it was my own mother. If that does not leave a mark on you for the rest of your life, I don't know what will,\" he told the Herald. Once in the United States, Fern\u00e1ndez had trouble adjusting. Fifteen at the time, he missed his grandmother, Olga, desperately, Le Batard wrote in a 2013 profile. Back home, he was \"really, really poor,\" Fern\u00e1ndez told his fellow Cuban-American Le Batard, and he was happy to make $4 a day selling tomatoes and onions. In the U.S., the simplest things, such as computers and motion-activated faucets, eluded him. He wrote phone numbers down in a book because he didn't realize his phone would store them, the profile said. His grasp of English didn't extend much beyond curse words. But there was one language besides Spanish that he understood perfectly: baseball. As a high school sophomore, Fern\u00e1ndez threw 94-mph fastballs, as fast as some pros, and he led Braulio Alonso High School to two state championships, Le Batard reported. The Marlins selected him in the first round of 2011 Major League Baseball draft, and he first took the mound for them in April 2013 en route to National League Rookie of the Year honors. It was after that season -- when Fern\u00e1ndez told Le Batard how much he missed Olga, who had climbed to her Santa Clara roof with a radio to catch the Marlins games when Fern\u00e1ndez pitched -- that the Marlins arranged a surprise. A heartwarming reunion While he conducted an interview in the Marlins locker room that ventured into the topics of his mother and grandmother, whose names he has tattooed inside his bicep, the interviewer asks Fernandez what Olga would tell him if she were there in Miami. \"I don't think she would be here,\" he replied, his sadness evident in his eyes. Little did he know that Olga had arrived in Miami a half hour prior. The Marlins had arranged for her visa. As Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria escorts Olga into the locker room, Fern\u00e1ndez beams a boyish grin, clearly in disbelief. He says only, \"Oh,\" as she rushes over to him. His face is bright red as Olga embraces him for the first time in six years. \"Oh my God,\" he says, almost as if he's exhaling. \"You've got to be kidding me.\" \"You look so great, papi. You look so great,\" Olga tells him in Spanish as he clutches her, kissing the top of her head. Jeffrey Loria explained the team's motivation in getting Olga to the United States. \"Having watched the dynamic unfold with him, caring about his grandmother so much, it kind of came to our attention here. We have a big family here in this organization and there was a link missing in that family so we closed the gap. We got her here,\" he said. Baseball world stunned News of his death sent shockwaves through the baseball community, with players and fans alike taking to social media to express their grief. \"We are stunned and devastated,\" Major League Baseball said in a statement. \"I've never met anyone who extracted more joy, more passion out of what he did than Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez,\" baseball analyst Buster Olney said on ESPN. \"When you watched him pitch, he loved it so much. He had so much emotion.\" \"He's sort of the American dream for the Cuban baseball player,\" Le Batard said. \"This kid is a symbol for Cuban life and the things that can be accomplished in this country.\" Former MLB pitcher Dan Haren tweeted: \"Jose Fernandez is one of the most genuine guys I've ever played with. He loved life, he loved baseball... he will be missed dearly.\" Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred issued a statement saying, \"He was one of our game's great young stars who made a dramatic impact on and off the field since his debut in 2013.\" Many fans spoke of their sadness that, having already achieved remarkable sporting success, Fern\u00e1ndez's life had been cut short just as he was starting a family. Five days ago, the young star had posted a picture to Instagram of his pregnant girlfriend, with the caption: \"I'm so glad you came into my life. I'm ready for where this journey is gonna take us together.\" Baseball fan Matt Birnbach wrote: \"Jose was a reason you watched baseball. He was must-see TV and his personality is what made him great. Absolutely crushed right now.\"", "essay": "Its a shame what happened to that pitcher after all the struggles he had to get to the position he was in he died in a terrible boating accident it seems that fate does not care who you are when it is your time to die you will die in the exact time and place that you were meant to die I guess its life."}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "Brothers Behind Bars \u2014  \u201cThe only photograph I had of her, growing up, is from a scrapbook from a social worker,\u201d Shelton McElroy says about his mother, \u201cfrom a visitation that we had at a women\u2019s prison called Pewee Valley.\u201d Shelton and his two brothers grew up careening between one foster home to the next. Their mother had been sentenced to prison when Shelton was just 4 and his brothers were 6 and 8 years old. Neither Shelton nor his brothers were ever adopted, and he sees his and one of his brother\u2019s subsequent prison sentences as extensions of the same state-ward system they grew up in. \u201cWe never came out of it,\u201d he says. \u201cFrom being a ward of the state from 4 to 12, in less than six months, I was a prison ward of the state.\u201d   At first, the brothers were sent to two different foster homes in their hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. \u201cMy earliest memories are of being in this place called the Home of the Innocent,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cI was in a crib with other kids, because they had so many kids, each of us couldn\u2019t have our own crib. It wasn\u2019t with Mom. I do have vague recollections with Mom.\u201d As the youngest of the group, Shelton was allowed to go to the same foster home as his oldest brother, William. Middle-child David went to another foster home alone. About every other week, Shelton would visit him. Later on, when Shelton was 6 years old, the three were assigned together to a foster home in Fort Knox, a military base outside the city. For a time, it seemed possible that the sergeant who\u2019d taken them in might even adopt the three of them together. \u201cWe ended up messing that up,\u201d Shelton says. It came down to a bike. While at a swimming pool on base, David, then 8, stole a bicycle. Shelton jumped on the back, and the two started pedaling away from the pool and toward the sergeant\u2019s house. But the sergeant\u2019s two biological sons jumped out from behind some bushes, catching the two boys with the contraband red-handed. According to Shelton, the sergeant was embarrassed, and he sent the brothers back to the foster-care system. \u201cWe had that happen a lot,\u201d says Shelton. \u201cWe\u2019d go somewhere with particular people being interested in us, maybe 10 times, and then we would get sent away.\u201d As the boys got older, Shelton says, the possibility of being adopted began to fade: \u201cYou get to an age where three black boys are\u2026 there\u2019s really a low probability of anybody taking us. That started to be really apparent to the social workers.\u201d The fact that David had been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and prescribed Ritalin likely did not help his case. William, on the other hand, exhibited no behavioral issues and instead showed musical aptitude and high intelligence. So administrators nominated him for a special foster-care program for promising children. \u201cIf you were in foster care, it was the one place in the whole state of Kentucky that everybody wanted to go,\u201d Shelton says. But he wasn\u2019t so lucky: \u201cI ended up going to a group home for misbehavior.\u201d   After just a few months, he was returned to the foster-care mill. That\u2019s when, on Halloween, Shelton pointed a BB gun at a couple of young girls and demanded they give him their candy. \u201cI was arrested and charged with wanton endangerment,\u201d he says. That would be his first experience in a men\u2019s jail; at the time, there were no separate facilities for juvenile arrestees in Kentucky. Because he was underage, Shelton had to be separated from the general population in the men\u2019s jail until his trial. When he was finally sentenced, he was sent to another group home for a couple of years. Following his release, Shelton ran away from the foster-care system. He was homeless. Desperate and hungry, Shelton broke into the house of a friend who dealt weed\u2014and who kept his stash at home. Shelton planned to steal the drugs and sell them. But he lingered too long, eating sandwiches and drinking beer. He was caught and charged with burglary. The mandatory sentence for that crime was between one and five years. The judge gave Shelton four. From 16 to 18, Shelton lived in Georgetown, Kentucky, a dry county with a handful of bootleg businesses. He got by with petty crime\u2014stealing things and trading them for cash. At night, he slept in a bootlegging den. \u201cSitting down at a dinner table with my head on my arms for rest at night,\u201d he says. By the time he turned 18, Shelton had not seen David for four years.   By his 19th birthday, Shelton was in prison again for a minor crime\u2014but he broke out. \u201cI climbed this 16-foot-high razor-wire fence and escaped,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cI was caught less than three or four hours later.\u201d For that, a judge added three years to his sentence, for a new total of seven years. The maximum-security prison he was then sent to had two 16-foot-high razor-wire fences back to back and gun towers around the perimeter.   Shelton reimagines the scene in disbelief: \u201cI come in a petty criminal, but now I\u2019m incarcerated with people with every level and degree of charges.\u201d He served at Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex, known as the \u201cPink Palace\u201d because of its paint job. Inside, the building was organized into two halves, each housing about 1,000 inmates. The two sets rarely mix, but they can see one another through thick glass partitions. On occasion, some of them might run into each other in the library or medical area. One day in the cafeteria, as he was pushing his tray down the food line, someone caught his eye. \u201cAcross from me, it\u2019s the first time in almost five years that I\u2019ve seen my biological brother David,\u201d he says. \u201cYou can\u2019t really put that in words, what that\u2019s like, to look across and see your brother through glass.\u201d Through improvised sign language, they arranged to meet. \u201cMy brother was in there for murder at 19 years old,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe had murdered a man who had tried to steal his drugs from him. It was a drug deal gone bad. He fought his case completely himself.\u201d As Shelton tells it, the judge wouldn\u2019t allow David to represent himself alone and assigned him an attorney, but David took the lead and eventually got his charge reduced to manslaughter and a 10-year sentence. The two brothers were able to move into a cell together. \u201cIt was awkward and strained and still is to this day,\u201d Shelton says of the adjustment to one another after such a long absence. Shelton says it felt more like being half-brothers, and they would often even refer to one another as \u201cbrothers from different fathers.\u201d   Being brothers also had an unexpected consequence. \u201cIt actually increased the potential for violence, because were somebody to have a beef with me, now they understand that my brother was there,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cYou have to know that you\u2019re going to fight my brother and me. Then you need to go get a couple of people, and then that turns into maybe a gang.\u201d But that kind of escalation also put the differences between the two brothers into sharp relief. David may have been in for the more violent and serious crime, but it was Shelton who was into \u201ca bunch of inappropriate activity\u201d in prison. By contrast, David was a \u201cmodel prisoner\u201d who did not fight, who converted to Islam, and changed his name from David to Dawud. \u201cI was playing poker and gambling and being involved,\u201d says Shelton. \u201cIf anybody smuggled in any kind of drugs, I wanted in on it\u2014maybe not to use it as much as to sell it. [David] wasn\u2019t. I kind of brought more drama his way than he would have anticipated.\u201d David also ended up leaving prison before his younger brother, because Shelton compounded his sentence by constantly getting into trouble while in custody.   At 25, Shelton was finally released from prison. He headed home to Louisville.   The three brothers had become strangers to each other. After decades of personal limbo between foster homes, juvenile institutions, and bouts of incarcerations, the three lost touch. While Shelton and David struggled to create lives they could be proud of, William, who had gone to the special foster program for gifted children, found success. Shelton says that William was \u201colder, wiser, more settled, not having behavior issues.\u201d He got a job and a car. He visited his younger brothers when he could. Once William surprised Shelton by bringing a young girl along with him on a prison visit; she was their youngest sibling, a child their mother had had after being released from prison herself.     William tried to be there for his brothers. He hired an attorney for Shelton and paid the legal fees. But the circumstances would prove overwhelming, even for a committed older brother. \u201cHe really became very dismayed,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe gave up, because he tried so hard.\u201d But it\u2019s hard to help someone when they won\u2019t help themselves. \u201cThe pressure was always on Will to be some kind of father figure,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe never could do it to the level that he put on himself and maybe even the level we put on him.\u201d Shelton recalled his brother trying to offer support to David and himself while also attempting to get close to the new sister who had appeared in their lives. \u201cIt was just too much for him,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe\u2019s this guy trying to weave all of these things together.\u201d   William ended up leaving the United States for a while. He lived in multiple places, including the Netherlands and London. \u201cHim traveling internationally and getting away from it all was, for him, probably the best thing he could have done, because we were real selfish,\u201d Shelton says. Even from across an ocean, William\u2019s brothers still demanded much from him. \u201cMy letters to him were all about \u2018I need money for this, I need money for that,\u2019 with no idea what I was asking a young man to provide. I really wanted him to be my father. I wanted him to provide just as if a father or my mother would provide to me.\u201d   Today, William is a music producer and entrepreneur with his own business. Both David and Shelton are fathers, but David struggles with addiction. Maybe the good behavior in prison and the conversion to Islam were not enough to fill the void that a troubled life had left him with. \u201cNow the roles have changed,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe actually tells relatives of mine that he\u2019s younger than me. The role has turned into me being this older brother to him.\u201d He worries about David constantly. \u201cHe\u2019s stuck. He\u2019s stuck. My brother will reference what happened in 1983 as if that\u2019s justification for why he\u2019s at the hospital witnessing the birth of his baby six months early and yet he\u2019s asking me for $5 for gas money.\u201d David seems to be \u201cnot healing, not overcoming, not being able to rewrite the narrative of his story, and really being stuck in his resentful, bitter state,\u201d Shelton says. That wisdom has been hard to come by for Shelton. After cycling through the foster-care system from the time he was 4, and then rotating through the correctional system from age 18 to 27, Shelton was left with a fractured existence, knowing little about the world beyond those institutions. His experiences cemented his belief in the interconnectivity of the foster system and the penal system in the United States. \u201cA lot of my concern is about how that system perpetuates and helps to contribute to the prison-industrial complex,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHow the foster-care system has done that in a really insidious way.\u201d   \u201cI\u2019d been running away from foster homes and trying to get to Louisville my whole life,\u201d he says, looking for a family that didn\u2019t exist\u2014not the way he needed it to. Usually when Shelton ran away as a teenager, he\u2019d be found within three days and be sent back to foster care, back to the system. But during those furtive days of freedom he\u2019d search for his extended family. \u201cI would get a phone book and look up \u2018McElroy,\u2019\u201d he says. \u201cI would say, \u2018Are you a McElroy?\u2019\u201d Nine times out of 10, he heard a stranger on the other end of the line say, \u201cNope, don\u2019t know you.\u201d But once in a while, he\u2019d stumble on a cousin or older relative. When the topic turned to his mother, there was little variation to the answers: \u201cWe don\u2019t know where your mom\u2019s at.\u201d   His mother\u2019s drug addition and mental-health complications contributed to an untenable situation that led to the brothers\u2019 removal. But it didn\u2019t have to be an irrevocable severing. Through William, Shelton saw his mother again while she was raising his half-sister. His mother was receiving appropriate help and had become functional, even successful, and was leading her life instead of falling prey to it. What if they had reconnected earlier? \u201cWe don\u2019t have a system that\u2019s set up that helps people that struggle with mental health. The only way our system knows how to do it is to take their children and not even to look at familial alternatives,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cIn Europe, they never terminate the parents\u2019 rights, never. In the U.S., they terminate the rights.\u201d As a result, he says, there\u2019s a lot of unnecessary hurt, and \u201cevery foster child at 18 is looking for their biological family.\u201d In his late 20s, Shelton recognized that to become a man, he\u2019d have to go it alone. \u201cI started this introspection, this external experience of rebuilding who I was without foster care as the dominating factor, without being a child who had no mother or father\u2014becoming a man who didn\u2019t have that as the catalyst of his life,\u201d he says. \u201cThe only way you do that and you move forward is turning it into some way to help others heal. The pain is there, but as long as you\u2019re healing others in that nexus, you don\u2019t suffer from it. It becomes almost like gold in your hands when you walk toward another person who suffered any atrocity\u2014molestation, incarceration. You just go to them in this genuine way, and you say, \u2018Let me tell you just a snippet about me, so that you identify, and you know that I come from a very similar, horrific background.\u2019\u201d   At age 39, Shelton now has a master\u2019s degree and is a trained counselor. Today, he works at an alcohol-counseling program for recently released inmates. He also does pro bono work with families who \u201chave lost their children to the system\u201d to help them navigate their cases until they are reunited with their kids. He has also worked in the foster-care system itself, helping children redefine the narratives of their lives. His own experiences, of course, are central to his work. \u201cI can connect with you from my pain and also show you my change and make it so that you realize that it\u2019s possible,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cThat\u2019s what my life has been about.\u201d", "essay": "Its amazing how people facing the toughest hardships can turn their life around and really make something of yourself if you put your mind to it. His brother converted to Islam that probably helps people in Jail when you need some structure to really get yourself in a place where you can learn about yourself"}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Brothers Behind Bars \u2014  \u201cThe only photograph I had of her, growing up, is from a scrapbook from a social worker,\u201d Shelton McElroy says about his mother, \u201cfrom a visitation that we had at a women\u2019s prison called Pewee Valley.\u201d Shelton and his two brothers grew up careening between one foster home to the next. Their mother had been sentenced to prison when Shelton was just 4 and his brothers were 6 and 8 years old. Neither Shelton nor his brothers were ever adopted, and he sees his and one of his brother\u2019s subsequent prison sentences as extensions of the same state-ward system they grew up in. \u201cWe never came out of it,\u201d he says. \u201cFrom being a ward of the state from 4 to 12, in less than six months, I was a prison ward of the state.\u201d   At first, the brothers were sent to two different foster homes in their hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. \u201cMy earliest memories are of being in this place called the Home of the Innocent,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cI was in a crib with other kids, because they had so many kids, each of us couldn\u2019t have our own crib. It wasn\u2019t with Mom. I do have vague recollections with Mom.\u201d As the youngest of the group, Shelton was allowed to go to the same foster home as his oldest brother, William. Middle-child David went to another foster home alone. About every other week, Shelton would visit him. Later on, when Shelton was 6 years old, the three were assigned together to a foster home in Fort Knox, a military base outside the city. For a time, it seemed possible that the sergeant who\u2019d taken them in might even adopt the three of them together. \u201cWe ended up messing that up,\u201d Shelton says. It came down to a bike. While at a swimming pool on base, David, then 8, stole a bicycle. Shelton jumped on the back, and the two started pedaling away from the pool and toward the sergeant\u2019s house. But the sergeant\u2019s two biological sons jumped out from behind some bushes, catching the two boys with the contraband red-handed. According to Shelton, the sergeant was embarrassed, and he sent the brothers back to the foster-care system. \u201cWe had that happen a lot,\u201d says Shelton. \u201cWe\u2019d go somewhere with particular people being interested in us, maybe 10 times, and then we would get sent away.\u201d As the boys got older, Shelton says, the possibility of being adopted began to fade: \u201cYou get to an age where three black boys are\u2026 there\u2019s really a low probability of anybody taking us. That started to be really apparent to the social workers.\u201d The fact that David had been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and prescribed Ritalin likely did not help his case. William, on the other hand, exhibited no behavioral issues and instead showed musical aptitude and high intelligence. So administrators nominated him for a special foster-care program for promising children. \u201cIf you were in foster care, it was the one place in the whole state of Kentucky that everybody wanted to go,\u201d Shelton says. But he wasn\u2019t so lucky: \u201cI ended up going to a group home for misbehavior.\u201d   After just a few months, he was returned to the foster-care mill. That\u2019s when, on Halloween, Shelton pointed a BB gun at a couple of young girls and demanded they give him their candy. \u201cI was arrested and charged with wanton endangerment,\u201d he says. That would be his first experience in a men\u2019s jail; at the time, there were no separate facilities for juvenile arrestees in Kentucky. Because he was underage, Shelton had to be separated from the general population in the men\u2019s jail until his trial. When he was finally sentenced, he was sent to another group home for a couple of years. Following his release, Shelton ran away from the foster-care system. He was homeless. Desperate and hungry, Shelton broke into the house of a friend who dealt weed\u2014and who kept his stash at home. Shelton planned to steal the drugs and sell them. But he lingered too long, eating sandwiches and drinking beer. He was caught and charged with burglary. The mandatory sentence for that crime was between one and five years. The judge gave Shelton four. From 16 to 18, Shelton lived in Georgetown, Kentucky, a dry county with a handful of bootleg businesses. He got by with petty crime\u2014stealing things and trading them for cash. At night, he slept in a bootlegging den. \u201cSitting down at a dinner table with my head on my arms for rest at night,\u201d he says. By the time he turned 18, Shelton had not seen David for four years.   By his 19th birthday, Shelton was in prison again for a minor crime\u2014but he broke out. \u201cI climbed this 16-foot-high razor-wire fence and escaped,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cI was caught less than three or four hours later.\u201d For that, a judge added three years to his sentence, for a new total of seven years. The maximum-security prison he was then sent to had two 16-foot-high razor-wire fences back to back and gun towers around the perimeter.   Shelton reimagines the scene in disbelief: \u201cI come in a petty criminal, but now I\u2019m incarcerated with people with every level and degree of charges.\u201d He served at Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex, known as the \u201cPink Palace\u201d because of its paint job. Inside, the building was organized into two halves, each housing about 1,000 inmates. The two sets rarely mix, but they can see one another through thick glass partitions. On occasion, some of them might run into each other in the library or medical area. One day in the cafeteria, as he was pushing his tray down the food line, someone caught his eye. \u201cAcross from me, it\u2019s the first time in almost five years that I\u2019ve seen my biological brother David,\u201d he says. \u201cYou can\u2019t really put that in words, what that\u2019s like, to look across and see your brother through glass.\u201d Through improvised sign language, they arranged to meet. \u201cMy brother was in there for murder at 19 years old,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe had murdered a man who had tried to steal his drugs from him. It was a drug deal gone bad. He fought his case completely himself.\u201d As Shelton tells it, the judge wouldn\u2019t allow David to represent himself alone and assigned him an attorney, but David took the lead and eventually got his charge reduced to manslaughter and a 10-year sentence. The two brothers were able to move into a cell together. \u201cIt was awkward and strained and still is to this day,\u201d Shelton says of the adjustment to one another after such a long absence. Shelton says it felt more like being half-brothers, and they would often even refer to one another as \u201cbrothers from different fathers.\u201d   Being brothers also had an unexpected consequence. \u201cIt actually increased the potential for violence, because were somebody to have a beef with me, now they understand that my brother was there,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cYou have to know that you\u2019re going to fight my brother and me. Then you need to go get a couple of people, and then that turns into maybe a gang.\u201d But that kind of escalation also put the differences between the two brothers into sharp relief. David may have been in for the more violent and serious crime, but it was Shelton who was into \u201ca bunch of inappropriate activity\u201d in prison. By contrast, David was a \u201cmodel prisoner\u201d who did not fight, who converted to Islam, and changed his name from David to Dawud. \u201cI was playing poker and gambling and being involved,\u201d says Shelton. \u201cIf anybody smuggled in any kind of drugs, I wanted in on it\u2014maybe not to use it as much as to sell it. [David] wasn\u2019t. I kind of brought more drama his way than he would have anticipated.\u201d David also ended up leaving prison before his younger brother, because Shelton compounded his sentence by constantly getting into trouble while in custody.   At 25, Shelton was finally released from prison. He headed home to Louisville.   The three brothers had become strangers to each other. After decades of personal limbo between foster homes, juvenile institutions, and bouts of incarcerations, the three lost touch. While Shelton and David struggled to create lives they could be proud of, William, who had gone to the special foster program for gifted children, found success. Shelton says that William was \u201colder, wiser, more settled, not having behavior issues.\u201d He got a job and a car. He visited his younger brothers when he could. Once William surprised Shelton by bringing a young girl along with him on a prison visit; she was their youngest sibling, a child their mother had had after being released from prison herself.     William tried to be there for his brothers. He hired an attorney for Shelton and paid the legal fees. But the circumstances would prove overwhelming, even for a committed older brother. \u201cHe really became very dismayed,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe gave up, because he tried so hard.\u201d But it\u2019s hard to help someone when they won\u2019t help themselves. \u201cThe pressure was always on Will to be some kind of father figure,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe never could do it to the level that he put on himself and maybe even the level we put on him.\u201d Shelton recalled his brother trying to offer support to David and himself while also attempting to get close to the new sister who had appeared in their lives. \u201cIt was just too much for him,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe\u2019s this guy trying to weave all of these things together.\u201d   William ended up leaving the United States for a while. He lived in multiple places, including the Netherlands and London. \u201cHim traveling internationally and getting away from it all was, for him, probably the best thing he could have done, because we were real selfish,\u201d Shelton says. Even from across an ocean, William\u2019s brothers still demanded much from him. \u201cMy letters to him were all about \u2018I need money for this, I need money for that,\u2019 with no idea what I was asking a young man to provide. I really wanted him to be my father. I wanted him to provide just as if a father or my mother would provide to me.\u201d   Today, William is a music producer and entrepreneur with his own business. Both David and Shelton are fathers, but David struggles with addiction. Maybe the good behavior in prison and the conversion to Islam were not enough to fill the void that a troubled life had left him with. \u201cNow the roles have changed,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe actually tells relatives of mine that he\u2019s younger than me. The role has turned into me being this older brother to him.\u201d He worries about David constantly. \u201cHe\u2019s stuck. He\u2019s stuck. My brother will reference what happened in 1983 as if that\u2019s justification for why he\u2019s at the hospital witnessing the birth of his baby six months early and yet he\u2019s asking me for $5 for gas money.\u201d David seems to be \u201cnot healing, not overcoming, not being able to rewrite the narrative of his story, and really being stuck in his resentful, bitter state,\u201d Shelton says. That wisdom has been hard to come by for Shelton. After cycling through the foster-care system from the time he was 4, and then rotating through the correctional system from age 18 to 27, Shelton was left with a fractured existence, knowing little about the world beyond those institutions. His experiences cemented his belief in the interconnectivity of the foster system and the penal system in the United States. \u201cA lot of my concern is about how that system perpetuates and helps to contribute to the prison-industrial complex,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHow the foster-care system has done that in a really insidious way.\u201d   \u201cI\u2019d been running away from foster homes and trying to get to Louisville my whole life,\u201d he says, looking for a family that didn\u2019t exist\u2014not the way he needed it to. Usually when Shelton ran away as a teenager, he\u2019d be found within three days and be sent back to foster care, back to the system. But during those furtive days of freedom he\u2019d search for his extended family. \u201cI would get a phone book and look up \u2018McElroy,\u2019\u201d he says. \u201cI would say, \u2018Are you a McElroy?\u2019\u201d Nine times out of 10, he heard a stranger on the other end of the line say, \u201cNope, don\u2019t know you.\u201d But once in a while, he\u2019d stumble on a cousin or older relative. When the topic turned to his mother, there was little variation to the answers: \u201cWe don\u2019t know where your mom\u2019s at.\u201d   His mother\u2019s drug addition and mental-health complications contributed to an untenable situation that led to the brothers\u2019 removal. But it didn\u2019t have to be an irrevocable severing. Through William, Shelton saw his mother again while she was raising his half-sister. His mother was receiving appropriate help and had become functional, even successful, and was leading her life instead of falling prey to it. What if they had reconnected earlier? \u201cWe don\u2019t have a system that\u2019s set up that helps people that struggle with mental health. The only way our system knows how to do it is to take their children and not even to look at familial alternatives,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cIn Europe, they never terminate the parents\u2019 rights, never. In the U.S., they terminate the rights.\u201d As a result, he says, there\u2019s a lot of unnecessary hurt, and \u201cevery foster child at 18 is looking for their biological family.\u201d In his late 20s, Shelton recognized that to become a man, he\u2019d have to go it alone. \u201cI started this introspection, this external experience of rebuilding who I was without foster care as the dominating factor, without being a child who had no mother or father\u2014becoming a man who didn\u2019t have that as the catalyst of his life,\u201d he says. \u201cThe only way you do that and you move forward is turning it into some way to help others heal. The pain is there, but as long as you\u2019re healing others in that nexus, you don\u2019t suffer from it. It becomes almost like gold in your hands when you walk toward another person who suffered any atrocity\u2014molestation, incarceration. You just go to them in this genuine way, and you say, \u2018Let me tell you just a snippet about me, so that you identify, and you know that I come from a very similar, horrific background.\u2019\u201d   At age 39, Shelton now has a master\u2019s degree and is a trained counselor. Today, he works at an alcohol-counseling program for recently released inmates. He also does pro bono work with families who \u201chave lost their children to the system\u201d to help them navigate their cases until they are reunited with their kids. He has also worked in the foster-care system itself, helping children redefine the narratives of their lives. His own experiences, of course, are central to his work. \u201cI can connect with you from my pain and also show you my change and make it so that you realize that it\u2019s possible,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cThat\u2019s what my life has been about.\u201d", "essay": "I guess I feel bad whenever these stories involve the depiction of children struggling.  Putting kids into foster homes where they must feel so confused and alone and scared makes me feel for them.  On the other hand, there's a reality to these situations that can't be ignored.  The real germ of these childrens' problem was their mother going to jail.  That's the germ.  After that they have to be raised by someone.  And then the children compound their problem by being delinquents.  I knew a boy who'd been adopted after growing up in a very violent environment.  The damage had already been done.  He tore apart the adoptive family and ruined his own life.  He's in jail in China now, for 20 years.  These situations are horrendous, but the fault lies with the parents, not the state."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Brothers Behind Bars \u2014  \u201cThe only photograph I had of her, growing up, is from a scrapbook from a social worker,\u201d Shelton McElroy says about his mother, \u201cfrom a visitation that we had at a women\u2019s prison called Pewee Valley.\u201d Shelton and his two brothers grew up careening between one foster home to the next. Their mother had been sentenced to prison when Shelton was just 4 and his brothers were 6 and 8 years old. Neither Shelton nor his brothers were ever adopted, and he sees his and one of his brother\u2019s subsequent prison sentences as extensions of the same state-ward system they grew up in. \u201cWe never came out of it,\u201d he says. \u201cFrom being a ward of the state from 4 to 12, in less than six months, I was a prison ward of the state.\u201d   At first, the brothers were sent to two different foster homes in their hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. \u201cMy earliest memories are of being in this place called the Home of the Innocent,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cI was in a crib with other kids, because they had so many kids, each of us couldn\u2019t have our own crib. It wasn\u2019t with Mom. I do have vague recollections with Mom.\u201d As the youngest of the group, Shelton was allowed to go to the same foster home as his oldest brother, William. Middle-child David went to another foster home alone. About every other week, Shelton would visit him. Later on, when Shelton was 6 years old, the three were assigned together to a foster home in Fort Knox, a military base outside the city. For a time, it seemed possible that the sergeant who\u2019d taken them in might even adopt the three of them together. \u201cWe ended up messing that up,\u201d Shelton says. It came down to a bike. While at a swimming pool on base, David, then 8, stole a bicycle. Shelton jumped on the back, and the two started pedaling away from the pool and toward the sergeant\u2019s house. But the sergeant\u2019s two biological sons jumped out from behind some bushes, catching the two boys with the contraband red-handed. According to Shelton, the sergeant was embarrassed, and he sent the brothers back to the foster-care system. \u201cWe had that happen a lot,\u201d says Shelton. \u201cWe\u2019d go somewhere with particular people being interested in us, maybe 10 times, and then we would get sent away.\u201d As the boys got older, Shelton says, the possibility of being adopted began to fade: \u201cYou get to an age where three black boys are\u2026 there\u2019s really a low probability of anybody taking us. That started to be really apparent to the social workers.\u201d The fact that David had been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and prescribed Ritalin likely did not help his case. William, on the other hand, exhibited no behavioral issues and instead showed musical aptitude and high intelligence. So administrators nominated him for a special foster-care program for promising children. \u201cIf you were in foster care, it was the one place in the whole state of Kentucky that everybody wanted to go,\u201d Shelton says. But he wasn\u2019t so lucky: \u201cI ended up going to a group home for misbehavior.\u201d   After just a few months, he was returned to the foster-care mill. That\u2019s when, on Halloween, Shelton pointed a BB gun at a couple of young girls and demanded they give him their candy. \u201cI was arrested and charged with wanton endangerment,\u201d he says. That would be his first experience in a men\u2019s jail; at the time, there were no separate facilities for juvenile arrestees in Kentucky. Because he was underage, Shelton had to be separated from the general population in the men\u2019s jail until his trial. When he was finally sentenced, he was sent to another group home for a couple of years. Following his release, Shelton ran away from the foster-care system. He was homeless. Desperate and hungry, Shelton broke into the house of a friend who dealt weed\u2014and who kept his stash at home. Shelton planned to steal the drugs and sell them. But he lingered too long, eating sandwiches and drinking beer. He was caught and charged with burglary. The mandatory sentence for that crime was between one and five years. The judge gave Shelton four. From 16 to 18, Shelton lived in Georgetown, Kentucky, a dry county with a handful of bootleg businesses. He got by with petty crime\u2014stealing things and trading them for cash. At night, he slept in a bootlegging den. \u201cSitting down at a dinner table with my head on my arms for rest at night,\u201d he says. By the time he turned 18, Shelton had not seen David for four years.   By his 19th birthday, Shelton was in prison again for a minor crime\u2014but he broke out. \u201cI climbed this 16-foot-high razor-wire fence and escaped,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cI was caught less than three or four hours later.\u201d For that, a judge added three years to his sentence, for a new total of seven years. The maximum-security prison he was then sent to had two 16-foot-high razor-wire fences back to back and gun towers around the perimeter.   Shelton reimagines the scene in disbelief: \u201cI come in a petty criminal, but now I\u2019m incarcerated with people with every level and degree of charges.\u201d He served at Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex, known as the \u201cPink Palace\u201d because of its paint job. Inside, the building was organized into two halves, each housing about 1,000 inmates. The two sets rarely mix, but they can see one another through thick glass partitions. On occasion, some of them might run into each other in the library or medical area. One day in the cafeteria, as he was pushing his tray down the food line, someone caught his eye. \u201cAcross from me, it\u2019s the first time in almost five years that I\u2019ve seen my biological brother David,\u201d he says. \u201cYou can\u2019t really put that in words, what that\u2019s like, to look across and see your brother through glass.\u201d Through improvised sign language, they arranged to meet. \u201cMy brother was in there for murder at 19 years old,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe had murdered a man who had tried to steal his drugs from him. It was a drug deal gone bad. He fought his case completely himself.\u201d As Shelton tells it, the judge wouldn\u2019t allow David to represent himself alone and assigned him an attorney, but David took the lead and eventually got his charge reduced to manslaughter and a 10-year sentence. The two brothers were able to move into a cell together. \u201cIt was awkward and strained and still is to this day,\u201d Shelton says of the adjustment to one another after such a long absence. Shelton says it felt more like being half-brothers, and they would often even refer to one another as \u201cbrothers from different fathers.\u201d   Being brothers also had an unexpected consequence. \u201cIt actually increased the potential for violence, because were somebody to have a beef with me, now they understand that my brother was there,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cYou have to know that you\u2019re going to fight my brother and me. Then you need to go get a couple of people, and then that turns into maybe a gang.\u201d But that kind of escalation also put the differences between the two brothers into sharp relief. David may have been in for the more violent and serious crime, but it was Shelton who was into \u201ca bunch of inappropriate activity\u201d in prison. By contrast, David was a \u201cmodel prisoner\u201d who did not fight, who converted to Islam, and changed his name from David to Dawud. \u201cI was playing poker and gambling and being involved,\u201d says Shelton. \u201cIf anybody smuggled in any kind of drugs, I wanted in on it\u2014maybe not to use it as much as to sell it. [David] wasn\u2019t. I kind of brought more drama his way than he would have anticipated.\u201d David also ended up leaving prison before his younger brother, because Shelton compounded his sentence by constantly getting into trouble while in custody.   At 25, Shelton was finally released from prison. He headed home to Louisville.   The three brothers had become strangers to each other. After decades of personal limbo between foster homes, juvenile institutions, and bouts of incarcerations, the three lost touch. While Shelton and David struggled to create lives they could be proud of, William, who had gone to the special foster program for gifted children, found success. Shelton says that William was \u201colder, wiser, more settled, not having behavior issues.\u201d He got a job and a car. He visited his younger brothers when he could. Once William surprised Shelton by bringing a young girl along with him on a prison visit; she was their youngest sibling, a child their mother had had after being released from prison herself.     William tried to be there for his brothers. He hired an attorney for Shelton and paid the legal fees. But the circumstances would prove overwhelming, even for a committed older brother. \u201cHe really became very dismayed,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe gave up, because he tried so hard.\u201d But it\u2019s hard to help someone when they won\u2019t help themselves. \u201cThe pressure was always on Will to be some kind of father figure,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe never could do it to the level that he put on himself and maybe even the level we put on him.\u201d Shelton recalled his brother trying to offer support to David and himself while also attempting to get close to the new sister who had appeared in their lives. \u201cIt was just too much for him,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe\u2019s this guy trying to weave all of these things together.\u201d   William ended up leaving the United States for a while. He lived in multiple places, including the Netherlands and London. \u201cHim traveling internationally and getting away from it all was, for him, probably the best thing he could have done, because we were real selfish,\u201d Shelton says. Even from across an ocean, William\u2019s brothers still demanded much from him. \u201cMy letters to him were all about \u2018I need money for this, I need money for that,\u2019 with no idea what I was asking a young man to provide. I really wanted him to be my father. I wanted him to provide just as if a father or my mother would provide to me.\u201d   Today, William is a music producer and entrepreneur with his own business. Both David and Shelton are fathers, but David struggles with addiction. Maybe the good behavior in prison and the conversion to Islam were not enough to fill the void that a troubled life had left him with. \u201cNow the roles have changed,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe actually tells relatives of mine that he\u2019s younger than me. The role has turned into me being this older brother to him.\u201d He worries about David constantly. \u201cHe\u2019s stuck. He\u2019s stuck. My brother will reference what happened in 1983 as if that\u2019s justification for why he\u2019s at the hospital witnessing the birth of his baby six months early and yet he\u2019s asking me for $5 for gas money.\u201d David seems to be \u201cnot healing, not overcoming, not being able to rewrite the narrative of his story, and really being stuck in his resentful, bitter state,\u201d Shelton says. That wisdom has been hard to come by for Shelton. After cycling through the foster-care system from the time he was 4, and then rotating through the correctional system from age 18 to 27, Shelton was left with a fractured existence, knowing little about the world beyond those institutions. His experiences cemented his belief in the interconnectivity of the foster system and the penal system in the United States. \u201cA lot of my concern is about how that system perpetuates and helps to contribute to the prison-industrial complex,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHow the foster-care system has done that in a really insidious way.\u201d   \u201cI\u2019d been running away from foster homes and trying to get to Louisville my whole life,\u201d he says, looking for a family that didn\u2019t exist\u2014not the way he needed it to. Usually when Shelton ran away as a teenager, he\u2019d be found within three days and be sent back to foster care, back to the system. But during those furtive days of freedom he\u2019d search for his extended family. \u201cI would get a phone book and look up \u2018McElroy,\u2019\u201d he says. \u201cI would say, \u2018Are you a McElroy?\u2019\u201d Nine times out of 10, he heard a stranger on the other end of the line say, \u201cNope, don\u2019t know you.\u201d But once in a while, he\u2019d stumble on a cousin or older relative. When the topic turned to his mother, there was little variation to the answers: \u201cWe don\u2019t know where your mom\u2019s at.\u201d   His mother\u2019s drug addition and mental-health complications contributed to an untenable situation that led to the brothers\u2019 removal. But it didn\u2019t have to be an irrevocable severing. Through William, Shelton saw his mother again while she was raising his half-sister. His mother was receiving appropriate help and had become functional, even successful, and was leading her life instead of falling prey to it. What if they had reconnected earlier? \u201cWe don\u2019t have a system that\u2019s set up that helps people that struggle with mental health. The only way our system knows how to do it is to take their children and not even to look at familial alternatives,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cIn Europe, they never terminate the parents\u2019 rights, never. In the U.S., they terminate the rights.\u201d As a result, he says, there\u2019s a lot of unnecessary hurt, and \u201cevery foster child at 18 is looking for their biological family.\u201d In his late 20s, Shelton recognized that to become a man, he\u2019d have to go it alone. \u201cI started this introspection, this external experience of rebuilding who I was without foster care as the dominating factor, without being a child who had no mother or father\u2014becoming a man who didn\u2019t have that as the catalyst of his life,\u201d he says. \u201cThe only way you do that and you move forward is turning it into some way to help others heal. The pain is there, but as long as you\u2019re healing others in that nexus, you don\u2019t suffer from it. It becomes almost like gold in your hands when you walk toward another person who suffered any atrocity\u2014molestation, incarceration. You just go to them in this genuine way, and you say, \u2018Let me tell you just a snippet about me, so that you identify, and you know that I come from a very similar, horrific background.\u2019\u201d   At age 39, Shelton now has a master\u2019s degree and is a trained counselor. Today, he works at an alcohol-counseling program for recently released inmates. He also does pro bono work with families who \u201chave lost their children to the system\u201d to help them navigate their cases until they are reunited with their kids. He has also worked in the foster-care system itself, helping children redefine the narratives of their lives. His own experiences, of course, are central to his work. \u201cI can connect with you from my pain and also show you my change and make it so that you realize that it\u2019s possible,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cThat\u2019s what my life has been about.\u201d", "essay": "This article really maes you think about the foster care system in america. We are one of the richest and advanced nations but yet our foster care system is low and bad. Compared to europes who keep the parental rights kids are left to wonder here. Children like this situation who have no structure get put in foster care and seen as bad ids when in reality they just need more love affection and direction.There should be more care done for these children as there life is just bad from the time there put in care. I feel so sorry these brothers had to grow up like this but happy he turned his life around got an education and is now in a career to help others and foster care children."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Brothers Behind Bars \u2014  \u201cThe only photograph I had of her, growing up, is from a scrapbook from a social worker,\u201d Shelton McElroy says about his mother, \u201cfrom a visitation that we had at a women\u2019s prison called Pewee Valley.\u201d Shelton and his two brothers grew up careening between one foster home to the next. Their mother had been sentenced to prison when Shelton was just 4 and his brothers were 6 and 8 years old. Neither Shelton nor his brothers were ever adopted, and he sees his and one of his brother\u2019s subsequent prison sentences as extensions of the same state-ward system they grew up in. \u201cWe never came out of it,\u201d he says. \u201cFrom being a ward of the state from 4 to 12, in less than six months, I was a prison ward of the state.\u201d   At first, the brothers were sent to two different foster homes in their hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. \u201cMy earliest memories are of being in this place called the Home of the Innocent,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cI was in a crib with other kids, because they had so many kids, each of us couldn\u2019t have our own crib. It wasn\u2019t with Mom. I do have vague recollections with Mom.\u201d As the youngest of the group, Shelton was allowed to go to the same foster home as his oldest brother, William. Middle-child David went to another foster home alone. About every other week, Shelton would visit him. Later on, when Shelton was 6 years old, the three were assigned together to a foster home in Fort Knox, a military base outside the city. For a time, it seemed possible that the sergeant who\u2019d taken them in might even adopt the three of them together. \u201cWe ended up messing that up,\u201d Shelton says. It came down to a bike. While at a swimming pool on base, David, then 8, stole a bicycle. Shelton jumped on the back, and the two started pedaling away from the pool and toward the sergeant\u2019s house. But the sergeant\u2019s two biological sons jumped out from behind some bushes, catching the two boys with the contraband red-handed. According to Shelton, the sergeant was embarrassed, and he sent the brothers back to the foster-care system. \u201cWe had that happen a lot,\u201d says Shelton. \u201cWe\u2019d go somewhere with particular people being interested in us, maybe 10 times, and then we would get sent away.\u201d As the boys got older, Shelton says, the possibility of being adopted began to fade: \u201cYou get to an age where three black boys are\u2026 there\u2019s really a low probability of anybody taking us. That started to be really apparent to the social workers.\u201d The fact that David had been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and prescribed Ritalin likely did not help his case. William, on the other hand, exhibited no behavioral issues and instead showed musical aptitude and high intelligence. So administrators nominated him for a special foster-care program for promising children. \u201cIf you were in foster care, it was the one place in the whole state of Kentucky that everybody wanted to go,\u201d Shelton says. But he wasn\u2019t so lucky: \u201cI ended up going to a group home for misbehavior.\u201d   After just a few months, he was returned to the foster-care mill. That\u2019s when, on Halloween, Shelton pointed a BB gun at a couple of young girls and demanded they give him their candy. \u201cI was arrested and charged with wanton endangerment,\u201d he says. That would be his first experience in a men\u2019s jail; at the time, there were no separate facilities for juvenile arrestees in Kentucky. Because he was underage, Shelton had to be separated from the general population in the men\u2019s jail until his trial. When he was finally sentenced, he was sent to another group home for a couple of years. Following his release, Shelton ran away from the foster-care system. He was homeless. Desperate and hungry, Shelton broke into the house of a friend who dealt weed\u2014and who kept his stash at home. Shelton planned to steal the drugs and sell them. But he lingered too long, eating sandwiches and drinking beer. He was caught and charged with burglary. The mandatory sentence for that crime was between one and five years. The judge gave Shelton four. From 16 to 18, Shelton lived in Georgetown, Kentucky, a dry county with a handful of bootleg businesses. He got by with petty crime\u2014stealing things and trading them for cash. At night, he slept in a bootlegging den. \u201cSitting down at a dinner table with my head on my arms for rest at night,\u201d he says. By the time he turned 18, Shelton had not seen David for four years.   By his 19th birthday, Shelton was in prison again for a minor crime\u2014but he broke out. \u201cI climbed this 16-foot-high razor-wire fence and escaped,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cI was caught less than three or four hours later.\u201d For that, a judge added three years to his sentence, for a new total of seven years. The maximum-security prison he was then sent to had two 16-foot-high razor-wire fences back to back and gun towers around the perimeter.   Shelton reimagines the scene in disbelief: \u201cI come in a petty criminal, but now I\u2019m incarcerated with people with every level and degree of charges.\u201d He served at Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex, known as the \u201cPink Palace\u201d because of its paint job. Inside, the building was organized into two halves, each housing about 1,000 inmates. The two sets rarely mix, but they can see one another through thick glass partitions. On occasion, some of them might run into each other in the library or medical area. One day in the cafeteria, as he was pushing his tray down the food line, someone caught his eye. \u201cAcross from me, it\u2019s the first time in almost five years that I\u2019ve seen my biological brother David,\u201d he says. \u201cYou can\u2019t really put that in words, what that\u2019s like, to look across and see your brother through glass.\u201d Through improvised sign language, they arranged to meet. \u201cMy brother was in there for murder at 19 years old,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe had murdered a man who had tried to steal his drugs from him. It was a drug deal gone bad. He fought his case completely himself.\u201d As Shelton tells it, the judge wouldn\u2019t allow David to represent himself alone and assigned him an attorney, but David took the lead and eventually got his charge reduced to manslaughter and a 10-year sentence. The two brothers were able to move into a cell together. \u201cIt was awkward and strained and still is to this day,\u201d Shelton says of the adjustment to one another after such a long absence. Shelton says it felt more like being half-brothers, and they would often even refer to one another as \u201cbrothers from different fathers.\u201d   Being brothers also had an unexpected consequence. \u201cIt actually increased the potential for violence, because were somebody to have a beef with me, now they understand that my brother was there,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cYou have to know that you\u2019re going to fight my brother and me. Then you need to go get a couple of people, and then that turns into maybe a gang.\u201d But that kind of escalation also put the differences between the two brothers into sharp relief. David may have been in for the more violent and serious crime, but it was Shelton who was into \u201ca bunch of inappropriate activity\u201d in prison. By contrast, David was a \u201cmodel prisoner\u201d who did not fight, who converted to Islam, and changed his name from David to Dawud. \u201cI was playing poker and gambling and being involved,\u201d says Shelton. \u201cIf anybody smuggled in any kind of drugs, I wanted in on it\u2014maybe not to use it as much as to sell it. [David] wasn\u2019t. I kind of brought more drama his way than he would have anticipated.\u201d David also ended up leaving prison before his younger brother, because Shelton compounded his sentence by constantly getting into trouble while in custody.   At 25, Shelton was finally released from prison. He headed home to Louisville.   The three brothers had become strangers to each other. After decades of personal limbo between foster homes, juvenile institutions, and bouts of incarcerations, the three lost touch. While Shelton and David struggled to create lives they could be proud of, William, who had gone to the special foster program for gifted children, found success. Shelton says that William was \u201colder, wiser, more settled, not having behavior issues.\u201d He got a job and a car. He visited his younger brothers when he could. Once William surprised Shelton by bringing a young girl along with him on a prison visit; she was their youngest sibling, a child their mother had had after being released from prison herself.     William tried to be there for his brothers. He hired an attorney for Shelton and paid the legal fees. But the circumstances would prove overwhelming, even for a committed older brother. \u201cHe really became very dismayed,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe gave up, because he tried so hard.\u201d But it\u2019s hard to help someone when they won\u2019t help themselves. \u201cThe pressure was always on Will to be some kind of father figure,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe never could do it to the level that he put on himself and maybe even the level we put on him.\u201d Shelton recalled his brother trying to offer support to David and himself while also attempting to get close to the new sister who had appeared in their lives. \u201cIt was just too much for him,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe\u2019s this guy trying to weave all of these things together.\u201d   William ended up leaving the United States for a while. He lived in multiple places, including the Netherlands and London. \u201cHim traveling internationally and getting away from it all was, for him, probably the best thing he could have done, because we were real selfish,\u201d Shelton says. Even from across an ocean, William\u2019s brothers still demanded much from him. \u201cMy letters to him were all about \u2018I need money for this, I need money for that,\u2019 with no idea what I was asking a young man to provide. I really wanted him to be my father. I wanted him to provide just as if a father or my mother would provide to me.\u201d   Today, William is a music producer and entrepreneur with his own business. Both David and Shelton are fathers, but David struggles with addiction. Maybe the good behavior in prison and the conversion to Islam were not enough to fill the void that a troubled life had left him with. \u201cNow the roles have changed,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe actually tells relatives of mine that he\u2019s younger than me. The role has turned into me being this older brother to him.\u201d He worries about David constantly. \u201cHe\u2019s stuck. He\u2019s stuck. My brother will reference what happened in 1983 as if that\u2019s justification for why he\u2019s at the hospital witnessing the birth of his baby six months early and yet he\u2019s asking me for $5 for gas money.\u201d David seems to be \u201cnot healing, not overcoming, not being able to rewrite the narrative of his story, and really being stuck in his resentful, bitter state,\u201d Shelton says. That wisdom has been hard to come by for Shelton. After cycling through the foster-care system from the time he was 4, and then rotating through the correctional system from age 18 to 27, Shelton was left with a fractured existence, knowing little about the world beyond those institutions. His experiences cemented his belief in the interconnectivity of the foster system and the penal system in the United States. \u201cA lot of my concern is about how that system perpetuates and helps to contribute to the prison-industrial complex,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHow the foster-care system has done that in a really insidious way.\u201d   \u201cI\u2019d been running away from foster homes and trying to get to Louisville my whole life,\u201d he says, looking for a family that didn\u2019t exist\u2014not the way he needed it to. Usually when Shelton ran away as a teenager, he\u2019d be found within three days and be sent back to foster care, back to the system. But during those furtive days of freedom he\u2019d search for his extended family. \u201cI would get a phone book and look up \u2018McElroy,\u2019\u201d he says. \u201cI would say, \u2018Are you a McElroy?\u2019\u201d Nine times out of 10, he heard a stranger on the other end of the line say, \u201cNope, don\u2019t know you.\u201d But once in a while, he\u2019d stumble on a cousin or older relative. When the topic turned to his mother, there was little variation to the answers: \u201cWe don\u2019t know where your mom\u2019s at.\u201d   His mother\u2019s drug addition and mental-health complications contributed to an untenable situation that led to the brothers\u2019 removal. But it didn\u2019t have to be an irrevocable severing. Through William, Shelton saw his mother again while she was raising his half-sister. His mother was receiving appropriate help and had become functional, even successful, and was leading her life instead of falling prey to it. What if they had reconnected earlier? \u201cWe don\u2019t have a system that\u2019s set up that helps people that struggle with mental health. The only way our system knows how to do it is to take their children and not even to look at familial alternatives,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cIn Europe, they never terminate the parents\u2019 rights, never. In the U.S., they terminate the rights.\u201d As a result, he says, there\u2019s a lot of unnecessary hurt, and \u201cevery foster child at 18 is looking for their biological family.\u201d In his late 20s, Shelton recognized that to become a man, he\u2019d have to go it alone. \u201cI started this introspection, this external experience of rebuilding who I was without foster care as the dominating factor, without being a child who had no mother or father\u2014becoming a man who didn\u2019t have that as the catalyst of his life,\u201d he says. \u201cThe only way you do that and you move forward is turning it into some way to help others heal. The pain is there, but as long as you\u2019re healing others in that nexus, you don\u2019t suffer from it. It becomes almost like gold in your hands when you walk toward another person who suffered any atrocity\u2014molestation, incarceration. You just go to them in this genuine way, and you say, \u2018Let me tell you just a snippet about me, so that you identify, and you know that I come from a very similar, horrific background.\u2019\u201d   At age 39, Shelton now has a master\u2019s degree and is a trained counselor. Today, he works at an alcohol-counseling program for recently released inmates. He also does pro bono work with families who \u201chave lost their children to the system\u201d to help them navigate their cases until they are reunited with their kids. He has also worked in the foster-care system itself, helping children redefine the narratives of their lives. His own experiences, of course, are central to his work. \u201cI can connect with you from my pain and also show you my change and make it so that you realize that it\u2019s possible,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cThat\u2019s what my life has been about.\u201d", "essay": "I just read an article about a few siblings who went through the foster system in Kentucky and all ended up in prison for different reasons. Eventually, one of them went on to attain a masters degree and work with people who have to deal with similar circumstances. Unfortunately, I think this story is all too common with children who go through the foster system."}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Brothers Behind Bars \u2014  \u201cThe only photograph I had of her, growing up, is from a scrapbook from a social worker,\u201d Shelton McElroy says about his mother, \u201cfrom a visitation that we had at a women\u2019s prison called Pewee Valley.\u201d Shelton and his two brothers grew up careening between one foster home to the next. Their mother had been sentenced to prison when Shelton was just 4 and his brothers were 6 and 8 years old. Neither Shelton nor his brothers were ever adopted, and he sees his and one of his brother\u2019s subsequent prison sentences as extensions of the same state-ward system they grew up in. \u201cWe never came out of it,\u201d he says. \u201cFrom being a ward of the state from 4 to 12, in less than six months, I was a prison ward of the state.\u201d   At first, the brothers were sent to two different foster homes in their hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. \u201cMy earliest memories are of being in this place called the Home of the Innocent,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cI was in a crib with other kids, because they had so many kids, each of us couldn\u2019t have our own crib. It wasn\u2019t with Mom. I do have vague recollections with Mom.\u201d As the youngest of the group, Shelton was allowed to go to the same foster home as his oldest brother, William. Middle-child David went to another foster home alone. About every other week, Shelton would visit him. Later on, when Shelton was 6 years old, the three were assigned together to a foster home in Fort Knox, a military base outside the city. For a time, it seemed possible that the sergeant who\u2019d taken them in might even adopt the three of them together. \u201cWe ended up messing that up,\u201d Shelton says. It came down to a bike. While at a swimming pool on base, David, then 8, stole a bicycle. Shelton jumped on the back, and the two started pedaling away from the pool and toward the sergeant\u2019s house. But the sergeant\u2019s two biological sons jumped out from behind some bushes, catching the two boys with the contraband red-handed. According to Shelton, the sergeant was embarrassed, and he sent the brothers back to the foster-care system. \u201cWe had that happen a lot,\u201d says Shelton. \u201cWe\u2019d go somewhere with particular people being interested in us, maybe 10 times, and then we would get sent away.\u201d As the boys got older, Shelton says, the possibility of being adopted began to fade: \u201cYou get to an age where three black boys are\u2026 there\u2019s really a low probability of anybody taking us. That started to be really apparent to the social workers.\u201d The fact that David had been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and prescribed Ritalin likely did not help his case. William, on the other hand, exhibited no behavioral issues and instead showed musical aptitude and high intelligence. So administrators nominated him for a special foster-care program for promising children. \u201cIf you were in foster care, it was the one place in the whole state of Kentucky that everybody wanted to go,\u201d Shelton says. But he wasn\u2019t so lucky: \u201cI ended up going to a group home for misbehavior.\u201d   After just a few months, he was returned to the foster-care mill. That\u2019s when, on Halloween, Shelton pointed a BB gun at a couple of young girls and demanded they give him their candy. \u201cI was arrested and charged with wanton endangerment,\u201d he says. That would be his first experience in a men\u2019s jail; at the time, there were no separate facilities for juvenile arrestees in Kentucky. Because he was underage, Shelton had to be separated from the general population in the men\u2019s jail until his trial. When he was finally sentenced, he was sent to another group home for a couple of years. Following his release, Shelton ran away from the foster-care system. He was homeless. Desperate and hungry, Shelton broke into the house of a friend who dealt weed\u2014and who kept his stash at home. Shelton planned to steal the drugs and sell them. But he lingered too long, eating sandwiches and drinking beer. He was caught and charged with burglary. The mandatory sentence for that crime was between one and five years. The judge gave Shelton four. From 16 to 18, Shelton lived in Georgetown, Kentucky, a dry county with a handful of bootleg businesses. He got by with petty crime\u2014stealing things and trading them for cash. At night, he slept in a bootlegging den. \u201cSitting down at a dinner table with my head on my arms for rest at night,\u201d he says. By the time he turned 18, Shelton had not seen David for four years.   By his 19th birthday, Shelton was in prison again for a minor crime\u2014but he broke out. \u201cI climbed this 16-foot-high razor-wire fence and escaped,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cI was caught less than three or four hours later.\u201d For that, a judge added three years to his sentence, for a new total of seven years. The maximum-security prison he was then sent to had two 16-foot-high razor-wire fences back to back and gun towers around the perimeter.   Shelton reimagines the scene in disbelief: \u201cI come in a petty criminal, but now I\u2019m incarcerated with people with every level and degree of charges.\u201d He served at Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex, known as the \u201cPink Palace\u201d because of its paint job. Inside, the building was organized into two halves, each housing about 1,000 inmates. The two sets rarely mix, but they can see one another through thick glass partitions. On occasion, some of them might run into each other in the library or medical area. One day in the cafeteria, as he was pushing his tray down the food line, someone caught his eye. \u201cAcross from me, it\u2019s the first time in almost five years that I\u2019ve seen my biological brother David,\u201d he says. \u201cYou can\u2019t really put that in words, what that\u2019s like, to look across and see your brother through glass.\u201d Through improvised sign language, they arranged to meet. \u201cMy brother was in there for murder at 19 years old,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe had murdered a man who had tried to steal his drugs from him. It was a drug deal gone bad. He fought his case completely himself.\u201d As Shelton tells it, the judge wouldn\u2019t allow David to represent himself alone and assigned him an attorney, but David took the lead and eventually got his charge reduced to manslaughter and a 10-year sentence. The two brothers were able to move into a cell together. \u201cIt was awkward and strained and still is to this day,\u201d Shelton says of the adjustment to one another after such a long absence. Shelton says it felt more like being half-brothers, and they would often even refer to one another as \u201cbrothers from different fathers.\u201d   Being brothers also had an unexpected consequence. \u201cIt actually increased the potential for violence, because were somebody to have a beef with me, now they understand that my brother was there,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cYou have to know that you\u2019re going to fight my brother and me. Then you need to go get a couple of people, and then that turns into maybe a gang.\u201d But that kind of escalation also put the differences between the two brothers into sharp relief. David may have been in for the more violent and serious crime, but it was Shelton who was into \u201ca bunch of inappropriate activity\u201d in prison. By contrast, David was a \u201cmodel prisoner\u201d who did not fight, who converted to Islam, and changed his name from David to Dawud. \u201cI was playing poker and gambling and being involved,\u201d says Shelton. \u201cIf anybody smuggled in any kind of drugs, I wanted in on it\u2014maybe not to use it as much as to sell it. [David] wasn\u2019t. I kind of brought more drama his way than he would have anticipated.\u201d David also ended up leaving prison before his younger brother, because Shelton compounded his sentence by constantly getting into trouble while in custody.   At 25, Shelton was finally released from prison. He headed home to Louisville.   The three brothers had become strangers to each other. After decades of personal limbo between foster homes, juvenile institutions, and bouts of incarcerations, the three lost touch. While Shelton and David struggled to create lives they could be proud of, William, who had gone to the special foster program for gifted children, found success. Shelton says that William was \u201colder, wiser, more settled, not having behavior issues.\u201d He got a job and a car. He visited his younger brothers when he could. Once William surprised Shelton by bringing a young girl along with him on a prison visit; she was their youngest sibling, a child their mother had had after being released from prison herself.     William tried to be there for his brothers. He hired an attorney for Shelton and paid the legal fees. But the circumstances would prove overwhelming, even for a committed older brother. \u201cHe really became very dismayed,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe gave up, because he tried so hard.\u201d But it\u2019s hard to help someone when they won\u2019t help themselves. \u201cThe pressure was always on Will to be some kind of father figure,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe never could do it to the level that he put on himself and maybe even the level we put on him.\u201d Shelton recalled his brother trying to offer support to David and himself while also attempting to get close to the new sister who had appeared in their lives. \u201cIt was just too much for him,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe\u2019s this guy trying to weave all of these things together.\u201d   William ended up leaving the United States for a while. He lived in multiple places, including the Netherlands and London. \u201cHim traveling internationally and getting away from it all was, for him, probably the best thing he could have done, because we were real selfish,\u201d Shelton says. Even from across an ocean, William\u2019s brothers still demanded much from him. \u201cMy letters to him were all about \u2018I need money for this, I need money for that,\u2019 with no idea what I was asking a young man to provide. I really wanted him to be my father. I wanted him to provide just as if a father or my mother would provide to me.\u201d   Today, William is a music producer and entrepreneur with his own business. Both David and Shelton are fathers, but David struggles with addiction. Maybe the good behavior in prison and the conversion to Islam were not enough to fill the void that a troubled life had left him with. \u201cNow the roles have changed,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHe actually tells relatives of mine that he\u2019s younger than me. The role has turned into me being this older brother to him.\u201d He worries about David constantly. \u201cHe\u2019s stuck. He\u2019s stuck. My brother will reference what happened in 1983 as if that\u2019s justification for why he\u2019s at the hospital witnessing the birth of his baby six months early and yet he\u2019s asking me for $5 for gas money.\u201d David seems to be \u201cnot healing, not overcoming, not being able to rewrite the narrative of his story, and really being stuck in his resentful, bitter state,\u201d Shelton says. That wisdom has been hard to come by for Shelton. After cycling through the foster-care system from the time he was 4, and then rotating through the correctional system from age 18 to 27, Shelton was left with a fractured existence, knowing little about the world beyond those institutions. His experiences cemented his belief in the interconnectivity of the foster system and the penal system in the United States. \u201cA lot of my concern is about how that system perpetuates and helps to contribute to the prison-industrial complex,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cHow the foster-care system has done that in a really insidious way.\u201d   \u201cI\u2019d been running away from foster homes and trying to get to Louisville my whole life,\u201d he says, looking for a family that didn\u2019t exist\u2014not the way he needed it to. Usually when Shelton ran away as a teenager, he\u2019d be found within three days and be sent back to foster care, back to the system. But during those furtive days of freedom he\u2019d search for his extended family. \u201cI would get a phone book and look up \u2018McElroy,\u2019\u201d he says. \u201cI would say, \u2018Are you a McElroy?\u2019\u201d Nine times out of 10, he heard a stranger on the other end of the line say, \u201cNope, don\u2019t know you.\u201d But once in a while, he\u2019d stumble on a cousin or older relative. When the topic turned to his mother, there was little variation to the answers: \u201cWe don\u2019t know where your mom\u2019s at.\u201d   His mother\u2019s drug addition and mental-health complications contributed to an untenable situation that led to the brothers\u2019 removal. But it didn\u2019t have to be an irrevocable severing. Through William, Shelton saw his mother again while she was raising his half-sister. His mother was receiving appropriate help and had become functional, even successful, and was leading her life instead of falling prey to it. What if they had reconnected earlier? \u201cWe don\u2019t have a system that\u2019s set up that helps people that struggle with mental health. The only way our system knows how to do it is to take their children and not even to look at familial alternatives,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cIn Europe, they never terminate the parents\u2019 rights, never. In the U.S., they terminate the rights.\u201d As a result, he says, there\u2019s a lot of unnecessary hurt, and \u201cevery foster child at 18 is looking for their biological family.\u201d In his late 20s, Shelton recognized that to become a man, he\u2019d have to go it alone. \u201cI started this introspection, this external experience of rebuilding who I was without foster care as the dominating factor, without being a child who had no mother or father\u2014becoming a man who didn\u2019t have that as the catalyst of his life,\u201d he says. \u201cThe only way you do that and you move forward is turning it into some way to help others heal. The pain is there, but as long as you\u2019re healing others in that nexus, you don\u2019t suffer from it. It becomes almost like gold in your hands when you walk toward another person who suffered any atrocity\u2014molestation, incarceration. You just go to them in this genuine way, and you say, \u2018Let me tell you just a snippet about me, so that you identify, and you know that I come from a very similar, horrific background.\u2019\u201d   At age 39, Shelton now has a master\u2019s degree and is a trained counselor. Today, he works at an alcohol-counseling program for recently released inmates. He also does pro bono work with families who \u201chave lost their children to the system\u201d to help them navigate their cases until they are reunited with their kids. He has also worked in the foster-care system itself, helping children redefine the narratives of their lives. His own experiences, of course, are central to his work. \u201cI can connect with you from my pain and also show you my change and make it so that you realize that it\u2019s possible,\u201d Shelton says. \u201cThat\u2019s what my life has been about.\u201d", "essay": "This kind of stuff makes me sad to hear... I'm glad that it seems that he rose above it, but a kids life should never be this hard or sad. Kids should not have to worry about where their going to live or who their going to live with. They should just have to be kids, and focus on learning and growing. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "The human and animal costs of India's unregulated coal industry \u2014  India is one of the largest producers of coal in the world and more than half of its commercial energy needs are met by coal. But unregulated mining has caused serious health and environmental issues, and led to growing conflicts between elephants and humans. In the coal-rich central state of Chhattisgarh, for example, fly ash has caused respiratory problems and serious illnesses like tuberculosis among people, but their troubles don't end there. Forests are being cleared for coal mining and wild elephants are entering villages in search of food and attacking people. Photojournalist Subrata Biswas has documented the fallout of India's dependence on coal. \"As thousands of acres of forest land are destroyed to mining, foraging elephants attracted by the crops in the fields often enter villages, resulting in an alarmingly high number of human-elephant conflict situations,\" says Biswas. Officials estimate elephants have been responsible for 8,657 incidents of property damage and 99,152 incidents of crop damage in Chhattisgarh between 2005 and 2014. \"We were sleeping when the elephants broke into our room. Somehow we managed to escape but I fractured my left leg when a large part of the wall fell on my leg. My husband saved my life,\" says Rujri Khalkho, 70, whose home was damaged by a herd of wild elephants almost a year ago. A compensation of 10,000 rupees ($149; \u00a3114) has not been enough to repair her house or pay for her medical care. Deaths of elephants due to electrocution have become common in the state. In Dharamjaigarh, the most affected area, officials have recorded 30 elephant and 75 human deaths so far. In 2009, Kanti Bai Sau, 40, lost her home and farm to an open-cast coal mine. She was promised compensation of 200,000 rupees ($2,980; \u00a32,290) and a job to a family member, but received neither. Her son died last year of respiratory complications. \"There is no fresh air to breath, fresh water to drink. Coal has usurped everything here.\" \"We lived next to this mine for almost 10 years and watched helplessly as our wells went dry, forests disappeared and fields become unproductive,\" says Girja Bai Chauhan. \"We have lost almost eight acres of our fields to the mine and authorities haven't fulfilled a single promise they made while acquiring land. They sent us into a dark future and unhealthy environment to live and breathe in.\" Pipelines carry fly ash slurry from a local thermal power power plant in Korba to a fly ash pond. Environment activists say that every year approximately 50 million tonnes of fly ash is generated by power plants in Chhattishgarh but not even the half of this amount have been reutilized to reduce the pollution from fly ash. Fly ash is known to contain trace elements such as arsenic, barium and mercury among others, and unlined ponds like this could be polluting groundwater by leaching. \"The ash is everywhere. When the wind blows, everything is coated with a layer of white grey ash. The road, ponds, our houses, sometimes even our spectacles get coated with a fine layer of the ash,\" says Biswas. Rohit Rathia, 55, suffers from tuberculosis. He lives in a village next to an open cast mine where lung diseases such as coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), silicosis and tuberculosis have become common ailments.", "essay": "India is being effected by a capitalist mindset. The money and power generated by the coal mines seems to be more important than human life along with the lives of local animals. Humans and elephants are suffering because of the coal mines. The lost of habitat for the elephants is driving them into local villages in search for food. Human are being compensated very little for the lost of land. It sad all around."}
{"user_id": "ec_p023", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 40 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 7.0 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 40, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 7.0, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "The human and animal costs of India's unregulated coal industry \u2014  India is one of the largest producers of coal in the world and more than half of its commercial energy needs are met by coal. But unregulated mining has caused serious health and environmental issues, and led to growing conflicts between elephants and humans. In the coal-rich central state of Chhattisgarh, for example, fly ash has caused respiratory problems and serious illnesses like tuberculosis among people, but their troubles don't end there. Forests are being cleared for coal mining and wild elephants are entering villages in search of food and attacking people. Photojournalist Subrata Biswas has documented the fallout of India's dependence on coal. \"As thousands of acres of forest land are destroyed to mining, foraging elephants attracted by the crops in the fields often enter villages, resulting in an alarmingly high number of human-elephant conflict situations,\" says Biswas. Officials estimate elephants have been responsible for 8,657 incidents of property damage and 99,152 incidents of crop damage in Chhattisgarh between 2005 and 2014. \"We were sleeping when the elephants broke into our room. Somehow we managed to escape but I fractured my left leg when a large part of the wall fell on my leg. My husband saved my life,\" says Rujri Khalkho, 70, whose home was damaged by a herd of wild elephants almost a year ago. A compensation of 10,000 rupees ($149; \u00a3114) has not been enough to repair her house or pay for her medical care. Deaths of elephants due to electrocution have become common in the state. In Dharamjaigarh, the most affected area, officials have recorded 30 elephant and 75 human deaths so far. In 2009, Kanti Bai Sau, 40, lost her home and farm to an open-cast coal mine. She was promised compensation of 200,000 rupees ($2,980; \u00a32,290) and a job to a family member, but received neither. Her son died last year of respiratory complications. \"There is no fresh air to breath, fresh water to drink. Coal has usurped everything here.\" \"We lived next to this mine for almost 10 years and watched helplessly as our wells went dry, forests disappeared and fields become unproductive,\" says Girja Bai Chauhan. \"We have lost almost eight acres of our fields to the mine and authorities haven't fulfilled a single promise they made while acquiring land. They sent us into a dark future and unhealthy environment to live and breathe in.\" Pipelines carry fly ash slurry from a local thermal power power plant in Korba to a fly ash pond. Environment activists say that every year approximately 50 million tonnes of fly ash is generated by power plants in Chhattishgarh but not even the half of this amount have been reutilized to reduce the pollution from fly ash. Fly ash is known to contain trace elements such as arsenic, barium and mercury among others, and unlined ponds like this could be polluting groundwater by leaching. \"The ash is everywhere. When the wind blows, everything is coated with a layer of white grey ash. The road, ponds, our houses, sometimes even our spectacles get coated with a fine layer of the ash,\" says Biswas. Rohit Rathia, 55, suffers from tuberculosis. He lives in a village next to an open cast mine where lung diseases such as coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), silicosis and tuberculosis have become common ailments.", "essay": "The government of India makes a lot of money from coal production, but they do not take into account who this is affecting the most. Both the people and the elephants are being hit the hardest, not to mention the forests that are being destroyed. There have been 75 deaths of people and 30 deaths of elephants. People are having respiratory problems. Just imagine the children being affected. It's a travesty. People need clean air and water to live and it's like the government doesn't care. Someone needs to step up and do something."}
{"user_id": "ec_p074", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 28 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 4.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 28, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 4.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "The human and animal costs of India's unregulated coal industry \u2014  India is one of the largest producers of coal in the world and more than half of its commercial energy needs are met by coal. But unregulated mining has caused serious health and environmental issues, and led to growing conflicts between elephants and humans. In the coal-rich central state of Chhattisgarh, for example, fly ash has caused respiratory problems and serious illnesses like tuberculosis among people, but their troubles don't end there. Forests are being cleared for coal mining and wild elephants are entering villages in search of food and attacking people. Photojournalist Subrata Biswas has documented the fallout of India's dependence on coal. \"As thousands of acres of forest land are destroyed to mining, foraging elephants attracted by the crops in the fields often enter villages, resulting in an alarmingly high number of human-elephant conflict situations,\" says Biswas. Officials estimate elephants have been responsible for 8,657 incidents of property damage and 99,152 incidents of crop damage in Chhattisgarh between 2005 and 2014. \"We were sleeping when the elephants broke into our room. Somehow we managed to escape but I fractured my left leg when a large part of the wall fell on my leg. My husband saved my life,\" says Rujri Khalkho, 70, whose home was damaged by a herd of wild elephants almost a year ago. A compensation of 10,000 rupees ($149; \u00a3114) has not been enough to repair her house or pay for her medical care. Deaths of elephants due to electrocution have become common in the state. In Dharamjaigarh, the most affected area, officials have recorded 30 elephant and 75 human deaths so far. In 2009, Kanti Bai Sau, 40, lost her home and farm to an open-cast coal mine. She was promised compensation of 200,000 rupees ($2,980; \u00a32,290) and a job to a family member, but received neither. Her son died last year of respiratory complications. \"There is no fresh air to breath, fresh water to drink. Coal has usurped everything here.\" \"We lived next to this mine for almost 10 years and watched helplessly as our wells went dry, forests disappeared and fields become unproductive,\" says Girja Bai Chauhan. \"We have lost almost eight acres of our fields to the mine and authorities haven't fulfilled a single promise they made while acquiring land. They sent us into a dark future and unhealthy environment to live and breathe in.\" Pipelines carry fly ash slurry from a local thermal power power plant in Korba to a fly ash pond. Environment activists say that every year approximately 50 million tonnes of fly ash is generated by power plants in Chhattishgarh but not even the half of this amount have been reutilized to reduce the pollution from fly ash. Fly ash is known to contain trace elements such as arsenic, barium and mercury among others, and unlined ponds like this could be polluting groundwater by leaching. \"The ash is everywhere. When the wind blows, everything is coated with a layer of white grey ash. The road, ponds, our houses, sometimes even our spectacles get coated with a fine layer of the ash,\" says Biswas. Rohit Rathia, 55, suffers from tuberculosis. He lives in a village next to an open cast mine where lung diseases such as coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), silicosis and tuberculosis have become common ailments.", "essay": "The people in India are in a dilemma that's based on greed, like most things. The poorer population is suffering heavily by the country's dependence on coal. The impact of it is already severed. I'm really surprise that there is even enough of an elephant population that can cause so much trouble, but in the end it isn't their fault either."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "The human and animal costs of India's unregulated coal industry \u2014  India is one of the largest producers of coal in the world and more than half of its commercial energy needs are met by coal. But unregulated mining has caused serious health and environmental issues, and led to growing conflicts between elephants and humans. In the coal-rich central state of Chhattisgarh, for example, fly ash has caused respiratory problems and serious illnesses like tuberculosis among people, but their troubles don't end there. Forests are being cleared for coal mining and wild elephants are entering villages in search of food and attacking people. Photojournalist Subrata Biswas has documented the fallout of India's dependence on coal. \"As thousands of acres of forest land are destroyed to mining, foraging elephants attracted by the crops in the fields often enter villages, resulting in an alarmingly high number of human-elephant conflict situations,\" says Biswas. Officials estimate elephants have been responsible for 8,657 incidents of property damage and 99,152 incidents of crop damage in Chhattisgarh between 2005 and 2014. \"We were sleeping when the elephants broke into our room. Somehow we managed to escape but I fractured my left leg when a large part of the wall fell on my leg. My husband saved my life,\" says Rujri Khalkho, 70, whose home was damaged by a herd of wild elephants almost a year ago. A compensation of 10,000 rupees ($149; \u00a3114) has not been enough to repair her house or pay for her medical care. Deaths of elephants due to electrocution have become common in the state. In Dharamjaigarh, the most affected area, officials have recorded 30 elephant and 75 human deaths so far. In 2009, Kanti Bai Sau, 40, lost her home and farm to an open-cast coal mine. She was promised compensation of 200,000 rupees ($2,980; \u00a32,290) and a job to a family member, but received neither. Her son died last year of respiratory complications. \"There is no fresh air to breath, fresh water to drink. Coal has usurped everything here.\" \"We lived next to this mine for almost 10 years and watched helplessly as our wells went dry, forests disappeared and fields become unproductive,\" says Girja Bai Chauhan. \"We have lost almost eight acres of our fields to the mine and authorities haven't fulfilled a single promise they made while acquiring land. They sent us into a dark future and unhealthy environment to live and breathe in.\" Pipelines carry fly ash slurry from a local thermal power power plant in Korba to a fly ash pond. Environment activists say that every year approximately 50 million tonnes of fly ash is generated by power plants in Chhattishgarh but not even the half of this amount have been reutilized to reduce the pollution from fly ash. Fly ash is known to contain trace elements such as arsenic, barium and mercury among others, and unlined ponds like this could be polluting groundwater by leaching. \"The ash is everywhere. When the wind blows, everything is coated with a layer of white grey ash. The road, ponds, our houses, sometimes even our spectacles get coated with a fine layer of the ash,\" says Biswas. Rohit Rathia, 55, suffers from tuberculosis. He lives in a village next to an open cast mine where lung diseases such as coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), silicosis and tuberculosis have become common ailments.", "essay": "I feel bad for the elephants and the people who live next to the mines in India. I know that America used a lot of coal as it was industrializing, so it is hard for me to blame India for what they are doing to the people and animals.  It seems like the people are promised and do not get so little compensation for their lost due to the coal mines."}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "The human and animal costs of India's unregulated coal industry \u2014  India is one of the largest producers of coal in the world and more than half of its commercial energy needs are met by coal. But unregulated mining has caused serious health and environmental issues, and led to growing conflicts between elephants and humans. In the coal-rich central state of Chhattisgarh, for example, fly ash has caused respiratory problems and serious illnesses like tuberculosis among people, but their troubles don't end there. Forests are being cleared for coal mining and wild elephants are entering villages in search of food and attacking people. Photojournalist Subrata Biswas has documented the fallout of India's dependence on coal. \"As thousands of acres of forest land are destroyed to mining, foraging elephants attracted by the crops in the fields often enter villages, resulting in an alarmingly high number of human-elephant conflict situations,\" says Biswas. Officials estimate elephants have been responsible for 8,657 incidents of property damage and 99,152 incidents of crop damage in Chhattisgarh between 2005 and 2014. \"We were sleeping when the elephants broke into our room. Somehow we managed to escape but I fractured my left leg when a large part of the wall fell on my leg. My husband saved my life,\" says Rujri Khalkho, 70, whose home was damaged by a herd of wild elephants almost a year ago. A compensation of 10,000 rupees ($149; \u00a3114) has not been enough to repair her house or pay for her medical care. Deaths of elephants due to electrocution have become common in the state. In Dharamjaigarh, the most affected area, officials have recorded 30 elephant and 75 human deaths so far. In 2009, Kanti Bai Sau, 40, lost her home and farm to an open-cast coal mine. She was promised compensation of 200,000 rupees ($2,980; \u00a32,290) and a job to a family member, but received neither. Her son died last year of respiratory complications. \"There is no fresh air to breath, fresh water to drink. Coal has usurped everything here.\" \"We lived next to this mine for almost 10 years and watched helplessly as our wells went dry, forests disappeared and fields become unproductive,\" says Girja Bai Chauhan. \"We have lost almost eight acres of our fields to the mine and authorities haven't fulfilled a single promise they made while acquiring land. They sent us into a dark future and unhealthy environment to live and breathe in.\" Pipelines carry fly ash slurry from a local thermal power power plant in Korba to a fly ash pond. Environment activists say that every year approximately 50 million tonnes of fly ash is generated by power plants in Chhattishgarh but not even the half of this amount have been reutilized to reduce the pollution from fly ash. Fly ash is known to contain trace elements such as arsenic, barium and mercury among others, and unlined ponds like this could be polluting groundwater by leaching. \"The ash is everywhere. When the wind blows, everything is coated with a layer of white grey ash. The road, ponds, our houses, sometimes even our spectacles get coated with a fine layer of the ash,\" says Biswas. Rohit Rathia, 55, suffers from tuberculosis. He lives in a village next to an open cast mine where lung diseases such as coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), silicosis and tuberculosis have become common ailments.", "essay": "It's so sad to read this kind of story... Poor animals that can't really do much to defend themselves being destroyed, for what? Money? Greed? It's awfully sad. And in a country like India, it doesn't seem like the government is too interested in doing anything to fix or remedy this, so I bet it will just continue to get worse and worse. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p041", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 64000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 64000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Sally Brampton: Journalist killed herself after 'missed opportunities' \u2014  Sally Brampton, founding editor of Elle magazine in the UK, killed herself after health professionals \"missed opportunities\" to offer her help, an inquest has heard. Ms Brampton, 60, who wrote a Daily Mail advice column, drowned after walking into the sea near her home on 10 May. Hastings Coroners' Court heard she was \"in crisis\" in March 2016 and had sought help from a psychiatrist and GP. But \"that help did not come\", assistant coroner James Healy-Pratt added. Ms Brampton, from St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, was pulled ashore at Galley Hill, Bexhill, on 10 May. The agony aunt, who had spoken out publicly about her long-running battle with depression, had been referred to local mental health services two months earlier, the inquest heard. However, she was not offered any help and she again contacted a GP in April. Psychiatrist's letter It was agreed she was \"out of crisis\" at this stage. However, the coroner heard her full clinical details - including a letter from her private psychiatrist - had not been provided to the relevant services. The letter, dated 19 March, stated Ms Brampton was \"in crisis\" and having \"strong suicidal thoughts\". It said Ms Brampton was having feelings of \"hopelessness and helplessness\", adding that she had spent most of the last week in bed and had hardly left the house. Ms Brampton had \"disengaged\" from local services and had \"painted a very jaundiced view of them\", the letter added. Mr Healy-Pratt said there was \"a missed opportunity\" to help Ms Brampton in March and more information should have been provided before the second referral. \"However, we don't know that those missed opportunities would have changed Sally's outcome and that is an important factor,\" he added. Mr Healy-Pratt said he was satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that Ms Brampton wanted to walk into the sea and he recorded a verdict of suicide. A 'bright star' Christine Henham, a general manager at Hastings and Rother mental health services, said lessons had been learned and changes have been made since Ms Brampton's death. She said the team no longer sends or receive faxes, after the GP said he had faxed the psychiatrist's letter to them. Ms Brampton had studied fashion at Central Saint Martin's College of Art & Design before starting at Vogue. She became fashion editor at The Observer and was then headhunted to launch women's lifestyle magazine Elle in the UK at the age of 30 in the 1980s. She later had a weekly agony aunt column in the Sunday Times Style magazine from 2006 until 2014. In 2008 she gave a personal account of her efforts to overcome depression in her book \"Shoot the Damn Dog\". The coroner described Ms Brampton as a \"bright star\" and began his conclusion with the writer's words: \"We don't kill ourselves. We are simply defeated by the long, hard struggle to stay alive.\"", "essay": "I have very neutral feelings toward the article. I do not condone suicide in any form, but I also respect the right of a person to choose to end their life.  I do not feel grieved or bothered by Mrs. Brampton's passing. I hope she did not suffer, but it is clear that she did not want to live an that was her choice to make. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Sally Brampton: Journalist killed herself after 'missed opportunities' \u2014  Sally Brampton, founding editor of Elle magazine in the UK, killed herself after health professionals \"missed opportunities\" to offer her help, an inquest has heard. Ms Brampton, 60, who wrote a Daily Mail advice column, drowned after walking into the sea near her home on 10 May. Hastings Coroners' Court heard she was \"in crisis\" in March 2016 and had sought help from a psychiatrist and GP. But \"that help did not come\", assistant coroner James Healy-Pratt added. Ms Brampton, from St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, was pulled ashore at Galley Hill, Bexhill, on 10 May. The agony aunt, who had spoken out publicly about her long-running battle with depression, had been referred to local mental health services two months earlier, the inquest heard. However, she was not offered any help and she again contacted a GP in April. Psychiatrist's letter It was agreed she was \"out of crisis\" at this stage. However, the coroner heard her full clinical details - including a letter from her private psychiatrist - had not been provided to the relevant services. The letter, dated 19 March, stated Ms Brampton was \"in crisis\" and having \"strong suicidal thoughts\". It said Ms Brampton was having feelings of \"hopelessness and helplessness\", adding that she had spent most of the last week in bed and had hardly left the house. Ms Brampton had \"disengaged\" from local services and had \"painted a very jaundiced view of them\", the letter added. Mr Healy-Pratt said there was \"a missed opportunity\" to help Ms Brampton in March and more information should have been provided before the second referral. \"However, we don't know that those missed opportunities would have changed Sally's outcome and that is an important factor,\" he added. Mr Healy-Pratt said he was satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that Ms Brampton wanted to walk into the sea and he recorded a verdict of suicide. A 'bright star' Christine Henham, a general manager at Hastings and Rother mental health services, said lessons had been learned and changes have been made since Ms Brampton's death. She said the team no longer sends or receive faxes, after the GP said he had faxed the psychiatrist's letter to them. Ms Brampton had studied fashion at Central Saint Martin's College of Art & Design before starting at Vogue. She became fashion editor at The Observer and was then headhunted to launch women's lifestyle magazine Elle in the UK at the age of 30 in the 1980s. She later had a weekly agony aunt column in the Sunday Times Style magazine from 2006 until 2014. In 2008 she gave a personal account of her efforts to overcome depression in her book \"Shoot the Damn Dog\". The coroner described Ms Brampton as a \"bright star\" and began his conclusion with the writer's words: \"We don't kill ourselves. We are simply defeated by the long, hard struggle to stay alive.\"", "essay": "Depression is a major factor in all of our lives. I believe that everybody gets depressed it is that some of us are better with dealing with it. She took her own life after being a very successfully person. It shows me that money,worth and fame do not matter when it comes to depression. It is sad that she did not get the help she needed in time."}
{"user_id": "ec_p050", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 165000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.75 in openness, 6.25 in conscientiousness, 3.25 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 165000, "personality": {"openness": 5.75, "conscientiousness": 6.25, "extraversion": 3.25, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Sally Brampton: Journalist killed herself after 'missed opportunities' \u2014  Sally Brampton, founding editor of Elle magazine in the UK, killed herself after health professionals \"missed opportunities\" to offer her help, an inquest has heard. Ms Brampton, 60, who wrote a Daily Mail advice column, drowned after walking into the sea near her home on 10 May. Hastings Coroners' Court heard she was \"in crisis\" in March 2016 and had sought help from a psychiatrist and GP. But \"that help did not come\", assistant coroner James Healy-Pratt added. Ms Brampton, from St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, was pulled ashore at Galley Hill, Bexhill, on 10 May. The agony aunt, who had spoken out publicly about her long-running battle with depression, had been referred to local mental health services two months earlier, the inquest heard. However, she was not offered any help and she again contacted a GP in April. Psychiatrist's letter It was agreed she was \"out of crisis\" at this stage. However, the coroner heard her full clinical details - including a letter from her private psychiatrist - had not been provided to the relevant services. The letter, dated 19 March, stated Ms Brampton was \"in crisis\" and having \"strong suicidal thoughts\". It said Ms Brampton was having feelings of \"hopelessness and helplessness\", adding that she had spent most of the last week in bed and had hardly left the house. Ms Brampton had \"disengaged\" from local services and had \"painted a very jaundiced view of them\", the letter added. Mr Healy-Pratt said there was \"a missed opportunity\" to help Ms Brampton in March and more information should have been provided before the second referral. \"However, we don't know that those missed opportunities would have changed Sally's outcome and that is an important factor,\" he added. Mr Healy-Pratt said he was satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that Ms Brampton wanted to walk into the sea and he recorded a verdict of suicide. A 'bright star' Christine Henham, a general manager at Hastings and Rother mental health services, said lessons had been learned and changes have been made since Ms Brampton's death. She said the team no longer sends or receive faxes, after the GP said he had faxed the psychiatrist's letter to them. Ms Brampton had studied fashion at Central Saint Martin's College of Art & Design before starting at Vogue. She became fashion editor at The Observer and was then headhunted to launch women's lifestyle magazine Elle in the UK at the age of 30 in the 1980s. She later had a weekly agony aunt column in the Sunday Times Style magazine from 2006 until 2014. In 2008 she gave a personal account of her efforts to overcome depression in her book \"Shoot the Damn Dog\". The coroner described Ms Brampton as a \"bright star\" and began his conclusion with the writer's words: \"We don't kill ourselves. We are simply defeated by the long, hard struggle to stay alive.\"", "essay": "We always think the moment someone is rich and have enough money to throw around, they are void of worries and life problem. I mean here is someone who was bold enough to ask for help yet no one reached out to help. I feel so bad knowing this. Depression is real and hit even the most unsuspecting people. It is so bad that she died without anyone showing her true love."}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "Sally Brampton: Journalist killed herself after 'missed opportunities' \u2014  Sally Brampton, founding editor of Elle magazine in the UK, killed herself after health professionals \"missed opportunities\" to offer her help, an inquest has heard. Ms Brampton, 60, who wrote a Daily Mail advice column, drowned after walking into the sea near her home on 10 May. Hastings Coroners' Court heard she was \"in crisis\" in March 2016 and had sought help from a psychiatrist and GP. But \"that help did not come\", assistant coroner James Healy-Pratt added. Ms Brampton, from St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, was pulled ashore at Galley Hill, Bexhill, on 10 May. The agony aunt, who had spoken out publicly about her long-running battle with depression, had been referred to local mental health services two months earlier, the inquest heard. However, she was not offered any help and she again contacted a GP in April. Psychiatrist's letter It was agreed she was \"out of crisis\" at this stage. However, the coroner heard her full clinical details - including a letter from her private psychiatrist - had not been provided to the relevant services. The letter, dated 19 March, stated Ms Brampton was \"in crisis\" and having \"strong suicidal thoughts\". It said Ms Brampton was having feelings of \"hopelessness and helplessness\", adding that she had spent most of the last week in bed and had hardly left the house. Ms Brampton had \"disengaged\" from local services and had \"painted a very jaundiced view of them\", the letter added. Mr Healy-Pratt said there was \"a missed opportunity\" to help Ms Brampton in March and more information should have been provided before the second referral. \"However, we don't know that those missed opportunities would have changed Sally's outcome and that is an important factor,\" he added. Mr Healy-Pratt said he was satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that Ms Brampton wanted to walk into the sea and he recorded a verdict of suicide. A 'bright star' Christine Henham, a general manager at Hastings and Rother mental health services, said lessons had been learned and changes have been made since Ms Brampton's death. She said the team no longer sends or receive faxes, after the GP said he had faxed the psychiatrist's letter to them. Ms Brampton had studied fashion at Central Saint Martin's College of Art & Design before starting at Vogue. She became fashion editor at The Observer and was then headhunted to launch women's lifestyle magazine Elle in the UK at the age of 30 in the 1980s. She later had a weekly agony aunt column in the Sunday Times Style magazine from 2006 until 2014. In 2008 she gave a personal account of her efforts to overcome depression in her book \"Shoot the Damn Dog\". The coroner described Ms Brampton as a \"bright star\" and began his conclusion with the writer's words: \"We don't kill ourselves. We are simply defeated by the long, hard struggle to stay alive.\"", "essay": "Sally Brampton dies at age 60 from suicide.   Another life lost due to the convoluted medical care mess.   It makes me extremely sad.   I, too, have suffered from dark depression for the last 10 years.  I think daily it would be awesome to die.  Medications do not work for me.   I was born this way and people who know nothing about the intricacies of this terrible disease do not understand.  It's our wiring and absolutely nothing helps when you have had it your entire life.  You are exhausted."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Iraqi Christians, scarred by Islamic State\u2019s cruelty, doubt they will return to Mosul \u2014  IRBIL, Iraq \u2014 At the evening service, the priest counseled forgiveness to a congregation with little reason to forgive. They were Christians from Mosul, brutalized by the Islamic State and betrayed, in some cases, by neighbors, and nothing \u2014 not the priest\u2019s pleas, not his invocation of Cain and Abel \u2014 seemed likely to heal those scars. Khalid Ramzi, a congregant, seemed to choke on the sermon. \u201cWe can\u2019t fall into the same hole twice. We don\u2019t want our children to be raised in violence and fear,\u201d he said, standing outside the church in Irbil. \u201cOnly in our dreams can we go back to Mosul.\u201d When the militants swept into the city two years ago, Christians were ordered to convert, pay a tax or die. As the Islamic State pushed beyond the city, onto the plains of Nineveh, its advance scattered the rich patchwork of religious and ethnic minorities \u2014 Yazidis and Assyrians, Kurds and Shabaks \u2014 that made the area a microcosm of diverse Iraq and a place unlike perhaps any in the world. Churches were torched. Yazidis were massacred or enslaved. Villages emptied as hundreds of thousands of people fled. Iraqi forces advancing toward Mosul have recaptured some of the villages, raising the possibility of return for the minorities. But it is difficult to imagine the villages whole again, with their emptied streets and houses lying in ruin or despoiled by the militants. A new order in Mosul and the surrounding region already has begun to take shape, before troops even have entered the city. With competing visions, powerful players including Turkey, Iran, the Kurds and the U.S.-backed Iraqi government are jostling for influence. The battle will forge its own reality, with the violence possibly sending hundreds of thousands of people searching for shelter away from their homes. And the future of the region will be defined, in many ways, by who decides to return. [Islamic State is kidnapping thousands of people to use as human shields] In Shaqouli, an ethnically mixed village about 12 miles east of Mosul, a few villagers drove back two weeks ago, with one, Asem Hussein, making a forceful case that his neighbors will eventually follow. Some sort of munition had caved in his living room, leaving a tangle of concrete and rebar, and all he had been able to recover was a few blankets and an air conditioner that somehow had survived. \u201cI am going to rebuild it and stay, and we will rebuild all ruined Iraqi villages,\u201d he insisted. Shaqouli, he added, \u201cwill remain as mixed as it used to be \u2014 a mini-Iraq.\u201d But the mayor, Mamel Qassim, who is Kurdish, had written off the place as lost. It was partly personal: During the Islamic State occupation, the militants had used his house as their headquarters. As a result, it had been crushed by an airstrike, the debris littered with copies of a weekly paper that the militants distributed. It was more than that, though. The Iraqi government \u2014 part of the sectarian political order that took hold after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 \u2014 was as weak as it ever had been, Qassim reckoned, and ill-equipped to protect minorities. Sunni Arabs from the village had fled or been forced to retreat toward Mosul along with the Islamic State, and the Kurds, like the mayor, had mostly moved to Irbil, in the semiautonomous Kurdish region. Only the members of the Shabak minority, who were without any powerful patron or a region to call their own, seemed inclined to move back. \u201cIt will never be good here,\u201d said Qassim, adding that he intended to resign as mayor. \u201cIt will only get worse.\u201d [Concerns about \u2018collective punishment\u2019 after Sunni Arabs flee Kirkuk] Iraq\u2019s news media has been awash with photos and videos in recent days showing soldiers recapturing churches desecrated by the militants \u2014 with the implicit message that it will soon be safe for Christians to return. In some of the Christian villages around Mosul, residents said they did intend to move back, but they portrayed the move as more a responsibility than a choice. \u201cWe want to bring back the beauty of this area,\u201d said Benham Shamani, a writer from Bartella, a majority-Christian town east of Mosul, invoking more than a thousand years of Christian heritage in the area. \u201cOnly the original people of the area can return this beauty. Only the people of this area can rebuild it,\u201d Shamani said. In reality, though, Christians have been leaving Iraq for years, an exodus that began in earnest after the U.S.-led invasion. At the time, the country had around 1.5 million Christians; by the time of the Islamic State\u2019s takeover of Mosul, they were believed to be fewer than 500,000. Now community leaders say at least a third of those who remained have left. In 2014, France said it would grant asylum to Christians forced to flee Mosul. Some community leaders criticized the move, saying it would devastate what remains of Iraq\u2019s Christians. But even the community\u2019s leaders concede it will be difficult to go back to Mosul. To return to the city would be to \u201cremember all the pain, all the threats, all the killing, all the letters with bullets inside. We\u2019ll remember the looks on the street,\u201d said another priest at the Irbil church, the Rev. Zakareya Ewas, as families milled about after the service. The problems for Christians started before the Islamic State takeover, as the group\u2019s predecessor, al-Qaeda, extended its grip in the city. Ewas said he received threatening phone calls and attempts at extortion. He stopped wearing his black robes and collar on the street. His wife covered her hair in an effort to blend in. Priests were murdered as Christians were targeted for their religion but also their perceived wealth, with many kidnapped for ransom. Ewas, a Syriac Orthodox priest, fled Mosul as the militants took over in 2014. The cross in his old church has been pulled down, he said, and the building now is used as a shelter for the militants\u2019 livestock. His brother moved to Jordan two weeks ago after struggling to find work in Irbil \u2014 and after hearing several months ago that his yogurt factory in the city had been wiped out in a coalition airstrike. \u201cNow there\u2019s nothing for him to go back to,\u201d Ewas said, adding that there were many others like his brother. If the Christians of Mosul did return, he said, \u201cit will be just to sell their houses and leave.\u201d Kareem Fahim reported from Shaqouli, Iraq. Mustafa Salim in Irbil and Aaso Ameen Shwan in Shaqouli also contributed to this report.", "essay": "I just read an article about the Islamic State's treatment of Christians in Mosul. The more I hear about these militant religious groups the more I think they want to force the timeline of human history backward. I believe their ultimate goal is to unmake thousands of years of human progress so that the most brutal and insensate among us can rule with absolute certainty over those who are not bold enough to challenge them. The seismic shift of politics to nationalism and authoritarianism only reinforces this point."}
{"user_id": "ec_p005", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 22 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 100000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 22, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 100000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Iraqi Christians, scarred by Islamic State\u2019s cruelty, doubt they will return to Mosul \u2014  IRBIL, Iraq \u2014 At the evening service, the priest counseled forgiveness to a congregation with little reason to forgive. They were Christians from Mosul, brutalized by the Islamic State and betrayed, in some cases, by neighbors, and nothing \u2014 not the priest\u2019s pleas, not his invocation of Cain and Abel \u2014 seemed likely to heal those scars. Khalid Ramzi, a congregant, seemed to choke on the sermon. \u201cWe can\u2019t fall into the same hole twice. We don\u2019t want our children to be raised in violence and fear,\u201d he said, standing outside the church in Irbil. \u201cOnly in our dreams can we go back to Mosul.\u201d When the militants swept into the city two years ago, Christians were ordered to convert, pay a tax or die. As the Islamic State pushed beyond the city, onto the plains of Nineveh, its advance scattered the rich patchwork of religious and ethnic minorities \u2014 Yazidis and Assyrians, Kurds and Shabaks \u2014 that made the area a microcosm of diverse Iraq and a place unlike perhaps any in the world. Churches were torched. Yazidis were massacred or enslaved. Villages emptied as hundreds of thousands of people fled. Iraqi forces advancing toward Mosul have recaptured some of the villages, raising the possibility of return for the minorities. But it is difficult to imagine the villages whole again, with their emptied streets and houses lying in ruin or despoiled by the militants. A new order in Mosul and the surrounding region already has begun to take shape, before troops even have entered the city. With competing visions, powerful players including Turkey, Iran, the Kurds and the U.S.-backed Iraqi government are jostling for influence. The battle will forge its own reality, with the violence possibly sending hundreds of thousands of people searching for shelter away from their homes. And the future of the region will be defined, in many ways, by who decides to return. [Islamic State is kidnapping thousands of people to use as human shields] In Shaqouli, an ethnically mixed village about 12 miles east of Mosul, a few villagers drove back two weeks ago, with one, Asem Hussein, making a forceful case that his neighbors will eventually follow. Some sort of munition had caved in his living room, leaving a tangle of concrete and rebar, and all he had been able to recover was a few blankets and an air conditioner that somehow had survived. \u201cI am going to rebuild it and stay, and we will rebuild all ruined Iraqi villages,\u201d he insisted. Shaqouli, he added, \u201cwill remain as mixed as it used to be \u2014 a mini-Iraq.\u201d But the mayor, Mamel Qassim, who is Kurdish, had written off the place as lost. It was partly personal: During the Islamic State occupation, the militants had used his house as their headquarters. As a result, it had been crushed by an airstrike, the debris littered with copies of a weekly paper that the militants distributed. It was more than that, though. The Iraqi government \u2014 part of the sectarian political order that took hold after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 \u2014 was as weak as it ever had been, Qassim reckoned, and ill-equipped to protect minorities. Sunni Arabs from the village had fled or been forced to retreat toward Mosul along with the Islamic State, and the Kurds, like the mayor, had mostly moved to Irbil, in the semiautonomous Kurdish region. Only the members of the Shabak minority, who were without any powerful patron or a region to call their own, seemed inclined to move back. \u201cIt will never be good here,\u201d said Qassim, adding that he intended to resign as mayor. \u201cIt will only get worse.\u201d [Concerns about \u2018collective punishment\u2019 after Sunni Arabs flee Kirkuk] Iraq\u2019s news media has been awash with photos and videos in recent days showing soldiers recapturing churches desecrated by the militants \u2014 with the implicit message that it will soon be safe for Christians to return. In some of the Christian villages around Mosul, residents said they did intend to move back, but they portrayed the move as more a responsibility than a choice. \u201cWe want to bring back the beauty of this area,\u201d said Benham Shamani, a writer from Bartella, a majority-Christian town east of Mosul, invoking more than a thousand years of Christian heritage in the area. \u201cOnly the original people of the area can return this beauty. Only the people of this area can rebuild it,\u201d Shamani said. In reality, though, Christians have been leaving Iraq for years, an exodus that began in earnest after the U.S.-led invasion. At the time, the country had around 1.5 million Christians; by the time of the Islamic State\u2019s takeover of Mosul, they were believed to be fewer than 500,000. Now community leaders say at least a third of those who remained have left. In 2014, France said it would grant asylum to Christians forced to flee Mosul. Some community leaders criticized the move, saying it would devastate what remains of Iraq\u2019s Christians. But even the community\u2019s leaders concede it will be difficult to go back to Mosul. To return to the city would be to \u201cremember all the pain, all the threats, all the killing, all the letters with bullets inside. We\u2019ll remember the looks on the street,\u201d said another priest at the Irbil church, the Rev. Zakareya Ewas, as families milled about after the service. The problems for Christians started before the Islamic State takeover, as the group\u2019s predecessor, al-Qaeda, extended its grip in the city. Ewas said he received threatening phone calls and attempts at extortion. He stopped wearing his black robes and collar on the street. His wife covered her hair in an effort to blend in. Priests were murdered as Christians were targeted for their religion but also their perceived wealth, with many kidnapped for ransom. Ewas, a Syriac Orthodox priest, fled Mosul as the militants took over in 2014. The cross in his old church has been pulled down, he said, and the building now is used as a shelter for the militants\u2019 livestock. His brother moved to Jordan two weeks ago after struggling to find work in Irbil \u2014 and after hearing several months ago that his yogurt factory in the city had been wiped out in a coalition airstrike. \u201cNow there\u2019s nothing for him to go back to,\u201d Ewas said, adding that there were many others like his brother. If the Christians of Mosul did return, he said, \u201cit will be just to sell their houses and leave.\u201d Kareem Fahim reported from Shaqouli, Iraq. Mustafa Salim in Irbil and Aaso Ameen Shwan in Shaqouli also contributed to this report.", "essay": "I am writing as regards my thoughts on Christians from Mosul, brutalized by the Islamic State and betrayed, in some cases, by neighbors, and nothing ? not the priest?s pleas, not his invocation of Cain and Abel ? seemed likely to heal those scars. Khalid Ramzi, a congregant, seemed to choke on the sermon. I was so sad by this event and i hope something urgent is being done as soon as possible so that this will not happen anymore."}
{"user_id": "ec_p043", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 27000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 3.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 27000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 3.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Iraqi Christians, scarred by Islamic State\u2019s cruelty, doubt they will return to Mosul \u2014  IRBIL, Iraq \u2014 At the evening service, the priest counseled forgiveness to a congregation with little reason to forgive. They were Christians from Mosul, brutalized by the Islamic State and betrayed, in some cases, by neighbors, and nothing \u2014 not the priest\u2019s pleas, not his invocation of Cain and Abel \u2014 seemed likely to heal those scars. Khalid Ramzi, a congregant, seemed to choke on the sermon. \u201cWe can\u2019t fall into the same hole twice. We don\u2019t want our children to be raised in violence and fear,\u201d he said, standing outside the church in Irbil. \u201cOnly in our dreams can we go back to Mosul.\u201d When the militants swept into the city two years ago, Christians were ordered to convert, pay a tax or die. As the Islamic State pushed beyond the city, onto the plains of Nineveh, its advance scattered the rich patchwork of religious and ethnic minorities \u2014 Yazidis and Assyrians, Kurds and Shabaks \u2014 that made the area a microcosm of diverse Iraq and a place unlike perhaps any in the world. Churches were torched. Yazidis were massacred or enslaved. Villages emptied as hundreds of thousands of people fled. Iraqi forces advancing toward Mosul have recaptured some of the villages, raising the possibility of return for the minorities. But it is difficult to imagine the villages whole again, with their emptied streets and houses lying in ruin or despoiled by the militants. A new order in Mosul and the surrounding region already has begun to take shape, before troops even have entered the city. With competing visions, powerful players including Turkey, Iran, the Kurds and the U.S.-backed Iraqi government are jostling for influence. The battle will forge its own reality, with the violence possibly sending hundreds of thousands of people searching for shelter away from their homes. And the future of the region will be defined, in many ways, by who decides to return. [Islamic State is kidnapping thousands of people to use as human shields] In Shaqouli, an ethnically mixed village about 12 miles east of Mosul, a few villagers drove back two weeks ago, with one, Asem Hussein, making a forceful case that his neighbors will eventually follow. Some sort of munition had caved in his living room, leaving a tangle of concrete and rebar, and all he had been able to recover was a few blankets and an air conditioner that somehow had survived. \u201cI am going to rebuild it and stay, and we will rebuild all ruined Iraqi villages,\u201d he insisted. Shaqouli, he added, \u201cwill remain as mixed as it used to be \u2014 a mini-Iraq.\u201d But the mayor, Mamel Qassim, who is Kurdish, had written off the place as lost. It was partly personal: During the Islamic State occupation, the militants had used his house as their headquarters. As a result, it had been crushed by an airstrike, the debris littered with copies of a weekly paper that the militants distributed. It was more than that, though. The Iraqi government \u2014 part of the sectarian political order that took hold after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 \u2014 was as weak as it ever had been, Qassim reckoned, and ill-equipped to protect minorities. Sunni Arabs from the village had fled or been forced to retreat toward Mosul along with the Islamic State, and the Kurds, like the mayor, had mostly moved to Irbil, in the semiautonomous Kurdish region. Only the members of the Shabak minority, who were without any powerful patron or a region to call their own, seemed inclined to move back. \u201cIt will never be good here,\u201d said Qassim, adding that he intended to resign as mayor. \u201cIt will only get worse.\u201d [Concerns about \u2018collective punishment\u2019 after Sunni Arabs flee Kirkuk] Iraq\u2019s news media has been awash with photos and videos in recent days showing soldiers recapturing churches desecrated by the militants \u2014 with the implicit message that it will soon be safe for Christians to return. In some of the Christian villages around Mosul, residents said they did intend to move back, but they portrayed the move as more a responsibility than a choice. \u201cWe want to bring back the beauty of this area,\u201d said Benham Shamani, a writer from Bartella, a majority-Christian town east of Mosul, invoking more than a thousand years of Christian heritage in the area. \u201cOnly the original people of the area can return this beauty. Only the people of this area can rebuild it,\u201d Shamani said. In reality, though, Christians have been leaving Iraq for years, an exodus that began in earnest after the U.S.-led invasion. At the time, the country had around 1.5 million Christians; by the time of the Islamic State\u2019s takeover of Mosul, they were believed to be fewer than 500,000. Now community leaders say at least a third of those who remained have left. In 2014, France said it would grant asylum to Christians forced to flee Mosul. Some community leaders criticized the move, saying it would devastate what remains of Iraq\u2019s Christians. But even the community\u2019s leaders concede it will be difficult to go back to Mosul. To return to the city would be to \u201cremember all the pain, all the threats, all the killing, all the letters with bullets inside. We\u2019ll remember the looks on the street,\u201d said another priest at the Irbil church, the Rev. Zakareya Ewas, as families milled about after the service. The problems for Christians started before the Islamic State takeover, as the group\u2019s predecessor, al-Qaeda, extended its grip in the city. Ewas said he received threatening phone calls and attempts at extortion. He stopped wearing his black robes and collar on the street. His wife covered her hair in an effort to blend in. Priests were murdered as Christians were targeted for their religion but also their perceived wealth, with many kidnapped for ransom. Ewas, a Syriac Orthodox priest, fled Mosul as the militants took over in 2014. The cross in his old church has been pulled down, he said, and the building now is used as a shelter for the militants\u2019 livestock. His brother moved to Jordan two weeks ago after struggling to find work in Irbil \u2014 and after hearing several months ago that his yogurt factory in the city had been wiped out in a coalition airstrike. \u201cNow there\u2019s nothing for him to go back to,\u201d Ewas said, adding that there were many others like his brother. If the Christians of Mosul did return, he said, \u201cit will be just to sell their houses and leave.\u201d Kareem Fahim reported from Shaqouli, Iraq. Mustafa Salim in Irbil and Aaso Ameen Shwan in Shaqouli also contributed to this report.", "essay": "I can understand why Christians are leaving Iraq after all those atrocities committed by Isis. The Christians were kidnapped, tortured and eventually killed and dumped in unmarked mass graves. It's really sad that this could happen primarily because of religious differences. It's great that France granted some people asylum and I hope our government did the same. Those people need to be rescued so they can rebuild their lives. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Iraqi Christians, scarred by Islamic State\u2019s cruelty, doubt they will return to Mosul \u2014  IRBIL, Iraq \u2014 At the evening service, the priest counseled forgiveness to a congregation with little reason to forgive. They were Christians from Mosul, brutalized by the Islamic State and betrayed, in some cases, by neighbors, and nothing \u2014 not the priest\u2019s pleas, not his invocation of Cain and Abel \u2014 seemed likely to heal those scars. Khalid Ramzi, a congregant, seemed to choke on the sermon. \u201cWe can\u2019t fall into the same hole twice. We don\u2019t want our children to be raised in violence and fear,\u201d he said, standing outside the church in Irbil. \u201cOnly in our dreams can we go back to Mosul.\u201d When the militants swept into the city two years ago, Christians were ordered to convert, pay a tax or die. As the Islamic State pushed beyond the city, onto the plains of Nineveh, its advance scattered the rich patchwork of religious and ethnic minorities \u2014 Yazidis and Assyrians, Kurds and Shabaks \u2014 that made the area a microcosm of diverse Iraq and a place unlike perhaps any in the world. Churches were torched. Yazidis were massacred or enslaved. Villages emptied as hundreds of thousands of people fled. Iraqi forces advancing toward Mosul have recaptured some of the villages, raising the possibility of return for the minorities. But it is difficult to imagine the villages whole again, with their emptied streets and houses lying in ruin or despoiled by the militants. A new order in Mosul and the surrounding region already has begun to take shape, before troops even have entered the city. With competing visions, powerful players including Turkey, Iran, the Kurds and the U.S.-backed Iraqi government are jostling for influence. The battle will forge its own reality, with the violence possibly sending hundreds of thousands of people searching for shelter away from their homes. And the future of the region will be defined, in many ways, by who decides to return. [Islamic State is kidnapping thousands of people to use as human shields] In Shaqouli, an ethnically mixed village about 12 miles east of Mosul, a few villagers drove back two weeks ago, with one, Asem Hussein, making a forceful case that his neighbors will eventually follow. Some sort of munition had caved in his living room, leaving a tangle of concrete and rebar, and all he had been able to recover was a few blankets and an air conditioner that somehow had survived. \u201cI am going to rebuild it and stay, and we will rebuild all ruined Iraqi villages,\u201d he insisted. Shaqouli, he added, \u201cwill remain as mixed as it used to be \u2014 a mini-Iraq.\u201d But the mayor, Mamel Qassim, who is Kurdish, had written off the place as lost. It was partly personal: During the Islamic State occupation, the militants had used his house as their headquarters. As a result, it had been crushed by an airstrike, the debris littered with copies of a weekly paper that the militants distributed. It was more than that, though. The Iraqi government \u2014 part of the sectarian political order that took hold after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 \u2014 was as weak as it ever had been, Qassim reckoned, and ill-equipped to protect minorities. Sunni Arabs from the village had fled or been forced to retreat toward Mosul along with the Islamic State, and the Kurds, like the mayor, had mostly moved to Irbil, in the semiautonomous Kurdish region. Only the members of the Shabak minority, who were without any powerful patron or a region to call their own, seemed inclined to move back. \u201cIt will never be good here,\u201d said Qassim, adding that he intended to resign as mayor. \u201cIt will only get worse.\u201d [Concerns about \u2018collective punishment\u2019 after Sunni Arabs flee Kirkuk] Iraq\u2019s news media has been awash with photos and videos in recent days showing soldiers recapturing churches desecrated by the militants \u2014 with the implicit message that it will soon be safe for Christians to return. In some of the Christian villages around Mosul, residents said they did intend to move back, but they portrayed the move as more a responsibility than a choice. \u201cWe want to bring back the beauty of this area,\u201d said Benham Shamani, a writer from Bartella, a majority-Christian town east of Mosul, invoking more than a thousand years of Christian heritage in the area. \u201cOnly the original people of the area can return this beauty. Only the people of this area can rebuild it,\u201d Shamani said. In reality, though, Christians have been leaving Iraq for years, an exodus that began in earnest after the U.S.-led invasion. At the time, the country had around 1.5 million Christians; by the time of the Islamic State\u2019s takeover of Mosul, they were believed to be fewer than 500,000. Now community leaders say at least a third of those who remained have left. In 2014, France said it would grant asylum to Christians forced to flee Mosul. Some community leaders criticized the move, saying it would devastate what remains of Iraq\u2019s Christians. But even the community\u2019s leaders concede it will be difficult to go back to Mosul. To return to the city would be to \u201cremember all the pain, all the threats, all the killing, all the letters with bullets inside. We\u2019ll remember the looks on the street,\u201d said another priest at the Irbil church, the Rev. Zakareya Ewas, as families milled about after the service. The problems for Christians started before the Islamic State takeover, as the group\u2019s predecessor, al-Qaeda, extended its grip in the city. Ewas said he received threatening phone calls and attempts at extortion. He stopped wearing his black robes and collar on the street. His wife covered her hair in an effort to blend in. Priests were murdered as Christians were targeted for their religion but also their perceived wealth, with many kidnapped for ransom. Ewas, a Syriac Orthodox priest, fled Mosul as the militants took over in 2014. The cross in his old church has been pulled down, he said, and the building now is used as a shelter for the militants\u2019 livestock. His brother moved to Jordan two weeks ago after struggling to find work in Irbil \u2014 and after hearing several months ago that his yogurt factory in the city had been wiped out in a coalition airstrike. \u201cNow there\u2019s nothing for him to go back to,\u201d Ewas said, adding that there were many others like his brother. If the Christians of Mosul did return, he said, \u201cit will be just to sell their houses and leave.\u201d Kareem Fahim reported from Shaqouli, Iraq. Mustafa Salim in Irbil and Aaso Ameen Shwan in Shaqouli also contributed to this report.", "essay": "I think that this sounds like a kind of story that should not be happening anymore.... It seems so outdated and I don't get, with how far advanced we are, why this kind of stuff is still happening. Why are people still basing things on the Bible? Why aren't we actually studying things and using real stuff to develop as humans. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Iraqi Christians, scarred by Islamic State\u2019s cruelty, doubt they will return to Mosul \u2014  IRBIL, Iraq \u2014 At the evening service, the priest counseled forgiveness to a congregation with little reason to forgive. They were Christians from Mosul, brutalized by the Islamic State and betrayed, in some cases, by neighbors, and nothing \u2014 not the priest\u2019s pleas, not his invocation of Cain and Abel \u2014 seemed likely to heal those scars. Khalid Ramzi, a congregant, seemed to choke on the sermon. \u201cWe can\u2019t fall into the same hole twice. We don\u2019t want our children to be raised in violence and fear,\u201d he said, standing outside the church in Irbil. \u201cOnly in our dreams can we go back to Mosul.\u201d When the militants swept into the city two years ago, Christians were ordered to convert, pay a tax or die. As the Islamic State pushed beyond the city, onto the plains of Nineveh, its advance scattered the rich patchwork of religious and ethnic minorities \u2014 Yazidis and Assyrians, Kurds and Shabaks \u2014 that made the area a microcosm of diverse Iraq and a place unlike perhaps any in the world. Churches were torched. Yazidis were massacred or enslaved. Villages emptied as hundreds of thousands of people fled. Iraqi forces advancing toward Mosul have recaptured some of the villages, raising the possibility of return for the minorities. But it is difficult to imagine the villages whole again, with their emptied streets and houses lying in ruin or despoiled by the militants. A new order in Mosul and the surrounding region already has begun to take shape, before troops even have entered the city. With competing visions, powerful players including Turkey, Iran, the Kurds and the U.S.-backed Iraqi government are jostling for influence. The battle will forge its own reality, with the violence possibly sending hundreds of thousands of people searching for shelter away from their homes. And the future of the region will be defined, in many ways, by who decides to return. [Islamic State is kidnapping thousands of people to use as human shields] In Shaqouli, an ethnically mixed village about 12 miles east of Mosul, a few villagers drove back two weeks ago, with one, Asem Hussein, making a forceful case that his neighbors will eventually follow. Some sort of munition had caved in his living room, leaving a tangle of concrete and rebar, and all he had been able to recover was a few blankets and an air conditioner that somehow had survived. \u201cI am going to rebuild it and stay, and we will rebuild all ruined Iraqi villages,\u201d he insisted. Shaqouli, he added, \u201cwill remain as mixed as it used to be \u2014 a mini-Iraq.\u201d But the mayor, Mamel Qassim, who is Kurdish, had written off the place as lost. It was partly personal: During the Islamic State occupation, the militants had used his house as their headquarters. As a result, it had been crushed by an airstrike, the debris littered with copies of a weekly paper that the militants distributed. It was more than that, though. The Iraqi government \u2014 part of the sectarian political order that took hold after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 \u2014 was as weak as it ever had been, Qassim reckoned, and ill-equipped to protect minorities. Sunni Arabs from the village had fled or been forced to retreat toward Mosul along with the Islamic State, and the Kurds, like the mayor, had mostly moved to Irbil, in the semiautonomous Kurdish region. Only the members of the Shabak minority, who were without any powerful patron or a region to call their own, seemed inclined to move back. \u201cIt will never be good here,\u201d said Qassim, adding that he intended to resign as mayor. \u201cIt will only get worse.\u201d [Concerns about \u2018collective punishment\u2019 after Sunni Arabs flee Kirkuk] Iraq\u2019s news media has been awash with photos and videos in recent days showing soldiers recapturing churches desecrated by the militants \u2014 with the implicit message that it will soon be safe for Christians to return. In some of the Christian villages around Mosul, residents said they did intend to move back, but they portrayed the move as more a responsibility than a choice. \u201cWe want to bring back the beauty of this area,\u201d said Benham Shamani, a writer from Bartella, a majority-Christian town east of Mosul, invoking more than a thousand years of Christian heritage in the area. \u201cOnly the original people of the area can return this beauty. Only the people of this area can rebuild it,\u201d Shamani said. In reality, though, Christians have been leaving Iraq for years, an exodus that began in earnest after the U.S.-led invasion. At the time, the country had around 1.5 million Christians; by the time of the Islamic State\u2019s takeover of Mosul, they were believed to be fewer than 500,000. Now community leaders say at least a third of those who remained have left. In 2014, France said it would grant asylum to Christians forced to flee Mosul. Some community leaders criticized the move, saying it would devastate what remains of Iraq\u2019s Christians. But even the community\u2019s leaders concede it will be difficult to go back to Mosul. To return to the city would be to \u201cremember all the pain, all the threats, all the killing, all the letters with bullets inside. We\u2019ll remember the looks on the street,\u201d said another priest at the Irbil church, the Rev. Zakareya Ewas, as families milled about after the service. The problems for Christians started before the Islamic State takeover, as the group\u2019s predecessor, al-Qaeda, extended its grip in the city. Ewas said he received threatening phone calls and attempts at extortion. He stopped wearing his black robes and collar on the street. His wife covered her hair in an effort to blend in. Priests were murdered as Christians were targeted for their religion but also their perceived wealth, with many kidnapped for ransom. Ewas, a Syriac Orthodox priest, fled Mosul as the militants took over in 2014. The cross in his old church has been pulled down, he said, and the building now is used as a shelter for the militants\u2019 livestock. His brother moved to Jordan two weeks ago after struggling to find work in Irbil \u2014 and after hearing several months ago that his yogurt factory in the city had been wiped out in a coalition airstrike. \u201cNow there\u2019s nothing for him to go back to,\u201d Ewas said, adding that there were many others like his brother. If the Christians of Mosul did return, he said, \u201cit will be just to sell their houses and leave.\u201d Kareem Fahim reported from Shaqouli, Iraq. Mustafa Salim in Irbil and Aaso Ameen Shwan in Shaqouli also contributed to this report.", "essay": "I just read an article about the persecution of the different religious groups in Mosul due to the advance of ISIL and the violence between them and the U.S. backed Iraqi government. It's crazy to think about people's entire lives being destroyed; their homes, businesses, churches every place with any kind of significance is leveled and they have no reason to stay. I honestly don't know why the government is encouraging them to come back. There's nothing to come back to."}
{"user_id": "ec_p013", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 63000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 5.75 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 63000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 5.75, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "What Veterans Want You To Know About PTSD \u2014  For many, this Veterans Day comes with a little extra heaviness. Just days ago, our country elected a new president who has insulted decorated war veterans and suggested that post-traumatic stress disorder is a sign of weakness.    Unfortunately, PTSD myths and stereotypes like this are all too common. An estimated 8 million Americans \u2015 and up to 31 percent of Vietnam War veterans and 20 percent of Iraq veterans \u2015 suffer from PTSD, and rates of the disorder in the U.S. are now higher than ever.    But still, the disorder is poorly understood, stigmatized and often misrepresented, and the negative connotations surrounding PTSD are a major part of what keeps many veterans from seeking help. Increasing understanding around the disorder can only help more veterans to seek help and get better treatment.   In honor of Veterans Day, here are five things vets wish others knew about PTSD. Anyone who refers to veterans with PTSD as \u201cweak\u201d has no idea what those people have seen and experienced in a war zone, or the toll that these experiences can take on an individual \u2015 no matter how \u201cstrong\u201d they are.    \u201cWar, I believe, dare not be commented on by those who has yet to experience it,\u201d one military veteran told Gawker. \u201cUntil you kill other human beings for survival, what could you possibly say about it? It assaults all your scenes, the smell of death and the machines that cause it. Noises so loud you feel like an ant under a lawnmower. It is incomprehensible.\u201d   \u201cOn my best days I tell myself I killed to survive,\u201d he added. \u201cOn my worst my mind tells me I committed acts of madness so that I didn\u2019t go mad.\u201d   The blog PTSD: A Soldier\u2019s Perspective aims to share stories from and inspiration for veterans struggling with after-effects of their service.   \u201cThere is disconnection between everything human and what has to be done in combat,\u201d a vet named Scott Lee wrote on the platform in 2008. \u201cImagine being in an unimaginable situation and having to do the unthinkable.\u201d   That being said, some veterans say there\u2019s a common misperception that counselors or therapists can\u2019t do anything because they can\u2019t possibly understand. Psychologists can help even if they don\u2019t understand everything about war, according to Jeffrey Denning, the author of Warrior SOS: Military Veterans\u2019 Stories of Faith, Emotional Survival and Living with PTSD.   PTSD isn\u2019t always easy to recognize.   Symptoms of the disorder often go masked and unnoticed. War journalist Sebastian Junger, who spent months embedded with American troops in Afghanistan, wrote a Vanity Fair essay about the experience last June. In it, he highlighted his own struggle to recognize PTSD.    \u201cI had no idea that what I\u2019d just experienced had anything to do with combat; I just thought I was going crazy,\u201d he wrote. \u201cFor the next several months I kept having panic attacks whenever I was in a small place with too many people \u2014 airplanes, ski gondolas, crowded bars. Gradually the incidents stopped, and I didn\u2019t think about them again until I found myself talking to a woman at a picnic who worked as a psychotherapist. She asked whether I\u2019d been affected by my war experiences, and I said no, I didn\u2019t think so. But for some reason I described my puzzling panic attack in the subway. \u2018That\u2019s called post-traumatic stress disorder,\u2019 she said.\u201d   Much of the suffering of PTSD is silent.    PTSD survivors often suffer in silence, trying to present a strong face to the world and not seeking help for fear of being seen as week. A veteran who served in Baghdad in 2007 and 2008 opened up about the struggle to admit to himself that he needed care.    \u201cThe few nights a week I\u2019d get drunk and start crying inconsolably, although often silently, I tried to shake off as simple moments of weakness,\u201d he wrote, according to Gawker. \u201cI should be tough, like my grandfather returning from WW2, or all the others who seemed to get on day after day without noticeable problems.\u201d    \u201cSome of the toughest guys I had ended up the worst off\u201d he added. \u201cI simply hope that everyone, at some point, can get the help they need and I hope the VA can get its act together to assist those who so desperately need it.\u201d   PTSD doesn\u2019t make you violent.    A harmful stereotype about PTSD is that it leads to aggressive behavior. But research indicates that the prevalence of violence among individuals with PTSD is only slightly higher than the general population, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.   In a viral blog post published on the website RhinoDen, a veteran named Rob fights back against the dangerous stereotype that veterans with PTSD have violent tendencies.    \u201cI have never committed violence in the workplace, just like the vast majority of those who suffer with me,\u201d he writes. \u201cI have never physically assaulted anyone out of anger or rage. It pains me when I listen to the news and every time a veteran commits a crime (or commits suicide); it is automatically linked to and blamed on PTSD. Yes, there are some who cannot control their actions due to this imbalance in our heads, but don\u2019t put a label on us that we are all incorrigible. Very few of us are bad.\u201d    Recovery is possible.   One of the most damaging stereotypes about PTSD is the idea that people with the disorder are somehow broken or can\u2019t heal.    Roy Webb, a Marine who served in Vietnam and suffered from PTSD and insomnia for four decades, told CBS News about his recovery through yoga and meditation.    \u201cI did feel at total peace, like I hadn\u2019t known in years. You don\u2019t have all those thoughts flying through your mind at night,\u201d he said.   Iraq veteran Gordon Ewell, who has overcome PTSD, sent a message of hope to his fellow veterans: Recovery is always possible, and you\u2019re never alone.    \u201cYou may not be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel yet, but I promise it is there,\u201d he said in an interview published in Denning\u2019s book. \u201cI promise you can get through anything. I also promise that there are people willing to walk with you every step of the way.\u201d", "essay": "I just read an article about veterans and PTSD. It was really sad to learn about how many people suffer from PTSD. The article talked about how many veterans are affraid to seek help. It is a condition that they will live with for the rest of their lives but they can recieve help if they reach out for it. I have been through some things in my past that I think are similar to what soldiers go through daily. Could you imagine being sad and feeling like the whole world is against you? I went to prison for a crime I did not even commit. It was horrible for me because it wasnt like I could tell anybody I was innocent, they was all innocent if you let them tell it. I can only begin to imagine what our veterans are going thrugh. We owe it to the veterans to help them"}
{"user_id": "ec_p005", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 22 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 100000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 22, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 100000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "What Veterans Want You To Know About PTSD \u2014  For many, this Veterans Day comes with a little extra heaviness. Just days ago, our country elected a new president who has insulted decorated war veterans and suggested that post-traumatic stress disorder is a sign of weakness.    Unfortunately, PTSD myths and stereotypes like this are all too common. An estimated 8 million Americans \u2015 and up to 31 percent of Vietnam War veterans and 20 percent of Iraq veterans \u2015 suffer from PTSD, and rates of the disorder in the U.S. are now higher than ever.    But still, the disorder is poorly understood, stigmatized and often misrepresented, and the negative connotations surrounding PTSD are a major part of what keeps many veterans from seeking help. Increasing understanding around the disorder can only help more veterans to seek help and get better treatment.   In honor of Veterans Day, here are five things vets wish others knew about PTSD. Anyone who refers to veterans with PTSD as \u201cweak\u201d has no idea what those people have seen and experienced in a war zone, or the toll that these experiences can take on an individual \u2015 no matter how \u201cstrong\u201d they are.    \u201cWar, I believe, dare not be commented on by those who has yet to experience it,\u201d one military veteran told Gawker. \u201cUntil you kill other human beings for survival, what could you possibly say about it? It assaults all your scenes, the smell of death and the machines that cause it. Noises so loud you feel like an ant under a lawnmower. It is incomprehensible.\u201d   \u201cOn my best days I tell myself I killed to survive,\u201d he added. \u201cOn my worst my mind tells me I committed acts of madness so that I didn\u2019t go mad.\u201d   The blog PTSD: A Soldier\u2019s Perspective aims to share stories from and inspiration for veterans struggling with after-effects of their service.   \u201cThere is disconnection between everything human and what has to be done in combat,\u201d a vet named Scott Lee wrote on the platform in 2008. \u201cImagine being in an unimaginable situation and having to do the unthinkable.\u201d   That being said, some veterans say there\u2019s a common misperception that counselors or therapists can\u2019t do anything because they can\u2019t possibly understand. Psychologists can help even if they don\u2019t understand everything about war, according to Jeffrey Denning, the author of Warrior SOS: Military Veterans\u2019 Stories of Faith, Emotional Survival and Living with PTSD.   PTSD isn\u2019t always easy to recognize.   Symptoms of the disorder often go masked and unnoticed. War journalist Sebastian Junger, who spent months embedded with American troops in Afghanistan, wrote a Vanity Fair essay about the experience last June. In it, he highlighted his own struggle to recognize PTSD.    \u201cI had no idea that what I\u2019d just experienced had anything to do with combat; I just thought I was going crazy,\u201d he wrote. \u201cFor the next several months I kept having panic attacks whenever I was in a small place with too many people \u2014 airplanes, ski gondolas, crowded bars. Gradually the incidents stopped, and I didn\u2019t think about them again until I found myself talking to a woman at a picnic who worked as a psychotherapist. She asked whether I\u2019d been affected by my war experiences, and I said no, I didn\u2019t think so. But for some reason I described my puzzling panic attack in the subway. \u2018That\u2019s called post-traumatic stress disorder,\u2019 she said.\u201d   Much of the suffering of PTSD is silent.    PTSD survivors often suffer in silence, trying to present a strong face to the world and not seeking help for fear of being seen as week. A veteran who served in Baghdad in 2007 and 2008 opened up about the struggle to admit to himself that he needed care.    \u201cThe few nights a week I\u2019d get drunk and start crying inconsolably, although often silently, I tried to shake off as simple moments of weakness,\u201d he wrote, according to Gawker. \u201cI should be tough, like my grandfather returning from WW2, or all the others who seemed to get on day after day without noticeable problems.\u201d    \u201cSome of the toughest guys I had ended up the worst off\u201d he added. \u201cI simply hope that everyone, at some point, can get the help they need and I hope the VA can get its act together to assist those who so desperately need it.\u201d   PTSD doesn\u2019t make you violent.    A harmful stereotype about PTSD is that it leads to aggressive behavior. But research indicates that the prevalence of violence among individuals with PTSD is only slightly higher than the general population, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.   In a viral blog post published on the website RhinoDen, a veteran named Rob fights back against the dangerous stereotype that veterans with PTSD have violent tendencies.    \u201cI have never committed violence in the workplace, just like the vast majority of those who suffer with me,\u201d he writes. \u201cI have never physically assaulted anyone out of anger or rage. It pains me when I listen to the news and every time a veteran commits a crime (or commits suicide); it is automatically linked to and blamed on PTSD. Yes, there are some who cannot control their actions due to this imbalance in our heads, but don\u2019t put a label on us that we are all incorrigible. Very few of us are bad.\u201d    Recovery is possible.   One of the most damaging stereotypes about PTSD is the idea that people with the disorder are somehow broken or can\u2019t heal.    Roy Webb, a Marine who served in Vietnam and suffered from PTSD and insomnia for four decades, told CBS News about his recovery through yoga and meditation.    \u201cI did feel at total peace, like I hadn\u2019t known in years. You don\u2019t have all those thoughts flying through your mind at night,\u201d he said.   Iraq veteran Gordon Ewell, who has overcome PTSD, sent a message of hope to his fellow veterans: Recovery is always possible, and you\u2019re never alone.    \u201cYou may not be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel yet, but I promise it is there,\u201d he said in an interview published in Denning\u2019s book. \u201cI promise you can get through anything. I also promise that there are people willing to walk with you every step of the way.\u201d", "essay": "I want to address this topic and show my exact thoughts as regards the newly elected president who has insulted decorated war veterans and suggested that post-traumatic stress disorder is a sign of weakness. I do not angry with this statement as it is so disrespectful to me and such veterans should not be disrespected as such. And all the citizens should  make sure this mistake is being corrected."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "What Veterans Want You To Know About PTSD \u2014  For many, this Veterans Day comes with a little extra heaviness. Just days ago, our country elected a new president who has insulted decorated war veterans and suggested that post-traumatic stress disorder is a sign of weakness.    Unfortunately, PTSD myths and stereotypes like this are all too common. An estimated 8 million Americans \u2015 and up to 31 percent of Vietnam War veterans and 20 percent of Iraq veterans \u2015 suffer from PTSD, and rates of the disorder in the U.S. are now higher than ever.    But still, the disorder is poorly understood, stigmatized and often misrepresented, and the negative connotations surrounding PTSD are a major part of what keeps many veterans from seeking help. Increasing understanding around the disorder can only help more veterans to seek help and get better treatment.   In honor of Veterans Day, here are five things vets wish others knew about PTSD. Anyone who refers to veterans with PTSD as \u201cweak\u201d has no idea what those people have seen and experienced in a war zone, or the toll that these experiences can take on an individual \u2015 no matter how \u201cstrong\u201d they are.    \u201cWar, I believe, dare not be commented on by those who has yet to experience it,\u201d one military veteran told Gawker. \u201cUntil you kill other human beings for survival, what could you possibly say about it? It assaults all your scenes, the smell of death and the machines that cause it. Noises so loud you feel like an ant under a lawnmower. It is incomprehensible.\u201d   \u201cOn my best days I tell myself I killed to survive,\u201d he added. \u201cOn my worst my mind tells me I committed acts of madness so that I didn\u2019t go mad.\u201d   The blog PTSD: A Soldier\u2019s Perspective aims to share stories from and inspiration for veterans struggling with after-effects of their service.   \u201cThere is disconnection between everything human and what has to be done in combat,\u201d a vet named Scott Lee wrote on the platform in 2008. \u201cImagine being in an unimaginable situation and having to do the unthinkable.\u201d   That being said, some veterans say there\u2019s a common misperception that counselors or therapists can\u2019t do anything because they can\u2019t possibly understand. Psychologists can help even if they don\u2019t understand everything about war, according to Jeffrey Denning, the author of Warrior SOS: Military Veterans\u2019 Stories of Faith, Emotional Survival and Living with PTSD.   PTSD isn\u2019t always easy to recognize.   Symptoms of the disorder often go masked and unnoticed. War journalist Sebastian Junger, who spent months embedded with American troops in Afghanistan, wrote a Vanity Fair essay about the experience last June. In it, he highlighted his own struggle to recognize PTSD.    \u201cI had no idea that what I\u2019d just experienced had anything to do with combat; I just thought I was going crazy,\u201d he wrote. \u201cFor the next several months I kept having panic attacks whenever I was in a small place with too many people \u2014 airplanes, ski gondolas, crowded bars. Gradually the incidents stopped, and I didn\u2019t think about them again until I found myself talking to a woman at a picnic who worked as a psychotherapist. She asked whether I\u2019d been affected by my war experiences, and I said no, I didn\u2019t think so. But for some reason I described my puzzling panic attack in the subway. \u2018That\u2019s called post-traumatic stress disorder,\u2019 she said.\u201d   Much of the suffering of PTSD is silent.    PTSD survivors often suffer in silence, trying to present a strong face to the world and not seeking help for fear of being seen as week. A veteran who served in Baghdad in 2007 and 2008 opened up about the struggle to admit to himself that he needed care.    \u201cThe few nights a week I\u2019d get drunk and start crying inconsolably, although often silently, I tried to shake off as simple moments of weakness,\u201d he wrote, according to Gawker. \u201cI should be tough, like my grandfather returning from WW2, or all the others who seemed to get on day after day without noticeable problems.\u201d    \u201cSome of the toughest guys I had ended up the worst off\u201d he added. \u201cI simply hope that everyone, at some point, can get the help they need and I hope the VA can get its act together to assist those who so desperately need it.\u201d   PTSD doesn\u2019t make you violent.    A harmful stereotype about PTSD is that it leads to aggressive behavior. But research indicates that the prevalence of violence among individuals with PTSD is only slightly higher than the general population, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.   In a viral blog post published on the website RhinoDen, a veteran named Rob fights back against the dangerous stereotype that veterans with PTSD have violent tendencies.    \u201cI have never committed violence in the workplace, just like the vast majority of those who suffer with me,\u201d he writes. \u201cI have never physically assaulted anyone out of anger or rage. It pains me when I listen to the news and every time a veteran commits a crime (or commits suicide); it is automatically linked to and blamed on PTSD. Yes, there are some who cannot control their actions due to this imbalance in our heads, but don\u2019t put a label on us that we are all incorrigible. Very few of us are bad.\u201d    Recovery is possible.   One of the most damaging stereotypes about PTSD is the idea that people with the disorder are somehow broken or can\u2019t heal.    Roy Webb, a Marine who served in Vietnam and suffered from PTSD and insomnia for four decades, told CBS News about his recovery through yoga and meditation.    \u201cI did feel at total peace, like I hadn\u2019t known in years. You don\u2019t have all those thoughts flying through your mind at night,\u201d he said.   Iraq veteran Gordon Ewell, who has overcome PTSD, sent a message of hope to his fellow veterans: Recovery is always possible, and you\u2019re never alone.    \u201cYou may not be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel yet, but I promise it is there,\u201d he said in an interview published in Denning\u2019s book. \u201cI promise you can get through anything. I also promise that there are people willing to walk with you every step of the way.\u201d", "essay": "PTSD is something I personally know because I have friends with it. It is no joke and really makes people feel vulnerable. The troubles of war are something real dangerous and really make you think twice about enlisting. I think we must do what we can to research this and hope for better outcomes for people."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "What Veterans Want You To Know About PTSD \u2014  For many, this Veterans Day comes with a little extra heaviness. Just days ago, our country elected a new president who has insulted decorated war veterans and suggested that post-traumatic stress disorder is a sign of weakness.    Unfortunately, PTSD myths and stereotypes like this are all too common. An estimated 8 million Americans \u2015 and up to 31 percent of Vietnam War veterans and 20 percent of Iraq veterans \u2015 suffer from PTSD, and rates of the disorder in the U.S. are now higher than ever.    But still, the disorder is poorly understood, stigmatized and often misrepresented, and the negative connotations surrounding PTSD are a major part of what keeps many veterans from seeking help. Increasing understanding around the disorder can only help more veterans to seek help and get better treatment.   In honor of Veterans Day, here are five things vets wish others knew about PTSD. Anyone who refers to veterans with PTSD as \u201cweak\u201d has no idea what those people have seen and experienced in a war zone, or the toll that these experiences can take on an individual \u2015 no matter how \u201cstrong\u201d they are.    \u201cWar, I believe, dare not be commented on by those who has yet to experience it,\u201d one military veteran told Gawker. \u201cUntil you kill other human beings for survival, what could you possibly say about it? It assaults all your scenes, the smell of death and the machines that cause it. Noises so loud you feel like an ant under a lawnmower. It is incomprehensible.\u201d   \u201cOn my best days I tell myself I killed to survive,\u201d he added. \u201cOn my worst my mind tells me I committed acts of madness so that I didn\u2019t go mad.\u201d   The blog PTSD: A Soldier\u2019s Perspective aims to share stories from and inspiration for veterans struggling with after-effects of their service.   \u201cThere is disconnection between everything human and what has to be done in combat,\u201d a vet named Scott Lee wrote on the platform in 2008. \u201cImagine being in an unimaginable situation and having to do the unthinkable.\u201d   That being said, some veterans say there\u2019s a common misperception that counselors or therapists can\u2019t do anything because they can\u2019t possibly understand. Psychologists can help even if they don\u2019t understand everything about war, according to Jeffrey Denning, the author of Warrior SOS: Military Veterans\u2019 Stories of Faith, Emotional Survival and Living with PTSD.   PTSD isn\u2019t always easy to recognize.   Symptoms of the disorder often go masked and unnoticed. War journalist Sebastian Junger, who spent months embedded with American troops in Afghanistan, wrote a Vanity Fair essay about the experience last June. In it, he highlighted his own struggle to recognize PTSD.    \u201cI had no idea that what I\u2019d just experienced had anything to do with combat; I just thought I was going crazy,\u201d he wrote. \u201cFor the next several months I kept having panic attacks whenever I was in a small place with too many people \u2014 airplanes, ski gondolas, crowded bars. Gradually the incidents stopped, and I didn\u2019t think about them again until I found myself talking to a woman at a picnic who worked as a psychotherapist. She asked whether I\u2019d been affected by my war experiences, and I said no, I didn\u2019t think so. But for some reason I described my puzzling panic attack in the subway. \u2018That\u2019s called post-traumatic stress disorder,\u2019 she said.\u201d   Much of the suffering of PTSD is silent.    PTSD survivors often suffer in silence, trying to present a strong face to the world and not seeking help for fear of being seen as week. A veteran who served in Baghdad in 2007 and 2008 opened up about the struggle to admit to himself that he needed care.    \u201cThe few nights a week I\u2019d get drunk and start crying inconsolably, although often silently, I tried to shake off as simple moments of weakness,\u201d he wrote, according to Gawker. \u201cI should be tough, like my grandfather returning from WW2, or all the others who seemed to get on day after day without noticeable problems.\u201d    \u201cSome of the toughest guys I had ended up the worst off\u201d he added. \u201cI simply hope that everyone, at some point, can get the help they need and I hope the VA can get its act together to assist those who so desperately need it.\u201d   PTSD doesn\u2019t make you violent.    A harmful stereotype about PTSD is that it leads to aggressive behavior. But research indicates that the prevalence of violence among individuals with PTSD is only slightly higher than the general population, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.   In a viral blog post published on the website RhinoDen, a veteran named Rob fights back against the dangerous stereotype that veterans with PTSD have violent tendencies.    \u201cI have never committed violence in the workplace, just like the vast majority of those who suffer with me,\u201d he writes. \u201cI have never physically assaulted anyone out of anger or rage. It pains me when I listen to the news and every time a veteran commits a crime (or commits suicide); it is automatically linked to and blamed on PTSD. Yes, there are some who cannot control their actions due to this imbalance in our heads, but don\u2019t put a label on us that we are all incorrigible. Very few of us are bad.\u201d    Recovery is possible.   One of the most damaging stereotypes about PTSD is the idea that people with the disorder are somehow broken or can\u2019t heal.    Roy Webb, a Marine who served in Vietnam and suffered from PTSD and insomnia for four decades, told CBS News about his recovery through yoga and meditation.    \u201cI did feel at total peace, like I hadn\u2019t known in years. You don\u2019t have all those thoughts flying through your mind at night,\u201d he said.   Iraq veteran Gordon Ewell, who has overcome PTSD, sent a message of hope to his fellow veterans: Recovery is always possible, and you\u2019re never alone.    \u201cYou may not be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel yet, but I promise it is there,\u201d he said in an interview published in Denning\u2019s book. \u201cI promise you can get through anything. I also promise that there are people willing to walk with you every step of the way.\u201d", "essay": "After reading the article, i just feel really bad for people that have been in war, especially veterans. The stuff that they saw in war was already bad enough but they still have to suffer once they are out of war as well. I can only imagine the toll is has on them mentally as well as physically. Their suffering probably brings suffering to their families as well."}
{"user_id": "ec_p032", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 46 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 41000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 4.5 in conscientiousness, 3.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 46, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 41000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 4.5, "extraversion": 3.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Animals Starving in Venezuela Zoos \u2014  The country\u2019s poor economy, triggered by a drop in the price of oil, has led people as well as zoo animals to go hungry. When a nation is plagued by hard times, people aren\u2019t the only ones to suffer. About 50 animals at Venezuela\u2019s Caricuao Zoo have starved in the last six months due to the rising cost of food, caused by the nation\u2019s economic downturn. Rabbits, tapirs, porcupines, pigs, and birds are among the fallen at the country\u2019s northern zoo. Some went without food for two weeks. The National Parks Institute (INPARQUES), which oversees the country\u2019s zoos, blames the shortages on the nation's economic crash, caused by a plummet in the price of oil (Venezuela is a major oil producer). The country can\u2019t afford to import food, medicine, and other necessities, and inflation has caused prices to skyrocket. \u201cThe story of the animals at Caricuao is a metaphor for Venezuelan suffering,\u201d Marlene Sifontes, union leader for INPARQUES employees, tells Reuters. Caricuao Zoo staffers have been feeding carnivorous lions and tigers diets of mango and pumpkin. They are also giving an elephant tropical fruit instead of hay. Other big cats are reportedly being fed slaughteredThoroughbred horses from a nearby racetrack. Meanwhile, many Venezuelans go without food on a daily basis and wait in supermarket lines for hours. The nation\u2019s starving economy has driven people to hunt dogs, cats, and pigeons for food. On Monday, visitors to a zoo in Caracas, the nation\u2019s capital, reportedly stole a horse and butcheredit for meat. Care and Feeding \u201cLong-term, feeding the incorrect diet for any animal can have significant long-lasting health effects,\u201d says Meredith Whitney, a wildlife rescue program officer of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), an animal protection organization based in Washington, D.C. Short-term, Whitney adds, animals can be affected psychologically. She works on improving living standards for big cats, and once encountered a malnourished animal with neurological difficulties. Diarrhea, bone abnormalities, and organ function are also side effects of malnourishment. The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) outlines animals\u2019 nutritional needs in its Animal Welfare Strategy. Lack of food can lead to mental decline, the group warns. Given Venezuela\u2019s nationwide economic situation, says Gail A\u2019Brunzo, IFAW wildlife rescue manager, \u201cYou can expect the animals to be impacted in some way.\u201d Moving Animals Outside the capital, zoo administrators in the western state of T\u00e1chira have asked local businesses to donate fruit, vegetables, and meat to feed the animals. In May, three animals died at a zoo in the Paraguan\u00e1 Peninsula, in northwestern Venezuela. Staff are now attempting to move 12 animals more than 420 miles (676 kilometers) south to a park in M\u00e9rida. \u201cIf these zoos continue to operate after these animals are transferred and get new animals, [the suffering] could arise again,\u201d Whitney says. As of this writing, no international animal rights organizations have committed to relocating the remaining zoo animals. All animals in the country, bipedal or not, are suffering. And Venezuela isn\u2019t the only place where animals have been hurt by a poor social climate. Global Threat In March, the World Post reported 200 animals dead at the Khan Younis Zoo in southern Gaza. Mohammad Oweida, owner of the zoo, says the Israeli-Palestinian conflict prevented staff from adequately feeding or caring for the animals. Oweida started to amateurishly mummify the animal carcasses and kept them on display, but the cadavers have since been removed. He also tried to sell an emaciated tiger, ostrich, and pelican to buy food for the zoo\u2019s remaining animals. Four Paws, an animal protection agency based in the U.S., is raising fundsto go to Gaza to shut down the Khan Younis Zoo. Four Paws has been in direct communication with Oweida since February and is now working to finalize arrangements. \"If owners can no longer properly care for these precious lives, the animals should be handed over and/or confiscated by the proper authorities and placed with an accredited organization or sanctuary that would best care for them,\" Four Paws writes in a statement. Animals at the Taiz Zoo in southwestern Yemen are also victims of a nationwide crisis. The raging civil war there prevents tourists from visiting, which stifles the zoo\u2019s revenue. Without funds, animals went without food or medicine while zoo workers went without pay. As of February, at least 12 lions and six leopards have died there. Four Paws doesn't currently have plans to enter Yemen due to safety concerns for its staff. \u201cIt all comes down to organizational management,\u201d A\u2019Brunzo says. \u201cIf the zoo is in imminent financial crisis, they need to take steps to provide for these animals. Ailing zoos should reach out to partner zoos or organizations that might be able to help, she adds. \u201cThis does not appear to be a short-term thing.\u201d", "essay": "While we do think about the human suffering caused by war and poverty, we rarely consider the effects these have on animals. It just makes these situations all the more heartbreaking. When I think about animals in zoos - animals that have been removed from their native lands, only to starve to death. I'm suprised more animal rights groups haven't become involved - really, if all those angry vegans out there spent more time helping animals and less time pontificating to the rest of us, they would do far more good."}
{"user_id": "ec_p015", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 105000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 105000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Animals Starving in Venezuela Zoos \u2014  The country\u2019s poor economy, triggered by a drop in the price of oil, has led people as well as zoo animals to go hungry. When a nation is plagued by hard times, people aren\u2019t the only ones to suffer. About 50 animals at Venezuela\u2019s Caricuao Zoo have starved in the last six months due to the rising cost of food, caused by the nation\u2019s economic downturn. Rabbits, tapirs, porcupines, pigs, and birds are among the fallen at the country\u2019s northern zoo. Some went without food for two weeks. The National Parks Institute (INPARQUES), which oversees the country\u2019s zoos, blames the shortages on the nation's economic crash, caused by a plummet in the price of oil (Venezuela is a major oil producer). The country can\u2019t afford to import food, medicine, and other necessities, and inflation has caused prices to skyrocket. \u201cThe story of the animals at Caricuao is a metaphor for Venezuelan suffering,\u201d Marlene Sifontes, union leader for INPARQUES employees, tells Reuters. Caricuao Zoo staffers have been feeding carnivorous lions and tigers diets of mango and pumpkin. They are also giving an elephant tropical fruit instead of hay. Other big cats are reportedly being fed slaughteredThoroughbred horses from a nearby racetrack. Meanwhile, many Venezuelans go without food on a daily basis and wait in supermarket lines for hours. The nation\u2019s starving economy has driven people to hunt dogs, cats, and pigeons for food. On Monday, visitors to a zoo in Caracas, the nation\u2019s capital, reportedly stole a horse and butcheredit for meat. Care and Feeding \u201cLong-term, feeding the incorrect diet for any animal can have significant long-lasting health effects,\u201d says Meredith Whitney, a wildlife rescue program officer of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), an animal protection organization based in Washington, D.C. Short-term, Whitney adds, animals can be affected psychologically. She works on improving living standards for big cats, and once encountered a malnourished animal with neurological difficulties. Diarrhea, bone abnormalities, and organ function are also side effects of malnourishment. The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) outlines animals\u2019 nutritional needs in its Animal Welfare Strategy. Lack of food can lead to mental decline, the group warns. Given Venezuela\u2019s nationwide economic situation, says Gail A\u2019Brunzo, IFAW wildlife rescue manager, \u201cYou can expect the animals to be impacted in some way.\u201d Moving Animals Outside the capital, zoo administrators in the western state of T\u00e1chira have asked local businesses to donate fruit, vegetables, and meat to feed the animals. In May, three animals died at a zoo in the Paraguan\u00e1 Peninsula, in northwestern Venezuela. Staff are now attempting to move 12 animals more than 420 miles (676 kilometers) south to a park in M\u00e9rida. \u201cIf these zoos continue to operate after these animals are transferred and get new animals, [the suffering] could arise again,\u201d Whitney says. As of this writing, no international animal rights organizations have committed to relocating the remaining zoo animals. All animals in the country, bipedal or not, are suffering. And Venezuela isn\u2019t the only place where animals have been hurt by a poor social climate. Global Threat In March, the World Post reported 200 animals dead at the Khan Younis Zoo in southern Gaza. Mohammad Oweida, owner of the zoo, says the Israeli-Palestinian conflict prevented staff from adequately feeding or caring for the animals. Oweida started to amateurishly mummify the animal carcasses and kept them on display, but the cadavers have since been removed. He also tried to sell an emaciated tiger, ostrich, and pelican to buy food for the zoo\u2019s remaining animals. Four Paws, an animal protection agency based in the U.S., is raising fundsto go to Gaza to shut down the Khan Younis Zoo. Four Paws has been in direct communication with Oweida since February and is now working to finalize arrangements. \"If owners can no longer properly care for these precious lives, the animals should be handed over and/or confiscated by the proper authorities and placed with an accredited organization or sanctuary that would best care for them,\" Four Paws writes in a statement. Animals at the Taiz Zoo in southwestern Yemen are also victims of a nationwide crisis. The raging civil war there prevents tourists from visiting, which stifles the zoo\u2019s revenue. Without funds, animals went without food or medicine while zoo workers went without pay. As of February, at least 12 lions and six leopards have died there. Four Paws doesn't currently have plans to enter Yemen due to safety concerns for its staff. \u201cIt all comes down to organizational management,\u201d A\u2019Brunzo says. \u201cIf the zoo is in imminent financial crisis, they need to take steps to provide for these animals. Ailing zoos should reach out to partner zoos or organizations that might be able to help, she adds. \u201cThis does not appear to be a short-term thing.\u201d", "essay": "The article in itself is extremely depressing. Animals starving due to a Country also starving. There's nothing that can be done for these animals as they're just in an unfortunate circumstance. It's astonishing that this is allowed to happen in general though. They are helpless creatures starving to death because nobody is helping them. There should be charities that make this impossible to happen."}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "Animals Starving in Venezuela Zoos \u2014  The country\u2019s poor economy, triggered by a drop in the price of oil, has led people as well as zoo animals to go hungry. When a nation is plagued by hard times, people aren\u2019t the only ones to suffer. About 50 animals at Venezuela\u2019s Caricuao Zoo have starved in the last six months due to the rising cost of food, caused by the nation\u2019s economic downturn. Rabbits, tapirs, porcupines, pigs, and birds are among the fallen at the country\u2019s northern zoo. Some went without food for two weeks. The National Parks Institute (INPARQUES), which oversees the country\u2019s zoos, blames the shortages on the nation's economic crash, caused by a plummet in the price of oil (Venezuela is a major oil producer). The country can\u2019t afford to import food, medicine, and other necessities, and inflation has caused prices to skyrocket. \u201cThe story of the animals at Caricuao is a metaphor for Venezuelan suffering,\u201d Marlene Sifontes, union leader for INPARQUES employees, tells Reuters. Caricuao Zoo staffers have been feeding carnivorous lions and tigers diets of mango and pumpkin. They are also giving an elephant tropical fruit instead of hay. Other big cats are reportedly being fed slaughteredThoroughbred horses from a nearby racetrack. Meanwhile, many Venezuelans go without food on a daily basis and wait in supermarket lines for hours. The nation\u2019s starving economy has driven people to hunt dogs, cats, and pigeons for food. On Monday, visitors to a zoo in Caracas, the nation\u2019s capital, reportedly stole a horse and butcheredit for meat. Care and Feeding \u201cLong-term, feeding the incorrect diet for any animal can have significant long-lasting health effects,\u201d says Meredith Whitney, a wildlife rescue program officer of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), an animal protection organization based in Washington, D.C. Short-term, Whitney adds, animals can be affected psychologically. She works on improving living standards for big cats, and once encountered a malnourished animal with neurological difficulties. Diarrhea, bone abnormalities, and organ function are also side effects of malnourishment. The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) outlines animals\u2019 nutritional needs in its Animal Welfare Strategy. Lack of food can lead to mental decline, the group warns. Given Venezuela\u2019s nationwide economic situation, says Gail A\u2019Brunzo, IFAW wildlife rescue manager, \u201cYou can expect the animals to be impacted in some way.\u201d Moving Animals Outside the capital, zoo administrators in the western state of T\u00e1chira have asked local businesses to donate fruit, vegetables, and meat to feed the animals. In May, three animals died at a zoo in the Paraguan\u00e1 Peninsula, in northwestern Venezuela. Staff are now attempting to move 12 animals more than 420 miles (676 kilometers) south to a park in M\u00e9rida. \u201cIf these zoos continue to operate after these animals are transferred and get new animals, [the suffering] could arise again,\u201d Whitney says. As of this writing, no international animal rights organizations have committed to relocating the remaining zoo animals. All animals in the country, bipedal or not, are suffering. And Venezuela isn\u2019t the only place where animals have been hurt by a poor social climate. Global Threat In March, the World Post reported 200 animals dead at the Khan Younis Zoo in southern Gaza. Mohammad Oweida, owner of the zoo, says the Israeli-Palestinian conflict prevented staff from adequately feeding or caring for the animals. Oweida started to amateurishly mummify the animal carcasses and kept them on display, but the cadavers have since been removed. He also tried to sell an emaciated tiger, ostrich, and pelican to buy food for the zoo\u2019s remaining animals. Four Paws, an animal protection agency based in the U.S., is raising fundsto go to Gaza to shut down the Khan Younis Zoo. Four Paws has been in direct communication with Oweida since February and is now working to finalize arrangements. \"If owners can no longer properly care for these precious lives, the animals should be handed over and/or confiscated by the proper authorities and placed with an accredited organization or sanctuary that would best care for them,\" Four Paws writes in a statement. Animals at the Taiz Zoo in southwestern Yemen are also victims of a nationwide crisis. The raging civil war there prevents tourists from visiting, which stifles the zoo\u2019s revenue. Without funds, animals went without food or medicine while zoo workers went without pay. As of February, at least 12 lions and six leopards have died there. Four Paws doesn't currently have plans to enter Yemen due to safety concerns for its staff. \u201cIt all comes down to organizational management,\u201d A\u2019Brunzo says. \u201cIf the zoo is in imminent financial crisis, they need to take steps to provide for these animals. Ailing zoos should reach out to partner zoos or organizations that might be able to help, she adds. \u201cThis does not appear to be a short-term thing.\u201d", "essay": "I feel bad for the animals in the zoo they should not be allowed to keep animals like that when people are starving in the streets I also see how we are to blame for the starvation with our sanctions we are basically the big bully in the world telling people to do what we want or else we will cut you off"}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Animals Starving in Venezuela Zoos \u2014  The country\u2019s poor economy, triggered by a drop in the price of oil, has led people as well as zoo animals to go hungry. When a nation is plagued by hard times, people aren\u2019t the only ones to suffer. About 50 animals at Venezuela\u2019s Caricuao Zoo have starved in the last six months due to the rising cost of food, caused by the nation\u2019s economic downturn. Rabbits, tapirs, porcupines, pigs, and birds are among the fallen at the country\u2019s northern zoo. Some went without food for two weeks. The National Parks Institute (INPARQUES), which oversees the country\u2019s zoos, blames the shortages on the nation's economic crash, caused by a plummet in the price of oil (Venezuela is a major oil producer). The country can\u2019t afford to import food, medicine, and other necessities, and inflation has caused prices to skyrocket. \u201cThe story of the animals at Caricuao is a metaphor for Venezuelan suffering,\u201d Marlene Sifontes, union leader for INPARQUES employees, tells Reuters. Caricuao Zoo staffers have been feeding carnivorous lions and tigers diets of mango and pumpkin. They are also giving an elephant tropical fruit instead of hay. Other big cats are reportedly being fed slaughteredThoroughbred horses from a nearby racetrack. Meanwhile, many Venezuelans go without food on a daily basis and wait in supermarket lines for hours. The nation\u2019s starving economy has driven people to hunt dogs, cats, and pigeons for food. On Monday, visitors to a zoo in Caracas, the nation\u2019s capital, reportedly stole a horse and butcheredit for meat. Care and Feeding \u201cLong-term, feeding the incorrect diet for any animal can have significant long-lasting health effects,\u201d says Meredith Whitney, a wildlife rescue program officer of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), an animal protection organization based in Washington, D.C. Short-term, Whitney adds, animals can be affected psychologically. She works on improving living standards for big cats, and once encountered a malnourished animal with neurological difficulties. Diarrhea, bone abnormalities, and organ function are also side effects of malnourishment. The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) outlines animals\u2019 nutritional needs in its Animal Welfare Strategy. Lack of food can lead to mental decline, the group warns. Given Venezuela\u2019s nationwide economic situation, says Gail A\u2019Brunzo, IFAW wildlife rescue manager, \u201cYou can expect the animals to be impacted in some way.\u201d Moving Animals Outside the capital, zoo administrators in the western state of T\u00e1chira have asked local businesses to donate fruit, vegetables, and meat to feed the animals. In May, three animals died at a zoo in the Paraguan\u00e1 Peninsula, in northwestern Venezuela. Staff are now attempting to move 12 animals more than 420 miles (676 kilometers) south to a park in M\u00e9rida. \u201cIf these zoos continue to operate after these animals are transferred and get new animals, [the suffering] could arise again,\u201d Whitney says. As of this writing, no international animal rights organizations have committed to relocating the remaining zoo animals. All animals in the country, bipedal or not, are suffering. And Venezuela isn\u2019t the only place where animals have been hurt by a poor social climate. Global Threat In March, the World Post reported 200 animals dead at the Khan Younis Zoo in southern Gaza. Mohammad Oweida, owner of the zoo, says the Israeli-Palestinian conflict prevented staff from adequately feeding or caring for the animals. Oweida started to amateurishly mummify the animal carcasses and kept them on display, but the cadavers have since been removed. He also tried to sell an emaciated tiger, ostrich, and pelican to buy food for the zoo\u2019s remaining animals. Four Paws, an animal protection agency based in the U.S., is raising fundsto go to Gaza to shut down the Khan Younis Zoo. Four Paws has been in direct communication with Oweida since February and is now working to finalize arrangements. \"If owners can no longer properly care for these precious lives, the animals should be handed over and/or confiscated by the proper authorities and placed with an accredited organization or sanctuary that would best care for them,\" Four Paws writes in a statement. Animals at the Taiz Zoo in southwestern Yemen are also victims of a nationwide crisis. The raging civil war there prevents tourists from visiting, which stifles the zoo\u2019s revenue. Without funds, animals went without food or medicine while zoo workers went without pay. As of February, at least 12 lions and six leopards have died there. Four Paws doesn't currently have plans to enter Yemen due to safety concerns for its staff. \u201cIt all comes down to organizational management,\u201d A\u2019Brunzo says. \u201cIf the zoo is in imminent financial crisis, they need to take steps to provide for these animals. Ailing zoos should reach out to partner zoos or organizations that might be able to help, she adds. \u201cThis does not appear to be a short-term thing.\u201d", "essay": "This was alarming to read.  Not just the animals but the people too starving and suffering.  The whole situation was just unbelievable.  I'm not sure what can really be done.  Venezuela has tremendous systemic problems that I think would take a long time to fix.  In the meantime, it is terribly sad that the living creatures must continue to suffer like this.  People eating horses for Meat?  It is unbelievable and really inhumane."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Animals Starving in Venezuela Zoos \u2014  The country\u2019s poor economy, triggered by a drop in the price of oil, has led people as well as zoo animals to go hungry. When a nation is plagued by hard times, people aren\u2019t the only ones to suffer. About 50 animals at Venezuela\u2019s Caricuao Zoo have starved in the last six months due to the rising cost of food, caused by the nation\u2019s economic downturn. Rabbits, tapirs, porcupines, pigs, and birds are among the fallen at the country\u2019s northern zoo. Some went without food for two weeks. The National Parks Institute (INPARQUES), which oversees the country\u2019s zoos, blames the shortages on the nation's economic crash, caused by a plummet in the price of oil (Venezuela is a major oil producer). The country can\u2019t afford to import food, medicine, and other necessities, and inflation has caused prices to skyrocket. \u201cThe story of the animals at Caricuao is a metaphor for Venezuelan suffering,\u201d Marlene Sifontes, union leader for INPARQUES employees, tells Reuters. Caricuao Zoo staffers have been feeding carnivorous lions and tigers diets of mango and pumpkin. They are also giving an elephant tropical fruit instead of hay. Other big cats are reportedly being fed slaughteredThoroughbred horses from a nearby racetrack. Meanwhile, many Venezuelans go without food on a daily basis and wait in supermarket lines for hours. The nation\u2019s starving economy has driven people to hunt dogs, cats, and pigeons for food. On Monday, visitors to a zoo in Caracas, the nation\u2019s capital, reportedly stole a horse and butcheredit for meat. Care and Feeding \u201cLong-term, feeding the incorrect diet for any animal can have significant long-lasting health effects,\u201d says Meredith Whitney, a wildlife rescue program officer of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), an animal protection organization based in Washington, D.C. Short-term, Whitney adds, animals can be affected psychologically. She works on improving living standards for big cats, and once encountered a malnourished animal with neurological difficulties. Diarrhea, bone abnormalities, and organ function are also side effects of malnourishment. The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) outlines animals\u2019 nutritional needs in its Animal Welfare Strategy. Lack of food can lead to mental decline, the group warns. Given Venezuela\u2019s nationwide economic situation, says Gail A\u2019Brunzo, IFAW wildlife rescue manager, \u201cYou can expect the animals to be impacted in some way.\u201d Moving Animals Outside the capital, zoo administrators in the western state of T\u00e1chira have asked local businesses to donate fruit, vegetables, and meat to feed the animals. In May, three animals died at a zoo in the Paraguan\u00e1 Peninsula, in northwestern Venezuela. Staff are now attempting to move 12 animals more than 420 miles (676 kilometers) south to a park in M\u00e9rida. \u201cIf these zoos continue to operate after these animals are transferred and get new animals, [the suffering] could arise again,\u201d Whitney says. As of this writing, no international animal rights organizations have committed to relocating the remaining zoo animals. All animals in the country, bipedal or not, are suffering. And Venezuela isn\u2019t the only place where animals have been hurt by a poor social climate. Global Threat In March, the World Post reported 200 animals dead at the Khan Younis Zoo in southern Gaza. Mohammad Oweida, owner of the zoo, says the Israeli-Palestinian conflict prevented staff from adequately feeding or caring for the animals. Oweida started to amateurishly mummify the animal carcasses and kept them on display, but the cadavers have since been removed. He also tried to sell an emaciated tiger, ostrich, and pelican to buy food for the zoo\u2019s remaining animals. Four Paws, an animal protection agency based in the U.S., is raising fundsto go to Gaza to shut down the Khan Younis Zoo. Four Paws has been in direct communication with Oweida since February and is now working to finalize arrangements. \"If owners can no longer properly care for these precious lives, the animals should be handed over and/or confiscated by the proper authorities and placed with an accredited organization or sanctuary that would best care for them,\" Four Paws writes in a statement. Animals at the Taiz Zoo in southwestern Yemen are also victims of a nationwide crisis. The raging civil war there prevents tourists from visiting, which stifles the zoo\u2019s revenue. Without funds, animals went without food or medicine while zoo workers went without pay. As of February, at least 12 lions and six leopards have died there. Four Paws doesn't currently have plans to enter Yemen due to safety concerns for its staff. \u201cIt all comes down to organizational management,\u201d A\u2019Brunzo says. \u201cIf the zoo is in imminent financial crisis, they need to take steps to provide for these animals. Ailing zoos should reach out to partner zoos or organizations that might be able to help, she adds. \u201cThis does not appear to be a short-term thing.\u201d", "essay": "After reading the article, i couldn't help but feel really sad for the animals that are in the zoo. They deserve better than this. Thinking about zoos make me feel disgusted in general because animals are being locked up just for our viewing pleasures. I think that in the future, zoos should be made illegal because the animals should be out in the wild and roaming free."}
{"user_id": "ec_p002", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 30000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 30000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Shannen Doherty Shares Her Cancer Story With Chelsea Handler In Emotional, Tear-Filled Interview \u2014  Shannen Doherty recalled what it\u2019s like to be diagnosed with cancer in an emotional new interview with Chelsea Handler. During the sit-down, set to air on Handler\u2019s Netflix show, Chelsea, the actress holds back tears while revealing what she\u2019s learned through her health crisis. \u201cI think what\u2019s beautiful and hard and interesting about cancer is that it tears you down and builds you, and tears you down and builds you,\u201d the Beverly Hills, 90210alum says in the clip. \u201cIt remakes you so many different times. The person I thought I was supposed to be or was going to be or who I thought I was six months ago is now somebody completely different. I realize, \u2018Wow, I really thought that I was so brave and so gracious this entire time and really I was just hiding.\u2019\u201d Handler, whose mom died of breast cancer in 2006, got choked up during the emotional interview.  \u201cDon\u2019t cry! Don\u2019t cry!\u201d Doherty told the talk show host as Handler tried to hold back tears. \u201cWell, I mean, all right \u2014 hold on a second,\u201d Handler, 41, said, while tilting her head back to keep the tears from streaming down her face. \u201cThis was very hard and not humbling \u2014 because I\u2019ve already been humbled by cancer,\u201d Doherty then continues. \u201cIt was hard in the sense of rethinking sort of who you are and how you come to terms with who are now and accepting it and looking at your husband and thinking like, \u2018Dude, I\u2019m so sorry.\u2019\u201d The actress, 45, was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2015 and had a single mastectomy this past May. In August, she revealed that the cancer had spread and she was going to undergo chemotherapy followed by radiation. Last week, she shared an emotional flashback Friday photo from one day after undergoing chemo.  \u201cHope is possible. Possibility is possible. To my cancer family and everyone suffering.... stay courageous. Stay strong. Stay positive. #wegotthis,\u201d she captioned the snap of herself curled up in a hospital bed. \u201c#fightlikeagirl.\u201d", "essay": "I felt that this article did a good job of describing what it is like to go through cancer. I have known a few people that had to deal with a situation like this and I feel that a lot of people just kind of go to pieces when they get diagnosed. If more people faced the problem head on then there would be a lot less helplessness."}
{"user_id": "ec_p034", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 40 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 80000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 2.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 40, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 80000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 2.5}}, "article": "Shannen Doherty Shares Her Cancer Story With Chelsea Handler In Emotional, Tear-Filled Interview \u2014  Shannen Doherty recalled what it\u2019s like to be diagnosed with cancer in an emotional new interview with Chelsea Handler. During the sit-down, set to air on Handler\u2019s Netflix show, Chelsea, the actress holds back tears while revealing what she\u2019s learned through her health crisis. \u201cI think what\u2019s beautiful and hard and interesting about cancer is that it tears you down and builds you, and tears you down and builds you,\u201d the Beverly Hills, 90210alum says in the clip. \u201cIt remakes you so many different times. The person I thought I was supposed to be or was going to be or who I thought I was six months ago is now somebody completely different. I realize, \u2018Wow, I really thought that I was so brave and so gracious this entire time and really I was just hiding.\u2019\u201d Handler, whose mom died of breast cancer in 2006, got choked up during the emotional interview.  \u201cDon\u2019t cry! Don\u2019t cry!\u201d Doherty told the talk show host as Handler tried to hold back tears. \u201cWell, I mean, all right \u2014 hold on a second,\u201d Handler, 41, said, while tilting her head back to keep the tears from streaming down her face. \u201cThis was very hard and not humbling \u2014 because I\u2019ve already been humbled by cancer,\u201d Doherty then continues. \u201cIt was hard in the sense of rethinking sort of who you are and how you come to terms with who are now and accepting it and looking at your husband and thinking like, \u2018Dude, I\u2019m so sorry.\u2019\u201d The actress, 45, was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2015 and had a single mastectomy this past May. In August, she revealed that the cancer had spread and she was going to undergo chemotherapy followed by radiation. Last week, she shared an emotional flashback Friday photo from one day after undergoing chemo.  \u201cHope is possible. Possibility is possible. To my cancer family and everyone suffering.... stay courageous. Stay strong. Stay positive. #wegotthis,\u201d she captioned the snap of herself curled up in a hospital bed. \u201c#fightlikeagirl.\u201d", "essay": "Did you see Shannon Doherty's interview about cancer? I related to so much of what she said, about letting go of who she thought she was supposed to be and also about how she would look at her husband and think how sorry she was. I know exactly how that feels. Who would have thought Brenda would still have an impact on me 25 years later."}
{"user_id": "ec_p050", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 165000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.75 in openness, 6.25 in conscientiousness, 3.25 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 165000, "personality": {"openness": 5.75, "conscientiousness": 6.25, "extraversion": 3.25, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Shannen Doherty Shares Her Cancer Story With Chelsea Handler In Emotional, Tear-Filled Interview \u2014  Shannen Doherty recalled what it\u2019s like to be diagnosed with cancer in an emotional new interview with Chelsea Handler. During the sit-down, set to air on Handler\u2019s Netflix show, Chelsea, the actress holds back tears while revealing what she\u2019s learned through her health crisis. \u201cI think what\u2019s beautiful and hard and interesting about cancer is that it tears you down and builds you, and tears you down and builds you,\u201d the Beverly Hills, 90210alum says in the clip. \u201cIt remakes you so many different times. The person I thought I was supposed to be or was going to be or who I thought I was six months ago is now somebody completely different. I realize, \u2018Wow, I really thought that I was so brave and so gracious this entire time and really I was just hiding.\u2019\u201d Handler, whose mom died of breast cancer in 2006, got choked up during the emotional interview.  \u201cDon\u2019t cry! Don\u2019t cry!\u201d Doherty told the talk show host as Handler tried to hold back tears. \u201cWell, I mean, all right \u2014 hold on a second,\u201d Handler, 41, said, while tilting her head back to keep the tears from streaming down her face. \u201cThis was very hard and not humbling \u2014 because I\u2019ve already been humbled by cancer,\u201d Doherty then continues. \u201cIt was hard in the sense of rethinking sort of who you are and how you come to terms with who are now and accepting it and looking at your husband and thinking like, \u2018Dude, I\u2019m so sorry.\u2019\u201d The actress, 45, was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2015 and had a single mastectomy this past May. In August, she revealed that the cancer had spread and she was going to undergo chemotherapy followed by radiation. Last week, she shared an emotional flashback Friday photo from one day after undergoing chemo.  \u201cHope is possible. Possibility is possible. To my cancer family and everyone suffering.... stay courageous. Stay strong. Stay positive. #wegotthis,\u201d she captioned the snap of herself curled up in a hospital bed. \u201c#fightlikeagirl.\u201d", "essay": "Cancer s really not a good way to die. I am yet to get my head around the cause. It is always painful when people doe as a result. The last moment are always tearful for me and I usually find it very hard to stand it. I wish more research can be done to combat it...since no one really know the cause."}
{"user_id": "ec_p050", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 165000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.75 in openness, 6.25 in conscientiousness, 3.25 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 165000, "personality": {"openness": 5.75, "conscientiousness": 6.25, "extraversion": 3.25, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Shannen Doherty Shares Her Cancer Story With Chelsea Handler In Emotional, Tear-Filled Interview \u2014  Shannen Doherty recalled what it\u2019s like to be diagnosed with cancer in an emotional new interview with Chelsea Handler. During the sit-down, set to air on Handler\u2019s Netflix show, Chelsea, the actress holds back tears while revealing what she\u2019s learned through her health crisis. \u201cI think what\u2019s beautiful and hard and interesting about cancer is that it tears you down and builds you, and tears you down and builds you,\u201d the Beverly Hills, 90210alum says in the clip. \u201cIt remakes you so many different times. The person I thought I was supposed to be or was going to be or who I thought I was six months ago is now somebody completely different. I realize, \u2018Wow, I really thought that I was so brave and so gracious this entire time and really I was just hiding.\u2019\u201d Handler, whose mom died of breast cancer in 2006, got choked up during the emotional interview.  \u201cDon\u2019t cry! Don\u2019t cry!\u201d Doherty told the talk show host as Handler tried to hold back tears. \u201cWell, I mean, all right \u2014 hold on a second,\u201d Handler, 41, said, while tilting her head back to keep the tears from streaming down her face. \u201cThis was very hard and not humbling \u2014 because I\u2019ve already been humbled by cancer,\u201d Doherty then continues. \u201cIt was hard in the sense of rethinking sort of who you are and how you come to terms with who are now and accepting it and looking at your husband and thinking like, \u2018Dude, I\u2019m so sorry.\u2019\u201d The actress, 45, was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2015 and had a single mastectomy this past May. In August, she revealed that the cancer had spread and she was going to undergo chemotherapy followed by radiation. Last week, she shared an emotional flashback Friday photo from one day after undergoing chemo.  \u201cHope is possible. Possibility is possible. To my cancer family and everyone suffering.... stay courageous. Stay strong. Stay positive. #wegotthis,\u201d she captioned the snap of herself curled up in a hospital bed. \u201c#fightlikeagirl.\u201d", "essay": "Cancer is a very dangerous disease and I love the fact that the woman fought to the end. I however hope more attention will be on the causes so people can properly prevent it. It always have a sad ending and only few people are able to survive it. I still believe the cure is out there but pharmaceutical companies are deliberately hiding it."}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "Shannen Doherty Shares Her Cancer Story With Chelsea Handler In Emotional, Tear-Filled Interview \u2014  Shannen Doherty recalled what it\u2019s like to be diagnosed with cancer in an emotional new interview with Chelsea Handler. During the sit-down, set to air on Handler\u2019s Netflix show, Chelsea, the actress holds back tears while revealing what she\u2019s learned through her health crisis. \u201cI think what\u2019s beautiful and hard and interesting about cancer is that it tears you down and builds you, and tears you down and builds you,\u201d the Beverly Hills, 90210alum says in the clip. \u201cIt remakes you so many different times. The person I thought I was supposed to be or was going to be or who I thought I was six months ago is now somebody completely different. I realize, \u2018Wow, I really thought that I was so brave and so gracious this entire time and really I was just hiding.\u2019\u201d Handler, whose mom died of breast cancer in 2006, got choked up during the emotional interview.  \u201cDon\u2019t cry! Don\u2019t cry!\u201d Doherty told the talk show host as Handler tried to hold back tears. \u201cWell, I mean, all right \u2014 hold on a second,\u201d Handler, 41, said, while tilting her head back to keep the tears from streaming down her face. \u201cThis was very hard and not humbling \u2014 because I\u2019ve already been humbled by cancer,\u201d Doherty then continues. \u201cIt was hard in the sense of rethinking sort of who you are and how you come to terms with who are now and accepting it and looking at your husband and thinking like, \u2018Dude, I\u2019m so sorry.\u2019\u201d The actress, 45, was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2015 and had a single mastectomy this past May. In August, she revealed that the cancer had spread and she was going to undergo chemotherapy followed by radiation. Last week, she shared an emotional flashback Friday photo from one day after undergoing chemo.  \u201cHope is possible. Possibility is possible. To my cancer family and everyone suffering.... stay courageous. Stay strong. Stay positive. #wegotthis,\u201d she captioned the snap of herself curled up in a hospital bed. \u201c#fightlikeagirl.\u201d", "essay": "Its sad to see her have cancer but I really don't care I hate how celebrities feel like we need to care about them it makes me sick millions of people die and we never know their names why don't we celebrate these people who are the normal people of the world we need to care about each other instead"}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Members of Eagles of Death Metal, Band That Played Bataclan, Attend Paris Attacks Memorial \u2014  Members of Eagles of Death Metal, the band that was playing at the Bataclan concert hall when the deadly Paris Attacks occurred, attended a town hall memorial in the city Saturday to remember the 130 people killed in coordinated terrorist attacks across Paris one year ago. Dozens were killed and hundreds were injured at the Bataclan after jihadists opened fire during the band's set on Nov. 13, 2015, taking fans of the band and venue workers hostage in the hall. \"I wouldn't imagine anyone not wanting to be here. This city is a shining example of really the best possible way to react to something that's awful and evil,\" said Jesse Hughes, Eagles of Death Metal's controversial frontman. \"This is the leadership core of what to do, and I'm very proud that I get to count so many people amongst my family and friends now.\" On Saturday, Sting, the British pop legend and former frontman of the Police, played the first show at the Bataclan since the tragedy. Hughes was not admitted entrance to the concert, according to the Agence France-Presse (AFP).   The AFP reported that the venue's co-director would not allow Hughes to enter after he told Fox Business Channel that he thought Muslim security personnel at the venue collaborated with attackers.   Hughes later apologized and retracted his statement. The band's manager, Marc Pollack, refuted the claim that Hughes was not admitted to the concert in an interview with Billboard, describing the co-director's description of the situation as false.   Hughes, at the town hall, offered his gratitude to the people of France.   \"And from the second that the first bullets started flying, this country took care of us. And we are grateful forever, and I just hope everyone here knows how much we love this country and every person in it,\" he said.   Sting's performance at the newly restored Bataclan included a moment of silence and statement in French, saying he hoped \"to remember and honor those who lost their lives in the attacks a year ago and to celebrate the life and the music of this historic venue.\"", "essay": "I feel like overall it is quite sad that this happened and it should have been prevented by the proper authorities. I feel like as a people we should do what we can to prevent these things.  I feel like the fact that the city reacted well is a good sign. I think they did the right thing in not letting muslims security personnel enter as you have to take all precautions necessary."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Members of Eagles of Death Metal, Band That Played Bataclan, Attend Paris Attacks Memorial \u2014  Members of Eagles of Death Metal, the band that was playing at the Bataclan concert hall when the deadly Paris Attacks occurred, attended a town hall memorial in the city Saturday to remember the 130 people killed in coordinated terrorist attacks across Paris one year ago. Dozens were killed and hundreds were injured at the Bataclan after jihadists opened fire during the band's set on Nov. 13, 2015, taking fans of the band and venue workers hostage in the hall. \"I wouldn't imagine anyone not wanting to be here. This city is a shining example of really the best possible way to react to something that's awful and evil,\" said Jesse Hughes, Eagles of Death Metal's controversial frontman. \"This is the leadership core of what to do, and I'm very proud that I get to count so many people amongst my family and friends now.\" On Saturday, Sting, the British pop legend and former frontman of the Police, played the first show at the Bataclan since the tragedy. Hughes was not admitted entrance to the concert, according to the Agence France-Presse (AFP).   The AFP reported that the venue's co-director would not allow Hughes to enter after he told Fox Business Channel that he thought Muslim security personnel at the venue collaborated with attackers.   Hughes later apologized and retracted his statement. The band's manager, Marc Pollack, refuted the claim that Hughes was not admitted to the concert in an interview with Billboard, describing the co-director's description of the situation as false.   Hughes, at the town hall, offered his gratitude to the people of France.   \"And from the second that the first bullets started flying, this country took care of us. And we are grateful forever, and I just hope everyone here knows how much we love this country and every person in it,\" he said.   Sting's performance at the newly restored Bataclan included a moment of silence and statement in French, saying he hoped \"to remember and honor those who lost their lives in the attacks a year ago and to celebrate the life and the music of this historic venue.\"", "essay": "I still remember that day when the shooting in Paris happened.  I'm happy that the band went back and spoke with the people in the town hall meeting. I was a little sad by the comments made by the one band member stating that he believed that Muslim security helped the shooters.That kind of thinking is hurtful. The people who did the shooting are monsters, but that does not include all Muslims. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Members of Eagles of Death Metal, Band That Played Bataclan, Attend Paris Attacks Memorial \u2014  Members of Eagles of Death Metal, the band that was playing at the Bataclan concert hall when the deadly Paris Attacks occurred, attended a town hall memorial in the city Saturday to remember the 130 people killed in coordinated terrorist attacks across Paris one year ago. Dozens were killed and hundreds were injured at the Bataclan after jihadists opened fire during the band's set on Nov. 13, 2015, taking fans of the band and venue workers hostage in the hall. \"I wouldn't imagine anyone not wanting to be here. This city is a shining example of really the best possible way to react to something that's awful and evil,\" said Jesse Hughes, Eagles of Death Metal's controversial frontman. \"This is the leadership core of what to do, and I'm very proud that I get to count so many people amongst my family and friends now.\" On Saturday, Sting, the British pop legend and former frontman of the Police, played the first show at the Bataclan since the tragedy. Hughes was not admitted entrance to the concert, according to the Agence France-Presse (AFP).   The AFP reported that the venue's co-director would not allow Hughes to enter after he told Fox Business Channel that he thought Muslim security personnel at the venue collaborated with attackers.   Hughes later apologized and retracted his statement. The band's manager, Marc Pollack, refuted the claim that Hughes was not admitted to the concert in an interview with Billboard, describing the co-director's description of the situation as false.   Hughes, at the town hall, offered his gratitude to the people of France.   \"And from the second that the first bullets started flying, this country took care of us. And we are grateful forever, and I just hope everyone here knows how much we love this country and every person in it,\" he said.   Sting's performance at the newly restored Bataclan included a moment of silence and statement in French, saying he hoped \"to remember and honor those who lost their lives in the attacks a year ago and to celebrate the life and the music of this historic venue.\"", "essay": "I feel sorry for the people who lost their life during something that didn't really have anything to do with them. I thank the band the eagles for going back and performing for the people. I do not see what the terrorist get from this. It makes their religion more hateful. I know that a cartoon was drawn that was very disrespectful but this is not the answer."}
{"user_id": "ec_p020", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 50000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 50000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Members of Eagles of Death Metal, Band That Played Bataclan, Attend Paris Attacks Memorial \u2014  Members of Eagles of Death Metal, the band that was playing at the Bataclan concert hall when the deadly Paris Attacks occurred, attended a town hall memorial in the city Saturday to remember the 130 people killed in coordinated terrorist attacks across Paris one year ago. Dozens were killed and hundreds were injured at the Bataclan after jihadists opened fire during the band's set on Nov. 13, 2015, taking fans of the band and venue workers hostage in the hall. \"I wouldn't imagine anyone not wanting to be here. This city is a shining example of really the best possible way to react to something that's awful and evil,\" said Jesse Hughes, Eagles of Death Metal's controversial frontman. \"This is the leadership core of what to do, and I'm very proud that I get to count so many people amongst my family and friends now.\" On Saturday, Sting, the British pop legend and former frontman of the Police, played the first show at the Bataclan since the tragedy. Hughes was not admitted entrance to the concert, according to the Agence France-Presse (AFP).   The AFP reported that the venue's co-director would not allow Hughes to enter after he told Fox Business Channel that he thought Muslim security personnel at the venue collaborated with attackers.   Hughes later apologized and retracted his statement. The band's manager, Marc Pollack, refuted the claim that Hughes was not admitted to the concert in an interview with Billboard, describing the co-director's description of the situation as false.   Hughes, at the town hall, offered his gratitude to the people of France.   \"And from the second that the first bullets started flying, this country took care of us. And we are grateful forever, and I just hope everyone here knows how much we love this country and every person in it,\" he said.   Sting's performance at the newly restored Bataclan included a moment of silence and statement in French, saying he hoped \"to remember and honor those who lost their lives in the attacks a year ago and to celebrate the life and the music of this historic venue.\"", "essay": "This is such a sad reality we live in now a days. When all you want to do is have fun for one night and forget the stresses in life this happens. In was nice of the band to show up to the memorial that honored all of the victims. It is so sad to think about this happening. Those poor people were just trying to have fun."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Members of Eagles of Death Metal, Band That Played Bataclan, Attend Paris Attacks Memorial \u2014  Members of Eagles of Death Metal, the band that was playing at the Bataclan concert hall when the deadly Paris Attacks occurred, attended a town hall memorial in the city Saturday to remember the 130 people killed in coordinated terrorist attacks across Paris one year ago. Dozens were killed and hundreds were injured at the Bataclan after jihadists opened fire during the band's set on Nov. 13, 2015, taking fans of the band and venue workers hostage in the hall. \"I wouldn't imagine anyone not wanting to be here. This city is a shining example of really the best possible way to react to something that's awful and evil,\" said Jesse Hughes, Eagles of Death Metal's controversial frontman. \"This is the leadership core of what to do, and I'm very proud that I get to count so many people amongst my family and friends now.\" On Saturday, Sting, the British pop legend and former frontman of the Police, played the first show at the Bataclan since the tragedy. Hughes was not admitted entrance to the concert, according to the Agence France-Presse (AFP).   The AFP reported that the venue's co-director would not allow Hughes to enter after he told Fox Business Channel that he thought Muslim security personnel at the venue collaborated with attackers.   Hughes later apologized and retracted his statement. The band's manager, Marc Pollack, refuted the claim that Hughes was not admitted to the concert in an interview with Billboard, describing the co-director's description of the situation as false.   Hughes, at the town hall, offered his gratitude to the people of France.   \"And from the second that the first bullets started flying, this country took care of us. And we are grateful forever, and I just hope everyone here knows how much we love this country and every person in it,\" he said.   Sting's performance at the newly restored Bataclan included a moment of silence and statement in French, saying he hoped \"to remember and honor those who lost their lives in the attacks a year ago and to celebrate the life and the music of this historic venue.\"", "essay": "When tragedies like the one in Paris happen we must dig down deep and look for proper solutions. I think we need to research what goes through people's heads when they commit crimes like this.It was a little racist for one of them to say muslim security collaborated with the criminals. That was a bad thing to say."}
{"user_id": "ec_p061", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 135000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 3.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 135000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 3.0}}, "article": "All polar bears across the Arctic face shorter sea ice season \u2014  It's no secret that Arctic sea ice is melting.                                                                                                                                    Polar bears, the poster-child for climate change, are among the animals most affected by the seasonal and year-to-year changes in Arctic sea ice, because they rely on this surface for essential activities such as hunting, traveling and breeding. A new University of Washington study, with funding and satellite data from NASA and other agencies, finds a trend toward earlier sea ice melt in the spring and later ice growth in the fall across all 19 polar bear populations, which can negatively impact the feeding and breeding capabilities of the bears. The paper, to appear Sept. 14 in The Cryosphere, is the first to quantify the sea ice changes in each polar bear subpopulation across the entire Arctic region using metrics that are specifically relevant to polar bear biology. \"This study shows declining sea ice for all subpopulations of polar bears,\" said co-author Harry Stern, a researcher with the UW's Polar Science Center. \"We have used the same metric across all of the polar bear subpopulations in the Arctic so we can compare and contrast, for example, the Hudson Bay region with the Baffin Bay region using the same metric.\" The analysis shows that the critical timing of the sea ice break-up and sea ice freeze-up is changing in all areas in a direction that is harmful for polar bears. Nineteen separate polar bear populations live throughout the Arctic, spending their winters and springs roaming on sea ice and hunting. The bears have evolved mainly to eat seals, which provide necessary fats and nutrients in the harsh Arctic environment. Polar bears can't outswim their prey, so instead they perch on the ice as a platform and ambush seals at breathing holes or break through the ice to access their dens. \"Sea ice really is their platform for life,\" said co-author Kristin Laidre, a researcher at the UW's Polar Science Center. \"They are capable of existing on land for part of the year, but the sea ice is where they obtain their main prey.\" The new study draws upon 35 years of satellite data showing sea ice concentration each day in the Arctic. NASA scientists process the data, stored at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado. The center also reports each fall the yearly minimum low for Arctic sea ice. This August saw the fourth lowest in the satellite record. Across all 19 polar bear populations, the researchers found that the total number of ice-covered days declined at the rate of seven to 19 days per decade between 1979 and 2014. Sea ice concentration during the summer months -- an important measure because summertime is when some subpopulations are forced to fast on land -- also declined in all regions, by 1 percent to 9 percent per decade. The most striking result, researchers said, is the consistent trend across all polar bear regions for an earlier spring ice melt and a later fall freeze-up. Arctic sea ice retreats in the springtime as daylight reappears and temperatures warm. In the fall months the ice sheets build again as temperatures drop. \"These spring and fall transitions bound the period when there is good ice habitat available for bears to feed,\" Laidre said. \"Those periods are also tied to the breeding season when bears find mates, and when females come out of their maternity dens with very small cubs and haven't eaten for months.\" The researchers found that on average, spring melting was three to nine days earlier per decade, and fall freeze-up was three to nine days later per decade. That corresponds to a roughly 3 \u00bd week shift at either end -- and seven weeks of total loss of good sea ice habitat for polar bears -- over the 35 years of Arctic sea ice data. \"We expect that if the trends continue, compared with today, polar bears will experience another six to seven weeks of ice-free periods by mid-century,\" Stern said. The trend appears to be linear and isn't accelerating or leveling off, Stern added. The researchers recommend that the National Climate Assessment incorporate the timing of spring ice retreat and fall ice advance as measures of climate change in future reports. The study's results currently are used by the International Union for Conservation of Nature's polar bear specialist group, which completes assessments of polar bears and issues the species' conservation status. The researchers plan to update their findings each year as new ice coverage data are available. \"It's nice to see this work being used in high-level conservation goals,\" Laidre said", "essay": "This is so upsetting. Polar Bears clearly need the ice in order to hunt for their food. Without the ice, how will they get food? The Polar Bears will slowly starve to death. How horrible is that? When will we wake up and do something about global warming before it is too late? Before we know it, the polar bears will be extinct. So sad. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p074", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 28 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 4.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 28, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 4.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "All polar bears across the Arctic face shorter sea ice season \u2014  It's no secret that Arctic sea ice is melting.                                                                                                                                    Polar bears, the poster-child for climate change, are among the animals most affected by the seasonal and year-to-year changes in Arctic sea ice, because they rely on this surface for essential activities such as hunting, traveling and breeding. A new University of Washington study, with funding and satellite data from NASA and other agencies, finds a trend toward earlier sea ice melt in the spring and later ice growth in the fall across all 19 polar bear populations, which can negatively impact the feeding and breeding capabilities of the bears. The paper, to appear Sept. 14 in The Cryosphere, is the first to quantify the sea ice changes in each polar bear subpopulation across the entire Arctic region using metrics that are specifically relevant to polar bear biology. \"This study shows declining sea ice for all subpopulations of polar bears,\" said co-author Harry Stern, a researcher with the UW's Polar Science Center. \"We have used the same metric across all of the polar bear subpopulations in the Arctic so we can compare and contrast, for example, the Hudson Bay region with the Baffin Bay region using the same metric.\" The analysis shows that the critical timing of the sea ice break-up and sea ice freeze-up is changing in all areas in a direction that is harmful for polar bears. Nineteen separate polar bear populations live throughout the Arctic, spending their winters and springs roaming on sea ice and hunting. The bears have evolved mainly to eat seals, which provide necessary fats and nutrients in the harsh Arctic environment. Polar bears can't outswim their prey, so instead they perch on the ice as a platform and ambush seals at breathing holes or break through the ice to access their dens. \"Sea ice really is their platform for life,\" said co-author Kristin Laidre, a researcher at the UW's Polar Science Center. \"They are capable of existing on land for part of the year, but the sea ice is where they obtain their main prey.\" The new study draws upon 35 years of satellite data showing sea ice concentration each day in the Arctic. NASA scientists process the data, stored at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado. The center also reports each fall the yearly minimum low for Arctic sea ice. This August saw the fourth lowest in the satellite record. Across all 19 polar bear populations, the researchers found that the total number of ice-covered days declined at the rate of seven to 19 days per decade between 1979 and 2014. Sea ice concentration during the summer months -- an important measure because summertime is when some subpopulations are forced to fast on land -- also declined in all regions, by 1 percent to 9 percent per decade. The most striking result, researchers said, is the consistent trend across all polar bear regions for an earlier spring ice melt and a later fall freeze-up. Arctic sea ice retreats in the springtime as daylight reappears and temperatures warm. In the fall months the ice sheets build again as temperatures drop. \"These spring and fall transitions bound the period when there is good ice habitat available for bears to feed,\" Laidre said. \"Those periods are also tied to the breeding season when bears find mates, and when females come out of their maternity dens with very small cubs and haven't eaten for months.\" The researchers found that on average, spring melting was three to nine days earlier per decade, and fall freeze-up was three to nine days later per decade. That corresponds to a roughly 3 \u00bd week shift at either end -- and seven weeks of total loss of good sea ice habitat for polar bears -- over the 35 years of Arctic sea ice data. \"We expect that if the trends continue, compared with today, polar bears will experience another six to seven weeks of ice-free periods by mid-century,\" Stern said. The trend appears to be linear and isn't accelerating or leveling off, Stern added. The researchers recommend that the National Climate Assessment incorporate the timing of spring ice retreat and fall ice advance as measures of climate change in future reports. The study's results currently are used by the International Union for Conservation of Nature's polar bear specialist group, which completes assessments of polar bears and issues the species' conservation status. The researchers plan to update their findings each year as new ice coverage data are available. \"It's nice to see this work being used in high-level conservation goals,\" Laidre said", "essay": "This article really focused on the science side of things. Despite using the polar bear it won't make a strong emotional appeal. The changes reported in the research are considerable and should worry the reader. Such change in the Arctic will also be reflected in populated areas in other weather pattern changes."}
{"user_id": "ec_p009", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 29 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 44000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 29, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 44000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "All polar bears across the Arctic face shorter sea ice season \u2014  It's no secret that Arctic sea ice is melting.                                                                                                                                    Polar bears, the poster-child for climate change, are among the animals most affected by the seasonal and year-to-year changes in Arctic sea ice, because they rely on this surface for essential activities such as hunting, traveling and breeding. A new University of Washington study, with funding and satellite data from NASA and other agencies, finds a trend toward earlier sea ice melt in the spring and later ice growth in the fall across all 19 polar bear populations, which can negatively impact the feeding and breeding capabilities of the bears. The paper, to appear Sept. 14 in The Cryosphere, is the first to quantify the sea ice changes in each polar bear subpopulation across the entire Arctic region using metrics that are specifically relevant to polar bear biology. \"This study shows declining sea ice for all subpopulations of polar bears,\" said co-author Harry Stern, a researcher with the UW's Polar Science Center. \"We have used the same metric across all of the polar bear subpopulations in the Arctic so we can compare and contrast, for example, the Hudson Bay region with the Baffin Bay region using the same metric.\" The analysis shows that the critical timing of the sea ice break-up and sea ice freeze-up is changing in all areas in a direction that is harmful for polar bears. Nineteen separate polar bear populations live throughout the Arctic, spending their winters and springs roaming on sea ice and hunting. The bears have evolved mainly to eat seals, which provide necessary fats and nutrients in the harsh Arctic environment. Polar bears can't outswim their prey, so instead they perch on the ice as a platform and ambush seals at breathing holes or break through the ice to access their dens. \"Sea ice really is their platform for life,\" said co-author Kristin Laidre, a researcher at the UW's Polar Science Center. \"They are capable of existing on land for part of the year, but the sea ice is where they obtain their main prey.\" The new study draws upon 35 years of satellite data showing sea ice concentration each day in the Arctic. NASA scientists process the data, stored at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado. The center also reports each fall the yearly minimum low for Arctic sea ice. This August saw the fourth lowest in the satellite record. Across all 19 polar bear populations, the researchers found that the total number of ice-covered days declined at the rate of seven to 19 days per decade between 1979 and 2014. Sea ice concentration during the summer months -- an important measure because summertime is when some subpopulations are forced to fast on land -- also declined in all regions, by 1 percent to 9 percent per decade. The most striking result, researchers said, is the consistent trend across all polar bear regions for an earlier spring ice melt and a later fall freeze-up. Arctic sea ice retreats in the springtime as daylight reappears and temperatures warm. In the fall months the ice sheets build again as temperatures drop. \"These spring and fall transitions bound the period when there is good ice habitat available for bears to feed,\" Laidre said. \"Those periods are also tied to the breeding season when bears find mates, and when females come out of their maternity dens with very small cubs and haven't eaten for months.\" The researchers found that on average, spring melting was three to nine days earlier per decade, and fall freeze-up was three to nine days later per decade. That corresponds to a roughly 3 \u00bd week shift at either end -- and seven weeks of total loss of good sea ice habitat for polar bears -- over the 35 years of Arctic sea ice data. \"We expect that if the trends continue, compared with today, polar bears will experience another six to seven weeks of ice-free periods by mid-century,\" Stern said. The trend appears to be linear and isn't accelerating or leveling off, Stern added. The researchers recommend that the National Climate Assessment incorporate the timing of spring ice retreat and fall ice advance as measures of climate change in future reports. The study's results currently are used by the International Union for Conservation of Nature's polar bear specialist group, which completes assessments of polar bears and issues the species' conservation status. The researchers plan to update their findings each year as new ice coverage data are available. \"It's nice to see this work being used in high-level conservation goals,\" Laidre said", "essay": "Dear friend, I have just finished reading an article that has made me upset. The article was about polar bears and the problems they are facing due to the shorter ice season in recent years. It is very troubling because the bears are suffering and dying due to the shortened ice seasons. I really hope scientists can find a solution soon."}
{"user_id": "ec_p005", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 22 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 100000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 22, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 100000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "All polar bears across the Arctic face shorter sea ice season \u2014  It's no secret that Arctic sea ice is melting.                                                                                                                                    Polar bears, the poster-child for climate change, are among the animals most affected by the seasonal and year-to-year changes in Arctic sea ice, because they rely on this surface for essential activities such as hunting, traveling and breeding. A new University of Washington study, with funding and satellite data from NASA and other agencies, finds a trend toward earlier sea ice melt in the spring and later ice growth in the fall across all 19 polar bear populations, which can negatively impact the feeding and breeding capabilities of the bears. The paper, to appear Sept. 14 in The Cryosphere, is the first to quantify the sea ice changes in each polar bear subpopulation across the entire Arctic region using metrics that are specifically relevant to polar bear biology. \"This study shows declining sea ice for all subpopulations of polar bears,\" said co-author Harry Stern, a researcher with the UW's Polar Science Center. \"We have used the same metric across all of the polar bear subpopulations in the Arctic so we can compare and contrast, for example, the Hudson Bay region with the Baffin Bay region using the same metric.\" The analysis shows that the critical timing of the sea ice break-up and sea ice freeze-up is changing in all areas in a direction that is harmful for polar bears. Nineteen separate polar bear populations live throughout the Arctic, spending their winters and springs roaming on sea ice and hunting. The bears have evolved mainly to eat seals, which provide necessary fats and nutrients in the harsh Arctic environment. Polar bears can't outswim their prey, so instead they perch on the ice as a platform and ambush seals at breathing holes or break through the ice to access their dens. \"Sea ice really is their platform for life,\" said co-author Kristin Laidre, a researcher at the UW's Polar Science Center. \"They are capable of existing on land for part of the year, but the sea ice is where they obtain their main prey.\" The new study draws upon 35 years of satellite data showing sea ice concentration each day in the Arctic. NASA scientists process the data, stored at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado. The center also reports each fall the yearly minimum low for Arctic sea ice. This August saw the fourth lowest in the satellite record. Across all 19 polar bear populations, the researchers found that the total number of ice-covered days declined at the rate of seven to 19 days per decade between 1979 and 2014. Sea ice concentration during the summer months -- an important measure because summertime is when some subpopulations are forced to fast on land -- also declined in all regions, by 1 percent to 9 percent per decade. The most striking result, researchers said, is the consistent trend across all polar bear regions for an earlier spring ice melt and a later fall freeze-up. Arctic sea ice retreats in the springtime as daylight reappears and temperatures warm. In the fall months the ice sheets build again as temperatures drop. \"These spring and fall transitions bound the period when there is good ice habitat available for bears to feed,\" Laidre said. \"Those periods are also tied to the breeding season when bears find mates, and when females come out of their maternity dens with very small cubs and haven't eaten for months.\" The researchers found that on average, spring melting was three to nine days earlier per decade, and fall freeze-up was three to nine days later per decade. That corresponds to a roughly 3 \u00bd week shift at either end -- and seven weeks of total loss of good sea ice habitat for polar bears -- over the 35 years of Arctic sea ice data. \"We expect that if the trends continue, compared with today, polar bears will experience another six to seven weeks of ice-free periods by mid-century,\" Stern said. The trend appears to be linear and isn't accelerating or leveling off, Stern added. The researchers recommend that the National Climate Assessment incorporate the timing of spring ice retreat and fall ice advance as measures of climate change in future reports. The study's results currently are used by the International Union for Conservation of Nature's polar bear specialist group, which completes assessments of polar bears and issues the species' conservation status. The researchers plan to update their findings each year as new ice coverage data are available. \"It's nice to see this work being used in high-level conservation goals,\" Laidre said", "essay": "I am writing as regards my thoughts on Polar bears, the poster-child for climate change, are among the animals most affected by the seasonal and year-to-year changes in Arctic sea ice, because they rely on this surface for essential activities such as hunting, traveling and breeding. It is really sad that as a result of climate change the polar bear are now suffering."}
{"user_id": "ec_p016", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 60000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 60000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "All polar bears across the Arctic face shorter sea ice season \u2014  It's no secret that Arctic sea ice is melting.                                                                                                                                    Polar bears, the poster-child for climate change, are among the animals most affected by the seasonal and year-to-year changes in Arctic sea ice, because they rely on this surface for essential activities such as hunting, traveling and breeding. A new University of Washington study, with funding and satellite data from NASA and other agencies, finds a trend toward earlier sea ice melt in the spring and later ice growth in the fall across all 19 polar bear populations, which can negatively impact the feeding and breeding capabilities of the bears. The paper, to appear Sept. 14 in The Cryosphere, is the first to quantify the sea ice changes in each polar bear subpopulation across the entire Arctic region using metrics that are specifically relevant to polar bear biology. \"This study shows declining sea ice for all subpopulations of polar bears,\" said co-author Harry Stern, a researcher with the UW's Polar Science Center. \"We have used the same metric across all of the polar bear subpopulations in the Arctic so we can compare and contrast, for example, the Hudson Bay region with the Baffin Bay region using the same metric.\" The analysis shows that the critical timing of the sea ice break-up and sea ice freeze-up is changing in all areas in a direction that is harmful for polar bears. Nineteen separate polar bear populations live throughout the Arctic, spending their winters and springs roaming on sea ice and hunting. The bears have evolved mainly to eat seals, which provide necessary fats and nutrients in the harsh Arctic environment. Polar bears can't outswim their prey, so instead they perch on the ice as a platform and ambush seals at breathing holes or break through the ice to access their dens. \"Sea ice really is their platform for life,\" said co-author Kristin Laidre, a researcher at the UW's Polar Science Center. \"They are capable of existing on land for part of the year, but the sea ice is where they obtain their main prey.\" The new study draws upon 35 years of satellite data showing sea ice concentration each day in the Arctic. NASA scientists process the data, stored at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado. The center also reports each fall the yearly minimum low for Arctic sea ice. This August saw the fourth lowest in the satellite record. Across all 19 polar bear populations, the researchers found that the total number of ice-covered days declined at the rate of seven to 19 days per decade between 1979 and 2014. Sea ice concentration during the summer months -- an important measure because summertime is when some subpopulations are forced to fast on land -- also declined in all regions, by 1 percent to 9 percent per decade. The most striking result, researchers said, is the consistent trend across all polar bear regions for an earlier spring ice melt and a later fall freeze-up. Arctic sea ice retreats in the springtime as daylight reappears and temperatures warm. In the fall months the ice sheets build again as temperatures drop. \"These spring and fall transitions bound the period when there is good ice habitat available for bears to feed,\" Laidre said. \"Those periods are also tied to the breeding season when bears find mates, and when females come out of their maternity dens with very small cubs and haven't eaten for months.\" The researchers found that on average, spring melting was three to nine days earlier per decade, and fall freeze-up was three to nine days later per decade. That corresponds to a roughly 3 \u00bd week shift at either end -- and seven weeks of total loss of good sea ice habitat for polar bears -- over the 35 years of Arctic sea ice data. \"We expect that if the trends continue, compared with today, polar bears will experience another six to seven weeks of ice-free periods by mid-century,\" Stern said. The trend appears to be linear and isn't accelerating or leveling off, Stern added. The researchers recommend that the National Climate Assessment incorporate the timing of spring ice retreat and fall ice advance as measures of climate change in future reports. The study's results currently are used by the International Union for Conservation of Nature's polar bear specialist group, which completes assessments of polar bears and issues the species' conservation status. The researchers plan to update their findings each year as new ice coverage data are available. \"It's nice to see this work being used in high-level conservation goals,\" Laidre said", "essay": "I get so frustrated when I read articles like this, because I know so many people who just plug their ears and act like nothing is happening and everything is fine, when it's clearly not. We're destroying entire species if not the planet with our willful ignorance if not straight out denial, and I'm afraid it's going to be too late to do anything."}
{"user_id": "ec_p041", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 64000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 64000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Bid for strongest protection for all African elephants defeated at wildlife summit \u2014  A bid to give the highest level of international legal protection to all African elephants was defeated on Monday at a global wildlife summit. But the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites), meeting this week in Johannesburg, passed other new measures for elephants that conservationists say will add vital protection. All 182 nations agreed for the first time that legal ivory markets within nations must be closed. Separately, a process that could allow one-off sales of ivory stockpiles was killed and tougher measures to deal with nations failing to control poached ivory were agreed. More than 140,000 of Africa\u2019s savannah elephants were killed for their ivory between 2007 and 2014, wiping out almost a third of their population, and one elephant is still being killed by poachers every 15 minutes on average. The price of ivory has soared threefold since 2009, leading conservationists to fear the survival of the species is at risk. Ambitious Great Elephant Census finds nearly one-third of continent\u2019s largest elephants were wiped out between 2007-14, largely due to poaching for ivory The acrimonious debate over elephant poaching has split African countries. Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, which host about a third of all remaining elephants, have stable or increasing populations. They argue passionately that elephant numbers are also suffering from loss of habitat and killings by farmers and that they can only be protected by making money from ivory sales and trophy hunting. However, a group of 29 African nations, which host about 40% of all elephants and are led by Kenya and Benin, have smaller and plummeting populations and countered that poaching and the illegal trade in ivory is the greatest threat. Most African elephants already have the highest level of international legal protection \u2013 a Cites \u201cappendix 1\u201d listing \u2013 which bans all trade. But the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana, are listed on \u201cappendix 2\u201d, a lower level of protection. On Monday a proposal to add the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana to appendix 1 was defeated. Critics said the proposal would do little to protect elephants as all international trade is already banned, but proponents argued it was a crucial signal to poachers and criminals of a global crackdown on the illegal ivory trade. Botswana has the world\u2019s largest elephant population, about a third of all elephants, and it is growing. But it broke ranks with Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe and argued vehemently for appendix 1 protection. Tshekedi Khama, Botswana\u2019s minister of environment, said: \u201cThere is concerning evidence that elephant poaching is moving south. The criminal networks that facilitate much of this trade are highly organised and fluid, operating over several regions in the continent. Therefore no population should be considered secure. Put simply, a threat to elephants anywhere is a threat to elephants everywhere.\u201d The Cote D\u2019Ivoire delegate said it was absurd to have some elephants on appendix 1 and some on appendix 2: \u201cAn elephant that crosses a border may have protection on one side and not on the other. Elephants do not have passports.\u201d Lee White, the British-born director of Gabon\u2019s national parks and Cites delegate, said poachers were now shooting on sight at his rangers. The upgrading of all elephants to the highest protection would have sent \u201ca signal that we will come down as hard on poaching as we do on the trafficking of drugs, arms and people\u201d. However, Namibia\u2019s delegate threatened to withdraw entirely from Cites protections for elephants if the all populations were upgraded the highest levels. \u201cIt is completely fallacious that legal ivory trade covers illegal trade,\u201d he said, a statement flatly rejected by other nations. South Africa\u2019s environment minister, Edna Molewa, said rural communities must benefit from elephants if they are to tolerate the damage caused to crops and the lives sometimes lost. \u201cWe dare not ignore their voices,\u201d she said. \u201cTrophy hunting is the best return on investment [in elephant protection] with the least impact.\u201d The EU, which with 28 votes is a powerful force at Cites, also opposed the upgrade to appendix 1. It said that Cites rules meant the highest level protection is reserved for populations that are in steep decline, and that this did not apply to the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana. Some scientific and conservation groups agreed with this, including WWF, Traffic and the Zoological Society of London, arguing the integrity of the Cites was at risk. The EU delegate to Cites said: \u201cThe proposal does not meet the biological criteria. [But] this does not mean in any way we are not concerned about the decline of elephants across the continent.\u201d Several nations said cutting the demand for ivory, through education, and better enforcement against poachers were key. The issue was forced to a vote and was defeated, leaving the southern African elephants on appendix 2. Earlier on Monday, Namibia and Zimbabwe had attempted to legalise the trade in ivory from those countries. Namibia said its elephant population had doubled to 20,000 in the last 15 years. Charles Jonga, from the Campfire Programme, a rural development group in Zimbabwe, told the Cites summit: \u201cThe people in my community say: \u2018These elephants they eat our crops, they damage our houses, what benefit do we get?\u2019 If they get benefits, they will protect and not poach.\u201d But Patrick Omondi, Kenya\u2019s delegate, said: \u201cPoaching levels and trafficking in ivory are at their highest peak. History has shown the ivory trade cannot be controlled. We are reaching a tipping point and need to give elephants time to recover.\u201d Both Namibia\u2019s and Zimbabwe\u2019s proposals, supported by Japan but opposed by the EU and US, were soundly defeated. Observers believe Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa did not expect to unpick the ban on the ivory trade at this summit, but wanted to keep the debate open, in the hope of future success. Another proposal, from Swaziland, to legalise the trade in its rhino horn was heavily defeated. Advertisement Many conservation groups wanted all elephants to get the highest protection, but Tom Milliken, an elephant expert from wildlife trade monitoring group Traffic, said: \u201cWhere elephants fall on the Cites appendices is inconsequential to their survival. All the paper protection in the world is not going to compensate for poor law enforcement, rampant corruption and ineffective management.\u201d He said the real success of the summit were measures to crack down on countries failing to halt illegal trade. But Kelvin Alie, at the International Fund for Animal Welfare, said the failure to put all elephants on appendix one was a disaster: \u201cThis is a tragedy for elephants. At a time when we are seeing such a dramatic increase in the slaughter of elephants for ivory, now was the time for the global community to step up and say no more.\u201d", "essay": "I am not surprised that the nations of Africa are having difficulty agreeing on conservation efforts for elephants. There is much disharmony politically between them. Africa is home to a number of endangered and threatened animals. I think the global community has to be involved in these conservation efforts."}
{"user_id": "ec_p043", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 27000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 3.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 27000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 3.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Bid for strongest protection for all African elephants defeated at wildlife summit \u2014  A bid to give the highest level of international legal protection to all African elephants was defeated on Monday at a global wildlife summit. But the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites), meeting this week in Johannesburg, passed other new measures for elephants that conservationists say will add vital protection. All 182 nations agreed for the first time that legal ivory markets within nations must be closed. Separately, a process that could allow one-off sales of ivory stockpiles was killed and tougher measures to deal with nations failing to control poached ivory were agreed. More than 140,000 of Africa\u2019s savannah elephants were killed for their ivory between 2007 and 2014, wiping out almost a third of their population, and one elephant is still being killed by poachers every 15 minutes on average. The price of ivory has soared threefold since 2009, leading conservationists to fear the survival of the species is at risk. Ambitious Great Elephant Census finds nearly one-third of continent\u2019s largest elephants were wiped out between 2007-14, largely due to poaching for ivory The acrimonious debate over elephant poaching has split African countries. Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, which host about a third of all remaining elephants, have stable or increasing populations. They argue passionately that elephant numbers are also suffering from loss of habitat and killings by farmers and that they can only be protected by making money from ivory sales and trophy hunting. However, a group of 29 African nations, which host about 40% of all elephants and are led by Kenya and Benin, have smaller and plummeting populations and countered that poaching and the illegal trade in ivory is the greatest threat. Most African elephants already have the highest level of international legal protection \u2013 a Cites \u201cappendix 1\u201d listing \u2013 which bans all trade. But the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana, are listed on \u201cappendix 2\u201d, a lower level of protection. On Monday a proposal to add the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana to appendix 1 was defeated. Critics said the proposal would do little to protect elephants as all international trade is already banned, but proponents argued it was a crucial signal to poachers and criminals of a global crackdown on the illegal ivory trade. Botswana has the world\u2019s largest elephant population, about a third of all elephants, and it is growing. But it broke ranks with Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe and argued vehemently for appendix 1 protection. Tshekedi Khama, Botswana\u2019s minister of environment, said: \u201cThere is concerning evidence that elephant poaching is moving south. The criminal networks that facilitate much of this trade are highly organised and fluid, operating over several regions in the continent. Therefore no population should be considered secure. Put simply, a threat to elephants anywhere is a threat to elephants everywhere.\u201d The Cote D\u2019Ivoire delegate said it was absurd to have some elephants on appendix 1 and some on appendix 2: \u201cAn elephant that crosses a border may have protection on one side and not on the other. Elephants do not have passports.\u201d Lee White, the British-born director of Gabon\u2019s national parks and Cites delegate, said poachers were now shooting on sight at his rangers. The upgrading of all elephants to the highest protection would have sent \u201ca signal that we will come down as hard on poaching as we do on the trafficking of drugs, arms and people\u201d. However, Namibia\u2019s delegate threatened to withdraw entirely from Cites protections for elephants if the all populations were upgraded the highest levels. \u201cIt is completely fallacious that legal ivory trade covers illegal trade,\u201d he said, a statement flatly rejected by other nations. South Africa\u2019s environment minister, Edna Molewa, said rural communities must benefit from elephants if they are to tolerate the damage caused to crops and the lives sometimes lost. \u201cWe dare not ignore their voices,\u201d she said. \u201cTrophy hunting is the best return on investment [in elephant protection] with the least impact.\u201d The EU, which with 28 votes is a powerful force at Cites, also opposed the upgrade to appendix 1. It said that Cites rules meant the highest level protection is reserved for populations that are in steep decline, and that this did not apply to the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana. Some scientific and conservation groups agreed with this, including WWF, Traffic and the Zoological Society of London, arguing the integrity of the Cites was at risk. The EU delegate to Cites said: \u201cThe proposal does not meet the biological criteria. [But] this does not mean in any way we are not concerned about the decline of elephants across the continent.\u201d Several nations said cutting the demand for ivory, through education, and better enforcement against poachers were key. The issue was forced to a vote and was defeated, leaving the southern African elephants on appendix 2. Earlier on Monday, Namibia and Zimbabwe had attempted to legalise the trade in ivory from those countries. Namibia said its elephant population had doubled to 20,000 in the last 15 years. Charles Jonga, from the Campfire Programme, a rural development group in Zimbabwe, told the Cites summit: \u201cThe people in my community say: \u2018These elephants they eat our crops, they damage our houses, what benefit do we get?\u2019 If they get benefits, they will protect and not poach.\u201d But Patrick Omondi, Kenya\u2019s delegate, said: \u201cPoaching levels and trafficking in ivory are at their highest peak. History has shown the ivory trade cannot be controlled. We are reaching a tipping point and need to give elephants time to recover.\u201d Both Namibia\u2019s and Zimbabwe\u2019s proposals, supported by Japan but opposed by the EU and US, were soundly defeated. Observers believe Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa did not expect to unpick the ban on the ivory trade at this summit, but wanted to keep the debate open, in the hope of future success. Another proposal, from Swaziland, to legalise the trade in its rhino horn was heavily defeated. Advertisement Many conservation groups wanted all elephants to get the highest protection, but Tom Milliken, an elephant expert from wildlife trade monitoring group Traffic, said: \u201cWhere elephants fall on the Cites appendices is inconsequential to their survival. All the paper protection in the world is not going to compensate for poor law enforcement, rampant corruption and ineffective management.\u201d He said the real success of the summit were measures to crack down on countries failing to halt illegal trade. But Kelvin Alie, at the International Fund for Animal Welfare, said the failure to put all elephants on appendix one was a disaster: \u201cThis is a tragedy for elephants. At a time when we are seeing such a dramatic increase in the slaughter of elephants for ivory, now was the time for the global community to step up and say no more.\u201d", "essay": "It's somewhat surprising that the EU wasn't in favor of making all elephants appendix 1. I can understand the population argument but you'd think that they'd be all over protecting elephants. I really didn't like that part about the couple countries voting to reopen the ivory trade. What's weird is the countries that want ivory trade have great elephant population statistics and the countries that want to protect elephants don't. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p058", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 34 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 68000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 34, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 68000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Bid for strongest protection for all African elephants defeated at wildlife summit \u2014  A bid to give the highest level of international legal protection to all African elephants was defeated on Monday at a global wildlife summit. But the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites), meeting this week in Johannesburg, passed other new measures for elephants that conservationists say will add vital protection. All 182 nations agreed for the first time that legal ivory markets within nations must be closed. Separately, a process that could allow one-off sales of ivory stockpiles was killed and tougher measures to deal with nations failing to control poached ivory were agreed. More than 140,000 of Africa\u2019s savannah elephants were killed for their ivory between 2007 and 2014, wiping out almost a third of their population, and one elephant is still being killed by poachers every 15 minutes on average. The price of ivory has soared threefold since 2009, leading conservationists to fear the survival of the species is at risk. Ambitious Great Elephant Census finds nearly one-third of continent\u2019s largest elephants were wiped out between 2007-14, largely due to poaching for ivory The acrimonious debate over elephant poaching has split African countries. Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, which host about a third of all remaining elephants, have stable or increasing populations. They argue passionately that elephant numbers are also suffering from loss of habitat and killings by farmers and that they can only be protected by making money from ivory sales and trophy hunting. However, a group of 29 African nations, which host about 40% of all elephants and are led by Kenya and Benin, have smaller and plummeting populations and countered that poaching and the illegal trade in ivory is the greatest threat. Most African elephants already have the highest level of international legal protection \u2013 a Cites \u201cappendix 1\u201d listing \u2013 which bans all trade. But the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana, are listed on \u201cappendix 2\u201d, a lower level of protection. On Monday a proposal to add the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana to appendix 1 was defeated. Critics said the proposal would do little to protect elephants as all international trade is already banned, but proponents argued it was a crucial signal to poachers and criminals of a global crackdown on the illegal ivory trade. Botswana has the world\u2019s largest elephant population, about a third of all elephants, and it is growing. But it broke ranks with Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe and argued vehemently for appendix 1 protection. Tshekedi Khama, Botswana\u2019s minister of environment, said: \u201cThere is concerning evidence that elephant poaching is moving south. The criminal networks that facilitate much of this trade are highly organised and fluid, operating over several regions in the continent. Therefore no population should be considered secure. Put simply, a threat to elephants anywhere is a threat to elephants everywhere.\u201d The Cote D\u2019Ivoire delegate said it was absurd to have some elephants on appendix 1 and some on appendix 2: \u201cAn elephant that crosses a border may have protection on one side and not on the other. Elephants do not have passports.\u201d Lee White, the British-born director of Gabon\u2019s national parks and Cites delegate, said poachers were now shooting on sight at his rangers. The upgrading of all elephants to the highest protection would have sent \u201ca signal that we will come down as hard on poaching as we do on the trafficking of drugs, arms and people\u201d. However, Namibia\u2019s delegate threatened to withdraw entirely from Cites protections for elephants if the all populations were upgraded the highest levels. \u201cIt is completely fallacious that legal ivory trade covers illegal trade,\u201d he said, a statement flatly rejected by other nations. South Africa\u2019s environment minister, Edna Molewa, said rural communities must benefit from elephants if they are to tolerate the damage caused to crops and the lives sometimes lost. \u201cWe dare not ignore their voices,\u201d she said. \u201cTrophy hunting is the best return on investment [in elephant protection] with the least impact.\u201d The EU, which with 28 votes is a powerful force at Cites, also opposed the upgrade to appendix 1. It said that Cites rules meant the highest level protection is reserved for populations that are in steep decline, and that this did not apply to the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana. Some scientific and conservation groups agreed with this, including WWF, Traffic and the Zoological Society of London, arguing the integrity of the Cites was at risk. The EU delegate to Cites said: \u201cThe proposal does not meet the biological criteria. [But] this does not mean in any way we are not concerned about the decline of elephants across the continent.\u201d Several nations said cutting the demand for ivory, through education, and better enforcement against poachers were key. The issue was forced to a vote and was defeated, leaving the southern African elephants on appendix 2. Earlier on Monday, Namibia and Zimbabwe had attempted to legalise the trade in ivory from those countries. Namibia said its elephant population had doubled to 20,000 in the last 15 years. Charles Jonga, from the Campfire Programme, a rural development group in Zimbabwe, told the Cites summit: \u201cThe people in my community say: \u2018These elephants they eat our crops, they damage our houses, what benefit do we get?\u2019 If they get benefits, they will protect and not poach.\u201d But Patrick Omondi, Kenya\u2019s delegate, said: \u201cPoaching levels and trafficking in ivory are at their highest peak. History has shown the ivory trade cannot be controlled. We are reaching a tipping point and need to give elephants time to recover.\u201d Both Namibia\u2019s and Zimbabwe\u2019s proposals, supported by Japan but opposed by the EU and US, were soundly defeated. Observers believe Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa did not expect to unpick the ban on the ivory trade at this summit, but wanted to keep the debate open, in the hope of future success. Another proposal, from Swaziland, to legalise the trade in its rhino horn was heavily defeated. Advertisement Many conservation groups wanted all elephants to get the highest protection, but Tom Milliken, an elephant expert from wildlife trade monitoring group Traffic, said: \u201cWhere elephants fall on the Cites appendices is inconsequential to their survival. All the paper protection in the world is not going to compensate for poor law enforcement, rampant corruption and ineffective management.\u201d He said the real success of the summit were measures to crack down on countries failing to halt illegal trade. But Kelvin Alie, at the International Fund for Animal Welfare, said the failure to put all elephants on appendix one was a disaster: \u201cThis is a tragedy for elephants. At a time when we are seeing such a dramatic increase in the slaughter of elephants for ivory, now was the time for the global community to step up and say no more.\u201d", "essay": "it's crazy how elephant poaching is still a thing. Nearly 1/3 of all elephants have been poached just because of the ivory. I cannot believe this is still going on. There needs to be more done to stop this. They are gonna end up causing these elephants to go extinct and then what? For some ivory? This makes no sense at all."}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Bid for strongest protection for all African elephants defeated at wildlife summit \u2014  A bid to give the highest level of international legal protection to all African elephants was defeated on Monday at a global wildlife summit. But the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites), meeting this week in Johannesburg, passed other new measures for elephants that conservationists say will add vital protection. All 182 nations agreed for the first time that legal ivory markets within nations must be closed. Separately, a process that could allow one-off sales of ivory stockpiles was killed and tougher measures to deal with nations failing to control poached ivory were agreed. More than 140,000 of Africa\u2019s savannah elephants were killed for their ivory between 2007 and 2014, wiping out almost a third of their population, and one elephant is still being killed by poachers every 15 minutes on average. The price of ivory has soared threefold since 2009, leading conservationists to fear the survival of the species is at risk. Ambitious Great Elephant Census finds nearly one-third of continent\u2019s largest elephants were wiped out between 2007-14, largely due to poaching for ivory The acrimonious debate over elephant poaching has split African countries. Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, which host about a third of all remaining elephants, have stable or increasing populations. They argue passionately that elephant numbers are also suffering from loss of habitat and killings by farmers and that they can only be protected by making money from ivory sales and trophy hunting. However, a group of 29 African nations, which host about 40% of all elephants and are led by Kenya and Benin, have smaller and plummeting populations and countered that poaching and the illegal trade in ivory is the greatest threat. Most African elephants already have the highest level of international legal protection \u2013 a Cites \u201cappendix 1\u201d listing \u2013 which bans all trade. But the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana, are listed on \u201cappendix 2\u201d, a lower level of protection. On Monday a proposal to add the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana to appendix 1 was defeated. Critics said the proposal would do little to protect elephants as all international trade is already banned, but proponents argued it was a crucial signal to poachers and criminals of a global crackdown on the illegal ivory trade. Botswana has the world\u2019s largest elephant population, about a third of all elephants, and it is growing. But it broke ranks with Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe and argued vehemently for appendix 1 protection. Tshekedi Khama, Botswana\u2019s minister of environment, said: \u201cThere is concerning evidence that elephant poaching is moving south. The criminal networks that facilitate much of this trade are highly organised and fluid, operating over several regions in the continent. Therefore no population should be considered secure. Put simply, a threat to elephants anywhere is a threat to elephants everywhere.\u201d The Cote D\u2019Ivoire delegate said it was absurd to have some elephants on appendix 1 and some on appendix 2: \u201cAn elephant that crosses a border may have protection on one side and not on the other. Elephants do not have passports.\u201d Lee White, the British-born director of Gabon\u2019s national parks and Cites delegate, said poachers were now shooting on sight at his rangers. The upgrading of all elephants to the highest protection would have sent \u201ca signal that we will come down as hard on poaching as we do on the trafficking of drugs, arms and people\u201d. However, Namibia\u2019s delegate threatened to withdraw entirely from Cites protections for elephants if the all populations were upgraded the highest levels. \u201cIt is completely fallacious that legal ivory trade covers illegal trade,\u201d he said, a statement flatly rejected by other nations. South Africa\u2019s environment minister, Edna Molewa, said rural communities must benefit from elephants if they are to tolerate the damage caused to crops and the lives sometimes lost. \u201cWe dare not ignore their voices,\u201d she said. \u201cTrophy hunting is the best return on investment [in elephant protection] with the least impact.\u201d The EU, which with 28 votes is a powerful force at Cites, also opposed the upgrade to appendix 1. It said that Cites rules meant the highest level protection is reserved for populations that are in steep decline, and that this did not apply to the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana. Some scientific and conservation groups agreed with this, including WWF, Traffic and the Zoological Society of London, arguing the integrity of the Cites was at risk. The EU delegate to Cites said: \u201cThe proposal does not meet the biological criteria. [But] this does not mean in any way we are not concerned about the decline of elephants across the continent.\u201d Several nations said cutting the demand for ivory, through education, and better enforcement against poachers were key. The issue was forced to a vote and was defeated, leaving the southern African elephants on appendix 2. Earlier on Monday, Namibia and Zimbabwe had attempted to legalise the trade in ivory from those countries. Namibia said its elephant population had doubled to 20,000 in the last 15 years. Charles Jonga, from the Campfire Programme, a rural development group in Zimbabwe, told the Cites summit: \u201cThe people in my community say: \u2018These elephants they eat our crops, they damage our houses, what benefit do we get?\u2019 If they get benefits, they will protect and not poach.\u201d But Patrick Omondi, Kenya\u2019s delegate, said: \u201cPoaching levels and trafficking in ivory are at their highest peak. History has shown the ivory trade cannot be controlled. We are reaching a tipping point and need to give elephants time to recover.\u201d Both Namibia\u2019s and Zimbabwe\u2019s proposals, supported by Japan but opposed by the EU and US, were soundly defeated. Observers believe Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa did not expect to unpick the ban on the ivory trade at this summit, but wanted to keep the debate open, in the hope of future success. Another proposal, from Swaziland, to legalise the trade in its rhino horn was heavily defeated. Advertisement Many conservation groups wanted all elephants to get the highest protection, but Tom Milliken, an elephant expert from wildlife trade monitoring group Traffic, said: \u201cWhere elephants fall on the Cites appendices is inconsequential to their survival. All the paper protection in the world is not going to compensate for poor law enforcement, rampant corruption and ineffective management.\u201d He said the real success of the summit were measures to crack down on countries failing to halt illegal trade. But Kelvin Alie, at the International Fund for Animal Welfare, said the failure to put all elephants on appendix one was a disaster: \u201cThis is a tragedy for elephants. At a time when we are seeing such a dramatic increase in the slaughter of elephants for ivory, now was the time for the global community to step up and say no more.\u201d", "essay": "I hate hearing stories like this... It really makes me nervous that elephants are going to go extinct. That generations will grow up never getting to see one in real life. And that a whole breed, of a beautiful amazing creature, will cease to exist soley because humans can be evil and selfish and cruel. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "Bid for strongest protection for all African elephants defeated at wildlife summit \u2014  A bid to give the highest level of international legal protection to all African elephants was defeated on Monday at a global wildlife summit. But the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites), meeting this week in Johannesburg, passed other new measures for elephants that conservationists say will add vital protection. All 182 nations agreed for the first time that legal ivory markets within nations must be closed. Separately, a process that could allow one-off sales of ivory stockpiles was killed and tougher measures to deal with nations failing to control poached ivory were agreed. More than 140,000 of Africa\u2019s savannah elephants were killed for their ivory between 2007 and 2014, wiping out almost a third of their population, and one elephant is still being killed by poachers every 15 minutes on average. The price of ivory has soared threefold since 2009, leading conservationists to fear the survival of the species is at risk. Ambitious Great Elephant Census finds nearly one-third of continent\u2019s largest elephants were wiped out between 2007-14, largely due to poaching for ivory The acrimonious debate over elephant poaching has split African countries. Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, which host about a third of all remaining elephants, have stable or increasing populations. They argue passionately that elephant numbers are also suffering from loss of habitat and killings by farmers and that they can only be protected by making money from ivory sales and trophy hunting. However, a group of 29 African nations, which host about 40% of all elephants and are led by Kenya and Benin, have smaller and plummeting populations and countered that poaching and the illegal trade in ivory is the greatest threat. Most African elephants already have the highest level of international legal protection \u2013 a Cites \u201cappendix 1\u201d listing \u2013 which bans all trade. But the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana, are listed on \u201cappendix 2\u201d, a lower level of protection. On Monday a proposal to add the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana to appendix 1 was defeated. Critics said the proposal would do little to protect elephants as all international trade is already banned, but proponents argued it was a crucial signal to poachers and criminals of a global crackdown on the illegal ivory trade. Botswana has the world\u2019s largest elephant population, about a third of all elephants, and it is growing. But it broke ranks with Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe and argued vehemently for appendix 1 protection. Tshekedi Khama, Botswana\u2019s minister of environment, said: \u201cThere is concerning evidence that elephant poaching is moving south. The criminal networks that facilitate much of this trade are highly organised and fluid, operating over several regions in the continent. Therefore no population should be considered secure. Put simply, a threat to elephants anywhere is a threat to elephants everywhere.\u201d The Cote D\u2019Ivoire delegate said it was absurd to have some elephants on appendix 1 and some on appendix 2: \u201cAn elephant that crosses a border may have protection on one side and not on the other. Elephants do not have passports.\u201d Lee White, the British-born director of Gabon\u2019s national parks and Cites delegate, said poachers were now shooting on sight at his rangers. The upgrading of all elephants to the highest protection would have sent \u201ca signal that we will come down as hard on poaching as we do on the trafficking of drugs, arms and people\u201d. However, Namibia\u2019s delegate threatened to withdraw entirely from Cites protections for elephants if the all populations were upgraded the highest levels. \u201cIt is completely fallacious that legal ivory trade covers illegal trade,\u201d he said, a statement flatly rejected by other nations. South Africa\u2019s environment minister, Edna Molewa, said rural communities must benefit from elephants if they are to tolerate the damage caused to crops and the lives sometimes lost. \u201cWe dare not ignore their voices,\u201d she said. \u201cTrophy hunting is the best return on investment [in elephant protection] with the least impact.\u201d The EU, which with 28 votes is a powerful force at Cites, also opposed the upgrade to appendix 1. It said that Cites rules meant the highest level protection is reserved for populations that are in steep decline, and that this did not apply to the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana. Some scientific and conservation groups agreed with this, including WWF, Traffic and the Zoological Society of London, arguing the integrity of the Cites was at risk. The EU delegate to Cites said: \u201cThe proposal does not meet the biological criteria. [But] this does not mean in any way we are not concerned about the decline of elephants across the continent.\u201d Several nations said cutting the demand for ivory, through education, and better enforcement against poachers were key. The issue was forced to a vote and was defeated, leaving the southern African elephants on appendix 2. Earlier on Monday, Namibia and Zimbabwe had attempted to legalise the trade in ivory from those countries. Namibia said its elephant population had doubled to 20,000 in the last 15 years. Charles Jonga, from the Campfire Programme, a rural development group in Zimbabwe, told the Cites summit: \u201cThe people in my community say: \u2018These elephants they eat our crops, they damage our houses, what benefit do we get?\u2019 If they get benefits, they will protect and not poach.\u201d But Patrick Omondi, Kenya\u2019s delegate, said: \u201cPoaching levels and trafficking in ivory are at their highest peak. History has shown the ivory trade cannot be controlled. We are reaching a tipping point and need to give elephants time to recover.\u201d Both Namibia\u2019s and Zimbabwe\u2019s proposals, supported by Japan but opposed by the EU and US, were soundly defeated. Observers believe Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa did not expect to unpick the ban on the ivory trade at this summit, but wanted to keep the debate open, in the hope of future success. Another proposal, from Swaziland, to legalise the trade in its rhino horn was heavily defeated. Advertisement Many conservation groups wanted all elephants to get the highest protection, but Tom Milliken, an elephant expert from wildlife trade monitoring group Traffic, said: \u201cWhere elephants fall on the Cites appendices is inconsequential to their survival. All the paper protection in the world is not going to compensate for poor law enforcement, rampant corruption and ineffective management.\u201d He said the real success of the summit were measures to crack down on countries failing to halt illegal trade. But Kelvin Alie, at the International Fund for Animal Welfare, said the failure to put all elephants on appendix one was a disaster: \u201cThis is a tragedy for elephants. At a time when we are seeing such a dramatic increase in the slaughter of elephants for ivory, now was the time for the global community to step up and say no more.\u201d", "essay": "This is the saddest article ever.   All these beautiful Savannah Elephants being called for the ivory.I absolutely do not support killing any elephant for any reason.   I do not support elephants in circuses either.   As long as their are humans, this will sadly continue.   Everyone is me, me, me.  I hope huge fines as assessed."}
{"user_id": "ec_p055", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 46 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 22000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 46, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 22000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Horrific crash kills Yu Xu, 1st woman to fly China's J-10 fighter \u2014  One of China's first female fighter pilots and a member of the country's air force aerobatics team was killed in a training accident over the weekend, according to Chinese state-run media.   Capt. Yu Xu, 30, died Saturday during a routine training flight with the aerobatics team, according to the reports. The Chinese military did not provide details of the accident in Hebei province, but state-run media, citing military sources and witnesses, said Yu ejected from her aircraft after it collided with another during the training. After the ejection, the wing of another plane hit Yu, killing her, according to a report from China Daily. Yu's male co-pilot ejected safely and survived, the report said. The other jet also landed safety. The flight data recorder, or black box, from Yu's jet was recovered as authorities investigate the accident, China Daily reported. Yu: 'I have become a real fighter pilot' Yu was the first of four women who are certified to fly the J-10, a single-engine multi-role jet that entered service in 2004 and is considered the first Chinese domestic fighter to rival Western fighters in its capabilities. Yu flew a J-10 fighter with China's August 1st Aerobatics Team. Her last performance was at Airshow China in Zhuhai earlier this month. J-10 fighters from China's August 1st aerobatics team perform at Airshow China in Zhuhai on November 4, 2016. The show was Capt. Yu Xu's last public performance. J-10 fighters from China's August 1st aerobatics team perform at Airshow China in Zhuhai on November 4, 2016. The show was Capt. Yu Xu's last public performance. \"I think the acrobatics are quite difficult, with high requirements and standards made in all aspects. Our condition is quite satisfactory, but we need more trainings if we want to be better,\" Yu said of her performances in an interview with China's CCTV. Yu, 30, joined the People's Liberation Army Air Force in September 2005. She qualified as a fighter pilot in 2009 and qualified to fly the J-10 in 2012, when she soloed in the fighter. A Chinese Air Force J-10 fighter on display an Airshow China in Zhuhai November 2016. A Chinese Air Force J-10 fighter on display an Airshow China in Zhuhai November 2016. \"I'm quite happy with myself, because this solo flight means that I have become a real fighter pilot,\" she told CCTV. Wan Ying, a friend of Yu's, told CNN that Yu was \"a very positive, humble and nice person who loved taking care of friends.\" She was also an avid reader, Wan said.  Wan said she and Yu had talked only two days before the deadly crash about meeting up for dinner. Capt. Yu Xu described herself as "a real fighter pilot" after she qualified to fly the J-10. Capt. Yu Xu described herself as \"a real fighter pilot\" after she qualified to fly the J-10. Yu saluted as a hero Yu's death Saturday saw many in China questioning in online forums whether women should be fighter pilots and if they were getting the right training. \"I only want to know the cause of the incident. What should be to blame for, problems with the plane or lack of training?\" one poster wrote on the Chinese social website Weibo. But state-run Global Times quoted a Chinese aviation expert, Wang Ya'nan, as saying Yu and other women in the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force were trail blazers. \"China is a pioneer in training female aerobatic pilots. When the program started, there was no foreign experience to borrow from or statistics to rely on from other countries. From this perspective, Yu Xu and other female aerobatic pilots have taken greater risks, which deserve more of our respect,\" Wang was quoted as saying. On Weibo, Yu was saluted as a hero. \"Yu Xu is our most proud female pilot. Her death is a great loss for our country,\" wrote one poster. \"Yu is the Hua Mulan (legendary woman warrior) of our era, a rare heroine,\" wrote another. The website for the All-China Women's Federation reported Monday that 60 million users of the Weibo site had clicked on Yu's story by Sunday night.", "essay": "I think it's always tragic when someone dies, but when that someone is a milestone type person it's even worse. How wonderful to be the first Chinese woman to be a fighter pilot and then how tragic to be killed in such a way. I have so much respect for trailblazers and it always seems like such a waste for them to be taken from us in such a seemingly meaningless manner. So proud of her accomplishments."}
{"user_id": "ec_p002", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 30000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 30000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Horrific crash kills Yu Xu, 1st woman to fly China's J-10 fighter \u2014  One of China's first female fighter pilots and a member of the country's air force aerobatics team was killed in a training accident over the weekend, according to Chinese state-run media.   Capt. Yu Xu, 30, died Saturday during a routine training flight with the aerobatics team, according to the reports. The Chinese military did not provide details of the accident in Hebei province, but state-run media, citing military sources and witnesses, said Yu ejected from her aircraft after it collided with another during the training. After the ejection, the wing of another plane hit Yu, killing her, according to a report from China Daily. Yu's male co-pilot ejected safely and survived, the report said. The other jet also landed safety. The flight data recorder, or black box, from Yu's jet was recovered as authorities investigate the accident, China Daily reported. Yu: 'I have become a real fighter pilot' Yu was the first of four women who are certified to fly the J-10, a single-engine multi-role jet that entered service in 2004 and is considered the first Chinese domestic fighter to rival Western fighters in its capabilities. Yu flew a J-10 fighter with China's August 1st Aerobatics Team. Her last performance was at Airshow China in Zhuhai earlier this month. J-10 fighters from China's August 1st aerobatics team perform at Airshow China in Zhuhai on November 4, 2016. The show was Capt. Yu Xu's last public performance. J-10 fighters from China's August 1st aerobatics team perform at Airshow China in Zhuhai on November 4, 2016. The show was Capt. Yu Xu's last public performance. \"I think the acrobatics are quite difficult, with high requirements and standards made in all aspects. Our condition is quite satisfactory, but we need more trainings if we want to be better,\" Yu said of her performances in an interview with China's CCTV. Yu, 30, joined the People's Liberation Army Air Force in September 2005. She qualified as a fighter pilot in 2009 and qualified to fly the J-10 in 2012, when she soloed in the fighter. A Chinese Air Force J-10 fighter on display an Airshow China in Zhuhai November 2016. A Chinese Air Force J-10 fighter on display an Airshow China in Zhuhai November 2016. \"I'm quite happy with myself, because this solo flight means that I have become a real fighter pilot,\" she told CCTV. Wan Ying, a friend of Yu's, told CNN that Yu was \"a very positive, humble and nice person who loved taking care of friends.\" She was also an avid reader, Wan said.  Wan said she and Yu had talked only two days before the deadly crash about meeting up for dinner. Capt. Yu Xu described herself as "a real fighter pilot" after she qualified to fly the J-10. Capt. Yu Xu described herself as \"a real fighter pilot\" after she qualified to fly the J-10. Yu saluted as a hero Yu's death Saturday saw many in China questioning in online forums whether women should be fighter pilots and if they were getting the right training. \"I only want to know the cause of the incident. What should be to blame for, problems with the plane or lack of training?\" one poster wrote on the Chinese social website Weibo. But state-run Global Times quoted a Chinese aviation expert, Wang Ya'nan, as saying Yu and other women in the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force were trail blazers. \"China is a pioneer in training female aerobatic pilots. When the program started, there was no foreign experience to borrow from or statistics to rely on from other countries. From this perspective, Yu Xu and other female aerobatic pilots have taken greater risks, which deserve more of our respect,\" Wang was quoted as saying. On Weibo, Yu was saluted as a hero. \"Yu Xu is our most proud female pilot. Her death is a great loss for our country,\" wrote one poster. \"Yu is the Hua Mulan (legendary woman warrior) of our era, a rare heroine,\" wrote another. The website for the All-China Women's Federation reported Monday that 60 million users of the Weibo site had clicked on Yu's story by Sunday night.", "essay": "It sucks that a woman was killed in this manner but these things happen. I am not sure who would actually be to blame for this as these things cannot be predicted. The fact that the female pilot was hit by another aircraft implies that protocols wwere not correctly observed though. The other plane should not have been close enough to hit her."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Horrific crash kills Yu Xu, 1st woman to fly China's J-10 fighter \u2014  One of China's first female fighter pilots and a member of the country's air force aerobatics team was killed in a training accident over the weekend, according to Chinese state-run media.   Capt. Yu Xu, 30, died Saturday during a routine training flight with the aerobatics team, according to the reports. The Chinese military did not provide details of the accident in Hebei province, but state-run media, citing military sources and witnesses, said Yu ejected from her aircraft after it collided with another during the training. After the ejection, the wing of another plane hit Yu, killing her, according to a report from China Daily. Yu's male co-pilot ejected safely and survived, the report said. The other jet also landed safety. The flight data recorder, or black box, from Yu's jet was recovered as authorities investigate the accident, China Daily reported. Yu: 'I have become a real fighter pilot' Yu was the first of four women who are certified to fly the J-10, a single-engine multi-role jet that entered service in 2004 and is considered the first Chinese domestic fighter to rival Western fighters in its capabilities. Yu flew a J-10 fighter with China's August 1st Aerobatics Team. Her last performance was at Airshow China in Zhuhai earlier this month. J-10 fighters from China's August 1st aerobatics team perform at Airshow China in Zhuhai on November 4, 2016. The show was Capt. Yu Xu's last public performance. J-10 fighters from China's August 1st aerobatics team perform at Airshow China in Zhuhai on November 4, 2016. The show was Capt. Yu Xu's last public performance. \"I think the acrobatics are quite difficult, with high requirements and standards made in all aspects. Our condition is quite satisfactory, but we need more trainings if we want to be better,\" Yu said of her performances in an interview with China's CCTV. Yu, 30, joined the People's Liberation Army Air Force in September 2005. She qualified as a fighter pilot in 2009 and qualified to fly the J-10 in 2012, when she soloed in the fighter. A Chinese Air Force J-10 fighter on display an Airshow China in Zhuhai November 2016. A Chinese Air Force J-10 fighter on display an Airshow China in Zhuhai November 2016. \"I'm quite happy with myself, because this solo flight means that I have become a real fighter pilot,\" she told CCTV. Wan Ying, a friend of Yu's, told CNN that Yu was \"a very positive, humble and nice person who loved taking care of friends.\" She was also an avid reader, Wan said.  Wan said she and Yu had talked only two days before the deadly crash about meeting up for dinner. Capt. Yu Xu described herself as "a real fighter pilot" after she qualified to fly the J-10. Capt. Yu Xu described herself as \"a real fighter pilot\" after she qualified to fly the J-10. Yu saluted as a hero Yu's death Saturday saw many in China questioning in online forums whether women should be fighter pilots and if they were getting the right training. \"I only want to know the cause of the incident. What should be to blame for, problems with the plane or lack of training?\" one poster wrote on the Chinese social website Weibo. But state-run Global Times quoted a Chinese aviation expert, Wang Ya'nan, as saying Yu and other women in the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force were trail blazers. \"China is a pioneer in training female aerobatic pilots. When the program started, there was no foreign experience to borrow from or statistics to rely on from other countries. From this perspective, Yu Xu and other female aerobatic pilots have taken greater risks, which deserve more of our respect,\" Wang was quoted as saying. On Weibo, Yu was saluted as a hero. \"Yu Xu is our most proud female pilot. Her death is a great loss for our country,\" wrote one poster. \"Yu is the Hua Mulan (legendary woman warrior) of our era, a rare heroine,\" wrote another. The website for the All-China Women's Federation reported Monday that 60 million users of the Weibo site had clicked on Yu's story by Sunday night.", "essay": "Its quite sad when crashes like these happen and when they do happen I can't help but feel like something could have been done to prevent it. I feel like as humans we do not do enough to try and prevent all of these crashes. The fact that it was a routine training flight with the aerobatics team makes it worse. IT was also the first woman to fly a China j_10 fighter."}
{"user_id": "ec_p013", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 63000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 5.75 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 63000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 5.75, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Horrific crash kills Yu Xu, 1st woman to fly China's J-10 fighter \u2014  One of China's first female fighter pilots and a member of the country's air force aerobatics team was killed in a training accident over the weekend, according to Chinese state-run media.   Capt. Yu Xu, 30, died Saturday during a routine training flight with the aerobatics team, according to the reports. The Chinese military did not provide details of the accident in Hebei province, but state-run media, citing military sources and witnesses, said Yu ejected from her aircraft after it collided with another during the training. After the ejection, the wing of another plane hit Yu, killing her, according to a report from China Daily. Yu's male co-pilot ejected safely and survived, the report said. The other jet also landed safety. The flight data recorder, or black box, from Yu's jet was recovered as authorities investigate the accident, China Daily reported. Yu: 'I have become a real fighter pilot' Yu was the first of four women who are certified to fly the J-10, a single-engine multi-role jet that entered service in 2004 and is considered the first Chinese domestic fighter to rival Western fighters in its capabilities. Yu flew a J-10 fighter with China's August 1st Aerobatics Team. Her last performance was at Airshow China in Zhuhai earlier this month. J-10 fighters from China's August 1st aerobatics team perform at Airshow China in Zhuhai on November 4, 2016. The show was Capt. Yu Xu's last public performance. J-10 fighters from China's August 1st aerobatics team perform at Airshow China in Zhuhai on November 4, 2016. The show was Capt. Yu Xu's last public performance. \"I think the acrobatics are quite difficult, with high requirements and standards made in all aspects. Our condition is quite satisfactory, but we need more trainings if we want to be better,\" Yu said of her performances in an interview with China's CCTV. Yu, 30, joined the People's Liberation Army Air Force in September 2005. She qualified as a fighter pilot in 2009 and qualified to fly the J-10 in 2012, when she soloed in the fighter. A Chinese Air Force J-10 fighter on display an Airshow China in Zhuhai November 2016. A Chinese Air Force J-10 fighter on display an Airshow China in Zhuhai November 2016. \"I'm quite happy with myself, because this solo flight means that I have become a real fighter pilot,\" she told CCTV. Wan Ying, a friend of Yu's, told CNN that Yu was \"a very positive, humble and nice person who loved taking care of friends.\" She was also an avid reader, Wan said.  Wan said she and Yu had talked only two days before the deadly crash about meeting up for dinner. Capt. Yu Xu described herself as "a real fighter pilot" after she qualified to fly the J-10. Capt. Yu Xu described herself as \"a real fighter pilot\" after she qualified to fly the J-10. Yu saluted as a hero Yu's death Saturday saw many in China questioning in online forums whether women should be fighter pilots and if they were getting the right training. \"I only want to know the cause of the incident. What should be to blame for, problems with the plane or lack of training?\" one poster wrote on the Chinese social website Weibo. But state-run Global Times quoted a Chinese aviation expert, Wang Ya'nan, as saying Yu and other women in the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force were trail blazers. \"China is a pioneer in training female aerobatic pilots. When the program started, there was no foreign experience to borrow from or statistics to rely on from other countries. From this perspective, Yu Xu and other female aerobatic pilots have taken greater risks, which deserve more of our respect,\" Wang was quoted as saying. On Weibo, Yu was saluted as a hero. \"Yu Xu is our most proud female pilot. Her death is a great loss for our country,\" wrote one poster. \"Yu is the Hua Mulan (legendary woman warrior) of our era, a rare heroine,\" wrote another. The website for the All-China Women's Federation reported Monday that 60 million users of the Weibo site had clicked on Yu's story by Sunday night.", "essay": "I just read a news article about a plane crash that killed China's forst woman to fly a J-1o fighter. That sounds like a horrible way to die. I am scared of planes for that very reason. There is nothing you can do about it. She was the very first of four woment to fly the J-10 fighter jet. The J-10 is a single engine fighter jet. She was very proud of herself for being the first woman to fly in the fighter jet."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Horrific crash kills Yu Xu, 1st woman to fly China's J-10 fighter \u2014  One of China's first female fighter pilots and a member of the country's air force aerobatics team was killed in a training accident over the weekend, according to Chinese state-run media.   Capt. Yu Xu, 30, died Saturday during a routine training flight with the aerobatics team, according to the reports. The Chinese military did not provide details of the accident in Hebei province, but state-run media, citing military sources and witnesses, said Yu ejected from her aircraft after it collided with another during the training. After the ejection, the wing of another plane hit Yu, killing her, according to a report from China Daily. Yu's male co-pilot ejected safely and survived, the report said. The other jet also landed safety. The flight data recorder, or black box, from Yu's jet was recovered as authorities investigate the accident, China Daily reported. Yu: 'I have become a real fighter pilot' Yu was the first of four women who are certified to fly the J-10, a single-engine multi-role jet that entered service in 2004 and is considered the first Chinese domestic fighter to rival Western fighters in its capabilities. Yu flew a J-10 fighter with China's August 1st Aerobatics Team. Her last performance was at Airshow China in Zhuhai earlier this month. J-10 fighters from China's August 1st aerobatics team perform at Airshow China in Zhuhai on November 4, 2016. The show was Capt. Yu Xu's last public performance. J-10 fighters from China's August 1st aerobatics team perform at Airshow China in Zhuhai on November 4, 2016. The show was Capt. Yu Xu's last public performance. \"I think the acrobatics are quite difficult, with high requirements and standards made in all aspects. Our condition is quite satisfactory, but we need more trainings if we want to be better,\" Yu said of her performances in an interview with China's CCTV. Yu, 30, joined the People's Liberation Army Air Force in September 2005. She qualified as a fighter pilot in 2009 and qualified to fly the J-10 in 2012, when she soloed in the fighter. A Chinese Air Force J-10 fighter on display an Airshow China in Zhuhai November 2016. A Chinese Air Force J-10 fighter on display an Airshow China in Zhuhai November 2016. \"I'm quite happy with myself, because this solo flight means that I have become a real fighter pilot,\" she told CCTV. Wan Ying, a friend of Yu's, told CNN that Yu was \"a very positive, humble and nice person who loved taking care of friends.\" She was also an avid reader, Wan said.  Wan said she and Yu had talked only two days before the deadly crash about meeting up for dinner. Capt. Yu Xu described herself as "a real fighter pilot" after she qualified to fly the J-10. Capt. Yu Xu described herself as \"a real fighter pilot\" after she qualified to fly the J-10. Yu saluted as a hero Yu's death Saturday saw many in China questioning in online forums whether women should be fighter pilots and if they were getting the right training. \"I only want to know the cause of the incident. What should be to blame for, problems with the plane or lack of training?\" one poster wrote on the Chinese social website Weibo. But state-run Global Times quoted a Chinese aviation expert, Wang Ya'nan, as saying Yu and other women in the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force were trail blazers. \"China is a pioneer in training female aerobatic pilots. When the program started, there was no foreign experience to borrow from or statistics to rely on from other countries. From this perspective, Yu Xu and other female aerobatic pilots have taken greater risks, which deserve more of our respect,\" Wang was quoted as saying. On Weibo, Yu was saluted as a hero. \"Yu Xu is our most proud female pilot. Her death is a great loss for our country,\" wrote one poster. \"Yu is the Hua Mulan (legendary woman warrior) of our era, a rare heroine,\" wrote another. The website for the All-China Women's Federation reported Monday that 60 million users of the Weibo site had clicked on Yu's story by Sunday night.", "essay": "After reading the article, i just felt really sad for the woman. She probably trained really hard and was really excited to get to this point just for it to be taken away. It was an accident so there was really nothing that could have prevented it. It was just bad luck in my opinion and just a really sad tragic event. I really hope her family is fine."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "French school bullying deaths stir intense debate \u2014  Two stories about two French girls who killed themselves after being bullied at school have prompted an emotional response and intense debate about how teenagers can be better protected. Emilie, 17, took her life in January and a graphic account of the torment she suffered emerged this week when her diary appeared in a newspaper. It was immediately followed by a French TV dramatisation of the story of Marion Fraisse, who died three years ago. The France 3 film was poignantly entitled Marion, 13 ans pour toujours - Marion, Forever 13. The question for France is whether their deaths will help change the way bullying is tackled. It starts so gradually, you hardly notice it. In a classroom of rowdy students, Marion is marked out as one of the good girls. Over the course of the 90-minute drama, she loses her friends, is the victim of rumours, insults and isolation, and then is cornered by a group of boys in the corridor, who grab her, pin her down and throw her shoes away. \"She was asking for it,\" says a passing girl. Marion breaks down and cries. From there the drama follows her descent into desperation, depression, and finally suicide. The film was adapted from a book by Marion's mother, Nora, who found a letter from the teenager after her death and decided to tell her story. A poignant act, because one of the most striking elements of that story is how Marion's parents knew about what was happening to their daughter at the time. Interviewed by a French newspaper to mark the launch of the dramatisation, actress Julie Gayet, who plays Nora, said the film had two points of view: Marion's and her mother's. The script \"shows that parents never really know their child. Half a child's life escapes them\". More than four million people tuned in to watch the drama, which was followed by a one-hour debate. Many took to social media afterwards to share their stories and express their anger. \"It's not a suicide, it's murder,\" wrote one Twitter user, called Sara. Another suggested that the film be shown in schools. Others wrote of their own experiences of bullying, with some saying the experience had haunted them for years after they had left full-time education. For help and advice on bullying, visit BBC Advice BBC iWonder: How do we talk about teen suicide? Read more here: * French Periscope death stirs social media fears * Quarter of bullied children bully others How France has tried to address bullying According to official figures, 700,000 pupils are bullied each year in France, and activists say more than 90% of children have access to social networks. France has tried to improve awareness of bullying in schools, as well as support for the victims. In 2014, a new anti-bullying law was brought in, and a hotline set up for pupils to report incidents. But activists say France is still not tackling the problem effectively. \"The authorities' response is improving very slowly,\" says psychologist and campaigner Catherine Verdier. \"But France is dragging behind other countries. If you look at Finland, Sweden, where it's a national cause, there was a real impulse from the top to change things.\" \"A few schools have improved, but not enough,\" says Willy Pierre who runs 'You Are Heroes', set up after Marion's death to break the taboo around bullying. \"The hotline is only open in school hours, and it can take weeks or months to find a designated adult for the child to talk to face to face.\" The problem has also grown to encompass cyber-bullying and harassment outside the school gates. The solution, he says, is for parents, teachers and pupils to talk openly about the problem. Emilie's story Emilie was four years older than Marion when she died in January after jumping out of a window at her father's house. A bright pupil at a private school in the northern city of Lille, Emilie's parents say she endured years of terror up to the age of 13 because she was not considered cool and trendy and loved reading. Eventually she snapped and they pulled her out of the school. For three years she tried other schools and distance learning, but she developed a phobia of schools and her parents believe her death was linked to depression as a result of the bullying. ________________   Excerpts from Emilie's diary Dodging blows, being tripped up and spat at. Closing your ears to insults and mockery. Keeping an eye on your bag and your hair. Holding back the tears. Again and again Hey, you know what? a boy exclaimed loud enough for everyone in the class to hear but the teacher. Apparently they're going to award a prize to the ugliest clever-clogs in every country. Oh yeah? his neighbour tittered. I bet you we've got the winner in the class I don't want my parents to know how pathetic I am, and think they've given birth to a piece of crap The diary was published in La Voix du Nord (in French) ________________   A report by Unicef two years ago found that bullying was a worldwide problem that \"exists at some level and in some form in every country\". Children who are bullied, it says, are prone to a vast range of negative effects \"including depression, anxiety, thoughts of suicide\". One mother told a French newspaper that her daughter's school had responded to the problem of bullying with \"a conspiracy of silence\". But after days of debate about the sad lives of two French teenagers, those taboos may finally be crumbling. Are you being bullied? Useful contacts * BullyingUK - Tel 0808 800 2222 * Childline - Tel 0800 1111 * Bullying at school - UK government website * Non au harcelement - French government website - Tel 3020", "essay": "I feel like bullying is not something new and the fact that we still have not done anything about it is repulsive. We are not doing enough in preventing bullying or educating kids about how bad they really are. I think we need to understand that and teach these kids that there are other way to go about things. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "French school bullying deaths stir intense debate \u2014  Two stories about two French girls who killed themselves after being bullied at school have prompted an emotional response and intense debate about how teenagers can be better protected. Emilie, 17, took her life in January and a graphic account of the torment she suffered emerged this week when her diary appeared in a newspaper. It was immediately followed by a French TV dramatisation of the story of Marion Fraisse, who died three years ago. The France 3 film was poignantly entitled Marion, 13 ans pour toujours - Marion, Forever 13. The question for France is whether their deaths will help change the way bullying is tackled. It starts so gradually, you hardly notice it. In a classroom of rowdy students, Marion is marked out as one of the good girls. Over the course of the 90-minute drama, she loses her friends, is the victim of rumours, insults and isolation, and then is cornered by a group of boys in the corridor, who grab her, pin her down and throw her shoes away. \"She was asking for it,\" says a passing girl. Marion breaks down and cries. From there the drama follows her descent into desperation, depression, and finally suicide. The film was adapted from a book by Marion's mother, Nora, who found a letter from the teenager after her death and decided to tell her story. A poignant act, because one of the most striking elements of that story is how Marion's parents knew about what was happening to their daughter at the time. Interviewed by a French newspaper to mark the launch of the dramatisation, actress Julie Gayet, who plays Nora, said the film had two points of view: Marion's and her mother's. The script \"shows that parents never really know their child. Half a child's life escapes them\". More than four million people tuned in to watch the drama, which was followed by a one-hour debate. Many took to social media afterwards to share their stories and express their anger. \"It's not a suicide, it's murder,\" wrote one Twitter user, called Sara. Another suggested that the film be shown in schools. Others wrote of their own experiences of bullying, with some saying the experience had haunted them for years after they had left full-time education. For help and advice on bullying, visit BBC Advice BBC iWonder: How do we talk about teen suicide? Read more here: * French Periscope death stirs social media fears * Quarter of bullied children bully others How France has tried to address bullying According to official figures, 700,000 pupils are bullied each year in France, and activists say more than 90% of children have access to social networks. France has tried to improve awareness of bullying in schools, as well as support for the victims. In 2014, a new anti-bullying law was brought in, and a hotline set up for pupils to report incidents. But activists say France is still not tackling the problem effectively. \"The authorities' response is improving very slowly,\" says psychologist and campaigner Catherine Verdier. \"But France is dragging behind other countries. If you look at Finland, Sweden, where it's a national cause, there was a real impulse from the top to change things.\" \"A few schools have improved, but not enough,\" says Willy Pierre who runs 'You Are Heroes', set up after Marion's death to break the taboo around bullying. \"The hotline is only open in school hours, and it can take weeks or months to find a designated adult for the child to talk to face to face.\" The problem has also grown to encompass cyber-bullying and harassment outside the school gates. The solution, he says, is for parents, teachers and pupils to talk openly about the problem. Emilie's story Emilie was four years older than Marion when she died in January after jumping out of a window at her father's house. A bright pupil at a private school in the northern city of Lille, Emilie's parents say she endured years of terror up to the age of 13 because she was not considered cool and trendy and loved reading. Eventually she snapped and they pulled her out of the school. For three years she tried other schools and distance learning, but she developed a phobia of schools and her parents believe her death was linked to depression as a result of the bullying. ________________   Excerpts from Emilie's diary Dodging blows, being tripped up and spat at. Closing your ears to insults and mockery. Keeping an eye on your bag and your hair. Holding back the tears. Again and again Hey, you know what? a boy exclaimed loud enough for everyone in the class to hear but the teacher. Apparently they're going to award a prize to the ugliest clever-clogs in every country. Oh yeah? his neighbour tittered. I bet you we've got the winner in the class I don't want my parents to know how pathetic I am, and think they've given birth to a piece of crap The diary was published in La Voix du Nord (in French) ________________   A report by Unicef two years ago found that bullying was a worldwide problem that \"exists at some level and in some form in every country\". Children who are bullied, it says, are prone to a vast range of negative effects \"including depression, anxiety, thoughts of suicide\". One mother told a French newspaper that her daughter's school had responded to the problem of bullying with \"a conspiracy of silence\". But after days of debate about the sad lives of two French teenagers, those taboos may finally be crumbling. Are you being bullied? Useful contacts * BullyingUK - Tel 0808 800 2222 * Childline - Tel 0800 1111 * Bullying at school - UK government website * Non au harcelement - French government website - Tel 3020", "essay": "I'm happy that France has setup some anti bulling measures.  I'm sad for the children who took their own life and the parents and other family members that are left behind to deal with the aftermath. Hopefully the hotline will help a child with the bulling and depression that they are dealing with and they get the help that this needed."}
{"user_id": "ec_p006", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 27 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 27, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "French school bullying deaths stir intense debate \u2014  Two stories about two French girls who killed themselves after being bullied at school have prompted an emotional response and intense debate about how teenagers can be better protected. Emilie, 17, took her life in January and a graphic account of the torment she suffered emerged this week when her diary appeared in a newspaper. It was immediately followed by a French TV dramatisation of the story of Marion Fraisse, who died three years ago. The France 3 film was poignantly entitled Marion, 13 ans pour toujours - Marion, Forever 13. The question for France is whether their deaths will help change the way bullying is tackled. It starts so gradually, you hardly notice it. In a classroom of rowdy students, Marion is marked out as one of the good girls. Over the course of the 90-minute drama, she loses her friends, is the victim of rumours, insults and isolation, and then is cornered by a group of boys in the corridor, who grab her, pin her down and throw her shoes away. \"She was asking for it,\" says a passing girl. Marion breaks down and cries. From there the drama follows her descent into desperation, depression, and finally suicide. The film was adapted from a book by Marion's mother, Nora, who found a letter from the teenager after her death and decided to tell her story. A poignant act, because one of the most striking elements of that story is how Marion's parents knew about what was happening to their daughter at the time. Interviewed by a French newspaper to mark the launch of the dramatisation, actress Julie Gayet, who plays Nora, said the film had two points of view: Marion's and her mother's. The script \"shows that parents never really know their child. Half a child's life escapes them\". More than four million people tuned in to watch the drama, which was followed by a one-hour debate. Many took to social media afterwards to share their stories and express their anger. \"It's not a suicide, it's murder,\" wrote one Twitter user, called Sara. Another suggested that the film be shown in schools. Others wrote of their own experiences of bullying, with some saying the experience had haunted them for years after they had left full-time education. For help and advice on bullying, visit BBC Advice BBC iWonder: How do we talk about teen suicide? Read more here: * French Periscope death stirs social media fears * Quarter of bullied children bully others How France has tried to address bullying According to official figures, 700,000 pupils are bullied each year in France, and activists say more than 90% of children have access to social networks. France has tried to improve awareness of bullying in schools, as well as support for the victims. In 2014, a new anti-bullying law was brought in, and a hotline set up for pupils to report incidents. But activists say France is still not tackling the problem effectively. \"The authorities' response is improving very slowly,\" says psychologist and campaigner Catherine Verdier. \"But France is dragging behind other countries. If you look at Finland, Sweden, where it's a national cause, there was a real impulse from the top to change things.\" \"A few schools have improved, but not enough,\" says Willy Pierre who runs 'You Are Heroes', set up after Marion's death to break the taboo around bullying. \"The hotline is only open in school hours, and it can take weeks or months to find a designated adult for the child to talk to face to face.\" The problem has also grown to encompass cyber-bullying and harassment outside the school gates. The solution, he says, is for parents, teachers and pupils to talk openly about the problem. Emilie's story Emilie was four years older than Marion when she died in January after jumping out of a window at her father's house. A bright pupil at a private school in the northern city of Lille, Emilie's parents say she endured years of terror up to the age of 13 because she was not considered cool and trendy and loved reading. Eventually she snapped and they pulled her out of the school. For three years she tried other schools and distance learning, but she developed a phobia of schools and her parents believe her death was linked to depression as a result of the bullying. ________________   Excerpts from Emilie's diary Dodging blows, being tripped up and spat at. Closing your ears to insults and mockery. Keeping an eye on your bag and your hair. Holding back the tears. Again and again Hey, you know what? a boy exclaimed loud enough for everyone in the class to hear but the teacher. Apparently they're going to award a prize to the ugliest clever-clogs in every country. Oh yeah? his neighbour tittered. I bet you we've got the winner in the class I don't want my parents to know how pathetic I am, and think they've given birth to a piece of crap The diary was published in La Voix du Nord (in French) ________________   A report by Unicef two years ago found that bullying was a worldwide problem that \"exists at some level and in some form in every country\". Children who are bullied, it says, are prone to a vast range of negative effects \"including depression, anxiety, thoughts of suicide\". One mother told a French newspaper that her daughter's school had responded to the problem of bullying with \"a conspiracy of silence\". But after days of debate about the sad lives of two French teenagers, those taboos may finally be crumbling. Are you being bullied? Useful contacts * BullyingUK - Tel 0808 800 2222 * Childline - Tel 0800 1111 * Bullying at school - UK government website * Non au harcelement - French government website - Tel 3020", "essay": "I read about a young teenage girl who committed suicide. She was Parisian and i think 14 years old. She was having trouble in school and i think was being bullied. It saddens me her response to the stresses she was experiencing led to suicide. I can't imagine the sadness she felt and how she maybe felt alone in her situation. I hope her family finds some solace. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "French school bullying deaths stir intense debate \u2014  Two stories about two French girls who killed themselves after being bullied at school have prompted an emotional response and intense debate about how teenagers can be better protected. Emilie, 17, took her life in January and a graphic account of the torment she suffered emerged this week when her diary appeared in a newspaper. It was immediately followed by a French TV dramatisation of the story of Marion Fraisse, who died three years ago. The France 3 film was poignantly entitled Marion, 13 ans pour toujours - Marion, Forever 13. The question for France is whether their deaths will help change the way bullying is tackled. It starts so gradually, you hardly notice it. In a classroom of rowdy students, Marion is marked out as one of the good girls. Over the course of the 90-minute drama, she loses her friends, is the victim of rumours, insults and isolation, and then is cornered by a group of boys in the corridor, who grab her, pin her down and throw her shoes away. \"She was asking for it,\" says a passing girl. Marion breaks down and cries. From there the drama follows her descent into desperation, depression, and finally suicide. The film was adapted from a book by Marion's mother, Nora, who found a letter from the teenager after her death and decided to tell her story. A poignant act, because one of the most striking elements of that story is how Marion's parents knew about what was happening to their daughter at the time. Interviewed by a French newspaper to mark the launch of the dramatisation, actress Julie Gayet, who plays Nora, said the film had two points of view: Marion's and her mother's. The script \"shows that parents never really know their child. Half a child's life escapes them\". More than four million people tuned in to watch the drama, which was followed by a one-hour debate. Many took to social media afterwards to share their stories and express their anger. \"It's not a suicide, it's murder,\" wrote one Twitter user, called Sara. Another suggested that the film be shown in schools. Others wrote of their own experiences of bullying, with some saying the experience had haunted them for years after they had left full-time education. For help and advice on bullying, visit BBC Advice BBC iWonder: How do we talk about teen suicide? Read more here: * French Periscope death stirs social media fears * Quarter of bullied children bully others How France has tried to address bullying According to official figures, 700,000 pupils are bullied each year in France, and activists say more than 90% of children have access to social networks. France has tried to improve awareness of bullying in schools, as well as support for the victims. In 2014, a new anti-bullying law was brought in, and a hotline set up for pupils to report incidents. But activists say France is still not tackling the problem effectively. \"The authorities' response is improving very slowly,\" says psychologist and campaigner Catherine Verdier. \"But France is dragging behind other countries. If you look at Finland, Sweden, where it's a national cause, there was a real impulse from the top to change things.\" \"A few schools have improved, but not enough,\" says Willy Pierre who runs 'You Are Heroes', set up after Marion's death to break the taboo around bullying. \"The hotline is only open in school hours, and it can take weeks or months to find a designated adult for the child to talk to face to face.\" The problem has also grown to encompass cyber-bullying and harassment outside the school gates. The solution, he says, is for parents, teachers and pupils to talk openly about the problem. Emilie's story Emilie was four years older than Marion when she died in January after jumping out of a window at her father's house. A bright pupil at a private school in the northern city of Lille, Emilie's parents say she endured years of terror up to the age of 13 because she was not considered cool and trendy and loved reading. Eventually she snapped and they pulled her out of the school. For three years she tried other schools and distance learning, but she developed a phobia of schools and her parents believe her death was linked to depression as a result of the bullying. ________________   Excerpts from Emilie's diary Dodging blows, being tripped up and spat at. Closing your ears to insults and mockery. Keeping an eye on your bag and your hair. Holding back the tears. Again and again Hey, you know what? a boy exclaimed loud enough for everyone in the class to hear but the teacher. Apparently they're going to award a prize to the ugliest clever-clogs in every country. Oh yeah? his neighbour tittered. I bet you we've got the winner in the class I don't want my parents to know how pathetic I am, and think they've given birth to a piece of crap The diary was published in La Voix du Nord (in French) ________________   A report by Unicef two years ago found that bullying was a worldwide problem that \"exists at some level and in some form in every country\". Children who are bullied, it says, are prone to a vast range of negative effects \"including depression, anxiety, thoughts of suicide\". One mother told a French newspaper that her daughter's school had responded to the problem of bullying with \"a conspiracy of silence\". But after days of debate about the sad lives of two French teenagers, those taboos may finally be crumbling. Are you being bullied? Useful contacts * BullyingUK - Tel 0808 800 2222 * Childline - Tel 0800 1111 * Bullying at school - UK government website * Non au harcelement - French government website - Tel 3020", "essay": "I think all these stories about bullying as ultimately so very tragic.  It always involves young people getting harmed and taking their lives which is just heartbreaking.  Imagine how their families feel.  It is so cruel for other students to bully each other and be cruel to each other.  It is so very unnecessary and why treat people that way?  Why not do unto others as you would have the do unto you?  It seems that more and more this happens and people are not teaching their children how to treat other people."}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "French school bullying deaths stir intense debate \u2014  Two stories about two French girls who killed themselves after being bullied at school have prompted an emotional response and intense debate about how teenagers can be better protected. Emilie, 17, took her life in January and a graphic account of the torment she suffered emerged this week when her diary appeared in a newspaper. It was immediately followed by a French TV dramatisation of the story of Marion Fraisse, who died three years ago. The France 3 film was poignantly entitled Marion, 13 ans pour toujours - Marion, Forever 13. The question for France is whether their deaths will help change the way bullying is tackled. It starts so gradually, you hardly notice it. In a classroom of rowdy students, Marion is marked out as one of the good girls. Over the course of the 90-minute drama, she loses her friends, is the victim of rumours, insults and isolation, and then is cornered by a group of boys in the corridor, who grab her, pin her down and throw her shoes away. \"She was asking for it,\" says a passing girl. Marion breaks down and cries. From there the drama follows her descent into desperation, depression, and finally suicide. The film was adapted from a book by Marion's mother, Nora, who found a letter from the teenager after her death and decided to tell her story. A poignant act, because one of the most striking elements of that story is how Marion's parents knew about what was happening to their daughter at the time. Interviewed by a French newspaper to mark the launch of the dramatisation, actress Julie Gayet, who plays Nora, said the film had two points of view: Marion's and her mother's. The script \"shows that parents never really know their child. Half a child's life escapes them\". More than four million people tuned in to watch the drama, which was followed by a one-hour debate. Many took to social media afterwards to share their stories and express their anger. \"It's not a suicide, it's murder,\" wrote one Twitter user, called Sara. Another suggested that the film be shown in schools. Others wrote of their own experiences of bullying, with some saying the experience had haunted them for years after they had left full-time education. For help and advice on bullying, visit BBC Advice BBC iWonder: How do we talk about teen suicide? Read more here: * French Periscope death stirs social media fears * Quarter of bullied children bully others How France has tried to address bullying According to official figures, 700,000 pupils are bullied each year in France, and activists say more than 90% of children have access to social networks. France has tried to improve awareness of bullying in schools, as well as support for the victims. In 2014, a new anti-bullying law was brought in, and a hotline set up for pupils to report incidents. But activists say France is still not tackling the problem effectively. \"The authorities' response is improving very slowly,\" says psychologist and campaigner Catherine Verdier. \"But France is dragging behind other countries. If you look at Finland, Sweden, where it's a national cause, there was a real impulse from the top to change things.\" \"A few schools have improved, but not enough,\" says Willy Pierre who runs 'You Are Heroes', set up after Marion's death to break the taboo around bullying. \"The hotline is only open in school hours, and it can take weeks or months to find a designated adult for the child to talk to face to face.\" The problem has also grown to encompass cyber-bullying and harassment outside the school gates. The solution, he says, is for parents, teachers and pupils to talk openly about the problem. Emilie's story Emilie was four years older than Marion when she died in January after jumping out of a window at her father's house. A bright pupil at a private school in the northern city of Lille, Emilie's parents say she endured years of terror up to the age of 13 because she was not considered cool and trendy and loved reading. Eventually she snapped and they pulled her out of the school. For three years she tried other schools and distance learning, but she developed a phobia of schools and her parents believe her death was linked to depression as a result of the bullying. ________________   Excerpts from Emilie's diary Dodging blows, being tripped up and spat at. Closing your ears to insults and mockery. Keeping an eye on your bag and your hair. Holding back the tears. Again and again Hey, you know what? a boy exclaimed loud enough for everyone in the class to hear but the teacher. Apparently they're going to award a prize to the ugliest clever-clogs in every country. Oh yeah? his neighbour tittered. I bet you we've got the winner in the class I don't want my parents to know how pathetic I am, and think they've given birth to a piece of crap The diary was published in La Voix du Nord (in French) ________________   A report by Unicef two years ago found that bullying was a worldwide problem that \"exists at some level and in some form in every country\". Children who are bullied, it says, are prone to a vast range of negative effects \"including depression, anxiety, thoughts of suicide\". One mother told a French newspaper that her daughter's school had responded to the problem of bullying with \"a conspiracy of silence\". But after days of debate about the sad lives of two French teenagers, those taboos may finally be crumbling. Are you being bullied? Useful contacts * BullyingUK - Tel 0808 800 2222 * Childline - Tel 0800 1111 * Bullying at school - UK government website * Non au harcelement - French government website - Tel 3020", "essay": "This French article was so distressing.  Bullying is by far the worst I have seen in my lifetime.  For it be so bad, you feel there is nothing left to do but kill yourself is a massive failure of all those who knew Emilie and did absolutely nothing.   I respect her mom for telling her story in hopes that it comforts others who are thinking the same thing.  Two girls lost for what?"}
{"user_id": "ec_p037", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 52000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 52000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "'My whole family has been wiped out': Victims of Dreamworld tragedy revealed as witnesses recall heartbreaking cries of girls who watched their mothers die on Thunder River Rapids ride \u2014  Two young girls, aged 10 and 13, were miraculously thrown to safety from the doomed Thunder River Rapids ride at Dreamworld on Australia's Gold Coast and watched in horror as the four adults in their raft were killed. A malfunction with the ride's conveyor belt is suspected to have caused the six-person raft to flip, crushing and drowning two men, aged 38 and 35, and two women, aged 42 and 32, about 2.20pm on Tuesday. Those killed include Canberra woman Kate Goodchild, 32, her brother Luke Dorsett, 35, his partner Roozi Araghi, 38, and another woman.  The New Zealand Herald has named Cindy Low, 42, from Kawerau, as the fourth victim. She was believed to be holidaying in Queensland at the time.  One of the children thrown to safety from the raft was Ms Goodchild's daughter. She howled in horror as she watched her mother die, according to News Corp.  Top police officials said it was 'almost a miracle that anybody came out of that', saying they may have escaped through 'the providence of God or somebody'.   Both girls were recovering in hospital on Tuesday night. The tragedy happened after the raft the six people were riding on turned over and flipped, Assistant Queensland Police Commissioner Brian Codd said.   '(It fell) back on top of those persons and those persons (were) variously caught in machinery.' The catastrophe was captured on CCTV cameras and the footage would be reviewed as part of the investigation. The theme park is closed indefinitely.   The mother of the Dorsett siblings, Kim, took to Facebook to express her grief.  'My family have been completely wiped out,' she said. 'I have three children and two of them are now gone. 'My eight-month-old granddaughter is never going to know her mother and that truly breaks my heart.' Ms Dorsett's husband, daughter, and newborn baby girl, had to be consoled by paramedics. Families were being informed of the tragedy on Tuesday night.    Radio broadcaster Dom Knight, an old university friend of Mr Araghi, remembered him as a 'passionate, funny, brilliant man with an unquenchable love of retro pop'.  Other friends described Mr Araghi and Mr Dorsett as the 'most loving couple', 'intelligent and witty, filled with life and hope'.   Witnesses to the tragedy said they saw a young girl was wandering alone at the ride's exit calling out for her mum shortly afterwards.  A woman could be seen 'hanging by her foot, crushed from the ride'. Bystander Claire Wooley said she helped a child she believed was the daughter of one of those killed,Sunshine Coast Daily reported. Another witness said 'there were kids on board screaming while their mum was like trapped under'. A malfunction with the ride's conveyer belt was believed to have caused the tragedy, Queensland Ambulance acting supervisor Gavin Fuller told a press conference on Tuesday afternoon. flume be turned over and flipped, resulting in it falling back on top of those persons and those persons being variously caught in machinery - and I don't want to go into too much graphic detail.    The four adults and two children were in a raft that collided with an empty raft that had become stuck, Courier Mail reported. Reports suggest their raft flipped, crushing two of the adults. The other two adults were trapped in the conveyor belt underwater. Visitors to the theme park have claimed the ride had been plagued by mechanical issues earlier in the day. Lisa Walker said she had tried to board the ride with her daughter Kaylah, 25, and said rafts were piling up against each other, she told The Australian. 'Earlier in the day it had broken down,' the same witness told Sydney Morning Herald. 'It had broken down and we went back a couple of times to this particular ride. 'We were standing on the bridge watching and the water had stopped. 'There was no rapids.' The accident happened 10 minutes after she and her daughter left the scene, Lisa said. Another woman told Nine News engineers were called to the ride earlier in the day. 'They drained all the water out and then had to refill it back up, and then we were allowed to go. But, yeah, we were stuck there for about 30-40 minutes at least,' the woman said. Todd Reid, Inspector Regional Duty Officer, could not confirm reports the ride had been faulty earlier in the day. 'I'm not aware [if that's true], but that will be part of the investigation and that will be one of the aspects we will be looking at,' he said. The horrific accident happened towards the end of the ride. Mr Fuller, of Queensland Ambulance, would not elaborate on any of the injuries the four adults suffered. 'They sustained injuries incompatible with life,' he said. Dreamworld staff had drained water from the ride in an attempt to save the trapped passengers and desperately tried to treat two of those injured before paramedics arrived. The park was evacuated and hundreds of shocked patrons streaming out. Dreamworld will be closed until further notice. CEO of the theme park, Craig Davidson, said the team was 'deeply shocked and saddened by this and our hearts and our thoughts go to the families involved and to their loved ones'. The ride's annual maintenance, conducted by independent workplace health and safety engineers, had been done just three days before the accident, a Dreamworld spokesperson said. A certification was provided, which Daily Mail Australia has requested a copy of. Specialist forensic and scientific officers, as well as detectives were at the scene on Tuesday evening. Investigators have been interviewing a number of witnesses at nearby police stations with support services also being offered. The State Coroner and the Queensland Government's Forensic Pathologist also attended the scene. Police will prepare a report for the coroner. Dreamworld owners Ardent Leisure shares fell 7.8 per cent on news of the tragedy. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he was 'very saddened to learn of the tragic accident'. 'Theme parks are a place for family fun and happiness, not tragedy. This is a very, very, sad, tragic event. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who lost their lives,' Mr Turnbull said in a statement. 'This is a very sad day, and we trust there will be a thorough investigation into the causes of this accident over the days to follow.' Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said the news was 'heartbreaking'. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she had heard the scene was 'horrific' and said counsellors were being rushed to Dreamworld to calm the 'many, many witnesses'. Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate said it was a 'very sad day for our city' in a statement. 'Our thoughts are with the families of those affected \u2013 and the emergency staff in attendance.' Shocked US Olympic gold medalist Matthew Centrowitz said he had been on the ride just a few minutes before the accident. 'Dude, just got off a ride 15 mins ago that has 1 person seriously injured and 2 others trapped,' he wrote on Twitter. A similar Dreamworld ride called Rocky Hollow Log Ride was shut down in April for a weekend after a man almost drowned, according to The Courier Mail. A Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman said at the time the man swallowed water after he fell from the ride. The Thunder River Rapids ride was built in 1986 and is said to be a 'moderate' with a maximum speed of 45km/h, according to Dreamland. Visitors as young as two-years-old are allowed to go on the ride. People sit on circular rafts that seat six.", "essay": "Hello friend. I heart is heavy and full of grief. What happened was really pathetic. A malfunction with the ride's conveyor belt is suspected to have caused the six-person raft to flip, crushing and drowning two men, aged 38 and 35, and two women, aged 42 and 32, about 2.20pm on Tuesday. It's so sad "}
{"user_id": "ec_p043", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 27000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 3.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 27000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 3.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "'My whole family has been wiped out': Victims of Dreamworld tragedy revealed as witnesses recall heartbreaking cries of girls who watched their mothers die on Thunder River Rapids ride \u2014  Two young girls, aged 10 and 13, were miraculously thrown to safety from the doomed Thunder River Rapids ride at Dreamworld on Australia's Gold Coast and watched in horror as the four adults in their raft were killed. A malfunction with the ride's conveyor belt is suspected to have caused the six-person raft to flip, crushing and drowning two men, aged 38 and 35, and two women, aged 42 and 32, about 2.20pm on Tuesday. Those killed include Canberra woman Kate Goodchild, 32, her brother Luke Dorsett, 35, his partner Roozi Araghi, 38, and another woman.  The New Zealand Herald has named Cindy Low, 42, from Kawerau, as the fourth victim. She was believed to be holidaying in Queensland at the time.  One of the children thrown to safety from the raft was Ms Goodchild's daughter. She howled in horror as she watched her mother die, according to News Corp.  Top police officials said it was 'almost a miracle that anybody came out of that', saying they may have escaped through 'the providence of God or somebody'.   Both girls were recovering in hospital on Tuesday night. The tragedy happened after the raft the six people were riding on turned over and flipped, Assistant Queensland Police Commissioner Brian Codd said.   '(It fell) back on top of those persons and those persons (were) variously caught in machinery.' The catastrophe was captured on CCTV cameras and the footage would be reviewed as part of the investigation. The theme park is closed indefinitely.   The mother of the Dorsett siblings, Kim, took to Facebook to express her grief.  'My family have been completely wiped out,' she said. 'I have three children and two of them are now gone. 'My eight-month-old granddaughter is never going to know her mother and that truly breaks my heart.' Ms Dorsett's husband, daughter, and newborn baby girl, had to be consoled by paramedics. Families were being informed of the tragedy on Tuesday night.    Radio broadcaster Dom Knight, an old university friend of Mr Araghi, remembered him as a 'passionate, funny, brilliant man with an unquenchable love of retro pop'.  Other friends described Mr Araghi and Mr Dorsett as the 'most loving couple', 'intelligent and witty, filled with life and hope'.   Witnesses to the tragedy said they saw a young girl was wandering alone at the ride's exit calling out for her mum shortly afterwards.  A woman could be seen 'hanging by her foot, crushed from the ride'. Bystander Claire Wooley said she helped a child she believed was the daughter of one of those killed,Sunshine Coast Daily reported. Another witness said 'there were kids on board screaming while their mum was like trapped under'. A malfunction with the ride's conveyer belt was believed to have caused the tragedy, Queensland Ambulance acting supervisor Gavin Fuller told a press conference on Tuesday afternoon. flume be turned over and flipped, resulting in it falling back on top of those persons and those persons being variously caught in machinery - and I don't want to go into too much graphic detail.    The four adults and two children were in a raft that collided with an empty raft that had become stuck, Courier Mail reported. Reports suggest their raft flipped, crushing two of the adults. The other two adults were trapped in the conveyor belt underwater. Visitors to the theme park have claimed the ride had been plagued by mechanical issues earlier in the day. Lisa Walker said she had tried to board the ride with her daughter Kaylah, 25, and said rafts were piling up against each other, she told The Australian. 'Earlier in the day it had broken down,' the same witness told Sydney Morning Herald. 'It had broken down and we went back a couple of times to this particular ride. 'We were standing on the bridge watching and the water had stopped. 'There was no rapids.' The accident happened 10 minutes after she and her daughter left the scene, Lisa said. Another woman told Nine News engineers were called to the ride earlier in the day. 'They drained all the water out and then had to refill it back up, and then we were allowed to go. But, yeah, we were stuck there for about 30-40 minutes at least,' the woman said. Todd Reid, Inspector Regional Duty Officer, could not confirm reports the ride had been faulty earlier in the day. 'I'm not aware [if that's true], but that will be part of the investigation and that will be one of the aspects we will be looking at,' he said. The horrific accident happened towards the end of the ride. Mr Fuller, of Queensland Ambulance, would not elaborate on any of the injuries the four adults suffered. 'They sustained injuries incompatible with life,' he said. Dreamworld staff had drained water from the ride in an attempt to save the trapped passengers and desperately tried to treat two of those injured before paramedics arrived. The park was evacuated and hundreds of shocked patrons streaming out. Dreamworld will be closed until further notice. CEO of the theme park, Craig Davidson, said the team was 'deeply shocked and saddened by this and our hearts and our thoughts go to the families involved and to their loved ones'. The ride's annual maintenance, conducted by independent workplace health and safety engineers, had been done just three days before the accident, a Dreamworld spokesperson said. A certification was provided, which Daily Mail Australia has requested a copy of. Specialist forensic and scientific officers, as well as detectives were at the scene on Tuesday evening. Investigators have been interviewing a number of witnesses at nearby police stations with support services also being offered. The State Coroner and the Queensland Government's Forensic Pathologist also attended the scene. Police will prepare a report for the coroner. Dreamworld owners Ardent Leisure shares fell 7.8 per cent on news of the tragedy. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he was 'very saddened to learn of the tragic accident'. 'Theme parks are a place for family fun and happiness, not tragedy. This is a very, very, sad, tragic event. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who lost their lives,' Mr Turnbull said in a statement. 'This is a very sad day, and we trust there will be a thorough investigation into the causes of this accident over the days to follow.' Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said the news was 'heartbreaking'. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she had heard the scene was 'horrific' and said counsellors were being rushed to Dreamworld to calm the 'many, many witnesses'. Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate said it was a 'very sad day for our city' in a statement. 'Our thoughts are with the families of those affected \u2013 and the emergency staff in attendance.' Shocked US Olympic gold medalist Matthew Centrowitz said he had been on the ride just a few minutes before the accident. 'Dude, just got off a ride 15 mins ago that has 1 person seriously injured and 2 others trapped,' he wrote on Twitter. A similar Dreamworld ride called Rocky Hollow Log Ride was shut down in April for a weekend after a man almost drowned, according to The Courier Mail. A Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman said at the time the man swallowed water after he fell from the ride. The Thunder River Rapids ride was built in 1986 and is said to be a 'moderate' with a maximum speed of 45km/h, according to Dreamland. Visitors as young as two-years-old are allowed to go on the ride. People sit on circular rafts that seat six.", "essay": "I'm amazed that this ride just pass inspection just three days before a horrific accident. Someone needs to be accountable for this disaster. And if I ride is having mechanical problems throughout the day, how about you close it until it can be fixed? These mistakes have ruined several families. And it's even worse because the children watched the adults die. This is so sad. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "'My whole family has been wiped out': Victims of Dreamworld tragedy revealed as witnesses recall heartbreaking cries of girls who watched their mothers die on Thunder River Rapids ride \u2014  Two young girls, aged 10 and 13, were miraculously thrown to safety from the doomed Thunder River Rapids ride at Dreamworld on Australia's Gold Coast and watched in horror as the four adults in their raft were killed. A malfunction with the ride's conveyor belt is suspected to have caused the six-person raft to flip, crushing and drowning two men, aged 38 and 35, and two women, aged 42 and 32, about 2.20pm on Tuesday. Those killed include Canberra woman Kate Goodchild, 32, her brother Luke Dorsett, 35, his partner Roozi Araghi, 38, and another woman.  The New Zealand Herald has named Cindy Low, 42, from Kawerau, as the fourth victim. She was believed to be holidaying in Queensland at the time.  One of the children thrown to safety from the raft was Ms Goodchild's daughter. She howled in horror as she watched her mother die, according to News Corp.  Top police officials said it was 'almost a miracle that anybody came out of that', saying they may have escaped through 'the providence of God or somebody'.   Both girls were recovering in hospital on Tuesday night. The tragedy happened after the raft the six people were riding on turned over and flipped, Assistant Queensland Police Commissioner Brian Codd said.   '(It fell) back on top of those persons and those persons (were) variously caught in machinery.' The catastrophe was captured on CCTV cameras and the footage would be reviewed as part of the investigation. The theme park is closed indefinitely.   The mother of the Dorsett siblings, Kim, took to Facebook to express her grief.  'My family have been completely wiped out,' she said. 'I have three children and two of them are now gone. 'My eight-month-old granddaughter is never going to know her mother and that truly breaks my heart.' Ms Dorsett's husband, daughter, and newborn baby girl, had to be consoled by paramedics. Families were being informed of the tragedy on Tuesday night.    Radio broadcaster Dom Knight, an old university friend of Mr Araghi, remembered him as a 'passionate, funny, brilliant man with an unquenchable love of retro pop'.  Other friends described Mr Araghi and Mr Dorsett as the 'most loving couple', 'intelligent and witty, filled with life and hope'.   Witnesses to the tragedy said they saw a young girl was wandering alone at the ride's exit calling out for her mum shortly afterwards.  A woman could be seen 'hanging by her foot, crushed from the ride'. Bystander Claire Wooley said she helped a child she believed was the daughter of one of those killed,Sunshine Coast Daily reported. Another witness said 'there were kids on board screaming while their mum was like trapped under'. A malfunction with the ride's conveyer belt was believed to have caused the tragedy, Queensland Ambulance acting supervisor Gavin Fuller told a press conference on Tuesday afternoon. flume be turned over and flipped, resulting in it falling back on top of those persons and those persons being variously caught in machinery - and I don't want to go into too much graphic detail.    The four adults and two children were in a raft that collided with an empty raft that had become stuck, Courier Mail reported. Reports suggest their raft flipped, crushing two of the adults. The other two adults were trapped in the conveyor belt underwater. Visitors to the theme park have claimed the ride had been plagued by mechanical issues earlier in the day. Lisa Walker said she had tried to board the ride with her daughter Kaylah, 25, and said rafts were piling up against each other, she told The Australian. 'Earlier in the day it had broken down,' the same witness told Sydney Morning Herald. 'It had broken down and we went back a couple of times to this particular ride. 'We were standing on the bridge watching and the water had stopped. 'There was no rapids.' The accident happened 10 minutes after she and her daughter left the scene, Lisa said. Another woman told Nine News engineers were called to the ride earlier in the day. 'They drained all the water out and then had to refill it back up, and then we were allowed to go. But, yeah, we were stuck there for about 30-40 minutes at least,' the woman said. Todd Reid, Inspector Regional Duty Officer, could not confirm reports the ride had been faulty earlier in the day. 'I'm not aware [if that's true], but that will be part of the investigation and that will be one of the aspects we will be looking at,' he said. The horrific accident happened towards the end of the ride. Mr Fuller, of Queensland Ambulance, would not elaborate on any of the injuries the four adults suffered. 'They sustained injuries incompatible with life,' he said. Dreamworld staff had drained water from the ride in an attempt to save the trapped passengers and desperately tried to treat two of those injured before paramedics arrived. The park was evacuated and hundreds of shocked patrons streaming out. Dreamworld will be closed until further notice. CEO of the theme park, Craig Davidson, said the team was 'deeply shocked and saddened by this and our hearts and our thoughts go to the families involved and to their loved ones'. The ride's annual maintenance, conducted by independent workplace health and safety engineers, had been done just three days before the accident, a Dreamworld spokesperson said. A certification was provided, which Daily Mail Australia has requested a copy of. Specialist forensic and scientific officers, as well as detectives were at the scene on Tuesday evening. Investigators have been interviewing a number of witnesses at nearby police stations with support services also being offered. The State Coroner and the Queensland Government's Forensic Pathologist also attended the scene. Police will prepare a report for the coroner. Dreamworld owners Ardent Leisure shares fell 7.8 per cent on news of the tragedy. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he was 'very saddened to learn of the tragic accident'. 'Theme parks are a place for family fun and happiness, not tragedy. This is a very, very, sad, tragic event. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who lost their lives,' Mr Turnbull said in a statement. 'This is a very sad day, and we trust there will be a thorough investigation into the causes of this accident over the days to follow.' Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said the news was 'heartbreaking'. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she had heard the scene was 'horrific' and said counsellors were being rushed to Dreamworld to calm the 'many, many witnesses'. Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate said it was a 'very sad day for our city' in a statement. 'Our thoughts are with the families of those affected \u2013 and the emergency staff in attendance.' Shocked US Olympic gold medalist Matthew Centrowitz said he had been on the ride just a few minutes before the accident. 'Dude, just got off a ride 15 mins ago that has 1 person seriously injured and 2 others trapped,' he wrote on Twitter. A similar Dreamworld ride called Rocky Hollow Log Ride was shut down in April for a weekend after a man almost drowned, according to The Courier Mail. A Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman said at the time the man swallowed water after he fell from the ride. The Thunder River Rapids ride was built in 1986 and is said to be a 'moderate' with a maximum speed of 45km/h, according to Dreamland. Visitors as young as two-years-old are allowed to go on the ride. People sit on circular rafts that seat six.", "essay": "It makes me mad they the did not shut the ride down and really figure out what was wrong with it. I feel bad for all of those who lost their lives that day. I feel bad for the daughter that had to watch her mother be killed at the hands of a ride that was suppose to be a fun day for the two of them. I do not how she recovers from that."}
{"user_id": "ec_p055", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 46 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 22000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 46, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 22000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "'My whole family has been wiped out': Victims of Dreamworld tragedy revealed as witnesses recall heartbreaking cries of girls who watched their mothers die on Thunder River Rapids ride \u2014  Two young girls, aged 10 and 13, were miraculously thrown to safety from the doomed Thunder River Rapids ride at Dreamworld on Australia's Gold Coast and watched in horror as the four adults in their raft were killed. A malfunction with the ride's conveyor belt is suspected to have caused the six-person raft to flip, crushing and drowning two men, aged 38 and 35, and two women, aged 42 and 32, about 2.20pm on Tuesday. Those killed include Canberra woman Kate Goodchild, 32, her brother Luke Dorsett, 35, his partner Roozi Araghi, 38, and another woman.  The New Zealand Herald has named Cindy Low, 42, from Kawerau, as the fourth victim. She was believed to be holidaying in Queensland at the time.  One of the children thrown to safety from the raft was Ms Goodchild's daughter. She howled in horror as she watched her mother die, according to News Corp.  Top police officials said it was 'almost a miracle that anybody came out of that', saying they may have escaped through 'the providence of God or somebody'.   Both girls were recovering in hospital on Tuesday night. The tragedy happened after the raft the six people were riding on turned over and flipped, Assistant Queensland Police Commissioner Brian Codd said.   '(It fell) back on top of those persons and those persons (were) variously caught in machinery.' The catastrophe was captured on CCTV cameras and the footage would be reviewed as part of the investigation. The theme park is closed indefinitely.   The mother of the Dorsett siblings, Kim, took to Facebook to express her grief.  'My family have been completely wiped out,' she said. 'I have three children and two of them are now gone. 'My eight-month-old granddaughter is never going to know her mother and that truly breaks my heart.' Ms Dorsett's husband, daughter, and newborn baby girl, had to be consoled by paramedics. Families were being informed of the tragedy on Tuesday night.    Radio broadcaster Dom Knight, an old university friend of Mr Araghi, remembered him as a 'passionate, funny, brilliant man with an unquenchable love of retro pop'.  Other friends described Mr Araghi and Mr Dorsett as the 'most loving couple', 'intelligent and witty, filled with life and hope'.   Witnesses to the tragedy said they saw a young girl was wandering alone at the ride's exit calling out for her mum shortly afterwards.  A woman could be seen 'hanging by her foot, crushed from the ride'. Bystander Claire Wooley said she helped a child she believed was the daughter of one of those killed,Sunshine Coast Daily reported. Another witness said 'there were kids on board screaming while their mum was like trapped under'. A malfunction with the ride's conveyer belt was believed to have caused the tragedy, Queensland Ambulance acting supervisor Gavin Fuller told a press conference on Tuesday afternoon. flume be turned over and flipped, resulting in it falling back on top of those persons and those persons being variously caught in machinery - and I don't want to go into too much graphic detail.    The four adults and two children were in a raft that collided with an empty raft that had become stuck, Courier Mail reported. Reports suggest their raft flipped, crushing two of the adults. The other two adults were trapped in the conveyor belt underwater. Visitors to the theme park have claimed the ride had been plagued by mechanical issues earlier in the day. Lisa Walker said she had tried to board the ride with her daughter Kaylah, 25, and said rafts were piling up against each other, she told The Australian. 'Earlier in the day it had broken down,' the same witness told Sydney Morning Herald. 'It had broken down and we went back a couple of times to this particular ride. 'We were standing on the bridge watching and the water had stopped. 'There was no rapids.' The accident happened 10 minutes after she and her daughter left the scene, Lisa said. Another woman told Nine News engineers were called to the ride earlier in the day. 'They drained all the water out and then had to refill it back up, and then we were allowed to go. But, yeah, we were stuck there for about 30-40 minutes at least,' the woman said. Todd Reid, Inspector Regional Duty Officer, could not confirm reports the ride had been faulty earlier in the day. 'I'm not aware [if that's true], but that will be part of the investigation and that will be one of the aspects we will be looking at,' he said. The horrific accident happened towards the end of the ride. Mr Fuller, of Queensland Ambulance, would not elaborate on any of the injuries the four adults suffered. 'They sustained injuries incompatible with life,' he said. Dreamworld staff had drained water from the ride in an attempt to save the trapped passengers and desperately tried to treat two of those injured before paramedics arrived. The park was evacuated and hundreds of shocked patrons streaming out. Dreamworld will be closed until further notice. CEO of the theme park, Craig Davidson, said the team was 'deeply shocked and saddened by this and our hearts and our thoughts go to the families involved and to their loved ones'. The ride's annual maintenance, conducted by independent workplace health and safety engineers, had been done just three days before the accident, a Dreamworld spokesperson said. A certification was provided, which Daily Mail Australia has requested a copy of. Specialist forensic and scientific officers, as well as detectives were at the scene on Tuesday evening. Investigators have been interviewing a number of witnesses at nearby police stations with support services also being offered. The State Coroner and the Queensland Government's Forensic Pathologist also attended the scene. Police will prepare a report for the coroner. Dreamworld owners Ardent Leisure shares fell 7.8 per cent on news of the tragedy. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he was 'very saddened to learn of the tragic accident'. 'Theme parks are a place for family fun and happiness, not tragedy. This is a very, very, sad, tragic event. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who lost their lives,' Mr Turnbull said in a statement. 'This is a very sad day, and we trust there will be a thorough investigation into the causes of this accident over the days to follow.' Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said the news was 'heartbreaking'. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she had heard the scene was 'horrific' and said counsellors were being rushed to Dreamworld to calm the 'many, many witnesses'. Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate said it was a 'very sad day for our city' in a statement. 'Our thoughts are with the families of those affected \u2013 and the emergency staff in attendance.' Shocked US Olympic gold medalist Matthew Centrowitz said he had been on the ride just a few minutes before the accident. 'Dude, just got off a ride 15 mins ago that has 1 person seriously injured and 2 others trapped,' he wrote on Twitter. A similar Dreamworld ride called Rocky Hollow Log Ride was shut down in April for a weekend after a man almost drowned, according to The Courier Mail. A Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman said at the time the man swallowed water after he fell from the ride. The Thunder River Rapids ride was built in 1986 and is said to be a 'moderate' with a maximum speed of 45km/h, according to Dreamland. Visitors as young as two-years-old are allowed to go on the ride. People sit on circular rafts that seat six.", "essay": "This is such a sad story. How can going to an amusement park turn into such a terrible ending. It doesn't even seem possible. I've been to Disneyland and to all sorts of fairs growing up and I can't even imagine that such a terrible thing could happen. You are having a great day, making memories and suddenly your life won't ever be the same again. How terrible. I feel for that family. I can't even believe that such a thing could happen."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "'My whole family has been wiped out': Victims of Dreamworld tragedy revealed as witnesses recall heartbreaking cries of girls who watched their mothers die on Thunder River Rapids ride \u2014  Two young girls, aged 10 and 13, were miraculously thrown to safety from the doomed Thunder River Rapids ride at Dreamworld on Australia's Gold Coast and watched in horror as the four adults in their raft were killed. A malfunction with the ride's conveyor belt is suspected to have caused the six-person raft to flip, crushing and drowning two men, aged 38 and 35, and two women, aged 42 and 32, about 2.20pm on Tuesday. Those killed include Canberra woman Kate Goodchild, 32, her brother Luke Dorsett, 35, his partner Roozi Araghi, 38, and another woman.  The New Zealand Herald has named Cindy Low, 42, from Kawerau, as the fourth victim. She was believed to be holidaying in Queensland at the time.  One of the children thrown to safety from the raft was Ms Goodchild's daughter. She howled in horror as she watched her mother die, according to News Corp.  Top police officials said it was 'almost a miracle that anybody came out of that', saying they may have escaped through 'the providence of God or somebody'.   Both girls were recovering in hospital on Tuesday night. The tragedy happened after the raft the six people were riding on turned over and flipped, Assistant Queensland Police Commissioner Brian Codd said.   '(It fell) back on top of those persons and those persons (were) variously caught in machinery.' The catastrophe was captured on CCTV cameras and the footage would be reviewed as part of the investigation. The theme park is closed indefinitely.   The mother of the Dorsett siblings, Kim, took to Facebook to express her grief.  'My family have been completely wiped out,' she said. 'I have three children and two of them are now gone. 'My eight-month-old granddaughter is never going to know her mother and that truly breaks my heart.' Ms Dorsett's husband, daughter, and newborn baby girl, had to be consoled by paramedics. Families were being informed of the tragedy on Tuesday night.    Radio broadcaster Dom Knight, an old university friend of Mr Araghi, remembered him as a 'passionate, funny, brilliant man with an unquenchable love of retro pop'.  Other friends described Mr Araghi and Mr Dorsett as the 'most loving couple', 'intelligent and witty, filled with life and hope'.   Witnesses to the tragedy said they saw a young girl was wandering alone at the ride's exit calling out for her mum shortly afterwards.  A woman could be seen 'hanging by her foot, crushed from the ride'. Bystander Claire Wooley said she helped a child she believed was the daughter of one of those killed,Sunshine Coast Daily reported. Another witness said 'there were kids on board screaming while their mum was like trapped under'. A malfunction with the ride's conveyer belt was believed to have caused the tragedy, Queensland Ambulance acting supervisor Gavin Fuller told a press conference on Tuesday afternoon. flume be turned over and flipped, resulting in it falling back on top of those persons and those persons being variously caught in machinery - and I don't want to go into too much graphic detail.    The four adults and two children were in a raft that collided with an empty raft that had become stuck, Courier Mail reported. Reports suggest their raft flipped, crushing two of the adults. The other two adults were trapped in the conveyor belt underwater. Visitors to the theme park have claimed the ride had been plagued by mechanical issues earlier in the day. Lisa Walker said she had tried to board the ride with her daughter Kaylah, 25, and said rafts were piling up against each other, she told The Australian. 'Earlier in the day it had broken down,' the same witness told Sydney Morning Herald. 'It had broken down and we went back a couple of times to this particular ride. 'We were standing on the bridge watching and the water had stopped. 'There was no rapids.' The accident happened 10 minutes after she and her daughter left the scene, Lisa said. Another woman told Nine News engineers were called to the ride earlier in the day. 'They drained all the water out and then had to refill it back up, and then we were allowed to go. But, yeah, we were stuck there for about 30-40 minutes at least,' the woman said. Todd Reid, Inspector Regional Duty Officer, could not confirm reports the ride had been faulty earlier in the day. 'I'm not aware [if that's true], but that will be part of the investigation and that will be one of the aspects we will be looking at,' he said. The horrific accident happened towards the end of the ride. Mr Fuller, of Queensland Ambulance, would not elaborate on any of the injuries the four adults suffered. 'They sustained injuries incompatible with life,' he said. Dreamworld staff had drained water from the ride in an attempt to save the trapped passengers and desperately tried to treat two of those injured before paramedics arrived. The park was evacuated and hundreds of shocked patrons streaming out. Dreamworld will be closed until further notice. CEO of the theme park, Craig Davidson, said the team was 'deeply shocked and saddened by this and our hearts and our thoughts go to the families involved and to their loved ones'. The ride's annual maintenance, conducted by independent workplace health and safety engineers, had been done just three days before the accident, a Dreamworld spokesperson said. A certification was provided, which Daily Mail Australia has requested a copy of. Specialist forensic and scientific officers, as well as detectives were at the scene on Tuesday evening. Investigators have been interviewing a number of witnesses at nearby police stations with support services also being offered. The State Coroner and the Queensland Government's Forensic Pathologist also attended the scene. Police will prepare a report for the coroner. Dreamworld owners Ardent Leisure shares fell 7.8 per cent on news of the tragedy. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he was 'very saddened to learn of the tragic accident'. 'Theme parks are a place for family fun and happiness, not tragedy. This is a very, very, sad, tragic event. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who lost their lives,' Mr Turnbull said in a statement. 'This is a very sad day, and we trust there will be a thorough investigation into the causes of this accident over the days to follow.' Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said the news was 'heartbreaking'. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she had heard the scene was 'horrific' and said counsellors were being rushed to Dreamworld to calm the 'many, many witnesses'. Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate said it was a 'very sad day for our city' in a statement. 'Our thoughts are with the families of those affected \u2013 and the emergency staff in attendance.' Shocked US Olympic gold medalist Matthew Centrowitz said he had been on the ride just a few minutes before the accident. 'Dude, just got off a ride 15 mins ago that has 1 person seriously injured and 2 others trapped,' he wrote on Twitter. A similar Dreamworld ride called Rocky Hollow Log Ride was shut down in April for a weekend after a man almost drowned, according to The Courier Mail. A Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman said at the time the man swallowed water after he fell from the ride. The Thunder River Rapids ride was built in 1986 and is said to be a 'moderate' with a maximum speed of 45km/h, according to Dreamland. Visitors as young as two-years-old are allowed to go on the ride. People sit on circular rafts that seat six.", "essay": "This worries me every time that I go to a park like this. I know in my mind for the most part they are safe, but I always think about the small percent of an accident like this happening. I feel sorry for the girls. I would hate to lost family members like this and I know is has to be such a traumatizing thing to happen."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Investigators say tragedy should serve as warning after boy falls from apartment window \u2014  Police in Willoughby Hills are investigating the tragic death of a 2-year-old boy, who fell from the 11th floor of an apartment building early Wednesday morning. Investigators said the window of the child's bedroom was open and he was able to push open the screen. Officers and paramedics rushed to the Willoughby Hills Towers apartment complex on Chardon Road after a security guard reported a small child fell out of the window and onto the parking deck below. \"There were two residents on the back of the building. I came to the back of the building, and they said they just came outside and the child was laying right there,\" the 911 caller told dispatch. Detectives said 2-year-old Anthony Suttles Jr. was rushed to the hospital, but pronounced dead a short time later. They said the child's mother put him and a sibling to bed about an hour before he pushed the screen out and fell from the window, which had been left open. Police said the mother and father were in the living room, unaware he had fallen. \"Thus far, our investigation has shown this was a pure accident. You know we have not received any type of information that tells us otherwise,\" Det. Ron Parmertor said. Investigators said the tragedy should serve as a warning to other parents about the dangers of open and unlocked windows in high-rise apartments. \"Just know that 2-year-olds, 3-year-olds, 4-year-olds, you know, they're climbers. Just think about when your kids are in their cribs,\" he said. \"How many children climb out of their cribs? You know, that's one of the first instincts that they learn how to do.\"", "essay": "I just read an article about a toddler that fell from a high rise apartment after his parents left his bedroom window open. I know that people are quick to jump to parental neglect, but sometimes the only way to keep your apartment cool is to keep the windows open. The recent heat waves across the planet have not helped with this at all. You can't help but feel sorry for the poor family."}
{"user_id": "ec_p013", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 63000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 5.75 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 63000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 5.75, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Investigators say tragedy should serve as warning after boy falls from apartment window \u2014  Police in Willoughby Hills are investigating the tragic death of a 2-year-old boy, who fell from the 11th floor of an apartment building early Wednesday morning. Investigators said the window of the child's bedroom was open and he was able to push open the screen. Officers and paramedics rushed to the Willoughby Hills Towers apartment complex on Chardon Road after a security guard reported a small child fell out of the window and onto the parking deck below. \"There were two residents on the back of the building. I came to the back of the building, and they said they just came outside and the child was laying right there,\" the 911 caller told dispatch. Detectives said 2-year-old Anthony Suttles Jr. was rushed to the hospital, but pronounced dead a short time later. They said the child's mother put him and a sibling to bed about an hour before he pushed the screen out and fell from the window, which had been left open. Police said the mother and father were in the living room, unaware he had fallen. \"Thus far, our investigation has shown this was a pure accident. You know we have not received any type of information that tells us otherwise,\" Det. Ron Parmertor said. Investigators said the tragedy should serve as a warning to other parents about the dangers of open and unlocked windows in high-rise apartments. \"Just know that 2-year-olds, 3-year-olds, 4-year-olds, you know, they're climbers. Just think about when your kids are in their cribs,\" he said. \"How many children climb out of their cribs? You know, that's one of the first instincts that they learn how to do.\"", "essay": "I just read an article about a boy falling out of an apartment window and dying. That is so sad he was only 2 years old. The little boy pushed open the screen in his bedroom and fell out of the window to his death. We should all make sure our windows are secure and our kids cannot open them .Omg that poor boy was proably hurting so bad before he died. I cannot imagine what the parents are going through after losing a child in such a manner."}
{"user_id": "ec_p070", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 44 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 70000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 4.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 1.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 44, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 70000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 4.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 1.5}}, "article": "Investigators say tragedy should serve as warning after boy falls from apartment window \u2014  Police in Willoughby Hills are investigating the tragic death of a 2-year-old boy, who fell from the 11th floor of an apartment building early Wednesday morning. Investigators said the window of the child's bedroom was open and he was able to push open the screen. Officers and paramedics rushed to the Willoughby Hills Towers apartment complex on Chardon Road after a security guard reported a small child fell out of the window and onto the parking deck below. \"There were two residents on the back of the building. I came to the back of the building, and they said they just came outside and the child was laying right there,\" the 911 caller told dispatch. Detectives said 2-year-old Anthony Suttles Jr. was rushed to the hospital, but pronounced dead a short time later. They said the child's mother put him and a sibling to bed about an hour before he pushed the screen out and fell from the window, which had been left open. Police said the mother and father were in the living room, unaware he had fallen. \"Thus far, our investigation has shown this was a pure accident. You know we have not received any type of information that tells us otherwise,\" Det. Ron Parmertor said. Investigators said the tragedy should serve as a warning to other parents about the dangers of open and unlocked windows in high-rise apartments. \"Just know that 2-year-olds, 3-year-olds, 4-year-olds, you know, they're climbers. Just think about when your kids are in their cribs,\" he said. \"How many children climb out of their cribs? You know, that's one of the first instincts that they learn how to do.\"", "essay": "Why do high rises not have a limit on the amount a window can be opened? I understand if you don't have air conditioning it might need to be wide, but why can't we have limits so that a small body can't fall out? It's a terrible thing, and one I'm sure the parents never even considered. Alternative to that I suppose you'd have to not have anything at all a child could climb up to the window on. It's just too sad though, because you would need to not even have a stool - at two, a kid could certainly move one of those."}
{"user_id": "ec_p037", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 52000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 52000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Investigators say tragedy should serve as warning after boy falls from apartment window \u2014  Police in Willoughby Hills are investigating the tragic death of a 2-year-old boy, who fell from the 11th floor of an apartment building early Wednesday morning. Investigators said the window of the child's bedroom was open and he was able to push open the screen. Officers and paramedics rushed to the Willoughby Hills Towers apartment complex on Chardon Road after a security guard reported a small child fell out of the window and onto the parking deck below. \"There were two residents on the back of the building. I came to the back of the building, and they said they just came outside and the child was laying right there,\" the 911 caller told dispatch. Detectives said 2-year-old Anthony Suttles Jr. was rushed to the hospital, but pronounced dead a short time later. They said the child's mother put him and a sibling to bed about an hour before he pushed the screen out and fell from the window, which had been left open. Police said the mother and father were in the living room, unaware he had fallen. \"Thus far, our investigation has shown this was a pure accident. You know we have not received any type of information that tells us otherwise,\" Det. Ron Parmertor said. Investigators said the tragedy should serve as a warning to other parents about the dangers of open and unlocked windows in high-rise apartments. \"Just know that 2-year-olds, 3-year-olds, 4-year-olds, you know, they're climbers. Just think about when your kids are in their cribs,\" he said. \"How many children climb out of their cribs? You know, that's one of the first instincts that they learn how to do.\"", "essay": "Hello friend. I'm ashamed to be called a parent after reading this article. How can a parent be so careless. It's shocking! They said the child's mother put him and a sibling to bed about an hour before he pushed the screen out and fell from the window, which had been left open, sounds like pure hogwash to me. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "Investigators say tragedy should serve as warning after boy falls from apartment window \u2014  Police in Willoughby Hills are investigating the tragic death of a 2-year-old boy, who fell from the 11th floor of an apartment building early Wednesday morning. Investigators said the window of the child's bedroom was open and he was able to push open the screen. Officers and paramedics rushed to the Willoughby Hills Towers apartment complex on Chardon Road after a security guard reported a small child fell out of the window and onto the parking deck below. \"There were two residents on the back of the building. I came to the back of the building, and they said they just came outside and the child was laying right there,\" the 911 caller told dispatch. Detectives said 2-year-old Anthony Suttles Jr. was rushed to the hospital, but pronounced dead a short time later. They said the child's mother put him and a sibling to bed about an hour before he pushed the screen out and fell from the window, which had been left open. Police said the mother and father were in the living room, unaware he had fallen. \"Thus far, our investigation has shown this was a pure accident. You know we have not received any type of information that tells us otherwise,\" Det. Ron Parmertor said. Investigators said the tragedy should serve as a warning to other parents about the dangers of open and unlocked windows in high-rise apartments. \"Just know that 2-year-olds, 3-year-olds, 4-year-olds, you know, they're climbers. Just think about when your kids are in their cribs,\" he said. \"How many children climb out of their cribs? You know, that's one of the first instincts that they learn how to do.\"", "essay": "This was a difficult article to read.   I cannot image the weight on the parents souls carrying this one action the rest of their lives.   They put him to bed, window was  most likely open for fresh air, and the little boy with his curiosity pushed the screen and fell.   Whew, hard to comprehend.  I wish nothing but grace from God to ease the parents suffering."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Tragedy as father and son die after falling off a cliff during hike on a California trail \u2014  A father and son have died after falling off a cliff during a hike. The two plunged to their death while on a trail next to Shaver Lake in Fresno, California. Though deputies attempted to get to the hikers, there was a helicopter power failure during a refueling and they made an emergency landing, meaning they couldn't get to the pair, ABC 30 reported.  The report said a search-and-rescue crew is going out Sunday morning for the two victims' bodies.   The names of the father and son have not been publicly revealed.", "essay": "I found this very sad.  I feel very sad for the mother and other family members who might be left behind.  It just sounds like such a tragedy that surely was very unexpected.  I'm sure the entire family who was remaining was left feeling shocked and totally heartbroken at a double loss.  The mother lost a husband and son and any other family members like children would have lost a brother and their dad.  The whole thing is just terrible really.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p041", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 64000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 64000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Tragedy as father and son die after falling off a cliff during hike on a California trail \u2014  A father and son have died after falling off a cliff during a hike. The two plunged to their death while on a trail next to Shaver Lake in Fresno, California. Though deputies attempted to get to the hikers, there was a helicopter power failure during a refueling and they made an emergency landing, meaning they couldn't get to the pair, ABC 30 reported.  The report said a search-and-rescue crew is going out Sunday morning for the two victims' bodies.   The names of the father and son have not been publicly revealed.", "essay": "It is sad that the father and son died during their hike. At least they were both with someone they loved. I would not want to be a father who had to witness my own son die. I was also curious as to what exactly happened to the helicopter that was tasked with helping them. I wonder what kind of failure it experienced."}
{"user_id": "ec_p005", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 22 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 100000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 22, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 100000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Tragedy as father and son die after falling off a cliff during hike on a California trail \u2014  A father and son have died after falling off a cliff during a hike. The two plunged to their death while on a trail next to Shaver Lake in Fresno, California. Though deputies attempted to get to the hikers, there was a helicopter power failure during a refueling and they made an emergency landing, meaning they couldn't get to the pair, ABC 30 reported.  The report said a search-and-rescue crew is going out Sunday morning for the two victims' bodies.   The names of the father and son have not been publicly revealed.", "essay": "I will be stating my thought over a father and son have died after falling off a cliff during a hike. The two plunged to their death while on a trail next to Shaver Lake in Fresno, California. Which was caused by a helicopter power failure during a refueling and they made an emergency landing, meaning they couldn't get to the pair. I was really sad by this event."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Tragedy as father and son die after falling off a cliff during hike on a California trail \u2014  A father and son have died after falling off a cliff during a hike. The two plunged to their death while on a trail next to Shaver Lake in Fresno, California. Though deputies attempted to get to the hikers, there was a helicopter power failure during a refueling and they made an emergency landing, meaning they couldn't get to the pair, ABC 30 reported.  The report said a search-and-rescue crew is going out Sunday morning for the two victims' bodies.   The names of the father and son have not been publicly revealed.", "essay": "It is quite sad that a father and son fell off a cliff like this after a simple hike. The helicopter power failure however is totally uncalled for and should be looked into by the proper authorities there is no way it should be allowed to happen like that because overall help needs to be there when needed asap."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Tragedy as father and son die after falling off a cliff during hike on a California trail \u2014  A father and son have died after falling off a cliff during a hike. The two plunged to their death while on a trail next to Shaver Lake in Fresno, California. Though deputies attempted to get to the hikers, there was a helicopter power failure during a refueling and they made an emergency landing, meaning they couldn't get to the pair, ABC 30 reported.  The report said a search-and-rescue crew is going out Sunday morning for the two victims' bodies.   The names of the father and son have not been publicly revealed.", "essay": "I think this is sad, although there aren't many details to know what really happened.  I can't decide whether I think it was worse or better that they died together.  Sort of strange to think what might have happened that cost them both of their lives.  You wonder if one of them caused the death of the other.  That would be pretty awful.  But I guess it doesn't really matter now.  It also seems lonely that the rescue people couldn't even get to their bodies.  Even though they're dead bodies it seems lonely that they'd be there without getting taken back to civilization."}
{"user_id": "ec_p043", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 27000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 3.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 27000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 3.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Suicide deaths on the rise in kids \u2014  Since 2007, the rate of suicide deaths among children between the ages of 10 and 14 has doubled, according to new government data released Thursday.   The death rate data, published in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, measured children's fatalities due to motor vehicle traffic injury, homicide and suicide between the years 1999 and 2014. On a positive note, the number of deaths due to motor vehicle traffic, or car crashes, has improved significantly through the years, the report says. In 2014, vehicle fatalities decreased by 58% from 1999, when there were 4.5 deaths per 100,000 children, to 1.2 deaths in 2014. Deaths from homicide have also declined over the same time period, though less dramatically, decreasing from 1.2 fatalities in 1999 to 0.8 in 2014. Conversely, the suicide death rates fluctuated from 1999 to 2007 but rose sharply after 2007. The lowest rate of suicide fatalities was 0.9 deaths per 100,000 kids in 2007, but that number doubled to 2.1, or 425 deaths, in 2014. Dr. Lisa Boesky, a private clinical psychologist and author who studies adolescent suicide, says younger kids will often take their own lives impulsively. Young kids may attempt to harm themselves for different reasons than teens. Most of the time, bad relationships between family and friends provoke kids to hurt themselves, Boesky says. On the other hand, a 14-year-old may kill herself because of a fight with her boyfriend. When looking for the warning signs for suicide in kids, \"many people look for signs of depression,\" Boesky explained. \"Teens (who attempt suicide) typically show mood swings and depression, but younger children are much more likely to suffer from (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder). \"Many people, including medical professionals, think suicide is a teenage problem,\" Boesky said. \"But suicide can happen at very young ages, and we have to talk about this problem with all children.\" Though it can be more difficult to predict suicide in children, Boesky notes several warning signs. Any increased sadness, irritability or anger should be monitored. Guardians should also pay attention to children who suddenly lose interest in their friends or activities, or begin to isolate themselves more. Finally, adults should tune in to what kids are saying. Take heed if they start saying mean or derogatory things or if they say things like, \"I wish I were dead\" or \"I wish I could go to sleep forever.\" \"These sayings are not normal,\" Boesky emphasized. For parents, if children start displaying these behaviors, Boesky advises talking to the kids about their feelings and questioning why they feel that way. If the actions worsen, parents may want to contact a pediatrician or counselor. She added, \"Although it is important to talk to your children, it is even more important to listen.\" There is very little research regarding suicide in children in the 10 to 14 age group and younger, according to Boesky. She hopes that the CDC's report will highlight the problem of suicide rates increasing in kids and that both medical professionals and parents will be better prepared to prevent harm before it happens. \"This is a wakeup call for more research on why young children are taking their lives and how we can intervene,\" Boesky said.", "essay": "We really need to take measures to stop the rise of suicide of kids. This stuff should be discussed by parents and potentially in school also. I remember what being a kid was like and I remember being very over dramatic at times when small things went wrong. Just missing a tv show was enough to make me sad at times. And with so much media almost glamorizing suicide, it's important to make sure your kid isn't watching this kind of stuff. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p007", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 3.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 3.0}}, "article": "Suicide deaths on the rise in kids \u2014  Since 2007, the rate of suicide deaths among children between the ages of 10 and 14 has doubled, according to new government data released Thursday.   The death rate data, published in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, measured children's fatalities due to motor vehicle traffic injury, homicide and suicide between the years 1999 and 2014. On a positive note, the number of deaths due to motor vehicle traffic, or car crashes, has improved significantly through the years, the report says. In 2014, vehicle fatalities decreased by 58% from 1999, when there were 4.5 deaths per 100,000 children, to 1.2 deaths in 2014. Deaths from homicide have also declined over the same time period, though less dramatically, decreasing from 1.2 fatalities in 1999 to 0.8 in 2014. Conversely, the suicide death rates fluctuated from 1999 to 2007 but rose sharply after 2007. The lowest rate of suicide fatalities was 0.9 deaths per 100,000 kids in 2007, but that number doubled to 2.1, or 425 deaths, in 2014. Dr. Lisa Boesky, a private clinical psychologist and author who studies adolescent suicide, says younger kids will often take their own lives impulsively. Young kids may attempt to harm themselves for different reasons than teens. Most of the time, bad relationships between family and friends provoke kids to hurt themselves, Boesky says. On the other hand, a 14-year-old may kill herself because of a fight with her boyfriend. When looking for the warning signs for suicide in kids, \"many people look for signs of depression,\" Boesky explained. \"Teens (who attempt suicide) typically show mood swings and depression, but younger children are much more likely to suffer from (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder). \"Many people, including medical professionals, think suicide is a teenage problem,\" Boesky said. \"But suicide can happen at very young ages, and we have to talk about this problem with all children.\" Though it can be more difficult to predict suicide in children, Boesky notes several warning signs. Any increased sadness, irritability or anger should be monitored. Guardians should also pay attention to children who suddenly lose interest in their friends or activities, or begin to isolate themselves more. Finally, adults should tune in to what kids are saying. Take heed if they start saying mean or derogatory things or if they say things like, \"I wish I were dead\" or \"I wish I could go to sleep forever.\" \"These sayings are not normal,\" Boesky emphasized. For parents, if children start displaying these behaviors, Boesky advises talking to the kids about their feelings and questioning why they feel that way. If the actions worsen, parents may want to contact a pediatrician or counselor. She added, \"Although it is important to talk to your children, it is even more important to listen.\" There is very little research regarding suicide in children in the 10 to 14 age group and younger, according to Boesky. She hopes that the CDC's report will highlight the problem of suicide rates increasing in kids and that both medical professionals and parents will be better prepared to prevent harm before it happens. \"This is a wakeup call for more research on why young children are taking their lives and how we can intervene,\" Boesky said.", "essay": "So suicide rates are climbing in our youth today. I know this topic very personally. I suffer from chronic depression and when I was 19 tried to take my own life. What the article says is true. Parents, talk to your kids, be there for them. Listen when they need you to. I had problems with that; and combined with a lot of other trauma, I reached a breaking point. Don't let your kids reach that point."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Suicide deaths on the rise in kids \u2014  Since 2007, the rate of suicide deaths among children between the ages of 10 and 14 has doubled, according to new government data released Thursday.   The death rate data, published in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, measured children's fatalities due to motor vehicle traffic injury, homicide and suicide between the years 1999 and 2014. On a positive note, the number of deaths due to motor vehicle traffic, or car crashes, has improved significantly through the years, the report says. In 2014, vehicle fatalities decreased by 58% from 1999, when there were 4.5 deaths per 100,000 children, to 1.2 deaths in 2014. Deaths from homicide have also declined over the same time period, though less dramatically, decreasing from 1.2 fatalities in 1999 to 0.8 in 2014. Conversely, the suicide death rates fluctuated from 1999 to 2007 but rose sharply after 2007. The lowest rate of suicide fatalities was 0.9 deaths per 100,000 kids in 2007, but that number doubled to 2.1, or 425 deaths, in 2014. Dr. Lisa Boesky, a private clinical psychologist and author who studies adolescent suicide, says younger kids will often take their own lives impulsively. Young kids may attempt to harm themselves for different reasons than teens. Most of the time, bad relationships between family and friends provoke kids to hurt themselves, Boesky says. On the other hand, a 14-year-old may kill herself because of a fight with her boyfriend. When looking for the warning signs for suicide in kids, \"many people look for signs of depression,\" Boesky explained. \"Teens (who attempt suicide) typically show mood swings and depression, but younger children are much more likely to suffer from (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder). \"Many people, including medical professionals, think suicide is a teenage problem,\" Boesky said. \"But suicide can happen at very young ages, and we have to talk about this problem with all children.\" Though it can be more difficult to predict suicide in children, Boesky notes several warning signs. Any increased sadness, irritability or anger should be monitored. Guardians should also pay attention to children who suddenly lose interest in their friends or activities, or begin to isolate themselves more. Finally, adults should tune in to what kids are saying. Take heed if they start saying mean or derogatory things or if they say things like, \"I wish I were dead\" or \"I wish I could go to sleep forever.\" \"These sayings are not normal,\" Boesky emphasized. For parents, if children start displaying these behaviors, Boesky advises talking to the kids about their feelings and questioning why they feel that way. If the actions worsen, parents may want to contact a pediatrician or counselor. She added, \"Although it is important to talk to your children, it is even more important to listen.\" There is very little research regarding suicide in children in the 10 to 14 age group and younger, according to Boesky. She hopes that the CDC's report will highlight the problem of suicide rates increasing in kids and that both medical professionals and parents will be better prepared to prevent harm before it happens. \"This is a wakeup call for more research on why young children are taking their lives and how we can intervene,\" Boesky said.", "essay": "So teen suicide is on the rise which I find very sad.  It seems so avoidable and people are way too young to be making decisions to end their life while they're still a child, I mean what on earth is that about?  I Think there has been a lot of things related to bullying that have contributed to this and also just a breakdown of the family in general.  Maybe kids don't feel like they have enough support system anymore.  I do not know but whatever the reason it is extremely tragic."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Suicide deaths on the rise in kids \u2014  Since 2007, the rate of suicide deaths among children between the ages of 10 and 14 has doubled, according to new government data released Thursday.   The death rate data, published in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, measured children's fatalities due to motor vehicle traffic injury, homicide and suicide between the years 1999 and 2014. On a positive note, the number of deaths due to motor vehicle traffic, or car crashes, has improved significantly through the years, the report says. In 2014, vehicle fatalities decreased by 58% from 1999, when there were 4.5 deaths per 100,000 children, to 1.2 deaths in 2014. Deaths from homicide have also declined over the same time period, though less dramatically, decreasing from 1.2 fatalities in 1999 to 0.8 in 2014. Conversely, the suicide death rates fluctuated from 1999 to 2007 but rose sharply after 2007. The lowest rate of suicide fatalities was 0.9 deaths per 100,000 kids in 2007, but that number doubled to 2.1, or 425 deaths, in 2014. Dr. Lisa Boesky, a private clinical psychologist and author who studies adolescent suicide, says younger kids will often take their own lives impulsively. Young kids may attempt to harm themselves for different reasons than teens. Most of the time, bad relationships between family and friends provoke kids to hurt themselves, Boesky says. On the other hand, a 14-year-old may kill herself because of a fight with her boyfriend. When looking for the warning signs for suicide in kids, \"many people look for signs of depression,\" Boesky explained. \"Teens (who attempt suicide) typically show mood swings and depression, but younger children are much more likely to suffer from (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder). \"Many people, including medical professionals, think suicide is a teenage problem,\" Boesky said. \"But suicide can happen at very young ages, and we have to talk about this problem with all children.\" Though it can be more difficult to predict suicide in children, Boesky notes several warning signs. Any increased sadness, irritability or anger should be monitored. Guardians should also pay attention to children who suddenly lose interest in their friends or activities, or begin to isolate themselves more. Finally, adults should tune in to what kids are saying. Take heed if they start saying mean or derogatory things or if they say things like, \"I wish I were dead\" or \"I wish I could go to sleep forever.\" \"These sayings are not normal,\" Boesky emphasized. For parents, if children start displaying these behaviors, Boesky advises talking to the kids about their feelings and questioning why they feel that way. If the actions worsen, parents may want to contact a pediatrician or counselor. She added, \"Although it is important to talk to your children, it is even more important to listen.\" There is very little research regarding suicide in children in the 10 to 14 age group and younger, according to Boesky. She hopes that the CDC's report will highlight the problem of suicide rates increasing in kids and that both medical professionals and parents will be better prepared to prevent harm before it happens. \"This is a wakeup call for more research on why young children are taking their lives and how we can intervene,\" Boesky said.", "essay": "I thought what i read in the article was very sad. It's sad that teens and young children are killing themselves because they feel like they have the weight of the world on their shoulders. It's especially sad when these children are so young and taking their lives so early when they have the whole world ahead of them."}
{"user_id": "ec_p050", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 165000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.75 in openness, 6.25 in conscientiousness, 3.25 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 165000, "personality": {"openness": 5.75, "conscientiousness": 6.25, "extraversion": 3.25, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Suicide deaths on the rise in kids \u2014  Since 2007, the rate of suicide deaths among children between the ages of 10 and 14 has doubled, according to new government data released Thursday.   The death rate data, published in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, measured children's fatalities due to motor vehicle traffic injury, homicide and suicide between the years 1999 and 2014. On a positive note, the number of deaths due to motor vehicle traffic, or car crashes, has improved significantly through the years, the report says. In 2014, vehicle fatalities decreased by 58% from 1999, when there were 4.5 deaths per 100,000 children, to 1.2 deaths in 2014. Deaths from homicide have also declined over the same time period, though less dramatically, decreasing from 1.2 fatalities in 1999 to 0.8 in 2014. Conversely, the suicide death rates fluctuated from 1999 to 2007 but rose sharply after 2007. The lowest rate of suicide fatalities was 0.9 deaths per 100,000 kids in 2007, but that number doubled to 2.1, or 425 deaths, in 2014. Dr. Lisa Boesky, a private clinical psychologist and author who studies adolescent suicide, says younger kids will often take their own lives impulsively. Young kids may attempt to harm themselves for different reasons than teens. Most of the time, bad relationships between family and friends provoke kids to hurt themselves, Boesky says. On the other hand, a 14-year-old may kill herself because of a fight with her boyfriend. When looking for the warning signs for suicide in kids, \"many people look for signs of depression,\" Boesky explained. \"Teens (who attempt suicide) typically show mood swings and depression, but younger children are much more likely to suffer from (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder). \"Many people, including medical professionals, think suicide is a teenage problem,\" Boesky said. \"But suicide can happen at very young ages, and we have to talk about this problem with all children.\" Though it can be more difficult to predict suicide in children, Boesky notes several warning signs. Any increased sadness, irritability or anger should be monitored. Guardians should also pay attention to children who suddenly lose interest in their friends or activities, or begin to isolate themselves more. Finally, adults should tune in to what kids are saying. Take heed if they start saying mean or derogatory things or if they say things like, \"I wish I were dead\" or \"I wish I could go to sleep forever.\" \"These sayings are not normal,\" Boesky emphasized. For parents, if children start displaying these behaviors, Boesky advises talking to the kids about their feelings and questioning why they feel that way. If the actions worsen, parents may want to contact a pediatrician or counselor. She added, \"Although it is important to talk to your children, it is even more important to listen.\" There is very little research regarding suicide in children in the 10 to 14 age group and younger, according to Boesky. She hopes that the CDC's report will highlight the problem of suicide rates increasing in kids and that both medical professionals and parents will be better prepared to prevent harm before it happens. \"This is a wakeup call for more research on why young children are taking their lives and how we can intervene,\" Boesky said.", "essay": "one would think the increased technological advancement would make people happier and less prone to suicide. It is sad that rather than curbing it, it has escalated it too much. Kids now getting depressed. I wonder why kids of nowadays are softer though. I mean, one would expect stronger kids and more emotional stability since we have everything easy"}
{"user_id": "ec_p005", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 22 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 100000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 22, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 100000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Nigeria investigates reports that officials raped displaced women \u2014  Nigeria has launched an investigation into reports alleging that government officials raped and sexually abused women and girls who survived Boko Haram violence.   The move comes after Human Rights Watch published a report detailing accounts by dozens of women and girls who said they were sexually abused or coerced into sex. The women said they were raped or abused by camp leaders, vigilante group members, policemen and soldiers at camps in Borno State's capital, Maiduguri. The camps were set up to offer aid to people displaced by fighting in Nigeria's northeast. Nigeria's Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has set up a special team \"to immediately commence thorough Investigation into all cases of alleged sexual abuses, exploitation, harassments, gender-based violence and professional misconduct,\" a statement from the inspector general's office said Thursday. Police: Security at camps to be beefed up Some of the victims had escaped captivity by terror group Boko Haram, only to become victims at the camps where they sought refuge, the rights group said. Many of the women were impregnated by their abusers at the camps. Several victims were drugged before they were raped. The inspector general called on HRW to make available to the investigation team any additional information about the 43 cases of abuse featured in the report that could assist the police inquiry. He has taken measures to beef up security at the camps and said any acts that violate the human dignity of displaced people by individuals or groups in the camps or anywhere in the country will be handled in accordance with the law, according to the statement. Borno State governor: 'We must act now' Following the HRW report, Borno State Gov. Kashim Shettima has revealed plans to request law enforcement agencies to deploy female and male undercover detectives to all camps for internally displaced people in Borno State \"to spy on culprits and bring them to book,\" according to a statement from his office. \"Sadly and very sadly indeed, the (Internally Displaced People) camps have become avenues that horrible stories of sexual slavery, prostitution rings, drug peddling and other social vices are emanating from,\" the governor said. \"Sexual harassment of female IDPs is a desperate situation,\" he said. \"None of us would fold arms if his or her daughter is in position to be sexually harassed, so we must act now.\" Displaced by fighting Dubbed the world's deadliest terror group, Boko Haram has launched attacks in northern Nigeria and surrounding areas for years. More than 20,000 people have been killed since 2009 when the conflict began. Nearly 2.5 million have been displaced. Boko Haram, which in the local Hausa language means \"western education is sin,\" wants to institute a strict form of Sharia law in Nigeria. Its mass abductions and attacks on soft targets, including schools, mosques and churches, have prompted stark international condemnation.", "essay": "I am expressing my concern over the fact that Nigeria has launched an investigation into reports alleging that government officials raped and sexually abused women and girls who survived Boko Haram violence. The move comes after Human Rights Watch published a report detailing accounts by dozens of women and girls who said they were sexually abused or coerced into sex. The move was a welcome development and everything should be done to make sure things like this does not happen."}
{"user_id": "ec_p043", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 27000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 3.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 27000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 3.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Nigeria investigates reports that officials raped displaced women \u2014  Nigeria has launched an investigation into reports alleging that government officials raped and sexually abused women and girls who survived Boko Haram violence.   The move comes after Human Rights Watch published a report detailing accounts by dozens of women and girls who said they were sexually abused or coerced into sex. The women said they were raped or abused by camp leaders, vigilante group members, policemen and soldiers at camps in Borno State's capital, Maiduguri. The camps were set up to offer aid to people displaced by fighting in Nigeria's northeast. Nigeria's Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has set up a special team \"to immediately commence thorough Investigation into all cases of alleged sexual abuses, exploitation, harassments, gender-based violence and professional misconduct,\" a statement from the inspector general's office said Thursday. Police: Security at camps to be beefed up Some of the victims had escaped captivity by terror group Boko Haram, only to become victims at the camps where they sought refuge, the rights group said. Many of the women were impregnated by their abusers at the camps. Several victims were drugged before they were raped. The inspector general called on HRW to make available to the investigation team any additional information about the 43 cases of abuse featured in the report that could assist the police inquiry. He has taken measures to beef up security at the camps and said any acts that violate the human dignity of displaced people by individuals or groups in the camps or anywhere in the country will be handled in accordance with the law, according to the statement. Borno State governor: 'We must act now' Following the HRW report, Borno State Gov. Kashim Shettima has revealed plans to request law enforcement agencies to deploy female and male undercover detectives to all camps for internally displaced people in Borno State \"to spy on culprits and bring them to book,\" according to a statement from his office. \"Sadly and very sadly indeed, the (Internally Displaced People) camps have become avenues that horrible stories of sexual slavery, prostitution rings, drug peddling and other social vices are emanating from,\" the governor said. \"Sexual harassment of female IDPs is a desperate situation,\" he said. \"None of us would fold arms if his or her daughter is in position to be sexually harassed, so we must act now.\" Displaced by fighting Dubbed the world's deadliest terror group, Boko Haram has launched attacks in northern Nigeria and surrounding areas for years. More than 20,000 people have been killed since 2009 when the conflict began. Nearly 2.5 million have been displaced. Boko Haram, which in the local Hausa language means \"western education is sin,\" wants to institute a strict form of Sharia law in Nigeria. Its mass abductions and attacks on soft targets, including schools, mosques and churches, have prompted stark international condemnation.", "essay": "I can't even begin to understand what these women are going through. They finally escape Boko Haram and now they're getting mistreated by the same people that offered aid. These women must've trusted their \\saviors\\\" and that trust was abused. This honestly makes me sick. I hope the people who raped these women will be brought to justice and dealt with as harshly as possible. \""}
{"user_id": "ec_p007", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 3.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 3.0}}, "article": "Nigeria investigates reports that officials raped displaced women \u2014  Nigeria has launched an investigation into reports alleging that government officials raped and sexually abused women and girls who survived Boko Haram violence.   The move comes after Human Rights Watch published a report detailing accounts by dozens of women and girls who said they were sexually abused or coerced into sex. The women said they were raped or abused by camp leaders, vigilante group members, policemen and soldiers at camps in Borno State's capital, Maiduguri. The camps were set up to offer aid to people displaced by fighting in Nigeria's northeast. Nigeria's Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has set up a special team \"to immediately commence thorough Investigation into all cases of alleged sexual abuses, exploitation, harassments, gender-based violence and professional misconduct,\" a statement from the inspector general's office said Thursday. Police: Security at camps to be beefed up Some of the victims had escaped captivity by terror group Boko Haram, only to become victims at the camps where they sought refuge, the rights group said. Many of the women were impregnated by their abusers at the camps. Several victims were drugged before they were raped. The inspector general called on HRW to make available to the investigation team any additional information about the 43 cases of abuse featured in the report that could assist the police inquiry. He has taken measures to beef up security at the camps and said any acts that violate the human dignity of displaced people by individuals or groups in the camps or anywhere in the country will be handled in accordance with the law, according to the statement. Borno State governor: 'We must act now' Following the HRW report, Borno State Gov. Kashim Shettima has revealed plans to request law enforcement agencies to deploy female and male undercover detectives to all camps for internally displaced people in Borno State \"to spy on culprits and bring them to book,\" according to a statement from his office. \"Sadly and very sadly indeed, the (Internally Displaced People) camps have become avenues that horrible stories of sexual slavery, prostitution rings, drug peddling and other social vices are emanating from,\" the governor said. \"Sexual harassment of female IDPs is a desperate situation,\" he said. \"None of us would fold arms if his or her daughter is in position to be sexually harassed, so we must act now.\" Displaced by fighting Dubbed the world's deadliest terror group, Boko Haram has launched attacks in northern Nigeria and surrounding areas for years. More than 20,000 people have been killed since 2009 when the conflict began. Nearly 2.5 million have been displaced. Boko Haram, which in the local Hausa language means \"western education is sin,\" wants to institute a strict form of Sharia law in Nigeria. Its mass abductions and attacks on soft targets, including schools, mosques and churches, have prompted stark international condemnation.", "essay": "I think it is abysmal that womena re getting raped in that part of the world. Sexual abuse is no laughing matter and the people who commit these atrocities need to pay for their actions. Taking advantage of someone; no matter their gender, background, or religious preference, is unacceptable. And the fact that not much is being done about it makes it even more disgusting."}
{"user_id": "ec_p063", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 31 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 82000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 3.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 31, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 82000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 3.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Nigeria investigates reports that officials raped displaced women \u2014  Nigeria has launched an investigation into reports alleging that government officials raped and sexually abused women and girls who survived Boko Haram violence.   The move comes after Human Rights Watch published a report detailing accounts by dozens of women and girls who said they were sexually abused or coerced into sex. The women said they were raped or abused by camp leaders, vigilante group members, policemen and soldiers at camps in Borno State's capital, Maiduguri. The camps were set up to offer aid to people displaced by fighting in Nigeria's northeast. Nigeria's Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has set up a special team \"to immediately commence thorough Investigation into all cases of alleged sexual abuses, exploitation, harassments, gender-based violence and professional misconduct,\" a statement from the inspector general's office said Thursday. Police: Security at camps to be beefed up Some of the victims had escaped captivity by terror group Boko Haram, only to become victims at the camps where they sought refuge, the rights group said. Many of the women were impregnated by their abusers at the camps. Several victims were drugged before they were raped. The inspector general called on HRW to make available to the investigation team any additional information about the 43 cases of abuse featured in the report that could assist the police inquiry. He has taken measures to beef up security at the camps and said any acts that violate the human dignity of displaced people by individuals or groups in the camps or anywhere in the country will be handled in accordance with the law, according to the statement. Borno State governor: 'We must act now' Following the HRW report, Borno State Gov. Kashim Shettima has revealed plans to request law enforcement agencies to deploy female and male undercover detectives to all camps for internally displaced people in Borno State \"to spy on culprits and bring them to book,\" according to a statement from his office. \"Sadly and very sadly indeed, the (Internally Displaced People) camps have become avenues that horrible stories of sexual slavery, prostitution rings, drug peddling and other social vices are emanating from,\" the governor said. \"Sexual harassment of female IDPs is a desperate situation,\" he said. \"None of us would fold arms if his or her daughter is in position to be sexually harassed, so we must act now.\" Displaced by fighting Dubbed the world's deadliest terror group, Boko Haram has launched attacks in northern Nigeria and surrounding areas for years. More than 20,000 people have been killed since 2009 when the conflict began. Nearly 2.5 million have been displaced. Boko Haram, which in the local Hausa language means \"western education is sin,\" wants to institute a strict form of Sharia law in Nigeria. Its mass abductions and attacks on soft targets, including schools, mosques and churches, have prompted stark international condemnation.", "essay": "I guess that i feel really bad for these people, but it also makes me hate islam even more.  you jsut don't see this in the civilized world, but you see it so often in places spurred on by radical islam.  I hope they afigure it out.  i don't know what the solution is, but these types of things will always happen."}
{"user_id": "ec_p038", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 34 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 50000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 34, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 50000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Nigeria investigates reports that officials raped displaced women \u2014  Nigeria has launched an investigation into reports alleging that government officials raped and sexually abused women and girls who survived Boko Haram violence.   The move comes after Human Rights Watch published a report detailing accounts by dozens of women and girls who said they were sexually abused or coerced into sex. The women said they were raped or abused by camp leaders, vigilante group members, policemen and soldiers at camps in Borno State's capital, Maiduguri. The camps were set up to offer aid to people displaced by fighting in Nigeria's northeast. Nigeria's Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has set up a special team \"to immediately commence thorough Investigation into all cases of alleged sexual abuses, exploitation, harassments, gender-based violence and professional misconduct,\" a statement from the inspector general's office said Thursday. Police: Security at camps to be beefed up Some of the victims had escaped captivity by terror group Boko Haram, only to become victims at the camps where they sought refuge, the rights group said. Many of the women were impregnated by their abusers at the camps. Several victims were drugged before they were raped. The inspector general called on HRW to make available to the investigation team any additional information about the 43 cases of abuse featured in the report that could assist the police inquiry. He has taken measures to beef up security at the camps and said any acts that violate the human dignity of displaced people by individuals or groups in the camps or anywhere in the country will be handled in accordance with the law, according to the statement. Borno State governor: 'We must act now' Following the HRW report, Borno State Gov. Kashim Shettima has revealed plans to request law enforcement agencies to deploy female and male undercover detectives to all camps for internally displaced people in Borno State \"to spy on culprits and bring them to book,\" according to a statement from his office. \"Sadly and very sadly indeed, the (Internally Displaced People) camps have become avenues that horrible stories of sexual slavery, prostitution rings, drug peddling and other social vices are emanating from,\" the governor said. \"Sexual harassment of female IDPs is a desperate situation,\" he said. \"None of us would fold arms if his or her daughter is in position to be sexually harassed, so we must act now.\" Displaced by fighting Dubbed the world's deadliest terror group, Boko Haram has launched attacks in northern Nigeria and surrounding areas for years. More than 20,000 people have been killed since 2009 when the conflict began. Nearly 2.5 million have been displaced. Boko Haram, which in the local Hausa language means \"western education is sin,\" wants to institute a strict form of Sharia law in Nigeria. Its mass abductions and attacks on soft targets, including schools, mosques and churches, have prompted stark international condemnation.", "essay": "This is sad. So many young women just used by the government. By men who are supposed to be for the people and in a leadership position to treat these women this way is absolutely disgusting. I hope something can be done for these woman. They need counseling. Medical help and lord only knows what all they need. But it should be provided by the government. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p043", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 27000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 3.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 27000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 3.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Animals Rescued From the 'World\u2019s Worst Zoo' \u2014  An animal-welfare organization reflects on its nerve-wracking rescue\u2014and what it might mean for troubled zoos around the world. Update: October 14\u2014This story has been updated to include more information about the care of animals at the zoo, and to clarify the nature of the 2014 conflict between Hamas and Israel. When a rescue team arrived to evacuate a closing zoo near the Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis in late August, just 15 animals were still alive\u2014the survivors from what had once been a collection of hundreds of animals. They included Laziz, a nine-year-old Bengal tiger that is the last tiger in Gaza, according to Four Paws, the Vienna-based animal-welfare nonprofit that led the rescue. There were also five monkeys, an emu, a pelican, two buzzards, two porcupines, two tortoises, and a doe. The doe had lost her fawn to wounds shortly before the rescuers arrived. Opened in 2007 on three and a half acres next to an amusement park, the Khan Younis Zoo has long been called \u201cthe world\u2019s worst zoo\u201d by animal-welfare groups such as Four Paws and various international media outlets. Animals there were reported to have starved to death during military conflicts between Gaza\u2019s Hamas-led government and neighboring Israel. And last year, the surviving animals began sharing their cramped cages with the dead: More than 50 dead animals\u2014including Laziz\u2019s mate\u2014were taxidermied by the zoo staff. (See \"Tiger\u2019s Death Raises Question: What Makes a Good Zoo?\") A seven-week conflict in 2014 hastened the decision to close the zoo. The conflict stemmed from the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teenagers on the West Bank. Israel linked the crimes to Hamas, and began making hundreds of arrests in the case, including many of Hamas\u2019 West Bank leaders. Hamas later began firing rockets at civilian areas in Israel, which retaliated by bombing sites in Gaza. The United Nations reported that nearly 2,200 people were killed in the conflict, more than 2,100 of them Palestinians. It\u2019s unclear precisely what led to the animals\u2019 deaths at the zoo. The zoo itself was not bombed during the 2014 conflict, and animal-welfare groups say it had a troubled history of caring for animals. Abu Diab Oweida, the Palestinian businessman who owned the zoo, said many animals died during that conflict, and that the mummifications were an effort by the zoo\u2019s staff \u201cto prove to the whole world that even animals (were) affected.\u201d Oweida previously blamed a 2009 conflict for the death of several animals in the zoo, some of which also were mummified. How It Happened Four Paws and its director of emergency response, Amir Khalil, had sought for months to close the zoo and transfer the animals to sanctuaries. In late August of this year, the ambitious rescue plan became reality. \u201cThe idea to close (the zoo came in) April of last year,\u201d said Khalil, an Egyptian-born veterinarian who lives in Austria. \u201cIt was a concept last September. It was a plan this April. It was a mission in August.\u201d Khalil needed to negotiate with four people: Oweida and three of his sons. In May they agreed on the concept of evacuating the zoo. (Also see \"Animals Starving in Venezuela Zoos.\") \u201cI decided to donate the animals to save what remained of (them), to live safely inside a nature reserve and in peace and security,\u201d Oweida said. (Read about the tunnels of Gaza in National Geographic magazine.) The rescue itself was complicated, \u201ca complex coordination between Israeli, Palestinian, and international officials,\u201d according to a spokesperson for the Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, a branch of the Ministry of Defense that works with the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, and with international organizations working in both territories. Israel has not occupied Gaza since 2005, but retains various controls of its trade, border traffic, sea traffic, and air space. The rescue \u201cwas not easy,\u201d Khalil said. \u201cTo be neutral is not easy. I think Four Paws was a form of mediator between three, four countries\u201d\u2014Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian governments of Hamas and Fatah Khalil and Four Paws carried out the multiday rescue in the midst of a military conflict this past August, crossing disputed borders as unseen Israel Defense Forces aircraft dropped bombs on military targets in the Gaza. Khalil has worked to save animals from crisis situations before, including the 2011 Libyan uprising that toppled Muammar Qaddafi. But the Khan Younis mission, he says, was one of the toughest. \u201cIn terms of the (mission), it went quite well,\u201d team member Ioana Dungler says. \u201cIn terms of time, it was quite exhausting. On a (difficulty) scale of 1 to 10, it was an 8.\u201d Animal Rescue The plans for the mission began to take shape in April 2015, when Khalil first visited Khan Younis and was horrified by the mummified animals. He soon began negotiating with Oweida and three of his sons. First, Four Paws would pay for the animals\u2019 feeding. Next, it would cover all of the zoo\u2019s operational costs, including staff salaries. It also removed the cadavers from public view. The final condition was that Oweida agreed not to work with animals again upon closure of the zoo. (See \"Opinion: Killing Healthy Zoo Animals Is Wrong\u2014And the Public Agrees.\") Finally, in mid-August, Khalil led a 14-person team to the zoo. The team departed from the Erez border crossing in southwest Israel. Shortly before they crossed the border, a rocket from Gaza landed in the Israeli city of Sderot. Khalil said he could see smoke from the Erez border crossing. As the rescuers headed to the zoo, the Israel Defense Forces launched 50 retaliatory airstrikes at Hamas targets in Gaza. Nevertheless, Khalil said the team felt \u201csafe and secure.\u201d \u201cFour Paws was checking what was going on,\u201d he explained. \u201cLocally, we were informed of anything happening. ... I was not worried about security, but about the mission.\u201d (Also see \"Jerusalem Zoo Struggles to Remain Common Ground for Israelis, Palestinians.\") The team arrived at Khan Younis on August 22 to heartbreaking news: A baby deer, which had suffered during its few weeks of life, had died the day before. Four Paws prepared the surviving animals for their journey to new homes. The group spent August 23 loading the animals into crates, placed on a truck. The rescue became official when the team crossed back into Israel early on August 25. From there, team members escorted the animals to their new homes. Where Things Stand Four Paws has also transferred five Gaza lions and 15 other wild animals to sanctuaries. Now four active zoos remain in the Strip. Khalil says that Palestinian authorities are hoping to close them all. Alan Knight, chief executive of the U.K.-based International Animal Rescue, says the Khan Younis mission was a milestone in animal rights. \u201cWe are of course delighted that this terrible zoo has finally been closed and the surviving animals have been saved, thanks to Four Paws,\u201d Knight said. \u201cThe success of the rescue operation proves that \u2026 extraordinary things can be achieved with passion and determination. Suffering animals should not be forgotten or overlooked, even in the midst of human conflicts or natural or man-made disasters. \u201cWe must all continue to strive to drive up the welfare of animals in world zoos. And if they can\u2019t meet even the most basic standards, we must work toward getting them closed down.\u201d Ahmad Safi, executive director of the Palestinian Animal League, also praised the rescue but tempered his words with concern about unresolved issues in Gaza. \u201cWhile we are delighted that the individual animals have now been moved to safety and can begin to enjoy life in a sanctuary environment,\u201d he says, \u201cwe are concerned that simply removing animals while failing to acknowledge and tackle the wider issues at play \u2014 such as wildlife trafficking and commercialization of wild animals in the Gaza Strip \u2014 means that these animals may be replaced and the good work done recently will simply be part of a vicious cycle which continues.\u201d Khalil added that local authorities in Gaza have expressed interest in creating new legislation on wild animals. At the moment, \u201cthere is no legislation, no law\u201d\u2014a situation that results in \u201cwild animals [being] smuggled and kept in poor cages.\u201d \u201cThere are no current plans for assistance,\u201d he adds, though \u201cwe asked the authorities in Gaza to \u2026 issue a regulation to keep wild animals in captivity [and] stop [animal] smuggling from Egypt.\u201d A New Life for Rescued Animals Of the Khan Younis survivors, Laziz had the longest journey to his new home\u2014the Lionsrock Big Cat Sanctuary in South Africa, where he\u2019ll live on a hectare with grass, trees, and a bathing area. Lionsrock, run by Four Paws, is fenced in and patrolled regularly for poachers. The buzzards may eventually be released into the wild. All of the other Khan Younis animals except the monkeys\u2014four vervets and a macaque, which are bound for the Israeli Primate Sanctuary Foundation\u2014went to the New Hope Centre sanctuary in Jordan. They\u2019ll eventually move to Al Ma\u2019wa for Nature and Wildlife, a Jordanian sanctuary run by Four Paws and the Princess Alia Foundation. But the animals\u2019 problems may not be over. \u201cOur experience rescuing and rehabilitating wild animals that have spent years in captivity\u2014often in appalling and traumatic conditions\u2014has taught us that this can lead to a wide range of physical and psychological problems,\u201d Knight says. \u201cSome animals have suffered lengthy periods of starvation and need treatment for malnutrition and dehydration. Others, like the tiger in Gaza, have been fed an entirely unsuitable diet\u201d\u2014Laziz was fed chicken, which Dungler says tigers should not eat\u2014\u201cthat, coupled with constant confinement and an inability to exercise, leads to obesity and the many diseases associated with that. \u201cOn a positive note,\u201d he adds, \u201cwe have also learned that with expert treatment and care, in time even the most damaged animals can be rehabilitated and given a second chance in life. Some, but not all, can even be returned to the wild.\u201d What\u2019s Next for Zoo Survivors The two Palestinian governments, Hamas and Fatah, have recently approached Four Paws about creating a sanctuary in Gaza. But \u201chow far it is from reality,\u201d says Khalil, \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d There are currently just 12 veterinarians in the Gaza Strip, with four set to retire soon. (Five veterinarians assisted Four Paws during the rescue, with Khalil and his team providing on-hand training.) Khalil says he\u2019s worried about the remaining Gaza zoos\u2014and about other zoos in conflict zones that require immediate attention. Some of these, he says, can be found in Yemen, Syria, Libya, Sudan, and Venezuela. But that\u2019s a very partial list. \u201cThere are,\u201d he says, \u201chundreds of such zoos worldwide.\u201d Time will tell if Four Paws\u2019 inspiring work can be replicated at some of them.", "essay": "It's really uplifting that people would notice animals suffering in a zoo and would plan a really complicated mission to save them. A mission where you need to have diplomatic talks with three different countries!! It really shows that some special people out there won't pass the buck to someone else, expecting someone else to do the heavy lifting to save something. I was really inspired by this article and I hope they end up setting up that animal center in Gaza. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Animals Rescued From the 'World\u2019s Worst Zoo' \u2014  An animal-welfare organization reflects on its nerve-wracking rescue\u2014and what it might mean for troubled zoos around the world. Update: October 14\u2014This story has been updated to include more information about the care of animals at the zoo, and to clarify the nature of the 2014 conflict between Hamas and Israel. When a rescue team arrived to evacuate a closing zoo near the Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis in late August, just 15 animals were still alive\u2014the survivors from what had once been a collection of hundreds of animals. They included Laziz, a nine-year-old Bengal tiger that is the last tiger in Gaza, according to Four Paws, the Vienna-based animal-welfare nonprofit that led the rescue. There were also five monkeys, an emu, a pelican, two buzzards, two porcupines, two tortoises, and a doe. The doe had lost her fawn to wounds shortly before the rescuers arrived. Opened in 2007 on three and a half acres next to an amusement park, the Khan Younis Zoo has long been called \u201cthe world\u2019s worst zoo\u201d by animal-welfare groups such as Four Paws and various international media outlets. Animals there were reported to have starved to death during military conflicts between Gaza\u2019s Hamas-led government and neighboring Israel. And last year, the surviving animals began sharing their cramped cages with the dead: More than 50 dead animals\u2014including Laziz\u2019s mate\u2014were taxidermied by the zoo staff. (See \"Tiger\u2019s Death Raises Question: What Makes a Good Zoo?\") A seven-week conflict in 2014 hastened the decision to close the zoo. The conflict stemmed from the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teenagers on the West Bank. Israel linked the crimes to Hamas, and began making hundreds of arrests in the case, including many of Hamas\u2019 West Bank leaders. Hamas later began firing rockets at civilian areas in Israel, which retaliated by bombing sites in Gaza. The United Nations reported that nearly 2,200 people were killed in the conflict, more than 2,100 of them Palestinians. It\u2019s unclear precisely what led to the animals\u2019 deaths at the zoo. The zoo itself was not bombed during the 2014 conflict, and animal-welfare groups say it had a troubled history of caring for animals. Abu Diab Oweida, the Palestinian businessman who owned the zoo, said many animals died during that conflict, and that the mummifications were an effort by the zoo\u2019s staff \u201cto prove to the whole world that even animals (were) affected.\u201d Oweida previously blamed a 2009 conflict for the death of several animals in the zoo, some of which also were mummified. How It Happened Four Paws and its director of emergency response, Amir Khalil, had sought for months to close the zoo and transfer the animals to sanctuaries. In late August of this year, the ambitious rescue plan became reality. \u201cThe idea to close (the zoo came in) April of last year,\u201d said Khalil, an Egyptian-born veterinarian who lives in Austria. \u201cIt was a concept last September. It was a plan this April. It was a mission in August.\u201d Khalil needed to negotiate with four people: Oweida and three of his sons. In May they agreed on the concept of evacuating the zoo. (Also see \"Animals Starving in Venezuela Zoos.\") \u201cI decided to donate the animals to save what remained of (them), to live safely inside a nature reserve and in peace and security,\u201d Oweida said. (Read about the tunnels of Gaza in National Geographic magazine.) The rescue itself was complicated, \u201ca complex coordination between Israeli, Palestinian, and international officials,\u201d according to a spokesperson for the Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, a branch of the Ministry of Defense that works with the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, and with international organizations working in both territories. Israel has not occupied Gaza since 2005, but retains various controls of its trade, border traffic, sea traffic, and air space. The rescue \u201cwas not easy,\u201d Khalil said. \u201cTo be neutral is not easy. I think Four Paws was a form of mediator between three, four countries\u201d\u2014Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian governments of Hamas and Fatah Khalil and Four Paws carried out the multiday rescue in the midst of a military conflict this past August, crossing disputed borders as unseen Israel Defense Forces aircraft dropped bombs on military targets in the Gaza. Khalil has worked to save animals from crisis situations before, including the 2011 Libyan uprising that toppled Muammar Qaddafi. But the Khan Younis mission, he says, was one of the toughest. \u201cIn terms of the (mission), it went quite well,\u201d team member Ioana Dungler says. \u201cIn terms of time, it was quite exhausting. On a (difficulty) scale of 1 to 10, it was an 8.\u201d Animal Rescue The plans for the mission began to take shape in April 2015, when Khalil first visited Khan Younis and was horrified by the mummified animals. He soon began negotiating with Oweida and three of his sons. First, Four Paws would pay for the animals\u2019 feeding. Next, it would cover all of the zoo\u2019s operational costs, including staff salaries. It also removed the cadavers from public view. The final condition was that Oweida agreed not to work with animals again upon closure of the zoo. (See \"Opinion: Killing Healthy Zoo Animals Is Wrong\u2014And the Public Agrees.\") Finally, in mid-August, Khalil led a 14-person team to the zoo. The team departed from the Erez border crossing in southwest Israel. Shortly before they crossed the border, a rocket from Gaza landed in the Israeli city of Sderot. Khalil said he could see smoke from the Erez border crossing. As the rescuers headed to the zoo, the Israel Defense Forces launched 50 retaliatory airstrikes at Hamas targets in Gaza. Nevertheless, Khalil said the team felt \u201csafe and secure.\u201d \u201cFour Paws was checking what was going on,\u201d he explained. \u201cLocally, we were informed of anything happening. ... I was not worried about security, but about the mission.\u201d (Also see \"Jerusalem Zoo Struggles to Remain Common Ground for Israelis, Palestinians.\") The team arrived at Khan Younis on August 22 to heartbreaking news: A baby deer, which had suffered during its few weeks of life, had died the day before. Four Paws prepared the surviving animals for their journey to new homes. The group spent August 23 loading the animals into crates, placed on a truck. The rescue became official when the team crossed back into Israel early on August 25. From there, team members escorted the animals to their new homes. Where Things Stand Four Paws has also transferred five Gaza lions and 15 other wild animals to sanctuaries. Now four active zoos remain in the Strip. Khalil says that Palestinian authorities are hoping to close them all. Alan Knight, chief executive of the U.K.-based International Animal Rescue, says the Khan Younis mission was a milestone in animal rights. \u201cWe are of course delighted that this terrible zoo has finally been closed and the surviving animals have been saved, thanks to Four Paws,\u201d Knight said. \u201cThe success of the rescue operation proves that \u2026 extraordinary things can be achieved with passion and determination. Suffering animals should not be forgotten or overlooked, even in the midst of human conflicts or natural or man-made disasters. \u201cWe must all continue to strive to drive up the welfare of animals in world zoos. And if they can\u2019t meet even the most basic standards, we must work toward getting them closed down.\u201d Ahmad Safi, executive director of the Palestinian Animal League, also praised the rescue but tempered his words with concern about unresolved issues in Gaza. \u201cWhile we are delighted that the individual animals have now been moved to safety and can begin to enjoy life in a sanctuary environment,\u201d he says, \u201cwe are concerned that simply removing animals while failing to acknowledge and tackle the wider issues at play \u2014 such as wildlife trafficking and commercialization of wild animals in the Gaza Strip \u2014 means that these animals may be replaced and the good work done recently will simply be part of a vicious cycle which continues.\u201d Khalil added that local authorities in Gaza have expressed interest in creating new legislation on wild animals. At the moment, \u201cthere is no legislation, no law\u201d\u2014a situation that results in \u201cwild animals [being] smuggled and kept in poor cages.\u201d \u201cThere are no current plans for assistance,\u201d he adds, though \u201cwe asked the authorities in Gaza to \u2026 issue a regulation to keep wild animals in captivity [and] stop [animal] smuggling from Egypt.\u201d A New Life for Rescued Animals Of the Khan Younis survivors, Laziz had the longest journey to his new home\u2014the Lionsrock Big Cat Sanctuary in South Africa, where he\u2019ll live on a hectare with grass, trees, and a bathing area. Lionsrock, run by Four Paws, is fenced in and patrolled regularly for poachers. The buzzards may eventually be released into the wild. All of the other Khan Younis animals except the monkeys\u2014four vervets and a macaque, which are bound for the Israeli Primate Sanctuary Foundation\u2014went to the New Hope Centre sanctuary in Jordan. They\u2019ll eventually move to Al Ma\u2019wa for Nature and Wildlife, a Jordanian sanctuary run by Four Paws and the Princess Alia Foundation. But the animals\u2019 problems may not be over. \u201cOur experience rescuing and rehabilitating wild animals that have spent years in captivity\u2014often in appalling and traumatic conditions\u2014has taught us that this can lead to a wide range of physical and psychological problems,\u201d Knight says. \u201cSome animals have suffered lengthy periods of starvation and need treatment for malnutrition and dehydration. Others, like the tiger in Gaza, have been fed an entirely unsuitable diet\u201d\u2014Laziz was fed chicken, which Dungler says tigers should not eat\u2014\u201cthat, coupled with constant confinement and an inability to exercise, leads to obesity and the many diseases associated with that. \u201cOn a positive note,\u201d he adds, \u201cwe have also learned that with expert treatment and care, in time even the most damaged animals can be rehabilitated and given a second chance in life. Some, but not all, can even be returned to the wild.\u201d What\u2019s Next for Zoo Survivors The two Palestinian governments, Hamas and Fatah, have recently approached Four Paws about creating a sanctuary in Gaza. But \u201chow far it is from reality,\u201d says Khalil, \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d There are currently just 12 veterinarians in the Gaza Strip, with four set to retire soon. (Five veterinarians assisted Four Paws during the rescue, with Khalil and his team providing on-hand training.) Khalil says he\u2019s worried about the remaining Gaza zoos\u2014and about other zoos in conflict zones that require immediate attention. Some of these, he says, can be found in Yemen, Syria, Libya, Sudan, and Venezuela. But that\u2019s a very partial list. \u201cThere are,\u201d he says, \u201chundreds of such zoos worldwide.\u201d Time will tell if Four Paws\u2019 inspiring work can be replicated at some of them.", "essay": "I think there should be STRICT world laws to prevent people and countries that cant have zoos not to have them. It is unfortunate that in 2019 this is s till happening and we should totally fix this. We need to be able to get it right and to be honest the only way is being the world police and stopping them from doing this."}
{"user_id": "ec_p050", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 165000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.75 in openness, 6.25 in conscientiousness, 3.25 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 165000, "personality": {"openness": 5.75, "conscientiousness": 6.25, "extraversion": 3.25, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Animals Rescued From the 'World\u2019s Worst Zoo' \u2014  An animal-welfare organization reflects on its nerve-wracking rescue\u2014and what it might mean for troubled zoos around the world. Update: October 14\u2014This story has been updated to include more information about the care of animals at the zoo, and to clarify the nature of the 2014 conflict between Hamas and Israel. When a rescue team arrived to evacuate a closing zoo near the Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis in late August, just 15 animals were still alive\u2014the survivors from what had once been a collection of hundreds of animals. They included Laziz, a nine-year-old Bengal tiger that is the last tiger in Gaza, according to Four Paws, the Vienna-based animal-welfare nonprofit that led the rescue. There were also five monkeys, an emu, a pelican, two buzzards, two porcupines, two tortoises, and a doe. The doe had lost her fawn to wounds shortly before the rescuers arrived. Opened in 2007 on three and a half acres next to an amusement park, the Khan Younis Zoo has long been called \u201cthe world\u2019s worst zoo\u201d by animal-welfare groups such as Four Paws and various international media outlets. Animals there were reported to have starved to death during military conflicts between Gaza\u2019s Hamas-led government and neighboring Israel. And last year, the surviving animals began sharing their cramped cages with the dead: More than 50 dead animals\u2014including Laziz\u2019s mate\u2014were taxidermied by the zoo staff. (See \"Tiger\u2019s Death Raises Question: What Makes a Good Zoo?\") A seven-week conflict in 2014 hastened the decision to close the zoo. The conflict stemmed from the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teenagers on the West Bank. Israel linked the crimes to Hamas, and began making hundreds of arrests in the case, including many of Hamas\u2019 West Bank leaders. Hamas later began firing rockets at civilian areas in Israel, which retaliated by bombing sites in Gaza. The United Nations reported that nearly 2,200 people were killed in the conflict, more than 2,100 of them Palestinians. It\u2019s unclear precisely what led to the animals\u2019 deaths at the zoo. The zoo itself was not bombed during the 2014 conflict, and animal-welfare groups say it had a troubled history of caring for animals. Abu Diab Oweida, the Palestinian businessman who owned the zoo, said many animals died during that conflict, and that the mummifications were an effort by the zoo\u2019s staff \u201cto prove to the whole world that even animals (were) affected.\u201d Oweida previously blamed a 2009 conflict for the death of several animals in the zoo, some of which also were mummified. How It Happened Four Paws and its director of emergency response, Amir Khalil, had sought for months to close the zoo and transfer the animals to sanctuaries. In late August of this year, the ambitious rescue plan became reality. \u201cThe idea to close (the zoo came in) April of last year,\u201d said Khalil, an Egyptian-born veterinarian who lives in Austria. \u201cIt was a concept last September. It was a plan this April. It was a mission in August.\u201d Khalil needed to negotiate with four people: Oweida and three of his sons. In May they agreed on the concept of evacuating the zoo. (Also see \"Animals Starving in Venezuela Zoos.\") \u201cI decided to donate the animals to save what remained of (them), to live safely inside a nature reserve and in peace and security,\u201d Oweida said. (Read about the tunnels of Gaza in National Geographic magazine.) The rescue itself was complicated, \u201ca complex coordination between Israeli, Palestinian, and international officials,\u201d according to a spokesperson for the Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, a branch of the Ministry of Defense that works with the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, and with international organizations working in both territories. Israel has not occupied Gaza since 2005, but retains various controls of its trade, border traffic, sea traffic, and air space. The rescue \u201cwas not easy,\u201d Khalil said. \u201cTo be neutral is not easy. I think Four Paws was a form of mediator between three, four countries\u201d\u2014Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian governments of Hamas and Fatah Khalil and Four Paws carried out the multiday rescue in the midst of a military conflict this past August, crossing disputed borders as unseen Israel Defense Forces aircraft dropped bombs on military targets in the Gaza. Khalil has worked to save animals from crisis situations before, including the 2011 Libyan uprising that toppled Muammar Qaddafi. But the Khan Younis mission, he says, was one of the toughest. \u201cIn terms of the (mission), it went quite well,\u201d team member Ioana Dungler says. \u201cIn terms of time, it was quite exhausting. On a (difficulty) scale of 1 to 10, it was an 8.\u201d Animal Rescue The plans for the mission began to take shape in April 2015, when Khalil first visited Khan Younis and was horrified by the mummified animals. He soon began negotiating with Oweida and three of his sons. First, Four Paws would pay for the animals\u2019 feeding. Next, it would cover all of the zoo\u2019s operational costs, including staff salaries. It also removed the cadavers from public view. The final condition was that Oweida agreed not to work with animals again upon closure of the zoo. (See \"Opinion: Killing Healthy Zoo Animals Is Wrong\u2014And the Public Agrees.\") Finally, in mid-August, Khalil led a 14-person team to the zoo. The team departed from the Erez border crossing in southwest Israel. Shortly before they crossed the border, a rocket from Gaza landed in the Israeli city of Sderot. Khalil said he could see smoke from the Erez border crossing. As the rescuers headed to the zoo, the Israel Defense Forces launched 50 retaliatory airstrikes at Hamas targets in Gaza. Nevertheless, Khalil said the team felt \u201csafe and secure.\u201d \u201cFour Paws was checking what was going on,\u201d he explained. \u201cLocally, we were informed of anything happening. ... I was not worried about security, but about the mission.\u201d (Also see \"Jerusalem Zoo Struggles to Remain Common Ground for Israelis, Palestinians.\") The team arrived at Khan Younis on August 22 to heartbreaking news: A baby deer, which had suffered during its few weeks of life, had died the day before. Four Paws prepared the surviving animals for their journey to new homes. The group spent August 23 loading the animals into crates, placed on a truck. The rescue became official when the team crossed back into Israel early on August 25. From there, team members escorted the animals to their new homes. Where Things Stand Four Paws has also transferred five Gaza lions and 15 other wild animals to sanctuaries. Now four active zoos remain in the Strip. Khalil says that Palestinian authorities are hoping to close them all. Alan Knight, chief executive of the U.K.-based International Animal Rescue, says the Khan Younis mission was a milestone in animal rights. \u201cWe are of course delighted that this terrible zoo has finally been closed and the surviving animals have been saved, thanks to Four Paws,\u201d Knight said. \u201cThe success of the rescue operation proves that \u2026 extraordinary things can be achieved with passion and determination. Suffering animals should not be forgotten or overlooked, even in the midst of human conflicts or natural or man-made disasters. \u201cWe must all continue to strive to drive up the welfare of animals in world zoos. And if they can\u2019t meet even the most basic standards, we must work toward getting them closed down.\u201d Ahmad Safi, executive director of the Palestinian Animal League, also praised the rescue but tempered his words with concern about unresolved issues in Gaza. \u201cWhile we are delighted that the individual animals have now been moved to safety and can begin to enjoy life in a sanctuary environment,\u201d he says, \u201cwe are concerned that simply removing animals while failing to acknowledge and tackle the wider issues at play \u2014 such as wildlife trafficking and commercialization of wild animals in the Gaza Strip \u2014 means that these animals may be replaced and the good work done recently will simply be part of a vicious cycle which continues.\u201d Khalil added that local authorities in Gaza have expressed interest in creating new legislation on wild animals. At the moment, \u201cthere is no legislation, no law\u201d\u2014a situation that results in \u201cwild animals [being] smuggled and kept in poor cages.\u201d \u201cThere are no current plans for assistance,\u201d he adds, though \u201cwe asked the authorities in Gaza to \u2026 issue a regulation to keep wild animals in captivity [and] stop [animal] smuggling from Egypt.\u201d A New Life for Rescued Animals Of the Khan Younis survivors, Laziz had the longest journey to his new home\u2014the Lionsrock Big Cat Sanctuary in South Africa, where he\u2019ll live on a hectare with grass, trees, and a bathing area. Lionsrock, run by Four Paws, is fenced in and patrolled regularly for poachers. The buzzards may eventually be released into the wild. All of the other Khan Younis animals except the monkeys\u2014four vervets and a macaque, which are bound for the Israeli Primate Sanctuary Foundation\u2014went to the New Hope Centre sanctuary in Jordan. They\u2019ll eventually move to Al Ma\u2019wa for Nature and Wildlife, a Jordanian sanctuary run by Four Paws and the Princess Alia Foundation. But the animals\u2019 problems may not be over. \u201cOur experience rescuing and rehabilitating wild animals that have spent years in captivity\u2014often in appalling and traumatic conditions\u2014has taught us that this can lead to a wide range of physical and psychological problems,\u201d Knight says. \u201cSome animals have suffered lengthy periods of starvation and need treatment for malnutrition and dehydration. Others, like the tiger in Gaza, have been fed an entirely unsuitable diet\u201d\u2014Laziz was fed chicken, which Dungler says tigers should not eat\u2014\u201cthat, coupled with constant confinement and an inability to exercise, leads to obesity and the many diseases associated with that. \u201cOn a positive note,\u201d he adds, \u201cwe have also learned that with expert treatment and care, in time even the most damaged animals can be rehabilitated and given a second chance in life. Some, but not all, can even be returned to the wild.\u201d What\u2019s Next for Zoo Survivors The two Palestinian governments, Hamas and Fatah, have recently approached Four Paws about creating a sanctuary in Gaza. But \u201chow far it is from reality,\u201d says Khalil, \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d There are currently just 12 veterinarians in the Gaza Strip, with four set to retire soon. (Five veterinarians assisted Four Paws during the rescue, with Khalil and his team providing on-hand training.) Khalil says he\u2019s worried about the remaining Gaza zoos\u2014and about other zoos in conflict zones that require immediate attention. Some of these, he says, can be found in Yemen, Syria, Libya, Sudan, and Venezuela. But that\u2019s a very partial list. \u201cThere are,\u201d he says, \u201chundreds of such zoos worldwide.\u201d Time will tell if Four Paws\u2019 inspiring work can be replicated at some of them.", "essay": "Humans are the most selfish and wicked of all creation. They treat the planet as they like and handle the animals with carelessness, forgetting that they have their own families and emotions. It is so sad that we take these animals away from their natural habitats and treat them unfairly. Mother nature treats them better than we do."}
{"user_id": "ec_p050", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 165000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.75 in openness, 6.25 in conscientiousness, 3.25 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 165000, "personality": {"openness": 5.75, "conscientiousness": 6.25, "extraversion": 3.25, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Animals Rescued From the 'World\u2019s Worst Zoo' \u2014  An animal-welfare organization reflects on its nerve-wracking rescue\u2014and what it might mean for troubled zoos around the world. Update: October 14\u2014This story has been updated to include more information about the care of animals at the zoo, and to clarify the nature of the 2014 conflict between Hamas and Israel. When a rescue team arrived to evacuate a closing zoo near the Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis in late August, just 15 animals were still alive\u2014the survivors from what had once been a collection of hundreds of animals. They included Laziz, a nine-year-old Bengal tiger that is the last tiger in Gaza, according to Four Paws, the Vienna-based animal-welfare nonprofit that led the rescue. There were also five monkeys, an emu, a pelican, two buzzards, two porcupines, two tortoises, and a doe. The doe had lost her fawn to wounds shortly before the rescuers arrived. Opened in 2007 on three and a half acres next to an amusement park, the Khan Younis Zoo has long been called \u201cthe world\u2019s worst zoo\u201d by animal-welfare groups such as Four Paws and various international media outlets. Animals there were reported to have starved to death during military conflicts between Gaza\u2019s Hamas-led government and neighboring Israel. And last year, the surviving animals began sharing their cramped cages with the dead: More than 50 dead animals\u2014including Laziz\u2019s mate\u2014were taxidermied by the zoo staff. (See \"Tiger\u2019s Death Raises Question: What Makes a Good Zoo?\") A seven-week conflict in 2014 hastened the decision to close the zoo. The conflict stemmed from the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teenagers on the West Bank. Israel linked the crimes to Hamas, and began making hundreds of arrests in the case, including many of Hamas\u2019 West Bank leaders. Hamas later began firing rockets at civilian areas in Israel, which retaliated by bombing sites in Gaza. The United Nations reported that nearly 2,200 people were killed in the conflict, more than 2,100 of them Palestinians. It\u2019s unclear precisely what led to the animals\u2019 deaths at the zoo. The zoo itself was not bombed during the 2014 conflict, and animal-welfare groups say it had a troubled history of caring for animals. Abu Diab Oweida, the Palestinian businessman who owned the zoo, said many animals died during that conflict, and that the mummifications were an effort by the zoo\u2019s staff \u201cto prove to the whole world that even animals (were) affected.\u201d Oweida previously blamed a 2009 conflict for the death of several animals in the zoo, some of which also were mummified. How It Happened Four Paws and its director of emergency response, Amir Khalil, had sought for months to close the zoo and transfer the animals to sanctuaries. In late August of this year, the ambitious rescue plan became reality. \u201cThe idea to close (the zoo came in) April of last year,\u201d said Khalil, an Egyptian-born veterinarian who lives in Austria. \u201cIt was a concept last September. It was a plan this April. It was a mission in August.\u201d Khalil needed to negotiate with four people: Oweida and three of his sons. In May they agreed on the concept of evacuating the zoo. (Also see \"Animals Starving in Venezuela Zoos.\") \u201cI decided to donate the animals to save what remained of (them), to live safely inside a nature reserve and in peace and security,\u201d Oweida said. (Read about the tunnels of Gaza in National Geographic magazine.) The rescue itself was complicated, \u201ca complex coordination between Israeli, Palestinian, and international officials,\u201d according to a spokesperson for the Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, a branch of the Ministry of Defense that works with the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, and with international organizations working in both territories. Israel has not occupied Gaza since 2005, but retains various controls of its trade, border traffic, sea traffic, and air space. The rescue \u201cwas not easy,\u201d Khalil said. \u201cTo be neutral is not easy. I think Four Paws was a form of mediator between three, four countries\u201d\u2014Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian governments of Hamas and Fatah Khalil and Four Paws carried out the multiday rescue in the midst of a military conflict this past August, crossing disputed borders as unseen Israel Defense Forces aircraft dropped bombs on military targets in the Gaza. Khalil has worked to save animals from crisis situations before, including the 2011 Libyan uprising that toppled Muammar Qaddafi. But the Khan Younis mission, he says, was one of the toughest. \u201cIn terms of the (mission), it went quite well,\u201d team member Ioana Dungler says. \u201cIn terms of time, it was quite exhausting. On a (difficulty) scale of 1 to 10, it was an 8.\u201d Animal Rescue The plans for the mission began to take shape in April 2015, when Khalil first visited Khan Younis and was horrified by the mummified animals. He soon began negotiating with Oweida and three of his sons. First, Four Paws would pay for the animals\u2019 feeding. Next, it would cover all of the zoo\u2019s operational costs, including staff salaries. It also removed the cadavers from public view. The final condition was that Oweida agreed not to work with animals again upon closure of the zoo. (See \"Opinion: Killing Healthy Zoo Animals Is Wrong\u2014And the Public Agrees.\") Finally, in mid-August, Khalil led a 14-person team to the zoo. The team departed from the Erez border crossing in southwest Israel. Shortly before they crossed the border, a rocket from Gaza landed in the Israeli city of Sderot. Khalil said he could see smoke from the Erez border crossing. As the rescuers headed to the zoo, the Israel Defense Forces launched 50 retaliatory airstrikes at Hamas targets in Gaza. Nevertheless, Khalil said the team felt \u201csafe and secure.\u201d \u201cFour Paws was checking what was going on,\u201d he explained. \u201cLocally, we were informed of anything happening. ... I was not worried about security, but about the mission.\u201d (Also see \"Jerusalem Zoo Struggles to Remain Common Ground for Israelis, Palestinians.\") The team arrived at Khan Younis on August 22 to heartbreaking news: A baby deer, which had suffered during its few weeks of life, had died the day before. Four Paws prepared the surviving animals for their journey to new homes. The group spent August 23 loading the animals into crates, placed on a truck. The rescue became official when the team crossed back into Israel early on August 25. From there, team members escorted the animals to their new homes. Where Things Stand Four Paws has also transferred five Gaza lions and 15 other wild animals to sanctuaries. Now four active zoos remain in the Strip. Khalil says that Palestinian authorities are hoping to close them all. Alan Knight, chief executive of the U.K.-based International Animal Rescue, says the Khan Younis mission was a milestone in animal rights. \u201cWe are of course delighted that this terrible zoo has finally been closed and the surviving animals have been saved, thanks to Four Paws,\u201d Knight said. \u201cThe success of the rescue operation proves that \u2026 extraordinary things can be achieved with passion and determination. Suffering animals should not be forgotten or overlooked, even in the midst of human conflicts or natural or man-made disasters. \u201cWe must all continue to strive to drive up the welfare of animals in world zoos. And if they can\u2019t meet even the most basic standards, we must work toward getting them closed down.\u201d Ahmad Safi, executive director of the Palestinian Animal League, also praised the rescue but tempered his words with concern about unresolved issues in Gaza. \u201cWhile we are delighted that the individual animals have now been moved to safety and can begin to enjoy life in a sanctuary environment,\u201d he says, \u201cwe are concerned that simply removing animals while failing to acknowledge and tackle the wider issues at play \u2014 such as wildlife trafficking and commercialization of wild animals in the Gaza Strip \u2014 means that these animals may be replaced and the good work done recently will simply be part of a vicious cycle which continues.\u201d Khalil added that local authorities in Gaza have expressed interest in creating new legislation on wild animals. At the moment, \u201cthere is no legislation, no law\u201d\u2014a situation that results in \u201cwild animals [being] smuggled and kept in poor cages.\u201d \u201cThere are no current plans for assistance,\u201d he adds, though \u201cwe asked the authorities in Gaza to \u2026 issue a regulation to keep wild animals in captivity [and] stop [animal] smuggling from Egypt.\u201d A New Life for Rescued Animals Of the Khan Younis survivors, Laziz had the longest journey to his new home\u2014the Lionsrock Big Cat Sanctuary in South Africa, where he\u2019ll live on a hectare with grass, trees, and a bathing area. Lionsrock, run by Four Paws, is fenced in and patrolled regularly for poachers. The buzzards may eventually be released into the wild. All of the other Khan Younis animals except the monkeys\u2014four vervets and a macaque, which are bound for the Israeli Primate Sanctuary Foundation\u2014went to the New Hope Centre sanctuary in Jordan. They\u2019ll eventually move to Al Ma\u2019wa for Nature and Wildlife, a Jordanian sanctuary run by Four Paws and the Princess Alia Foundation. But the animals\u2019 problems may not be over. \u201cOur experience rescuing and rehabilitating wild animals that have spent years in captivity\u2014often in appalling and traumatic conditions\u2014has taught us that this can lead to a wide range of physical and psychological problems,\u201d Knight says. \u201cSome animals have suffered lengthy periods of starvation and need treatment for malnutrition and dehydration. Others, like the tiger in Gaza, have been fed an entirely unsuitable diet\u201d\u2014Laziz was fed chicken, which Dungler says tigers should not eat\u2014\u201cthat, coupled with constant confinement and an inability to exercise, leads to obesity and the many diseases associated with that. \u201cOn a positive note,\u201d he adds, \u201cwe have also learned that with expert treatment and care, in time even the most damaged animals can be rehabilitated and given a second chance in life. Some, but not all, can even be returned to the wild.\u201d What\u2019s Next for Zoo Survivors The two Palestinian governments, Hamas and Fatah, have recently approached Four Paws about creating a sanctuary in Gaza. But \u201chow far it is from reality,\u201d says Khalil, \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d There are currently just 12 veterinarians in the Gaza Strip, with four set to retire soon. (Five veterinarians assisted Four Paws during the rescue, with Khalil and his team providing on-hand training.) Khalil says he\u2019s worried about the remaining Gaza zoos\u2014and about other zoos in conflict zones that require immediate attention. Some of these, he says, can be found in Yemen, Syria, Libya, Sudan, and Venezuela. But that\u2019s a very partial list. \u201cThere are,\u201d he says, \u201chundreds of such zoos worldwide.\u201d Time will tell if Four Paws\u2019 inspiring work can be replicated at some of them.", "essay": "really? world worst zoo? Should we even have anything like that? It is a very pitiable state we've found our self in. Humans keep destroying everything Mother nature has bestowed us with. We pick up animals form their natural habitats, deprive them of social and emotional bondings with their kind and the best we can offer is deplorable habit."}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "Animals Rescued From the 'World\u2019s Worst Zoo' \u2014  An animal-welfare organization reflects on its nerve-wracking rescue\u2014and what it might mean for troubled zoos around the world. Update: October 14\u2014This story has been updated to include more information about the care of animals at the zoo, and to clarify the nature of the 2014 conflict between Hamas and Israel. When a rescue team arrived to evacuate a closing zoo near the Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis in late August, just 15 animals were still alive\u2014the survivors from what had once been a collection of hundreds of animals. They included Laziz, a nine-year-old Bengal tiger that is the last tiger in Gaza, according to Four Paws, the Vienna-based animal-welfare nonprofit that led the rescue. There were also five monkeys, an emu, a pelican, two buzzards, two porcupines, two tortoises, and a doe. The doe had lost her fawn to wounds shortly before the rescuers arrived. Opened in 2007 on three and a half acres next to an amusement park, the Khan Younis Zoo has long been called \u201cthe world\u2019s worst zoo\u201d by animal-welfare groups such as Four Paws and various international media outlets. Animals there were reported to have starved to death during military conflicts between Gaza\u2019s Hamas-led government and neighboring Israel. And last year, the surviving animals began sharing their cramped cages with the dead: More than 50 dead animals\u2014including Laziz\u2019s mate\u2014were taxidermied by the zoo staff. (See \"Tiger\u2019s Death Raises Question: What Makes a Good Zoo?\") A seven-week conflict in 2014 hastened the decision to close the zoo. The conflict stemmed from the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teenagers on the West Bank. Israel linked the crimes to Hamas, and began making hundreds of arrests in the case, including many of Hamas\u2019 West Bank leaders. Hamas later began firing rockets at civilian areas in Israel, which retaliated by bombing sites in Gaza. The United Nations reported that nearly 2,200 people were killed in the conflict, more than 2,100 of them Palestinians. It\u2019s unclear precisely what led to the animals\u2019 deaths at the zoo. The zoo itself was not bombed during the 2014 conflict, and animal-welfare groups say it had a troubled history of caring for animals. Abu Diab Oweida, the Palestinian businessman who owned the zoo, said many animals died during that conflict, and that the mummifications were an effort by the zoo\u2019s staff \u201cto prove to the whole world that even animals (were) affected.\u201d Oweida previously blamed a 2009 conflict for the death of several animals in the zoo, some of which also were mummified. How It Happened Four Paws and its director of emergency response, Amir Khalil, had sought for months to close the zoo and transfer the animals to sanctuaries. In late August of this year, the ambitious rescue plan became reality. \u201cThe idea to close (the zoo came in) April of last year,\u201d said Khalil, an Egyptian-born veterinarian who lives in Austria. \u201cIt was a concept last September. It was a plan this April. It was a mission in August.\u201d Khalil needed to negotiate with four people: Oweida and three of his sons. In May they agreed on the concept of evacuating the zoo. (Also see \"Animals Starving in Venezuela Zoos.\") \u201cI decided to donate the animals to save what remained of (them), to live safely inside a nature reserve and in peace and security,\u201d Oweida said. (Read about the tunnels of Gaza in National Geographic magazine.) The rescue itself was complicated, \u201ca complex coordination between Israeli, Palestinian, and international officials,\u201d according to a spokesperson for the Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, a branch of the Ministry of Defense that works with the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, and with international organizations working in both territories. Israel has not occupied Gaza since 2005, but retains various controls of its trade, border traffic, sea traffic, and air space. The rescue \u201cwas not easy,\u201d Khalil said. \u201cTo be neutral is not easy. I think Four Paws was a form of mediator between three, four countries\u201d\u2014Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian governments of Hamas and Fatah Khalil and Four Paws carried out the multiday rescue in the midst of a military conflict this past August, crossing disputed borders as unseen Israel Defense Forces aircraft dropped bombs on military targets in the Gaza. Khalil has worked to save animals from crisis situations before, including the 2011 Libyan uprising that toppled Muammar Qaddafi. But the Khan Younis mission, he says, was one of the toughest. \u201cIn terms of the (mission), it went quite well,\u201d team member Ioana Dungler says. \u201cIn terms of time, it was quite exhausting. On a (difficulty) scale of 1 to 10, it was an 8.\u201d Animal Rescue The plans for the mission began to take shape in April 2015, when Khalil first visited Khan Younis and was horrified by the mummified animals. He soon began negotiating with Oweida and three of his sons. First, Four Paws would pay for the animals\u2019 feeding. Next, it would cover all of the zoo\u2019s operational costs, including staff salaries. It also removed the cadavers from public view. The final condition was that Oweida agreed not to work with animals again upon closure of the zoo. (See \"Opinion: Killing Healthy Zoo Animals Is Wrong\u2014And the Public Agrees.\") Finally, in mid-August, Khalil led a 14-person team to the zoo. The team departed from the Erez border crossing in southwest Israel. Shortly before they crossed the border, a rocket from Gaza landed in the Israeli city of Sderot. Khalil said he could see smoke from the Erez border crossing. As the rescuers headed to the zoo, the Israel Defense Forces launched 50 retaliatory airstrikes at Hamas targets in Gaza. Nevertheless, Khalil said the team felt \u201csafe and secure.\u201d \u201cFour Paws was checking what was going on,\u201d he explained. \u201cLocally, we were informed of anything happening. ... I was not worried about security, but about the mission.\u201d (Also see \"Jerusalem Zoo Struggles to Remain Common Ground for Israelis, Palestinians.\") The team arrived at Khan Younis on August 22 to heartbreaking news: A baby deer, which had suffered during its few weeks of life, had died the day before. Four Paws prepared the surviving animals for their journey to new homes. The group spent August 23 loading the animals into crates, placed on a truck. The rescue became official when the team crossed back into Israel early on August 25. From there, team members escorted the animals to their new homes. Where Things Stand Four Paws has also transferred five Gaza lions and 15 other wild animals to sanctuaries. Now four active zoos remain in the Strip. Khalil says that Palestinian authorities are hoping to close them all. Alan Knight, chief executive of the U.K.-based International Animal Rescue, says the Khan Younis mission was a milestone in animal rights. \u201cWe are of course delighted that this terrible zoo has finally been closed and the surviving animals have been saved, thanks to Four Paws,\u201d Knight said. \u201cThe success of the rescue operation proves that \u2026 extraordinary things can be achieved with passion and determination. Suffering animals should not be forgotten or overlooked, even in the midst of human conflicts or natural or man-made disasters. \u201cWe must all continue to strive to drive up the welfare of animals in world zoos. And if they can\u2019t meet even the most basic standards, we must work toward getting them closed down.\u201d Ahmad Safi, executive director of the Palestinian Animal League, also praised the rescue but tempered his words with concern about unresolved issues in Gaza. \u201cWhile we are delighted that the individual animals have now been moved to safety and can begin to enjoy life in a sanctuary environment,\u201d he says, \u201cwe are concerned that simply removing animals while failing to acknowledge and tackle the wider issues at play \u2014 such as wildlife trafficking and commercialization of wild animals in the Gaza Strip \u2014 means that these animals may be replaced and the good work done recently will simply be part of a vicious cycle which continues.\u201d Khalil added that local authorities in Gaza have expressed interest in creating new legislation on wild animals. At the moment, \u201cthere is no legislation, no law\u201d\u2014a situation that results in \u201cwild animals [being] smuggled and kept in poor cages.\u201d \u201cThere are no current plans for assistance,\u201d he adds, though \u201cwe asked the authorities in Gaza to \u2026 issue a regulation to keep wild animals in captivity [and] stop [animal] smuggling from Egypt.\u201d A New Life for Rescued Animals Of the Khan Younis survivors, Laziz had the longest journey to his new home\u2014the Lionsrock Big Cat Sanctuary in South Africa, where he\u2019ll live on a hectare with grass, trees, and a bathing area. Lionsrock, run by Four Paws, is fenced in and patrolled regularly for poachers. The buzzards may eventually be released into the wild. All of the other Khan Younis animals except the monkeys\u2014four vervets and a macaque, which are bound for the Israeli Primate Sanctuary Foundation\u2014went to the New Hope Centre sanctuary in Jordan. They\u2019ll eventually move to Al Ma\u2019wa for Nature and Wildlife, a Jordanian sanctuary run by Four Paws and the Princess Alia Foundation. But the animals\u2019 problems may not be over. \u201cOur experience rescuing and rehabilitating wild animals that have spent years in captivity\u2014often in appalling and traumatic conditions\u2014has taught us that this can lead to a wide range of physical and psychological problems,\u201d Knight says. \u201cSome animals have suffered lengthy periods of starvation and need treatment for malnutrition and dehydration. Others, like the tiger in Gaza, have been fed an entirely unsuitable diet\u201d\u2014Laziz was fed chicken, which Dungler says tigers should not eat\u2014\u201cthat, coupled with constant confinement and an inability to exercise, leads to obesity and the many diseases associated with that. \u201cOn a positive note,\u201d he adds, \u201cwe have also learned that with expert treatment and care, in time even the most damaged animals can be rehabilitated and given a second chance in life. Some, but not all, can even be returned to the wild.\u201d What\u2019s Next for Zoo Survivors The two Palestinian governments, Hamas and Fatah, have recently approached Four Paws about creating a sanctuary in Gaza. But \u201chow far it is from reality,\u201d says Khalil, \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d There are currently just 12 veterinarians in the Gaza Strip, with four set to retire soon. (Five veterinarians assisted Four Paws during the rescue, with Khalil and his team providing on-hand training.) Khalil says he\u2019s worried about the remaining Gaza zoos\u2014and about other zoos in conflict zones that require immediate attention. Some of these, he says, can be found in Yemen, Syria, Libya, Sudan, and Venezuela. But that\u2019s a very partial list. \u201cThere are,\u201d he says, \u201chundreds of such zoos worldwide.\u201d Time will tell if Four Paws\u2019 inspiring work can be replicated at some of them.", "essay": "All the poor animals that died in that zoo.   They starved to death.   They are known for the worst zoo ever.   Why would you have such a distinctive zoo and then let the animals starve.  Weren't there gatekeepers of the zoo while the military conflict took place.  They even fed them occasionally with chickens which is a no no.   (:"}
{"user_id": "ec_p007", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 3.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 3.0}}, "article": "At least 239 migrants believed drowned in Mediterranean, U.N. says \u2014  BRUSSELS \u2014 At least 239 migrants are believed to have drowned this week in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya, the United Nations refugee agency said Thursday, adding to the toll in what was already the deadliest year on record in the Mediterranean Sea. Survivor accounts suggest that two crowded boats broke up just off the Libyan coast Wednesday, said Carlotta Sami, spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. The 31 survivors were taken Thursday to the Italian island of Lampedusa, which has become a rescue hub amid an ever-deadlier crisis as migrants depart Africa\u2019s northern shores trying to reach Europe. The reports from the survivors could not be independently confirmed, but it is common for migrant ships to be filled far beyond capacity, and hundreds have perished in past sinkings. If true, the latest shipwrecks bring the toll of dead and missing in the Mediterranean to 4,220 this year, the highest on record, Sami said. \u201cThis is an absolutely appalling figure,\u201d she said.  According to Sami, the 29 survivors of the first wreck said they capsized after wooden planks at the bottom of the rubber dinghy broke apart several hours after departing Libya around 3 a.m. Wednesday. Pregnant women and at least six children were on board, survivors told the UNHCR, but no children were saved in the rescue, which took place about 25 miles off Libya\u2019s coast. One woman lost her 2-month-old baby, Sami said, and 12 bodies were recovered. The survivors said they were in the cold waters for hours before being rescued about 3 p.m. Wednesday. They said more than 140 people were aboard the boat. Two survivors of a second shipwreck were rescued in a separate operation, Sami said. They said at least 120 had been on board their boat, which had problems immediately upon setting out and broke apart off the Libyan coast around 5 a.m. Wednesday. The remaining passengers are believed to have drowned, Sami said. No further rescue operations are being performed at the location of those shipwrecks. \u201cI am deeply saddened by another tragedy on the high seas. . . . So many lives could be saved through more resettlement and legal pathways to protection,\u201d U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said in a statement Thursday. \u201cThe Mediterranean is a deadly stretch of sea for refugees and migrants, yet they still see no other option but to risk their lives to cross it.\u201d Most of the migrants appear to have come from sub-Saharan Africa, Sami said, but she said details were still being checked. She did not immediately know which agency carried out the rescue. The European Union is conducting a search-and-rescue operation in the western Mediterranean that is temporarily being offered logistical help from the NATO military alliance. \u201cIn this, the deadliest year for boat migration to Europe, the E.U. remains focused on deterrence over protection,\u201d Judith Sunderland, associate Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement Thursday. \u201cThe E.U. should be pressing Libyan authorities for permission to operate in Libyan waters, so they can help those in distress and bring them safely to Europe.\u201d Rescued migrants have told the UNHCR that smugglers along the route were telling migrants that responsibility for rescues would soon shift to Libya, and that any rescued refugees would be returned to Libya rather than carried onward to Italy, the agency said. That could be a cause of the current spike. Migrant traffic across the Mediterranean has changed significantly in the past year, after more than 1 million people made the passage in 2015. Most of them came via Turkey to Greece and then pressed onward into Europe. The sea portion of that journey was shorter and safer than the perilous passage from Libya to Italy. But the Turkish government largely shut down the migrant flow in the spring, closing off the main pathway for people fleeing the conflicts in Syria and Iraq into Europe. This week, the Gambian soccer federation announced that one of its stars had died at sea while trying to reach Europe. Fatim Jawara, 19, the goalkeeper on the country\u2019s women\u2019s national team, drowned when her boat went down off the coast of Libya several weeks ago. Traffic from Libya and northern Africa has increased and grown deadlier, according to U.N. figures. Last year, 153,846 people arrived in Italy via the central Mediterranean route \u2014 a figure that has just been surpassed in 2016. The arrivals in Italy last month were more than triple those of a year earlier. The shifting migration patterns have been a boon to smugglers, as demand has increased across the trickier North African route. Smugglers are sending out large groups in several ships at once, complicating rescue efforts if multiple boats capsize, UNHCR spokesman William Spindler said in October. It was not immediately clear whether Wednesday\u2019s sinkings were connected to a single smuggling operation. Kevin Sieff in Kigali, Rwanda, contributed to this report.", "essay": "I think something has to be done about the migrant situation in the mediterranean. The migrants take very rough routes and in really ill prepared boats. Many die because there are not official migration routes for refugees. It is a shame that these people ahve to risk their lives just to get into a better country."}
{"user_id": "ec_p050", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 165000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.75 in openness, 6.25 in conscientiousness, 3.25 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 165000, "personality": {"openness": 5.75, "conscientiousness": 6.25, "extraversion": 3.25, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "At least 239 migrants believed drowned in Mediterranean, U.N. says \u2014  BRUSSELS \u2014 At least 239 migrants are believed to have drowned this week in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya, the United Nations refugee agency said Thursday, adding to the toll in what was already the deadliest year on record in the Mediterranean Sea. Survivor accounts suggest that two crowded boats broke up just off the Libyan coast Wednesday, said Carlotta Sami, spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. The 31 survivors were taken Thursday to the Italian island of Lampedusa, which has become a rescue hub amid an ever-deadlier crisis as migrants depart Africa\u2019s northern shores trying to reach Europe. The reports from the survivors could not be independently confirmed, but it is common for migrant ships to be filled far beyond capacity, and hundreds have perished in past sinkings. If true, the latest shipwrecks bring the toll of dead and missing in the Mediterranean to 4,220 this year, the highest on record, Sami said. \u201cThis is an absolutely appalling figure,\u201d she said.  According to Sami, the 29 survivors of the first wreck said they capsized after wooden planks at the bottom of the rubber dinghy broke apart several hours after departing Libya around 3 a.m. Wednesday. Pregnant women and at least six children were on board, survivors told the UNHCR, but no children were saved in the rescue, which took place about 25 miles off Libya\u2019s coast. One woman lost her 2-month-old baby, Sami said, and 12 bodies were recovered. The survivors said they were in the cold waters for hours before being rescued about 3 p.m. Wednesday. They said more than 140 people were aboard the boat. Two survivors of a second shipwreck were rescued in a separate operation, Sami said. They said at least 120 had been on board their boat, which had problems immediately upon setting out and broke apart off the Libyan coast around 5 a.m. Wednesday. The remaining passengers are believed to have drowned, Sami said. No further rescue operations are being performed at the location of those shipwrecks. \u201cI am deeply saddened by another tragedy on the high seas. . . . So many lives could be saved through more resettlement and legal pathways to protection,\u201d U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said in a statement Thursday. \u201cThe Mediterranean is a deadly stretch of sea for refugees and migrants, yet they still see no other option but to risk their lives to cross it.\u201d Most of the migrants appear to have come from sub-Saharan Africa, Sami said, but she said details were still being checked. She did not immediately know which agency carried out the rescue. The European Union is conducting a search-and-rescue operation in the western Mediterranean that is temporarily being offered logistical help from the NATO military alliance. \u201cIn this, the deadliest year for boat migration to Europe, the E.U. remains focused on deterrence over protection,\u201d Judith Sunderland, associate Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement Thursday. \u201cThe E.U. should be pressing Libyan authorities for permission to operate in Libyan waters, so they can help those in distress and bring them safely to Europe.\u201d Rescued migrants have told the UNHCR that smugglers along the route were telling migrants that responsibility for rescues would soon shift to Libya, and that any rescued refugees would be returned to Libya rather than carried onward to Italy, the agency said. That could be a cause of the current spike. Migrant traffic across the Mediterranean has changed significantly in the past year, after more than 1 million people made the passage in 2015. Most of them came via Turkey to Greece and then pressed onward into Europe. The sea portion of that journey was shorter and safer than the perilous passage from Libya to Italy. But the Turkish government largely shut down the migrant flow in the spring, closing off the main pathway for people fleeing the conflicts in Syria and Iraq into Europe. This week, the Gambian soccer federation announced that one of its stars had died at sea while trying to reach Europe. Fatim Jawara, 19, the goalkeeper on the country\u2019s women\u2019s national team, drowned when her boat went down off the coast of Libya several weeks ago. Traffic from Libya and northern Africa has increased and grown deadlier, according to U.N. figures. Last year, 153,846 people arrived in Italy via the central Mediterranean route \u2014 a figure that has just been surpassed in 2016. The arrivals in Italy last month were more than triple those of a year earlier. The shifting migration patterns have been a boon to smugglers, as demand has increased across the trickier North African route. Smugglers are sending out large groups in several ships at once, complicating rescue efforts if multiple boats capsize, UNHCR spokesman William Spindler said in October. It was not immediately clear whether Wednesday\u2019s sinkings were connected to a single smuggling operation. Kevin Sieff in Kigali, Rwanda, contributed to this report.", "essay": "Humans killing themselves in avoidable situations. Why cabt they just sit in their countries? I cant blame them though, the global unrest is alarming and people are just trying to survive. But travelling over the sea using such boats is pushing it too far. I feel sad and sorry for them and wish I can help their situation"}
{"user_id": "ec_p043", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 27000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 3.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 27000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 3.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "At least 239 migrants believed drowned in Mediterranean, U.N. says \u2014  BRUSSELS \u2014 At least 239 migrants are believed to have drowned this week in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya, the United Nations refugee agency said Thursday, adding to the toll in what was already the deadliest year on record in the Mediterranean Sea. Survivor accounts suggest that two crowded boats broke up just off the Libyan coast Wednesday, said Carlotta Sami, spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. The 31 survivors were taken Thursday to the Italian island of Lampedusa, which has become a rescue hub amid an ever-deadlier crisis as migrants depart Africa\u2019s northern shores trying to reach Europe. The reports from the survivors could not be independently confirmed, but it is common for migrant ships to be filled far beyond capacity, and hundreds have perished in past sinkings. If true, the latest shipwrecks bring the toll of dead and missing in the Mediterranean to 4,220 this year, the highest on record, Sami said. \u201cThis is an absolutely appalling figure,\u201d she said.  According to Sami, the 29 survivors of the first wreck said they capsized after wooden planks at the bottom of the rubber dinghy broke apart several hours after departing Libya around 3 a.m. Wednesday. Pregnant women and at least six children were on board, survivors told the UNHCR, but no children were saved in the rescue, which took place about 25 miles off Libya\u2019s coast. One woman lost her 2-month-old baby, Sami said, and 12 bodies were recovered. The survivors said they were in the cold waters for hours before being rescued about 3 p.m. Wednesday. They said more than 140 people were aboard the boat. Two survivors of a second shipwreck were rescued in a separate operation, Sami said. They said at least 120 had been on board their boat, which had problems immediately upon setting out and broke apart off the Libyan coast around 5 a.m. Wednesday. The remaining passengers are believed to have drowned, Sami said. No further rescue operations are being performed at the location of those shipwrecks. \u201cI am deeply saddened by another tragedy on the high seas. . . . So many lives could be saved through more resettlement and legal pathways to protection,\u201d U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said in a statement Thursday. \u201cThe Mediterranean is a deadly stretch of sea for refugees and migrants, yet they still see no other option but to risk their lives to cross it.\u201d Most of the migrants appear to have come from sub-Saharan Africa, Sami said, but she said details were still being checked. She did not immediately know which agency carried out the rescue. The European Union is conducting a search-and-rescue operation in the western Mediterranean that is temporarily being offered logistical help from the NATO military alliance. \u201cIn this, the deadliest year for boat migration to Europe, the E.U. remains focused on deterrence over protection,\u201d Judith Sunderland, associate Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement Thursday. \u201cThe E.U. should be pressing Libyan authorities for permission to operate in Libyan waters, so they can help those in distress and bring them safely to Europe.\u201d Rescued migrants have told the UNHCR that smugglers along the route were telling migrants that responsibility for rescues would soon shift to Libya, and that any rescued refugees would be returned to Libya rather than carried onward to Italy, the agency said. That could be a cause of the current spike. Migrant traffic across the Mediterranean has changed significantly in the past year, after more than 1 million people made the passage in 2015. Most of them came via Turkey to Greece and then pressed onward into Europe. The sea portion of that journey was shorter and safer than the perilous passage from Libya to Italy. But the Turkish government largely shut down the migrant flow in the spring, closing off the main pathway for people fleeing the conflicts in Syria and Iraq into Europe. This week, the Gambian soccer federation announced that one of its stars had died at sea while trying to reach Europe. Fatim Jawara, 19, the goalkeeper on the country\u2019s women\u2019s national team, drowned when her boat went down off the coast of Libya several weeks ago. Traffic from Libya and northern Africa has increased and grown deadlier, according to U.N. figures. Last year, 153,846 people arrived in Italy via the central Mediterranean route \u2014 a figure that has just been surpassed in 2016. The arrivals in Italy last month were more than triple those of a year earlier. The shifting migration patterns have been a boon to smugglers, as demand has increased across the trickier North African route. Smugglers are sending out large groups in several ships at once, complicating rescue efforts if multiple boats capsize, UNHCR spokesman William Spindler said in October. It was not immediately clear whether Wednesday\u2019s sinkings were connected to a single smuggling operation. Kevin Sieff in Kigali, Rwanda, contributed to this report.", "essay": "It's really sad that so many people need to flee from their war torn homelands for a better life. Those people must be so desperate to get into these overfilled boats when every day there must be a story about drowned migrants. A lot of the blame should go to the people who are organization these trips too. They are probably being paid handsomely but still can't transport the people safely. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "At least 239 migrants believed drowned in Mediterranean, U.N. says \u2014  BRUSSELS \u2014 At least 239 migrants are believed to have drowned this week in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya, the United Nations refugee agency said Thursday, adding to the toll in what was already the deadliest year on record in the Mediterranean Sea. Survivor accounts suggest that two crowded boats broke up just off the Libyan coast Wednesday, said Carlotta Sami, spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. The 31 survivors were taken Thursday to the Italian island of Lampedusa, which has become a rescue hub amid an ever-deadlier crisis as migrants depart Africa\u2019s northern shores trying to reach Europe. The reports from the survivors could not be independently confirmed, but it is common for migrant ships to be filled far beyond capacity, and hundreds have perished in past sinkings. If true, the latest shipwrecks bring the toll of dead and missing in the Mediterranean to 4,220 this year, the highest on record, Sami said. \u201cThis is an absolutely appalling figure,\u201d she said.  According to Sami, the 29 survivors of the first wreck said they capsized after wooden planks at the bottom of the rubber dinghy broke apart several hours after departing Libya around 3 a.m. Wednesday. Pregnant women and at least six children were on board, survivors told the UNHCR, but no children were saved in the rescue, which took place about 25 miles off Libya\u2019s coast. One woman lost her 2-month-old baby, Sami said, and 12 bodies were recovered. The survivors said they were in the cold waters for hours before being rescued about 3 p.m. Wednesday. They said more than 140 people were aboard the boat. Two survivors of a second shipwreck were rescued in a separate operation, Sami said. They said at least 120 had been on board their boat, which had problems immediately upon setting out and broke apart off the Libyan coast around 5 a.m. Wednesday. The remaining passengers are believed to have drowned, Sami said. No further rescue operations are being performed at the location of those shipwrecks. \u201cI am deeply saddened by another tragedy on the high seas. . . . So many lives could be saved through more resettlement and legal pathways to protection,\u201d U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said in a statement Thursday. \u201cThe Mediterranean is a deadly stretch of sea for refugees and migrants, yet they still see no other option but to risk their lives to cross it.\u201d Most of the migrants appear to have come from sub-Saharan Africa, Sami said, but she said details were still being checked. She did not immediately know which agency carried out the rescue. The European Union is conducting a search-and-rescue operation in the western Mediterranean that is temporarily being offered logistical help from the NATO military alliance. \u201cIn this, the deadliest year for boat migration to Europe, the E.U. remains focused on deterrence over protection,\u201d Judith Sunderland, associate Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement Thursday. \u201cThe E.U. should be pressing Libyan authorities for permission to operate in Libyan waters, so they can help those in distress and bring them safely to Europe.\u201d Rescued migrants have told the UNHCR that smugglers along the route were telling migrants that responsibility for rescues would soon shift to Libya, and that any rescued refugees would be returned to Libya rather than carried onward to Italy, the agency said. That could be a cause of the current spike. Migrant traffic across the Mediterranean has changed significantly in the past year, after more than 1 million people made the passage in 2015. Most of them came via Turkey to Greece and then pressed onward into Europe. The sea portion of that journey was shorter and safer than the perilous passage from Libya to Italy. But the Turkish government largely shut down the migrant flow in the spring, closing off the main pathway for people fleeing the conflicts in Syria and Iraq into Europe. This week, the Gambian soccer federation announced that one of its stars had died at sea while trying to reach Europe. Fatim Jawara, 19, the goalkeeper on the country\u2019s women\u2019s national team, drowned when her boat went down off the coast of Libya several weeks ago. Traffic from Libya and northern Africa has increased and grown deadlier, according to U.N. figures. Last year, 153,846 people arrived in Italy via the central Mediterranean route \u2014 a figure that has just been surpassed in 2016. The arrivals in Italy last month were more than triple those of a year earlier. The shifting migration patterns have been a boon to smugglers, as demand has increased across the trickier North African route. Smugglers are sending out large groups in several ships at once, complicating rescue efforts if multiple boats capsize, UNHCR spokesman William Spindler said in October. It was not immediately clear whether Wednesday\u2019s sinkings were connected to a single smuggling operation. Kevin Sieff in Kigali, Rwanda, contributed to this report.", "essay": "This artile is so sad I cant believe the mass amounts of lives being taken that is so preventable. I think more aid should be sent and they should be able to sail ships in there territory to help aid these people. It is sad to think people think the chance of death is better than living where they are. The smugglers need to controlled so so many boats arent sent out and it over whlems rescue missions. I feel for the parents who send there children on this and the children end up dying i cant imagine. Someday i hope more aid is sent to help countries like this fix the problems at home so so many people dont want to flea"}
{"user_id": "ec_p007", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 3.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 3.0}}, "article": "Food, water fears remain year after Brazil mine dam disaster \u2014  COLATINA, Brazil \u2014 One year after a dam ruptured and sent a giant wave of metal-laden mud gushing into one of Brazil\u2019s most important rivers, people who live along the banks won\u2019t drink the water and fishermen are afraid to eat their catch. Upward of 10 billion gallons of mud filled with mining waste buried towns in the Nov. 5 dam break that has been described as the worst environmental disaster in Latin America\u2019s largest country. Nineteen people perished. Across 5,000 acres \u2014 about six times the size of New York City\u2019s Central Park \u2014 the onslaught of mud crushed thousands of trees and wildlife. In the river, more than 14 tons of fish died, mostly after mud got stuck in their gills. An equally large amount of aquatic plants died when turbid waters blocked out the sunlight needed to survive. The environmental damage was so vast that even a year later, many people in the area won\u2019t drink or cook with water from their faucets because, unlike the groundwater, it\u2019s connected to a network of reservoirs the Doce River feeds into. On a recent day, construction worker Samuel Alves de Andrade was among several people lining up outside a hut for well water sourced by an aquifer in the city of Colatina, about 407 miles (655 kilometers) northeast of Rio de Janeiro. \u201cThis water is a lot better than what comes from the river. We have to do what\u2019s best for us,\u201d he said as he filled plastic jugs for family members. Fishermen say they\u2019re staying away from the river because they keep finding fish with red spots and wart-like bumps, prompting environmental authorities to launch their own studies. A judge has ordered Samarco\u2014 a venture between giants Vale of Brazil and BHP Billiton of Australia\u2014 to pay for independent studies, but it\u2019s unclear when results will be released. \u201cI have been fishing in the Doce River waters for more than 30 years, but now I don\u2019t have the guts to eat that fish,\u201d said Jose de Fatima Lemes, president of the Colatina fishermen\u2019s association. Residents and environmental experts say subsequent cleanup efforts by mega mining company Samarco have been slow and ineffective. Doubts also persist about the local government\u2019s assurances that Doce River\u2019s water is safe to consume. \u201cThe mud is still all over the banks,\u201d said Andre Dos Santos, a biologist at the Federal University of Sao Carlos who has collected samples along the Doce River since the disaster. \u201cThe river will never be the same.\u201d Rich in history and commerce, the Doce River had long been a reliable source of water and food for millions of residents and thousands of companies along its banks. Samarco\u2019s chief officer for sustainable projects, Maury de Souza Jr., said the company is advancing in its cleanup and has not found any water quality problems. Ubaldina Isaac, of Brazil\u2019s environmental ministry, said a key government priority now is to reforest the banks to prevent rainwater from dragging back into the river the mine waste that remains wedged in the dirt. One recent morning, Isaac gestured to some recently planted bushes that had already died or rooted out even before the rainy season had fully kicked off in November. She said the plants should have lasted through the wet season that stretches into the first months of the year. Without sufficient vegetation \u201cwe have no system to hold the waste, and so it continues flowing into the river,\u201d she said. Rio Doce was initially feared by Portuguese gold explorers because of the difficulties they encountered navigating its zig-zagging path. But in the 19th century, communities formed along the river\u2019s path through the thick Atlantic rainforest as mining activity and cattle ranching gradually increased. Today, many businesses operate along the Doce, including fishing, steelmaking and companies that produce paper and charcoal. Hundreds of fishermen who lost their livelihood in the disaster receive a monthly compensation of about $400 from Samarco, plus $80 more for each of their dependents. Some say they used to sell their fish for as much as $1,200 a month. On a recent afternoon, fisherman Diomar Lordes visited the river with his son and they sat on the broken wooden boat that carried him through the waters for decades. \u201cI have no hope I will fish here again,\u201d Lordes said. \u201cIt\u2019s like we lost a relative. A life ended.\u201d Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.", "essay": "Companies need to be held accountable for what happens with their factory waste. The fact that this company is not properly cleaning up after the big mining disaster in Brazil is unacceptable. It saddens me that the people who lived off the river cannot properly continue their way of life due to the environmental impact of that company."}
{"user_id": "ec_p055", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 46 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 22000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 46, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 22000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Food, water fears remain year after Brazil mine dam disaster \u2014  COLATINA, Brazil \u2014 One year after a dam ruptured and sent a giant wave of metal-laden mud gushing into one of Brazil\u2019s most important rivers, people who live along the banks won\u2019t drink the water and fishermen are afraid to eat their catch. Upward of 10 billion gallons of mud filled with mining waste buried towns in the Nov. 5 dam break that has been described as the worst environmental disaster in Latin America\u2019s largest country. Nineteen people perished. Across 5,000 acres \u2014 about six times the size of New York City\u2019s Central Park \u2014 the onslaught of mud crushed thousands of trees and wildlife. In the river, more than 14 tons of fish died, mostly after mud got stuck in their gills. An equally large amount of aquatic plants died when turbid waters blocked out the sunlight needed to survive. The environmental damage was so vast that even a year later, many people in the area won\u2019t drink or cook with water from their faucets because, unlike the groundwater, it\u2019s connected to a network of reservoirs the Doce River feeds into. On a recent day, construction worker Samuel Alves de Andrade was among several people lining up outside a hut for well water sourced by an aquifer in the city of Colatina, about 407 miles (655 kilometers) northeast of Rio de Janeiro. \u201cThis water is a lot better than what comes from the river. We have to do what\u2019s best for us,\u201d he said as he filled plastic jugs for family members. Fishermen say they\u2019re staying away from the river because they keep finding fish with red spots and wart-like bumps, prompting environmental authorities to launch their own studies. A judge has ordered Samarco\u2014 a venture between giants Vale of Brazil and BHP Billiton of Australia\u2014 to pay for independent studies, but it\u2019s unclear when results will be released. \u201cI have been fishing in the Doce River waters for more than 30 years, but now I don\u2019t have the guts to eat that fish,\u201d said Jose de Fatima Lemes, president of the Colatina fishermen\u2019s association. Residents and environmental experts say subsequent cleanup efforts by mega mining company Samarco have been slow and ineffective. Doubts also persist about the local government\u2019s assurances that Doce River\u2019s water is safe to consume. \u201cThe mud is still all over the banks,\u201d said Andre Dos Santos, a biologist at the Federal University of Sao Carlos who has collected samples along the Doce River since the disaster. \u201cThe river will never be the same.\u201d Rich in history and commerce, the Doce River had long been a reliable source of water and food for millions of residents and thousands of companies along its banks. Samarco\u2019s chief officer for sustainable projects, Maury de Souza Jr., said the company is advancing in its cleanup and has not found any water quality problems. Ubaldina Isaac, of Brazil\u2019s environmental ministry, said a key government priority now is to reforest the banks to prevent rainwater from dragging back into the river the mine waste that remains wedged in the dirt. One recent morning, Isaac gestured to some recently planted bushes that had already died or rooted out even before the rainy season had fully kicked off in November. She said the plants should have lasted through the wet season that stretches into the first months of the year. Without sufficient vegetation \u201cwe have no system to hold the waste, and so it continues flowing into the river,\u201d she said. Rio Doce was initially feared by Portuguese gold explorers because of the difficulties they encountered navigating its zig-zagging path. But in the 19th century, communities formed along the river\u2019s path through the thick Atlantic rainforest as mining activity and cattle ranching gradually increased. Today, many businesses operate along the Doce, including fishing, steelmaking and companies that produce paper and charcoal. Hundreds of fishermen who lost their livelihood in the disaster receive a monthly compensation of about $400 from Samarco, plus $80 more for each of their dependents. Some say they used to sell their fish for as much as $1,200 a month. On a recent afternoon, fisherman Diomar Lordes visited the river with his son and they sat on the broken wooden boat that carried him through the waters for decades. \u201cI have no hope I will fish here again,\u201d Lordes said. \u201cIt\u2019s like we lost a relative. A life ended.\u201d Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.", "essay": "After reading about this disaster I'm just heart broken. It's so sad to think that one incident can impact an entire area and impact so many people for so long. That river will never be the same and there is nothing anyone can do now but wait and hope that someday, things might be better. But now all those people are without water and work. Generations of fisherman can't fish there. Fish isn't safe to eat. It's beyond sad."}
{"user_id": "ec_p038", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 34 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 50000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 34, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 50000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Food, water fears remain year after Brazil mine dam disaster \u2014  COLATINA, Brazil \u2014 One year after a dam ruptured and sent a giant wave of metal-laden mud gushing into one of Brazil\u2019s most important rivers, people who live along the banks won\u2019t drink the water and fishermen are afraid to eat their catch. Upward of 10 billion gallons of mud filled with mining waste buried towns in the Nov. 5 dam break that has been described as the worst environmental disaster in Latin America\u2019s largest country. Nineteen people perished. Across 5,000 acres \u2014 about six times the size of New York City\u2019s Central Park \u2014 the onslaught of mud crushed thousands of trees and wildlife. In the river, more than 14 tons of fish died, mostly after mud got stuck in their gills. An equally large amount of aquatic plants died when turbid waters blocked out the sunlight needed to survive. The environmental damage was so vast that even a year later, many people in the area won\u2019t drink or cook with water from their faucets because, unlike the groundwater, it\u2019s connected to a network of reservoirs the Doce River feeds into. On a recent day, construction worker Samuel Alves de Andrade was among several people lining up outside a hut for well water sourced by an aquifer in the city of Colatina, about 407 miles (655 kilometers) northeast of Rio de Janeiro. \u201cThis water is a lot better than what comes from the river. We have to do what\u2019s best for us,\u201d he said as he filled plastic jugs for family members. Fishermen say they\u2019re staying away from the river because they keep finding fish with red spots and wart-like bumps, prompting environmental authorities to launch their own studies. A judge has ordered Samarco\u2014 a venture between giants Vale of Brazil and BHP Billiton of Australia\u2014 to pay for independent studies, but it\u2019s unclear when results will be released. \u201cI have been fishing in the Doce River waters for more than 30 years, but now I don\u2019t have the guts to eat that fish,\u201d said Jose de Fatima Lemes, president of the Colatina fishermen\u2019s association. Residents and environmental experts say subsequent cleanup efforts by mega mining company Samarco have been slow and ineffective. Doubts also persist about the local government\u2019s assurances that Doce River\u2019s water is safe to consume. \u201cThe mud is still all over the banks,\u201d said Andre Dos Santos, a biologist at the Federal University of Sao Carlos who has collected samples along the Doce River since the disaster. \u201cThe river will never be the same.\u201d Rich in history and commerce, the Doce River had long been a reliable source of water and food for millions of residents and thousands of companies along its banks. Samarco\u2019s chief officer for sustainable projects, Maury de Souza Jr., said the company is advancing in its cleanup and has not found any water quality problems. Ubaldina Isaac, of Brazil\u2019s environmental ministry, said a key government priority now is to reforest the banks to prevent rainwater from dragging back into the river the mine waste that remains wedged in the dirt. One recent morning, Isaac gestured to some recently planted bushes that had already died or rooted out even before the rainy season had fully kicked off in November. She said the plants should have lasted through the wet season that stretches into the first months of the year. Without sufficient vegetation \u201cwe have no system to hold the waste, and so it continues flowing into the river,\u201d she said. Rio Doce was initially feared by Portuguese gold explorers because of the difficulties they encountered navigating its zig-zagging path. But in the 19th century, communities formed along the river\u2019s path through the thick Atlantic rainforest as mining activity and cattle ranching gradually increased. Today, many businesses operate along the Doce, including fishing, steelmaking and companies that produce paper and charcoal. Hundreds of fishermen who lost their livelihood in the disaster receive a monthly compensation of about $400 from Samarco, plus $80 more for each of their dependents. Some say they used to sell their fish for as much as $1,200 a month. On a recent afternoon, fisherman Diomar Lordes visited the river with his son and they sat on the broken wooden boat that carried him through the waters for decades. \u201cI have no hope I will fish here again,\u201d Lordes said. \u201cIt\u2019s like we lost a relative. A life ended.\u201d Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.", "essay": "this is so gross! Can you imagine living in a place where you can't drink the water because its basically mud? Those poor people. I hope that they get it fixed. It is nice they're getting compensated some though. $400 plus $80 for each dependent is pretty good, but of course I don't know how much they bring in normally so it could be bad, "}
{"user_id": "ec_p014", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 40 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 140000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 40, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 140000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Food, water fears remain year after Brazil mine dam disaster \u2014  COLATINA, Brazil \u2014 One year after a dam ruptured and sent a giant wave of metal-laden mud gushing into one of Brazil\u2019s most important rivers, people who live along the banks won\u2019t drink the water and fishermen are afraid to eat their catch. Upward of 10 billion gallons of mud filled with mining waste buried towns in the Nov. 5 dam break that has been described as the worst environmental disaster in Latin America\u2019s largest country. Nineteen people perished. Across 5,000 acres \u2014 about six times the size of New York City\u2019s Central Park \u2014 the onslaught of mud crushed thousands of trees and wildlife. In the river, more than 14 tons of fish died, mostly after mud got stuck in their gills. An equally large amount of aquatic plants died when turbid waters blocked out the sunlight needed to survive. The environmental damage was so vast that even a year later, many people in the area won\u2019t drink or cook with water from their faucets because, unlike the groundwater, it\u2019s connected to a network of reservoirs the Doce River feeds into. On a recent day, construction worker Samuel Alves de Andrade was among several people lining up outside a hut for well water sourced by an aquifer in the city of Colatina, about 407 miles (655 kilometers) northeast of Rio de Janeiro. \u201cThis water is a lot better than what comes from the river. We have to do what\u2019s best for us,\u201d he said as he filled plastic jugs for family members. Fishermen say they\u2019re staying away from the river because they keep finding fish with red spots and wart-like bumps, prompting environmental authorities to launch their own studies. A judge has ordered Samarco\u2014 a venture between giants Vale of Brazil and BHP Billiton of Australia\u2014 to pay for independent studies, but it\u2019s unclear when results will be released. \u201cI have been fishing in the Doce River waters for more than 30 years, but now I don\u2019t have the guts to eat that fish,\u201d said Jose de Fatima Lemes, president of the Colatina fishermen\u2019s association. Residents and environmental experts say subsequent cleanup efforts by mega mining company Samarco have been slow and ineffective. Doubts also persist about the local government\u2019s assurances that Doce River\u2019s water is safe to consume. \u201cThe mud is still all over the banks,\u201d said Andre Dos Santos, a biologist at the Federal University of Sao Carlos who has collected samples along the Doce River since the disaster. \u201cThe river will never be the same.\u201d Rich in history and commerce, the Doce River had long been a reliable source of water and food for millions of residents and thousands of companies along its banks. Samarco\u2019s chief officer for sustainable projects, Maury de Souza Jr., said the company is advancing in its cleanup and has not found any water quality problems. Ubaldina Isaac, of Brazil\u2019s environmental ministry, said a key government priority now is to reforest the banks to prevent rainwater from dragging back into the river the mine waste that remains wedged in the dirt. One recent morning, Isaac gestured to some recently planted bushes that had already died or rooted out even before the rainy season had fully kicked off in November. She said the plants should have lasted through the wet season that stretches into the first months of the year. Without sufficient vegetation \u201cwe have no system to hold the waste, and so it continues flowing into the river,\u201d she said. Rio Doce was initially feared by Portuguese gold explorers because of the difficulties they encountered navigating its zig-zagging path. But in the 19th century, communities formed along the river\u2019s path through the thick Atlantic rainforest as mining activity and cattle ranching gradually increased. Today, many businesses operate along the Doce, including fishing, steelmaking and companies that produce paper and charcoal. Hundreds of fishermen who lost their livelihood in the disaster receive a monthly compensation of about $400 from Samarco, plus $80 more for each of their dependents. Some say they used to sell their fish for as much as $1,200 a month. On a recent afternoon, fisherman Diomar Lordes visited the river with his son and they sat on the broken wooden boat that carried him through the waters for decades. \u201cI have no hope I will fish here again,\u201d Lordes said. \u201cIt\u2019s like we lost a relative. A life ended.\u201d Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.", "essay": "I really feel for the people who depend on that river for their livilihood. it seems like real lasting and permanent damage has been caused, and people don't really know what to do about it or do next. The confusion that remains is awful. It sounds like a lot of people's fishing careers will never before restored with the river the way it is now."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Food, water fears remain year after Brazil mine dam disaster \u2014  COLATINA, Brazil \u2014 One year after a dam ruptured and sent a giant wave of metal-laden mud gushing into one of Brazil\u2019s most important rivers, people who live along the banks won\u2019t drink the water and fishermen are afraid to eat their catch. Upward of 10 billion gallons of mud filled with mining waste buried towns in the Nov. 5 dam break that has been described as the worst environmental disaster in Latin America\u2019s largest country. Nineteen people perished. Across 5,000 acres \u2014 about six times the size of New York City\u2019s Central Park \u2014 the onslaught of mud crushed thousands of trees and wildlife. In the river, more than 14 tons of fish died, mostly after mud got stuck in their gills. An equally large amount of aquatic plants died when turbid waters blocked out the sunlight needed to survive. The environmental damage was so vast that even a year later, many people in the area won\u2019t drink or cook with water from their faucets because, unlike the groundwater, it\u2019s connected to a network of reservoirs the Doce River feeds into. On a recent day, construction worker Samuel Alves de Andrade was among several people lining up outside a hut for well water sourced by an aquifer in the city of Colatina, about 407 miles (655 kilometers) northeast of Rio de Janeiro. \u201cThis water is a lot better than what comes from the river. We have to do what\u2019s best for us,\u201d he said as he filled plastic jugs for family members. Fishermen say they\u2019re staying away from the river because they keep finding fish with red spots and wart-like bumps, prompting environmental authorities to launch their own studies. A judge has ordered Samarco\u2014 a venture between giants Vale of Brazil and BHP Billiton of Australia\u2014 to pay for independent studies, but it\u2019s unclear when results will be released. \u201cI have been fishing in the Doce River waters for more than 30 years, but now I don\u2019t have the guts to eat that fish,\u201d said Jose de Fatima Lemes, president of the Colatina fishermen\u2019s association. Residents and environmental experts say subsequent cleanup efforts by mega mining company Samarco have been slow and ineffective. Doubts also persist about the local government\u2019s assurances that Doce River\u2019s water is safe to consume. \u201cThe mud is still all over the banks,\u201d said Andre Dos Santos, a biologist at the Federal University of Sao Carlos who has collected samples along the Doce River since the disaster. \u201cThe river will never be the same.\u201d Rich in history and commerce, the Doce River had long been a reliable source of water and food for millions of residents and thousands of companies along its banks. Samarco\u2019s chief officer for sustainable projects, Maury de Souza Jr., said the company is advancing in its cleanup and has not found any water quality problems. Ubaldina Isaac, of Brazil\u2019s environmental ministry, said a key government priority now is to reforest the banks to prevent rainwater from dragging back into the river the mine waste that remains wedged in the dirt. One recent morning, Isaac gestured to some recently planted bushes that had already died or rooted out even before the rainy season had fully kicked off in November. She said the plants should have lasted through the wet season that stretches into the first months of the year. Without sufficient vegetation \u201cwe have no system to hold the waste, and so it continues flowing into the river,\u201d she said. Rio Doce was initially feared by Portuguese gold explorers because of the difficulties they encountered navigating its zig-zagging path. But in the 19th century, communities formed along the river\u2019s path through the thick Atlantic rainforest as mining activity and cattle ranching gradually increased. Today, many businesses operate along the Doce, including fishing, steelmaking and companies that produce paper and charcoal. Hundreds of fishermen who lost their livelihood in the disaster receive a monthly compensation of about $400 from Samarco, plus $80 more for each of their dependents. Some say they used to sell their fish for as much as $1,200 a month. On a recent afternoon, fisherman Diomar Lordes visited the river with his son and they sat on the broken wooden boat that carried him through the waters for decades. \u201cI have no hope I will fish here again,\u201d Lordes said. \u201cIt\u2019s like we lost a relative. A life ended.\u201d Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.", "essay": "This was pretty sad.  It is easy to take for granted the fact that we have clean and safe water to drink and bathe with on a daily basis.  These people were struggling and didn't even have that noe basic thing.  I can't imagine living somewhere where I didn't feel like I had clean and safe water.  I don't drink the tap water here but I know I can buy it in a store and drink that safely.  It sounded like these people didn't even have that option and it was totally unfair to them.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Airstrikes kill more than 40 and wound scores in Yemeni port city \u2014  CAIRO \u2014 Fighter jets from a U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition struck a security complex in the western Yemeni city of Hodeidah late Saturday night, killing at least 43 and injuring scores more, according to Yemeni officials and local news reports. Many of those killed were inmates being held in prisons on the site, located in the city\u2019s al-Zaydiya enclave. Hodeidah, a port city on the Red Sea, is held by the rebel Houthis, who also control the capital, Sanaa, and much of northern Yemen. Saba, the government news agency, reported that 43 were killed and that dozens were wounded. According to other news reports, the death toll is at least 60. Images of bodies covered in blankets, purportedly from the attacks, were shown on local news channels and on social media. In a statement, the Saudi-led alliance said the Houthis were using a building at the complex \u201cas a command and control center for their military operations\u201d and said \u201ctargeting protocols and procedures were followed fully.\u201d In Yemen\u2019s civil conflict, which began in March 2015, the Houthis are aligned with loyalists of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. The Saudi-led coalition, backed by the United States and other Western powers, is trying to restore Yemen\u2019s internationally recognized president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, to power. Hadi was driven into exile last year, and he is now based in the southern port city of Aden. Saudi Arabia\u2019s Sunni Muslim monarchy entered the war in large part because of concerns of Iranian influence in the region. That Shiite theocracy is widely perceived to be backing the Shiite Houthi rebels. The airstrikes in Hodeidah come on the same day Hadi rejected a new U.N. peace proposal that would have sidelined him and given the Houthis prominent roles in a new government. More than 10,000 people have died in the conflict, many of them civilians who were killed by Saudi-led coalition bombings, according to the United Nations. Millions more are suffering from hunger, illness and displacement as the nation is now in the throes of a humanitarian disaster. Earlier this month, Saudi-led coalition airstrikes killed more than 100 people, most of them civilians, when warplanes targeted a funeral hall in Sanaa. The coalition later claimed responsibility, saying that the bombings were a result of receiving faulty information. Speaking after meeting U.N. envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, Hadi said that the agreement would \u201creward\u201d the Houthis and that it \u201conly opens a door towards more suffering and war and is not a map for peace,\u201d according to the Saba news agency.", "essay": "I feel bad anytime that I read that somebody has lost their life. I feel that the US should not be helping bomb people unless they know they are may one day cause harm to the US. I do not believe in fighting wars as much as I believe in protecting people. People need the US help in many areas and the money for bomb could be spent better. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Airstrikes kill more than 40 and wound scores in Yemeni port city \u2014  CAIRO \u2014 Fighter jets from a U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition struck a security complex in the western Yemeni city of Hodeidah late Saturday night, killing at least 43 and injuring scores more, according to Yemeni officials and local news reports. Many of those killed were inmates being held in prisons on the site, located in the city\u2019s al-Zaydiya enclave. Hodeidah, a port city on the Red Sea, is held by the rebel Houthis, who also control the capital, Sanaa, and much of northern Yemen. Saba, the government news agency, reported that 43 were killed and that dozens were wounded. According to other news reports, the death toll is at least 60. Images of bodies covered in blankets, purportedly from the attacks, were shown on local news channels and on social media. In a statement, the Saudi-led alliance said the Houthis were using a building at the complex \u201cas a command and control center for their military operations\u201d and said \u201ctargeting protocols and procedures were followed fully.\u201d In Yemen\u2019s civil conflict, which began in March 2015, the Houthis are aligned with loyalists of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. The Saudi-led coalition, backed by the United States and other Western powers, is trying to restore Yemen\u2019s internationally recognized president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, to power. Hadi was driven into exile last year, and he is now based in the southern port city of Aden. Saudi Arabia\u2019s Sunni Muslim monarchy entered the war in large part because of concerns of Iranian influence in the region. That Shiite theocracy is widely perceived to be backing the Shiite Houthi rebels. The airstrikes in Hodeidah come on the same day Hadi rejected a new U.N. peace proposal that would have sidelined him and given the Houthis prominent roles in a new government. More than 10,000 people have died in the conflict, many of them civilians who were killed by Saudi-led coalition bombings, according to the United Nations. Millions more are suffering from hunger, illness and displacement as the nation is now in the throes of a humanitarian disaster. Earlier this month, Saudi-led coalition airstrikes killed more than 100 people, most of them civilians, when warplanes targeted a funeral hall in Sanaa. The coalition later claimed responsibility, saying that the bombings were a result of receiving faulty information. Speaking after meeting U.N. envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, Hadi said that the agreement would \u201creward\u201d the Houthis and that it \u201conly opens a door towards more suffering and war and is not a map for peace,\u201d according to the Saba news agency.", "essay": "More than 40 people were hurt and it is quite depressing any time anyone is hurt. I feel like the best thing we can do is be sure that we get things right in the long run and change the way things are ran. I feel like we should be sure to change things for the better.. The fact that air strikes still hurt innocent people is mind blowing."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Airstrikes kill more than 40 and wound scores in Yemeni port city \u2014  CAIRO \u2014 Fighter jets from a U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition struck a security complex in the western Yemeni city of Hodeidah late Saturday night, killing at least 43 and injuring scores more, according to Yemeni officials and local news reports. Many of those killed were inmates being held in prisons on the site, located in the city\u2019s al-Zaydiya enclave. Hodeidah, a port city on the Red Sea, is held by the rebel Houthis, who also control the capital, Sanaa, and much of northern Yemen. Saba, the government news agency, reported that 43 were killed and that dozens were wounded. According to other news reports, the death toll is at least 60. Images of bodies covered in blankets, purportedly from the attacks, were shown on local news channels and on social media. In a statement, the Saudi-led alliance said the Houthis were using a building at the complex \u201cas a command and control center for their military operations\u201d and said \u201ctargeting protocols and procedures were followed fully.\u201d In Yemen\u2019s civil conflict, which began in March 2015, the Houthis are aligned with loyalists of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. The Saudi-led coalition, backed by the United States and other Western powers, is trying to restore Yemen\u2019s internationally recognized president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, to power. Hadi was driven into exile last year, and he is now based in the southern port city of Aden. Saudi Arabia\u2019s Sunni Muslim monarchy entered the war in large part because of concerns of Iranian influence in the region. That Shiite theocracy is widely perceived to be backing the Shiite Houthi rebels. The airstrikes in Hodeidah come on the same day Hadi rejected a new U.N. peace proposal that would have sidelined him and given the Houthis prominent roles in a new government. More than 10,000 people have died in the conflict, many of them civilians who were killed by Saudi-led coalition bombings, according to the United Nations. Millions more are suffering from hunger, illness and displacement as the nation is now in the throes of a humanitarian disaster. Earlier this month, Saudi-led coalition airstrikes killed more than 100 people, most of them civilians, when warplanes targeted a funeral hall in Sanaa. The coalition later claimed responsibility, saying that the bombings were a result of receiving faulty information. Speaking after meeting U.N. envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, Hadi said that the agreement would \u201creward\u201d the Houthis and that it \u201conly opens a door towards more suffering and war and is not a map for peace,\u201d according to the Saba news agency.", "essay": "I definitely think that something needs to be done about these airstrikes. Too many people are losing their lives and too many people are dying. It's not even just the people that are in the war but people that are innocent are affected as well. This goes for children and little babies. These people have done nothing and are getting killed."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Airstrikes kill more than 40 and wound scores in Yemeni port city \u2014  CAIRO \u2014 Fighter jets from a U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition struck a security complex in the western Yemeni city of Hodeidah late Saturday night, killing at least 43 and injuring scores more, according to Yemeni officials and local news reports. Many of those killed were inmates being held in prisons on the site, located in the city\u2019s al-Zaydiya enclave. Hodeidah, a port city on the Red Sea, is held by the rebel Houthis, who also control the capital, Sanaa, and much of northern Yemen. Saba, the government news agency, reported that 43 were killed and that dozens were wounded. According to other news reports, the death toll is at least 60. Images of bodies covered in blankets, purportedly from the attacks, were shown on local news channels and on social media. In a statement, the Saudi-led alliance said the Houthis were using a building at the complex \u201cas a command and control center for their military operations\u201d and said \u201ctargeting protocols and procedures were followed fully.\u201d In Yemen\u2019s civil conflict, which began in March 2015, the Houthis are aligned with loyalists of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. The Saudi-led coalition, backed by the United States and other Western powers, is trying to restore Yemen\u2019s internationally recognized president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, to power. Hadi was driven into exile last year, and he is now based in the southern port city of Aden. Saudi Arabia\u2019s Sunni Muslim monarchy entered the war in large part because of concerns of Iranian influence in the region. That Shiite theocracy is widely perceived to be backing the Shiite Houthi rebels. The airstrikes in Hodeidah come on the same day Hadi rejected a new U.N. peace proposal that would have sidelined him and given the Houthis prominent roles in a new government. More than 10,000 people have died in the conflict, many of them civilians who were killed by Saudi-led coalition bombings, according to the United Nations. Millions more are suffering from hunger, illness and displacement as the nation is now in the throes of a humanitarian disaster. Earlier this month, Saudi-led coalition airstrikes killed more than 100 people, most of them civilians, when warplanes targeted a funeral hall in Sanaa. The coalition later claimed responsibility, saying that the bombings were a result of receiving faulty information. Speaking after meeting U.N. envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, Hadi said that the agreement would \u201creward\u201d the Houthis and that it \u201conly opens a door towards more suffering and war and is not a map for peace,\u201d according to the Saba news agency.", "essay": "Reading about the violence in Yemen is just emotionally draining. It seems the majority of the casualties are civilians. All of this violence is being spurred on by US backed Saudi violence. I am a firm believer that the US should keep its tendrils out of international conflict. Even when tenuous peace is declared the governments that are installed by US interests are almost destined to fail."}
{"user_id": "ec_p038", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 34 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 50000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 34, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 50000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Airstrikes kill more than 40 and wound scores in Yemeni port city \u2014  CAIRO \u2014 Fighter jets from a U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition struck a security complex in the western Yemeni city of Hodeidah late Saturday night, killing at least 43 and injuring scores more, according to Yemeni officials and local news reports. Many of those killed were inmates being held in prisons on the site, located in the city\u2019s al-Zaydiya enclave. Hodeidah, a port city on the Red Sea, is held by the rebel Houthis, who also control the capital, Sanaa, and much of northern Yemen. Saba, the government news agency, reported that 43 were killed and that dozens were wounded. According to other news reports, the death toll is at least 60. Images of bodies covered in blankets, purportedly from the attacks, were shown on local news channels and on social media. In a statement, the Saudi-led alliance said the Houthis were using a building at the complex \u201cas a command and control center for their military operations\u201d and said \u201ctargeting protocols and procedures were followed fully.\u201d In Yemen\u2019s civil conflict, which began in March 2015, the Houthis are aligned with loyalists of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. The Saudi-led coalition, backed by the United States and other Western powers, is trying to restore Yemen\u2019s internationally recognized president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, to power. Hadi was driven into exile last year, and he is now based in the southern port city of Aden. Saudi Arabia\u2019s Sunni Muslim monarchy entered the war in large part because of concerns of Iranian influence in the region. That Shiite theocracy is widely perceived to be backing the Shiite Houthi rebels. The airstrikes in Hodeidah come on the same day Hadi rejected a new U.N. peace proposal that would have sidelined him and given the Houthis prominent roles in a new government. More than 10,000 people have died in the conflict, many of them civilians who were killed by Saudi-led coalition bombings, according to the United Nations. Millions more are suffering from hunger, illness and displacement as the nation is now in the throes of a humanitarian disaster. Earlier this month, Saudi-led coalition airstrikes killed more than 100 people, most of them civilians, when warplanes targeted a funeral hall in Sanaa. The coalition later claimed responsibility, saying that the bombings were a result of receiving faulty information. Speaking after meeting U.N. envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, Hadi said that the agreement would \u201creward\u201d the Houthis and that it \u201conly opens a door towards more suffering and war and is not a map for peace,\u201d according to the Saba news agency.", "essay": "Airstrikes launched in Cairo killed over 40 people. Isn't that horrible? Why can't we learn to fight peacefully? Why do we have to resort to such violence? It seems like if we'd end the cycle it would stop. Maybe I'm wrong. But it just seems like we're on this merry go round and we need to get off it. Surely we can find a more peaceful way."}
{"user_id": "ec_p055", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 46 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 22000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 46, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 22000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "'Utter devastation' after major quake, aftershocks hit New Zealand \u2014  A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake pummeled central New Zealand early on Monday, killing at least two people, damaging roads and buildings and setting off hundreds of strong aftershocks.   Emergency response teams flew by helicopter to the region at the epicenter of the tremor, which struck just after midnight some 91 km (57 miles) northeast of Christchurch in the South Island, amid reports of injuries and collapsed buildings.   \"It's just utter devastation, I just don't know ... that's months of work,\" New Zealand Prime Minister John Key told Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee after flying over the coastal town of Kaikoura, according to Brownlee's Twitter account. He described landslips in the area as \"just horrendous\". In a statement seen by Reuters, Key said of the likely damage bill: \"You\u2019ve got to believe it\u2019s in the billions of dollars to resolve.\"   Powerlines and telecommunications were down, with huge cracks in roads, land slips and other damage to infrastructure making it hard to reach the worst-affected areas.   A tsunami warning that led to mass evacuations after the original quake was downgraded after large swells hit New Zealand's capital Wellington, in the North Island, and Christchurch.   Wellington was a virtual ghost town with workers ordered to stay away while the city council assessed the risk to buildings, several of which were damaged by the tremor. There were concerns that loose glass and masonry could be dislodged by severe weather hitting the capital, with 140 km per hour (85 mph) winds forecast.   Hundreds of aftershocks, the strongest a 6.2 quake at about 1.45 p.m. local time (0045 GMT), rattled the South Pacific country, fraying nerves in an area where memories of a deadly 2011 quake are still fresh.   Christchurch, the largest city on New Zealand's ruggedly beautiful South Island, is still recovering from the 6.3 quake in 2011 that killed 185 people.   New Zealand's Civil Defence declared a state of emergency for the Kaikoura region, centered on a tourist town about 150 km (90 miles) northeast of Christchurch, soon after Monday's large aftershock.   Kaikoura, a popular spot for whale watching, appeared to have borne the brunt of the quake. \"Our immediate priority is ensuring delivery of clean water, food and other essentials to the residents of Kaikoura and the estimated 1,000 tourists in the town,\" Brownlee said.   The Navy's multi-role vessel HMNZS Canterbury was heading to the area, he said.   Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) said a 20-person rescue team and two sniffer dogs had arrived in the town. A second team was on standby in Christchurch, USAR said in a statement.   Police in the area around Christchurch reported 19 burglaries of homes and commercial properties after the quake as residents headed for higher ground.   \"It is extremely disappointing that at a time when people are facing such a traumatic event and communities are coming together to support one another, there are others who are only interested in taking advantage,\u201d Canterbury District Commander Superintendent John Price said in a statement.   TWIN QUAKES   Hours after the quake, officials said a slip dam caused by the quakes that had blocked the Clarence River north of the town had breached, sending a wall of water downstream.   A group of kayakers missing on the river was later reported safe.   New Zealand's Geonet measured Monday's first quake at magnitude 7.5, while the U.S. Geological Survey put it at 7.8. The quakes and aftershocks rattled buildings and woke residents across the country, hundreds of kilometers from the epicenter.   Geonet said four faults had ruptured, with one at the coast appearing to have slipped as much as 10 meters (33 feet). Government research unit GNS Science said the overnight tremor appeared to have been two simultaneous quakes which together lasted more than two minutes.   New Zealand lies in the seismically active \"Ring of Fire\", a 40,000 km arc of volcanoes and oceanic trenches that partly encircles the Pacific Ocean. Around 90 percent of the world's earthquakes occur within this region.   Stock exchange operator NZX Ltd said markets traded normally, although many offices in the capital were closed. The New Zealand dollar initially fell to a one-month low before mostly recovering.   Fonterra, the world's biggest dairy exporter, said some its farms were without power and would likely have to dump milk.   Prime Minister Key postponed a trip to Argentina, where he had planned to hold a series of trade meetings ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in Peru this week, as he met disaster officials.   At least one of those killed was found in a house in Kaikoura that \"collapsed like a stack of cards\", Kaikoura Hospital's Dr Christopher Henry told Fairfax media. Two other people were pulled alive from the same building.   New Zealand media reported one of the pilots taking rescuers to the area was Richie McCaw, the recently retired captain of New Zealand's world champion All Blacks rugby team.   \"At one point, the railway was way out over the sea - it had been pushed out by (land) slips. It would not have been a nice place to be at midnight last night,\" McCaw told the New Zealand Herald after helping fly the USAR team to Kaikoura.", "essay": "Earthquakes are such scary things. It's amazing how much damage can happen and leave you feeling so helpless. There is no warning and nothing you can do but hold on as the earth itself moves. Then to see people taking advantage of the disaster to steal is just sickening. Such a sad thing to see that people don't always come together but look to benefit from other's suffering. Disappointing and says something about the world we live in now."}
{"user_id": "ec_p001", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 55000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 55000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "'Utter devastation' after major quake, aftershocks hit New Zealand \u2014  A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake pummeled central New Zealand early on Monday, killing at least two people, damaging roads and buildings and setting off hundreds of strong aftershocks.   Emergency response teams flew by helicopter to the region at the epicenter of the tremor, which struck just after midnight some 91 km (57 miles) northeast of Christchurch in the South Island, amid reports of injuries and collapsed buildings.   \"It's just utter devastation, I just don't know ... that's months of work,\" New Zealand Prime Minister John Key told Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee after flying over the coastal town of Kaikoura, according to Brownlee's Twitter account. He described landslips in the area as \"just horrendous\". In a statement seen by Reuters, Key said of the likely damage bill: \"You\u2019ve got to believe it\u2019s in the billions of dollars to resolve.\"   Powerlines and telecommunications were down, with huge cracks in roads, land slips and other damage to infrastructure making it hard to reach the worst-affected areas.   A tsunami warning that led to mass evacuations after the original quake was downgraded after large swells hit New Zealand's capital Wellington, in the North Island, and Christchurch.   Wellington was a virtual ghost town with workers ordered to stay away while the city council assessed the risk to buildings, several of which were damaged by the tremor. There were concerns that loose glass and masonry could be dislodged by severe weather hitting the capital, with 140 km per hour (85 mph) winds forecast.   Hundreds of aftershocks, the strongest a 6.2 quake at about 1.45 p.m. local time (0045 GMT), rattled the South Pacific country, fraying nerves in an area where memories of a deadly 2011 quake are still fresh.   Christchurch, the largest city on New Zealand's ruggedly beautiful South Island, is still recovering from the 6.3 quake in 2011 that killed 185 people.   New Zealand's Civil Defence declared a state of emergency for the Kaikoura region, centered on a tourist town about 150 km (90 miles) northeast of Christchurch, soon after Monday's large aftershock.   Kaikoura, a popular spot for whale watching, appeared to have borne the brunt of the quake. \"Our immediate priority is ensuring delivery of clean water, food and other essentials to the residents of Kaikoura and the estimated 1,000 tourists in the town,\" Brownlee said.   The Navy's multi-role vessel HMNZS Canterbury was heading to the area, he said.   Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) said a 20-person rescue team and two sniffer dogs had arrived in the town. A second team was on standby in Christchurch, USAR said in a statement.   Police in the area around Christchurch reported 19 burglaries of homes and commercial properties after the quake as residents headed for higher ground.   \"It is extremely disappointing that at a time when people are facing such a traumatic event and communities are coming together to support one another, there are others who are only interested in taking advantage,\u201d Canterbury District Commander Superintendent John Price said in a statement.   TWIN QUAKES   Hours after the quake, officials said a slip dam caused by the quakes that had blocked the Clarence River north of the town had breached, sending a wall of water downstream.   A group of kayakers missing on the river was later reported safe.   New Zealand's Geonet measured Monday's first quake at magnitude 7.5, while the U.S. Geological Survey put it at 7.8. The quakes and aftershocks rattled buildings and woke residents across the country, hundreds of kilometers from the epicenter.   Geonet said four faults had ruptured, with one at the coast appearing to have slipped as much as 10 meters (33 feet). Government research unit GNS Science said the overnight tremor appeared to have been two simultaneous quakes which together lasted more than two minutes.   New Zealand lies in the seismically active \"Ring of Fire\", a 40,000 km arc of volcanoes and oceanic trenches that partly encircles the Pacific Ocean. Around 90 percent of the world's earthquakes occur within this region.   Stock exchange operator NZX Ltd said markets traded normally, although many offices in the capital were closed. The New Zealand dollar initially fell to a one-month low before mostly recovering.   Fonterra, the world's biggest dairy exporter, said some its farms were without power and would likely have to dump milk.   Prime Minister Key postponed a trip to Argentina, where he had planned to hold a series of trade meetings ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in Peru this week, as he met disaster officials.   At least one of those killed was found in a house in Kaikoura that \"collapsed like a stack of cards\", Kaikoura Hospital's Dr Christopher Henry told Fairfax media. Two other people were pulled alive from the same building.   New Zealand media reported one of the pilots taking rescuers to the area was Richie McCaw, the recently retired captain of New Zealand's world champion All Blacks rugby team.   \"At one point, the railway was way out over the sea - it had been pushed out by (land) slips. It would not have been a nice place to be at midnight last night,\" McCaw told the New Zealand Herald after helping fly the USAR team to Kaikoura.", "essay": "i think it's a terrible thing,also quite scary because there is really no warning system that could detect an earthquake of that caliber.i sure hope that scientist are able to develop an accurate early detection system.it could save 1000's of lives.i honestly don't know how people are able to live in earthquake prone areas,the thought of at any minute the \\big one\\\" can strike and just totally upturn your life(if your lucky!) is terrifying to me. \""}
{"user_id": "ec_p050", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 165000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.75 in openness, 6.25 in conscientiousness, 3.25 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 165000, "personality": {"openness": 5.75, "conscientiousness": 6.25, "extraversion": 3.25, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "'Utter devastation' after major quake, aftershocks hit New Zealand \u2014  A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake pummeled central New Zealand early on Monday, killing at least two people, damaging roads and buildings and setting off hundreds of strong aftershocks.   Emergency response teams flew by helicopter to the region at the epicenter of the tremor, which struck just after midnight some 91 km (57 miles) northeast of Christchurch in the South Island, amid reports of injuries and collapsed buildings.   \"It's just utter devastation, I just don't know ... that's months of work,\" New Zealand Prime Minister John Key told Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee after flying over the coastal town of Kaikoura, according to Brownlee's Twitter account. He described landslips in the area as \"just horrendous\". In a statement seen by Reuters, Key said of the likely damage bill: \"You\u2019ve got to believe it\u2019s in the billions of dollars to resolve.\"   Powerlines and telecommunications were down, with huge cracks in roads, land slips and other damage to infrastructure making it hard to reach the worst-affected areas.   A tsunami warning that led to mass evacuations after the original quake was downgraded after large swells hit New Zealand's capital Wellington, in the North Island, and Christchurch.   Wellington was a virtual ghost town with workers ordered to stay away while the city council assessed the risk to buildings, several of which were damaged by the tremor. There were concerns that loose glass and masonry could be dislodged by severe weather hitting the capital, with 140 km per hour (85 mph) winds forecast.   Hundreds of aftershocks, the strongest a 6.2 quake at about 1.45 p.m. local time (0045 GMT), rattled the South Pacific country, fraying nerves in an area where memories of a deadly 2011 quake are still fresh.   Christchurch, the largest city on New Zealand's ruggedly beautiful South Island, is still recovering from the 6.3 quake in 2011 that killed 185 people.   New Zealand's Civil Defence declared a state of emergency for the Kaikoura region, centered on a tourist town about 150 km (90 miles) northeast of Christchurch, soon after Monday's large aftershock.   Kaikoura, a popular spot for whale watching, appeared to have borne the brunt of the quake. \"Our immediate priority is ensuring delivery of clean water, food and other essentials to the residents of Kaikoura and the estimated 1,000 tourists in the town,\" Brownlee said.   The Navy's multi-role vessel HMNZS Canterbury was heading to the area, he said.   Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) said a 20-person rescue team and two sniffer dogs had arrived in the town. A second team was on standby in Christchurch, USAR said in a statement.   Police in the area around Christchurch reported 19 burglaries of homes and commercial properties after the quake as residents headed for higher ground.   \"It is extremely disappointing that at a time when people are facing such a traumatic event and communities are coming together to support one another, there are others who are only interested in taking advantage,\u201d Canterbury District Commander Superintendent John Price said in a statement.   TWIN QUAKES   Hours after the quake, officials said a slip dam caused by the quakes that had blocked the Clarence River north of the town had breached, sending a wall of water downstream.   A group of kayakers missing on the river was later reported safe.   New Zealand's Geonet measured Monday's first quake at magnitude 7.5, while the U.S. Geological Survey put it at 7.8. The quakes and aftershocks rattled buildings and woke residents across the country, hundreds of kilometers from the epicenter.   Geonet said four faults had ruptured, with one at the coast appearing to have slipped as much as 10 meters (33 feet). Government research unit GNS Science said the overnight tremor appeared to have been two simultaneous quakes which together lasted more than two minutes.   New Zealand lies in the seismically active \"Ring of Fire\", a 40,000 km arc of volcanoes and oceanic trenches that partly encircles the Pacific Ocean. Around 90 percent of the world's earthquakes occur within this region.   Stock exchange operator NZX Ltd said markets traded normally, although many offices in the capital were closed. The New Zealand dollar initially fell to a one-month low before mostly recovering.   Fonterra, the world's biggest dairy exporter, said some its farms were without power and would likely have to dump milk.   Prime Minister Key postponed a trip to Argentina, where he had planned to hold a series of trade meetings ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in Peru this week, as he met disaster officials.   At least one of those killed was found in a house in Kaikoura that \"collapsed like a stack of cards\", Kaikoura Hospital's Dr Christopher Henry told Fairfax media. Two other people were pulled alive from the same building.   New Zealand media reported one of the pilots taking rescuers to the area was Richie McCaw, the recently retired captain of New Zealand's world champion All Blacks rugby team.   \"At one point, the railway was way out over the sea - it had been pushed out by (land) slips. It would not have been a nice place to be at midnight last night,\" McCaw told the New Zealand Herald after helping fly the USAR team to Kaikoura.", "essay": "It is so sad honest people become victims of environmental hazards. We make technological and industrial advancement without considering the effects on the environment. Even though some of these things are unavoidable, we can make necessary actions to protect ourselves. It is so sad an earthquake of that magnitude hits New Zealand ."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "'Utter devastation' after major quake, aftershocks hit New Zealand \u2014  A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake pummeled central New Zealand early on Monday, killing at least two people, damaging roads and buildings and setting off hundreds of strong aftershocks.   Emergency response teams flew by helicopter to the region at the epicenter of the tremor, which struck just after midnight some 91 km (57 miles) northeast of Christchurch in the South Island, amid reports of injuries and collapsed buildings.   \"It's just utter devastation, I just don't know ... that's months of work,\" New Zealand Prime Minister John Key told Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee after flying over the coastal town of Kaikoura, according to Brownlee's Twitter account. He described landslips in the area as \"just horrendous\". In a statement seen by Reuters, Key said of the likely damage bill: \"You\u2019ve got to believe it\u2019s in the billions of dollars to resolve.\"   Powerlines and telecommunications were down, with huge cracks in roads, land slips and other damage to infrastructure making it hard to reach the worst-affected areas.   A tsunami warning that led to mass evacuations after the original quake was downgraded after large swells hit New Zealand's capital Wellington, in the North Island, and Christchurch.   Wellington was a virtual ghost town with workers ordered to stay away while the city council assessed the risk to buildings, several of which were damaged by the tremor. There were concerns that loose glass and masonry could be dislodged by severe weather hitting the capital, with 140 km per hour (85 mph) winds forecast.   Hundreds of aftershocks, the strongest a 6.2 quake at about 1.45 p.m. local time (0045 GMT), rattled the South Pacific country, fraying nerves in an area where memories of a deadly 2011 quake are still fresh.   Christchurch, the largest city on New Zealand's ruggedly beautiful South Island, is still recovering from the 6.3 quake in 2011 that killed 185 people.   New Zealand's Civil Defence declared a state of emergency for the Kaikoura region, centered on a tourist town about 150 km (90 miles) northeast of Christchurch, soon after Monday's large aftershock.   Kaikoura, a popular spot for whale watching, appeared to have borne the brunt of the quake. \"Our immediate priority is ensuring delivery of clean water, food and other essentials to the residents of Kaikoura and the estimated 1,000 tourists in the town,\" Brownlee said.   The Navy's multi-role vessel HMNZS Canterbury was heading to the area, he said.   Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) said a 20-person rescue team and two sniffer dogs had arrived in the town. A second team was on standby in Christchurch, USAR said in a statement.   Police in the area around Christchurch reported 19 burglaries of homes and commercial properties after the quake as residents headed for higher ground.   \"It is extremely disappointing that at a time when people are facing such a traumatic event and communities are coming together to support one another, there are others who are only interested in taking advantage,\u201d Canterbury District Commander Superintendent John Price said in a statement.   TWIN QUAKES   Hours after the quake, officials said a slip dam caused by the quakes that had blocked the Clarence River north of the town had breached, sending a wall of water downstream.   A group of kayakers missing on the river was later reported safe.   New Zealand's Geonet measured Monday's first quake at magnitude 7.5, while the U.S. Geological Survey put it at 7.8. The quakes and aftershocks rattled buildings and woke residents across the country, hundreds of kilometers from the epicenter.   Geonet said four faults had ruptured, with one at the coast appearing to have slipped as much as 10 meters (33 feet). Government research unit GNS Science said the overnight tremor appeared to have been two simultaneous quakes which together lasted more than two minutes.   New Zealand lies in the seismically active \"Ring of Fire\", a 40,000 km arc of volcanoes and oceanic trenches that partly encircles the Pacific Ocean. Around 90 percent of the world's earthquakes occur within this region.   Stock exchange operator NZX Ltd said markets traded normally, although many offices in the capital were closed. The New Zealand dollar initially fell to a one-month low before mostly recovering.   Fonterra, the world's biggest dairy exporter, said some its farms were without power and would likely have to dump milk.   Prime Minister Key postponed a trip to Argentina, where he had planned to hold a series of trade meetings ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in Peru this week, as he met disaster officials.   At least one of those killed was found in a house in Kaikoura that \"collapsed like a stack of cards\", Kaikoura Hospital's Dr Christopher Henry told Fairfax media. Two other people were pulled alive from the same building.   New Zealand media reported one of the pilots taking rescuers to the area was Richie McCaw, the recently retired captain of New Zealand's world champion All Blacks rugby team.   \"At one point, the railway was way out over the sea - it had been pushed out by (land) slips. It would not have been a nice place to be at midnight last night,\" McCaw told the New Zealand Herald after helping fly the USAR team to Kaikoura.", "essay": "I think these earthquakes that have been happening are terrible. They seem to be so common now and so many lives are being taken because of this. If their lives aren't taken, they probably lost their homes or belongings somehow. This makes it hard for many people to pick themselves back up and continue living. I think that they should definitely try and get some sort of help from the government."}
{"user_id": "ec_p009", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 29 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 44000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 29, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 44000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "'Utter devastation' after major quake, aftershocks hit New Zealand \u2014  A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake pummeled central New Zealand early on Monday, killing at least two people, damaging roads and buildings and setting off hundreds of strong aftershocks.   Emergency response teams flew by helicopter to the region at the epicenter of the tremor, which struck just after midnight some 91 km (57 miles) northeast of Christchurch in the South Island, amid reports of injuries and collapsed buildings.   \"It's just utter devastation, I just don't know ... that's months of work,\" New Zealand Prime Minister John Key told Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee after flying over the coastal town of Kaikoura, according to Brownlee's Twitter account. He described landslips in the area as \"just horrendous\". In a statement seen by Reuters, Key said of the likely damage bill: \"You\u2019ve got to believe it\u2019s in the billions of dollars to resolve.\"   Powerlines and telecommunications were down, with huge cracks in roads, land slips and other damage to infrastructure making it hard to reach the worst-affected areas.   A tsunami warning that led to mass evacuations after the original quake was downgraded after large swells hit New Zealand's capital Wellington, in the North Island, and Christchurch.   Wellington was a virtual ghost town with workers ordered to stay away while the city council assessed the risk to buildings, several of which were damaged by the tremor. There were concerns that loose glass and masonry could be dislodged by severe weather hitting the capital, with 140 km per hour (85 mph) winds forecast.   Hundreds of aftershocks, the strongest a 6.2 quake at about 1.45 p.m. local time (0045 GMT), rattled the South Pacific country, fraying nerves in an area where memories of a deadly 2011 quake are still fresh.   Christchurch, the largest city on New Zealand's ruggedly beautiful South Island, is still recovering from the 6.3 quake in 2011 that killed 185 people.   New Zealand's Civil Defence declared a state of emergency for the Kaikoura region, centered on a tourist town about 150 km (90 miles) northeast of Christchurch, soon after Monday's large aftershock.   Kaikoura, a popular spot for whale watching, appeared to have borne the brunt of the quake. \"Our immediate priority is ensuring delivery of clean water, food and other essentials to the residents of Kaikoura and the estimated 1,000 tourists in the town,\" Brownlee said.   The Navy's multi-role vessel HMNZS Canterbury was heading to the area, he said.   Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) said a 20-person rescue team and two sniffer dogs had arrived in the town. A second team was on standby in Christchurch, USAR said in a statement.   Police in the area around Christchurch reported 19 burglaries of homes and commercial properties after the quake as residents headed for higher ground.   \"It is extremely disappointing that at a time when people are facing such a traumatic event and communities are coming together to support one another, there are others who are only interested in taking advantage,\u201d Canterbury District Commander Superintendent John Price said in a statement.   TWIN QUAKES   Hours after the quake, officials said a slip dam caused by the quakes that had blocked the Clarence River north of the town had breached, sending a wall of water downstream.   A group of kayakers missing on the river was later reported safe.   New Zealand's Geonet measured Monday's first quake at magnitude 7.5, while the U.S. Geological Survey put it at 7.8. The quakes and aftershocks rattled buildings and woke residents across the country, hundreds of kilometers from the epicenter.   Geonet said four faults had ruptured, with one at the coast appearing to have slipped as much as 10 meters (33 feet). Government research unit GNS Science said the overnight tremor appeared to have been two simultaneous quakes which together lasted more than two minutes.   New Zealand lies in the seismically active \"Ring of Fire\", a 40,000 km arc of volcanoes and oceanic trenches that partly encircles the Pacific Ocean. Around 90 percent of the world's earthquakes occur within this region.   Stock exchange operator NZX Ltd said markets traded normally, although many offices in the capital were closed. The New Zealand dollar initially fell to a one-month low before mostly recovering.   Fonterra, the world's biggest dairy exporter, said some its farms were without power and would likely have to dump milk.   Prime Minister Key postponed a trip to Argentina, where he had planned to hold a series of trade meetings ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in Peru this week, as he met disaster officials.   At least one of those killed was found in a house in Kaikoura that \"collapsed like a stack of cards\", Kaikoura Hospital's Dr Christopher Henry told Fairfax media. Two other people were pulled alive from the same building.   New Zealand media reported one of the pilots taking rescuers to the area was Richie McCaw, the recently retired captain of New Zealand's world champion All Blacks rugby team.   \"At one point, the railway was way out over the sea - it had been pushed out by (land) slips. It would not have been a nice place to be at midnight last night,\" McCaw told the New Zealand Herald after helping fly the USAR team to Kaikoura.", "essay": "Dear friend,                                          I am writing to tell you that I just read a horrifying article about a major 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit New Zealand on Monday. The property damage, loss of life, and injuries are going to be devastating once all the numbers are in. I feel very sickened and saddened after reading this news."}
{"user_id": "ec_p007", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 3.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 3.0}}, "article": "'They Were Just Like Us, and They Lost Everything' \u2014  Can empathy for refugees be taught? A few weeks ago, I scrambled to evacuate my area with the only five items I could grab\u2014my phone, passport, water, money, and medicine\u2014in the 30 seconds before I had to flee. Many of the roughly 65 million refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced people around the world today have had to make panicked choices like these; more than 4,000 have died at sea in overcrowded boats and rafts attempting to reach Europe from the Middle East. On Thursday last week, more than 200 additional people lost their lives in two separate shipwrecks off Libya. But my own \u201cescape\u201d was far away from that, on the safety of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., where M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF) had organized the Forced From Home exhibit. The aim was, in part, to put the staggering numbers of the crisis into tangible terms for those of us who don\u2019t have to contemplate actually being forced from home. So I took on the identity of an asylum-seeker from Honduras while my tour guide, Ahmed Abdalrazag, pled with the group to hurry up. If we were really fleeing, he explained, our time would be up and it might be too late. We got on a raft like the ones in which so many have risked, and lost, their lives in recent years\u2014though this one stayed on dry land\u2014and later, we were detained at a fenced border where our various legal classifications determined our future. At each stop, hardships from the journey forced us to give up one item, until we were left empty-handed in front of staged refugee tents\u2014where in real life another series of ordeals await those who make it that far. MSF, or Doctors Without Borders, the international aid group and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is touring the exhibit through five U.S. cities this fall, with a series of West Coast stops planned for next year. So far, according to an MSF spokesman, more than 17,000 people have attended, including over 3,400 students. MSF provides medical and related humanitarian aid in over 60 countries, often in dangerous circumstances\u2014the group describes its mission as assisting \u201cvictims of conflict, natural disasters, epidemics, or healthcare exclusion.\u201d In Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan recently, MSF-supported hospitals and the people who work there have themselves been victims of conflict. With the Forced From Home exhibit, MSF is trying to communicate, in concrete terms, the reality of people fleeing from those places and elsewhere, including Burundi, South Sudan, and Central America. Official action to mitigate this reality has been frustratingly slow. It has been more than two years since the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) first reported that the number of displaced people worldwide had surpassed the figures following World War II.  But as my colleague Uri Friedman wrote in September, the UN General Assembly only recently held its inaugural Summit for Refugees and Migrants, and the declaration that emerged from the meeting delays specific measures by UN member states for two more years. The timeline of the UN plan is not comforting to the refugees or concerned observers. The crisis figures are familiar, but remain unfathomable\u2014one in 113 people displaced \u201cby conflict and persecution in 2015;\u201d and 54 percent of 21 million refugees from just three volatile countries: Syria, Afghanistan, and Somalia. It\u2019s easy to be numbed by the numbers. Or even actively repelled\u2014across Europe and the United States, 2016 has seen a surge of anti-refugee protests and rhetoric conflatingrefugees and terrorists\u2014sentiments that influence elections and produce significant legislative and societal results. In a sense, the refugee crisis has helped generate a corresponding crisis in empathy. But if national and international political solutions seem sluggish or even impossible, what hope is there for refugees in the meantime if not for the empathy of individuals? Where there is a confluence of human suffering and nationalistic backlash, can empathy be taught, sparked, or successfully deployed? The MSF exhibit can be seen as a test of these questions. It creates an empathetic response by tying the visitor\u2019s experience to an individual\u2019s\u2014each participant is assigned a specific displaced person\u2019s identity, and each tour is given by an aid-worker who has served in an MSF camp. Throughout the journey, the guides share their own personal stories about people they lived with, worked with, and ministered to, further illuminating the individual suffering behind the numbers. Abdalrazag, a physician with MSF originally from Iraq, first got involved with the organization when he was in a camp as a refugee. On his tours, he talks about a friend of his who, after living in a refugee camp tent for years, so desperately missed a wall to lean his back on that he hugged the first wall he saw in his new home. After the tour, Abdalrazag admitted that this was his own experience, one he sometimes obscures because his memories are painful to recount. Another guide, Sarah Khenati, a psychologist with MSF-France who has worked in the Central African Republic (CAR) and the West Bank, shares a story on her tours about a woman who was raped and impregnated while fleeing her home, then involves her groups in the ensuing MSF discussion about how best to treat the woman after her psychotic breakdown. Tatiana Chiarella, an MSF nurse from Brazil who has been touring with the exhibit, explained how she sees the value of these kinds of personal stories: \u201cFor people living in the U.S., or even my people in Brazil, we are so far from the situation that you may hear their stories but you don\u2019t realize it could happen to any one of us.\u201d The people she treated \u201cwere just like us, they were doctors, nurses, engineers, lawyers, and suddenly this happened\u2014they have war in their countries and they have to flee for their life and for their families\u2014and they lost everything.\u201d Maybe it\u2019s strange to shift the discussion of a massive problem down to the granular level, especially when the world needs a response to match the scale of the crisis. Yet individuals generate a human response that statistics can\u2019t. Updated crisis figures from UNHCR don\u2019t go viral. Images of a drowned Syrian toddler on a beach in Turkey, or a wounded boy in an Aleppo ambulance, do. And they focus observers, however briefly, on the human cost of conflict.   Still, the problem is bigger than the tragedies of Alan Kurdi and Omran Daqneesh, so the question remains whether concentrating on a single victim can generate an empathy that expands to include others suffering outside those particular frames. According to Jamil Zaki, assistant professor of psychology and the director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Laboratory, even though empathy is a fundamental human emotion, people are not exactly wired for a globalized response. \u201cWhen we evolved, we were in small groups of interdependent individuals, so the people that you would run into and subsequently empathize with were probably family or extended family,\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd nowadays, we\u2019re given the unprecedented opportunity to empathize, reach out to and help, not just the people who are right around us, but people all around the world. That\u2019s a really enormous challenge as well as an opportunity, and I think that sometimes, our more evolutionarily old or primitive \u2026 emotional responses are not really perfectly designed for the modern world.\u201d This is even true of people who are already inclined to be sympathetic to refugees\u2014the people, in other words, likely to visit an exhibit like MSF\u2019s in the first place. On the tour I took, I met Cameron, a student from Charleston, South Carolina, who said: \u201cIt pains me to see how unaccepting communities can be of refugees especially when a good amount of people in the U.S. can trace their ancestry to people who left their home because of economic or political issues.\u201d He added, \u201cI think it definitely made me more empathetic and understanding because you only get so much information from the news and other media sources.\u201d U.S. President Barack Obama, in his 2006 Northwestern University commencement speech, called attention to what he saw as a national \u201cempathy deficit.\u201d He advised the graduates that, in a culture that does not encourage empathy, \u201cas you go on in life, cultivating this quality of empathy will become harder, not easier.  There\u2019s no community-service requirement in the real world; no one forcing you to care. You\u2019ll be free to live in neighborhoods with people who are exactly like yourself, and send your kids to the same schools, and narrow your concerns to what\u2019s going in your own little circle.\u201d That warning came 10 years ago; five years before the Syrian Civil War began, and eight years before UNHCR first identified a new record in the number of refugees worldwide. As David Desteno wrote for The Atlantic last summer, a recent study from the University of Michigan found, based on empathy assessments of 13,000 college students between 1979 and 2009, that \u201clevels of compassion and empathy are lower now than at any time in the past 30 years, and perhaps most alarming, they are declining at an increasing rate.\u201d If we think of empathy as malleable, it\u2019s an emotion that we can actively choose to engage with and develop. The barrier that the MSF exhibit and other calls to empathy might bump up against is our basic wiring: If our relationship to empathy is naturally individual and impulsive\u2014Zaki describes it as \u201cstaccato\u201d\u2014how do we create the sustained empathy suited to an ongoing and outsized crisis? Will the impact of an exhibit like Forced from Home\u2014or photos of children whose lives have been ended or upended by war\u2014be momentary or lasting? And what difference does any one person\u2019s feelings make to finding a genuine solution? Some of the answers may lie in the way we think about empathy. If we think of it as malleable, it\u2019s an emotion that we can actively choose to engage with and develop. Zaki emphasizes that empathy can be strengthened with practice: \u201cEmpathy is under our control more than we think it is. ... It\u2019s our responsibility to exercise empathy responsibly, and it\u2019s an opportunity for us to connect with more and more people if we work hard at building it.\u201d Most importantly, Zaki says, \u201cconvincing people that they can build their empathy actually helps them to build [it].\u201d He points to training programs that can change people\u2019s responses to others\u2019 suffering. A sampling of these empathy interventions across the country range from increasing care for homeless people in the Bay Area, to teaching empathy in middle schools to prevent bullying, to training police officers in Washington state to have compassion for citizens with mental illness so that they can be helped or hospitalized rather than arrested, though it\u2019s too early to judge their effects. The refugee and the empathy crises can\u2014but don\u2019t have to\u2014leave us with an action crisis. Even if MSF succeeds in generating empathy, the feeling by itself is not a solution. Still, it\u2019s hard to see how there can be a solution without it.", "essay": "I thin it is really sad that migrants have to go through the hardships that they do. It is unimaginable for me to have to leave my home, my things, my life, at the drop of a hat. These people leave behind mostly everything to get to a better place, and a lot die before they can get there. It is a shame that people have to do things like this in this day and age."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "'They Were Just Like Us, and They Lost Everything' \u2014  Can empathy for refugees be taught? A few weeks ago, I scrambled to evacuate my area with the only five items I could grab\u2014my phone, passport, water, money, and medicine\u2014in the 30 seconds before I had to flee. Many of the roughly 65 million refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced people around the world today have had to make panicked choices like these; more than 4,000 have died at sea in overcrowded boats and rafts attempting to reach Europe from the Middle East. On Thursday last week, more than 200 additional people lost their lives in two separate shipwrecks off Libya. But my own \u201cescape\u201d was far away from that, on the safety of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., where M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF) had organized the Forced From Home exhibit. The aim was, in part, to put the staggering numbers of the crisis into tangible terms for those of us who don\u2019t have to contemplate actually being forced from home. So I took on the identity of an asylum-seeker from Honduras while my tour guide, Ahmed Abdalrazag, pled with the group to hurry up. If we were really fleeing, he explained, our time would be up and it might be too late. We got on a raft like the ones in which so many have risked, and lost, their lives in recent years\u2014though this one stayed on dry land\u2014and later, we were detained at a fenced border where our various legal classifications determined our future. At each stop, hardships from the journey forced us to give up one item, until we were left empty-handed in front of staged refugee tents\u2014where in real life another series of ordeals await those who make it that far. MSF, or Doctors Without Borders, the international aid group and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is touring the exhibit through five U.S. cities this fall, with a series of West Coast stops planned for next year. So far, according to an MSF spokesman, more than 17,000 people have attended, including over 3,400 students. MSF provides medical and related humanitarian aid in over 60 countries, often in dangerous circumstances\u2014the group describes its mission as assisting \u201cvictims of conflict, natural disasters, epidemics, or healthcare exclusion.\u201d In Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan recently, MSF-supported hospitals and the people who work there have themselves been victims of conflict. With the Forced From Home exhibit, MSF is trying to communicate, in concrete terms, the reality of people fleeing from those places and elsewhere, including Burundi, South Sudan, and Central America. Official action to mitigate this reality has been frustratingly slow. It has been more than two years since the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) first reported that the number of displaced people worldwide had surpassed the figures following World War II.  But as my colleague Uri Friedman wrote in September, the UN General Assembly only recently held its inaugural Summit for Refugees and Migrants, and the declaration that emerged from the meeting delays specific measures by UN member states for two more years. The timeline of the UN plan is not comforting to the refugees or concerned observers. The crisis figures are familiar, but remain unfathomable\u2014one in 113 people displaced \u201cby conflict and persecution in 2015;\u201d and 54 percent of 21 million refugees from just three volatile countries: Syria, Afghanistan, and Somalia. It\u2019s easy to be numbed by the numbers. Or even actively repelled\u2014across Europe and the United States, 2016 has seen a surge of anti-refugee protests and rhetoric conflatingrefugees and terrorists\u2014sentiments that influence elections and produce significant legislative and societal results. In a sense, the refugee crisis has helped generate a corresponding crisis in empathy. But if national and international political solutions seem sluggish or even impossible, what hope is there for refugees in the meantime if not for the empathy of individuals? Where there is a confluence of human suffering and nationalistic backlash, can empathy be taught, sparked, or successfully deployed? The MSF exhibit can be seen as a test of these questions. It creates an empathetic response by tying the visitor\u2019s experience to an individual\u2019s\u2014each participant is assigned a specific displaced person\u2019s identity, and each tour is given by an aid-worker who has served in an MSF camp. Throughout the journey, the guides share their own personal stories about people they lived with, worked with, and ministered to, further illuminating the individual suffering behind the numbers. Abdalrazag, a physician with MSF originally from Iraq, first got involved with the organization when he was in a camp as a refugee. On his tours, he talks about a friend of his who, after living in a refugee camp tent for years, so desperately missed a wall to lean his back on that he hugged the first wall he saw in his new home. After the tour, Abdalrazag admitted that this was his own experience, one he sometimes obscures because his memories are painful to recount. Another guide, Sarah Khenati, a psychologist with MSF-France who has worked in the Central African Republic (CAR) and the West Bank, shares a story on her tours about a woman who was raped and impregnated while fleeing her home, then involves her groups in the ensuing MSF discussion about how best to treat the woman after her psychotic breakdown. Tatiana Chiarella, an MSF nurse from Brazil who has been touring with the exhibit, explained how she sees the value of these kinds of personal stories: \u201cFor people living in the U.S., or even my people in Brazil, we are so far from the situation that you may hear their stories but you don\u2019t realize it could happen to any one of us.\u201d The people she treated \u201cwere just like us, they were doctors, nurses, engineers, lawyers, and suddenly this happened\u2014they have war in their countries and they have to flee for their life and for their families\u2014and they lost everything.\u201d Maybe it\u2019s strange to shift the discussion of a massive problem down to the granular level, especially when the world needs a response to match the scale of the crisis. Yet individuals generate a human response that statistics can\u2019t. Updated crisis figures from UNHCR don\u2019t go viral. Images of a drowned Syrian toddler on a beach in Turkey, or a wounded boy in an Aleppo ambulance, do. And they focus observers, however briefly, on the human cost of conflict.   Still, the problem is bigger than the tragedies of Alan Kurdi and Omran Daqneesh, so the question remains whether concentrating on a single victim can generate an empathy that expands to include others suffering outside those particular frames. According to Jamil Zaki, assistant professor of psychology and the director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Laboratory, even though empathy is a fundamental human emotion, people are not exactly wired for a globalized response. \u201cWhen we evolved, we were in small groups of interdependent individuals, so the people that you would run into and subsequently empathize with were probably family or extended family,\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd nowadays, we\u2019re given the unprecedented opportunity to empathize, reach out to and help, not just the people who are right around us, but people all around the world. That\u2019s a really enormous challenge as well as an opportunity, and I think that sometimes, our more evolutionarily old or primitive \u2026 emotional responses are not really perfectly designed for the modern world.\u201d This is even true of people who are already inclined to be sympathetic to refugees\u2014the people, in other words, likely to visit an exhibit like MSF\u2019s in the first place. On the tour I took, I met Cameron, a student from Charleston, South Carolina, who said: \u201cIt pains me to see how unaccepting communities can be of refugees especially when a good amount of people in the U.S. can trace their ancestry to people who left their home because of economic or political issues.\u201d He added, \u201cI think it definitely made me more empathetic and understanding because you only get so much information from the news and other media sources.\u201d U.S. President Barack Obama, in his 2006 Northwestern University commencement speech, called attention to what he saw as a national \u201cempathy deficit.\u201d He advised the graduates that, in a culture that does not encourage empathy, \u201cas you go on in life, cultivating this quality of empathy will become harder, not easier.  There\u2019s no community-service requirement in the real world; no one forcing you to care. You\u2019ll be free to live in neighborhoods with people who are exactly like yourself, and send your kids to the same schools, and narrow your concerns to what\u2019s going in your own little circle.\u201d That warning came 10 years ago; five years before the Syrian Civil War began, and eight years before UNHCR first identified a new record in the number of refugees worldwide. As David Desteno wrote for The Atlantic last summer, a recent study from the University of Michigan found, based on empathy assessments of 13,000 college students between 1979 and 2009, that \u201clevels of compassion and empathy are lower now than at any time in the past 30 years, and perhaps most alarming, they are declining at an increasing rate.\u201d If we think of empathy as malleable, it\u2019s an emotion that we can actively choose to engage with and develop. The barrier that the MSF exhibit and other calls to empathy might bump up against is our basic wiring: If our relationship to empathy is naturally individual and impulsive\u2014Zaki describes it as \u201cstaccato\u201d\u2014how do we create the sustained empathy suited to an ongoing and outsized crisis? Will the impact of an exhibit like Forced from Home\u2014or photos of children whose lives have been ended or upended by war\u2014be momentary or lasting? And what difference does any one person\u2019s feelings make to finding a genuine solution? Some of the answers may lie in the way we think about empathy. If we think of it as malleable, it\u2019s an emotion that we can actively choose to engage with and develop. Zaki emphasizes that empathy can be strengthened with practice: \u201cEmpathy is under our control more than we think it is. ... It\u2019s our responsibility to exercise empathy responsibly, and it\u2019s an opportunity for us to connect with more and more people if we work hard at building it.\u201d Most importantly, Zaki says, \u201cconvincing people that they can build their empathy actually helps them to build [it].\u201d He points to training programs that can change people\u2019s responses to others\u2019 suffering. A sampling of these empathy interventions across the country range from increasing care for homeless people in the Bay Area, to teaching empathy in middle schools to prevent bullying, to training police officers in Washington state to have compassion for citizens with mental illness so that they can be helped or hospitalized rather than arrested, though it\u2019s too early to judge their effects. The refugee and the empathy crises can\u2014but don\u2019t have to\u2014leave us with an action crisis. Even if MSF succeeds in generating empathy, the feeling by itself is not a solution. Still, it\u2019s hard to see how there can be a solution without it.", "essay": "Hearing about the experiences of refugees is sad but something I have a hard time connecting with.  It's distressing to hear about children who are innocent victims of violence in a country or even adults, but it just seems so far away and I Feel so removed from those things and people that it's hard to relate to.  I am still sad for them that they have the experiences they have and I am grateful for my life and freedom in America."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "'They Were Just Like Us, and They Lost Everything' \u2014  Can empathy for refugees be taught? A few weeks ago, I scrambled to evacuate my area with the only five items I could grab\u2014my phone, passport, water, money, and medicine\u2014in the 30 seconds before I had to flee. Many of the roughly 65 million refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced people around the world today have had to make panicked choices like these; more than 4,000 have died at sea in overcrowded boats and rafts attempting to reach Europe from the Middle East. On Thursday last week, more than 200 additional people lost their lives in two separate shipwrecks off Libya. But my own \u201cescape\u201d was far away from that, on the safety of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., where M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF) had organized the Forced From Home exhibit. The aim was, in part, to put the staggering numbers of the crisis into tangible terms for those of us who don\u2019t have to contemplate actually being forced from home. So I took on the identity of an asylum-seeker from Honduras while my tour guide, Ahmed Abdalrazag, pled with the group to hurry up. If we were really fleeing, he explained, our time would be up and it might be too late. We got on a raft like the ones in which so many have risked, and lost, their lives in recent years\u2014though this one stayed on dry land\u2014and later, we were detained at a fenced border where our various legal classifications determined our future. At each stop, hardships from the journey forced us to give up one item, until we were left empty-handed in front of staged refugee tents\u2014where in real life another series of ordeals await those who make it that far. MSF, or Doctors Without Borders, the international aid group and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is touring the exhibit through five U.S. cities this fall, with a series of West Coast stops planned for next year. So far, according to an MSF spokesman, more than 17,000 people have attended, including over 3,400 students. MSF provides medical and related humanitarian aid in over 60 countries, often in dangerous circumstances\u2014the group describes its mission as assisting \u201cvictims of conflict, natural disasters, epidemics, or healthcare exclusion.\u201d In Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan recently, MSF-supported hospitals and the people who work there have themselves been victims of conflict. With the Forced From Home exhibit, MSF is trying to communicate, in concrete terms, the reality of people fleeing from those places and elsewhere, including Burundi, South Sudan, and Central America. Official action to mitigate this reality has been frustratingly slow. It has been more than two years since the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) first reported that the number of displaced people worldwide had surpassed the figures following World War II.  But as my colleague Uri Friedman wrote in September, the UN General Assembly only recently held its inaugural Summit for Refugees and Migrants, and the declaration that emerged from the meeting delays specific measures by UN member states for two more years. The timeline of the UN plan is not comforting to the refugees or concerned observers. The crisis figures are familiar, but remain unfathomable\u2014one in 113 people displaced \u201cby conflict and persecution in 2015;\u201d and 54 percent of 21 million refugees from just three volatile countries: Syria, Afghanistan, and Somalia. It\u2019s easy to be numbed by the numbers. Or even actively repelled\u2014across Europe and the United States, 2016 has seen a surge of anti-refugee protests and rhetoric conflatingrefugees and terrorists\u2014sentiments that influence elections and produce significant legislative and societal results. In a sense, the refugee crisis has helped generate a corresponding crisis in empathy. But if national and international political solutions seem sluggish or even impossible, what hope is there for refugees in the meantime if not for the empathy of individuals? Where there is a confluence of human suffering and nationalistic backlash, can empathy be taught, sparked, or successfully deployed? The MSF exhibit can be seen as a test of these questions. It creates an empathetic response by tying the visitor\u2019s experience to an individual\u2019s\u2014each participant is assigned a specific displaced person\u2019s identity, and each tour is given by an aid-worker who has served in an MSF camp. Throughout the journey, the guides share their own personal stories about people they lived with, worked with, and ministered to, further illuminating the individual suffering behind the numbers. Abdalrazag, a physician with MSF originally from Iraq, first got involved with the organization when he was in a camp as a refugee. On his tours, he talks about a friend of his who, after living in a refugee camp tent for years, so desperately missed a wall to lean his back on that he hugged the first wall he saw in his new home. After the tour, Abdalrazag admitted that this was his own experience, one he sometimes obscures because his memories are painful to recount. Another guide, Sarah Khenati, a psychologist with MSF-France who has worked in the Central African Republic (CAR) and the West Bank, shares a story on her tours about a woman who was raped and impregnated while fleeing her home, then involves her groups in the ensuing MSF discussion about how best to treat the woman after her psychotic breakdown. Tatiana Chiarella, an MSF nurse from Brazil who has been touring with the exhibit, explained how she sees the value of these kinds of personal stories: \u201cFor people living in the U.S., or even my people in Brazil, we are so far from the situation that you may hear their stories but you don\u2019t realize it could happen to any one of us.\u201d The people she treated \u201cwere just like us, they were doctors, nurses, engineers, lawyers, and suddenly this happened\u2014they have war in their countries and they have to flee for their life and for their families\u2014and they lost everything.\u201d Maybe it\u2019s strange to shift the discussion of a massive problem down to the granular level, especially when the world needs a response to match the scale of the crisis. Yet individuals generate a human response that statistics can\u2019t. Updated crisis figures from UNHCR don\u2019t go viral. Images of a drowned Syrian toddler on a beach in Turkey, or a wounded boy in an Aleppo ambulance, do. And they focus observers, however briefly, on the human cost of conflict.   Still, the problem is bigger than the tragedies of Alan Kurdi and Omran Daqneesh, so the question remains whether concentrating on a single victim can generate an empathy that expands to include others suffering outside those particular frames. According to Jamil Zaki, assistant professor of psychology and the director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Laboratory, even though empathy is a fundamental human emotion, people are not exactly wired for a globalized response. \u201cWhen we evolved, we were in small groups of interdependent individuals, so the people that you would run into and subsequently empathize with were probably family or extended family,\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd nowadays, we\u2019re given the unprecedented opportunity to empathize, reach out to and help, not just the people who are right around us, but people all around the world. That\u2019s a really enormous challenge as well as an opportunity, and I think that sometimes, our more evolutionarily old or primitive \u2026 emotional responses are not really perfectly designed for the modern world.\u201d This is even true of people who are already inclined to be sympathetic to refugees\u2014the people, in other words, likely to visit an exhibit like MSF\u2019s in the first place. On the tour I took, I met Cameron, a student from Charleston, South Carolina, who said: \u201cIt pains me to see how unaccepting communities can be of refugees especially when a good amount of people in the U.S. can trace their ancestry to people who left their home because of economic or political issues.\u201d He added, \u201cI think it definitely made me more empathetic and understanding because you only get so much information from the news and other media sources.\u201d U.S. President Barack Obama, in his 2006 Northwestern University commencement speech, called attention to what he saw as a national \u201cempathy deficit.\u201d He advised the graduates that, in a culture that does not encourage empathy, \u201cas you go on in life, cultivating this quality of empathy will become harder, not easier.  There\u2019s no community-service requirement in the real world; no one forcing you to care. You\u2019ll be free to live in neighborhoods with people who are exactly like yourself, and send your kids to the same schools, and narrow your concerns to what\u2019s going in your own little circle.\u201d That warning came 10 years ago; five years before the Syrian Civil War began, and eight years before UNHCR first identified a new record in the number of refugees worldwide. As David Desteno wrote for The Atlantic last summer, a recent study from the University of Michigan found, based on empathy assessments of 13,000 college students between 1979 and 2009, that \u201clevels of compassion and empathy are lower now than at any time in the past 30 years, and perhaps most alarming, they are declining at an increasing rate.\u201d If we think of empathy as malleable, it\u2019s an emotion that we can actively choose to engage with and develop. The barrier that the MSF exhibit and other calls to empathy might bump up against is our basic wiring: If our relationship to empathy is naturally individual and impulsive\u2014Zaki describes it as \u201cstaccato\u201d\u2014how do we create the sustained empathy suited to an ongoing and outsized crisis? Will the impact of an exhibit like Forced from Home\u2014or photos of children whose lives have been ended or upended by war\u2014be momentary or lasting? And what difference does any one person\u2019s feelings make to finding a genuine solution? Some of the answers may lie in the way we think about empathy. If we think of it as malleable, it\u2019s an emotion that we can actively choose to engage with and develop. Zaki emphasizes that empathy can be strengthened with practice: \u201cEmpathy is under our control more than we think it is. ... It\u2019s our responsibility to exercise empathy responsibly, and it\u2019s an opportunity for us to connect with more and more people if we work hard at building it.\u201d Most importantly, Zaki says, \u201cconvincing people that they can build their empathy actually helps them to build [it].\u201d He points to training programs that can change people\u2019s responses to others\u2019 suffering. A sampling of these empathy interventions across the country range from increasing care for homeless people in the Bay Area, to teaching empathy in middle schools to prevent bullying, to training police officers in Washington state to have compassion for citizens with mental illness so that they can be helped or hospitalized rather than arrested, though it\u2019s too early to judge their effects. The refugee and the empathy crises can\u2014but don\u2019t have to\u2014leave us with an action crisis. Even if MSF succeeds in generating empathy, the feeling by itself is not a solution. Still, it\u2019s hard to see how there can be a solution without it.", "essay": "I just read an article about MSF putting on simulated refugee experiences across the US. I understand their objective, but I can certainly see this as being a tedious and forced experience. You simply can't simulate the urgency and suffering that refugees have to go through. Your family isn't being rent in twain, your wife isn't being raped and your children aren't being sold into slavery. I know they have the purest intentions, but this just seems silly to me. The people who are attending these events already consider themselves empathetic; they aren't changing any minds with this kind of display."}
{"user_id": "ec_p057", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 30 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 55000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 30, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 55000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "'They Were Just Like Us, and They Lost Everything' \u2014  Can empathy for refugees be taught? A few weeks ago, I scrambled to evacuate my area with the only five items I could grab\u2014my phone, passport, water, money, and medicine\u2014in the 30 seconds before I had to flee. Many of the roughly 65 million refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced people around the world today have had to make panicked choices like these; more than 4,000 have died at sea in overcrowded boats and rafts attempting to reach Europe from the Middle East. On Thursday last week, more than 200 additional people lost their lives in two separate shipwrecks off Libya. But my own \u201cescape\u201d was far away from that, on the safety of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., where M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF) had organized the Forced From Home exhibit. The aim was, in part, to put the staggering numbers of the crisis into tangible terms for those of us who don\u2019t have to contemplate actually being forced from home. So I took on the identity of an asylum-seeker from Honduras while my tour guide, Ahmed Abdalrazag, pled with the group to hurry up. If we were really fleeing, he explained, our time would be up and it might be too late. We got on a raft like the ones in which so many have risked, and lost, their lives in recent years\u2014though this one stayed on dry land\u2014and later, we were detained at a fenced border where our various legal classifications determined our future. At each stop, hardships from the journey forced us to give up one item, until we were left empty-handed in front of staged refugee tents\u2014where in real life another series of ordeals await those who make it that far. MSF, or Doctors Without Borders, the international aid group and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is touring the exhibit through five U.S. cities this fall, with a series of West Coast stops planned for next year. So far, according to an MSF spokesman, more than 17,000 people have attended, including over 3,400 students. MSF provides medical and related humanitarian aid in over 60 countries, often in dangerous circumstances\u2014the group describes its mission as assisting \u201cvictims of conflict, natural disasters, epidemics, or healthcare exclusion.\u201d In Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan recently, MSF-supported hospitals and the people who work there have themselves been victims of conflict. With the Forced From Home exhibit, MSF is trying to communicate, in concrete terms, the reality of people fleeing from those places and elsewhere, including Burundi, South Sudan, and Central America. Official action to mitigate this reality has been frustratingly slow. It has been more than two years since the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) first reported that the number of displaced people worldwide had surpassed the figures following World War II.  But as my colleague Uri Friedman wrote in September, the UN General Assembly only recently held its inaugural Summit for Refugees and Migrants, and the declaration that emerged from the meeting delays specific measures by UN member states for two more years. The timeline of the UN plan is not comforting to the refugees or concerned observers. The crisis figures are familiar, but remain unfathomable\u2014one in 113 people displaced \u201cby conflict and persecution in 2015;\u201d and 54 percent of 21 million refugees from just three volatile countries: Syria, Afghanistan, and Somalia. It\u2019s easy to be numbed by the numbers. Or even actively repelled\u2014across Europe and the United States, 2016 has seen a surge of anti-refugee protests and rhetoric conflatingrefugees and terrorists\u2014sentiments that influence elections and produce significant legislative and societal results. In a sense, the refugee crisis has helped generate a corresponding crisis in empathy. But if national and international political solutions seem sluggish or even impossible, what hope is there for refugees in the meantime if not for the empathy of individuals? Where there is a confluence of human suffering and nationalistic backlash, can empathy be taught, sparked, or successfully deployed? The MSF exhibit can be seen as a test of these questions. It creates an empathetic response by tying the visitor\u2019s experience to an individual\u2019s\u2014each participant is assigned a specific displaced person\u2019s identity, and each tour is given by an aid-worker who has served in an MSF camp. Throughout the journey, the guides share their own personal stories about people they lived with, worked with, and ministered to, further illuminating the individual suffering behind the numbers. Abdalrazag, a physician with MSF originally from Iraq, first got involved with the organization when he was in a camp as a refugee. On his tours, he talks about a friend of his who, after living in a refugee camp tent for years, so desperately missed a wall to lean his back on that he hugged the first wall he saw in his new home. After the tour, Abdalrazag admitted that this was his own experience, one he sometimes obscures because his memories are painful to recount. Another guide, Sarah Khenati, a psychologist with MSF-France who has worked in the Central African Republic (CAR) and the West Bank, shares a story on her tours about a woman who was raped and impregnated while fleeing her home, then involves her groups in the ensuing MSF discussion about how best to treat the woman after her psychotic breakdown. Tatiana Chiarella, an MSF nurse from Brazil who has been touring with the exhibit, explained how she sees the value of these kinds of personal stories: \u201cFor people living in the U.S., or even my people in Brazil, we are so far from the situation that you may hear their stories but you don\u2019t realize it could happen to any one of us.\u201d The people she treated \u201cwere just like us, they were doctors, nurses, engineers, lawyers, and suddenly this happened\u2014they have war in their countries and they have to flee for their life and for their families\u2014and they lost everything.\u201d Maybe it\u2019s strange to shift the discussion of a massive problem down to the granular level, especially when the world needs a response to match the scale of the crisis. Yet individuals generate a human response that statistics can\u2019t. Updated crisis figures from UNHCR don\u2019t go viral. Images of a drowned Syrian toddler on a beach in Turkey, or a wounded boy in an Aleppo ambulance, do. And they focus observers, however briefly, on the human cost of conflict.   Still, the problem is bigger than the tragedies of Alan Kurdi and Omran Daqneesh, so the question remains whether concentrating on a single victim can generate an empathy that expands to include others suffering outside those particular frames. According to Jamil Zaki, assistant professor of psychology and the director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Laboratory, even though empathy is a fundamental human emotion, people are not exactly wired for a globalized response. \u201cWhen we evolved, we were in small groups of interdependent individuals, so the people that you would run into and subsequently empathize with were probably family or extended family,\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd nowadays, we\u2019re given the unprecedented opportunity to empathize, reach out to and help, not just the people who are right around us, but people all around the world. That\u2019s a really enormous challenge as well as an opportunity, and I think that sometimes, our more evolutionarily old or primitive \u2026 emotional responses are not really perfectly designed for the modern world.\u201d This is even true of people who are already inclined to be sympathetic to refugees\u2014the people, in other words, likely to visit an exhibit like MSF\u2019s in the first place. On the tour I took, I met Cameron, a student from Charleston, South Carolina, who said: \u201cIt pains me to see how unaccepting communities can be of refugees especially when a good amount of people in the U.S. can trace their ancestry to people who left their home because of economic or political issues.\u201d He added, \u201cI think it definitely made me more empathetic and understanding because you only get so much information from the news and other media sources.\u201d U.S. President Barack Obama, in his 2006 Northwestern University commencement speech, called attention to what he saw as a national \u201cempathy deficit.\u201d He advised the graduates that, in a culture that does not encourage empathy, \u201cas you go on in life, cultivating this quality of empathy will become harder, not easier.  There\u2019s no community-service requirement in the real world; no one forcing you to care. You\u2019ll be free to live in neighborhoods with people who are exactly like yourself, and send your kids to the same schools, and narrow your concerns to what\u2019s going in your own little circle.\u201d That warning came 10 years ago; five years before the Syrian Civil War began, and eight years before UNHCR first identified a new record in the number of refugees worldwide. As David Desteno wrote for The Atlantic last summer, a recent study from the University of Michigan found, based on empathy assessments of 13,000 college students between 1979 and 2009, that \u201clevels of compassion and empathy are lower now than at any time in the past 30 years, and perhaps most alarming, they are declining at an increasing rate.\u201d If we think of empathy as malleable, it\u2019s an emotion that we can actively choose to engage with and develop. The barrier that the MSF exhibit and other calls to empathy might bump up against is our basic wiring: If our relationship to empathy is naturally individual and impulsive\u2014Zaki describes it as \u201cstaccato\u201d\u2014how do we create the sustained empathy suited to an ongoing and outsized crisis? Will the impact of an exhibit like Forced from Home\u2014or photos of children whose lives have been ended or upended by war\u2014be momentary or lasting? And what difference does any one person\u2019s feelings make to finding a genuine solution? Some of the answers may lie in the way we think about empathy. If we think of it as malleable, it\u2019s an emotion that we can actively choose to engage with and develop. Zaki emphasizes that empathy can be strengthened with practice: \u201cEmpathy is under our control more than we think it is. ... It\u2019s our responsibility to exercise empathy responsibly, and it\u2019s an opportunity for us to connect with more and more people if we work hard at building it.\u201d Most importantly, Zaki says, \u201cconvincing people that they can build their empathy actually helps them to build [it].\u201d He points to training programs that can change people\u2019s responses to others\u2019 suffering. A sampling of these empathy interventions across the country range from increasing care for homeless people in the Bay Area, to teaching empathy in middle schools to prevent bullying, to training police officers in Washington state to have compassion for citizens with mental illness so that they can be helped or hospitalized rather than arrested, though it\u2019s too early to judge their effects. The refugee and the empathy crises can\u2014but don\u2019t have to\u2014leave us with an action crisis. Even if MSF succeeds in generating empathy, the feeling by itself is not a solution. Still, it\u2019s hard to see how there can be a solution without it.", "essay": "The article brought up many good points about how Americans see refugees and asylum seekers, as well as the internal conflict we battle when we imagine them taking shelter here. Most Americans are empathetic when we hear stories or see images however when the moment for us to do anything come along we don't find the nerve to act. The mock home evacuation was very interesting however it cannot fully convey the actual feeling people feel when their lives are ripped from them. It will take something different to move people to the point where they realize these people are legitimately fighting for their lives. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p050", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 165000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.75 in openness, 6.25 in conscientiousness, 3.25 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 165000, "personality": {"openness": 5.75, "conscientiousness": 6.25, "extraversion": 3.25, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "TRAGEDY: Tampa man lost wife, 2 children, in horrific crash that killed 5 \u2014  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 The heartache of losing a loved one in a sudden, unexpected moment is devastating.   The shock is jarring and confusing. Families and friends are left with broken hearts and aching spirits. Losing one person is painful. But, for a Tampa husband, the grief is paralyzing and unbearable.   On Wednesday night, John Bernal lost his wife, his youngest daughter and his youngest son in a horrific car accident on MLK.   Mother Marianela Murillo and her two youngest children, John Bernal, Jr.  and Isabell Bernal, along with her teenager, Lina Bernal, were returning home from church when they were hit head-on in a fiery crash.   Their minivan burst into flames with the family trapped inside. The teenage daughter and her cousin visiting from Colombia, Luisa Louisa, were the only ones to survive in that van.   A relative began sobbing as she recalled the events while speaking to WFLA at Tampa General Hospital.   \u201cMy biggest thing is, I hope they didn\u2019t suffer,\u201d Gisela Martinez cried. \u201cThe car did catch on fire, and there were children in that car.\u201d   While eyewitnesses claim it was street racing, the Florida Highway Patrol says there\u2019s no evidence to prove it.   However, troopers say that the young man who caused the accident, 22-year-old Pablo Cortes III, was traveling at a high rate of speed when he lost control of his Volkswagen Golf. Both he and his passenger, Jolie Bartolome, were killed.   Family members are heartbroken and their hearts go out to the husband who lost his wife and two children.   \u201cHe\u2019s suffering right now. He\u2019s in pieces. I don\u2019t wish this upon anybody at all. I mean, he is really in pieces,\u201d said Mizrah Medina, a cousin.", "essay": "a man lost all he has. that is the saddest thing that can ever happen to anyone. I really dont want to experience this in my life...I mean, no man should experience it. how will he start ? where did he want to start from. The man should be given proper mental test and all..to prevent him from harming himself or even abusing substance."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "TRAGEDY: Tampa man lost wife, 2 children, in horrific crash that killed 5 \u2014  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 The heartache of losing a loved one in a sudden, unexpected moment is devastating.   The shock is jarring and confusing. Families and friends are left with broken hearts and aching spirits. Losing one person is painful. But, for a Tampa husband, the grief is paralyzing and unbearable.   On Wednesday night, John Bernal lost his wife, his youngest daughter and his youngest son in a horrific car accident on MLK.   Mother Marianela Murillo and her two youngest children, John Bernal, Jr.  and Isabell Bernal, along with her teenager, Lina Bernal, were returning home from church when they were hit head-on in a fiery crash.   Their minivan burst into flames with the family trapped inside. The teenage daughter and her cousin visiting from Colombia, Luisa Louisa, were the only ones to survive in that van.   A relative began sobbing as she recalled the events while speaking to WFLA at Tampa General Hospital.   \u201cMy biggest thing is, I hope they didn\u2019t suffer,\u201d Gisela Martinez cried. \u201cThe car did catch on fire, and there were children in that car.\u201d   While eyewitnesses claim it was street racing, the Florida Highway Patrol says there\u2019s no evidence to prove it.   However, troopers say that the young man who caused the accident, 22-year-old Pablo Cortes III, was traveling at a high rate of speed when he lost control of his Volkswagen Golf. Both he and his passenger, Jolie Bartolome, were killed.   Family members are heartbroken and their hearts go out to the husband who lost his wife and two children.   \u201cHe\u2019s suffering right now. He\u2019s in pieces. I don\u2019t wish this upon anybody at all. I mean, he is really in pieces,\u201d said Mizrah Medina, a cousin.", "essay": "I really feel for the man and his child that survived the car crash.  I would not wish this type of pain on anybody. I do not know what we can do about it?  Should we put governors on cars that do not allow them to go over a certain speed?  It is a hard fact of life that we can be here one day and be gone tomorrow. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "TRAGEDY: Tampa man lost wife, 2 children, in horrific crash that killed 5 \u2014  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 The heartache of losing a loved one in a sudden, unexpected moment is devastating.   The shock is jarring and confusing. Families and friends are left with broken hearts and aching spirits. Losing one person is painful. But, for a Tampa husband, the grief is paralyzing and unbearable.   On Wednesday night, John Bernal lost his wife, his youngest daughter and his youngest son in a horrific car accident on MLK.   Mother Marianela Murillo and her two youngest children, John Bernal, Jr.  and Isabell Bernal, along with her teenager, Lina Bernal, were returning home from church when they were hit head-on in a fiery crash.   Their minivan burst into flames with the family trapped inside. The teenage daughter and her cousin visiting from Colombia, Luisa Louisa, were the only ones to survive in that van.   A relative began sobbing as she recalled the events while speaking to WFLA at Tampa General Hospital.   \u201cMy biggest thing is, I hope they didn\u2019t suffer,\u201d Gisela Martinez cried. \u201cThe car did catch on fire, and there were children in that car.\u201d   While eyewitnesses claim it was street racing, the Florida Highway Patrol says there\u2019s no evidence to prove it.   However, troopers say that the young man who caused the accident, 22-year-old Pablo Cortes III, was traveling at a high rate of speed when he lost control of his Volkswagen Golf. Both he and his passenger, Jolie Bartolome, were killed.   Family members are heartbroken and their hearts go out to the husband who lost his wife and two children.   \u201cHe\u2019s suffering right now. He\u2019s in pieces. I don\u2019t wish this upon anybody at all. I mean, he is really in pieces,\u201d said Mizrah Medina, a cousin.", "essay": "It's a sad story for the father, for sure, but I also don't really care.  I don't know these people.  They're also foreigners, so I care even less.  But still, the thought of losing all your family like that is harsh.  And the people who killed them are dead.  I'm not sure if that's better or worse.  No place to direct your anger and despair.  Maybe that's a good thing.  Still, a devastating even to have to deal with and live with the rest of his life.  I'm sure the pain will never end.  I can't imagine dealing with that."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "TRAGEDY: Tampa man lost wife, 2 children, in horrific crash that killed 5 \u2014  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 The heartache of losing a loved one in a sudden, unexpected moment is devastating.   The shock is jarring and confusing. Families and friends are left with broken hearts and aching spirits. Losing one person is painful. But, for a Tampa husband, the grief is paralyzing and unbearable.   On Wednesday night, John Bernal lost his wife, his youngest daughter and his youngest son in a horrific car accident on MLK.   Mother Marianela Murillo and her two youngest children, John Bernal, Jr.  and Isabell Bernal, along with her teenager, Lina Bernal, were returning home from church when they were hit head-on in a fiery crash.   Their minivan burst into flames with the family trapped inside. The teenage daughter and her cousin visiting from Colombia, Luisa Louisa, were the only ones to survive in that van.   A relative began sobbing as she recalled the events while speaking to WFLA at Tampa General Hospital.   \u201cMy biggest thing is, I hope they didn\u2019t suffer,\u201d Gisela Martinez cried. \u201cThe car did catch on fire, and there were children in that car.\u201d   While eyewitnesses claim it was street racing, the Florida Highway Patrol says there\u2019s no evidence to prove it.   However, troopers say that the young man who caused the accident, 22-year-old Pablo Cortes III, was traveling at a high rate of speed when he lost control of his Volkswagen Golf. Both he and his passenger, Jolie Bartolome, were killed.   Family members are heartbroken and their hearts go out to the husband who lost his wife and two children.   \u201cHe\u2019s suffering right now. He\u2019s in pieces. I don\u2019t wish this upon anybody at all. I mean, he is really in pieces,\u201d said Mizrah Medina, a cousin.", "essay": "Losing anyone in an accident is a terribly tragic thing, but losing your whole family in one quick flash would be absolutely crippling. I just read about an accident where this exact thing happened to a person. The details were unclear, but it seemed to be caused by the carelessness of another driver. My heart goes out to people who have to live through this kind of tragedy."}
{"user_id": "ec_p057", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 30 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 55000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 30, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 55000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "TRAGEDY: Tampa man lost wife, 2 children, in horrific crash that killed 5 \u2014  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 The heartache of losing a loved one in a sudden, unexpected moment is devastating.   The shock is jarring and confusing. Families and friends are left with broken hearts and aching spirits. Losing one person is painful. But, for a Tampa husband, the grief is paralyzing and unbearable.   On Wednesday night, John Bernal lost his wife, his youngest daughter and his youngest son in a horrific car accident on MLK.   Mother Marianela Murillo and her two youngest children, John Bernal, Jr.  and Isabell Bernal, along with her teenager, Lina Bernal, were returning home from church when they were hit head-on in a fiery crash.   Their minivan burst into flames with the family trapped inside. The teenage daughter and her cousin visiting from Colombia, Luisa Louisa, were the only ones to survive in that van.   A relative began sobbing as she recalled the events while speaking to WFLA at Tampa General Hospital.   \u201cMy biggest thing is, I hope they didn\u2019t suffer,\u201d Gisela Martinez cried. \u201cThe car did catch on fire, and there were children in that car.\u201d   While eyewitnesses claim it was street racing, the Florida Highway Patrol says there\u2019s no evidence to prove it.   However, troopers say that the young man who caused the accident, 22-year-old Pablo Cortes III, was traveling at a high rate of speed when he lost control of his Volkswagen Golf. Both he and his passenger, Jolie Bartolome, were killed.   Family members are heartbroken and their hearts go out to the husband who lost his wife and two children.   \u201cHe\u2019s suffering right now. He\u2019s in pieces. I don\u2019t wish this upon anybody at all. I mean, he is really in pieces,\u201d said Mizrah Medina, a cousin.", "essay": "The man losing his wife and two children in the accident is very terrible and I feel for him dearly, as well as the ones who have lost their lives. It's very crazy how much danger we are in on the road and we do not realize it. In an instant many lives can be lost just because someone made a mistake or a bad choice and there is not ability to take it back. I wish there was a way we could make driving much safer as many lives are lost each day this way."}
{"user_id": "ec_p038", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 34 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 50000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 34, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 50000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Billy Bob Thornton says he 'never felt good enough' for Angelina Jolie \u2014  Billy Bob Thornton is opening up about his three-year marriage to Angelina Jolie as the 41-year-old actress is in the midst of a divorce from Brad Pitt.   The 61-year-old actor married Jolie, who is 20 years his junior, in 2000 after the two met on set of the 1999 movie, \"Pushing Tin.\" They separated in June 2002 and divorced the following year.   \"I never felt good enough for her,\" Thornton tells November issue of GQ magazine. The Oscar winner says Jolie's high-profile life wasn't his speed, and that he's \"real uncomfortable around rich and important people.\"   That being said, Thornton adds that he's still friends with his ex-wife and speaks to her every few months.   In 2014, the actor told The Hollywood Reporter that he was \"not fond\" of that \"crazy time\" when he was married to Jolie, which included wearing vials of each other's blood around their necks. \"Vial of blood is very simple,\" he explained. \"You know those lockets you buy that are clear and you put a picture of your grannie in and wear it around your neck? She bought two of those. We were apart a lot because she's off making Tomb Raider and I'm making Monster's Ball. She thought it would be interesting and romantic if we took a little razor blade and sliced our fingers, smeared a little blood on these lockets and you wear it around your neck just like you wear your son or daughter's baby hair in one. Same thing.\"   After her split with Thornton, Jolie struck up a relationship with Pitt after meeting him on set of their 2005 film, \"Mr. & Mrs. Smith.\" In September of this year, Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt after two years of marriage and 11 years together. Just this week, the 52-year-old actor was cleared of child abuse allegations by Department of Child and Family Services.   In a statement to ET, Jolie's rep said the mother of six was \"relieved\" that the investigation had concluded, and that her focus has always been the health of the family.", "essay": "Wow read this....Angelia Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton wore vials of blood around each others necks! Isn't that weird? What are they vampires? I always thought she was so strange but that is just bizarre. I wonder what happened to her and Brad though. I never understand why he left Jennifer Anniston for that bizarre looking woman.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Billy Bob Thornton says he 'never felt good enough' for Angelina Jolie \u2014  Billy Bob Thornton is opening up about his three-year marriage to Angelina Jolie as the 41-year-old actress is in the midst of a divorce from Brad Pitt.   The 61-year-old actor married Jolie, who is 20 years his junior, in 2000 after the two met on set of the 1999 movie, \"Pushing Tin.\" They separated in June 2002 and divorced the following year.   \"I never felt good enough for her,\" Thornton tells November issue of GQ magazine. The Oscar winner says Jolie's high-profile life wasn't his speed, and that he's \"real uncomfortable around rich and important people.\"   That being said, Thornton adds that he's still friends with his ex-wife and speaks to her every few months.   In 2014, the actor told The Hollywood Reporter that he was \"not fond\" of that \"crazy time\" when he was married to Jolie, which included wearing vials of each other's blood around their necks. \"Vial of blood is very simple,\" he explained. \"You know those lockets you buy that are clear and you put a picture of your grannie in and wear it around your neck? She bought two of those. We were apart a lot because she's off making Tomb Raider and I'm making Monster's Ball. She thought it would be interesting and romantic if we took a little razor blade and sliced our fingers, smeared a little blood on these lockets and you wear it around your neck just like you wear your son or daughter's baby hair in one. Same thing.\"   After her split with Thornton, Jolie struck up a relationship with Pitt after meeting him on set of their 2005 film, \"Mr. & Mrs. Smith.\" In September of this year, Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt after two years of marriage and 11 years together. Just this week, the 52-year-old actor was cleared of child abuse allegations by Department of Child and Family Services.   In a statement to ET, Jolie's rep said the mother of six was \"relieved\" that the investigation had concluded, and that her focus has always been the health of the family.", "essay": "As sad as i feel for Billy Bob Thornton and Angelina Jolie, it doesn't really bother me too much. The main reason being that they are already filthy rich. I do feel bad for the children though. Not really knowing who your father is and being taken care of by only a single mother can be very tough. You wouldn't know where to go to for help or advice."}
{"user_id": "ec_p050", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 165000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.75 in openness, 6.25 in conscientiousness, 3.25 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 165000, "personality": {"openness": 5.75, "conscientiousness": 6.25, "extraversion": 3.25, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Billy Bob Thornton says he 'never felt good enough' for Angelina Jolie \u2014  Billy Bob Thornton is opening up about his three-year marriage to Angelina Jolie as the 41-year-old actress is in the midst of a divorce from Brad Pitt.   The 61-year-old actor married Jolie, who is 20 years his junior, in 2000 after the two met on set of the 1999 movie, \"Pushing Tin.\" They separated in June 2002 and divorced the following year.   \"I never felt good enough for her,\" Thornton tells November issue of GQ magazine. The Oscar winner says Jolie's high-profile life wasn't his speed, and that he's \"real uncomfortable around rich and important people.\"   That being said, Thornton adds that he's still friends with his ex-wife and speaks to her every few months.   In 2014, the actor told The Hollywood Reporter that he was \"not fond\" of that \"crazy time\" when he was married to Jolie, which included wearing vials of each other's blood around their necks. \"Vial of blood is very simple,\" he explained. \"You know those lockets you buy that are clear and you put a picture of your grannie in and wear it around your neck? She bought two of those. We were apart a lot because she's off making Tomb Raider and I'm making Monster's Ball. She thought it would be interesting and romantic if we took a little razor blade and sliced our fingers, smeared a little blood on these lockets and you wear it around your neck just like you wear your son or daughter's baby hair in one. Same thing.\"   After her split with Thornton, Jolie struck up a relationship with Pitt after meeting him on set of their 2005 film, \"Mr. & Mrs. Smith.\" In September of this year, Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt after two years of marriage and 11 years together. Just this week, the 52-year-old actor was cleared of child abuse allegations by Department of Child and Family Services.   In a statement to ET, Jolie's rep said the mother of six was \"relieved\" that the investigation had concluded, and that her focus has always been the health of the family.", "essay": "I feel so sad for the man. I mean, he  couldnt keep up with Jolie's profile. I wish people should would do proper profiling of personalities before agreeing to settle down. Some are soft paced while others are fast.By understanding ourselves, we will know who and who not to have relationships or marriage with."}
{"user_id": "ec_p063", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 31 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 82000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 3.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 31, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 82000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 3.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Billy Bob Thornton says he 'never felt good enough' for Angelina Jolie \u2014  Billy Bob Thornton is opening up about his three-year marriage to Angelina Jolie as the 41-year-old actress is in the midst of a divorce from Brad Pitt.   The 61-year-old actor married Jolie, who is 20 years his junior, in 2000 after the two met on set of the 1999 movie, \"Pushing Tin.\" They separated in June 2002 and divorced the following year.   \"I never felt good enough for her,\" Thornton tells November issue of GQ magazine. The Oscar winner says Jolie's high-profile life wasn't his speed, and that he's \"real uncomfortable around rich and important people.\"   That being said, Thornton adds that he's still friends with his ex-wife and speaks to her every few months.   In 2014, the actor told The Hollywood Reporter that he was \"not fond\" of that \"crazy time\" when he was married to Jolie, which included wearing vials of each other's blood around their necks. \"Vial of blood is very simple,\" he explained. \"You know those lockets you buy that are clear and you put a picture of your grannie in and wear it around your neck? She bought two of those. We were apart a lot because she's off making Tomb Raider and I'm making Monster's Ball. She thought it would be interesting and romantic if we took a little razor blade and sliced our fingers, smeared a little blood on these lockets and you wear it around your neck just like you wear your son or daughter's baby hair in one. Same thing.\"   After her split with Thornton, Jolie struck up a relationship with Pitt after meeting him on set of their 2005 film, \"Mr. & Mrs. Smith.\" In September of this year, Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt after two years of marriage and 11 years together. Just this week, the 52-year-old actor was cleared of child abuse allegations by Department of Child and Family Services.   In a statement to ET, Jolie's rep said the mother of six was \"relieved\" that the investigation had concluded, and that her focus has always been the health of the family.", "essay": "These people are freaking weird.  Im sorry but the whole concept of wearing blood around your neck is so annoying on so many levels.  Not only are you being overly dramatic in an effort to further your career and notoriety, you're also just being downright freaky and cutting yourselves.  I don't get these people."}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "Billy Bob Thornton says he 'never felt good enough' for Angelina Jolie \u2014  Billy Bob Thornton is opening up about his three-year marriage to Angelina Jolie as the 41-year-old actress is in the midst of a divorce from Brad Pitt.   The 61-year-old actor married Jolie, who is 20 years his junior, in 2000 after the two met on set of the 1999 movie, \"Pushing Tin.\" They separated in June 2002 and divorced the following year.   \"I never felt good enough for her,\" Thornton tells November issue of GQ magazine. The Oscar winner says Jolie's high-profile life wasn't his speed, and that he's \"real uncomfortable around rich and important people.\"   That being said, Thornton adds that he's still friends with his ex-wife and speaks to her every few months.   In 2014, the actor told The Hollywood Reporter that he was \"not fond\" of that \"crazy time\" when he was married to Jolie, which included wearing vials of each other's blood around their necks. \"Vial of blood is very simple,\" he explained. \"You know those lockets you buy that are clear and you put a picture of your grannie in and wear it around your neck? She bought two of those. We were apart a lot because she's off making Tomb Raider and I'm making Monster's Ball. She thought it would be interesting and romantic if we took a little razor blade and sliced our fingers, smeared a little blood on these lockets and you wear it around your neck just like you wear your son or daughter's baby hair in one. Same thing.\"   After her split with Thornton, Jolie struck up a relationship with Pitt after meeting him on set of their 2005 film, \"Mr. & Mrs. Smith.\" In September of this year, Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt after two years of marriage and 11 years together. Just this week, the 52-year-old actor was cleared of child abuse allegations by Department of Child and Family Services.   In a statement to ET, Jolie's rep said the mother of six was \"relieved\" that the investigation had concluded, and that her focus has always been the health of the family.", "essay": "Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton was slightly interesting.   They met on a set and married for two years.  Thornton was not a fan of the craziness she brought to his quiet, reserved world.   He never felt good enough he said.  Even with great success and notoriety still comes down to \\less than\\\" perfect lives and self worth.  \""}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "DAKOTA FANNING PARENTS SPLIT ... Hot Dad Back on the Market \u2014  Dakota Fanning's mom and dad are done after almost 27 years ... TMZ has learned.  Dakota's dad, Steven Fanning, just filed for divorce from his wife, Heather, citing irreconcilable differences. Their kids are both of age, so child support isn't an issue -- Dakota's 22, Elle is 18.  As for spousal support, it's as a bit of a mystery ... Steve didn't check any boxes asking for support from Heather.  That said, he says he still needs to figure out how he and Heather are going to split their property. But we're guessing this stud will be just fine when it's all said and done.", "essay": "Do you ever come across an article that you don't intend to read, but end up reading it anyway? That just happened to me. I have no idea why the personal lives of celebrities are of interest to anyone, let alone on the scale that they are marketed to people. I understand that being able to relate to people of higher status gives the dregs of society some kind of validation, but it just isn't for me."}
{"user_id": "ec_p043", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 27000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 3.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 27000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 3.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "DAKOTA FANNING PARENTS SPLIT ... Hot Dad Back on the Market \u2014  Dakota Fanning's mom and dad are done after almost 27 years ... TMZ has learned.  Dakota's dad, Steven Fanning, just filed for divorce from his wife, Heather, citing irreconcilable differences. Their kids are both of age, so child support isn't an issue -- Dakota's 22, Elle is 18.  As for spousal support, it's as a bit of a mystery ... Steve didn't check any boxes asking for support from Heather.  That said, he says he still needs to figure out how he and Heather are going to split their property. But we're guessing this stud will be just fine when it's all said and done.", "essay": "To be a bit blunt, I don't really care about these people. I don't think I even know who they are. My parents were divorced when I was young, so I can kind of relate. These people were way older than I was though, as I was around 8 or 9 years old. So they should be able to cope as their technically adults. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p050", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 165000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.75 in openness, 6.25 in conscientiousness, 3.25 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 165000, "personality": {"openness": 5.75, "conscientiousness": 6.25, "extraversion": 3.25, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "DAKOTA FANNING PARENTS SPLIT ... Hot Dad Back on the Market \u2014  Dakota Fanning's mom and dad are done after almost 27 years ... TMZ has learned.  Dakota's dad, Steven Fanning, just filed for divorce from his wife, Heather, citing irreconcilable differences. Their kids are both of age, so child support isn't an issue -- Dakota's 22, Elle is 18.  As for spousal support, it's as a bit of a mystery ... Steve didn't check any boxes asking for support from Heather.  That said, he says he still needs to figure out how he and Heather are going to split their property. But we're guessing this stud will be just fine when it's all said and done.", "essay": "Divorce always make me sad. I dont like it when couples separate over avoidable causes. Things should be done to prevent them from going separate ways. I mean, they start their whole life differently. All the shared goals and ambition goes through the wind and they have to start from the scratch alone...individually."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "DAKOTA FANNING PARENTS SPLIT ... Hot Dad Back on the Market \u2014  Dakota Fanning's mom and dad are done after almost 27 years ... TMZ has learned.  Dakota's dad, Steven Fanning, just filed for divorce from his wife, Heather, citing irreconcilable differences. Their kids are both of age, so child support isn't an issue -- Dakota's 22, Elle is 18.  As for spousal support, it's as a bit of a mystery ... Steve didn't check any boxes asking for support from Heather.  That said, he says he still needs to figure out how he and Heather are going to split their property. But we're guessing this stud will be just fine when it's all said and done.", "essay": "When people split up it not only affects them but it affects the kids as well. The kids have to deal with the burden of having to live separate lives between time spent with the mom, and all the time they have to spend with the dad. I feel like this causes a toll on their childhood and they are not the same when they grow up because of it."}
{"user_id": "ec_p038", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 34 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 50000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 34, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 50000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "DAKOTA FANNING PARENTS SPLIT ... Hot Dad Back on the Market \u2014  Dakota Fanning's mom and dad are done after almost 27 years ... TMZ has learned.  Dakota's dad, Steven Fanning, just filed for divorce from his wife, Heather, citing irreconcilable differences. Their kids are both of age, so child support isn't an issue -- Dakota's 22, Elle is 18.  As for spousal support, it's as a bit of a mystery ... Steve didn't check any boxes asking for support from Heather.  That said, he says he still needs to figure out how he and Heather are going to split their property. But we're guessing this stud will be just fine when it's all said and done.", "essay": "Check this out. More celebrity news that no one even cares about. Do you even know who these people are? Am I totally out of touch? I have no idea who any of these people are. Should I care that they're getting divorced like 50% of America? Why do we put this in the spotlight when there are better things we can address?"}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Civilians shot, bodies hung from poles in Mosul, Iraqi sources say \u2014  As fighting continued in and around Mosul on Friday, civilians caught in crossfire have a stark choice: whether to flee or stay huddled inside their homes.   Many residents tell CNN the intensity of the fighting and the airstrikes in eastern parts of the city limited their options. Still, tens of thousands have chosen the escape route. More than 47,730 people have been displaced because of the ongoing military operations to retake Mosul from ISIS, according to the International Organization for Migration. Roughly 12,800 people have fled since Tuesday, the organization said. Other residents of Mosul have simply chosen to heed the Iraqi Security Forces instructions to stay in their homes if they feel safe enough inside. Still others are too scared to leave their homes, because of ISIS' campaign of terror against the civilians. Witnesses told CNN among the dozens executed this week, more than 30 people were shot in the head for having cell phones. Their bodies were left at various intersections across Mosul as a warning. The bodies are not being removed as residents fear reprisals from ISIS militants, witnesses said. Here are some of the latest developments in the battle for Mosul: The UN human rights office released a report Friday, confirming that at least 60 civilians have been killed in Mosul this week, and reported new details of alleged atrocities by ISIS fighters. On Wednesday evening, ISIS reportedly killed 20 civilians at the Ghabat military base in northern Mosul on charges of leaking information, the UN body said. \"Their bodies were also hung at various intersections in Mosul, with notes stating: 'decision of execution' and 'used cell phones to leak information to the ISF.' \" On Tuesday, ISIS shot and killed 40 civilians in Mosul after accusing them of \"treason and collaboration\" with Iraqi security forces, according to a report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR. \"The victims were dressed in orange clothes marked in red with the words: 'traitors and agents of the ISF.' Their bodies were then hung on electrical poles in several areas in Mosul city,\" the report said.   Local ISIS commanders have started fleeing in some neighborhoods, residents said, leaving behind trained teenage ISIS combatants to fight Iraqi forces. Mosul residents said they fear these young fighters as much, if not more, than other ISIS militants because they have been brainwashed, have no fear and have a great amount of zealotry after being indoctrinated and trained for two years. The UNHCR report said ISIS had \"deployed what it calls the 'sons of the caliphate' in the alleys of the old town of Mosul, wearing explosive belts. We are concerned that these may be teenagers and young boys.\" ISIS posted video footage Wednesday, \"showing four children, believed to be between 10 and 14 years old, shooting to death four people for spying for the ISF and the Peshmerga,\" the report said, referring to Iraqi and Kurdish forces. UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein cited \"heartbreaking images\" of ISIS forcing children to carry out executions and reports of women being \"redistributed\" among ISIS fighters, as evidence of the \"numbing and intolerable\" suffering of civilians in Mosul and other ISIS-held areas. He called on Iraqi authorities to ensure the perpetrators of such abuses are dealt with according to the rule of law so as to limit revenge attacks and help communities rebuild. Senior ISIS leader killed In another development, Mahmoud Shukri al Nuaimi, a senior ISIS commander, has been killed in the battle for Mosul, the terror group's last major stronghold in Iraq, Iraqi military intelligence sources tell CNN. Al Nuaimi, also is known as Sheikh Faris, was killed Tuesday in an Iraqi-led coalition airstrike in western Mosul, the sources said. ISIS confirmed his death in a video montage, referring to him as \"the martyr of the battle.\" The Iraqi sources told CNN that Nuaimi was formerly a high-ranking intelligence officer in Saddam Hussein's intelligence services. In Mosul's east, residents said ISIS militants were forcing them from their homes, either to booby trap the houses or to take them over as fighting positions. Militants have reportedly left barrels of crude oil at major intersections, ready to be set afire to hamper Iraqi advances. ISIS has also used white flags to disguise suicide car bombs in Mosul, according to Saban Al Numan, an Iraqi counterterrorism official. The battle for Mosul is difficult, slow and complicated, Numan said. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi vowed victory last month at the start of the long-awaited offensive on Mosul, but he warned the effort could take time. ISIS, an agile enemy, has been preparing its defenses for two years. It takes advantage of the terrain, a network of tunnels and booby-trapped buildings, to great effect. US military officials estimate some 3,000 to 5,000 ISIS fighters are in Mosul. An additional 1,500 to 2,000 fighters may be waiting outside the city limits.", "essay": "Part of me feels sympathy for these people and the terror they're experiencing.  And yet part of me thinks that it's a problem of their own making.  These people are sheep.  Like Russians and many others, they are passive citizens, accepting their awful fate handed down by the powerful and zealous in their midst who have the drive to influence their will on others.  When do these people fight back?  When do these people actively pursue something better, instead of just being victims to their fate?  Other countries have done it.  Many countries have fought civil wars and become something better and more civilized on the other side.  Why, thousands and thousands of years later, can these people still not create stable cultures?"}
{"user_id": "ec_p002", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 30000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 30000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Civilians shot, bodies hung from poles in Mosul, Iraqi sources say \u2014  As fighting continued in and around Mosul on Friday, civilians caught in crossfire have a stark choice: whether to flee or stay huddled inside their homes.   Many residents tell CNN the intensity of the fighting and the airstrikes in eastern parts of the city limited their options. Still, tens of thousands have chosen the escape route. More than 47,730 people have been displaced because of the ongoing military operations to retake Mosul from ISIS, according to the International Organization for Migration. Roughly 12,800 people have fled since Tuesday, the organization said. Other residents of Mosul have simply chosen to heed the Iraqi Security Forces instructions to stay in their homes if they feel safe enough inside. Still others are too scared to leave their homes, because of ISIS' campaign of terror against the civilians. Witnesses told CNN among the dozens executed this week, more than 30 people were shot in the head for having cell phones. Their bodies were left at various intersections across Mosul as a warning. The bodies are not being removed as residents fear reprisals from ISIS militants, witnesses said. Here are some of the latest developments in the battle for Mosul: The UN human rights office released a report Friday, confirming that at least 60 civilians have been killed in Mosul this week, and reported new details of alleged atrocities by ISIS fighters. On Wednesday evening, ISIS reportedly killed 20 civilians at the Ghabat military base in northern Mosul on charges of leaking information, the UN body said. \"Their bodies were also hung at various intersections in Mosul, with notes stating: 'decision of execution' and 'used cell phones to leak information to the ISF.' \" On Tuesday, ISIS shot and killed 40 civilians in Mosul after accusing them of \"treason and collaboration\" with Iraqi security forces, according to a report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR. \"The victims were dressed in orange clothes marked in red with the words: 'traitors and agents of the ISF.' Their bodies were then hung on electrical poles in several areas in Mosul city,\" the report said.   Local ISIS commanders have started fleeing in some neighborhoods, residents said, leaving behind trained teenage ISIS combatants to fight Iraqi forces. Mosul residents said they fear these young fighters as much, if not more, than other ISIS militants because they have been brainwashed, have no fear and have a great amount of zealotry after being indoctrinated and trained for two years. The UNHCR report said ISIS had \"deployed what it calls the 'sons of the caliphate' in the alleys of the old town of Mosul, wearing explosive belts. We are concerned that these may be teenagers and young boys.\" ISIS posted video footage Wednesday, \"showing four children, believed to be between 10 and 14 years old, shooting to death four people for spying for the ISF and the Peshmerga,\" the report said, referring to Iraqi and Kurdish forces. UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein cited \"heartbreaking images\" of ISIS forcing children to carry out executions and reports of women being \"redistributed\" among ISIS fighters, as evidence of the \"numbing and intolerable\" suffering of civilians in Mosul and other ISIS-held areas. He called on Iraqi authorities to ensure the perpetrators of such abuses are dealt with according to the rule of law so as to limit revenge attacks and help communities rebuild. Senior ISIS leader killed In another development, Mahmoud Shukri al Nuaimi, a senior ISIS commander, has been killed in the battle for Mosul, the terror group's last major stronghold in Iraq, Iraqi military intelligence sources tell CNN. Al Nuaimi, also is known as Sheikh Faris, was killed Tuesday in an Iraqi-led coalition airstrike in western Mosul, the sources said. ISIS confirmed his death in a video montage, referring to him as \"the martyr of the battle.\" The Iraqi sources told CNN that Nuaimi was formerly a high-ranking intelligence officer in Saddam Hussein's intelligence services. In Mosul's east, residents said ISIS militants were forcing them from their homes, either to booby trap the houses or to take them over as fighting positions. Militants have reportedly left barrels of crude oil at major intersections, ready to be set afire to hamper Iraqi advances. ISIS has also used white flags to disguise suicide car bombs in Mosul, according to Saban Al Numan, an Iraqi counterterrorism official. The battle for Mosul is difficult, slow and complicated, Numan said. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi vowed victory last month at the start of the long-awaited offensive on Mosul, but he warned the effort could take time. ISIS, an agile enemy, has been preparing its defenses for two years. It takes advantage of the terrain, a network of tunnels and booby-trapped buildings, to great effect. US military officials estimate some 3,000 to 5,000 ISIS fighters are in Mosul. An additional 1,500 to 2,000 fighters may be waiting outside the city limits.", "essay": "This situation is one of the worse that I can imagine. When you cannot even feel safe in the city you live in let alone your own house, it is time to move. I can imagine that these people have nowhere to go though. Situations like this disrupt normal life and induce a fear that many people in their normal lives will never know."}
{"user_id": "ec_p007", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 3.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 3.0}}, "article": "Civilians shot, bodies hung from poles in Mosul, Iraqi sources say \u2014  As fighting continued in and around Mosul on Friday, civilians caught in crossfire have a stark choice: whether to flee or stay huddled inside their homes.   Many residents tell CNN the intensity of the fighting and the airstrikes in eastern parts of the city limited their options. Still, tens of thousands have chosen the escape route. More than 47,730 people have been displaced because of the ongoing military operations to retake Mosul from ISIS, according to the International Organization for Migration. Roughly 12,800 people have fled since Tuesday, the organization said. Other residents of Mosul have simply chosen to heed the Iraqi Security Forces instructions to stay in their homes if they feel safe enough inside. Still others are too scared to leave their homes, because of ISIS' campaign of terror against the civilians. Witnesses told CNN among the dozens executed this week, more than 30 people were shot in the head for having cell phones. Their bodies were left at various intersections across Mosul as a warning. The bodies are not being removed as residents fear reprisals from ISIS militants, witnesses said. Here are some of the latest developments in the battle for Mosul: The UN human rights office released a report Friday, confirming that at least 60 civilians have been killed in Mosul this week, and reported new details of alleged atrocities by ISIS fighters. On Wednesday evening, ISIS reportedly killed 20 civilians at the Ghabat military base in northern Mosul on charges of leaking information, the UN body said. \"Their bodies were also hung at various intersections in Mosul, with notes stating: 'decision of execution' and 'used cell phones to leak information to the ISF.' \" On Tuesday, ISIS shot and killed 40 civilians in Mosul after accusing them of \"treason and collaboration\" with Iraqi security forces, according to a report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR. \"The victims were dressed in orange clothes marked in red with the words: 'traitors and agents of the ISF.' Their bodies were then hung on electrical poles in several areas in Mosul city,\" the report said.   Local ISIS commanders have started fleeing in some neighborhoods, residents said, leaving behind trained teenage ISIS combatants to fight Iraqi forces. Mosul residents said they fear these young fighters as much, if not more, than other ISIS militants because they have been brainwashed, have no fear and have a great amount of zealotry after being indoctrinated and trained for two years. The UNHCR report said ISIS had \"deployed what it calls the 'sons of the caliphate' in the alleys of the old town of Mosul, wearing explosive belts. We are concerned that these may be teenagers and young boys.\" ISIS posted video footage Wednesday, \"showing four children, believed to be between 10 and 14 years old, shooting to death four people for spying for the ISF and the Peshmerga,\" the report said, referring to Iraqi and Kurdish forces. UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein cited \"heartbreaking images\" of ISIS forcing children to carry out executions and reports of women being \"redistributed\" among ISIS fighters, as evidence of the \"numbing and intolerable\" suffering of civilians in Mosul and other ISIS-held areas. He called on Iraqi authorities to ensure the perpetrators of such abuses are dealt with according to the rule of law so as to limit revenge attacks and help communities rebuild. Senior ISIS leader killed In another development, Mahmoud Shukri al Nuaimi, a senior ISIS commander, has been killed in the battle for Mosul, the terror group's last major stronghold in Iraq, Iraqi military intelligence sources tell CNN. Al Nuaimi, also is known as Sheikh Faris, was killed Tuesday in an Iraqi-led coalition airstrike in western Mosul, the sources said. ISIS confirmed his death in a video montage, referring to him as \"the martyr of the battle.\" The Iraqi sources told CNN that Nuaimi was formerly a high-ranking intelligence officer in Saddam Hussein's intelligence services. In Mosul's east, residents said ISIS militants were forcing them from their homes, either to booby trap the houses or to take them over as fighting positions. Militants have reportedly left barrels of crude oil at major intersections, ready to be set afire to hamper Iraqi advances. ISIS has also used white flags to disguise suicide car bombs in Mosul, according to Saban Al Numan, an Iraqi counterterrorism official. The battle for Mosul is difficult, slow and complicated, Numan said. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi vowed victory last month at the start of the long-awaited offensive on Mosul, but he warned the effort could take time. ISIS, an agile enemy, has been preparing its defenses for two years. It takes advantage of the terrain, a network of tunnels and booby-trapped buildings, to great effect. US military officials estimate some 3,000 to 5,000 ISIS fighters are in Mosul. An additional 1,500 to 2,000 fighters may be waiting outside the city limits.", "essay": "I don't understand all the conflict in the middle east. So many innocent people are constantly dying for literally no reason. The death and suffering is needless. I hate that we are the world police though. It isn't our problem to fix; and these countries do not seem to want to change. The entire area has been in war and conflict for hundreds of years. It is just a shame."}
{"user_id": "ec_p043", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 27000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 3.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 27000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 3.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Civilians shot, bodies hung from poles in Mosul, Iraqi sources say \u2014  As fighting continued in and around Mosul on Friday, civilians caught in crossfire have a stark choice: whether to flee or stay huddled inside their homes.   Many residents tell CNN the intensity of the fighting and the airstrikes in eastern parts of the city limited their options. Still, tens of thousands have chosen the escape route. More than 47,730 people have been displaced because of the ongoing military operations to retake Mosul from ISIS, according to the International Organization for Migration. Roughly 12,800 people have fled since Tuesday, the organization said. Other residents of Mosul have simply chosen to heed the Iraqi Security Forces instructions to stay in their homes if they feel safe enough inside. Still others are too scared to leave their homes, because of ISIS' campaign of terror against the civilians. Witnesses told CNN among the dozens executed this week, more than 30 people were shot in the head for having cell phones. Their bodies were left at various intersections across Mosul as a warning. The bodies are not being removed as residents fear reprisals from ISIS militants, witnesses said. Here are some of the latest developments in the battle for Mosul: The UN human rights office released a report Friday, confirming that at least 60 civilians have been killed in Mosul this week, and reported new details of alleged atrocities by ISIS fighters. On Wednesday evening, ISIS reportedly killed 20 civilians at the Ghabat military base in northern Mosul on charges of leaking information, the UN body said. \"Their bodies were also hung at various intersections in Mosul, with notes stating: 'decision of execution' and 'used cell phones to leak information to the ISF.' \" On Tuesday, ISIS shot and killed 40 civilians in Mosul after accusing them of \"treason and collaboration\" with Iraqi security forces, according to a report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR. \"The victims were dressed in orange clothes marked in red with the words: 'traitors and agents of the ISF.' Their bodies were then hung on electrical poles in several areas in Mosul city,\" the report said.   Local ISIS commanders have started fleeing in some neighborhoods, residents said, leaving behind trained teenage ISIS combatants to fight Iraqi forces. Mosul residents said they fear these young fighters as much, if not more, than other ISIS militants because they have been brainwashed, have no fear and have a great amount of zealotry after being indoctrinated and trained for two years. The UNHCR report said ISIS had \"deployed what it calls the 'sons of the caliphate' in the alleys of the old town of Mosul, wearing explosive belts. We are concerned that these may be teenagers and young boys.\" ISIS posted video footage Wednesday, \"showing four children, believed to be between 10 and 14 years old, shooting to death four people for spying for the ISF and the Peshmerga,\" the report said, referring to Iraqi and Kurdish forces. UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein cited \"heartbreaking images\" of ISIS forcing children to carry out executions and reports of women being \"redistributed\" among ISIS fighters, as evidence of the \"numbing and intolerable\" suffering of civilians in Mosul and other ISIS-held areas. He called on Iraqi authorities to ensure the perpetrators of such abuses are dealt with according to the rule of law so as to limit revenge attacks and help communities rebuild. Senior ISIS leader killed In another development, Mahmoud Shukri al Nuaimi, a senior ISIS commander, has been killed in the battle for Mosul, the terror group's last major stronghold in Iraq, Iraqi military intelligence sources tell CNN. Al Nuaimi, also is known as Sheikh Faris, was killed Tuesday in an Iraqi-led coalition airstrike in western Mosul, the sources said. ISIS confirmed his death in a video montage, referring to him as \"the martyr of the battle.\" The Iraqi sources told CNN that Nuaimi was formerly a high-ranking intelligence officer in Saddam Hussein's intelligence services. In Mosul's east, residents said ISIS militants were forcing them from their homes, either to booby trap the houses or to take them over as fighting positions. Militants have reportedly left barrels of crude oil at major intersections, ready to be set afire to hamper Iraqi advances. ISIS has also used white flags to disguise suicide car bombs in Mosul, according to Saban Al Numan, an Iraqi counterterrorism official. The battle for Mosul is difficult, slow and complicated, Numan said. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi vowed victory last month at the start of the long-awaited offensive on Mosul, but he warned the effort could take time. ISIS, an agile enemy, has been preparing its defenses for two years. It takes advantage of the terrain, a network of tunnels and booby-trapped buildings, to great effect. US military officials estimate some 3,000 to 5,000 ISIS fighters are in Mosul. An additional 1,500 to 2,000 fighters may be waiting outside the city limits.", "essay": "I can barely believe that the events in that article were real. Such barbaric actions by ISIS...I feel so badly for the people who are forced to live side by side with such brutal people. I can understand why people are fleeing the area by the thousands. ISIS could basically kill you for any reason and likely wouldn't be challenged for their actions. This is such a disgrace. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Civilians shot, bodies hung from poles in Mosul, Iraqi sources say \u2014  As fighting continued in and around Mosul on Friday, civilians caught in crossfire have a stark choice: whether to flee or stay huddled inside their homes.   Many residents tell CNN the intensity of the fighting and the airstrikes in eastern parts of the city limited their options. Still, tens of thousands have chosen the escape route. More than 47,730 people have been displaced because of the ongoing military operations to retake Mosul from ISIS, according to the International Organization for Migration. Roughly 12,800 people have fled since Tuesday, the organization said. Other residents of Mosul have simply chosen to heed the Iraqi Security Forces instructions to stay in their homes if they feel safe enough inside. Still others are too scared to leave their homes, because of ISIS' campaign of terror against the civilians. Witnesses told CNN among the dozens executed this week, more than 30 people were shot in the head for having cell phones. Their bodies were left at various intersections across Mosul as a warning. The bodies are not being removed as residents fear reprisals from ISIS militants, witnesses said. Here are some of the latest developments in the battle for Mosul: The UN human rights office released a report Friday, confirming that at least 60 civilians have been killed in Mosul this week, and reported new details of alleged atrocities by ISIS fighters. On Wednesday evening, ISIS reportedly killed 20 civilians at the Ghabat military base in northern Mosul on charges of leaking information, the UN body said. \"Their bodies were also hung at various intersections in Mosul, with notes stating: 'decision of execution' and 'used cell phones to leak information to the ISF.' \" On Tuesday, ISIS shot and killed 40 civilians in Mosul after accusing them of \"treason and collaboration\" with Iraqi security forces, according to a report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR. \"The victims were dressed in orange clothes marked in red with the words: 'traitors and agents of the ISF.' Their bodies were then hung on electrical poles in several areas in Mosul city,\" the report said.   Local ISIS commanders have started fleeing in some neighborhoods, residents said, leaving behind trained teenage ISIS combatants to fight Iraqi forces. Mosul residents said they fear these young fighters as much, if not more, than other ISIS militants because they have been brainwashed, have no fear and have a great amount of zealotry after being indoctrinated and trained for two years. The UNHCR report said ISIS had \"deployed what it calls the 'sons of the caliphate' in the alleys of the old town of Mosul, wearing explosive belts. We are concerned that these may be teenagers and young boys.\" ISIS posted video footage Wednesday, \"showing four children, believed to be between 10 and 14 years old, shooting to death four people for spying for the ISF and the Peshmerga,\" the report said, referring to Iraqi and Kurdish forces. UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein cited \"heartbreaking images\" of ISIS forcing children to carry out executions and reports of women being \"redistributed\" among ISIS fighters, as evidence of the \"numbing and intolerable\" suffering of civilians in Mosul and other ISIS-held areas. He called on Iraqi authorities to ensure the perpetrators of such abuses are dealt with according to the rule of law so as to limit revenge attacks and help communities rebuild. Senior ISIS leader killed In another development, Mahmoud Shukri al Nuaimi, a senior ISIS commander, has been killed in the battle for Mosul, the terror group's last major stronghold in Iraq, Iraqi military intelligence sources tell CNN. Al Nuaimi, also is known as Sheikh Faris, was killed Tuesday in an Iraqi-led coalition airstrike in western Mosul, the sources said. ISIS confirmed his death in a video montage, referring to him as \"the martyr of the battle.\" The Iraqi sources told CNN that Nuaimi was formerly a high-ranking intelligence officer in Saddam Hussein's intelligence services. In Mosul's east, residents said ISIS militants were forcing them from their homes, either to booby trap the houses or to take them over as fighting positions. Militants have reportedly left barrels of crude oil at major intersections, ready to be set afire to hamper Iraqi advances. ISIS has also used white flags to disguise suicide car bombs in Mosul, according to Saban Al Numan, an Iraqi counterterrorism official. The battle for Mosul is difficult, slow and complicated, Numan said. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi vowed victory last month at the start of the long-awaited offensive on Mosul, but he warned the effort could take time. ISIS, an agile enemy, has been preparing its defenses for two years. It takes advantage of the terrain, a network of tunnels and booby-trapped buildings, to great effect. US military officials estimate some 3,000 to 5,000 ISIS fighters are in Mosul. An additional 1,500 to 2,000 fighters may be waiting outside the city limits.", "essay": "Its always sad when these things happen because we are humans at the end of the day. I feel like civilians for the most part are innocent and it doesn't make sense that people do this to compete innocent people. We must find a way to prevent these unnecessary  wars and fighting that leads to no proper solution to problems"}
{"user_id": "ec_p007", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 3.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 3.0}}, "article": "Haze from Indonesian fires may have killed more than 100,000 people \u2013 study \u2014  Harvard and Columbia universities estimate tens of thousands of premature deaths in areas closest to blazes clearing forest and peatland A smog outbreak in Southeast Asia last year may have caused over 100,000 premature deaths, according to a new study released Monday that triggered calls for action to tackle the \u201ckiller haze\u201d. Researchers from Harvard and Columbia universities in the US estimated there were more than 90,000 early deaths in Indonesia in areas closest to haze-belching fires, and several thousand more in neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia. The new estimate, reached using a complex analytical model, is far higher than the previous official death toll given by authorities of just 19 deaths in Indonesia. \u201cIf nothing changes, this killer haze will carry on taking a terrible toll, year after year,\u201d said Greenpeace Indonesia forest campaign Yuyun Indradi. \u201cFailure to act immediately to stem the loss of life would be a crime.\u201d A spokesman for Indonesia\u2019s environment ministry did not immediately have any comment. Indonesian authorities have previously insisted they are stepping up haze-fighting efforts, through such actions as banning the granting of new land for palm oil plantations and establishing an agency to restore devastated peatlands. The haze is an annual problem caused by fires set in forest and on carbon-rich peatland in Indonesia to quickly and cheaply clear land for palm oil and pulpwood plantations. The blazes occur mainly on Indonesia\u2019s western Sumatra island and the Indonesian part of Borneo, with monsoon winds typically blowing the haze over Singapore and Malaysia. But last year\u2019s fires were among the worst in memory and cloaked large parts of the region in choking smog for weeks, causing huge numbers to fall ill and sending diplomatic tensions soaring. The new study to be published in journal Environmental Research Letters, which combined satellite data with models of health impacts from smoke exposure and readings from pollution monitoring stations, estimated that 100,300 had died prematurely due to last year\u2019s fires across the three countries. They estimated there were 91,600 deaths in Indonesia, 6,500 in Malaysia and 2,200 in Singapore. Greenpeace hailed a \u201cgroundbreaking\u201d study they said for the first time gave a detailed breakdown of deaths from last year\u2019s fires, but cautioned that the figure was a \u201cconservative estimate\u201d. It only looked at health impacts on adults and the effect of dangerous fine-particulate matter, known as PM 2.5. It did not examine the effect on youngsters or of the other toxins produced by the blazes. In reality, infants are some of the most at risk from the haze, said Nursyam Ibrahim, from the West Kalimantan province branch of the Indonesian Medical Association on Borneo. \u201cWe are the doctors who care for the vulnerable groups exposed to toxic smoke in every medical centre, and we know how awful it is to see the disease symptoms experienced by babies and children in our care,\u201d said Ibrahim. The study found an increase in the number of fires in peatland and in timber concessions in 2015, compared to the last haze outbreak considered major, in 2006, and that the number of fires in palm oil plantations fell. Shannon Koplitz, a Harvard scientist who worked on the study, said she also hoped the model they had developed could help those involved with tackling the annual blazes make quick decisions \u201cas extreme haze events are unfolding\u201d. Last year\u2019s haze outbreak was the worst since 1997 due to a strong El Nino weather system, which created tinder-dry conditions in Indonesia and made peatland and forests more vulnerable to going up in flames.       Article Title:Samoa hit by hail storm so rare residents thought it was a hoax   Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/19/samoa-hit-by-hail-storm-so-rare-residents-thought-it-was-a-hoax   Article author(s)Eleanor Ainge Roy   Article date:Monday 19 September 2016 00.11 EDT   News source: theguardian    Meteorologist forced to release satellite images of the storm to convince some locals that the hail wasn\u2019t part of a practical joke Samoa has been hit by a hail storm so rare that it was believed to be a hoax by many of the island\u2019s inhabitants. The tropical nation of Samoa lies in the Pacific Ocean, where the average temperature at this time of year is 29C. But on Friday evening an unexpected hail storm struck the eastern side of the island of Savai\u2019i, accompanied by heavy rain and strong wind gusts. It was only the second time since records began that hail has fallen on Samoa, the first was in 2011. The storm lasted 10 to 15 minutes and produced hail stones roughly 2cm wide. \u201cThe ice was very small and there were no reports of damage,\u201d said Luteru Tauvale, principal meteorologist for the Samoan Meteorology Service. \u201cBecause it was so unexpected a lot of people thought it had been invented. We had to release satellite images of the conditions that led to to the hail for people to believe it was real.\u201d Samoans took to social media to share their photos of the hail, many voicing disbelief at the incident, and then saying it was the \u201cfirst time\u201d they had been convinced of the the phenomenon of climate change. \u201cClimate change is here!\u201d wrote one Samoan on Facebook. \u201cMore like we have just woken up to the fact it had been with us for a while but we refuse to accept/believe it.\u201d Hailstorms form within a unusually unstable air mass in which the temperature falloff with height is much greater than normal.       Article Title:Dozens dead and missing after typhoon lashes eastern China     Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/18/dozens-dead-and-missing-after-typhoon-lashes-eastern-china   Article author(s)   Article date:Saturday 17 September 2016 22.40 EDT   News source: theguardian    Typhoon Meranti has damaged more than 18,300 houses and caused direct economic losses of more than 16.9bn yuan ($2.5bn)   The strongest typhoon to hit China this year has left 28 people dead and 15 others missing in the east of the country. Typhoon Meranti made landfall early Thursday in Fujian province after winds and rains associated with it pounded Taiwan, leaving one person dead and more than 50 injured. Authorities in Fujian said Saturday that the typhoon had left 18 people dead and 11 missing, damaged more than 18,300 houses and caused direct economic losses of more than 16.9 billion yuan ($2.5bn).   Authorities in neighboring Zhejiang province say that 10 people died and four remained unaccounted for following landslides and flash floods in rural areas. Taiwan saw wind and rain from a second typhoon, Malakas, that caused no apparent deaths.", "essay": "Man the fact that so many people have died or been sickened by this toxic smoke is upsetting. I hope the efforts to stop this problem bear fruit because dying from some pollution that shouldn't really be there is kinda crappy. Plus fires are no joke as well. Just look at California. They get bad ones every year."}
{"user_id": "ec_p050", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 165000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.75 in openness, 6.25 in conscientiousness, 3.25 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 165000, "personality": {"openness": 5.75, "conscientiousness": 6.25, "extraversion": 3.25, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Haze from Indonesian fires may have killed more than 100,000 people \u2013 study \u2014  Harvard and Columbia universities estimate tens of thousands of premature deaths in areas closest to blazes clearing forest and peatland A smog outbreak in Southeast Asia last year may have caused over 100,000 premature deaths, according to a new study released Monday that triggered calls for action to tackle the \u201ckiller haze\u201d. Researchers from Harvard and Columbia universities in the US estimated there were more than 90,000 early deaths in Indonesia in areas closest to haze-belching fires, and several thousand more in neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia. The new estimate, reached using a complex analytical model, is far higher than the previous official death toll given by authorities of just 19 deaths in Indonesia. \u201cIf nothing changes, this killer haze will carry on taking a terrible toll, year after year,\u201d said Greenpeace Indonesia forest campaign Yuyun Indradi. \u201cFailure to act immediately to stem the loss of life would be a crime.\u201d A spokesman for Indonesia\u2019s environment ministry did not immediately have any comment. Indonesian authorities have previously insisted they are stepping up haze-fighting efforts, through such actions as banning the granting of new land for palm oil plantations and establishing an agency to restore devastated peatlands. The haze is an annual problem caused by fires set in forest and on carbon-rich peatland in Indonesia to quickly and cheaply clear land for palm oil and pulpwood plantations. The blazes occur mainly on Indonesia\u2019s western Sumatra island and the Indonesian part of Borneo, with monsoon winds typically blowing the haze over Singapore and Malaysia. But last year\u2019s fires were among the worst in memory and cloaked large parts of the region in choking smog for weeks, causing huge numbers to fall ill and sending diplomatic tensions soaring. The new study to be published in journal Environmental Research Letters, which combined satellite data with models of health impacts from smoke exposure and readings from pollution monitoring stations, estimated that 100,300 had died prematurely due to last year\u2019s fires across the three countries. They estimated there were 91,600 deaths in Indonesia, 6,500 in Malaysia and 2,200 in Singapore. Greenpeace hailed a \u201cgroundbreaking\u201d study they said for the first time gave a detailed breakdown of deaths from last year\u2019s fires, but cautioned that the figure was a \u201cconservative estimate\u201d. It only looked at health impacts on adults and the effect of dangerous fine-particulate matter, known as PM 2.5. It did not examine the effect on youngsters or of the other toxins produced by the blazes. In reality, infants are some of the most at risk from the haze, said Nursyam Ibrahim, from the West Kalimantan province branch of the Indonesian Medical Association on Borneo. \u201cWe are the doctors who care for the vulnerable groups exposed to toxic smoke in every medical centre, and we know how awful it is to see the disease symptoms experienced by babies and children in our care,\u201d said Ibrahim. The study found an increase in the number of fires in peatland and in timber concessions in 2015, compared to the last haze outbreak considered major, in 2006, and that the number of fires in palm oil plantations fell. Shannon Koplitz, a Harvard scientist who worked on the study, said she also hoped the model they had developed could help those involved with tackling the annual blazes make quick decisions \u201cas extreme haze events are unfolding\u201d. Last year\u2019s haze outbreak was the worst since 1997 due to a strong El Nino weather system, which created tinder-dry conditions in Indonesia and made peatland and forests more vulnerable to going up in flames.       Article Title:Samoa hit by hail storm so rare residents thought it was a hoax   Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/19/samoa-hit-by-hail-storm-so-rare-residents-thought-it-was-a-hoax   Article author(s)Eleanor Ainge Roy   Article date:Monday 19 September 2016 00.11 EDT   News source: theguardian    Meteorologist forced to release satellite images of the storm to convince some locals that the hail wasn\u2019t part of a practical joke Samoa has been hit by a hail storm so rare that it was believed to be a hoax by many of the island\u2019s inhabitants. The tropical nation of Samoa lies in the Pacific Ocean, where the average temperature at this time of year is 29C. But on Friday evening an unexpected hail storm struck the eastern side of the island of Savai\u2019i, accompanied by heavy rain and strong wind gusts. It was only the second time since records began that hail has fallen on Samoa, the first was in 2011. The storm lasted 10 to 15 minutes and produced hail stones roughly 2cm wide. \u201cThe ice was very small and there were no reports of damage,\u201d said Luteru Tauvale, principal meteorologist for the Samoan Meteorology Service. \u201cBecause it was so unexpected a lot of people thought it had been invented. We had to release satellite images of the conditions that led to to the hail for people to believe it was real.\u201d Samoans took to social media to share their photos of the hail, many voicing disbelief at the incident, and then saying it was the \u201cfirst time\u201d they had been convinced of the the phenomenon of climate change. \u201cClimate change is here!\u201d wrote one Samoan on Facebook. \u201cMore like we have just woken up to the fact it had been with us for a while but we refuse to accept/believe it.\u201d Hailstorms form within a unusually unstable air mass in which the temperature falloff with height is much greater than normal.       Article Title:Dozens dead and missing after typhoon lashes eastern China     Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/18/dozens-dead-and-missing-after-typhoon-lashes-eastern-china   Article author(s)   Article date:Saturday 17 September 2016 22.40 EDT   News source: theguardian    Typhoon Meranti has damaged more than 18,300 houses and caused direct economic losses of more than 16.9bn yuan ($2.5bn)   The strongest typhoon to hit China this year has left 28 people dead and 15 others missing in the east of the country. Typhoon Meranti made landfall early Thursday in Fujian province after winds and rains associated with it pounded Taiwan, leaving one person dead and more than 50 injured. Authorities in Fujian said Saturday that the typhoon had left 18 people dead and 11 missing, damaged more than 18,300 houses and caused direct economic losses of more than 16.9 billion yuan ($2.5bn).   Authorities in neighboring Zhejiang province say that 10 people died and four remained unaccounted for following landslides and flash floods in rural areas. Taiwan saw wind and rain from a second typhoon, Malakas, that caused no apparent deaths.", "essay": "I feel so terrible. These are totally avoidable situations and yet we keep losing live to it. Wild fire are dangerous and not only cause damage to properties globally, they also affect wild animals and lead to extinction of rare species. Men are also killed as a result. I think there should be a global effort to stop all form of indiscriminate bush burning. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p038", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 34 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 50000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 34, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 50000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Haze from Indonesian fires may have killed more than 100,000 people \u2013 study \u2014  Harvard and Columbia universities estimate tens of thousands of premature deaths in areas closest to blazes clearing forest and peatland A smog outbreak in Southeast Asia last year may have caused over 100,000 premature deaths, according to a new study released Monday that triggered calls for action to tackle the \u201ckiller haze\u201d. Researchers from Harvard and Columbia universities in the US estimated there were more than 90,000 early deaths in Indonesia in areas closest to haze-belching fires, and several thousand more in neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia. The new estimate, reached using a complex analytical model, is far higher than the previous official death toll given by authorities of just 19 deaths in Indonesia. \u201cIf nothing changes, this killer haze will carry on taking a terrible toll, year after year,\u201d said Greenpeace Indonesia forest campaign Yuyun Indradi. \u201cFailure to act immediately to stem the loss of life would be a crime.\u201d A spokesman for Indonesia\u2019s environment ministry did not immediately have any comment. Indonesian authorities have previously insisted they are stepping up haze-fighting efforts, through such actions as banning the granting of new land for palm oil plantations and establishing an agency to restore devastated peatlands. The haze is an annual problem caused by fires set in forest and on carbon-rich peatland in Indonesia to quickly and cheaply clear land for palm oil and pulpwood plantations. The blazes occur mainly on Indonesia\u2019s western Sumatra island and the Indonesian part of Borneo, with monsoon winds typically blowing the haze over Singapore and Malaysia. But last year\u2019s fires were among the worst in memory and cloaked large parts of the region in choking smog for weeks, causing huge numbers to fall ill and sending diplomatic tensions soaring. The new study to be published in journal Environmental Research Letters, which combined satellite data with models of health impacts from smoke exposure and readings from pollution monitoring stations, estimated that 100,300 had died prematurely due to last year\u2019s fires across the three countries. They estimated there were 91,600 deaths in Indonesia, 6,500 in Malaysia and 2,200 in Singapore. Greenpeace hailed a \u201cgroundbreaking\u201d study they said for the first time gave a detailed breakdown of deaths from last year\u2019s fires, but cautioned that the figure was a \u201cconservative estimate\u201d. It only looked at health impacts on adults and the effect of dangerous fine-particulate matter, known as PM 2.5. It did not examine the effect on youngsters or of the other toxins produced by the blazes. In reality, infants are some of the most at risk from the haze, said Nursyam Ibrahim, from the West Kalimantan province branch of the Indonesian Medical Association on Borneo. \u201cWe are the doctors who care for the vulnerable groups exposed to toxic smoke in every medical centre, and we know how awful it is to see the disease symptoms experienced by babies and children in our care,\u201d said Ibrahim. The study found an increase in the number of fires in peatland and in timber concessions in 2015, compared to the last haze outbreak considered major, in 2006, and that the number of fires in palm oil plantations fell. Shannon Koplitz, a Harvard scientist who worked on the study, said she also hoped the model they had developed could help those involved with tackling the annual blazes make quick decisions \u201cas extreme haze events are unfolding\u201d. Last year\u2019s haze outbreak was the worst since 1997 due to a strong El Nino weather system, which created tinder-dry conditions in Indonesia and made peatland and forests more vulnerable to going up in flames.       Article Title:Samoa hit by hail storm so rare residents thought it was a hoax   Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/19/samoa-hit-by-hail-storm-so-rare-residents-thought-it-was-a-hoax   Article author(s)Eleanor Ainge Roy   Article date:Monday 19 September 2016 00.11 EDT   News source: theguardian    Meteorologist forced to release satellite images of the storm to convince some locals that the hail wasn\u2019t part of a practical joke Samoa has been hit by a hail storm so rare that it was believed to be a hoax by many of the island\u2019s inhabitants. The tropical nation of Samoa lies in the Pacific Ocean, where the average temperature at this time of year is 29C. But on Friday evening an unexpected hail storm struck the eastern side of the island of Savai\u2019i, accompanied by heavy rain and strong wind gusts. It was only the second time since records began that hail has fallen on Samoa, the first was in 2011. The storm lasted 10 to 15 minutes and produced hail stones roughly 2cm wide. \u201cThe ice was very small and there were no reports of damage,\u201d said Luteru Tauvale, principal meteorologist for the Samoan Meteorology Service. \u201cBecause it was so unexpected a lot of people thought it had been invented. We had to release satellite images of the conditions that led to to the hail for people to believe it was real.\u201d Samoans took to social media to share their photos of the hail, many voicing disbelief at the incident, and then saying it was the \u201cfirst time\u201d they had been convinced of the the phenomenon of climate change. \u201cClimate change is here!\u201d wrote one Samoan on Facebook. \u201cMore like we have just woken up to the fact it had been with us for a while but we refuse to accept/believe it.\u201d Hailstorms form within a unusually unstable air mass in which the temperature falloff with height is much greater than normal.       Article Title:Dozens dead and missing after typhoon lashes eastern China     Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/18/dozens-dead-and-missing-after-typhoon-lashes-eastern-china   Article author(s)   Article date:Saturday 17 September 2016 22.40 EDT   News source: theguardian    Typhoon Meranti has damaged more than 18,300 houses and caused direct economic losses of more than 16.9bn yuan ($2.5bn)   The strongest typhoon to hit China this year has left 28 people dead and 15 others missing in the east of the country. Typhoon Meranti made landfall early Thursday in Fujian province after winds and rains associated with it pounded Taiwan, leaving one person dead and more than 50 injured. Authorities in Fujian said Saturday that the typhoon had left 18 people dead and 11 missing, damaged more than 18,300 houses and caused direct economic losses of more than 16.9 billion yuan ($2.5bn).   Authorities in neighboring Zhejiang province say that 10 people died and four remained unaccounted for following landslides and flash floods in rural areas. Taiwan saw wind and rain from a second typhoon, Malakas, that caused no apparent deaths.", "essay": "Check this out....haze from the fires in Indonesia have killed over 100,000 people! This is horrific. It says that this is an annual thing which makes it even worse. How can they let this keep happening? I just don't get it so many deaths that are just in vain and lives and homes ruined. It's horrible but makes me so thankful I live where I do."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Haze from Indonesian fires may have killed more than 100,000 people \u2013 study \u2014  Harvard and Columbia universities estimate tens of thousands of premature deaths in areas closest to blazes clearing forest and peatland A smog outbreak in Southeast Asia last year may have caused over 100,000 premature deaths, according to a new study released Monday that triggered calls for action to tackle the \u201ckiller haze\u201d. Researchers from Harvard and Columbia universities in the US estimated there were more than 90,000 early deaths in Indonesia in areas closest to haze-belching fires, and several thousand more in neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia. The new estimate, reached using a complex analytical model, is far higher than the previous official death toll given by authorities of just 19 deaths in Indonesia. \u201cIf nothing changes, this killer haze will carry on taking a terrible toll, year after year,\u201d said Greenpeace Indonesia forest campaign Yuyun Indradi. \u201cFailure to act immediately to stem the loss of life would be a crime.\u201d A spokesman for Indonesia\u2019s environment ministry did not immediately have any comment. Indonesian authorities have previously insisted they are stepping up haze-fighting efforts, through such actions as banning the granting of new land for palm oil plantations and establishing an agency to restore devastated peatlands. The haze is an annual problem caused by fires set in forest and on carbon-rich peatland in Indonesia to quickly and cheaply clear land for palm oil and pulpwood plantations. The blazes occur mainly on Indonesia\u2019s western Sumatra island and the Indonesian part of Borneo, with monsoon winds typically blowing the haze over Singapore and Malaysia. But last year\u2019s fires were among the worst in memory and cloaked large parts of the region in choking smog for weeks, causing huge numbers to fall ill and sending diplomatic tensions soaring. The new study to be published in journal Environmental Research Letters, which combined satellite data with models of health impacts from smoke exposure and readings from pollution monitoring stations, estimated that 100,300 had died prematurely due to last year\u2019s fires across the three countries. They estimated there were 91,600 deaths in Indonesia, 6,500 in Malaysia and 2,200 in Singapore. Greenpeace hailed a \u201cgroundbreaking\u201d study they said for the first time gave a detailed breakdown of deaths from last year\u2019s fires, but cautioned that the figure was a \u201cconservative estimate\u201d. It only looked at health impacts on adults and the effect of dangerous fine-particulate matter, known as PM 2.5. It did not examine the effect on youngsters or of the other toxins produced by the blazes. In reality, infants are some of the most at risk from the haze, said Nursyam Ibrahim, from the West Kalimantan province branch of the Indonesian Medical Association on Borneo. \u201cWe are the doctors who care for the vulnerable groups exposed to toxic smoke in every medical centre, and we know how awful it is to see the disease symptoms experienced by babies and children in our care,\u201d said Ibrahim. The study found an increase in the number of fires in peatland and in timber concessions in 2015, compared to the last haze outbreak considered major, in 2006, and that the number of fires in palm oil plantations fell. Shannon Koplitz, a Harvard scientist who worked on the study, said she also hoped the model they had developed could help those involved with tackling the annual blazes make quick decisions \u201cas extreme haze events are unfolding\u201d. Last year\u2019s haze outbreak was the worst since 1997 due to a strong El Nino weather system, which created tinder-dry conditions in Indonesia and made peatland and forests more vulnerable to going up in flames.       Article Title:Samoa hit by hail storm so rare residents thought it was a hoax   Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/19/samoa-hit-by-hail-storm-so-rare-residents-thought-it-was-a-hoax   Article author(s)Eleanor Ainge Roy   Article date:Monday 19 September 2016 00.11 EDT   News source: theguardian    Meteorologist forced to release satellite images of the storm to convince some locals that the hail wasn\u2019t part of a practical joke Samoa has been hit by a hail storm so rare that it was believed to be a hoax by many of the island\u2019s inhabitants. The tropical nation of Samoa lies in the Pacific Ocean, where the average temperature at this time of year is 29C. But on Friday evening an unexpected hail storm struck the eastern side of the island of Savai\u2019i, accompanied by heavy rain and strong wind gusts. It was only the second time since records began that hail has fallen on Samoa, the first was in 2011. The storm lasted 10 to 15 minutes and produced hail stones roughly 2cm wide. \u201cThe ice was very small and there were no reports of damage,\u201d said Luteru Tauvale, principal meteorologist for the Samoan Meteorology Service. \u201cBecause it was so unexpected a lot of people thought it had been invented. We had to release satellite images of the conditions that led to to the hail for people to believe it was real.\u201d Samoans took to social media to share their photos of the hail, many voicing disbelief at the incident, and then saying it was the \u201cfirst time\u201d they had been convinced of the the phenomenon of climate change. \u201cClimate change is here!\u201d wrote one Samoan on Facebook. \u201cMore like we have just woken up to the fact it had been with us for a while but we refuse to accept/believe it.\u201d Hailstorms form within a unusually unstable air mass in which the temperature falloff with height is much greater than normal.       Article Title:Dozens dead and missing after typhoon lashes eastern China     Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/18/dozens-dead-and-missing-after-typhoon-lashes-eastern-china   Article author(s)   Article date:Saturday 17 September 2016 22.40 EDT   News source: theguardian    Typhoon Meranti has damaged more than 18,300 houses and caused direct economic losses of more than 16.9bn yuan ($2.5bn)   The strongest typhoon to hit China this year has left 28 people dead and 15 others missing in the east of the country. Typhoon Meranti made landfall early Thursday in Fujian province after winds and rains associated with it pounded Taiwan, leaving one person dead and more than 50 injured. Authorities in Fujian said Saturday that the typhoon had left 18 people dead and 11 missing, damaged more than 18,300 houses and caused direct economic losses of more than 16.9 billion yuan ($2.5bn).   Authorities in neighboring Zhejiang province say that 10 people died and four remained unaccounted for following landslides and flash floods in rural areas. Taiwan saw wind and rain from a second typhoon, Malakas, that caused no apparent deaths.", "essay": "I've never heard about this issue before.  It seems typical for the region, however.  Economy at all costs, especially when you have two trillion people living in these geographically small countries.  And you wonder why environmentalism is a losing battle.  The U.S. and other civilized countries can do all they want.  If a place like Indonesia is willing to burn down all their forests to manufacture palm oil, you're fighting a losing battle.  Again, I keep getting back to this idea: Why are we considered the barbarians in the world?  Most of the world are one step above apes.  They're heathens.  What Reagan said to Nixon was correct.  We treat these people as equals?  We leave our fate to people who don't even wear shoes?  Absurd."}
{"user_id": "ec_p043", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 27000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 3.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 27000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 3.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Haze from Indonesian fires may have killed more than 100,000 people \u2013 study \u2014  Harvard and Columbia universities estimate tens of thousands of premature deaths in areas closest to blazes clearing forest and peatland A smog outbreak in Southeast Asia last year may have caused over 100,000 premature deaths, according to a new study released Monday that triggered calls for action to tackle the \u201ckiller haze\u201d. Researchers from Harvard and Columbia universities in the US estimated there were more than 90,000 early deaths in Indonesia in areas closest to haze-belching fires, and several thousand more in neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia. The new estimate, reached using a complex analytical model, is far higher than the previous official death toll given by authorities of just 19 deaths in Indonesia. \u201cIf nothing changes, this killer haze will carry on taking a terrible toll, year after year,\u201d said Greenpeace Indonesia forest campaign Yuyun Indradi. \u201cFailure to act immediately to stem the loss of life would be a crime.\u201d A spokesman for Indonesia\u2019s environment ministry did not immediately have any comment. Indonesian authorities have previously insisted they are stepping up haze-fighting efforts, through such actions as banning the granting of new land for palm oil plantations and establishing an agency to restore devastated peatlands. The haze is an annual problem caused by fires set in forest and on carbon-rich peatland in Indonesia to quickly and cheaply clear land for palm oil and pulpwood plantations. The blazes occur mainly on Indonesia\u2019s western Sumatra island and the Indonesian part of Borneo, with monsoon winds typically blowing the haze over Singapore and Malaysia. But last year\u2019s fires were among the worst in memory and cloaked large parts of the region in choking smog for weeks, causing huge numbers to fall ill and sending diplomatic tensions soaring. The new study to be published in journal Environmental Research Letters, which combined satellite data with models of health impacts from smoke exposure and readings from pollution monitoring stations, estimated that 100,300 had died prematurely due to last year\u2019s fires across the three countries. They estimated there were 91,600 deaths in Indonesia, 6,500 in Malaysia and 2,200 in Singapore. Greenpeace hailed a \u201cgroundbreaking\u201d study they said for the first time gave a detailed breakdown of deaths from last year\u2019s fires, but cautioned that the figure was a \u201cconservative estimate\u201d. It only looked at health impacts on adults and the effect of dangerous fine-particulate matter, known as PM 2.5. It did not examine the effect on youngsters or of the other toxins produced by the blazes. In reality, infants are some of the most at risk from the haze, said Nursyam Ibrahim, from the West Kalimantan province branch of the Indonesian Medical Association on Borneo. \u201cWe are the doctors who care for the vulnerable groups exposed to toxic smoke in every medical centre, and we know how awful it is to see the disease symptoms experienced by babies and children in our care,\u201d said Ibrahim. The study found an increase in the number of fires in peatland and in timber concessions in 2015, compared to the last haze outbreak considered major, in 2006, and that the number of fires in palm oil plantations fell. Shannon Koplitz, a Harvard scientist who worked on the study, said she also hoped the model they had developed could help those involved with tackling the annual blazes make quick decisions \u201cas extreme haze events are unfolding\u201d. Last year\u2019s haze outbreak was the worst since 1997 due to a strong El Nino weather system, which created tinder-dry conditions in Indonesia and made peatland and forests more vulnerable to going up in flames.       Article Title:Samoa hit by hail storm so rare residents thought it was a hoax   Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/19/samoa-hit-by-hail-storm-so-rare-residents-thought-it-was-a-hoax   Article author(s)Eleanor Ainge Roy   Article date:Monday 19 September 2016 00.11 EDT   News source: theguardian    Meteorologist forced to release satellite images of the storm to convince some locals that the hail wasn\u2019t part of a practical joke Samoa has been hit by a hail storm so rare that it was believed to be a hoax by many of the island\u2019s inhabitants. The tropical nation of Samoa lies in the Pacific Ocean, where the average temperature at this time of year is 29C. But on Friday evening an unexpected hail storm struck the eastern side of the island of Savai\u2019i, accompanied by heavy rain and strong wind gusts. It was only the second time since records began that hail has fallen on Samoa, the first was in 2011. The storm lasted 10 to 15 minutes and produced hail stones roughly 2cm wide. \u201cThe ice was very small and there were no reports of damage,\u201d said Luteru Tauvale, principal meteorologist for the Samoan Meteorology Service. \u201cBecause it was so unexpected a lot of people thought it had been invented. We had to release satellite images of the conditions that led to to the hail for people to believe it was real.\u201d Samoans took to social media to share their photos of the hail, many voicing disbelief at the incident, and then saying it was the \u201cfirst time\u201d they had been convinced of the the phenomenon of climate change. \u201cClimate change is here!\u201d wrote one Samoan on Facebook. \u201cMore like we have just woken up to the fact it had been with us for a while but we refuse to accept/believe it.\u201d Hailstorms form within a unusually unstable air mass in which the temperature falloff with height is much greater than normal.       Article Title:Dozens dead and missing after typhoon lashes eastern China     Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/18/dozens-dead-and-missing-after-typhoon-lashes-eastern-china   Article author(s)   Article date:Saturday 17 September 2016 22.40 EDT   News source: theguardian    Typhoon Meranti has damaged more than 18,300 houses and caused direct economic losses of more than 16.9bn yuan ($2.5bn)   The strongest typhoon to hit China this year has left 28 people dead and 15 others missing in the east of the country. Typhoon Meranti made landfall early Thursday in Fujian province after winds and rains associated with it pounded Taiwan, leaving one person dead and more than 50 injured. Authorities in Fujian said Saturday that the typhoon had left 18 people dead and 11 missing, damaged more than 18,300 houses and caused direct economic losses of more than 16.9 billion yuan ($2.5bn).   Authorities in neighboring Zhejiang province say that 10 people died and four remained unaccounted for following landslides and flash floods in rural areas. Taiwan saw wind and rain from a second typhoon, Malakas, that caused no apparent deaths.", "essay": "I didn't realize that the after effects of a fire could possibly be so deadly. This haze killed 100,000 people!! When Cali is burning, is there a similar haze that affects the surrounding states? This is quite a scary situation. And to think that the problem was exasperated by the cutting down of trees for palm oil. I hope there's a solution to this massive problem. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p057", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 30 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 55000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 30, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 55000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Family loses home and two pets in D.C. fire \u2014  A fire displaced a family of five and killed two cats inside their Northwest Washington rowhouse, D.C. fire and emergency services officials said. Firefighters were called to the two-story home in the 5000 block of Illinois Avenue NW about 1 p.m., said Vito Maggiolo, a fire department spokesman. All the residents escaped without injury, but two family pets did not. The Red Cross was notified to help two adults and three children who cannot reenter the home due to fire damage, officials said. The cause of the fire is under investigation.", "essay": "There was a fire at a house in NW Washington D.C. which isn't very far from where I live in Alexandria, VA. The fire caused the people to be evacuated living in the home and two of the family's cats were also killed in the fire. This is surprising because I thought cats are pretty good at escaping when things go bad. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Family loses home and two pets in D.C. fire \u2014  A fire displaced a family of five and killed two cats inside their Northwest Washington rowhouse, D.C. fire and emergency services officials said. Firefighters were called to the two-story home in the 5000 block of Illinois Avenue NW about 1 p.m., said Vito Maggiolo, a fire department spokesman. All the residents escaped without injury, but two family pets did not. The Red Cross was notified to help two adults and three children who cannot reenter the home due to fire damage, officials said. The cause of the fire is under investigation.", "essay": "Reading about pets dying is never fun. I'm sure that house fires claim the lives of many pets considering the fact that they are physically incapable of opening doors or windows. Should we grieve pets' lives any less than we grieve the lives of humans? My grandparents have a dog that I know they would kill for."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Family loses home and two pets in D.C. fire \u2014  A fire displaced a family of five and killed two cats inside their Northwest Washington rowhouse, D.C. fire and emergency services officials said. Firefighters were called to the two-story home in the 5000 block of Illinois Avenue NW about 1 p.m., said Vito Maggiolo, a fire department spokesman. All the residents escaped without injury, but two family pets did not. The Red Cross was notified to help two adults and three children who cannot reenter the home due to fire damage, officials said. The cause of the fire is under investigation.", "essay": "the fact that the pets died is heart breaking. I can't imagine that the pets died and to be honest it was quite depressing. The fact that the pets are gone means they have lost a lot of valuable memoires with them. I feel like when you lose someone like this it is quite hard to get over it one can only pray and hope they find relief."}
{"user_id": "ec_p050", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 165000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.75 in openness, 6.25 in conscientiousness, 3.25 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 165000, "personality": {"openness": 5.75, "conscientiousness": 6.25, "extraversion": 3.25, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Family loses home and two pets in D.C. fire \u2014  A fire displaced a family of five and killed two cats inside their Northwest Washington rowhouse, D.C. fire and emergency services officials said. Firefighters were called to the two-story home in the 5000 block of Illinois Avenue NW about 1 p.m., said Vito Maggiolo, a fire department spokesman. All the residents escaped without injury, but two family pets did not. The Red Cross was notified to help two adults and three children who cannot reenter the home due to fire damage, officials said. The cause of the fire is under investigation.", "essay": "Awwnn..i dont like the fact that the pets died. I just wish I can protect the animals. They lost their home and that is really sad. The homeowners must be really devastated and weak. One terrible thing about losing pet is, you cant really get a proper replacement. I just hope they have some home insurance in place."}
{"user_id": "ec_p016", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 60000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 60000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Family loses home and two pets in D.C. fire \u2014  A fire displaced a family of five and killed two cats inside their Northwest Washington rowhouse, D.C. fire and emergency services officials said. Firefighters were called to the two-story home in the 5000 block of Illinois Avenue NW about 1 p.m., said Vito Maggiolo, a fire department spokesman. All the residents escaped without injury, but two family pets did not. The Red Cross was notified to help two adults and three children who cannot reenter the home due to fire damage, officials said. The cause of the fire is under investigation.", "essay": "I can't imagine losing a pet like that. It's one thing when it's to an accident or disease or something, but to know they died in a fire and you couldn't get them out... I'd feel so guilty. Plus you'd have lost your home and all your possessions, and your best little friend is gone now too. I'm so glad I've never lost a pet."}
{"user_id": "ec_p050", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 165000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.75 in openness, 6.25 in conscientiousness, 3.25 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 165000, "personality": {"openness": 5.75, "conscientiousness": 6.25, "extraversion": 3.25, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Study: lung cancer patients exposed to air pollution may have shorter survival times \u2014  We all know that air pollution is bad, so bad that it kills thousands of people each year. In India alone according to a Washington Post article published last month, about half a million people die every year due to outdoor air pollution.   With that introductory paragraph, here\u2019s a finding of a new study that may not surprise a lot of you readers: people with lung cancer may have shorter survival times when exposed to smog and other air pollutants.   As reported at The Guardian, researchers in the state of California have found that exposure to bad air quality after lung cancer diagnosis can negatively affect survival. The paper was published in the journal Thorax with lead author Sandrah P. Eckel, PhD of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.   The main takeaway of the research is that the length of time that people with lung cancer live after diagnosis varies depending on their exposure to air pollution. Researchers claim that the median survival for people diagnosed with early stage of lung cancers who were in areas with high levels of regional pollution was about three years shorter than people who lived in places with lower pollution levels.   In an interview with the University of Southern California website, Dr. Eckel explains that their research focused on California, and the reason is that the state has a wide range of air pollution levels. It also has one of the largest and longest running air quality monitoring networks and cancer registry system in the country.   Looking at the lung cancer data with over three-hundred and fifty thousand patients registered between the years 1988 to 2009, the team has found that patients in areas with higher levels of fine particulate matter\u2013or, at about 2.5 micrometers in diameter\u2013was only about two point four years, compared to five point seven years in patients in areas with lower levels of fine particulate matter.   It is also worth noting that lung cancer patients whose cancer had spread to other parts of their bodies had shorter survival times overall. They also showed little difference in survival time whether they lived in places with high or low air pollution levels.   And like other research, the team clarifies that additional research is needed to determine the link between air pollution and survival rates of lung cancer patients. However, the findings are intriguing, the team says, and they suggest that newly diagnosed lung cancer patients must consider moving out of places with high levels of air pollution.   Lung Cancer in America   A recently updated page of the CDC\u2013or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2013says that lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in America, and the second most common among both women and men.   The American health institute suggests avoiding smoking and secondhand smoke, and avoid places with radon, a naturally occurring gas from rocks and dirt.", "essay": "Air pollution is everywhere nowadays and I find it totally scary that the survival rates of those with lung cancer will be cut shorter. We really need to look for ways to reduce pollution all around. The effect of air pollution is not only felt in the environment, it also endangers humans. The death rate keep piling up too..."}
{"user_id": "ec_p001", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 55000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 55000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Study: lung cancer patients exposed to air pollution may have shorter survival times \u2014  We all know that air pollution is bad, so bad that it kills thousands of people each year. In India alone according to a Washington Post article published last month, about half a million people die every year due to outdoor air pollution.   With that introductory paragraph, here\u2019s a finding of a new study that may not surprise a lot of you readers: people with lung cancer may have shorter survival times when exposed to smog and other air pollutants.   As reported at The Guardian, researchers in the state of California have found that exposure to bad air quality after lung cancer diagnosis can negatively affect survival. The paper was published in the journal Thorax with lead author Sandrah P. Eckel, PhD of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.   The main takeaway of the research is that the length of time that people with lung cancer live after diagnosis varies depending on their exposure to air pollution. Researchers claim that the median survival for people diagnosed with early stage of lung cancers who were in areas with high levels of regional pollution was about three years shorter than people who lived in places with lower pollution levels.   In an interview with the University of Southern California website, Dr. Eckel explains that their research focused on California, and the reason is that the state has a wide range of air pollution levels. It also has one of the largest and longest running air quality monitoring networks and cancer registry system in the country.   Looking at the lung cancer data with over three-hundred and fifty thousand patients registered between the years 1988 to 2009, the team has found that patients in areas with higher levels of fine particulate matter\u2013or, at about 2.5 micrometers in diameter\u2013was only about two point four years, compared to five point seven years in patients in areas with lower levels of fine particulate matter.   It is also worth noting that lung cancer patients whose cancer had spread to other parts of their bodies had shorter survival times overall. They also showed little difference in survival time whether they lived in places with high or low air pollution levels.   And like other research, the team clarifies that additional research is needed to determine the link between air pollution and survival rates of lung cancer patients. However, the findings are intriguing, the team says, and they suggest that newly diagnosed lung cancer patients must consider moving out of places with high levels of air pollution.   Lung Cancer in America   A recently updated page of the CDC\u2013or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2013says that lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in America, and the second most common among both women and men.   The American health institute suggests avoiding smoking and secondhand smoke, and avoid places with radon, a naturally occurring gas from rocks and dirt.", "essay": "it's concerning that pollution can have such an impact on survival on lung cancer sufferers.although i don't find it all that surprising.It's just another reason among a long list of why we need to start living more cleanly as a whole.i suspect that air pollution does just as much damage to non-cancer sufferers  just that it's probably harder to tell. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p041", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 64000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 64000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Study: lung cancer patients exposed to air pollution may have shorter survival times \u2014  We all know that air pollution is bad, so bad that it kills thousands of people each year. In India alone according to a Washington Post article published last month, about half a million people die every year due to outdoor air pollution.   With that introductory paragraph, here\u2019s a finding of a new study that may not surprise a lot of you readers: people with lung cancer may have shorter survival times when exposed to smog and other air pollutants.   As reported at The Guardian, researchers in the state of California have found that exposure to bad air quality after lung cancer diagnosis can negatively affect survival. The paper was published in the journal Thorax with lead author Sandrah P. Eckel, PhD of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.   The main takeaway of the research is that the length of time that people with lung cancer live after diagnosis varies depending on their exposure to air pollution. Researchers claim that the median survival for people diagnosed with early stage of lung cancers who were in areas with high levels of regional pollution was about three years shorter than people who lived in places with lower pollution levels.   In an interview with the University of Southern California website, Dr. Eckel explains that their research focused on California, and the reason is that the state has a wide range of air pollution levels. It also has one of the largest and longest running air quality monitoring networks and cancer registry system in the country.   Looking at the lung cancer data with over three-hundred and fifty thousand patients registered between the years 1988 to 2009, the team has found that patients in areas with higher levels of fine particulate matter\u2013or, at about 2.5 micrometers in diameter\u2013was only about two point four years, compared to five point seven years in patients in areas with lower levels of fine particulate matter.   It is also worth noting that lung cancer patients whose cancer had spread to other parts of their bodies had shorter survival times overall. They also showed little difference in survival time whether they lived in places with high or low air pollution levels.   And like other research, the team clarifies that additional research is needed to determine the link between air pollution and survival rates of lung cancer patients. However, the findings are intriguing, the team says, and they suggest that newly diagnosed lung cancer patients must consider moving out of places with high levels of air pollution.   Lung Cancer in America   A recently updated page of the CDC\u2013or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2013says that lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in America, and the second most common among both women and men.   The American health institute suggests avoiding smoking and secondhand smoke, and avoid places with radon, a naturally occurring gas from rocks and dirt.", "essay": "I did not find the article to be particularly disturbing or alarming. I was not surprised by the fact that pollution adversely affected the health of individuals diagnosed with lung cancer. The health of their respiratory is already compromised and it makes perfect sense that pollution would act as an irritant and cause greater concern for their health."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Study: lung cancer patients exposed to air pollution may have shorter survival times \u2014  We all know that air pollution is bad, so bad that it kills thousands of people each year. In India alone according to a Washington Post article published last month, about half a million people die every year due to outdoor air pollution.   With that introductory paragraph, here\u2019s a finding of a new study that may not surprise a lot of you readers: people with lung cancer may have shorter survival times when exposed to smog and other air pollutants.   As reported at The Guardian, researchers in the state of California have found that exposure to bad air quality after lung cancer diagnosis can negatively affect survival. The paper was published in the journal Thorax with lead author Sandrah P. Eckel, PhD of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.   The main takeaway of the research is that the length of time that people with lung cancer live after diagnosis varies depending on their exposure to air pollution. Researchers claim that the median survival for people diagnosed with early stage of lung cancers who were in areas with high levels of regional pollution was about three years shorter than people who lived in places with lower pollution levels.   In an interview with the University of Southern California website, Dr. Eckel explains that their research focused on California, and the reason is that the state has a wide range of air pollution levels. It also has one of the largest and longest running air quality monitoring networks and cancer registry system in the country.   Looking at the lung cancer data with over three-hundred and fifty thousand patients registered between the years 1988 to 2009, the team has found that patients in areas with higher levels of fine particulate matter\u2013or, at about 2.5 micrometers in diameter\u2013was only about two point four years, compared to five point seven years in patients in areas with lower levels of fine particulate matter.   It is also worth noting that lung cancer patients whose cancer had spread to other parts of their bodies had shorter survival times overall. They also showed little difference in survival time whether they lived in places with high or low air pollution levels.   And like other research, the team clarifies that additional research is needed to determine the link between air pollution and survival rates of lung cancer patients. However, the findings are intriguing, the team says, and they suggest that newly diagnosed lung cancer patients must consider moving out of places with high levels of air pollution.   Lung Cancer in America   A recently updated page of the CDC\u2013or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2013says that lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in America, and the second most common among both women and men.   The American health institute suggests avoiding smoking and secondhand smoke, and avoid places with radon, a naturally occurring gas from rocks and dirt.", "essay": "Cancer is so scary to me and knowing that air pollution something you cant really control can shorten your life even more is so scary. People die so frequently from this disease I wish there was more awareness and laws put in place to help reduce it. I think cigarettes should be outlawed instead of weed. It has been proven the harm they can do to people and kill them, its crazy that there still around to this day. I think more air pollution laws need to be put in place because people cant really help that alot and that clearly has an effect on human life. People should move to less air polluted states once they are diagnosed."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Study: lung cancer patients exposed to air pollution may have shorter survival times \u2014  We all know that air pollution is bad, so bad that it kills thousands of people each year. In India alone according to a Washington Post article published last month, about half a million people die every year due to outdoor air pollution.   With that introductory paragraph, here\u2019s a finding of a new study that may not surprise a lot of you readers: people with lung cancer may have shorter survival times when exposed to smog and other air pollutants.   As reported at The Guardian, researchers in the state of California have found that exposure to bad air quality after lung cancer diagnosis can negatively affect survival. The paper was published in the journal Thorax with lead author Sandrah P. Eckel, PhD of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.   The main takeaway of the research is that the length of time that people with lung cancer live after diagnosis varies depending on their exposure to air pollution. Researchers claim that the median survival for people diagnosed with early stage of lung cancers who were in areas with high levels of regional pollution was about three years shorter than people who lived in places with lower pollution levels.   In an interview with the University of Southern California website, Dr. Eckel explains that their research focused on California, and the reason is that the state has a wide range of air pollution levels. It also has one of the largest and longest running air quality monitoring networks and cancer registry system in the country.   Looking at the lung cancer data with over three-hundred and fifty thousand patients registered between the years 1988 to 2009, the team has found that patients in areas with higher levels of fine particulate matter\u2013or, at about 2.5 micrometers in diameter\u2013was only about two point four years, compared to five point seven years in patients in areas with lower levels of fine particulate matter.   It is also worth noting that lung cancer patients whose cancer had spread to other parts of their bodies had shorter survival times overall. They also showed little difference in survival time whether they lived in places with high or low air pollution levels.   And like other research, the team clarifies that additional research is needed to determine the link between air pollution and survival rates of lung cancer patients. However, the findings are intriguing, the team says, and they suggest that newly diagnosed lung cancer patients must consider moving out of places with high levels of air pollution.   Lung Cancer in America   A recently updated page of the CDC\u2013or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2013says that lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in America, and the second most common among both women and men.   The American health institute suggests avoiding smoking and secondhand smoke, and avoid places with radon, a naturally occurring gas from rocks and dirt.", "essay": "I just read an article about how air pollution can shorten life expectancy for those diagnosed with lung cancer. I think that this fact is pretty much a given and shortens life expectancy for just about everyone involved in breathing toxic air. The article was quite impersonal and didn't inspire much empathy for anything except maybe the planet."}
{"user_id": "ec_p063", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 31 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 82000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 3.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 31, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 82000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 3.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Visitors bring trouble to Norway's polar bears \u2014  Officials in Norway say an increasing number of visitors to their Arctic region have triggered an increase in the number of endangered polar bears killed. Diane Hodges reports on efforts to protect the bears. Video provided by Reuters", "essay": "Polar bears just can't catch a break man.  It sucks that in almost every possible way, we are just ocmpletely screwing the polar bears over.  I would like to see what the cause of the bears dying is?  Are the tourists themselves killing them?  Are there bear attacks, and so police have to put them down?"}
{"user_id": "ec_p050", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 165000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.75 in openness, 6.25 in conscientiousness, 3.25 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 165000, "personality": {"openness": 5.75, "conscientiousness": 6.25, "extraversion": 3.25, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Visitors bring trouble to Norway's polar bears \u2014  Officials in Norway say an increasing number of visitors to their Arctic region have triggered an increase in the number of endangered polar bears killed. Diane Hodges reports on efforts to protect the bears. Video provided by Reuters", "essay": "People visit a region and all they after is how to maim and deplete the population of an endangered specie. How wicked can human be. It is sad and totally unacceptable. I feel the locals should prevnt people from visiting. They should do more to protect the animals especially the bears from the wicked hands of the visitors."}
{"user_id": "ec_p041", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 64000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 64000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Visitors bring trouble to Norway's polar bears \u2014  Officials in Norway say an increasing number of visitors to their Arctic region have triggered an increase in the number of endangered polar bears killed. Diane Hodges reports on efforts to protect the bears. Video provided by Reuters", "essay": "It is difficult to convey my thoughts and feelings regarding the article as it was not very detailed. It is alarming that polar bears are facing threats to their habitats. I think conservation efforts as a whole should be increased worldwide. Human beings are causing irreparable harm to the ecosystems of this planet and it has to stop. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p043", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 27000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 3.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 27000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 3.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Visitors bring trouble to Norway's polar bears \u2014  Officials in Norway say an increasing number of visitors to their Arctic region have triggered an increase in the number of endangered polar bears killed. Diane Hodges reports on efforts to protect the bears. Video provided by Reuters", "essay": "The article really needed to go more into depth about the problem. The piece wasn't really written for anyone to get emotional, it came across kind of cold. Like a minor newspaper article in a paper that needed to desperately fill space. Were they alluding to poachers or something? The article needed a lot more detail. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Visitors bring trouble to Norway's polar bears \u2014  Officials in Norway say an increasing number of visitors to their Arctic region have triggered an increase in the number of endangered polar bears killed. Diane Hodges reports on efforts to protect the bears. Video provided by Reuters", "essay": "I find this story to be eye-rollingly typical of people.  I assume that the people who go up to the Arctic to see it like polar bears and don't want to see them extinct.  And yet there presence there is contributing to that exact thing.  Maybe they're hunting them.  I don't know.  I find that hard to believe but maybe.  I just think people are stupid.  They want plenty of things and spout off about them, but then they don't change their behavior to aid in the cause.  People get what they deserve, largely, though.  So if we make the polar bears extinct, we'll certainly deserve that.  And in some sense so will the polar bears who couldn't adapt to their environment.  Survival of the fittest."}
{"user_id": "ec_p043", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 27000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 3.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 27000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 3.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Myanmar 'child slavery' outrage sparks investigation \u2014  The Burmese president has ordered an investigation into the case of two girls who say they were kept prisoner and tortured for five years in a tailor shop. The teenagers were freed last week after a journalist helped them, but their families say that the police had on numerous occasions refused their pleas to get involved. This Wednesday, with the case now generating headlines, the police finally arrested the tailor and two family members. The two girls were aged just 11 and 12 when they were sent by their parents to the commercial capital Yangon. For poor Burmese families it's a painful but depressingly common decision. The United Nations estimates that at least a million Burmese children are forced to give up on education and go to work. These girls became maids in a tailor shop in the centre of Yangon. But what started as paid work allegedly turned into modern-day slavery. The girls say they were denied contact with their parents, were unable to leave and were no longer being paid. Then there was the abuse. Visited by the French news agency AFP in their village after their release, the girls had injuries and scars on their arms which they say were inflicted by their captors. \"I have a scar from where an iron was stamped on my leg and a scar on my head as well,\" one of the girls, now 16, told AFP. \"This was a wound from a knife, because my cooking was not OK,\" she said, showing a mark on her nose. The other girl, now 17, has burnt, twisted fingers - the consequence, she says, of them being broken deliberately by her captors as punishment. The allegations of mistreatment are shocking, but it's the authorities handling of the case that has really enraged the Burmese public. Many see it as further proof of a judicial system stacked against the poorest and most vulnerable. On several occasions over the last five years, the girls' families say they asked the Burmese police for help and were turned away. It was only when a journalist called Swe Win became involved that things started to move. He approached the police, who again refused to help, before taking the matter to the national human rights commission. To its credit, the commission did act, negotiating with the tailor for the girls' release and for a payment equivalent to about 4,000 dollars (\u00a33060) to be made, effectively as back-pay. But there was public outcry when it emerged that no further measures were taken against the girls' alleged abusers. \"We figured at the time that we could solve the case satisfactorily to all parties involved with a compensation settlement,\" U Zaw Win, a member of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission told an angry news conference in Yangon. With the girls' story now front page news and reverberating around social media, the Burmese police were finally spurred into action. On Wednesday evening the tailor was arrested, along with her two adult children. They all now face charges related to human trafficking. Questions are now being asked as to why it took so long for the authorities to get involved. In a rare public intervention, President Htin Kyaw released a statement. He said he had instructed the relevant ministries to assist and protect the girls, their families and the journalist Swe Win from possible reprisals. The president has also asked for a report on how the police handled the case and said he would be taking a close look at the work of the human rights commission. Swe Win is receiving a presidential award for his work on the case.", "essay": "This is one of the most disgusting things I've ever read. Two 11 year old girls go to work for a tailer and they are basically kidnapped and made slaves for 5 years!!! They finally were freed at 16 years old due to an amazing journalist who made an enormous impact on the lives of these girls and their families. The journalist should win multiple literary awards like the Pulitzer because of this. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Myanmar 'child slavery' outrage sparks investigation \u2014  The Burmese president has ordered an investigation into the case of two girls who say they were kept prisoner and tortured for five years in a tailor shop. The teenagers were freed last week after a journalist helped them, but their families say that the police had on numerous occasions refused their pleas to get involved. This Wednesday, with the case now generating headlines, the police finally arrested the tailor and two family members. The two girls were aged just 11 and 12 when they were sent by their parents to the commercial capital Yangon. For poor Burmese families it's a painful but depressingly common decision. The United Nations estimates that at least a million Burmese children are forced to give up on education and go to work. These girls became maids in a tailor shop in the centre of Yangon. But what started as paid work allegedly turned into modern-day slavery. The girls say they were denied contact with their parents, were unable to leave and were no longer being paid. Then there was the abuse. Visited by the French news agency AFP in their village after their release, the girls had injuries and scars on their arms which they say were inflicted by their captors. \"I have a scar from where an iron was stamped on my leg and a scar on my head as well,\" one of the girls, now 16, told AFP. \"This was a wound from a knife, because my cooking was not OK,\" she said, showing a mark on her nose. The other girl, now 17, has burnt, twisted fingers - the consequence, she says, of them being broken deliberately by her captors as punishment. The allegations of mistreatment are shocking, but it's the authorities handling of the case that has really enraged the Burmese public. Many see it as further proof of a judicial system stacked against the poorest and most vulnerable. On several occasions over the last five years, the girls' families say they asked the Burmese police for help and were turned away. It was only when a journalist called Swe Win became involved that things started to move. He approached the police, who again refused to help, before taking the matter to the national human rights commission. To its credit, the commission did act, negotiating with the tailor for the girls' release and for a payment equivalent to about 4,000 dollars (\u00a33060) to be made, effectively as back-pay. But there was public outcry when it emerged that no further measures were taken against the girls' alleged abusers. \"We figured at the time that we could solve the case satisfactorily to all parties involved with a compensation settlement,\" U Zaw Win, a member of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission told an angry news conference in Yangon. With the girls' story now front page news and reverberating around social media, the Burmese police were finally spurred into action. On Wednesday evening the tailor was arrested, along with her two adult children. They all now face charges related to human trafficking. Questions are now being asked as to why it took so long for the authorities to get involved. In a rare public intervention, President Htin Kyaw released a statement. He said he had instructed the relevant ministries to assist and protect the girls, their families and the journalist Swe Win from possible reprisals. The president has also asked for a report on how the police handled the case and said he would be taking a close look at the work of the human rights commission. Swe Win is receiving a presidential award for his work on the case.", "essay": "This story is bothersome on a number of levels.  Obviously people are going to be angry at the shop owner and the family, which they should.  And obviously the authorities, who do nothing and allow this to go on.  But what about the families who keep having children they feel obligated to send to work at age 11 and 12?  Stop having children you can't feed.  These countries are all grossly overpopulated but they keep having kids.  The parents feel bad that their kids got treated this way, but they're the ones who sent them there."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Myanmar 'child slavery' outrage sparks investigation \u2014  The Burmese president has ordered an investigation into the case of two girls who say they were kept prisoner and tortured for five years in a tailor shop. The teenagers were freed last week after a journalist helped them, but their families say that the police had on numerous occasions refused their pleas to get involved. This Wednesday, with the case now generating headlines, the police finally arrested the tailor and two family members. The two girls were aged just 11 and 12 when they were sent by their parents to the commercial capital Yangon. For poor Burmese families it's a painful but depressingly common decision. The United Nations estimates that at least a million Burmese children are forced to give up on education and go to work. These girls became maids in a tailor shop in the centre of Yangon. But what started as paid work allegedly turned into modern-day slavery. The girls say they were denied contact with their parents, were unable to leave and were no longer being paid. Then there was the abuse. Visited by the French news agency AFP in their village after their release, the girls had injuries and scars on their arms which they say were inflicted by their captors. \"I have a scar from where an iron was stamped on my leg and a scar on my head as well,\" one of the girls, now 16, told AFP. \"This was a wound from a knife, because my cooking was not OK,\" she said, showing a mark on her nose. The other girl, now 17, has burnt, twisted fingers - the consequence, she says, of them being broken deliberately by her captors as punishment. The allegations of mistreatment are shocking, but it's the authorities handling of the case that has really enraged the Burmese public. Many see it as further proof of a judicial system stacked against the poorest and most vulnerable. On several occasions over the last five years, the girls' families say they asked the Burmese police for help and were turned away. It was only when a journalist called Swe Win became involved that things started to move. He approached the police, who again refused to help, before taking the matter to the national human rights commission. To its credit, the commission did act, negotiating with the tailor for the girls' release and for a payment equivalent to about 4,000 dollars (\u00a33060) to be made, effectively as back-pay. But there was public outcry when it emerged that no further measures were taken against the girls' alleged abusers. \"We figured at the time that we could solve the case satisfactorily to all parties involved with a compensation settlement,\" U Zaw Win, a member of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission told an angry news conference in Yangon. With the girls' story now front page news and reverberating around social media, the Burmese police were finally spurred into action. On Wednesday evening the tailor was arrested, along with her two adult children. They all now face charges related to human trafficking. Questions are now being asked as to why it took so long for the authorities to get involved. In a rare public intervention, President Htin Kyaw released a statement. He said he had instructed the relevant ministries to assist and protect the girls, their families and the journalist Swe Win from possible reprisals. The president has also asked for a report on how the police handled the case and said he would be taking a close look at the work of the human rights commission. Swe Win is receiving a presidential award for his work on the case.", "essay": "This is just disgusting and makes me really doubt us as human beings. The fact that children are exposed to this really makes me doubt who we are as a people. I understand it is in Myanmar and not in the states but that should not mean anything and we should still be able to help these innocent children."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Myanmar 'child slavery' outrage sparks investigation \u2014  The Burmese president has ordered an investigation into the case of two girls who say they were kept prisoner and tortured for five years in a tailor shop. The teenagers were freed last week after a journalist helped them, but their families say that the police had on numerous occasions refused their pleas to get involved. This Wednesday, with the case now generating headlines, the police finally arrested the tailor and two family members. The two girls were aged just 11 and 12 when they were sent by their parents to the commercial capital Yangon. For poor Burmese families it's a painful but depressingly common decision. The United Nations estimates that at least a million Burmese children are forced to give up on education and go to work. These girls became maids in a tailor shop in the centre of Yangon. But what started as paid work allegedly turned into modern-day slavery. The girls say they were denied contact with their parents, were unable to leave and were no longer being paid. Then there was the abuse. Visited by the French news agency AFP in their village after their release, the girls had injuries and scars on their arms which they say were inflicted by their captors. \"I have a scar from where an iron was stamped on my leg and a scar on my head as well,\" one of the girls, now 16, told AFP. \"This was a wound from a knife, because my cooking was not OK,\" she said, showing a mark on her nose. The other girl, now 17, has burnt, twisted fingers - the consequence, she says, of them being broken deliberately by her captors as punishment. The allegations of mistreatment are shocking, but it's the authorities handling of the case that has really enraged the Burmese public. Many see it as further proof of a judicial system stacked against the poorest and most vulnerable. On several occasions over the last five years, the girls' families say they asked the Burmese police for help and were turned away. It was only when a journalist called Swe Win became involved that things started to move. He approached the police, who again refused to help, before taking the matter to the national human rights commission. To its credit, the commission did act, negotiating with the tailor for the girls' release and for a payment equivalent to about 4,000 dollars (\u00a33060) to be made, effectively as back-pay. But there was public outcry when it emerged that no further measures were taken against the girls' alleged abusers. \"We figured at the time that we could solve the case satisfactorily to all parties involved with a compensation settlement,\" U Zaw Win, a member of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission told an angry news conference in Yangon. With the girls' story now front page news and reverberating around social media, the Burmese police were finally spurred into action. On Wednesday evening the tailor was arrested, along with her two adult children. They all now face charges related to human trafficking. Questions are now being asked as to why it took so long for the authorities to get involved. In a rare public intervention, President Htin Kyaw released a statement. He said he had instructed the relevant ministries to assist and protect the girls, their families and the journalist Swe Win from possible reprisals. The president has also asked for a report on how the police handled the case and said he would be taking a close look at the work of the human rights commission. Swe Win is receiving a presidential award for his work on the case.", "essay": "I feel bad for the girls that have to go through this because they are so poor. I hope they all the girls are returned to their families so nobody has to be hurt. It is sad that the police did not help the girls when their families asked for help. I hope that all the captors of the girls go to prison for a very very long time."}
{"user_id": "ec_p001", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 55000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 55000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Myanmar 'child slavery' outrage sparks investigation \u2014  The Burmese president has ordered an investigation into the case of two girls who say they were kept prisoner and tortured for five years in a tailor shop. The teenagers were freed last week after a journalist helped them, but their families say that the police had on numerous occasions refused their pleas to get involved. This Wednesday, with the case now generating headlines, the police finally arrested the tailor and two family members. The two girls were aged just 11 and 12 when they were sent by their parents to the commercial capital Yangon. For poor Burmese families it's a painful but depressingly common decision. The United Nations estimates that at least a million Burmese children are forced to give up on education and go to work. These girls became maids in a tailor shop in the centre of Yangon. But what started as paid work allegedly turned into modern-day slavery. The girls say they were denied contact with their parents, were unable to leave and were no longer being paid. Then there was the abuse. Visited by the French news agency AFP in their village after their release, the girls had injuries and scars on their arms which they say were inflicted by their captors. \"I have a scar from where an iron was stamped on my leg and a scar on my head as well,\" one of the girls, now 16, told AFP. \"This was a wound from a knife, because my cooking was not OK,\" she said, showing a mark on her nose. The other girl, now 17, has burnt, twisted fingers - the consequence, she says, of them being broken deliberately by her captors as punishment. The allegations of mistreatment are shocking, but it's the authorities handling of the case that has really enraged the Burmese public. Many see it as further proof of a judicial system stacked against the poorest and most vulnerable. On several occasions over the last five years, the girls' families say they asked the Burmese police for help and were turned away. It was only when a journalist called Swe Win became involved that things started to move. He approached the police, who again refused to help, before taking the matter to the national human rights commission. To its credit, the commission did act, negotiating with the tailor for the girls' release and for a payment equivalent to about 4,000 dollars (\u00a33060) to be made, effectively as back-pay. But there was public outcry when it emerged that no further measures were taken against the girls' alleged abusers. \"We figured at the time that we could solve the case satisfactorily to all parties involved with a compensation settlement,\" U Zaw Win, a member of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission told an angry news conference in Yangon. With the girls' story now front page news and reverberating around social media, the Burmese police were finally spurred into action. On Wednesday evening the tailor was arrested, along with her two adult children. They all now face charges related to human trafficking. Questions are now being asked as to why it took so long for the authorities to get involved. In a rare public intervention, President Htin Kyaw released a statement. He said he had instructed the relevant ministries to assist and protect the girls, their families and the journalist Swe Win from possible reprisals. The president has also asked for a report on how the police handled the case and said he would be taking a close look at the work of the human rights commission. Swe Win is receiving a presidential award for his work on the case.", "essay": "this is such a terrible thing to happen.to think that these things still happen in part of the world is heart breaking.i can't even fathom what those little girls most have been through.that most have been a horrible experience for them and i hope there is no lasting mental effects from it.To think that there are such monsters in the world that would do such a thing is really distressing"}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "With Much Sadness We Report Baby Isibindi Has Passed \u2014  Rhino Update From Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage: It is with many tears, a heavy heart and very mixed emotions that I write that little Isibindi passed away shortly before midnight after a very, very rough 56 hours. She went through such deep sadness in her short life. I was so hoping and fighting to give her a second chance at life. A part of me feels a deep relief \u2013 the last two days were very difficult and she had so much to cope with. Little Bindi left this earth lying in my arms (the orphanage had no power so I wrapped us both in a duvet to keep her warm) It never gets easier. RIP little Bindi \u2013 may your spirit fly free! To the team on the ground here \u2013 humbled and proud. I have been with Isibindi constantly since she arrived a few days ago with no water, no power, wet cold conditions and security issues, this young and amazing group have made sure that the other rhinos have been cared for. Thank you to: Axel Tarifa, Shannon Westphal- very special people and Steven and Nicole. May God Bless all of the orphaned babies who are fighting for their life! -WAN", "essay": "I suppose this is about an orphaned rhino due to poaching.  I had a hard time really feeling that much for the rhino.  It's dead and I don't know exactly why it died, or what suffering it went through, although the writer suggested it was a lot.  But either way it's dead now so there's no more pain for it.  I guess I'd prefer that rhinos don't go extinct, but at the same time I don't pretend that it really matters.  They don't affect my life in any way, although they are cool creatures.  But it just seems so far away and is something I have no control over.  I would never kill a rhino, but obviously other people don't feel the same way."}
{"user_id": "ec_p055", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 46 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 22000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 46, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 22000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "With Much Sadness We Report Baby Isibindi Has Passed \u2014  Rhino Update From Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage: It is with many tears, a heavy heart and very mixed emotions that I write that little Isibindi passed away shortly before midnight after a very, very rough 56 hours. She went through such deep sadness in her short life. I was so hoping and fighting to give her a second chance at life. A part of me feels a deep relief \u2013 the last two days were very difficult and she had so much to cope with. Little Bindi left this earth lying in my arms (the orphanage had no power so I wrapped us both in a duvet to keep her warm) It never gets easier. RIP little Bindi \u2013 may your spirit fly free! To the team on the ground here \u2013 humbled and proud. I have been with Isibindi constantly since she arrived a few days ago with no water, no power, wet cold conditions and security issues, this young and amazing group have made sure that the other rhinos have been cared for. Thank you to: Axel Tarifa, Shannon Westphal- very special people and Steven and Nicole. May God Bless all of the orphaned babies who are fighting for their life! -WAN", "essay": "This story was so sad. I wanted to know a bit more about Bindi, but hearing that she struggled for such a short time and wasn't able to survive was heartbreaking. It was nice to see the extremes people were willing to go to in order to try and save her but knowing that is necessary is tough to take. It brought tears to my eyes and made me want to cry just thinking about being in that situation."}
{"user_id": "ec_p043", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 27000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 3.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 27000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 3.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "With Much Sadness We Report Baby Isibindi Has Passed \u2014  Rhino Update From Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage: It is with many tears, a heavy heart and very mixed emotions that I write that little Isibindi passed away shortly before midnight after a very, very rough 56 hours. She went through such deep sadness in her short life. I was so hoping and fighting to give her a second chance at life. A part of me feels a deep relief \u2013 the last two days were very difficult and she had so much to cope with. Little Bindi left this earth lying in my arms (the orphanage had no power so I wrapped us both in a duvet to keep her warm) It never gets easier. RIP little Bindi \u2013 may your spirit fly free! To the team on the ground here \u2013 humbled and proud. I have been with Isibindi constantly since she arrived a few days ago with no water, no power, wet cold conditions and security issues, this young and amazing group have made sure that the other rhinos have been cared for. Thank you to: Axel Tarifa, Shannon Westphal- very special people and Steven and Nicole. May God Bless all of the orphaned babies who are fighting for their life! -WAN", "essay": "That little rhino really did fight for its life. I wonder that if where it was treated had electricity, maybe it could've survived? Also I wish what they reported what the little rhino died of. I can't imagine bundling a baby animal like that in my arms as its dying. And although it suffered quite a bit during that 48 hours and more that it was struggling, I hope that it's in peace, somewhere now. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p050", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 165000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.75 in openness, 6.25 in conscientiousness, 3.25 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 165000, "personality": {"openness": 5.75, "conscientiousness": 6.25, "extraversion": 3.25, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "With Much Sadness We Report Baby Isibindi Has Passed \u2014  Rhino Update From Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage: It is with many tears, a heavy heart and very mixed emotions that I write that little Isibindi passed away shortly before midnight after a very, very rough 56 hours. She went through such deep sadness in her short life. I was so hoping and fighting to give her a second chance at life. A part of me feels a deep relief \u2013 the last two days were very difficult and she had so much to cope with. Little Bindi left this earth lying in my arms (the orphanage had no power so I wrapped us both in a duvet to keep her warm) It never gets easier. RIP little Bindi \u2013 may your spirit fly free! To the team on the ground here \u2013 humbled and proud. I have been with Isibindi constantly since she arrived a few days ago with no water, no power, wet cold conditions and security issues, this young and amazing group have made sure that the other rhinos have been cared for. Thank you to: Axel Tarifa, Shannon Westphal- very special people and Steven and Nicole. May God Bless all of the orphaned babies who are fighting for their life! -WAN", "essay": "I feel so sad when kids lose their lives. So much potential down the drain. I cant imagine what it is like to be the parent. I just wish it could be prevented in some ways. May God give the parents the fortitude to bear the lose. ANd may he also provide another kid for them immediately. There should be ways by which the parents can be consoled."}
{"user_id": "ec_p005", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 22 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 100000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 22, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 100000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "With Much Sadness We Report Baby Isibindi Has Passed \u2014  Rhino Update From Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage: It is with many tears, a heavy heart and very mixed emotions that I write that little Isibindi passed away shortly before midnight after a very, very rough 56 hours. She went through such deep sadness in her short life. I was so hoping and fighting to give her a second chance at life. A part of me feels a deep relief \u2013 the last two days were very difficult and she had so much to cope with. Little Bindi left this earth lying in my arms (the orphanage had no power so I wrapped us both in a duvet to keep her warm) It never gets easier. RIP little Bindi \u2013 may your spirit fly free! To the team on the ground here \u2013 humbled and proud. I have been with Isibindi constantly since she arrived a few days ago with no water, no power, wet cold conditions and security issues, this young and amazing group have made sure that the other rhinos have been cared for. Thank you to: Axel Tarifa, Shannon Westphal- very special people and Steven and Nicole. May God Bless all of the orphaned babies who are fighting for their life! -WAN", "essay": "With Much Sadness We Report Baby Isibindi Has Passed: Rhino Update From Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage: It is with many tears, a heavy heart and very mixed emotions that I write that little Isibindi passed away shortly before midnight after a very, very rough 56 hours. She went through such deep sadness in her short life. I was so hoping and fighting to give her a second chance at life. A part of me feels a deep relief ? the last two days were very difficult and she had so much to cope with. This is really sad."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Saudi women file petition to end male guardianship system \u2014  A petition signed by more than 14,000 Saudi women calling for an end to the country's male guardianship system is being handed to the government. Women must have the consent of a male guardian to travel abroad, and often need permission to work or study. Support for the first large-scale campaign on the issue grew online in response to a trending Twitter hashtag. Activist Aziza Al-Yousef told the BBC she felt \"very proud\" of the campaign, but now needed a response. In the deeply conservative Islamic kingdom, a woman must have permission from her father, brother or other male relative - in the case of a widow, sometimes her son - to obtain a passport, marry or leave the country. Many workplaces and universities also demand a guardian's consent for female employees and students, although it is not legally required.   Renting a flat, undergoing hospital treatment or filing a legal claim often also require a male guardian's permission, and there is very little recourse for women whose guardians abuse them or severely limit their freedom. How much do you know about life as a woman in Saudi Arabia? WATCH: Are Saudi women really that oppressed? The 'Rosa Parks' of Saudi Arabia 'Flabbergasted' In July, an Arabic Twitter hashtag which translates as \"Saudi women want to abolish the guardianship system\" went viral after a Human Rights Watch reportwas published on the issue. Saudi women tweeted comments, videos and artwork calling for change. Bracelets saying \"I Am My Own Guardian\" appeared. The women counted on the petition all gave their full names, though more signed anonymously. Hundreds of women - one estimate suggests as many as 2,500 - bombarded the Saudi King's office over the weekend with telegrams containing personal messages backing the campaign. Human Rights Watch researcher Kristine Beckerle, who worked on the report, described the response as \"incredible and unprecedented\". \"I was flabbergasted - not only by the scale, but the creativity with which they've been doing it,\" she said. \"They've made undeniably clear they won't stand to be treated as second-class citizens any longer, and it's high time their government listened.\"    However, there has been opposition from some Saudi women, with an alternative Arabic hashtag, which translates as #TheGuardianshipIsForHerNotAgainstHer, gaining some traction, and opinion articles, like this one on the Gulf News website, arguing that the system should be reformed and applied better. Ms Yousef, who was stopped by police in 2013 for breaking the country's ban on women driving, said she did not expect any negative consequences from the petition: \"I'm not worried, I'm not doing anything wrong,\" she said. She and another activist took the petition to the Royal Court in person on Monday, but were advised to send it by mail. She said a key demand is that an age between 18 and 21 be designated, above which a woman be \"treated like an adult\". \"In every aspect, the important issue is to treat a woman as a full citizen,\" she said. She and other activists first raised the issue five years ago. \"We never had a problem with campaigning, but the problem is there is no answer. But we always hope - without hope, you cannot work,\" she said. There has been no official response to the petition yet.", "essay": "I think it's good that some groups in Saudi Arabia are taking steps to give women more freedom.  It's obvious that women there are treated like second rate citizens and do not have many liberties, so anything that can be done to fix this is a positive thing I believe.  This is 2019 and there's no reason why a woman should need a male escort to do anything.  That sounds ridiculous to me as an American woman.  I feel sad for the women living in these nations.  What poor luck.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p002", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 30000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 30000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Saudi women file petition to end male guardianship system \u2014  A petition signed by more than 14,000 Saudi women calling for an end to the country's male guardianship system is being handed to the government. Women must have the consent of a male guardian to travel abroad, and often need permission to work or study. Support for the first large-scale campaign on the issue grew online in response to a trending Twitter hashtag. Activist Aziza Al-Yousef told the BBC she felt \"very proud\" of the campaign, but now needed a response. In the deeply conservative Islamic kingdom, a woman must have permission from her father, brother or other male relative - in the case of a widow, sometimes her son - to obtain a passport, marry or leave the country. Many workplaces and universities also demand a guardian's consent for female employees and students, although it is not legally required.   Renting a flat, undergoing hospital treatment or filing a legal claim often also require a male guardian's permission, and there is very little recourse for women whose guardians abuse them or severely limit their freedom. How much do you know about life as a woman in Saudi Arabia? WATCH: Are Saudi women really that oppressed? The 'Rosa Parks' of Saudi Arabia 'Flabbergasted' In July, an Arabic Twitter hashtag which translates as \"Saudi women want to abolish the guardianship system\" went viral after a Human Rights Watch reportwas published on the issue. Saudi women tweeted comments, videos and artwork calling for change. Bracelets saying \"I Am My Own Guardian\" appeared. The women counted on the petition all gave their full names, though more signed anonymously. Hundreds of women - one estimate suggests as many as 2,500 - bombarded the Saudi King's office over the weekend with telegrams containing personal messages backing the campaign. Human Rights Watch researcher Kristine Beckerle, who worked on the report, described the response as \"incredible and unprecedented\". \"I was flabbergasted - not only by the scale, but the creativity with which they've been doing it,\" she said. \"They've made undeniably clear they won't stand to be treated as second-class citizens any longer, and it's high time their government listened.\"    However, there has been opposition from some Saudi women, with an alternative Arabic hashtag, which translates as #TheGuardianshipIsForHerNotAgainstHer, gaining some traction, and opinion articles, like this one on the Gulf News website, arguing that the system should be reformed and applied better. Ms Yousef, who was stopped by police in 2013 for breaking the country's ban on women driving, said she did not expect any negative consequences from the petition: \"I'm not worried, I'm not doing anything wrong,\" she said. She and another activist took the petition to the Royal Court in person on Monday, but were advised to send it by mail. She said a key demand is that an age between 18 and 21 be designated, above which a woman be \"treated like an adult\". \"In every aspect, the important issue is to treat a woman as a full citizen,\" she said. She and other activists first raised the issue five years ago. \"We never had a problem with campaigning, but the problem is there is no answer. But we always hope - without hope, you cannot work,\" she said. There has been no official response to the petition yet.", "essay": "It's kind of crazy to me that women would still be advocates for this type of system. To leave women in a state of total almost slavery to the man is very inhumane. This would imply that the woman does not know how to take care of herself and needs the guidance and monitoring of her husband. And what about women who do not want a husband?"}
{"user_id": "ec_p007", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 3.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 3.0}}, "article": "Saudi women file petition to end male guardianship system \u2014  A petition signed by more than 14,000 Saudi women calling for an end to the country's male guardianship system is being handed to the government. Women must have the consent of a male guardian to travel abroad, and often need permission to work or study. Support for the first large-scale campaign on the issue grew online in response to a trending Twitter hashtag. Activist Aziza Al-Yousef told the BBC she felt \"very proud\" of the campaign, but now needed a response. In the deeply conservative Islamic kingdom, a woman must have permission from her father, brother or other male relative - in the case of a widow, sometimes her son - to obtain a passport, marry or leave the country. Many workplaces and universities also demand a guardian's consent for female employees and students, although it is not legally required.   Renting a flat, undergoing hospital treatment or filing a legal claim often also require a male guardian's permission, and there is very little recourse for women whose guardians abuse them or severely limit their freedom. How much do you know about life as a woman in Saudi Arabia? WATCH: Are Saudi women really that oppressed? The 'Rosa Parks' of Saudi Arabia 'Flabbergasted' In July, an Arabic Twitter hashtag which translates as \"Saudi women want to abolish the guardianship system\" went viral after a Human Rights Watch reportwas published on the issue. Saudi women tweeted comments, videos and artwork calling for change. Bracelets saying \"I Am My Own Guardian\" appeared. The women counted on the petition all gave their full names, though more signed anonymously. Hundreds of women - one estimate suggests as many as 2,500 - bombarded the Saudi King's office over the weekend with telegrams containing personal messages backing the campaign. Human Rights Watch researcher Kristine Beckerle, who worked on the report, described the response as \"incredible and unprecedented\". \"I was flabbergasted - not only by the scale, but the creativity with which they've been doing it,\" she said. \"They've made undeniably clear they won't stand to be treated as second-class citizens any longer, and it's high time their government listened.\"    However, there has been opposition from some Saudi women, with an alternative Arabic hashtag, which translates as #TheGuardianshipIsForHerNotAgainstHer, gaining some traction, and opinion articles, like this one on the Gulf News website, arguing that the system should be reformed and applied better. Ms Yousef, who was stopped by police in 2013 for breaking the country's ban on women driving, said she did not expect any negative consequences from the petition: \"I'm not worried, I'm not doing anything wrong,\" she said. She and another activist took the petition to the Royal Court in person on Monday, but were advised to send it by mail. She said a key demand is that an age between 18 and 21 be designated, above which a woman be \"treated like an adult\". \"In every aspect, the important issue is to treat a woman as a full citizen,\" she said. She and other activists first raised the issue five years ago. \"We never had a problem with campaigning, but the problem is there is no answer. But we always hope - without hope, you cannot work,\" she said. There has been no official response to the petition yet.", "essay": "I think it is messed up that Saudi women have to have the permission of a man to travel, work, study, etc. Like they are their own person. Why do they need someone elses permission to do soemthing they want. They aren't property. Well I guess in that culture they kinda are... but that is really messed up. I just think it is wrong."}
{"user_id": "ec_p073", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Saudi women file petition to end male guardianship system \u2014  A petition signed by more than 14,000 Saudi women calling for an end to the country's male guardianship system is being handed to the government. Women must have the consent of a male guardian to travel abroad, and often need permission to work or study. Support for the first large-scale campaign on the issue grew online in response to a trending Twitter hashtag. Activist Aziza Al-Yousef told the BBC she felt \"very proud\" of the campaign, but now needed a response. In the deeply conservative Islamic kingdom, a woman must have permission from her father, brother or other male relative - in the case of a widow, sometimes her son - to obtain a passport, marry or leave the country. Many workplaces and universities also demand a guardian's consent for female employees and students, although it is not legally required.   Renting a flat, undergoing hospital treatment or filing a legal claim often also require a male guardian's permission, and there is very little recourse for women whose guardians abuse them or severely limit their freedom. How much do you know about life as a woman in Saudi Arabia? WATCH: Are Saudi women really that oppressed? The 'Rosa Parks' of Saudi Arabia 'Flabbergasted' In July, an Arabic Twitter hashtag which translates as \"Saudi women want to abolish the guardianship system\" went viral after a Human Rights Watch reportwas published on the issue. Saudi women tweeted comments, videos and artwork calling for change. Bracelets saying \"I Am My Own Guardian\" appeared. The women counted on the petition all gave their full names, though more signed anonymously. Hundreds of women - one estimate suggests as many as 2,500 - bombarded the Saudi King's office over the weekend with telegrams containing personal messages backing the campaign. Human Rights Watch researcher Kristine Beckerle, who worked on the report, described the response as \"incredible and unprecedented\". \"I was flabbergasted - not only by the scale, but the creativity with which they've been doing it,\" she said. \"They've made undeniably clear they won't stand to be treated as second-class citizens any longer, and it's high time their government listened.\"    However, there has been opposition from some Saudi women, with an alternative Arabic hashtag, which translates as #TheGuardianshipIsForHerNotAgainstHer, gaining some traction, and opinion articles, like this one on the Gulf News website, arguing that the system should be reformed and applied better. Ms Yousef, who was stopped by police in 2013 for breaking the country's ban on women driving, said she did not expect any negative consequences from the petition: \"I'm not worried, I'm not doing anything wrong,\" she said. She and another activist took the petition to the Royal Court in person on Monday, but were advised to send it by mail. She said a key demand is that an age between 18 and 21 be designated, above which a woman be \"treated like an adult\". \"In every aspect, the important issue is to treat a woman as a full citizen,\" she said. She and other activists first raised the issue five years ago. \"We never had a problem with campaigning, but the problem is there is no answer. But we always hope - without hope, you cannot work,\" she said. There has been no official response to the petition yet.", "essay": "I can't imagine living in Saudi Arabia as a woman. I really can't understand how it must feel. The article said that sometimes women will have to get permission to do things like travel or work from their own son. That just seems crazy. I am totally behind these women who are fighting to end the male guardianship program. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p016", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 60000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 60000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Saudi women file petition to end male guardianship system \u2014  A petition signed by more than 14,000 Saudi women calling for an end to the country's male guardianship system is being handed to the government. Women must have the consent of a male guardian to travel abroad, and often need permission to work or study. Support for the first large-scale campaign on the issue grew online in response to a trending Twitter hashtag. Activist Aziza Al-Yousef told the BBC she felt \"very proud\" of the campaign, but now needed a response. In the deeply conservative Islamic kingdom, a woman must have permission from her father, brother or other male relative - in the case of a widow, sometimes her son - to obtain a passport, marry or leave the country. Many workplaces and universities also demand a guardian's consent for female employees and students, although it is not legally required.   Renting a flat, undergoing hospital treatment or filing a legal claim often also require a male guardian's permission, and there is very little recourse for women whose guardians abuse them or severely limit their freedom. How much do you know about life as a woman in Saudi Arabia? WATCH: Are Saudi women really that oppressed? The 'Rosa Parks' of Saudi Arabia 'Flabbergasted' In July, an Arabic Twitter hashtag which translates as \"Saudi women want to abolish the guardianship system\" went viral after a Human Rights Watch reportwas published on the issue. Saudi women tweeted comments, videos and artwork calling for change. Bracelets saying \"I Am My Own Guardian\" appeared. The women counted on the petition all gave their full names, though more signed anonymously. Hundreds of women - one estimate suggests as many as 2,500 - bombarded the Saudi King's office over the weekend with telegrams containing personal messages backing the campaign. Human Rights Watch researcher Kristine Beckerle, who worked on the report, described the response as \"incredible and unprecedented\". \"I was flabbergasted - not only by the scale, but the creativity with which they've been doing it,\" she said. \"They've made undeniably clear they won't stand to be treated as second-class citizens any longer, and it's high time their government listened.\"    However, there has been opposition from some Saudi women, with an alternative Arabic hashtag, which translates as #TheGuardianshipIsForHerNotAgainstHer, gaining some traction, and opinion articles, like this one on the Gulf News website, arguing that the system should be reformed and applied better. Ms Yousef, who was stopped by police in 2013 for breaking the country's ban on women driving, said she did not expect any negative consequences from the petition: \"I'm not worried, I'm not doing anything wrong,\" she said. She and another activist took the petition to the Royal Court in person on Monday, but were advised to send it by mail. She said a key demand is that an age between 18 and 21 be designated, above which a woman be \"treated like an adult\". \"In every aspect, the important issue is to treat a woman as a full citizen,\" she said. She and other activists first raised the issue five years ago. \"We never had a problem with campaigning, but the problem is there is no answer. But we always hope - without hope, you cannot work,\" she said. There has been no official response to the petition yet.", "essay": "I am fully in support of this movement, and am glad it's finally getting some traction. I know that even just a few years ago, women finally got the right to drive in Saudi Arabia (before that, only men could). Liberating anyone is good for everyone, and women in Saudi Arabia have had their rights denied from them for far too long."}
{"user_id": "ec_p055", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 46 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 22000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 46, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 22000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Suicide: Russian girl's death prompts national debate \u2014  It's a day like any other day in a provincial city in central Russia. A 12-year-old girl is getting ready to go to school. Suddenly her phone rings. The next minute she is out of the door, saying she's meeting a friend and they will go to school together. Later the same day, when her mother turns up at the school, there is no sign of her daughter. No-one has seen her. Then the mother's phone rings, and she can tell by the ring tone that it's her daughter's phone. \"Where are you, darling?\" she asks with relief. \"It's not your daughter,\" a strange voice replies. \"I'm a doctor from A&E. Your daughter is dead.\" She had taken her own life. Social network subculture In the weeks and months that followed, the mother discovered how her daughter had been immersed in an online subculture of suicide involving images of self-harming, alternative reality games and a cult surrounding a 16-year-old girl who had killed herself in a violent fashion. This is the tragic story at the heart of a long, front-page article called Groups of Death in independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta on 16 May. Written by correspondent Galina Mursalieva, it alleges that Russia's most popular social network VKontakte (VK) has numerous groups used by Svengali-type figures to encourage vulnerable young people to kill themselves. These groups are regularly closed down, but others quickly spring up in their place. Emotional intensity The piece claims that a spate of at least 80 recent suicides can be linked to these online groups. Four of the deaths, including the one described above, occurred on the same day last December and in roughly the same manner. A note from Novaya Gazeta's editors at the top of the article urges every parent to read it to \"save their children from a fateful step\". Groups of Death has had an extraordinary impact. In little over a week, it has been viewed more than two million times and has sparked a stormy debate on social networks and beyond. One of the reasons it has gone viral is undoubtedly the emotional intensity of Galina Mursalieva's writing. But that has been singled out as one of its main shortcomings, too. Critics have accused her of treating a complex subject with tabloid sensationalism and allowing her personal involvement in the story to cloud her judgement. In particular, they question the emphasis that the writer and the bereaved parents have placed on the internet as a cause of juvenile suicide. A follow-up investigation by the Lenta.ru website presented a more nuanced, although no less disturbing, picture of internet subculture. It suggested that the people running the VK groups were not much older than their teenage members, and in many cases were exploiting suicide cults to boost their own egos or even earn money from online advertising. But Lenta.ru also admitted that at least some of the deaths mentioned by Novaya Gazeta could be linked to online grooming. ________________   Russia's high level of youth suicide Russia has world's third-highest number of suicides among adolescents Depression, anxiety and aggression are found in 20% of Russian teenagers; the Western average is no higher than 5% Suicidal thoughts come into the minds of 45% of Russian girls and 27% of young men Most suicides are linked to parents' alcoholism, family conflicts and abuse Statistics agency Rosstat says Russia's overall rate of suicide fell in 2015 to the lowest level for 50 years Source: Unicef 2011/Rosstat 2016 iWonder: How do we talk about teenage suicide? ________________   As well as appealing to parents, Novaya Gazeta also argued that it had wanted to goad the authorities into action. It said it had passed material to law enforcement agencies and informed media watchdog Roskomnadzor of its findings. Since publication, investigators in St Petersburg have launched a criminal case over groups on VK that allegedly promote suicide. But Novaya Gazeta has also been accused of colluding with the authorities, or at least giving them a useful pretext to further extend their control over the internet. It is an allegation emphatically denied by chief editor Dmitry Muratov. One of the ostensible aims of a controversial internet blacklist law that came into force in 2012 was to protect minors from material promoting suicide. Internet expert Anton Nosik believes that the Kremlin is now intent on getting to grips with online communities, having passed laws that have the potential to curb the activity of top bloggers and with key elections just around the corner. One thing that everyone appears to agree on is that adolescent suicide is a very serious problem in Russia. A 2011 Unicef report found that the country had the third-highest suicide rate in this age group in the world, more than three times the global average. As such, even some of Galina Mursalieva's critics concede that by getting people to talk about a subject that is too often ignored, she may have performed a useful public service. ________________   Are you affected by this? Samaritans The Samaritans helpline is available 24 hours a day for anyone in the UK struggling to cope. It provides a safe place to talk where calls are completely confidential. Phone for free: 116 123 Email: jo@samaritans.org Visit the Samaritans website Papyrus Papyrus offers support, practical advice and information to young people in the UK considering suicide and can also offer help and advice if you're concerned about someone you know. Phone: 0800 068 41 41 Telephone Doveriye (Telephone of Trust) In Russia, a confidential hotline for children is available on 8-800-2000-122", "essay": "It's issues like this that both upset and confuse me. I just can't understand how children and people in general can be pushed to suicide by what they read or are exposed to on the internet. Perhaps it's because I can't imagine harming myself that I don't understand the state that this people must be in. Suicide is such a tough situation and so hard to deal with. It makes me sad to think people target troubled souls and enjoy seeing the harm they do to themselves."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Suicide: Russian girl's death prompts national debate \u2014  It's a day like any other day in a provincial city in central Russia. A 12-year-old girl is getting ready to go to school. Suddenly her phone rings. The next minute she is out of the door, saying she's meeting a friend and they will go to school together. Later the same day, when her mother turns up at the school, there is no sign of her daughter. No-one has seen her. Then the mother's phone rings, and she can tell by the ring tone that it's her daughter's phone. \"Where are you, darling?\" she asks with relief. \"It's not your daughter,\" a strange voice replies. \"I'm a doctor from A&E. Your daughter is dead.\" She had taken her own life. Social network subculture In the weeks and months that followed, the mother discovered how her daughter had been immersed in an online subculture of suicide involving images of self-harming, alternative reality games and a cult surrounding a 16-year-old girl who had killed herself in a violent fashion. This is the tragic story at the heart of a long, front-page article called Groups of Death in independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta on 16 May. Written by correspondent Galina Mursalieva, it alleges that Russia's most popular social network VKontakte (VK) has numerous groups used by Svengali-type figures to encourage vulnerable young people to kill themselves. These groups are regularly closed down, but others quickly spring up in their place. Emotional intensity The piece claims that a spate of at least 80 recent suicides can be linked to these online groups. Four of the deaths, including the one described above, occurred on the same day last December and in roughly the same manner. A note from Novaya Gazeta's editors at the top of the article urges every parent to read it to \"save their children from a fateful step\". Groups of Death has had an extraordinary impact. In little over a week, it has been viewed more than two million times and has sparked a stormy debate on social networks and beyond. One of the reasons it has gone viral is undoubtedly the emotional intensity of Galina Mursalieva's writing. But that has been singled out as one of its main shortcomings, too. Critics have accused her of treating a complex subject with tabloid sensationalism and allowing her personal involvement in the story to cloud her judgement. In particular, they question the emphasis that the writer and the bereaved parents have placed on the internet as a cause of juvenile suicide. A follow-up investigation by the Lenta.ru website presented a more nuanced, although no less disturbing, picture of internet subculture. It suggested that the people running the VK groups were not much older than their teenage members, and in many cases were exploiting suicide cults to boost their own egos or even earn money from online advertising. But Lenta.ru also admitted that at least some of the deaths mentioned by Novaya Gazeta could be linked to online grooming. ________________   Russia's high level of youth suicide Russia has world's third-highest number of suicides among adolescents Depression, anxiety and aggression are found in 20% of Russian teenagers; the Western average is no higher than 5% Suicidal thoughts come into the minds of 45% of Russian girls and 27% of young men Most suicides are linked to parents' alcoholism, family conflicts and abuse Statistics agency Rosstat says Russia's overall rate of suicide fell in 2015 to the lowest level for 50 years Source: Unicef 2011/Rosstat 2016 iWonder: How do we talk about teenage suicide? ________________   As well as appealing to parents, Novaya Gazeta also argued that it had wanted to goad the authorities into action. It said it had passed material to law enforcement agencies and informed media watchdog Roskomnadzor of its findings. Since publication, investigators in St Petersburg have launched a criminal case over groups on VK that allegedly promote suicide. But Novaya Gazeta has also been accused of colluding with the authorities, or at least giving them a useful pretext to further extend their control over the internet. It is an allegation emphatically denied by chief editor Dmitry Muratov. One of the ostensible aims of a controversial internet blacklist law that came into force in 2012 was to protect minors from material promoting suicide. Internet expert Anton Nosik believes that the Kremlin is now intent on getting to grips with online communities, having passed laws that have the potential to curb the activity of top bloggers and with key elections just around the corner. One thing that everyone appears to agree on is that adolescent suicide is a very serious problem in Russia. A 2011 Unicef report found that the country had the third-highest suicide rate in this age group in the world, more than three times the global average. As such, even some of Galina Mursalieva's critics concede that by getting people to talk about a subject that is too often ignored, she may have performed a useful public service. ________________   Are you affected by this? Samaritans The Samaritans helpline is available 24 hours a day for anyone in the UK struggling to cope. It provides a safe place to talk where calls are completely confidential. Phone for free: 116 123 Email: jo@samaritans.org Visit the Samaritans website Papyrus Papyrus offers support, practical advice and information to young people in the UK considering suicide and can also offer help and advice if you're concerned about someone you know. Phone: 0800 068 41 41 Telephone Doveriye (Telephone of Trust) In Russia, a confidential hotline for children is available on 8-800-2000-122", "essay": "I find this kind of thing more pathetic and infuriating than really sad.  The thought of teenagers being that impressionable and losing themselves to much in the internet world, is pitiful.  Parents have to do a better job of making their children live in reality, and finding ways to make the responsible and resilient.  of course part of the problem in Russia is that the parents aren't good parents, as indicated by the drinking problem that leads to many of the youth suicides.  But I just don't relate to the idea of someone being so weak and vulnerable that they'd be convinced to commit suicide based on what someone wrote online.  I'm not a strong person.  At all.  But that thought remains completely foreign to me."}
{"user_id": "ec_p041", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 64000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 64000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Suicide: Russian girl's death prompts national debate \u2014  It's a day like any other day in a provincial city in central Russia. A 12-year-old girl is getting ready to go to school. Suddenly her phone rings. The next minute she is out of the door, saying she's meeting a friend and they will go to school together. Later the same day, when her mother turns up at the school, there is no sign of her daughter. No-one has seen her. Then the mother's phone rings, and she can tell by the ring tone that it's her daughter's phone. \"Where are you, darling?\" she asks with relief. \"It's not your daughter,\" a strange voice replies. \"I'm a doctor from A&E. Your daughter is dead.\" She had taken her own life. Social network subculture In the weeks and months that followed, the mother discovered how her daughter had been immersed in an online subculture of suicide involving images of self-harming, alternative reality games and a cult surrounding a 16-year-old girl who had killed herself in a violent fashion. This is the tragic story at the heart of a long, front-page article called Groups of Death in independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta on 16 May. Written by correspondent Galina Mursalieva, it alleges that Russia's most popular social network VKontakte (VK) has numerous groups used by Svengali-type figures to encourage vulnerable young people to kill themselves. These groups are regularly closed down, but others quickly spring up in their place. Emotional intensity The piece claims that a spate of at least 80 recent suicides can be linked to these online groups. Four of the deaths, including the one described above, occurred on the same day last December and in roughly the same manner. A note from Novaya Gazeta's editors at the top of the article urges every parent to read it to \"save their children from a fateful step\". Groups of Death has had an extraordinary impact. In little over a week, it has been viewed more than two million times and has sparked a stormy debate on social networks and beyond. One of the reasons it has gone viral is undoubtedly the emotional intensity of Galina Mursalieva's writing. But that has been singled out as one of its main shortcomings, too. Critics have accused her of treating a complex subject with tabloid sensationalism and allowing her personal involvement in the story to cloud her judgement. In particular, they question the emphasis that the writer and the bereaved parents have placed on the internet as a cause of juvenile suicide. A follow-up investigation by the Lenta.ru website presented a more nuanced, although no less disturbing, picture of internet subculture. It suggested that the people running the VK groups were not much older than their teenage members, and in many cases were exploiting suicide cults to boost their own egos or even earn money from online advertising. But Lenta.ru also admitted that at least some of the deaths mentioned by Novaya Gazeta could be linked to online grooming. ________________   Russia's high level of youth suicide Russia has world's third-highest number of suicides among adolescents Depression, anxiety and aggression are found in 20% of Russian teenagers; the Western average is no higher than 5% Suicidal thoughts come into the minds of 45% of Russian girls and 27% of young men Most suicides are linked to parents' alcoholism, family conflicts and abuse Statistics agency Rosstat says Russia's overall rate of suicide fell in 2015 to the lowest level for 50 years Source: Unicef 2011/Rosstat 2016 iWonder: How do we talk about teenage suicide? ________________   As well as appealing to parents, Novaya Gazeta also argued that it had wanted to goad the authorities into action. It said it had passed material to law enforcement agencies and informed media watchdog Roskomnadzor of its findings. Since publication, investigators in St Petersburg have launched a criminal case over groups on VK that allegedly promote suicide. But Novaya Gazeta has also been accused of colluding with the authorities, or at least giving them a useful pretext to further extend their control over the internet. It is an allegation emphatically denied by chief editor Dmitry Muratov. One of the ostensible aims of a controversial internet blacklist law that came into force in 2012 was to protect minors from material promoting suicide. Internet expert Anton Nosik believes that the Kremlin is now intent on getting to grips with online communities, having passed laws that have the potential to curb the activity of top bloggers and with key elections just around the corner. One thing that everyone appears to agree on is that adolescent suicide is a very serious problem in Russia. A 2011 Unicef report found that the country had the third-highest suicide rate in this age group in the world, more than three times the global average. As such, even some of Galina Mursalieva's critics concede that by getting people to talk about a subject that is too often ignored, she may have performed a useful public service. ________________   Are you affected by this? Samaritans The Samaritans helpline is available 24 hours a day for anyone in the UK struggling to cope. It provides a safe place to talk where calls are completely confidential. Phone for free: 116 123 Email: jo@samaritans.org Visit the Samaritans website Papyrus Papyrus offers support, practical advice and information to young people in the UK considering suicide and can also offer help and advice if you're concerned about someone you know. Phone: 0800 068 41 41 Telephone Doveriye (Telephone of Trust) In Russia, a confidential hotline for children is available on 8-800-2000-122", "essay": "I found the number of adolescent deaths in Russia alarming, but not surprising. Young adult suicide rates here in the US have also been increasing since 2004. The fact that the suicides in Russia have been directly linked to social media is very telling. The rise of adolescent suicide here in the US directly parallels the rise of social media."}
{"user_id": "ec_p009", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 29 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 44000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 29, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 44000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Suicide: Russian girl's death prompts national debate \u2014  It's a day like any other day in a provincial city in central Russia. A 12-year-old girl is getting ready to go to school. Suddenly her phone rings. The next minute she is out of the door, saying she's meeting a friend and they will go to school together. Later the same day, when her mother turns up at the school, there is no sign of her daughter. No-one has seen her. Then the mother's phone rings, and she can tell by the ring tone that it's her daughter's phone. \"Where are you, darling?\" she asks with relief. \"It's not your daughter,\" a strange voice replies. \"I'm a doctor from A&E. Your daughter is dead.\" She had taken her own life. Social network subculture In the weeks and months that followed, the mother discovered how her daughter had been immersed in an online subculture of suicide involving images of self-harming, alternative reality games and a cult surrounding a 16-year-old girl who had killed herself in a violent fashion. This is the tragic story at the heart of a long, front-page article called Groups of Death in independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta on 16 May. Written by correspondent Galina Mursalieva, it alleges that Russia's most popular social network VKontakte (VK) has numerous groups used by Svengali-type figures to encourage vulnerable young people to kill themselves. These groups are regularly closed down, but others quickly spring up in their place. Emotional intensity The piece claims that a spate of at least 80 recent suicides can be linked to these online groups. Four of the deaths, including the one described above, occurred on the same day last December and in roughly the same manner. A note from Novaya Gazeta's editors at the top of the article urges every parent to read it to \"save their children from a fateful step\". Groups of Death has had an extraordinary impact. In little over a week, it has been viewed more than two million times and has sparked a stormy debate on social networks and beyond. One of the reasons it has gone viral is undoubtedly the emotional intensity of Galina Mursalieva's writing. But that has been singled out as one of its main shortcomings, too. Critics have accused her of treating a complex subject with tabloid sensationalism and allowing her personal involvement in the story to cloud her judgement. In particular, they question the emphasis that the writer and the bereaved parents have placed on the internet as a cause of juvenile suicide. A follow-up investigation by the Lenta.ru website presented a more nuanced, although no less disturbing, picture of internet subculture. It suggested that the people running the VK groups were not much older than their teenage members, and in many cases were exploiting suicide cults to boost their own egos or even earn money from online advertising. But Lenta.ru also admitted that at least some of the deaths mentioned by Novaya Gazeta could be linked to online grooming. ________________   Russia's high level of youth suicide Russia has world's third-highest number of suicides among adolescents Depression, anxiety and aggression are found in 20% of Russian teenagers; the Western average is no higher than 5% Suicidal thoughts come into the minds of 45% of Russian girls and 27% of young men Most suicides are linked to parents' alcoholism, family conflicts and abuse Statistics agency Rosstat says Russia's overall rate of suicide fell in 2015 to the lowest level for 50 years Source: Unicef 2011/Rosstat 2016 iWonder: How do we talk about teenage suicide? ________________   As well as appealing to parents, Novaya Gazeta also argued that it had wanted to goad the authorities into action. It said it had passed material to law enforcement agencies and informed media watchdog Roskomnadzor of its findings. Since publication, investigators in St Petersburg have launched a criminal case over groups on VK that allegedly promote suicide. But Novaya Gazeta has also been accused of colluding with the authorities, or at least giving them a useful pretext to further extend their control over the internet. It is an allegation emphatically denied by chief editor Dmitry Muratov. One of the ostensible aims of a controversial internet blacklist law that came into force in 2012 was to protect minors from material promoting suicide. Internet expert Anton Nosik believes that the Kremlin is now intent on getting to grips with online communities, having passed laws that have the potential to curb the activity of top bloggers and with key elections just around the corner. One thing that everyone appears to agree on is that adolescent suicide is a very serious problem in Russia. A 2011 Unicef report found that the country had the third-highest suicide rate in this age group in the world, more than three times the global average. As such, even some of Galina Mursalieva's critics concede that by getting people to talk about a subject that is too often ignored, she may have performed a useful public service. ________________   Are you affected by this? Samaritans The Samaritans helpline is available 24 hours a day for anyone in the UK struggling to cope. It provides a safe place to talk where calls are completely confidential. Phone for free: 116 123 Email: jo@samaritans.org Visit the Samaritans website Papyrus Papyrus offers support, practical advice and information to young people in the UK considering suicide and can also offer help and advice if you're concerned about someone you know. Phone: 0800 068 41 41 Telephone Doveriye (Telephone of Trust) In Russia, a confidential hotline for children is available on 8-800-2000-122", "essay": "Dear friend,                                                                I have just ready a very disturbing story. A young girl in Russia has committed suicide. There are online groups that target young teenagers and kids and encourage them to harm themselves and to commit suicide. It is a very scary and sad thing."}
{"user_id": "ec_p073", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Suicide: Russian girl's death prompts national debate \u2014  It's a day like any other day in a provincial city in central Russia. A 12-year-old girl is getting ready to go to school. Suddenly her phone rings. The next minute she is out of the door, saying she's meeting a friend and they will go to school together. Later the same day, when her mother turns up at the school, there is no sign of her daughter. No-one has seen her. Then the mother's phone rings, and she can tell by the ring tone that it's her daughter's phone. \"Where are you, darling?\" she asks with relief. \"It's not your daughter,\" a strange voice replies. \"I'm a doctor from A&E. Your daughter is dead.\" She had taken her own life. Social network subculture In the weeks and months that followed, the mother discovered how her daughter had been immersed in an online subculture of suicide involving images of self-harming, alternative reality games and a cult surrounding a 16-year-old girl who had killed herself in a violent fashion. This is the tragic story at the heart of a long, front-page article called Groups of Death in independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta on 16 May. Written by correspondent Galina Mursalieva, it alleges that Russia's most popular social network VKontakte (VK) has numerous groups used by Svengali-type figures to encourage vulnerable young people to kill themselves. These groups are regularly closed down, but others quickly spring up in their place. Emotional intensity The piece claims that a spate of at least 80 recent suicides can be linked to these online groups. Four of the deaths, including the one described above, occurred on the same day last December and in roughly the same manner. A note from Novaya Gazeta's editors at the top of the article urges every parent to read it to \"save their children from a fateful step\". Groups of Death has had an extraordinary impact. In little over a week, it has been viewed more than two million times and has sparked a stormy debate on social networks and beyond. One of the reasons it has gone viral is undoubtedly the emotional intensity of Galina Mursalieva's writing. But that has been singled out as one of its main shortcomings, too. Critics have accused her of treating a complex subject with tabloid sensationalism and allowing her personal involvement in the story to cloud her judgement. In particular, they question the emphasis that the writer and the bereaved parents have placed on the internet as a cause of juvenile suicide. A follow-up investigation by the Lenta.ru website presented a more nuanced, although no less disturbing, picture of internet subculture. It suggested that the people running the VK groups were not much older than their teenage members, and in many cases were exploiting suicide cults to boost their own egos or even earn money from online advertising. But Lenta.ru also admitted that at least some of the deaths mentioned by Novaya Gazeta could be linked to online grooming. ________________   Russia's high level of youth suicide Russia has world's third-highest number of suicides among adolescents Depression, anxiety and aggression are found in 20% of Russian teenagers; the Western average is no higher than 5% Suicidal thoughts come into the minds of 45% of Russian girls and 27% of young men Most suicides are linked to parents' alcoholism, family conflicts and abuse Statistics agency Rosstat says Russia's overall rate of suicide fell in 2015 to the lowest level for 50 years Source: Unicef 2011/Rosstat 2016 iWonder: How do we talk about teenage suicide? ________________   As well as appealing to parents, Novaya Gazeta also argued that it had wanted to goad the authorities into action. It said it had passed material to law enforcement agencies and informed media watchdog Roskomnadzor of its findings. Since publication, investigators in St Petersburg have launched a criminal case over groups on VK that allegedly promote suicide. But Novaya Gazeta has also been accused of colluding with the authorities, or at least giving them a useful pretext to further extend their control over the internet. It is an allegation emphatically denied by chief editor Dmitry Muratov. One of the ostensible aims of a controversial internet blacklist law that came into force in 2012 was to protect minors from material promoting suicide. Internet expert Anton Nosik believes that the Kremlin is now intent on getting to grips with online communities, having passed laws that have the potential to curb the activity of top bloggers and with key elections just around the corner. One thing that everyone appears to agree on is that adolescent suicide is a very serious problem in Russia. A 2011 Unicef report found that the country had the third-highest suicide rate in this age group in the world, more than three times the global average. As such, even some of Galina Mursalieva's critics concede that by getting people to talk about a subject that is too often ignored, she may have performed a useful public service. ________________   Are you affected by this? Samaritans The Samaritans helpline is available 24 hours a day for anyone in the UK struggling to cope. It provides a safe place to talk where calls are completely confidential. Phone for free: 116 123 Email: jo@samaritans.org Visit the Samaritans website Papyrus Papyrus offers support, practical advice and information to young people in the UK considering suicide and can also offer help and advice if you're concerned about someone you know. Phone: 0800 068 41 41 Telephone Doveriye (Telephone of Trust) In Russia, a confidential hotline for children is available on 8-800-2000-122", "essay": "This is a story about a 12 year old girl in Russia who killed herself after spending time online with a group that promotes suicide. I feel so badly for the family and for the girl. A group like that should not be able to operate online and influence people to harm themselves. This is just so wrong. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Study reveals why seabirds eat plastic in the ocean \u2014  The human sense of smell is important. It alerts us to different dangers including spoiled food, poison, fire, and so on. But other species on this planet have no sense of smell like humans have. In fact, a new research revealed that the sense of smell of seabirds, which they use to hunt for food, have put them in danger. Not surprisingly, humans ARE to blame.   Published last week in the PNAS, or the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers said that ninety percent of seabirds eat plastic flowing in oceans. By 2050, the team revealed that virtually all seabirds will be eating it.   So the question now is why do seabirds eat plastic?   The paper said plastic in the ocean emit the scent of a sulfurous compound which seabirds have relied upon for thousands of years. It tells them where to hunt for food.   In other words, the compound trick them into confusing marine plastic with food.   Lead researcher Matthew Savoca said\u2013via the UC Davis website\u2013that in order to understand the problem, we have to think about how animals look for food.   Researchers learned what plastic in the ocean smell like by putting beads\u2013made of the three most common types of plastic beads\u2013into the ocean at Monterey Bay and Bodega Bay in California. They placed it in mesh bags to protect the species there, and tied them to an ocean buoy before collecting them about three weeks later.   Then, the team brought the beads to UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology where scientists are often found analyzing wine chemistry. Using the chemical analyzer provided by food-and-wine chemist Susan Ebeler, the research team confirmed that the beads emit the sulfur compound dimethyl sulfide, or DMS, a chemical cue released by algae, which coats floating plastic.   Co-author and UC Davis professor Gabrielle Nevitt had previously established that the said compound triggers seabirds to search for food. DMS is released when algae is eaten by animals (like crustaceans). So while the algae doesn\u2019t smell like food itself, it does emit the scent of food being eaten which works like a dinner bell of the birds.   The paper also revealed that birds that track the scent of the compound to look for food are about six times more likely to consume plastic than those that don\u2019t.   Professor Nevitt said their research gives spotlight to species that don\u2019t receive a lot of attention, like petrels and species of shearwaters, which are impacted by plastic ingestion. These species, she added, are hard to study as they nest in underground burrows. So they\u2019re often overlooked.   Apart from that, the study could open the door to new steps to address the growing plastic pollution in oceans which not only plague the seabirds, but also sea turtles, fish and other marine animals.   Apparently, the problem starts on land. According to NOAA, one of the biggest sources of ocean pollution is called nonpoint source pollution which occurs as a result of runoff. It includes many small sources like boats, septic tanks, cars, etc, and larger sources like farms, forest areas, etc.   A study published last year said that the top five countries that dump plastics into oceans are China, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand. It projected that by 2025, plastic consumption in the region will increase by eighty percent.", "essay": "IT angers me that we put out that plastic in the ocean for these animals in the first place. These animals do not know any better and we need to fi nd ways to improve these conditions I feel like anything other than changing the way we recycle is just not enough. Especially in these times that global warming is prevalent!"}
{"user_id": "ec_p063", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 31 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 82000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 3.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 31, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 82000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 3.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Study reveals why seabirds eat plastic in the ocean \u2014  The human sense of smell is important. It alerts us to different dangers including spoiled food, poison, fire, and so on. But other species on this planet have no sense of smell like humans have. In fact, a new research revealed that the sense of smell of seabirds, which they use to hunt for food, have put them in danger. Not surprisingly, humans ARE to blame.   Published last week in the PNAS, or the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers said that ninety percent of seabirds eat plastic flowing in oceans. By 2050, the team revealed that virtually all seabirds will be eating it.   So the question now is why do seabirds eat plastic?   The paper said plastic in the ocean emit the scent of a sulfurous compound which seabirds have relied upon for thousands of years. It tells them where to hunt for food.   In other words, the compound trick them into confusing marine plastic with food.   Lead researcher Matthew Savoca said\u2013via the UC Davis website\u2013that in order to understand the problem, we have to think about how animals look for food.   Researchers learned what plastic in the ocean smell like by putting beads\u2013made of the three most common types of plastic beads\u2013into the ocean at Monterey Bay and Bodega Bay in California. They placed it in mesh bags to protect the species there, and tied them to an ocean buoy before collecting them about three weeks later.   Then, the team brought the beads to UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology where scientists are often found analyzing wine chemistry. Using the chemical analyzer provided by food-and-wine chemist Susan Ebeler, the research team confirmed that the beads emit the sulfur compound dimethyl sulfide, or DMS, a chemical cue released by algae, which coats floating plastic.   Co-author and UC Davis professor Gabrielle Nevitt had previously established that the said compound triggers seabirds to search for food. DMS is released when algae is eaten by animals (like crustaceans). So while the algae doesn\u2019t smell like food itself, it does emit the scent of food being eaten which works like a dinner bell of the birds.   The paper also revealed that birds that track the scent of the compound to look for food are about six times more likely to consume plastic than those that don\u2019t.   Professor Nevitt said their research gives spotlight to species that don\u2019t receive a lot of attention, like petrels and species of shearwaters, which are impacted by plastic ingestion. These species, she added, are hard to study as they nest in underground burrows. So they\u2019re often overlooked.   Apart from that, the study could open the door to new steps to address the growing plastic pollution in oceans which not only plague the seabirds, but also sea turtles, fish and other marine animals.   Apparently, the problem starts on land. According to NOAA, one of the biggest sources of ocean pollution is called nonpoint source pollution which occurs as a result of runoff. It includes many small sources like boats, septic tanks, cars, etc, and larger sources like farms, forest areas, etc.   A study published last year said that the top five countries that dump plastics into oceans are China, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand. It projected that by 2025, plastic consumption in the region will increase by eighty percent.", "essay": "I really hate hearing news like this.  It seems like every time you turn around you're hearing a new story about how the world is killing itself.  I'm not sure I needed to hear about all the specifics as to why seabirds are eating plastic, but it definitely hurts to see that it's going on.  The real kicker is the stat at the end about how pollution is going to rise by 80% in the next six years."}
{"user_id": "ec_p041", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 64000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 64000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Study reveals why seabirds eat plastic in the ocean \u2014  The human sense of smell is important. It alerts us to different dangers including spoiled food, poison, fire, and so on. But other species on this planet have no sense of smell like humans have. In fact, a new research revealed that the sense of smell of seabirds, which they use to hunt for food, have put them in danger. Not surprisingly, humans ARE to blame.   Published last week in the PNAS, or the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers said that ninety percent of seabirds eat plastic flowing in oceans. By 2050, the team revealed that virtually all seabirds will be eating it.   So the question now is why do seabirds eat plastic?   The paper said plastic in the ocean emit the scent of a sulfurous compound which seabirds have relied upon for thousands of years. It tells them where to hunt for food.   In other words, the compound trick them into confusing marine plastic with food.   Lead researcher Matthew Savoca said\u2013via the UC Davis website\u2013that in order to understand the problem, we have to think about how animals look for food.   Researchers learned what plastic in the ocean smell like by putting beads\u2013made of the three most common types of plastic beads\u2013into the ocean at Monterey Bay and Bodega Bay in California. They placed it in mesh bags to protect the species there, and tied them to an ocean buoy before collecting them about three weeks later.   Then, the team brought the beads to UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology where scientists are often found analyzing wine chemistry. Using the chemical analyzer provided by food-and-wine chemist Susan Ebeler, the research team confirmed that the beads emit the sulfur compound dimethyl sulfide, or DMS, a chemical cue released by algae, which coats floating plastic.   Co-author and UC Davis professor Gabrielle Nevitt had previously established that the said compound triggers seabirds to search for food. DMS is released when algae is eaten by animals (like crustaceans). So while the algae doesn\u2019t smell like food itself, it does emit the scent of food being eaten which works like a dinner bell of the birds.   The paper also revealed that birds that track the scent of the compound to look for food are about six times more likely to consume plastic than those that don\u2019t.   Professor Nevitt said their research gives spotlight to species that don\u2019t receive a lot of attention, like petrels and species of shearwaters, which are impacted by plastic ingestion. These species, she added, are hard to study as they nest in underground burrows. So they\u2019re often overlooked.   Apart from that, the study could open the door to new steps to address the growing plastic pollution in oceans which not only plague the seabirds, but also sea turtles, fish and other marine animals.   Apparently, the problem starts on land. According to NOAA, one of the biggest sources of ocean pollution is called nonpoint source pollution which occurs as a result of runoff. It includes many small sources like boats, septic tanks, cars, etc, and larger sources like farms, forest areas, etc.   A study published last year said that the top five countries that dump plastics into oceans are China, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand. It projected that by 2025, plastic consumption in the region will increase by eighty percent.", "essay": "This is incredibly alarming. Humanity is doing irreparable harm to the planet and many of its delicate ecosystems. We can not continue to allow our plastic pollution to threaten the lives and habitats of birds and other marine life. We need greater conservation efforts and sever consequences for those who do not abide by them."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Study reveals why seabirds eat plastic in the ocean \u2014  The human sense of smell is important. It alerts us to different dangers including spoiled food, poison, fire, and so on. But other species on this planet have no sense of smell like humans have. In fact, a new research revealed that the sense of smell of seabirds, which they use to hunt for food, have put them in danger. Not surprisingly, humans ARE to blame.   Published last week in the PNAS, or the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers said that ninety percent of seabirds eat plastic flowing in oceans. By 2050, the team revealed that virtually all seabirds will be eating it.   So the question now is why do seabirds eat plastic?   The paper said plastic in the ocean emit the scent of a sulfurous compound which seabirds have relied upon for thousands of years. It tells them where to hunt for food.   In other words, the compound trick them into confusing marine plastic with food.   Lead researcher Matthew Savoca said\u2013via the UC Davis website\u2013that in order to understand the problem, we have to think about how animals look for food.   Researchers learned what plastic in the ocean smell like by putting beads\u2013made of the three most common types of plastic beads\u2013into the ocean at Monterey Bay and Bodega Bay in California. They placed it in mesh bags to protect the species there, and tied them to an ocean buoy before collecting them about three weeks later.   Then, the team brought the beads to UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology where scientists are often found analyzing wine chemistry. Using the chemical analyzer provided by food-and-wine chemist Susan Ebeler, the research team confirmed that the beads emit the sulfur compound dimethyl sulfide, or DMS, a chemical cue released by algae, which coats floating plastic.   Co-author and UC Davis professor Gabrielle Nevitt had previously established that the said compound triggers seabirds to search for food. DMS is released when algae is eaten by animals (like crustaceans). So while the algae doesn\u2019t smell like food itself, it does emit the scent of food being eaten which works like a dinner bell of the birds.   The paper also revealed that birds that track the scent of the compound to look for food are about six times more likely to consume plastic than those that don\u2019t.   Professor Nevitt said their research gives spotlight to species that don\u2019t receive a lot of attention, like petrels and species of shearwaters, which are impacted by plastic ingestion. These species, she added, are hard to study as they nest in underground burrows. So they\u2019re often overlooked.   Apart from that, the study could open the door to new steps to address the growing plastic pollution in oceans which not only plague the seabirds, but also sea turtles, fish and other marine animals.   Apparently, the problem starts on land. According to NOAA, one of the biggest sources of ocean pollution is called nonpoint source pollution which occurs as a result of runoff. It includes many small sources like boats, septic tanks, cars, etc, and larger sources like farms, forest areas, etc.   A study published last year said that the top five countries that dump plastics into oceans are China, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand. It projected that by 2025, plastic consumption in the region will increase by eighty percent.", "essay": "It was very interesting to me to learn how seabirds hunt. The smell of plastic reminds them of the smell of the foods that they eat and they eat the plastic thinking that they are eating their normal food. I hate that the birds and oceans are being polluted by humans so badly. I hate we are not changing and helping the environment. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Study reveals why seabirds eat plastic in the ocean \u2014  The human sense of smell is important. It alerts us to different dangers including spoiled food, poison, fire, and so on. But other species on this planet have no sense of smell like humans have. In fact, a new research revealed that the sense of smell of seabirds, which they use to hunt for food, have put them in danger. Not surprisingly, humans ARE to blame.   Published last week in the PNAS, or the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers said that ninety percent of seabirds eat plastic flowing in oceans. By 2050, the team revealed that virtually all seabirds will be eating it.   So the question now is why do seabirds eat plastic?   The paper said plastic in the ocean emit the scent of a sulfurous compound which seabirds have relied upon for thousands of years. It tells them where to hunt for food.   In other words, the compound trick them into confusing marine plastic with food.   Lead researcher Matthew Savoca said\u2013via the UC Davis website\u2013that in order to understand the problem, we have to think about how animals look for food.   Researchers learned what plastic in the ocean smell like by putting beads\u2013made of the three most common types of plastic beads\u2013into the ocean at Monterey Bay and Bodega Bay in California. They placed it in mesh bags to protect the species there, and tied them to an ocean buoy before collecting them about three weeks later.   Then, the team brought the beads to UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology where scientists are often found analyzing wine chemistry. Using the chemical analyzer provided by food-and-wine chemist Susan Ebeler, the research team confirmed that the beads emit the sulfur compound dimethyl sulfide, or DMS, a chemical cue released by algae, which coats floating plastic.   Co-author and UC Davis professor Gabrielle Nevitt had previously established that the said compound triggers seabirds to search for food. DMS is released when algae is eaten by animals (like crustaceans). So while the algae doesn\u2019t smell like food itself, it does emit the scent of food being eaten which works like a dinner bell of the birds.   The paper also revealed that birds that track the scent of the compound to look for food are about six times more likely to consume plastic than those that don\u2019t.   Professor Nevitt said their research gives spotlight to species that don\u2019t receive a lot of attention, like petrels and species of shearwaters, which are impacted by plastic ingestion. These species, she added, are hard to study as they nest in underground burrows. So they\u2019re often overlooked.   Apart from that, the study could open the door to new steps to address the growing plastic pollution in oceans which not only plague the seabirds, but also sea turtles, fish and other marine animals.   Apparently, the problem starts on land. According to NOAA, one of the biggest sources of ocean pollution is called nonpoint source pollution which occurs as a result of runoff. It includes many small sources like boats, septic tanks, cars, etc, and larger sources like farms, forest areas, etc.   A study published last year said that the top five countries that dump plastics into oceans are China, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand. It projected that by 2025, plastic consumption in the region will increase by eighty percent.", "essay": "This is pretty sad for the birds.  I find the amount of plastic in the ocean in general to be alarming, and it's always terrible to see it affecting wildlife.  It is vvery unfair to them really.  It would be like someone coming in and just polluting your house with their trash and there was nothing you could do about it and it started making you sickk.  I think we need to do something about the plastic issue, maybe starting by cutting down on all the plastic we use."}
{"user_id": "ec_p064", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 55000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 55000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Syrians and Iraqis granted asylum in Germany far more often than Pakistanis, Nigerians \u2014  BERLIN \u2014 One year after the height of Europe\u2019s migrant crisis, Germany \u2014 a nation that took in more asylum seekers than the rest of the continent combined \u2014 is confronting the Solomonesque task of deciding who gets to stay. Yet as authorities adjudicate cases, a contentious truism is emerging: Not all nationalities are created equal. If you\u2019re from Syria or Iraq, sanctuary is almost guaranteed. But if you\u2019re from Nigeria or Pakistan, chances are you journeyed halfway across the world in vain. Nearly 37 percent of all claims processed by the German authorities are being rejected, including an increasing number of people from countries afflicted with violent insurgencies, such as Afghanistan. Even Syrians are increasingly falling short of winning full refugee status. Authorities say they\u2019re simply applying national and international asylum law, weeding out those who do not qualify. But critics say that overburdened asylum officials are turning a deaf ear to at least some genuine petitions simply because they come from asylum seekers arriving from nations outside the much-publicized war zones of the Middle East. [Germany used to be the promised land for migrants. Now, it\u2019s turning back more of them.] Pakistani Mohammad Nabeel is among the unlucky ones. This month, German migration authorities informed him that his case had been closed before he even had an official hearing. The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) said he had missed his appointment, although Nabeel said he was never notified. Even if he had been, experts say, his case falls into the gray area that often leads to rejection. The 23-year-old claims he was in love with a rich girl in his hometown. But her family was against the relationship with Nabeel, who was poor and didn\u2019t have the right family name, important factors in some areas of Pakistan for arranging a marriage. The girl\u2019s brother and father set out to kill Nabeel, he says, to protect the girl\u2019s honor. His only proof, he says, are fading scars on his body from being severely beaten by members of her family. Nabeel arrived in Germany after traveling six months and crossing seven different countries. Now, he may be sent back. \u201cI won\u2019t go back; I\u2019d rather kill myself,\u201d Nabeel says. He plans to appeal the asylum official\u2019s decision. There are loopholes in the German system allowing for people like Nabeel \u2014 who aren\u2019t strictly fleeing from war or political persecution \u2014 to temporarily stay in Germany on humanitarian grounds. Some are eventually granted permanent residence. But only about 4 percent of asylum requests by Pakistanis are currently decided in their favor. And Nabeel\u2019s rejection comes at a time when the German government is increasingly taking measures targeting those migrants it deems ineligible for protection. It is determined to enforce deportation more strictly and even hired a consulting firm to help. Negotiations for deportation deals with Afghanistan and Nigeria are underway on the national and the European level. [Europe pressing harder on countries to take back deported migrants] Politicians in favor of a more restrictive asylum policy argue that some migrants apply for refugee status based on flimsy evidence and come to Germany for purely economic reasons. Others, they say, could escape the dangers they\u2019re facing by simply approaching the local police or by moving to a different part of their home country. Daniel Owolabi Ajibade is one of the more than 10,000 Nigerians who applied for asylum in Germany this year. The business consultant claims that members of a Nigerian cartel attempted to kill him because they feared that the high-quality marbles and tiles he wanted to bring into the country would ruin their business with cheap Chinese imports. Although the 35-year-old has a newspaper article to prove the incident, the chances are high that German migration officials won\u2019t heed his plea. The protection rate for Nigerians is only about 9 percent and to be allowed to stay, Ajibade will have to convince authorities that he had nowhere else to go. \u201cI\u2019m very afraid of what the outcome will be, since going back to Nigeria would be very risky,\u201d he says. \u201cI understand that there\u2019s a real war in Syria and our problems with Boko Haram are mostly in the north . . . but I wish that the German government would also accept more of us until things quiet down.\u201d \u201cOur system caters primarily to those who have a concrete claim for protection, as bitter as this might be for some individuals,\u201d said Ansgar Heveling, a lawmaker with Angela Merkel\u2019s Christian Democratic Union and chairman of the German parliament\u2019s Home Affairs Committee. Heveling thinks that the vast majority of applicants are given their due. \u201cIf in individual cases a wrong decision is made, we have courts to correct them,\u201d he said. [Germany said it took in more than 1 million refugees last year. But it didn\u2019t.] The nongovernmental organization Pro Asyl says that the flood of appeals against the Federal Office\u2019s decision suggest that the system is flawed. So far, 18,666 Syrians went to court this year to fight for a better status of protection than they were granted. Many cases were dropped, but of the 1,943 verdicts, 1,547 were in favor of the plaintiffs. Stephan D\u00fcnnwald, spokesman for the Bavarian Refugee Council, said that there is a danger of the German authorities sweepingly rejecting certain groups of asylum seekers because they\u2019re overburdened or because of political decisions made in Berlin. \u201cThe decision-making is a disaster, because there are so many new and inexperienced deciders who are under a lot of time pressure . . . In some situations, where there should be additional probing, this simply isn\u2019t done. The quality of the interpreters has declined rapidly. There are no quality standards,\u201d D\u00fcnnwald said. \u201cSometimes it almost feels as if people must be beaten to death before they are being believed.\u201d", "essay": "The article I just read was very sad, it is terrible how people that are in trouble in their countries cannot leave because of the country that they are from. It doesn't matter to Germany whether or not they will get killed if they get sent back and these people shouldn't be turned away by Germany. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p044", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 46 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 150000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 3.5 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 3.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 46, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 150000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 3.5, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 3.0}}, "article": "Syrians and Iraqis granted asylum in Germany far more often than Pakistanis, Nigerians \u2014  BERLIN \u2014 One year after the height of Europe\u2019s migrant crisis, Germany \u2014 a nation that took in more asylum seekers than the rest of the continent combined \u2014 is confronting the Solomonesque task of deciding who gets to stay. Yet as authorities adjudicate cases, a contentious truism is emerging: Not all nationalities are created equal. If you\u2019re from Syria or Iraq, sanctuary is almost guaranteed. But if you\u2019re from Nigeria or Pakistan, chances are you journeyed halfway across the world in vain. Nearly 37 percent of all claims processed by the German authorities are being rejected, including an increasing number of people from countries afflicted with violent insurgencies, such as Afghanistan. Even Syrians are increasingly falling short of winning full refugee status. Authorities say they\u2019re simply applying national and international asylum law, weeding out those who do not qualify. But critics say that overburdened asylum officials are turning a deaf ear to at least some genuine petitions simply because they come from asylum seekers arriving from nations outside the much-publicized war zones of the Middle East. [Germany used to be the promised land for migrants. Now, it\u2019s turning back more of them.] Pakistani Mohammad Nabeel is among the unlucky ones. This month, German migration authorities informed him that his case had been closed before he even had an official hearing. The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) said he had missed his appointment, although Nabeel said he was never notified. Even if he had been, experts say, his case falls into the gray area that often leads to rejection. The 23-year-old claims he was in love with a rich girl in his hometown. But her family was against the relationship with Nabeel, who was poor and didn\u2019t have the right family name, important factors in some areas of Pakistan for arranging a marriage. The girl\u2019s brother and father set out to kill Nabeel, he says, to protect the girl\u2019s honor. His only proof, he says, are fading scars on his body from being severely beaten by members of her family. Nabeel arrived in Germany after traveling six months and crossing seven different countries. Now, he may be sent back. \u201cI won\u2019t go back; I\u2019d rather kill myself,\u201d Nabeel says. He plans to appeal the asylum official\u2019s decision. There are loopholes in the German system allowing for people like Nabeel \u2014 who aren\u2019t strictly fleeing from war or political persecution \u2014 to temporarily stay in Germany on humanitarian grounds. Some are eventually granted permanent residence. But only about 4 percent of asylum requests by Pakistanis are currently decided in their favor. And Nabeel\u2019s rejection comes at a time when the German government is increasingly taking measures targeting those migrants it deems ineligible for protection. It is determined to enforce deportation more strictly and even hired a consulting firm to help. Negotiations for deportation deals with Afghanistan and Nigeria are underway on the national and the European level. [Europe pressing harder on countries to take back deported migrants] Politicians in favor of a more restrictive asylum policy argue that some migrants apply for refugee status based on flimsy evidence and come to Germany for purely economic reasons. Others, they say, could escape the dangers they\u2019re facing by simply approaching the local police or by moving to a different part of their home country. Daniel Owolabi Ajibade is one of the more than 10,000 Nigerians who applied for asylum in Germany this year. The business consultant claims that members of a Nigerian cartel attempted to kill him because they feared that the high-quality marbles and tiles he wanted to bring into the country would ruin their business with cheap Chinese imports. Although the 35-year-old has a newspaper article to prove the incident, the chances are high that German migration officials won\u2019t heed his plea. The protection rate for Nigerians is only about 9 percent and to be allowed to stay, Ajibade will have to convince authorities that he had nowhere else to go. \u201cI\u2019m very afraid of what the outcome will be, since going back to Nigeria would be very risky,\u201d he says. \u201cI understand that there\u2019s a real war in Syria and our problems with Boko Haram are mostly in the north . . . but I wish that the German government would also accept more of us until things quiet down.\u201d \u201cOur system caters primarily to those who have a concrete claim for protection, as bitter as this might be for some individuals,\u201d said Ansgar Heveling, a lawmaker with Angela Merkel\u2019s Christian Democratic Union and chairman of the German parliament\u2019s Home Affairs Committee. Heveling thinks that the vast majority of applicants are given their due. \u201cIf in individual cases a wrong decision is made, we have courts to correct them,\u201d he said. [Germany said it took in more than 1 million refugees last year. But it didn\u2019t.] The nongovernmental organization Pro Asyl says that the flood of appeals against the Federal Office\u2019s decision suggest that the system is flawed. So far, 18,666 Syrians went to court this year to fight for a better status of protection than they were granted. Many cases were dropped, but of the 1,943 verdicts, 1,547 were in favor of the plaintiffs. Stephan D\u00fcnnwald, spokesman for the Bavarian Refugee Council, said that there is a danger of the German authorities sweepingly rejecting certain groups of asylum seekers because they\u2019re overburdened or because of political decisions made in Berlin. \u201cThe decision-making is a disaster, because there are so many new and inexperienced deciders who are under a lot of time pressure . . . In some situations, where there should be additional probing, this simply isn\u2019t done. The quality of the interpreters has declined rapidly. There are no quality standards,\u201d D\u00fcnnwald said. \u201cSometimes it almost feels as if people must be beaten to death before they are being believed.\u201d", "essay": "It's so sad the turning event of Immigrants status on their affairs and protection. After reading an article on the latest happening in Germany. the well known home for immigrants now going tough I feel remorse and deep pain for those who really need Sanctuaries which Germany was well known to offer before. Hopefully things will turn around"}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Syrians and Iraqis granted asylum in Germany far more often than Pakistanis, Nigerians \u2014  BERLIN \u2014 One year after the height of Europe\u2019s migrant crisis, Germany \u2014 a nation that took in more asylum seekers than the rest of the continent combined \u2014 is confronting the Solomonesque task of deciding who gets to stay. Yet as authorities adjudicate cases, a contentious truism is emerging: Not all nationalities are created equal. If you\u2019re from Syria or Iraq, sanctuary is almost guaranteed. But if you\u2019re from Nigeria or Pakistan, chances are you journeyed halfway across the world in vain. Nearly 37 percent of all claims processed by the German authorities are being rejected, including an increasing number of people from countries afflicted with violent insurgencies, such as Afghanistan. Even Syrians are increasingly falling short of winning full refugee status. Authorities say they\u2019re simply applying national and international asylum law, weeding out those who do not qualify. But critics say that overburdened asylum officials are turning a deaf ear to at least some genuine petitions simply because they come from asylum seekers arriving from nations outside the much-publicized war zones of the Middle East. [Germany used to be the promised land for migrants. Now, it\u2019s turning back more of them.] Pakistani Mohammad Nabeel is among the unlucky ones. This month, German migration authorities informed him that his case had been closed before he even had an official hearing. The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) said he had missed his appointment, although Nabeel said he was never notified. Even if he had been, experts say, his case falls into the gray area that often leads to rejection. The 23-year-old claims he was in love with a rich girl in his hometown. But her family was against the relationship with Nabeel, who was poor and didn\u2019t have the right family name, important factors in some areas of Pakistan for arranging a marriage. The girl\u2019s brother and father set out to kill Nabeel, he says, to protect the girl\u2019s honor. His only proof, he says, are fading scars on his body from being severely beaten by members of her family. Nabeel arrived in Germany after traveling six months and crossing seven different countries. Now, he may be sent back. \u201cI won\u2019t go back; I\u2019d rather kill myself,\u201d Nabeel says. He plans to appeal the asylum official\u2019s decision. There are loopholes in the German system allowing for people like Nabeel \u2014 who aren\u2019t strictly fleeing from war or political persecution \u2014 to temporarily stay in Germany on humanitarian grounds. Some are eventually granted permanent residence. But only about 4 percent of asylum requests by Pakistanis are currently decided in their favor. And Nabeel\u2019s rejection comes at a time when the German government is increasingly taking measures targeting those migrants it deems ineligible for protection. It is determined to enforce deportation more strictly and even hired a consulting firm to help. Negotiations for deportation deals with Afghanistan and Nigeria are underway on the national and the European level. [Europe pressing harder on countries to take back deported migrants] Politicians in favor of a more restrictive asylum policy argue that some migrants apply for refugee status based on flimsy evidence and come to Germany for purely economic reasons. Others, they say, could escape the dangers they\u2019re facing by simply approaching the local police or by moving to a different part of their home country. Daniel Owolabi Ajibade is one of the more than 10,000 Nigerians who applied for asylum in Germany this year. The business consultant claims that members of a Nigerian cartel attempted to kill him because they feared that the high-quality marbles and tiles he wanted to bring into the country would ruin their business with cheap Chinese imports. Although the 35-year-old has a newspaper article to prove the incident, the chances are high that German migration officials won\u2019t heed his plea. The protection rate for Nigerians is only about 9 percent and to be allowed to stay, Ajibade will have to convince authorities that he had nowhere else to go. \u201cI\u2019m very afraid of what the outcome will be, since going back to Nigeria would be very risky,\u201d he says. \u201cI understand that there\u2019s a real war in Syria and our problems with Boko Haram are mostly in the north . . . but I wish that the German government would also accept more of us until things quiet down.\u201d \u201cOur system caters primarily to those who have a concrete claim for protection, as bitter as this might be for some individuals,\u201d said Ansgar Heveling, a lawmaker with Angela Merkel\u2019s Christian Democratic Union and chairman of the German parliament\u2019s Home Affairs Committee. Heveling thinks that the vast majority of applicants are given their due. \u201cIf in individual cases a wrong decision is made, we have courts to correct them,\u201d he said. [Germany said it took in more than 1 million refugees last year. But it didn\u2019t.] The nongovernmental organization Pro Asyl says that the flood of appeals against the Federal Office\u2019s decision suggest that the system is flawed. So far, 18,666 Syrians went to court this year to fight for a better status of protection than they were granted. Many cases were dropped, but of the 1,943 verdicts, 1,547 were in favor of the plaintiffs. Stephan D\u00fcnnwald, spokesman for the Bavarian Refugee Council, said that there is a danger of the German authorities sweepingly rejecting certain groups of asylum seekers because they\u2019re overburdened or because of political decisions made in Berlin. \u201cThe decision-making is a disaster, because there are so many new and inexperienced deciders who are under a lot of time pressure . . . In some situations, where there should be additional probing, this simply isn\u2019t done. The quality of the interpreters has declined rapidly. There are no quality standards,\u201d D\u00fcnnwald said. \u201cSometimes it almost feels as if people must be beaten to death before they are being believed.\u201d", "essay": "It's interesting, I never thought about immigrants and such in another country besides the US, but obviously it is going to be happening anywhere with a border. It's sad that this is such an issue all around the globe. I know that immigrants have to be kept out to some extent and need to be handles, but it seems like there has to be a better way "}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "Syrians and Iraqis granted asylum in Germany far more often than Pakistanis, Nigerians \u2014  BERLIN \u2014 One year after the height of Europe\u2019s migrant crisis, Germany \u2014 a nation that took in more asylum seekers than the rest of the continent combined \u2014 is confronting the Solomonesque task of deciding who gets to stay. Yet as authorities adjudicate cases, a contentious truism is emerging: Not all nationalities are created equal. If you\u2019re from Syria or Iraq, sanctuary is almost guaranteed. But if you\u2019re from Nigeria or Pakistan, chances are you journeyed halfway across the world in vain. Nearly 37 percent of all claims processed by the German authorities are being rejected, including an increasing number of people from countries afflicted with violent insurgencies, such as Afghanistan. Even Syrians are increasingly falling short of winning full refugee status. Authorities say they\u2019re simply applying national and international asylum law, weeding out those who do not qualify. But critics say that overburdened asylum officials are turning a deaf ear to at least some genuine petitions simply because they come from asylum seekers arriving from nations outside the much-publicized war zones of the Middle East. [Germany used to be the promised land for migrants. Now, it\u2019s turning back more of them.] Pakistani Mohammad Nabeel is among the unlucky ones. This month, German migration authorities informed him that his case had been closed before he even had an official hearing. The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) said he had missed his appointment, although Nabeel said he was never notified. Even if he had been, experts say, his case falls into the gray area that often leads to rejection. The 23-year-old claims he was in love with a rich girl in his hometown. But her family was against the relationship with Nabeel, who was poor and didn\u2019t have the right family name, important factors in some areas of Pakistan for arranging a marriage. The girl\u2019s brother and father set out to kill Nabeel, he says, to protect the girl\u2019s honor. His only proof, he says, are fading scars on his body from being severely beaten by members of her family. Nabeel arrived in Germany after traveling six months and crossing seven different countries. Now, he may be sent back. \u201cI won\u2019t go back; I\u2019d rather kill myself,\u201d Nabeel says. He plans to appeal the asylum official\u2019s decision. There are loopholes in the German system allowing for people like Nabeel \u2014 who aren\u2019t strictly fleeing from war or political persecution \u2014 to temporarily stay in Germany on humanitarian grounds. Some are eventually granted permanent residence. But only about 4 percent of asylum requests by Pakistanis are currently decided in their favor. And Nabeel\u2019s rejection comes at a time when the German government is increasingly taking measures targeting those migrants it deems ineligible for protection. It is determined to enforce deportation more strictly and even hired a consulting firm to help. Negotiations for deportation deals with Afghanistan and Nigeria are underway on the national and the European level. [Europe pressing harder on countries to take back deported migrants] Politicians in favor of a more restrictive asylum policy argue that some migrants apply for refugee status based on flimsy evidence and come to Germany for purely economic reasons. Others, they say, could escape the dangers they\u2019re facing by simply approaching the local police or by moving to a different part of their home country. Daniel Owolabi Ajibade is one of the more than 10,000 Nigerians who applied for asylum in Germany this year. The business consultant claims that members of a Nigerian cartel attempted to kill him because they feared that the high-quality marbles and tiles he wanted to bring into the country would ruin their business with cheap Chinese imports. Although the 35-year-old has a newspaper article to prove the incident, the chances are high that German migration officials won\u2019t heed his plea. The protection rate for Nigerians is only about 9 percent and to be allowed to stay, Ajibade will have to convince authorities that he had nowhere else to go. \u201cI\u2019m very afraid of what the outcome will be, since going back to Nigeria would be very risky,\u201d he says. \u201cI understand that there\u2019s a real war in Syria and our problems with Boko Haram are mostly in the north . . . but I wish that the German government would also accept more of us until things quiet down.\u201d \u201cOur system caters primarily to those who have a concrete claim for protection, as bitter as this might be for some individuals,\u201d said Ansgar Heveling, a lawmaker with Angela Merkel\u2019s Christian Democratic Union and chairman of the German parliament\u2019s Home Affairs Committee. Heveling thinks that the vast majority of applicants are given their due. \u201cIf in individual cases a wrong decision is made, we have courts to correct them,\u201d he said. [Germany said it took in more than 1 million refugees last year. But it didn\u2019t.] The nongovernmental organization Pro Asyl says that the flood of appeals against the Federal Office\u2019s decision suggest that the system is flawed. So far, 18,666 Syrians went to court this year to fight for a better status of protection than they were granted. Many cases were dropped, but of the 1,943 verdicts, 1,547 were in favor of the plaintiffs. Stephan D\u00fcnnwald, spokesman for the Bavarian Refugee Council, said that there is a danger of the German authorities sweepingly rejecting certain groups of asylum seekers because they\u2019re overburdened or because of political decisions made in Berlin. \u201cThe decision-making is a disaster, because there are so many new and inexperienced deciders who are under a lot of time pressure . . . In some situations, where there should be additional probing, this simply isn\u2019t done. The quality of the interpreters has declined rapidly. There are no quality standards,\u201d D\u00fcnnwald said. \u201cSometimes it almost feels as if people must be beaten to death before they are being believed.\u201d", "essay": "I do not care for these muslim refugees trying to come into these countries they need to be deported back to their own countries and try to fix their own problems they are a disease upon the world and they spread their backward way of thinking trying to make no go zones inside the western world they are scum"}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Wind turbines killing more than just local birds \u2014  Wind turbines are known to kill large birds, such as golden eagles, that live nearby. Now there is evidence that birds from up to hundreds of miles away make up a significant portion of the raptors that are killed at these wind energy fields. Using DNA from tissue and stable isotopes from the feathers of golden eagle carcasses, researchers from Purdue University and the U.S. Geological Survey found that golden eagles killed at the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area in northern California can come from hundreds of miles away. Golden eagles are a species of conservation concern, so understanding population-level differences and how individuals interact with turbines is key to meeting a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service target of no net loss to their populations. The APWRA is one of the oldest wind farms in the country and one of the largest in the world originally with around 5,000 turbines. Worldwide, such facilities have been responsible for the deaths of 140,000 to 328,000 birds and 500,000 to 1.6 million bats, raising questions about their effects on population sustainability. \"Eagles tend to use that habitat around the turbines. It's windy there, so they can save energy and soar, and their preferred prey, California ground squirrels, is abundant there,\" said J. Andrew DeWoody, a Purdue professor of genetics in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. \"As they soar, these eagles are often looking straight down, and they fail to see the rapidly moving turbine blades. They get hit by the blades, and carcasses are found on the ground under the turbines.\" Collaborator David Nelson, a stable isotope ecologist with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, tested the birds' feathers for stable hydrogen isotopes, which can be used to determine where the birds likely grew their feathers. The research team determined that about 75 percent of the 62 birds were from the local population. The remaining 25 percent likely migrated into the area before they were killed. Isotopes are atoms of an element that have different molecular weights. As precipitation moves inland, water with the heavier form of hydrogen falls out first, which creates predictable patterns of the stable isotopes ratios of precipitation across continents. \"When a bird drinks water or eats animals in a particular place, the hydrogen isotope ratios of precipitation in that area get recorded in its tissues,\" Nelson said. \"You can use these hydrogen ratios in the feathers to determine the approximate place that the bird grew its feathers.\" A genetic analysis revealed that golden eagles from the western U.S. have gene pools similar to those killed at the APWRA, which reflects the capacity of these birds to disperse widely. \"The population models we built confirm that the age structure of the eagles killed at Altamont is difficult to replicate without substantial immigration,\" said co-author Todd Katzner, a wildlife biologist with the USGS. Katzner said these findings suggest that environmental assessments of alternative energy facilities like Altamont Pass should take into consideration that animal populations affected by wind turbines might not be just local. \"If you only consider local birds in an environmental assessment, you're not really evaluating the effect that facility may have on the entire population,\" Katzner said. DeWoody said that wind energy generators can receive permits that allow a certain number of unintended bird deaths. But if that number is too large, the companies could be fined. And knowing that a large percentage of the birds killed are from neighboring states could muddy the management waters. \"The golden eagle fatalities at this one site have demonstrated consequences that extend across much of the range of the species across North America,\" DeWoody said. The golden eagle population is a concern for several state and federal agencies, DeWoody added. He said future research could include looking at more bird species affected by turbines.", "essay": "This story bothers me more for the ignorance of our actions than for the actual results to the birds.  I guess I'd prefer that golden eagles not get killed, and some other birds as well, but I really don't care that much.  And I don't care about the lives of the individual birds.  These are abstractions to me; they don't exist in any real way.  However, I'm concerned about humans once again barging into something without fully understanding its repercussions.  It was the same with coal and oil, wasn't it?  How is this any different, except maybe in scope or scale or something.  I also always wonder what the weather effects are of wind turbine farms.  Do we understand that?  Is that contributing to torandoes and more severe storms?  I'm sure no one understands that either."}
{"user_id": "ec_p064", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 55000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 55000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Wind turbines killing more than just local birds \u2014  Wind turbines are known to kill large birds, such as golden eagles, that live nearby. Now there is evidence that birds from up to hundreds of miles away make up a significant portion of the raptors that are killed at these wind energy fields. Using DNA from tissue and stable isotopes from the feathers of golden eagle carcasses, researchers from Purdue University and the U.S. Geological Survey found that golden eagles killed at the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area in northern California can come from hundreds of miles away. Golden eagles are a species of conservation concern, so understanding population-level differences and how individuals interact with turbines is key to meeting a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service target of no net loss to their populations. The APWRA is one of the oldest wind farms in the country and one of the largest in the world originally with around 5,000 turbines. Worldwide, such facilities have been responsible for the deaths of 140,000 to 328,000 birds and 500,000 to 1.6 million bats, raising questions about their effects on population sustainability. \"Eagles tend to use that habitat around the turbines. It's windy there, so they can save energy and soar, and their preferred prey, California ground squirrels, is abundant there,\" said J. Andrew DeWoody, a Purdue professor of genetics in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. \"As they soar, these eagles are often looking straight down, and they fail to see the rapidly moving turbine blades. They get hit by the blades, and carcasses are found on the ground under the turbines.\" Collaborator David Nelson, a stable isotope ecologist with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, tested the birds' feathers for stable hydrogen isotopes, which can be used to determine where the birds likely grew their feathers. The research team determined that about 75 percent of the 62 birds were from the local population. The remaining 25 percent likely migrated into the area before they were killed. Isotopes are atoms of an element that have different molecular weights. As precipitation moves inland, water with the heavier form of hydrogen falls out first, which creates predictable patterns of the stable isotopes ratios of precipitation across continents. \"When a bird drinks water or eats animals in a particular place, the hydrogen isotope ratios of precipitation in that area get recorded in its tissues,\" Nelson said. \"You can use these hydrogen ratios in the feathers to determine the approximate place that the bird grew its feathers.\" A genetic analysis revealed that golden eagles from the western U.S. have gene pools similar to those killed at the APWRA, which reflects the capacity of these birds to disperse widely. \"The population models we built confirm that the age structure of the eagles killed at Altamont is difficult to replicate without substantial immigration,\" said co-author Todd Katzner, a wildlife biologist with the USGS. Katzner said these findings suggest that environmental assessments of alternative energy facilities like Altamont Pass should take into consideration that animal populations affected by wind turbines might not be just local. \"If you only consider local birds in an environmental assessment, you're not really evaluating the effect that facility may have on the entire population,\" Katzner said. DeWoody said that wind energy generators can receive permits that allow a certain number of unintended bird deaths. But if that number is too large, the companies could be fined. And knowing that a large percentage of the birds killed are from neighboring states could muddy the management waters. \"The golden eagle fatalities at this one site have demonstrated consequences that extend across much of the range of the species across North America,\" DeWoody said. The golden eagle population is a concern for several state and federal agencies, DeWoody added. He said future research could include looking at more bird species affected by turbines.", "essay": "I just read an article about how Wind turbines are killing more than just local birds, they are killing golden eagles and other large birds as well that are in migration. They are attracted to the wind because it helps them soar so that is why they go near it. Its horrible that these beautiful creatures are getting killed by a made man creation.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p073", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Wind turbines killing more than just local birds \u2014  Wind turbines are known to kill large birds, such as golden eagles, that live nearby. Now there is evidence that birds from up to hundreds of miles away make up a significant portion of the raptors that are killed at these wind energy fields. Using DNA from tissue and stable isotopes from the feathers of golden eagle carcasses, researchers from Purdue University and the U.S. Geological Survey found that golden eagles killed at the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area in northern California can come from hundreds of miles away. Golden eagles are a species of conservation concern, so understanding population-level differences and how individuals interact with turbines is key to meeting a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service target of no net loss to their populations. The APWRA is one of the oldest wind farms in the country and one of the largest in the world originally with around 5,000 turbines. Worldwide, such facilities have been responsible for the deaths of 140,000 to 328,000 birds and 500,000 to 1.6 million bats, raising questions about their effects on population sustainability. \"Eagles tend to use that habitat around the turbines. It's windy there, so they can save energy and soar, and their preferred prey, California ground squirrels, is abundant there,\" said J. Andrew DeWoody, a Purdue professor of genetics in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. \"As they soar, these eagles are often looking straight down, and they fail to see the rapidly moving turbine blades. They get hit by the blades, and carcasses are found on the ground under the turbines.\" Collaborator David Nelson, a stable isotope ecologist with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, tested the birds' feathers for stable hydrogen isotopes, which can be used to determine where the birds likely grew their feathers. The research team determined that about 75 percent of the 62 birds were from the local population. The remaining 25 percent likely migrated into the area before they were killed. Isotopes are atoms of an element that have different molecular weights. As precipitation moves inland, water with the heavier form of hydrogen falls out first, which creates predictable patterns of the stable isotopes ratios of precipitation across continents. \"When a bird drinks water or eats animals in a particular place, the hydrogen isotope ratios of precipitation in that area get recorded in its tissues,\" Nelson said. \"You can use these hydrogen ratios in the feathers to determine the approximate place that the bird grew its feathers.\" A genetic analysis revealed that golden eagles from the western U.S. have gene pools similar to those killed at the APWRA, which reflects the capacity of these birds to disperse widely. \"The population models we built confirm that the age structure of the eagles killed at Altamont is difficult to replicate without substantial immigration,\" said co-author Todd Katzner, a wildlife biologist with the USGS. Katzner said these findings suggest that environmental assessments of alternative energy facilities like Altamont Pass should take into consideration that animal populations affected by wind turbines might not be just local. \"If you only consider local birds in an environmental assessment, you're not really evaluating the effect that facility may have on the entire population,\" Katzner said. DeWoody said that wind energy generators can receive permits that allow a certain number of unintended bird deaths. But if that number is too large, the companies could be fined. And knowing that a large percentage of the birds killed are from neighboring states could muddy the management waters. \"The golden eagle fatalities at this one site have demonstrated consequences that extend across much of the range of the species across North America,\" DeWoody said. The golden eagle population is a concern for several state and federal agencies, DeWoody added. He said future research could include looking at more bird species affected by turbines.", "essay": "This article really makes you think. Are the things we are doing to try to make the earth a healthier planet really helping? They are trying to make cleaner energy but in reality, they are killing off many birds. This is so sad, it's a catch 22. It seems that these wind energy generators are probably not the answer either. And the more that are made, it will just cause bigger problems."}
{"user_id": "ec_p065", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 41 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 64000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 41, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 64000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Wind turbines killing more than just local birds \u2014  Wind turbines are known to kill large birds, such as golden eagles, that live nearby. Now there is evidence that birds from up to hundreds of miles away make up a significant portion of the raptors that are killed at these wind energy fields. Using DNA from tissue and stable isotopes from the feathers of golden eagle carcasses, researchers from Purdue University and the U.S. Geological Survey found that golden eagles killed at the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area in northern California can come from hundreds of miles away. Golden eagles are a species of conservation concern, so understanding population-level differences and how individuals interact with turbines is key to meeting a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service target of no net loss to their populations. The APWRA is one of the oldest wind farms in the country and one of the largest in the world originally with around 5,000 turbines. Worldwide, such facilities have been responsible for the deaths of 140,000 to 328,000 birds and 500,000 to 1.6 million bats, raising questions about their effects on population sustainability. \"Eagles tend to use that habitat around the turbines. It's windy there, so they can save energy and soar, and their preferred prey, California ground squirrels, is abundant there,\" said J. Andrew DeWoody, a Purdue professor of genetics in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. \"As they soar, these eagles are often looking straight down, and they fail to see the rapidly moving turbine blades. They get hit by the blades, and carcasses are found on the ground under the turbines.\" Collaborator David Nelson, a stable isotope ecologist with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, tested the birds' feathers for stable hydrogen isotopes, which can be used to determine where the birds likely grew their feathers. The research team determined that about 75 percent of the 62 birds were from the local population. The remaining 25 percent likely migrated into the area before they were killed. Isotopes are atoms of an element that have different molecular weights. As precipitation moves inland, water with the heavier form of hydrogen falls out first, which creates predictable patterns of the stable isotopes ratios of precipitation across continents. \"When a bird drinks water or eats animals in a particular place, the hydrogen isotope ratios of precipitation in that area get recorded in its tissues,\" Nelson said. \"You can use these hydrogen ratios in the feathers to determine the approximate place that the bird grew its feathers.\" A genetic analysis revealed that golden eagles from the western U.S. have gene pools similar to those killed at the APWRA, which reflects the capacity of these birds to disperse widely. \"The population models we built confirm that the age structure of the eagles killed at Altamont is difficult to replicate without substantial immigration,\" said co-author Todd Katzner, a wildlife biologist with the USGS. Katzner said these findings suggest that environmental assessments of alternative energy facilities like Altamont Pass should take into consideration that animal populations affected by wind turbines might not be just local. \"If you only consider local birds in an environmental assessment, you're not really evaluating the effect that facility may have on the entire population,\" Katzner said. DeWoody said that wind energy generators can receive permits that allow a certain number of unintended bird deaths. But if that number is too large, the companies could be fined. And knowing that a large percentage of the birds killed are from neighboring states could muddy the management waters. \"The golden eagle fatalities at this one site have demonstrated consequences that extend across much of the range of the species across North America,\" DeWoody said. The golden eagle population is a concern for several state and federal agencies, DeWoody added. He said future research could include looking at more bird species affected by turbines.", "essay": "Hye buddy, I just read an article that you might find interesting. Apparently, wind turbines that companies use for power generation kill a lot of birds every year. But what is troubling is that many of these birds are not local. These wind turbines kill a significant number of migrating bird too. But, often environmental impact reports ignore this fact. Hearing about this makes me feel a bit helpless. It seems that no matter how much we try to protect the environment, our effect on it is always worse than we imagine."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Wind turbines killing more than just local birds \u2014  Wind turbines are known to kill large birds, such as golden eagles, that live nearby. Now there is evidence that birds from up to hundreds of miles away make up a significant portion of the raptors that are killed at these wind energy fields. Using DNA from tissue and stable isotopes from the feathers of golden eagle carcasses, researchers from Purdue University and the U.S. Geological Survey found that golden eagles killed at the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area in northern California can come from hundreds of miles away. Golden eagles are a species of conservation concern, so understanding population-level differences and how individuals interact with turbines is key to meeting a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service target of no net loss to their populations. The APWRA is one of the oldest wind farms in the country and one of the largest in the world originally with around 5,000 turbines. Worldwide, such facilities have been responsible for the deaths of 140,000 to 328,000 birds and 500,000 to 1.6 million bats, raising questions about their effects on population sustainability. \"Eagles tend to use that habitat around the turbines. It's windy there, so they can save energy and soar, and their preferred prey, California ground squirrels, is abundant there,\" said J. Andrew DeWoody, a Purdue professor of genetics in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. \"As they soar, these eagles are often looking straight down, and they fail to see the rapidly moving turbine blades. They get hit by the blades, and carcasses are found on the ground under the turbines.\" Collaborator David Nelson, a stable isotope ecologist with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, tested the birds' feathers for stable hydrogen isotopes, which can be used to determine where the birds likely grew their feathers. The research team determined that about 75 percent of the 62 birds were from the local population. The remaining 25 percent likely migrated into the area before they were killed. Isotopes are atoms of an element that have different molecular weights. As precipitation moves inland, water with the heavier form of hydrogen falls out first, which creates predictable patterns of the stable isotopes ratios of precipitation across continents. \"When a bird drinks water or eats animals in a particular place, the hydrogen isotope ratios of precipitation in that area get recorded in its tissues,\" Nelson said. \"You can use these hydrogen ratios in the feathers to determine the approximate place that the bird grew its feathers.\" A genetic analysis revealed that golden eagles from the western U.S. have gene pools similar to those killed at the APWRA, which reflects the capacity of these birds to disperse widely. \"The population models we built confirm that the age structure of the eagles killed at Altamont is difficult to replicate without substantial immigration,\" said co-author Todd Katzner, a wildlife biologist with the USGS. Katzner said these findings suggest that environmental assessments of alternative energy facilities like Altamont Pass should take into consideration that animal populations affected by wind turbines might not be just local. \"If you only consider local birds in an environmental assessment, you're not really evaluating the effect that facility may have on the entire population,\" Katzner said. DeWoody said that wind energy generators can receive permits that allow a certain number of unintended bird deaths. But if that number is too large, the companies could be fined. And knowing that a large percentage of the birds killed are from neighboring states could muddy the management waters. \"The golden eagle fatalities at this one site have demonstrated consequences that extend across much of the range of the species across North America,\" DeWoody said. The golden eagle population is a concern for several state and federal agencies, DeWoody added. He said future research could include looking at more bird species affected by turbines.", "essay": "I think its really sad we need to do something these animals are precious and do not deserve to be killed off not only unknowingly but also so scary. Imagine flying like a free bird and all of a sudden facing a sudden death at the hands of these wind turbines. That is something just scary overall to be quite honest."}
{"user_id": "ec_p028", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 23 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 70000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 4.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 3.5 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 23, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 70000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 4.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 3.5, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "A Palm Oil Company Threatens The Third Largest Population Of Orangutan In Indonesia \u2014  The Sungai Putri, meaning River of the Princess, is an exquisite natural forest located in West Kalimantan, providence of Indonesia. It is about 141,000 acres of forest land, has extensive peat areas of up to 14.5 meters deep at some points, and can provide a home to about 750 to 1750 orangutan. Because of these numbers, it is the third largest population of critically Endangered orangutan Species in the province. Due to the fact that the Indonesia government has committed to protecting peat, forests and orangutans, it is alarming that there is no protection to this forest.   The forest is at critical risk of being cut down by a company named PT Mohairson Pawan Khatulistiwa who have plans to clear more than half of their liscence area to covert into an industrial tree plantation. The company is also planning on building a drainage canal from the north to the south side of the area for which some work has already reportedly began.   The Indonesian government has stated its international and national commitments to reducing carbon emissions and deforestation, protecting and restoring peat swamp forests through the Peatland Restoration Agency established by the president and stabilizing all remaining wild orangutan populations. At the same time, they allowed the company to obtain a lisence permissing the destruction of this forest land, peat and the orangutans who live in that habitat.   A satellite image taken of the land in 2016 confirms that about 58 percent of the 48,440 lisence area still remains covered in tall tree peat swamp forest and the rest is covered in medium height swamp forest, heath forest and hill forest.   At the deepest part of the dome, the peat is 14.5 meters deep, with large areas deeper than 3 meters. Indonesian laws such as the Government Regulation no. 71 of 2014 do not allow peat development in areas with more than 3 meters peat.   Threatened orangutans living in the area also raises much concern. The most recent orangutan survey for the 57,000 Sungai Putri block estimated up to 1,750 orangutans. These orangutans will not survive in areas where all forest is cleared. If conversion plans go ahead, some 500 to 1,000 orangutans will likely die or will be in need of rescue. The Indonesian Orangutan Forum FORINA recently recognized this as the largest population of orangutan located in the region and if they lose their habitat they will have  no other place to go. Indonesia\u2019s current national action plan for orangutans aims to stabilize all wild populations by 2017, and destroying the habitat of one of the largest remaining populations is incompatible with that.   A well known developer Norweigian professor who specializes in tropical forests says, \u201cThese developments seem to violate Indonesia\u2019s own legal processes not to mention its international commitments. Claims about absence of forest, peat and endangered species \u2013 here and elsewhere \u2013 clearly need to be assessed and verified in a transparent manner. Those who dispute the conditions can provide their data\u201d.   Improved management is desperately needed in Sungai Putri. There are lots of illegal logging happening in the area, as are fires. According to the Global Fire Watch data, in 2015 alone, there were about 250 fires that occurred on the margins of Sungai Putri. The risk of more fires would only increase if Sungai Putri was drained and deforested as planned.   There are opposing conflicts regarding the deforestation.  Some people welcome the development of the peatland area because of the potential employment opportunities it can bring as well as the possibility to get compensated by the company for their lost traditional land uses. Others see it differently. However, according to the latest science studies, the development of coastal peatlands will never be sustainable.   Instead of going through with this development, there are other solutions available that would allow Indonesia to fulfill its development and poverty alleviations objectives but they require careful planning and close collaboration efforts between the private sector, governments, non-governmental groups, and local communities. The time to initiate those collaborations and find sustainable solutions for Indonesia is now!", "essay": "Have you heard about hwat is currently happening within indonesia. It is actually so saddening that a population of Orangutan an endangered species mind you, is on the brink of eradication at the hands of oil companies within the area. It does not make sense to me that when a country sees something like this occuring because of their business practices that they do not step in and stop the company from razing the forest as there are 1 to 2 thousand orangutans who call it home."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "A Palm Oil Company Threatens The Third Largest Population Of Orangutan In Indonesia \u2014  The Sungai Putri, meaning River of the Princess, is an exquisite natural forest located in West Kalimantan, providence of Indonesia. It is about 141,000 acres of forest land, has extensive peat areas of up to 14.5 meters deep at some points, and can provide a home to about 750 to 1750 orangutan. Because of these numbers, it is the third largest population of critically Endangered orangutan Species in the province. Due to the fact that the Indonesia government has committed to protecting peat, forests and orangutans, it is alarming that there is no protection to this forest.   The forest is at critical risk of being cut down by a company named PT Mohairson Pawan Khatulistiwa who have plans to clear more than half of their liscence area to covert into an industrial tree plantation. The company is also planning on building a drainage canal from the north to the south side of the area for which some work has already reportedly began.   The Indonesian government has stated its international and national commitments to reducing carbon emissions and deforestation, protecting and restoring peat swamp forests through the Peatland Restoration Agency established by the president and stabilizing all remaining wild orangutan populations. At the same time, they allowed the company to obtain a lisence permissing the destruction of this forest land, peat and the orangutans who live in that habitat.   A satellite image taken of the land in 2016 confirms that about 58 percent of the 48,440 lisence area still remains covered in tall tree peat swamp forest and the rest is covered in medium height swamp forest, heath forest and hill forest.   At the deepest part of the dome, the peat is 14.5 meters deep, with large areas deeper than 3 meters. Indonesian laws such as the Government Regulation no. 71 of 2014 do not allow peat development in areas with more than 3 meters peat.   Threatened orangutans living in the area also raises much concern. The most recent orangutan survey for the 57,000 Sungai Putri block estimated up to 1,750 orangutans. These orangutans will not survive in areas where all forest is cleared. If conversion plans go ahead, some 500 to 1,000 orangutans will likely die or will be in need of rescue. The Indonesian Orangutan Forum FORINA recently recognized this as the largest population of orangutan located in the region and if they lose their habitat they will have  no other place to go. Indonesia\u2019s current national action plan for orangutans aims to stabilize all wild populations by 2017, and destroying the habitat of one of the largest remaining populations is incompatible with that.   A well known developer Norweigian professor who specializes in tropical forests says, \u201cThese developments seem to violate Indonesia\u2019s own legal processes not to mention its international commitments. Claims about absence of forest, peat and endangered species \u2013 here and elsewhere \u2013 clearly need to be assessed and verified in a transparent manner. Those who dispute the conditions can provide their data\u201d.   Improved management is desperately needed in Sungai Putri. There are lots of illegal logging happening in the area, as are fires. According to the Global Fire Watch data, in 2015 alone, there were about 250 fires that occurred on the margins of Sungai Putri. The risk of more fires would only increase if Sungai Putri was drained and deforested as planned.   There are opposing conflicts regarding the deforestation.  Some people welcome the development of the peatland area because of the potential employment opportunities it can bring as well as the possibility to get compensated by the company for their lost traditional land uses. Others see it differently. However, according to the latest science studies, the development of coastal peatlands will never be sustainable.   Instead of going through with this development, there are other solutions available that would allow Indonesia to fulfill its development and poverty alleviations objectives but they require careful planning and close collaboration efforts between the private sector, governments, non-governmental groups, and local communities. The time to initiate those collaborations and find sustainable solutions for Indonesia is now!", "essay": "I think this is sad for the orangutangs.  It seems unfair that their environment is being destroyed.  This whole peat forest issue seems like an environmental problem.  I don't see the need to deforest anyway.  That just seems destructive to me for no reason at all.  It seems like it is best when we just leave the environment alone and stop tampering with things and intervening.  IT always seems to have harmful consequences."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "A Palm Oil Company Threatens The Third Largest Population Of Orangutan In Indonesia \u2014  The Sungai Putri, meaning River of the Princess, is an exquisite natural forest located in West Kalimantan, providence of Indonesia. It is about 141,000 acres of forest land, has extensive peat areas of up to 14.5 meters deep at some points, and can provide a home to about 750 to 1750 orangutan. Because of these numbers, it is the third largest population of critically Endangered orangutan Species in the province. Due to the fact that the Indonesia government has committed to protecting peat, forests and orangutans, it is alarming that there is no protection to this forest.   The forest is at critical risk of being cut down by a company named PT Mohairson Pawan Khatulistiwa who have plans to clear more than half of their liscence area to covert into an industrial tree plantation. The company is also planning on building a drainage canal from the north to the south side of the area for which some work has already reportedly began.   The Indonesian government has stated its international and national commitments to reducing carbon emissions and deforestation, protecting and restoring peat swamp forests through the Peatland Restoration Agency established by the president and stabilizing all remaining wild orangutan populations. At the same time, they allowed the company to obtain a lisence permissing the destruction of this forest land, peat and the orangutans who live in that habitat.   A satellite image taken of the land in 2016 confirms that about 58 percent of the 48,440 lisence area still remains covered in tall tree peat swamp forest and the rest is covered in medium height swamp forest, heath forest and hill forest.   At the deepest part of the dome, the peat is 14.5 meters deep, with large areas deeper than 3 meters. Indonesian laws such as the Government Regulation no. 71 of 2014 do not allow peat development in areas with more than 3 meters peat.   Threatened orangutans living in the area also raises much concern. The most recent orangutan survey for the 57,000 Sungai Putri block estimated up to 1,750 orangutans. These orangutans will not survive in areas where all forest is cleared. If conversion plans go ahead, some 500 to 1,000 orangutans will likely die or will be in need of rescue. The Indonesian Orangutan Forum FORINA recently recognized this as the largest population of orangutan located in the region and if they lose their habitat they will have  no other place to go. Indonesia\u2019s current national action plan for orangutans aims to stabilize all wild populations by 2017, and destroying the habitat of one of the largest remaining populations is incompatible with that.   A well known developer Norweigian professor who specializes in tropical forests says, \u201cThese developments seem to violate Indonesia\u2019s own legal processes not to mention its international commitments. Claims about absence of forest, peat and endangered species \u2013 here and elsewhere \u2013 clearly need to be assessed and verified in a transparent manner. Those who dispute the conditions can provide their data\u201d.   Improved management is desperately needed in Sungai Putri. There are lots of illegal logging happening in the area, as are fires. According to the Global Fire Watch data, in 2015 alone, there were about 250 fires that occurred on the margins of Sungai Putri. The risk of more fires would only increase if Sungai Putri was drained and deforested as planned.   There are opposing conflicts regarding the deforestation.  Some people welcome the development of the peatland area because of the potential employment opportunities it can bring as well as the possibility to get compensated by the company for their lost traditional land uses. Others see it differently. However, according to the latest science studies, the development of coastal peatlands will never be sustainable.   Instead of going through with this development, there are other solutions available that would allow Indonesia to fulfill its development and poverty alleviations objectives but they require careful planning and close collaboration efforts between the private sector, governments, non-governmental groups, and local communities. The time to initiate those collaborations and find sustainable solutions for Indonesia is now!", "essay": "The way that the world is setup, countries that are developing have no choice but to harvest their natural resources to make money. I wonder if countries with more money could pay these developing countries to not harvest their natural resources. I feel bad for the orangutans because they are caught in a game of economics."}
{"user_id": "ec_p065", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 41 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 64000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 41, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 64000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "A Palm Oil Company Threatens The Third Largest Population Of Orangutan In Indonesia \u2014  The Sungai Putri, meaning River of the Princess, is an exquisite natural forest located in West Kalimantan, providence of Indonesia. It is about 141,000 acres of forest land, has extensive peat areas of up to 14.5 meters deep at some points, and can provide a home to about 750 to 1750 orangutan. Because of these numbers, it is the third largest population of critically Endangered orangutan Species in the province. Due to the fact that the Indonesia government has committed to protecting peat, forests and orangutans, it is alarming that there is no protection to this forest.   The forest is at critical risk of being cut down by a company named PT Mohairson Pawan Khatulistiwa who have plans to clear more than half of their liscence area to covert into an industrial tree plantation. The company is also planning on building a drainage canal from the north to the south side of the area for which some work has already reportedly began.   The Indonesian government has stated its international and national commitments to reducing carbon emissions and deforestation, protecting and restoring peat swamp forests through the Peatland Restoration Agency established by the president and stabilizing all remaining wild orangutan populations. At the same time, they allowed the company to obtain a lisence permissing the destruction of this forest land, peat and the orangutans who live in that habitat.   A satellite image taken of the land in 2016 confirms that about 58 percent of the 48,440 lisence area still remains covered in tall tree peat swamp forest and the rest is covered in medium height swamp forest, heath forest and hill forest.   At the deepest part of the dome, the peat is 14.5 meters deep, with large areas deeper than 3 meters. Indonesian laws such as the Government Regulation no. 71 of 2014 do not allow peat development in areas with more than 3 meters peat.   Threatened orangutans living in the area also raises much concern. The most recent orangutan survey for the 57,000 Sungai Putri block estimated up to 1,750 orangutans. These orangutans will not survive in areas where all forest is cleared. If conversion plans go ahead, some 500 to 1,000 orangutans will likely die or will be in need of rescue. The Indonesian Orangutan Forum FORINA recently recognized this as the largest population of orangutan located in the region and if they lose their habitat they will have  no other place to go. Indonesia\u2019s current national action plan for orangutans aims to stabilize all wild populations by 2017, and destroying the habitat of one of the largest remaining populations is incompatible with that.   A well known developer Norweigian professor who specializes in tropical forests says, \u201cThese developments seem to violate Indonesia\u2019s own legal processes not to mention its international commitments. Claims about absence of forest, peat and endangered species \u2013 here and elsewhere \u2013 clearly need to be assessed and verified in a transparent manner. Those who dispute the conditions can provide their data\u201d.   Improved management is desperately needed in Sungai Putri. There are lots of illegal logging happening in the area, as are fires. According to the Global Fire Watch data, in 2015 alone, there were about 250 fires that occurred on the margins of Sungai Putri. The risk of more fires would only increase if Sungai Putri was drained and deforested as planned.   There are opposing conflicts regarding the deforestation.  Some people welcome the development of the peatland area because of the potential employment opportunities it can bring as well as the possibility to get compensated by the company for their lost traditional land uses. Others see it differently. However, according to the latest science studies, the development of coastal peatlands will never be sustainable.   Instead of going through with this development, there are other solutions available that would allow Indonesia to fulfill its development and poverty alleviations objectives but they require careful planning and close collaboration efforts between the private sector, governments, non-governmental groups, and local communities. The time to initiate those collaborations and find sustainable solutions for Indonesia is now!", "essay": "Hey man, Apparently, Indonesia is going through a crisis between conservation and alleviating its poverty. The country has made regulations protecting peat areas and the habitat of orangutans, but it has also given licenses to a company that aims to destroy a significant portions of those areas. I fell that this is a troubling sign and, sadly, indicative of the kinds of compromises that governments make with corporations that continue to endanger at risk species."}
{"user_id": "ec_p033", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 34 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 34, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "A Palm Oil Company Threatens The Third Largest Population Of Orangutan In Indonesia \u2014  The Sungai Putri, meaning River of the Princess, is an exquisite natural forest located in West Kalimantan, providence of Indonesia. It is about 141,000 acres of forest land, has extensive peat areas of up to 14.5 meters deep at some points, and can provide a home to about 750 to 1750 orangutan. Because of these numbers, it is the third largest population of critically Endangered orangutan Species in the province. Due to the fact that the Indonesia government has committed to protecting peat, forests and orangutans, it is alarming that there is no protection to this forest.   The forest is at critical risk of being cut down by a company named PT Mohairson Pawan Khatulistiwa who have plans to clear more than half of their liscence area to covert into an industrial tree plantation. The company is also planning on building a drainage canal from the north to the south side of the area for which some work has already reportedly began.   The Indonesian government has stated its international and national commitments to reducing carbon emissions and deforestation, protecting and restoring peat swamp forests through the Peatland Restoration Agency established by the president and stabilizing all remaining wild orangutan populations. At the same time, they allowed the company to obtain a lisence permissing the destruction of this forest land, peat and the orangutans who live in that habitat.   A satellite image taken of the land in 2016 confirms that about 58 percent of the 48,440 lisence area still remains covered in tall tree peat swamp forest and the rest is covered in medium height swamp forest, heath forest and hill forest.   At the deepest part of the dome, the peat is 14.5 meters deep, with large areas deeper than 3 meters. Indonesian laws such as the Government Regulation no. 71 of 2014 do not allow peat development in areas with more than 3 meters peat.   Threatened orangutans living in the area also raises much concern. The most recent orangutan survey for the 57,000 Sungai Putri block estimated up to 1,750 orangutans. These orangutans will not survive in areas where all forest is cleared. If conversion plans go ahead, some 500 to 1,000 orangutans will likely die or will be in need of rescue. The Indonesian Orangutan Forum FORINA recently recognized this as the largest population of orangutan located in the region and if they lose their habitat they will have  no other place to go. Indonesia\u2019s current national action plan for orangutans aims to stabilize all wild populations by 2017, and destroying the habitat of one of the largest remaining populations is incompatible with that.   A well known developer Norweigian professor who specializes in tropical forests says, \u201cThese developments seem to violate Indonesia\u2019s own legal processes not to mention its international commitments. Claims about absence of forest, peat and endangered species \u2013 here and elsewhere \u2013 clearly need to be assessed and verified in a transparent manner. Those who dispute the conditions can provide their data\u201d.   Improved management is desperately needed in Sungai Putri. There are lots of illegal logging happening in the area, as are fires. According to the Global Fire Watch data, in 2015 alone, there were about 250 fires that occurred on the margins of Sungai Putri. The risk of more fires would only increase if Sungai Putri was drained and deforested as planned.   There are opposing conflicts regarding the deforestation.  Some people welcome the development of the peatland area because of the potential employment opportunities it can bring as well as the possibility to get compensated by the company for their lost traditional land uses. Others see it differently. However, according to the latest science studies, the development of coastal peatlands will never be sustainable.   Instead of going through with this development, there are other solutions available that would allow Indonesia to fulfill its development and poverty alleviations objectives but they require careful planning and close collaboration efforts between the private sector, governments, non-governmental groups, and local communities. The time to initiate those collaborations and find sustainable solutions for Indonesia is now!", "essay": "I just read this article about the exploitation of Orangutan habitat in Indonesia and it is alarming. Orangutan are not just any animals, they are one of the smartest and closely related to us. I am sure, you would have watched some documentary where it is shown how evolved they are as a society and how familiar they look to us when caring for their children for instance. It is just so sad that this is happening and I wish we as a race would show more empathy and concern for these magnificent creatures."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Man Is Shot in Charlotte as Unrest Stretches to Second Night \u2014  A second night of protests set off by the police killing of a black man spiraled into chaos and violence after nightfall here Wednesday when a demonstration was interrupted by gunfire that gravely wounded a man in the crowd. Law enforcement authorities fired tear gas in a desperate bid to restore order. The city said on its Twitter account that the unidentified man was on life support after what officials said was a \u201ccivilian on civilian\u201d confrontation. The authorities provided no further details. Charlotte officials had said earlier that the man had been killed in the unrest. The Police Department reported that four officers had injuries that were not life-threatening. Gov. Pat McCrory\u2019s office said late Wednesday that he had declared an emergency and had \u201cinitiated efforts\u201d to deploy the National Guard and the state Highway Patrol. The shooting heightened the tension among the demonstrators and the police alike. City officials were quick to say the police had not fired any live rounds, but riot police personnel did fire repeated rounds of tear gas. The scene of the shooting and the largest demonstration of the evening happened along a crowded street in Charlotte\u2019s city center, where the sound of gunfire mixed with the noise of people banging objects into vehicles. The gunshot victim lay motionless on the ground, his eyes open, as people surrounded him and blood pooled among their feet. He was taken into the nearby Omni Hotel, and a series of confrontations played out afterward as the police kept people from entering. There was sporadic looting. Twitter messages showed that the team store of the Charlotte Hornets of the N.B.A. had been broken into and gutted of merchandise. \u201cWe are working very hard to bring peace and calm back to our city,\u201d Mayor Jennifer Roberts said on CNN. A spokesman for Ms. Roberts said she had requested and planned to review on Thursday a police dashboard video of the encounter with Keith L. Scott, the black man who was shot and killed here on Tuesday. But she said she would not make the video public. Around 10 p.m., the police ordered all civilians, including members of the news media, to leave parts of the Uptown neighborhood and threatened to arrest those who did not comply. When the crowd did not respond immediately, the authorities fired more tear gas within minutes. After that, it appeared that the crowd started to disperse, although some stragglers remained in the area. The unrest in Charlotte came after two other police-involved deadly shootings in the last week. First came the shooting of a teenager in Columbus, Ohio, who had been brandishing a BB gun. Two days later, on Friday, was the shooting death in Tulsa, Okla., of a man who had his hands above his head before an officer opened fire. And then it was Charlotte, where Mr. Scott, 43, black like the other two, was shot by a police officer in a parking space marked \u201cVisitor\u201d outside an unremarkable apartment complex. On Wednesday that parking space was both a shooting site and a shrine, and Charlotte was a city on edge, the latest to play a role in what feels like a recurring, seemingly inescapable tape loop of American tragedy. \u201cTo see this happen multiple times \u2014 just time after time \u2014 it\u2019s depressing, man,\u201d said Tom Jackson, 25, who works with mentally disabled people. He didn\u2019t know Mr. Scott but was drawn here nonetheless, one of many strangers and friends who came to pay their respects and make sense of their sorrow. In addition to the fatal attacks on police officers in Baton Rouge and Dallas, it was another grim snapshot of America\u2019s continuing crisis in black and blue, this moment amplified by presidential politics. And as usual, there was very little consensus on what went wrong and how to fix it. At a news conference on Wednesday, Kerr Putney, chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police, said officers had found the gun that the police said Mr. Scott had brandished before an officer, who is also black, fatally shot him and were examining police video of the encounter that unfolded as Mr. Scott stepped out of a car. Family members of Mr. Scott have said that he was unarmed and was holding only a book. Chief Putney said Wednesday morning, \u201cWe did not find a book.\u201d The response of B. J. Murphy, an African-American activist here, could not have been more different: \u201cEverybody in Charlotte should be on notice that black people, today, we\u2019re tired of this,\u201d he said, adding an epithet. \u201cWe\u2019re tired of being killed and nobody saying nothing. We\u2019re tired of our political leaders going along to get along; they\u2019re so weak, they don\u2019t have no sympathy for our grief. And we want justice.\u201d All three shootings are under investigation, and are rife with questions. The police in Columbus said that the BB gun wielded by 13-year-old Tyre King was built to look nearly identical to a Smith & Wesson Military & Police semiautomatic pistol. Mayor Andrew J. Ginther blamed the shooting, in part, on Americans\u2019 \u201ceasy access to guns, whether they are firearms or replicas.\u201d In Tulsa, the police said investigators found the drug PCP in the shooting victim\u2019s S.U.V. The drug is known to induce erratic behavior in some users. But Mr. Crump, who is representing the family of the victim, Terence Crutcher, said the discovery of the drug, if true, would not justify the deadly shooting. In an interview on Wednesday, Mr. Crutcher\u2019s father, the Rev. Joey Crutcher, said his son had marched in protest of earlier police killings and had thought about how to protect himself during interactions with police officers. They had planned to go to a church event aimed at teaching people how behave around the police and avoid becoming another hashtag shared on social media by Black Lives Matter protesters. \u201cI never thought this would happen to my family,\u201d Mr. Crutcher said, adding that he had counseled his son all his life about how to behave around the police. \u201cI said, \u2018Whenever you\u2019re stopped by a police and you\u2019re in that situation, raise your hands up, always let them see your hands, let them see that you are not going for a gun.\u2019 And that is what Terence was doing. I said, \u2018Always put your hands on your car.\u2019 I made that specific, \u2018your car.\u2019 And that\u2019s what Terence was walking to do on his car so that they could see his hands.\u201d John Barnett, a civil rights activist in Charlotte, said during a raucous news conference near the site of the shooting that Mr. Scott had been waiting for his son to arrive home from school. \u201cThe truth of the matter is, he didn\u2019t point that gun,\u201d Mr. Barnett said. \u201cDid he intend to really sit in a vehicle, waiting on his son to get home from school and then plot to shoot a cop if they pulled up on him?\u201d Adding to an atmosphere loaded with suspicion and mistrust, residents of the apartment complex gave varying accounts of Mr. Scott\u2019s death. Some differed from the police on which officer fired the shots, and others said that no one had tried to administer CPR for Mr. Scott as officials had said. Brentley Vinson, the officer who the police say shot Mr. Scott, is black, as is the police chief. \u201cSince black lives do not matter for this city, then our black dollars should not matter,\u201d said Mr. Murphy, the activist. \u201cWe\u2019re watching a modern-day lynching on social media, on television and it is affecting the psyche of black people.\u201d Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch said Wednesday that the Justice Department \u201cis aware of, and we are assessing, the incident that led to the death of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte.\u201d Responding to another police shooting, the state\u2019s attorney in Baltimore County, Md., Scott D. Shellenberger, announced Wednesday that no charges would be filed against any of the officers involved in the Aug. 1 shooting death of Korryn Gaines or the shooting of her 5-year-old son. In Charlotte, Rakeyia Scott, Mr. Scott\u2019s wife, said on Wednesday the family was \u201cdevastated\u201d by the shooting. She described her husband as \u201ca loving husband, father, brother and friend\u201d and called on protesters to remain peaceful. At a campaign rally in Orlando, Fla., Hillary Clinton spoke about the shootings here and in Tulsa. \u201cThere is still much we don\u2019t know about what happened in both incidents, but we do know that we have two more names to add to a list of African-Americans killed by police officers in these encounters,\u2019\u2019 she said. \u201cIt\u2019s unbearable, and it needs to become intolerable. We also saw the targeting of police officers in Philadelphia last week. And last night in Charlotte, 12 officers were injured in demonstrations following Keith Scott\u2019s death. Every day police officers are serving with courage, honor and skill.\u201d Her Republican rival, Donald J. Trump, reacted on Twitter. \u201cHopefully the violence & unrest in Charlotte will come to an immediate end,\u201d he wrote. \u201cTo those injured, get well soon. We need unity & leadership.\u201d Unity, thus far, has been in short supply. On Friday, Mr. Trump earned the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police. But polls show that his support among African-Americans is negligible, even though he has singled them out in promising to solve the ills of poverty and violence that he has characterized as plaguing black neighborhoods. On Wednesday, Mr. Jackson, the man who came here to mourn, was not thinking about the current presidential candidates. The police, he said, \u201care out here killing people, and they don\u2019t even know their backgrounds,\u201d he said. \u201cThey could be killing the next president.\u201d", "essay": "This type of situation really makes my blood boil.  Who do these people think they are, going out in the streets and looting like a bunch of wild animals in order to protest?  The guy was shot!  He was a clear threat to the officers and had PCP in his car.  This is ridiculous.  The officer felt he had to protect himself.  What gives people the right to then go out and loot and act like a bunch of wild animals and get more people killed in response?  How on earth is that a mature response to the situation?  I'm so disgusted."}
{"user_id": "ec_p055", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 46 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 22000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 46, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 22000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Man Is Shot in Charlotte as Unrest Stretches to Second Night \u2014  A second night of protests set off by the police killing of a black man spiraled into chaos and violence after nightfall here Wednesday when a demonstration was interrupted by gunfire that gravely wounded a man in the crowd. Law enforcement authorities fired tear gas in a desperate bid to restore order. The city said on its Twitter account that the unidentified man was on life support after what officials said was a \u201ccivilian on civilian\u201d confrontation. The authorities provided no further details. Charlotte officials had said earlier that the man had been killed in the unrest. The Police Department reported that four officers had injuries that were not life-threatening. Gov. Pat McCrory\u2019s office said late Wednesday that he had declared an emergency and had \u201cinitiated efforts\u201d to deploy the National Guard and the state Highway Patrol. The shooting heightened the tension among the demonstrators and the police alike. City officials were quick to say the police had not fired any live rounds, but riot police personnel did fire repeated rounds of tear gas. The scene of the shooting and the largest demonstration of the evening happened along a crowded street in Charlotte\u2019s city center, where the sound of gunfire mixed with the noise of people banging objects into vehicles. The gunshot victim lay motionless on the ground, his eyes open, as people surrounded him and blood pooled among their feet. He was taken into the nearby Omni Hotel, and a series of confrontations played out afterward as the police kept people from entering. There was sporadic looting. Twitter messages showed that the team store of the Charlotte Hornets of the N.B.A. had been broken into and gutted of merchandise. \u201cWe are working very hard to bring peace and calm back to our city,\u201d Mayor Jennifer Roberts said on CNN. A spokesman for Ms. Roberts said she had requested and planned to review on Thursday a police dashboard video of the encounter with Keith L. Scott, the black man who was shot and killed here on Tuesday. But she said she would not make the video public. Around 10 p.m., the police ordered all civilians, including members of the news media, to leave parts of the Uptown neighborhood and threatened to arrest those who did not comply. When the crowd did not respond immediately, the authorities fired more tear gas within minutes. After that, it appeared that the crowd started to disperse, although some stragglers remained in the area. The unrest in Charlotte came after two other police-involved deadly shootings in the last week. First came the shooting of a teenager in Columbus, Ohio, who had been brandishing a BB gun. Two days later, on Friday, was the shooting death in Tulsa, Okla., of a man who had his hands above his head before an officer opened fire. And then it was Charlotte, where Mr. Scott, 43, black like the other two, was shot by a police officer in a parking space marked \u201cVisitor\u201d outside an unremarkable apartment complex. On Wednesday that parking space was both a shooting site and a shrine, and Charlotte was a city on edge, the latest to play a role in what feels like a recurring, seemingly inescapable tape loop of American tragedy. \u201cTo see this happen multiple times \u2014 just time after time \u2014 it\u2019s depressing, man,\u201d said Tom Jackson, 25, who works with mentally disabled people. He didn\u2019t know Mr. Scott but was drawn here nonetheless, one of many strangers and friends who came to pay their respects and make sense of their sorrow. In addition to the fatal attacks on police officers in Baton Rouge and Dallas, it was another grim snapshot of America\u2019s continuing crisis in black and blue, this moment amplified by presidential politics. And as usual, there was very little consensus on what went wrong and how to fix it. At a news conference on Wednesday, Kerr Putney, chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police, said officers had found the gun that the police said Mr. Scott had brandished before an officer, who is also black, fatally shot him and were examining police video of the encounter that unfolded as Mr. Scott stepped out of a car. Family members of Mr. Scott have said that he was unarmed and was holding only a book. Chief Putney said Wednesday morning, \u201cWe did not find a book.\u201d The response of B. J. Murphy, an African-American activist here, could not have been more different: \u201cEverybody in Charlotte should be on notice that black people, today, we\u2019re tired of this,\u201d he said, adding an epithet. \u201cWe\u2019re tired of being killed and nobody saying nothing. We\u2019re tired of our political leaders going along to get along; they\u2019re so weak, they don\u2019t have no sympathy for our grief. And we want justice.\u201d All three shootings are under investigation, and are rife with questions. The police in Columbus said that the BB gun wielded by 13-year-old Tyre King was built to look nearly identical to a Smith & Wesson Military & Police semiautomatic pistol. Mayor Andrew J. Ginther blamed the shooting, in part, on Americans\u2019 \u201ceasy access to guns, whether they are firearms or replicas.\u201d In Tulsa, the police said investigators found the drug PCP in the shooting victim\u2019s S.U.V. The drug is known to induce erratic behavior in some users. But Mr. Crump, who is representing the family of the victim, Terence Crutcher, said the discovery of the drug, if true, would not justify the deadly shooting. In an interview on Wednesday, Mr. Crutcher\u2019s father, the Rev. Joey Crutcher, said his son had marched in protest of earlier police killings and had thought about how to protect himself during interactions with police officers. They had planned to go to a church event aimed at teaching people how behave around the police and avoid becoming another hashtag shared on social media by Black Lives Matter protesters. \u201cI never thought this would happen to my family,\u201d Mr. Crutcher said, adding that he had counseled his son all his life about how to behave around the police. \u201cI said, \u2018Whenever you\u2019re stopped by a police and you\u2019re in that situation, raise your hands up, always let them see your hands, let them see that you are not going for a gun.\u2019 And that is what Terence was doing. I said, \u2018Always put your hands on your car.\u2019 I made that specific, \u2018your car.\u2019 And that\u2019s what Terence was walking to do on his car so that they could see his hands.\u201d John Barnett, a civil rights activist in Charlotte, said during a raucous news conference near the site of the shooting that Mr. Scott had been waiting for his son to arrive home from school. \u201cThe truth of the matter is, he didn\u2019t point that gun,\u201d Mr. Barnett said. \u201cDid he intend to really sit in a vehicle, waiting on his son to get home from school and then plot to shoot a cop if they pulled up on him?\u201d Adding to an atmosphere loaded with suspicion and mistrust, residents of the apartment complex gave varying accounts of Mr. Scott\u2019s death. Some differed from the police on which officer fired the shots, and others said that no one had tried to administer CPR for Mr. Scott as officials had said. Brentley Vinson, the officer who the police say shot Mr. Scott, is black, as is the police chief. \u201cSince black lives do not matter for this city, then our black dollars should not matter,\u201d said Mr. Murphy, the activist. \u201cWe\u2019re watching a modern-day lynching on social media, on television and it is affecting the psyche of black people.\u201d Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch said Wednesday that the Justice Department \u201cis aware of, and we are assessing, the incident that led to the death of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte.\u201d Responding to another police shooting, the state\u2019s attorney in Baltimore County, Md., Scott D. Shellenberger, announced Wednesday that no charges would be filed against any of the officers involved in the Aug. 1 shooting death of Korryn Gaines or the shooting of her 5-year-old son. In Charlotte, Rakeyia Scott, Mr. Scott\u2019s wife, said on Wednesday the family was \u201cdevastated\u201d by the shooting. She described her husband as \u201ca loving husband, father, brother and friend\u201d and called on protesters to remain peaceful. At a campaign rally in Orlando, Fla., Hillary Clinton spoke about the shootings here and in Tulsa. \u201cThere is still much we don\u2019t know about what happened in both incidents, but we do know that we have two more names to add to a list of African-Americans killed by police officers in these encounters,\u2019\u2019 she said. \u201cIt\u2019s unbearable, and it needs to become intolerable. We also saw the targeting of police officers in Philadelphia last week. And last night in Charlotte, 12 officers were injured in demonstrations following Keith Scott\u2019s death. Every day police officers are serving with courage, honor and skill.\u201d Her Republican rival, Donald J. Trump, reacted on Twitter. \u201cHopefully the violence & unrest in Charlotte will come to an immediate end,\u201d he wrote. \u201cTo those injured, get well soon. We need unity & leadership.\u201d Unity, thus far, has been in short supply. On Friday, Mr. Trump earned the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police. But polls show that his support among African-Americans is negligible, even though he has singled them out in promising to solve the ills of poverty and violence that he has characterized as plaguing black neighborhoods. On Wednesday, Mr. Jackson, the man who came here to mourn, was not thinking about the current presidential candidates. The police, he said, \u201care out here killing people, and they don\u2019t even know their backgrounds,\u201d he said. \u201cThey could be killing the next president.\u201d", "essay": "I'm so tired of all this violence. If a cop shoots someone suddenly it's acceptable to go around and commit violence or loot and steal. We start reacting before we even know the facts of the situation and we place all the blame on officers as if they are just looking to shoot people. We don't hear all the stories about officers being shot every day. We don't see riots and protests when another cop is shot by a supposedly unarmed suspect. It's time we start fairly representing both sides of a situation."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Man Is Shot in Charlotte as Unrest Stretches to Second Night \u2014  A second night of protests set off by the police killing of a black man spiraled into chaos and violence after nightfall here Wednesday when a demonstration was interrupted by gunfire that gravely wounded a man in the crowd. Law enforcement authorities fired tear gas in a desperate bid to restore order. The city said on its Twitter account that the unidentified man was on life support after what officials said was a \u201ccivilian on civilian\u201d confrontation. The authorities provided no further details. Charlotte officials had said earlier that the man had been killed in the unrest. The Police Department reported that four officers had injuries that were not life-threatening. Gov. Pat McCrory\u2019s office said late Wednesday that he had declared an emergency and had \u201cinitiated efforts\u201d to deploy the National Guard and the state Highway Patrol. The shooting heightened the tension among the demonstrators and the police alike. City officials were quick to say the police had not fired any live rounds, but riot police personnel did fire repeated rounds of tear gas. The scene of the shooting and the largest demonstration of the evening happened along a crowded street in Charlotte\u2019s city center, where the sound of gunfire mixed with the noise of people banging objects into vehicles. The gunshot victim lay motionless on the ground, his eyes open, as people surrounded him and blood pooled among their feet. He was taken into the nearby Omni Hotel, and a series of confrontations played out afterward as the police kept people from entering. There was sporadic looting. Twitter messages showed that the team store of the Charlotte Hornets of the N.B.A. had been broken into and gutted of merchandise. \u201cWe are working very hard to bring peace and calm back to our city,\u201d Mayor Jennifer Roberts said on CNN. A spokesman for Ms. Roberts said she had requested and planned to review on Thursday a police dashboard video of the encounter with Keith L. Scott, the black man who was shot and killed here on Tuesday. But she said she would not make the video public. Around 10 p.m., the police ordered all civilians, including members of the news media, to leave parts of the Uptown neighborhood and threatened to arrest those who did not comply. When the crowd did not respond immediately, the authorities fired more tear gas within minutes. After that, it appeared that the crowd started to disperse, although some stragglers remained in the area. The unrest in Charlotte came after two other police-involved deadly shootings in the last week. First came the shooting of a teenager in Columbus, Ohio, who had been brandishing a BB gun. Two days later, on Friday, was the shooting death in Tulsa, Okla., of a man who had his hands above his head before an officer opened fire. And then it was Charlotte, where Mr. Scott, 43, black like the other two, was shot by a police officer in a parking space marked \u201cVisitor\u201d outside an unremarkable apartment complex. On Wednesday that parking space was both a shooting site and a shrine, and Charlotte was a city on edge, the latest to play a role in what feels like a recurring, seemingly inescapable tape loop of American tragedy. \u201cTo see this happen multiple times \u2014 just time after time \u2014 it\u2019s depressing, man,\u201d said Tom Jackson, 25, who works with mentally disabled people. He didn\u2019t know Mr. Scott but was drawn here nonetheless, one of many strangers and friends who came to pay their respects and make sense of their sorrow. In addition to the fatal attacks on police officers in Baton Rouge and Dallas, it was another grim snapshot of America\u2019s continuing crisis in black and blue, this moment amplified by presidential politics. And as usual, there was very little consensus on what went wrong and how to fix it. At a news conference on Wednesday, Kerr Putney, chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police, said officers had found the gun that the police said Mr. Scott had brandished before an officer, who is also black, fatally shot him and were examining police video of the encounter that unfolded as Mr. Scott stepped out of a car. Family members of Mr. Scott have said that he was unarmed and was holding only a book. Chief Putney said Wednesday morning, \u201cWe did not find a book.\u201d The response of B. J. Murphy, an African-American activist here, could not have been more different: \u201cEverybody in Charlotte should be on notice that black people, today, we\u2019re tired of this,\u201d he said, adding an epithet. \u201cWe\u2019re tired of being killed and nobody saying nothing. We\u2019re tired of our political leaders going along to get along; they\u2019re so weak, they don\u2019t have no sympathy for our grief. And we want justice.\u201d All three shootings are under investigation, and are rife with questions. The police in Columbus said that the BB gun wielded by 13-year-old Tyre King was built to look nearly identical to a Smith & Wesson Military & Police semiautomatic pistol. Mayor Andrew J. Ginther blamed the shooting, in part, on Americans\u2019 \u201ceasy access to guns, whether they are firearms or replicas.\u201d In Tulsa, the police said investigators found the drug PCP in the shooting victim\u2019s S.U.V. The drug is known to induce erratic behavior in some users. But Mr. Crump, who is representing the family of the victim, Terence Crutcher, said the discovery of the drug, if true, would not justify the deadly shooting. In an interview on Wednesday, Mr. Crutcher\u2019s father, the Rev. Joey Crutcher, said his son had marched in protest of earlier police killings and had thought about how to protect himself during interactions with police officers. They had planned to go to a church event aimed at teaching people how behave around the police and avoid becoming another hashtag shared on social media by Black Lives Matter protesters. \u201cI never thought this would happen to my family,\u201d Mr. Crutcher said, adding that he had counseled his son all his life about how to behave around the police. \u201cI said, \u2018Whenever you\u2019re stopped by a police and you\u2019re in that situation, raise your hands up, always let them see your hands, let them see that you are not going for a gun.\u2019 And that is what Terence was doing. I said, \u2018Always put your hands on your car.\u2019 I made that specific, \u2018your car.\u2019 And that\u2019s what Terence was walking to do on his car so that they could see his hands.\u201d John Barnett, a civil rights activist in Charlotte, said during a raucous news conference near the site of the shooting that Mr. Scott had been waiting for his son to arrive home from school. \u201cThe truth of the matter is, he didn\u2019t point that gun,\u201d Mr. Barnett said. \u201cDid he intend to really sit in a vehicle, waiting on his son to get home from school and then plot to shoot a cop if they pulled up on him?\u201d Adding to an atmosphere loaded with suspicion and mistrust, residents of the apartment complex gave varying accounts of Mr. Scott\u2019s death. Some differed from the police on which officer fired the shots, and others said that no one had tried to administer CPR for Mr. Scott as officials had said. Brentley Vinson, the officer who the police say shot Mr. Scott, is black, as is the police chief. \u201cSince black lives do not matter for this city, then our black dollars should not matter,\u201d said Mr. Murphy, the activist. \u201cWe\u2019re watching a modern-day lynching on social media, on television and it is affecting the psyche of black people.\u201d Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch said Wednesday that the Justice Department \u201cis aware of, and we are assessing, the incident that led to the death of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte.\u201d Responding to another police shooting, the state\u2019s attorney in Baltimore County, Md., Scott D. Shellenberger, announced Wednesday that no charges would be filed against any of the officers involved in the Aug. 1 shooting death of Korryn Gaines or the shooting of her 5-year-old son. In Charlotte, Rakeyia Scott, Mr. Scott\u2019s wife, said on Wednesday the family was \u201cdevastated\u201d by the shooting. She described her husband as \u201ca loving husband, father, brother and friend\u201d and called on protesters to remain peaceful. At a campaign rally in Orlando, Fla., Hillary Clinton spoke about the shootings here and in Tulsa. \u201cThere is still much we don\u2019t know about what happened in both incidents, but we do know that we have two more names to add to a list of African-Americans killed by police officers in these encounters,\u2019\u2019 she said. \u201cIt\u2019s unbearable, and it needs to become intolerable. We also saw the targeting of police officers in Philadelphia last week. And last night in Charlotte, 12 officers were injured in demonstrations following Keith Scott\u2019s death. Every day police officers are serving with courage, honor and skill.\u201d Her Republican rival, Donald J. Trump, reacted on Twitter. \u201cHopefully the violence & unrest in Charlotte will come to an immediate end,\u201d he wrote. \u201cTo those injured, get well soon. We need unity & leadership.\u201d Unity, thus far, has been in short supply. On Friday, Mr. Trump earned the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police. But polls show that his support among African-Americans is negligible, even though he has singled them out in promising to solve the ills of poverty and violence that he has characterized as plaguing black neighborhoods. On Wednesday, Mr. Jackson, the man who came here to mourn, was not thinking about the current presidential candidates. The police, he said, \u201care out here killing people, and they don\u2019t even know their backgrounds,\u201d he said. \u201cThey could be killing the next president.\u201d", "essay": "The violence due to guns in this co0untry is becoming way too prevalent. We must do something to fix it but the republicans seem to be too much into gun control. I feel like that is the downside of things. There needs to be a better dialogue between both parties because too many people are dying at the hands of guns."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Man Is Shot in Charlotte as Unrest Stretches to Second Night \u2014  A second night of protests set off by the police killing of a black man spiraled into chaos and violence after nightfall here Wednesday when a demonstration was interrupted by gunfire that gravely wounded a man in the crowd. Law enforcement authorities fired tear gas in a desperate bid to restore order. The city said on its Twitter account that the unidentified man was on life support after what officials said was a \u201ccivilian on civilian\u201d confrontation. The authorities provided no further details. Charlotte officials had said earlier that the man had been killed in the unrest. The Police Department reported that four officers had injuries that were not life-threatening. Gov. Pat McCrory\u2019s office said late Wednesday that he had declared an emergency and had \u201cinitiated efforts\u201d to deploy the National Guard and the state Highway Patrol. The shooting heightened the tension among the demonstrators and the police alike. City officials were quick to say the police had not fired any live rounds, but riot police personnel did fire repeated rounds of tear gas. The scene of the shooting and the largest demonstration of the evening happened along a crowded street in Charlotte\u2019s city center, where the sound of gunfire mixed with the noise of people banging objects into vehicles. The gunshot victim lay motionless on the ground, his eyes open, as people surrounded him and blood pooled among their feet. He was taken into the nearby Omni Hotel, and a series of confrontations played out afterward as the police kept people from entering. There was sporadic looting. Twitter messages showed that the team store of the Charlotte Hornets of the N.B.A. had been broken into and gutted of merchandise. \u201cWe are working very hard to bring peace and calm back to our city,\u201d Mayor Jennifer Roberts said on CNN. A spokesman for Ms. Roberts said she had requested and planned to review on Thursday a police dashboard video of the encounter with Keith L. Scott, the black man who was shot and killed here on Tuesday. But she said she would not make the video public. Around 10 p.m., the police ordered all civilians, including members of the news media, to leave parts of the Uptown neighborhood and threatened to arrest those who did not comply. When the crowd did not respond immediately, the authorities fired more tear gas within minutes. After that, it appeared that the crowd started to disperse, although some stragglers remained in the area. The unrest in Charlotte came after two other police-involved deadly shootings in the last week. First came the shooting of a teenager in Columbus, Ohio, who had been brandishing a BB gun. Two days later, on Friday, was the shooting death in Tulsa, Okla., of a man who had his hands above his head before an officer opened fire. And then it was Charlotte, where Mr. Scott, 43, black like the other two, was shot by a police officer in a parking space marked \u201cVisitor\u201d outside an unremarkable apartment complex. On Wednesday that parking space was both a shooting site and a shrine, and Charlotte was a city on edge, the latest to play a role in what feels like a recurring, seemingly inescapable tape loop of American tragedy. \u201cTo see this happen multiple times \u2014 just time after time \u2014 it\u2019s depressing, man,\u201d said Tom Jackson, 25, who works with mentally disabled people. He didn\u2019t know Mr. Scott but was drawn here nonetheless, one of many strangers and friends who came to pay their respects and make sense of their sorrow. In addition to the fatal attacks on police officers in Baton Rouge and Dallas, it was another grim snapshot of America\u2019s continuing crisis in black and blue, this moment amplified by presidential politics. And as usual, there was very little consensus on what went wrong and how to fix it. At a news conference on Wednesday, Kerr Putney, chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police, said officers had found the gun that the police said Mr. Scott had brandished before an officer, who is also black, fatally shot him and were examining police video of the encounter that unfolded as Mr. Scott stepped out of a car. Family members of Mr. Scott have said that he was unarmed and was holding only a book. Chief Putney said Wednesday morning, \u201cWe did not find a book.\u201d The response of B. J. Murphy, an African-American activist here, could not have been more different: \u201cEverybody in Charlotte should be on notice that black people, today, we\u2019re tired of this,\u201d he said, adding an epithet. \u201cWe\u2019re tired of being killed and nobody saying nothing. We\u2019re tired of our political leaders going along to get along; they\u2019re so weak, they don\u2019t have no sympathy for our grief. And we want justice.\u201d All three shootings are under investigation, and are rife with questions. The police in Columbus said that the BB gun wielded by 13-year-old Tyre King was built to look nearly identical to a Smith & Wesson Military & Police semiautomatic pistol. Mayor Andrew J. Ginther blamed the shooting, in part, on Americans\u2019 \u201ceasy access to guns, whether they are firearms or replicas.\u201d In Tulsa, the police said investigators found the drug PCP in the shooting victim\u2019s S.U.V. The drug is known to induce erratic behavior in some users. But Mr. Crump, who is representing the family of the victim, Terence Crutcher, said the discovery of the drug, if true, would not justify the deadly shooting. In an interview on Wednesday, Mr. Crutcher\u2019s father, the Rev. Joey Crutcher, said his son had marched in protest of earlier police killings and had thought about how to protect himself during interactions with police officers. They had planned to go to a church event aimed at teaching people how behave around the police and avoid becoming another hashtag shared on social media by Black Lives Matter protesters. \u201cI never thought this would happen to my family,\u201d Mr. Crutcher said, adding that he had counseled his son all his life about how to behave around the police. \u201cI said, \u2018Whenever you\u2019re stopped by a police and you\u2019re in that situation, raise your hands up, always let them see your hands, let them see that you are not going for a gun.\u2019 And that is what Terence was doing. I said, \u2018Always put your hands on your car.\u2019 I made that specific, \u2018your car.\u2019 And that\u2019s what Terence was walking to do on his car so that they could see his hands.\u201d John Barnett, a civil rights activist in Charlotte, said during a raucous news conference near the site of the shooting that Mr. Scott had been waiting for his son to arrive home from school. \u201cThe truth of the matter is, he didn\u2019t point that gun,\u201d Mr. Barnett said. \u201cDid he intend to really sit in a vehicle, waiting on his son to get home from school and then plot to shoot a cop if they pulled up on him?\u201d Adding to an atmosphere loaded with suspicion and mistrust, residents of the apartment complex gave varying accounts of Mr. Scott\u2019s death. Some differed from the police on which officer fired the shots, and others said that no one had tried to administer CPR for Mr. Scott as officials had said. Brentley Vinson, the officer who the police say shot Mr. Scott, is black, as is the police chief. \u201cSince black lives do not matter for this city, then our black dollars should not matter,\u201d said Mr. Murphy, the activist. \u201cWe\u2019re watching a modern-day lynching on social media, on television and it is affecting the psyche of black people.\u201d Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch said Wednesday that the Justice Department \u201cis aware of, and we are assessing, the incident that led to the death of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte.\u201d Responding to another police shooting, the state\u2019s attorney in Baltimore County, Md., Scott D. Shellenberger, announced Wednesday that no charges would be filed against any of the officers involved in the Aug. 1 shooting death of Korryn Gaines or the shooting of her 5-year-old son. In Charlotte, Rakeyia Scott, Mr. Scott\u2019s wife, said on Wednesday the family was \u201cdevastated\u201d by the shooting. She described her husband as \u201ca loving husband, father, brother and friend\u201d and called on protesters to remain peaceful. At a campaign rally in Orlando, Fla., Hillary Clinton spoke about the shootings here and in Tulsa. \u201cThere is still much we don\u2019t know about what happened in both incidents, but we do know that we have two more names to add to a list of African-Americans killed by police officers in these encounters,\u2019\u2019 she said. \u201cIt\u2019s unbearable, and it needs to become intolerable. We also saw the targeting of police officers in Philadelphia last week. And last night in Charlotte, 12 officers were injured in demonstrations following Keith Scott\u2019s death. Every day police officers are serving with courage, honor and skill.\u201d Her Republican rival, Donald J. Trump, reacted on Twitter. \u201cHopefully the violence & unrest in Charlotte will come to an immediate end,\u201d he wrote. \u201cTo those injured, get well soon. We need unity & leadership.\u201d Unity, thus far, has been in short supply. On Friday, Mr. Trump earned the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police. But polls show that his support among African-Americans is negligible, even though he has singled them out in promising to solve the ills of poverty and violence that he has characterized as plaguing black neighborhoods. On Wednesday, Mr. Jackson, the man who came here to mourn, was not thinking about the current presidential candidates. The police, he said, \u201care out here killing people, and they don\u2019t even know their backgrounds,\u201d he said. \u201cThey could be killing the next president.\u201d", "essay": "It makes me mad when I hear about people not wanting NFL players to take a knee or when people get mad at Black Lives Matter movement. There is a real problem in America when it comes to how black people at treated by the police. The police are far too often quick to shoot an unarmed black person, but take white mass shooters alive."}
{"user_id": "ec_p060", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 35 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 32000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 3.0 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 35, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 32000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 3.0, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "Man Is Shot in Charlotte as Unrest Stretches to Second Night \u2014  A second night of protests set off by the police killing of a black man spiraled into chaos and violence after nightfall here Wednesday when a demonstration was interrupted by gunfire that gravely wounded a man in the crowd. Law enforcement authorities fired tear gas in a desperate bid to restore order. The city said on its Twitter account that the unidentified man was on life support after what officials said was a \u201ccivilian on civilian\u201d confrontation. The authorities provided no further details. Charlotte officials had said earlier that the man had been killed in the unrest. The Police Department reported that four officers had injuries that were not life-threatening. Gov. Pat McCrory\u2019s office said late Wednesday that he had declared an emergency and had \u201cinitiated efforts\u201d to deploy the National Guard and the state Highway Patrol. The shooting heightened the tension among the demonstrators and the police alike. City officials were quick to say the police had not fired any live rounds, but riot police personnel did fire repeated rounds of tear gas. The scene of the shooting and the largest demonstration of the evening happened along a crowded street in Charlotte\u2019s city center, where the sound of gunfire mixed with the noise of people banging objects into vehicles. The gunshot victim lay motionless on the ground, his eyes open, as people surrounded him and blood pooled among their feet. He was taken into the nearby Omni Hotel, and a series of confrontations played out afterward as the police kept people from entering. There was sporadic looting. Twitter messages showed that the team store of the Charlotte Hornets of the N.B.A. had been broken into and gutted of merchandise. \u201cWe are working very hard to bring peace and calm back to our city,\u201d Mayor Jennifer Roberts said on CNN. A spokesman for Ms. Roberts said she had requested and planned to review on Thursday a police dashboard video of the encounter with Keith L. Scott, the black man who was shot and killed here on Tuesday. But she said she would not make the video public. Around 10 p.m., the police ordered all civilians, including members of the news media, to leave parts of the Uptown neighborhood and threatened to arrest those who did not comply. When the crowd did not respond immediately, the authorities fired more tear gas within minutes. After that, it appeared that the crowd started to disperse, although some stragglers remained in the area. The unrest in Charlotte came after two other police-involved deadly shootings in the last week. First came the shooting of a teenager in Columbus, Ohio, who had been brandishing a BB gun. Two days later, on Friday, was the shooting death in Tulsa, Okla., of a man who had his hands above his head before an officer opened fire. And then it was Charlotte, where Mr. Scott, 43, black like the other two, was shot by a police officer in a parking space marked \u201cVisitor\u201d outside an unremarkable apartment complex. On Wednesday that parking space was both a shooting site and a shrine, and Charlotte was a city on edge, the latest to play a role in what feels like a recurring, seemingly inescapable tape loop of American tragedy. \u201cTo see this happen multiple times \u2014 just time after time \u2014 it\u2019s depressing, man,\u201d said Tom Jackson, 25, who works with mentally disabled people. He didn\u2019t know Mr. Scott but was drawn here nonetheless, one of many strangers and friends who came to pay their respects and make sense of their sorrow. In addition to the fatal attacks on police officers in Baton Rouge and Dallas, it was another grim snapshot of America\u2019s continuing crisis in black and blue, this moment amplified by presidential politics. And as usual, there was very little consensus on what went wrong and how to fix it. At a news conference on Wednesday, Kerr Putney, chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police, said officers had found the gun that the police said Mr. Scott had brandished before an officer, who is also black, fatally shot him and were examining police video of the encounter that unfolded as Mr. Scott stepped out of a car. Family members of Mr. Scott have said that he was unarmed and was holding only a book. Chief Putney said Wednesday morning, \u201cWe did not find a book.\u201d The response of B. J. Murphy, an African-American activist here, could not have been more different: \u201cEverybody in Charlotte should be on notice that black people, today, we\u2019re tired of this,\u201d he said, adding an epithet. \u201cWe\u2019re tired of being killed and nobody saying nothing. We\u2019re tired of our political leaders going along to get along; they\u2019re so weak, they don\u2019t have no sympathy for our grief. And we want justice.\u201d All three shootings are under investigation, and are rife with questions. The police in Columbus said that the BB gun wielded by 13-year-old Tyre King was built to look nearly identical to a Smith & Wesson Military & Police semiautomatic pistol. Mayor Andrew J. Ginther blamed the shooting, in part, on Americans\u2019 \u201ceasy access to guns, whether they are firearms or replicas.\u201d In Tulsa, the police said investigators found the drug PCP in the shooting victim\u2019s S.U.V. The drug is known to induce erratic behavior in some users. But Mr. Crump, who is representing the family of the victim, Terence Crutcher, said the discovery of the drug, if true, would not justify the deadly shooting. In an interview on Wednesday, Mr. Crutcher\u2019s father, the Rev. Joey Crutcher, said his son had marched in protest of earlier police killings and had thought about how to protect himself during interactions with police officers. They had planned to go to a church event aimed at teaching people how behave around the police and avoid becoming another hashtag shared on social media by Black Lives Matter protesters. \u201cI never thought this would happen to my family,\u201d Mr. Crutcher said, adding that he had counseled his son all his life about how to behave around the police. \u201cI said, \u2018Whenever you\u2019re stopped by a police and you\u2019re in that situation, raise your hands up, always let them see your hands, let them see that you are not going for a gun.\u2019 And that is what Terence was doing. I said, \u2018Always put your hands on your car.\u2019 I made that specific, \u2018your car.\u2019 And that\u2019s what Terence was walking to do on his car so that they could see his hands.\u201d John Barnett, a civil rights activist in Charlotte, said during a raucous news conference near the site of the shooting that Mr. Scott had been waiting for his son to arrive home from school. \u201cThe truth of the matter is, he didn\u2019t point that gun,\u201d Mr. Barnett said. \u201cDid he intend to really sit in a vehicle, waiting on his son to get home from school and then plot to shoot a cop if they pulled up on him?\u201d Adding to an atmosphere loaded with suspicion and mistrust, residents of the apartment complex gave varying accounts of Mr. Scott\u2019s death. Some differed from the police on which officer fired the shots, and others said that no one had tried to administer CPR for Mr. Scott as officials had said. Brentley Vinson, the officer who the police say shot Mr. Scott, is black, as is the police chief. \u201cSince black lives do not matter for this city, then our black dollars should not matter,\u201d said Mr. Murphy, the activist. \u201cWe\u2019re watching a modern-day lynching on social media, on television and it is affecting the psyche of black people.\u201d Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch said Wednesday that the Justice Department \u201cis aware of, and we are assessing, the incident that led to the death of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte.\u201d Responding to another police shooting, the state\u2019s attorney in Baltimore County, Md., Scott D. Shellenberger, announced Wednesday that no charges would be filed against any of the officers involved in the Aug. 1 shooting death of Korryn Gaines or the shooting of her 5-year-old son. In Charlotte, Rakeyia Scott, Mr. Scott\u2019s wife, said on Wednesday the family was \u201cdevastated\u201d by the shooting. She described her husband as \u201ca loving husband, father, brother and friend\u201d and called on protesters to remain peaceful. At a campaign rally in Orlando, Fla., Hillary Clinton spoke about the shootings here and in Tulsa. \u201cThere is still much we don\u2019t know about what happened in both incidents, but we do know that we have two more names to add to a list of African-Americans killed by police officers in these encounters,\u2019\u2019 she said. \u201cIt\u2019s unbearable, and it needs to become intolerable. We also saw the targeting of police officers in Philadelphia last week. And last night in Charlotte, 12 officers were injured in demonstrations following Keith Scott\u2019s death. Every day police officers are serving with courage, honor and skill.\u201d Her Republican rival, Donald J. Trump, reacted on Twitter. \u201cHopefully the violence & unrest in Charlotte will come to an immediate end,\u201d he wrote. \u201cTo those injured, get well soon. We need unity & leadership.\u201d Unity, thus far, has been in short supply. On Friday, Mr. Trump earned the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police. But polls show that his support among African-Americans is negligible, even though he has singled them out in promising to solve the ills of poverty and violence that he has characterized as plaguing black neighborhoods. On Wednesday, Mr. Jackson, the man who came here to mourn, was not thinking about the current presidential candidates. The police, he said, \u201care out here killing people, and they don\u2019t even know their backgrounds,\u201d he said. \u201cThey could be killing the next president.\u201d", "essay": "I can't believe that this is what America has become. People are dying every day. They are dying at the hands of those who should be protecting us. They are dying at the hands of random strangers with a vendetta. At what point does all this stop and do civilians get to feel safe again? If guns aren't the problem then what is the problem? If the police aren't the problem then who is responsible for these deaths?"}
{"user_id": "ec_p073", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Riot police move in on North Dakota pipeline protesters \u2014  Armed police in the US state of North Dakota have arrested 141 Native American protesters and environmental activists during a tense confrontation. They were among several hundred people who occupied private land in the path of a controversial new oil pipeline. Police fired non-lethal rounds and used pepper spray and sound cannon to push protesters back to their main encampment on public land. Skirmishes lasted overnight and continued until early Friday morning. By then, spent bean bag rounds and pepper spray canisters littered the ground as police towed away vehicles that the protesters had burned to create barricades in the road, including several military-grade Humvees. \"They used a sonic device and then also they used rubber bullets and we have shots of people who had rubber bullets right to the face. They maced elders right in the face. They dragged people out of sweat lodges. They shot one 15-year-old boy's horse and killed it under him,\" Jacqueline Keeler from the Sioux tribe told the BBC. She said members of the tribe were protesting because the pipeline threatened the region's water supply went across land never ceded by the tribe. Police said they had fired non-lethal bean bag rounds in response to stone throwing and one woman who fired a pistol three times at police officers without hitting any. Dozens of officers in riot gear, some armed, moved in assisted by trucks and military Humvees. Morton County Sheriff's office said the operation began at 11:15am local time (18:15 GMT) and that protesters had refused to leave voluntarily on Wednesday. Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said the protesters were a \"public safety issue\" and their actions had \"forced law enforcement to respond\". \"We cannot have protesters blocking county roads, blocking state highways or trespassing on private property,\" he said in a statement. But Robert Eder, a 64-year-old Vietnam War veteran from the Standing Rock Reservation, said protesters were not scared. \"If they take everybody to jail, there will be twice as many tomorrow, and every day that passes more will come,\" he said. \"If they raze these teepees, tomorrow we will be back.\" Hundreds of protesters have camped on the federally owned land for months, with more than 260 people arrested before Thursday's police operation. Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the project, has said it will boost the local economy and is safer than transporting oil by rail or road. Members of the Sioux tribe say the Dakota Access pipeline will desecrate sacred land and harm water resources. The pipeline will run almost 1,900km (1,170 miles), carrying oil to Gulf Coast refineries. Native American protesters claim the land as their own, citing a 19th Century treaty with the federal government. The protest has drawn the attention of activists and celebrities, including actress-activist Shailene Woodley and Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein.", "essay": "This is a very sad situation. I can see both sides are trying to do something good, but just have different values. The Native Americans really deserve to keep their land and their resources. Maybe the people that are building the oil pipeline can figure out a way to do it that will not interfere with the Native American's lives."}
{"user_id": "ec_p000", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 26 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 65000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 26, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 65000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Riot police move in on North Dakota pipeline protesters \u2014  Armed police in the US state of North Dakota have arrested 141 Native American protesters and environmental activists during a tense confrontation. They were among several hundred people who occupied private land in the path of a controversial new oil pipeline. Police fired non-lethal rounds and used pepper spray and sound cannon to push protesters back to their main encampment on public land. Skirmishes lasted overnight and continued until early Friday morning. By then, spent bean bag rounds and pepper spray canisters littered the ground as police towed away vehicles that the protesters had burned to create barricades in the road, including several military-grade Humvees. \"They used a sonic device and then also they used rubber bullets and we have shots of people who had rubber bullets right to the face. They maced elders right in the face. They dragged people out of sweat lodges. They shot one 15-year-old boy's horse and killed it under him,\" Jacqueline Keeler from the Sioux tribe told the BBC. She said members of the tribe were protesting because the pipeline threatened the region's water supply went across land never ceded by the tribe. Police said they had fired non-lethal bean bag rounds in response to stone throwing and one woman who fired a pistol three times at police officers without hitting any. Dozens of officers in riot gear, some armed, moved in assisted by trucks and military Humvees. Morton County Sheriff's office said the operation began at 11:15am local time (18:15 GMT) and that protesters had refused to leave voluntarily on Wednesday. Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said the protesters were a \"public safety issue\" and their actions had \"forced law enforcement to respond\". \"We cannot have protesters blocking county roads, blocking state highways or trespassing on private property,\" he said in a statement. But Robert Eder, a 64-year-old Vietnam War veteran from the Standing Rock Reservation, said protesters were not scared. \"If they take everybody to jail, there will be twice as many tomorrow, and every day that passes more will come,\" he said. \"If they raze these teepees, tomorrow we will be back.\" Hundreds of protesters have camped on the federally owned land for months, with more than 260 people arrested before Thursday's police operation. Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the project, has said it will boost the local economy and is safer than transporting oil by rail or road. Members of the Sioux tribe say the Dakota Access pipeline will desecrate sacred land and harm water resources. The pipeline will run almost 1,900km (1,170 miles), carrying oil to Gulf Coast refineries. Native American protesters claim the land as their own, citing a 19th Century treaty with the federal government. The protest has drawn the attention of activists and celebrities, including actress-activist Shailene Woodley and Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein.", "essay": "Hey, Did you see the article about the most police arresting all the rioters over the North Dakota pipeline. I don't really feel guilt about it. I think they broke the law and they got what was coming to them. You are free to make your on choice but you are not free of the consequences that come with those choices"}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "Riot police move in on North Dakota pipeline protesters \u2014  Armed police in the US state of North Dakota have arrested 141 Native American protesters and environmental activists during a tense confrontation. They were among several hundred people who occupied private land in the path of a controversial new oil pipeline. Police fired non-lethal rounds and used pepper spray and sound cannon to push protesters back to their main encampment on public land. Skirmishes lasted overnight and continued until early Friday morning. By then, spent bean bag rounds and pepper spray canisters littered the ground as police towed away vehicles that the protesters had burned to create barricades in the road, including several military-grade Humvees. \"They used a sonic device and then also they used rubber bullets and we have shots of people who had rubber bullets right to the face. They maced elders right in the face. They dragged people out of sweat lodges. They shot one 15-year-old boy's horse and killed it under him,\" Jacqueline Keeler from the Sioux tribe told the BBC. She said members of the tribe were protesting because the pipeline threatened the region's water supply went across land never ceded by the tribe. Police said they had fired non-lethal bean bag rounds in response to stone throwing and one woman who fired a pistol three times at police officers without hitting any. Dozens of officers in riot gear, some armed, moved in assisted by trucks and military Humvees. Morton County Sheriff's office said the operation began at 11:15am local time (18:15 GMT) and that protesters had refused to leave voluntarily on Wednesday. Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said the protesters were a \"public safety issue\" and their actions had \"forced law enforcement to respond\". \"We cannot have protesters blocking county roads, blocking state highways or trespassing on private property,\" he said in a statement. But Robert Eder, a 64-year-old Vietnam War veteran from the Standing Rock Reservation, said protesters were not scared. \"If they take everybody to jail, there will be twice as many tomorrow, and every day that passes more will come,\" he said. \"If they raze these teepees, tomorrow we will be back.\" Hundreds of protesters have camped on the federally owned land for months, with more than 260 people arrested before Thursday's police operation. Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the project, has said it will boost the local economy and is safer than transporting oil by rail or road. Members of the Sioux tribe say the Dakota Access pipeline will desecrate sacred land and harm water resources. The pipeline will run almost 1,900km (1,170 miles), carrying oil to Gulf Coast refineries. Native American protesters claim the land as their own, citing a 19th Century treaty with the federal government. The protest has drawn the attention of activists and celebrities, including actress-activist Shailene Woodley and Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein.", "essay": "I think it was good that they killed that kids horse what was he doing there any way his parents should get locked up for putting him at risk like that. I think we need more oil and I don't care how we get it. I hope we build more pipelines all over this country. I don't need to be paying more for my gas."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Riot police move in on North Dakota pipeline protesters \u2014  Armed police in the US state of North Dakota have arrested 141 Native American protesters and environmental activists during a tense confrontation. They were among several hundred people who occupied private land in the path of a controversial new oil pipeline. Police fired non-lethal rounds and used pepper spray and sound cannon to push protesters back to their main encampment on public land. Skirmishes lasted overnight and continued until early Friday morning. By then, spent bean bag rounds and pepper spray canisters littered the ground as police towed away vehicles that the protesters had burned to create barricades in the road, including several military-grade Humvees. \"They used a sonic device and then also they used rubber bullets and we have shots of people who had rubber bullets right to the face. They maced elders right in the face. They dragged people out of sweat lodges. They shot one 15-year-old boy's horse and killed it under him,\" Jacqueline Keeler from the Sioux tribe told the BBC. She said members of the tribe were protesting because the pipeline threatened the region's water supply went across land never ceded by the tribe. Police said they had fired non-lethal bean bag rounds in response to stone throwing and one woman who fired a pistol three times at police officers without hitting any. Dozens of officers in riot gear, some armed, moved in assisted by trucks and military Humvees. Morton County Sheriff's office said the operation began at 11:15am local time (18:15 GMT) and that protesters had refused to leave voluntarily on Wednesday. Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said the protesters were a \"public safety issue\" and their actions had \"forced law enforcement to respond\". \"We cannot have protesters blocking county roads, blocking state highways or trespassing on private property,\" he said in a statement. But Robert Eder, a 64-year-old Vietnam War veteran from the Standing Rock Reservation, said protesters were not scared. \"If they take everybody to jail, there will be twice as many tomorrow, and every day that passes more will come,\" he said. \"If they raze these teepees, tomorrow we will be back.\" Hundreds of protesters have camped on the federally owned land for months, with more than 260 people arrested before Thursday's police operation. Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the project, has said it will boost the local economy and is safer than transporting oil by rail or road. Members of the Sioux tribe say the Dakota Access pipeline will desecrate sacred land and harm water resources. The pipeline will run almost 1,900km (1,170 miles), carrying oil to Gulf Coast refineries. Native American protesters claim the land as their own, citing a 19th Century treaty with the federal government. The protest has drawn the attention of activists and celebrities, including actress-activist Shailene Woodley and Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein.", "essay": "Well while I am sorry for the people affected by this, it is never appropriate to protest on private land, block public highways, shoot guns at police, or throw rocks.  These people do these things then act so shocked when the police react and suddenly they are the victims.  Sorry, not in my book.  If you hae an issue, you can contact politicians or go vote.  Disrupting the peace and threatening the safety of others is not an appropriate response.  it makes me mad.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Riot police move in on North Dakota pipeline protesters \u2014  Armed police in the US state of North Dakota have arrested 141 Native American protesters and environmental activists during a tense confrontation. They were among several hundred people who occupied private land in the path of a controversial new oil pipeline. Police fired non-lethal rounds and used pepper spray and sound cannon to push protesters back to their main encampment on public land. Skirmishes lasted overnight and continued until early Friday morning. By then, spent bean bag rounds and pepper spray canisters littered the ground as police towed away vehicles that the protesters had burned to create barricades in the road, including several military-grade Humvees. \"They used a sonic device and then also they used rubber bullets and we have shots of people who had rubber bullets right to the face. They maced elders right in the face. They dragged people out of sweat lodges. They shot one 15-year-old boy's horse and killed it under him,\" Jacqueline Keeler from the Sioux tribe told the BBC. She said members of the tribe were protesting because the pipeline threatened the region's water supply went across land never ceded by the tribe. Police said they had fired non-lethal bean bag rounds in response to stone throwing and one woman who fired a pistol three times at police officers without hitting any. Dozens of officers in riot gear, some armed, moved in assisted by trucks and military Humvees. Morton County Sheriff's office said the operation began at 11:15am local time (18:15 GMT) and that protesters had refused to leave voluntarily on Wednesday. Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said the protesters were a \"public safety issue\" and their actions had \"forced law enforcement to respond\". \"We cannot have protesters blocking county roads, blocking state highways or trespassing on private property,\" he said in a statement. But Robert Eder, a 64-year-old Vietnam War veteran from the Standing Rock Reservation, said protesters were not scared. \"If they take everybody to jail, there will be twice as many tomorrow, and every day that passes more will come,\" he said. \"If they raze these teepees, tomorrow we will be back.\" Hundreds of protesters have camped on the federally owned land for months, with more than 260 people arrested before Thursday's police operation. Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the project, has said it will boost the local economy and is safer than transporting oil by rail or road. Members of the Sioux tribe say the Dakota Access pipeline will desecrate sacred land and harm water resources. The pipeline will run almost 1,900km (1,170 miles), carrying oil to Gulf Coast refineries. Native American protesters claim the land as their own, citing a 19th Century treaty with the federal government. The protest has drawn the attention of activists and celebrities, including actress-activist Shailene Woodley and Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein.", "essay": "I feel for both sides on this story. Native americans have been kicked out of land and hold the land they do still have very precious to them. They are trying to protect what is theres and water for there people. They believe in the contract that was signed and want to keep the promise. On the other hand the police are just doing there job and trying to keep from any bad things happening. When you have people firing guns at police that is when things have to get more serious and they have to use force. You cant just block roads and set cars on fire. It was very sad that a horse was killed and that older people are getting hurt and arrested."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Paris attacks: A year of grief, anger and change \u2014  Lanterns, candles and calls for peace illuminated the City of Light on Sunday as Paris mourned 130 people killed one year ago in attacks throughout the city.   November 13, 2015, was like any other day for Georges Salines: Work, a lunchtime swim with his daughter Lola, watching the news on TV, and an early night. He had no idea, until the phone rang, jolting him from his sleep, that his world was about to change forever. \"I went to bed ... without knowing what was going on in the streets of Paris,\" he recalls. \"I was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night, from my eldest son, who knew that his sister was at the Bataclan.\" Salines' 29-year-old daughter, Lola, had gone to a concert at the Bataclan by US rock band the Eagles of Death Metal. Midway through the show, ISIS-linked gunmen opened fire on the audience and detonated suicide vests; 90 people were killed in the raid, one of a series of coordinated attacks across Paris. Unable to reach her, the family spent hours trying to find out what had happened to Lola, calling emergency help lines and hospitals, even the morgue, but nobody could tell them if she was alive. Then the worst news, delivered in the worst way: They discovered via social media that she had been killed. \"I hope she didn't suffer or see her death coming,\" her father says. French President Francois Hollande unveiled plaques at attack sites in the city -- at the Stade de France, outside the Petit Cambodge restaurant, in the Boulevard Voltaire, and at the Bonne Biere and Belle Equipe cafes. At the Bataclan, the President tore down a French flag to reveal the memorial, as the names of all 90 who perished there were read aloud in solemn ceremony. It followed an emotional performance on Saturday night by musician Sting, a fundraiser for victim support charities at the newly opened Bataclan. He began with the words: \"We shall not forget them.\" The much-loved venue has been renovated to remove all traces of the massacre that took place there. On Sunday, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said a state of emergency, first imposed in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, will likely be extended. With the country's presidential elections coming in April-May, the prime minister said the government needs to retain the extra powers delegated by emergency laws \"to protect our democracy.\"   Denys Plaud was also at the Bataclan on the night of the attacks. He credits his survival to the fact that, when the attackers burst in, he was up on the balcony where there was more room to move to the music. \"I love to dance, and that saved my life,\" he told CNN days after his escape from the Bataclan. \"It meant I was not in the direct line of fire from the terrorists' machine guns.\" Plaud hid in a tiny room at the venue with 15 others; they waited as the gunmen got closer and closer, even shooting at the partition that sheltered them: \"I thought, 'Oh my God, I hope that wall will stand.'\" \"For three hours, we had to listen to the shooting,\" he remembers. \"That was terrible. Every time we thought it would end, it was just time for the terrorists to get their weapons reloaded, and then they would shoot again.\" Eventually, the police arrived and led them to safety across what Plaud calls \"the bloody battlefield,\" urging them not to look at the bodies of their fellow music fans. \"But ... it was not a direct path, I had to look where I was putting my feet. ... There was no way but to look at death.\" A year on, he says, the memories are \"very fresh ... it's just like it was yesterday.\" By late morning Sunday, the first flowers to remember victims were placed among the autumn leaves at the Place de la R\u00e9publique, which became the center of the city's mourning and expressions of national unity after the attacks. For many Parisians, it is an opportunity to begin getting on with life. The year since the attacks has been filled with shock, grief and mourning -- for the relatives of the dead, for those who survived, and for France as a whole: The nation was left traumatized. Extra police and troops have been on the streets of France since January 2015, when terrorists attacked the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people: Armed officers now patrol outside tourist hot spots, schools, government and religious buildings. Operation Sentinel has seen the mobilization of 10,000 soldiers to monitor and protect more than 11,000 locations across the country -- 3,000 of them religious sites, the rest a mixture of key infrastructure, industrial plants and \"symbolic\" places around the country. And despite all the extra security on the streets, what happened in January and November 2015 -- and other incidents that followed in 2016, in Nice, Rouen and Magnanville -- have impacted the country's morale. Plaud says Paris itself was left \"in shock.\" Anger at these events has been linked to a steep rise in xenophobia; according to the National Commission on Human Rights, or CCNDH, there were 429 reports of attacks on, and threats against, Muslims in France in 2015 -- a rise of 223% on the previous year. This \"wave of aggression against Muslims\" ranged from assaults on women wearing the hijab to graffiti on places of worship and halal butcher shops. In one incident, the door handle of a mosque was wrapped in bacon. The CCNDH says the majority happened in January and November. The attacks have also damaged France's prized tourism industry: Almost 2 million fewer visitors have come to the country over the past year -- international arrivals are down 8.1% so far in 2016. But Plaud says the country has seen troubled times before, and is sure to bounce back: \"I am confident; in Parisian history there have been a lot of events like that -- war, civil war. But Paris has always been able to recover.\" #ParisResiste Balloons were released into the skies over Paris, and as darkness fell, thousands of lanterns were floated on the waters of the Canal St. Martin, close to the scene of several of the attacks. A social media campaign, #ParisResiste called on people to display lighted candles in the windows of their homes on Sunday evening, to \"light up the city\" and \"brighten the future.\" Salines concedes the day will be a difficult one for many: \"Some families have chosen to take a vacation and go abroad even, because there will be a lot of media attention and there will be a lot of archive footage of last year -- I'm sure it will be painful to see these images again.\" Plaud suffered flashbacks in the months after the attack that forced him to give up his job as a math and physics tutor, but says he is gradually recovering. This week he returned to the Bataclan for the first time. \"I want[ed] to come back to pay my last homage to the victims and people who died there,\" he says. \"It is important even if it is very strong, emotionally, to be here.\" Both Plaud and Salines say putting pen to paper has helped them through the past 12 months. \"I wanted to write in order not to forget,\" Salines says. \"The writing helped me, because it was the only way in the first days that I could think about what had happened ... not without pain, but being able to stay calm and to keep some distance between the pain and my thinking.\" The idea for his book, \"The unspeakable, from A to Z\" came, he says, from \"the messages I received from friends and family -- lots of them started with the words, 'this is unspeakable,' 'we don't know what to say,' 'there are no words.' They had no words but I had lots! I started to make a list of words and ... little by little it grew and it grew into a book.\" He says the dictionary-like form his writings took helped reflect the rapidly changing emotions he experienced in the weeks and months after Lola's death. \"It was very close to what I was experiencing in terms of the shift between very different moods, even happening all at the same time, within a few minutes, from crying to laughing. When you read you go from one word to another, from emotional feelings ... to very funny.\" The first entry in the book: A is for absurd. \"Because Lola, and I am sure all the other young people who lost their lives that day, were total strangers to the situation, the fight that the terrorists have and it is profoundly unjust.\" For Plaud, revisiting his experiences to write about them \"was very difficult [but] it was therapeutic.\" \"It was a way to exorcise the demons and all the horror I saw that night. It was dangerous because sometimes I had to go deep inside my memories of death.\" 'Grieving never ends' \"The grieving never ends,\" says Salines. \"I am at a stage now where I know that things are relatively stable -- the pain will probably last for the rest of my life but I don't break down in tears three times a day as I was doing at the beginning.\" Salines is sustained by his work as chairman of one of the support groups for those affected by the events of November 13, and by his memories of Lola. \"Her life was maybe short, but it was a full life, full of happiness,\" he says. A publisher of children's and young adult books, Lola loved to travel and had a passion for roller derby. \"She had incredible energy. We didn't know how she could do so many things in a day.\" \"She did a lot of good things in her life, she had a great deal of pleasure, she was very enthusiastic,\" he says. \"She had a good life. Writing about it was maybe a way of convincing myself, but I feel pretty confident that my daughter's life was a good life.\" Plaud says for him, the time has come to move on. \"It's been one year now and I feel like it's the end of my mourning.\" \"It is a good thing that life has come back again,\" he says. \"We have to keep the memory, but you also [must] not be stuck in that horror, [you must] keep on living.\"", "essay": "This one sort of gets to me.  The article humanizes the tragedy very clearly, focusing on the one man who lost his daughter, or the individual people who experienced the attacks.  I think it's ironic that the U.S. gets this reputation as a racist country and all that stuff, but the French response was just the same as ours.  The government took extra power to increase safety.  People attacked Muslims because they were pissed off.  The nation grieved.  Sounds a lot like America after 9/11.  We then went after the source of the problem (and beyond).  The French aren't quite as bold.  The one thing I thought of in this story is the band that were playing.  how awful to think that you wanted people to come see you and as a result they got killed at your show.  Awful to live with."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Paris attacks: A year of grief, anger and change \u2014  Lanterns, candles and calls for peace illuminated the City of Light on Sunday as Paris mourned 130 people killed one year ago in attacks throughout the city.   November 13, 2015, was like any other day for Georges Salines: Work, a lunchtime swim with his daughter Lola, watching the news on TV, and an early night. He had no idea, until the phone rang, jolting him from his sleep, that his world was about to change forever. \"I went to bed ... without knowing what was going on in the streets of Paris,\" he recalls. \"I was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night, from my eldest son, who knew that his sister was at the Bataclan.\" Salines' 29-year-old daughter, Lola, had gone to a concert at the Bataclan by US rock band the Eagles of Death Metal. Midway through the show, ISIS-linked gunmen opened fire on the audience and detonated suicide vests; 90 people were killed in the raid, one of a series of coordinated attacks across Paris. Unable to reach her, the family spent hours trying to find out what had happened to Lola, calling emergency help lines and hospitals, even the morgue, but nobody could tell them if she was alive. Then the worst news, delivered in the worst way: They discovered via social media that she had been killed. \"I hope she didn't suffer or see her death coming,\" her father says. French President Francois Hollande unveiled plaques at attack sites in the city -- at the Stade de France, outside the Petit Cambodge restaurant, in the Boulevard Voltaire, and at the Bonne Biere and Belle Equipe cafes. At the Bataclan, the President tore down a French flag to reveal the memorial, as the names of all 90 who perished there were read aloud in solemn ceremony. It followed an emotional performance on Saturday night by musician Sting, a fundraiser for victim support charities at the newly opened Bataclan. He began with the words: \"We shall not forget them.\" The much-loved venue has been renovated to remove all traces of the massacre that took place there. On Sunday, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said a state of emergency, first imposed in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, will likely be extended. With the country's presidential elections coming in April-May, the prime minister said the government needs to retain the extra powers delegated by emergency laws \"to protect our democracy.\"   Denys Plaud was also at the Bataclan on the night of the attacks. He credits his survival to the fact that, when the attackers burst in, he was up on the balcony where there was more room to move to the music. \"I love to dance, and that saved my life,\" he told CNN days after his escape from the Bataclan. \"It meant I was not in the direct line of fire from the terrorists' machine guns.\" Plaud hid in a tiny room at the venue with 15 others; they waited as the gunmen got closer and closer, even shooting at the partition that sheltered them: \"I thought, 'Oh my God, I hope that wall will stand.'\" \"For three hours, we had to listen to the shooting,\" he remembers. \"That was terrible. Every time we thought it would end, it was just time for the terrorists to get their weapons reloaded, and then they would shoot again.\" Eventually, the police arrived and led them to safety across what Plaud calls \"the bloody battlefield,\" urging them not to look at the bodies of their fellow music fans. \"But ... it was not a direct path, I had to look where I was putting my feet. ... There was no way but to look at death.\" A year on, he says, the memories are \"very fresh ... it's just like it was yesterday.\" By late morning Sunday, the first flowers to remember victims were placed among the autumn leaves at the Place de la R\u00e9publique, which became the center of the city's mourning and expressions of national unity after the attacks. For many Parisians, it is an opportunity to begin getting on with life. The year since the attacks has been filled with shock, grief and mourning -- for the relatives of the dead, for those who survived, and for France as a whole: The nation was left traumatized. Extra police and troops have been on the streets of France since January 2015, when terrorists attacked the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people: Armed officers now patrol outside tourist hot spots, schools, government and religious buildings. Operation Sentinel has seen the mobilization of 10,000 soldiers to monitor and protect more than 11,000 locations across the country -- 3,000 of them religious sites, the rest a mixture of key infrastructure, industrial plants and \"symbolic\" places around the country. And despite all the extra security on the streets, what happened in January and November 2015 -- and other incidents that followed in 2016, in Nice, Rouen and Magnanville -- have impacted the country's morale. Plaud says Paris itself was left \"in shock.\" Anger at these events has been linked to a steep rise in xenophobia; according to the National Commission on Human Rights, or CCNDH, there were 429 reports of attacks on, and threats against, Muslims in France in 2015 -- a rise of 223% on the previous year. This \"wave of aggression against Muslims\" ranged from assaults on women wearing the hijab to graffiti on places of worship and halal butcher shops. In one incident, the door handle of a mosque was wrapped in bacon. The CCNDH says the majority happened in January and November. The attacks have also damaged France's prized tourism industry: Almost 2 million fewer visitors have come to the country over the past year -- international arrivals are down 8.1% so far in 2016. But Plaud says the country has seen troubled times before, and is sure to bounce back: \"I am confident; in Parisian history there have been a lot of events like that -- war, civil war. But Paris has always been able to recover.\" #ParisResiste Balloons were released into the skies over Paris, and as darkness fell, thousands of lanterns were floated on the waters of the Canal St. Martin, close to the scene of several of the attacks. A social media campaign, #ParisResiste called on people to display lighted candles in the windows of their homes on Sunday evening, to \"light up the city\" and \"brighten the future.\" Salines concedes the day will be a difficult one for many: \"Some families have chosen to take a vacation and go abroad even, because there will be a lot of media attention and there will be a lot of archive footage of last year -- I'm sure it will be painful to see these images again.\" Plaud suffered flashbacks in the months after the attack that forced him to give up his job as a math and physics tutor, but says he is gradually recovering. This week he returned to the Bataclan for the first time. \"I want[ed] to come back to pay my last homage to the victims and people who died there,\" he says. \"It is important even if it is very strong, emotionally, to be here.\" Both Plaud and Salines say putting pen to paper has helped them through the past 12 months. \"I wanted to write in order not to forget,\" Salines says. \"The writing helped me, because it was the only way in the first days that I could think about what had happened ... not without pain, but being able to stay calm and to keep some distance between the pain and my thinking.\" The idea for his book, \"The unspeakable, from A to Z\" came, he says, from \"the messages I received from friends and family -- lots of them started with the words, 'this is unspeakable,' 'we don't know what to say,' 'there are no words.' They had no words but I had lots! I started to make a list of words and ... little by little it grew and it grew into a book.\" He says the dictionary-like form his writings took helped reflect the rapidly changing emotions he experienced in the weeks and months after Lola's death. \"It was very close to what I was experiencing in terms of the shift between very different moods, even happening all at the same time, within a few minutes, from crying to laughing. When you read you go from one word to another, from emotional feelings ... to very funny.\" The first entry in the book: A is for absurd. \"Because Lola, and I am sure all the other young people who lost their lives that day, were total strangers to the situation, the fight that the terrorists have and it is profoundly unjust.\" For Plaud, revisiting his experiences to write about them \"was very difficult [but] it was therapeutic.\" \"It was a way to exorcise the demons and all the horror I saw that night. It was dangerous because sometimes I had to go deep inside my memories of death.\" 'Grieving never ends' \"The grieving never ends,\" says Salines. \"I am at a stage now where I know that things are relatively stable -- the pain will probably last for the rest of my life but I don't break down in tears three times a day as I was doing at the beginning.\" Salines is sustained by his work as chairman of one of the support groups for those affected by the events of November 13, and by his memories of Lola. \"Her life was maybe short, but it was a full life, full of happiness,\" he says. A publisher of children's and young adult books, Lola loved to travel and had a passion for roller derby. \"She had incredible energy. We didn't know how she could do so many things in a day.\" \"She did a lot of good things in her life, she had a great deal of pleasure, she was very enthusiastic,\" he says. \"She had a good life. Writing about it was maybe a way of convincing myself, but I feel pretty confident that my daughter's life was a good life.\" Plaud says for him, the time has come to move on. \"It's been one year now and I feel like it's the end of my mourning.\" \"It is a good thing that life has come back again,\" he says. \"We have to keep the memory, but you also [must] not be stuck in that horror, [you must] keep on living.\"", "essay": "I think what happens is just too sad. Anytime attacks like these are done on innocent people you can't help but try and think of ways you can prevent this. Paris is such a long historic place too and  to have these attacks happen there really makes you wonder if there is any place that is safe. That is the truth."}
{"user_id": "ec_p049", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 34 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 34000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 34, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 34000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Paris attacks: A year of grief, anger and change \u2014  Lanterns, candles and calls for peace illuminated the City of Light on Sunday as Paris mourned 130 people killed one year ago in attacks throughout the city.   November 13, 2015, was like any other day for Georges Salines: Work, a lunchtime swim with his daughter Lola, watching the news on TV, and an early night. He had no idea, until the phone rang, jolting him from his sleep, that his world was about to change forever. \"I went to bed ... without knowing what was going on in the streets of Paris,\" he recalls. \"I was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night, from my eldest son, who knew that his sister was at the Bataclan.\" Salines' 29-year-old daughter, Lola, had gone to a concert at the Bataclan by US rock band the Eagles of Death Metal. Midway through the show, ISIS-linked gunmen opened fire on the audience and detonated suicide vests; 90 people were killed in the raid, one of a series of coordinated attacks across Paris. Unable to reach her, the family spent hours trying to find out what had happened to Lola, calling emergency help lines and hospitals, even the morgue, but nobody could tell them if she was alive. Then the worst news, delivered in the worst way: They discovered via social media that she had been killed. \"I hope she didn't suffer or see her death coming,\" her father says. French President Francois Hollande unveiled plaques at attack sites in the city -- at the Stade de France, outside the Petit Cambodge restaurant, in the Boulevard Voltaire, and at the Bonne Biere and Belle Equipe cafes. At the Bataclan, the President tore down a French flag to reveal the memorial, as the names of all 90 who perished there were read aloud in solemn ceremony. It followed an emotional performance on Saturday night by musician Sting, a fundraiser for victim support charities at the newly opened Bataclan. He began with the words: \"We shall not forget them.\" The much-loved venue has been renovated to remove all traces of the massacre that took place there. On Sunday, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said a state of emergency, first imposed in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, will likely be extended. With the country's presidential elections coming in April-May, the prime minister said the government needs to retain the extra powers delegated by emergency laws \"to protect our democracy.\"   Denys Plaud was also at the Bataclan on the night of the attacks. He credits his survival to the fact that, when the attackers burst in, he was up on the balcony where there was more room to move to the music. \"I love to dance, and that saved my life,\" he told CNN days after his escape from the Bataclan. \"It meant I was not in the direct line of fire from the terrorists' machine guns.\" Plaud hid in a tiny room at the venue with 15 others; they waited as the gunmen got closer and closer, even shooting at the partition that sheltered them: \"I thought, 'Oh my God, I hope that wall will stand.'\" \"For three hours, we had to listen to the shooting,\" he remembers. \"That was terrible. Every time we thought it would end, it was just time for the terrorists to get their weapons reloaded, and then they would shoot again.\" Eventually, the police arrived and led them to safety across what Plaud calls \"the bloody battlefield,\" urging them not to look at the bodies of their fellow music fans. \"But ... it was not a direct path, I had to look where I was putting my feet. ... There was no way but to look at death.\" A year on, he says, the memories are \"very fresh ... it's just like it was yesterday.\" By late morning Sunday, the first flowers to remember victims were placed among the autumn leaves at the Place de la R\u00e9publique, which became the center of the city's mourning and expressions of national unity after the attacks. For many Parisians, it is an opportunity to begin getting on with life. The year since the attacks has been filled with shock, grief and mourning -- for the relatives of the dead, for those who survived, and for France as a whole: The nation was left traumatized. Extra police and troops have been on the streets of France since January 2015, when terrorists attacked the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people: Armed officers now patrol outside tourist hot spots, schools, government and religious buildings. Operation Sentinel has seen the mobilization of 10,000 soldiers to monitor and protect more than 11,000 locations across the country -- 3,000 of them religious sites, the rest a mixture of key infrastructure, industrial plants and \"symbolic\" places around the country. And despite all the extra security on the streets, what happened in January and November 2015 -- and other incidents that followed in 2016, in Nice, Rouen and Magnanville -- have impacted the country's morale. Plaud says Paris itself was left \"in shock.\" Anger at these events has been linked to a steep rise in xenophobia; according to the National Commission on Human Rights, or CCNDH, there were 429 reports of attacks on, and threats against, Muslims in France in 2015 -- a rise of 223% on the previous year. This \"wave of aggression against Muslims\" ranged from assaults on women wearing the hijab to graffiti on places of worship and halal butcher shops. In one incident, the door handle of a mosque was wrapped in bacon. The CCNDH says the majority happened in January and November. The attacks have also damaged France's prized tourism industry: Almost 2 million fewer visitors have come to the country over the past year -- international arrivals are down 8.1% so far in 2016. But Plaud says the country has seen troubled times before, and is sure to bounce back: \"I am confident; in Parisian history there have been a lot of events like that -- war, civil war. But Paris has always been able to recover.\" #ParisResiste Balloons were released into the skies over Paris, and as darkness fell, thousands of lanterns were floated on the waters of the Canal St. Martin, close to the scene of several of the attacks. A social media campaign, #ParisResiste called on people to display lighted candles in the windows of their homes on Sunday evening, to \"light up the city\" and \"brighten the future.\" Salines concedes the day will be a difficult one for many: \"Some families have chosen to take a vacation and go abroad even, because there will be a lot of media attention and there will be a lot of archive footage of last year -- I'm sure it will be painful to see these images again.\" Plaud suffered flashbacks in the months after the attack that forced him to give up his job as a math and physics tutor, but says he is gradually recovering. This week he returned to the Bataclan for the first time. \"I want[ed] to come back to pay my last homage to the victims and people who died there,\" he says. \"It is important even if it is very strong, emotionally, to be here.\" Both Plaud and Salines say putting pen to paper has helped them through the past 12 months. \"I wanted to write in order not to forget,\" Salines says. \"The writing helped me, because it was the only way in the first days that I could think about what had happened ... not without pain, but being able to stay calm and to keep some distance between the pain and my thinking.\" The idea for his book, \"The unspeakable, from A to Z\" came, he says, from \"the messages I received from friends and family -- lots of them started with the words, 'this is unspeakable,' 'we don't know what to say,' 'there are no words.' They had no words but I had lots! I started to make a list of words and ... little by little it grew and it grew into a book.\" He says the dictionary-like form his writings took helped reflect the rapidly changing emotions he experienced in the weeks and months after Lola's death. \"It was very close to what I was experiencing in terms of the shift between very different moods, even happening all at the same time, within a few minutes, from crying to laughing. When you read you go from one word to another, from emotional feelings ... to very funny.\" The first entry in the book: A is for absurd. \"Because Lola, and I am sure all the other young people who lost their lives that day, were total strangers to the situation, the fight that the terrorists have and it is profoundly unjust.\" For Plaud, revisiting his experiences to write about them \"was very difficult [but] it was therapeutic.\" \"It was a way to exorcise the demons and all the horror I saw that night. It was dangerous because sometimes I had to go deep inside my memories of death.\" 'Grieving never ends' \"The grieving never ends,\" says Salines. \"I am at a stage now where I know that things are relatively stable -- the pain will probably last for the rest of my life but I don't break down in tears three times a day as I was doing at the beginning.\" Salines is sustained by his work as chairman of one of the support groups for those affected by the events of November 13, and by his memories of Lola. \"Her life was maybe short, but it was a full life, full of happiness,\" he says. A publisher of children's and young adult books, Lola loved to travel and had a passion for roller derby. \"She had incredible energy. We didn't know how she could do so many things in a day.\" \"She did a lot of good things in her life, she had a great deal of pleasure, she was very enthusiastic,\" he says. \"She had a good life. Writing about it was maybe a way of convincing myself, but I feel pretty confident that my daughter's life was a good life.\" Plaud says for him, the time has come to move on. \"It's been one year now and I feel like it's the end of my mourning.\" \"It is a good thing that life has come back again,\" he says. \"We have to keep the memory, but you also [must] not be stuck in that horror, [you must] keep on living.\"", "essay": "I feel so upset that someone in the name of god would think its okay to plan and carry out a plan to kill  a bunch of people . Just innocent people thinking they are about to go to a concert and enjoy themselves and there life is taken away in the blink of a eye and for what. What has to happen for more gun laws how many people have to be killed in such a senseless way . Its becoming that we are so use to people being killed in this mannor that it its almost becoming  the norm"}
{"user_id": "ec_p006", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 27 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 27, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Paris attacks: A year of grief, anger and change \u2014  Lanterns, candles and calls for peace illuminated the City of Light on Sunday as Paris mourned 130 people killed one year ago in attacks throughout the city.   November 13, 2015, was like any other day for Georges Salines: Work, a lunchtime swim with his daughter Lola, watching the news on TV, and an early night. He had no idea, until the phone rang, jolting him from his sleep, that his world was about to change forever. \"I went to bed ... without knowing what was going on in the streets of Paris,\" he recalls. \"I was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night, from my eldest son, who knew that his sister was at the Bataclan.\" Salines' 29-year-old daughter, Lola, had gone to a concert at the Bataclan by US rock band the Eagles of Death Metal. Midway through the show, ISIS-linked gunmen opened fire on the audience and detonated suicide vests; 90 people were killed in the raid, one of a series of coordinated attacks across Paris. Unable to reach her, the family spent hours trying to find out what had happened to Lola, calling emergency help lines and hospitals, even the morgue, but nobody could tell them if she was alive. Then the worst news, delivered in the worst way: They discovered via social media that she had been killed. \"I hope she didn't suffer or see her death coming,\" her father says. French President Francois Hollande unveiled plaques at attack sites in the city -- at the Stade de France, outside the Petit Cambodge restaurant, in the Boulevard Voltaire, and at the Bonne Biere and Belle Equipe cafes. At the Bataclan, the President tore down a French flag to reveal the memorial, as the names of all 90 who perished there were read aloud in solemn ceremony. It followed an emotional performance on Saturday night by musician Sting, a fundraiser for victim support charities at the newly opened Bataclan. He began with the words: \"We shall not forget them.\" The much-loved venue has been renovated to remove all traces of the massacre that took place there. On Sunday, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said a state of emergency, first imposed in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, will likely be extended. With the country's presidential elections coming in April-May, the prime minister said the government needs to retain the extra powers delegated by emergency laws \"to protect our democracy.\"   Denys Plaud was also at the Bataclan on the night of the attacks. He credits his survival to the fact that, when the attackers burst in, he was up on the balcony where there was more room to move to the music. \"I love to dance, and that saved my life,\" he told CNN days after his escape from the Bataclan. \"It meant I was not in the direct line of fire from the terrorists' machine guns.\" Plaud hid in a tiny room at the venue with 15 others; they waited as the gunmen got closer and closer, even shooting at the partition that sheltered them: \"I thought, 'Oh my God, I hope that wall will stand.'\" \"For three hours, we had to listen to the shooting,\" he remembers. \"That was terrible. Every time we thought it would end, it was just time for the terrorists to get their weapons reloaded, and then they would shoot again.\" Eventually, the police arrived and led them to safety across what Plaud calls \"the bloody battlefield,\" urging them not to look at the bodies of their fellow music fans. \"But ... it was not a direct path, I had to look where I was putting my feet. ... There was no way but to look at death.\" A year on, he says, the memories are \"very fresh ... it's just like it was yesterday.\" By late morning Sunday, the first flowers to remember victims were placed among the autumn leaves at the Place de la R\u00e9publique, which became the center of the city's mourning and expressions of national unity after the attacks. For many Parisians, it is an opportunity to begin getting on with life. The year since the attacks has been filled with shock, grief and mourning -- for the relatives of the dead, for those who survived, and for France as a whole: The nation was left traumatized. Extra police and troops have been on the streets of France since January 2015, when terrorists attacked the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people: Armed officers now patrol outside tourist hot spots, schools, government and religious buildings. Operation Sentinel has seen the mobilization of 10,000 soldiers to monitor and protect more than 11,000 locations across the country -- 3,000 of them religious sites, the rest a mixture of key infrastructure, industrial plants and \"symbolic\" places around the country. And despite all the extra security on the streets, what happened in January and November 2015 -- and other incidents that followed in 2016, in Nice, Rouen and Magnanville -- have impacted the country's morale. Plaud says Paris itself was left \"in shock.\" Anger at these events has been linked to a steep rise in xenophobia; according to the National Commission on Human Rights, or CCNDH, there were 429 reports of attacks on, and threats against, Muslims in France in 2015 -- a rise of 223% on the previous year. This \"wave of aggression against Muslims\" ranged from assaults on women wearing the hijab to graffiti on places of worship and halal butcher shops. In one incident, the door handle of a mosque was wrapped in bacon. The CCNDH says the majority happened in January and November. The attacks have also damaged France's prized tourism industry: Almost 2 million fewer visitors have come to the country over the past year -- international arrivals are down 8.1% so far in 2016. But Plaud says the country has seen troubled times before, and is sure to bounce back: \"I am confident; in Parisian history there have been a lot of events like that -- war, civil war. But Paris has always been able to recover.\" #ParisResiste Balloons were released into the skies over Paris, and as darkness fell, thousands of lanterns were floated on the waters of the Canal St. Martin, close to the scene of several of the attacks. A social media campaign, #ParisResiste called on people to display lighted candles in the windows of their homes on Sunday evening, to \"light up the city\" and \"brighten the future.\" Salines concedes the day will be a difficult one for many: \"Some families have chosen to take a vacation and go abroad even, because there will be a lot of media attention and there will be a lot of archive footage of last year -- I'm sure it will be painful to see these images again.\" Plaud suffered flashbacks in the months after the attack that forced him to give up his job as a math and physics tutor, but says he is gradually recovering. This week he returned to the Bataclan for the first time. \"I want[ed] to come back to pay my last homage to the victims and people who died there,\" he says. \"It is important even if it is very strong, emotionally, to be here.\" Both Plaud and Salines say putting pen to paper has helped them through the past 12 months. \"I wanted to write in order not to forget,\" Salines says. \"The writing helped me, because it was the only way in the first days that I could think about what had happened ... not without pain, but being able to stay calm and to keep some distance between the pain and my thinking.\" The idea for his book, \"The unspeakable, from A to Z\" came, he says, from \"the messages I received from friends and family -- lots of them started with the words, 'this is unspeakable,' 'we don't know what to say,' 'there are no words.' They had no words but I had lots! I started to make a list of words and ... little by little it grew and it grew into a book.\" He says the dictionary-like form his writings took helped reflect the rapidly changing emotions he experienced in the weeks and months after Lola's death. \"It was very close to what I was experiencing in terms of the shift between very different moods, even happening all at the same time, within a few minutes, from crying to laughing. When you read you go from one word to another, from emotional feelings ... to very funny.\" The first entry in the book: A is for absurd. \"Because Lola, and I am sure all the other young people who lost their lives that day, were total strangers to the situation, the fight that the terrorists have and it is profoundly unjust.\" For Plaud, revisiting his experiences to write about them \"was very difficult [but] it was therapeutic.\" \"It was a way to exorcise the demons and all the horror I saw that night. It was dangerous because sometimes I had to go deep inside my memories of death.\" 'Grieving never ends' \"The grieving never ends,\" says Salines. \"I am at a stage now where I know that things are relatively stable -- the pain will probably last for the rest of my life but I don't break down in tears three times a day as I was doing at the beginning.\" Salines is sustained by his work as chairman of one of the support groups for those affected by the events of November 13, and by his memories of Lola. \"Her life was maybe short, but it was a full life, full of happiness,\" he says. A publisher of children's and young adult books, Lola loved to travel and had a passion for roller derby. \"She had incredible energy. We didn't know how she could do so many things in a day.\" \"She did a lot of good things in her life, she had a great deal of pleasure, she was very enthusiastic,\" he says. \"She had a good life. Writing about it was maybe a way of convincing myself, but I feel pretty confident that my daughter's life was a good life.\" Plaud says for him, the time has come to move on. \"It's been one year now and I feel like it's the end of my mourning.\" \"It is a good thing that life has come back again,\" he says. \"We have to keep the memory, but you also [must] not be stuck in that horror, [you must] keep on living.\"", "essay": "What a tragic story. I cannot imagine the sorrow the people affected have gone through. I hope society can come up with a solution for terrorism and that it can help in the future. It is sad that many people around the world have had to go through this event or something similar to it. There are too many stories around the world that are similar. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p060", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 35 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 32000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 3.0 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 35, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 32000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 3.0, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "Paris attacks: A year of grief, anger and change \u2014  Lanterns, candles and calls for peace illuminated the City of Light on Sunday as Paris mourned 130 people killed one year ago in attacks throughout the city.   November 13, 2015, was like any other day for Georges Salines: Work, a lunchtime swim with his daughter Lola, watching the news on TV, and an early night. He had no idea, until the phone rang, jolting him from his sleep, that his world was about to change forever. \"I went to bed ... without knowing what was going on in the streets of Paris,\" he recalls. \"I was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night, from my eldest son, who knew that his sister was at the Bataclan.\" Salines' 29-year-old daughter, Lola, had gone to a concert at the Bataclan by US rock band the Eagles of Death Metal. Midway through the show, ISIS-linked gunmen opened fire on the audience and detonated suicide vests; 90 people were killed in the raid, one of a series of coordinated attacks across Paris. Unable to reach her, the family spent hours trying to find out what had happened to Lola, calling emergency help lines and hospitals, even the morgue, but nobody could tell them if she was alive. Then the worst news, delivered in the worst way: They discovered via social media that she had been killed. \"I hope she didn't suffer or see her death coming,\" her father says. French President Francois Hollande unveiled plaques at attack sites in the city -- at the Stade de France, outside the Petit Cambodge restaurant, in the Boulevard Voltaire, and at the Bonne Biere and Belle Equipe cafes. At the Bataclan, the President tore down a French flag to reveal the memorial, as the names of all 90 who perished there were read aloud in solemn ceremony. It followed an emotional performance on Saturday night by musician Sting, a fundraiser for victim support charities at the newly opened Bataclan. He began with the words: \"We shall not forget them.\" The much-loved venue has been renovated to remove all traces of the massacre that took place there. On Sunday, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said a state of emergency, first imposed in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, will likely be extended. With the country's presidential elections coming in April-May, the prime minister said the government needs to retain the extra powers delegated by emergency laws \"to protect our democracy.\"   Denys Plaud was also at the Bataclan on the night of the attacks. He credits his survival to the fact that, when the attackers burst in, he was up on the balcony where there was more room to move to the music. \"I love to dance, and that saved my life,\" he told CNN days after his escape from the Bataclan. \"It meant I was not in the direct line of fire from the terrorists' machine guns.\" Plaud hid in a tiny room at the venue with 15 others; they waited as the gunmen got closer and closer, even shooting at the partition that sheltered them: \"I thought, 'Oh my God, I hope that wall will stand.'\" \"For three hours, we had to listen to the shooting,\" he remembers. \"That was terrible. Every time we thought it would end, it was just time for the terrorists to get their weapons reloaded, and then they would shoot again.\" Eventually, the police arrived and led them to safety across what Plaud calls \"the bloody battlefield,\" urging them not to look at the bodies of their fellow music fans. \"But ... it was not a direct path, I had to look where I was putting my feet. ... There was no way but to look at death.\" A year on, he says, the memories are \"very fresh ... it's just like it was yesterday.\" By late morning Sunday, the first flowers to remember victims were placed among the autumn leaves at the Place de la R\u00e9publique, which became the center of the city's mourning and expressions of national unity after the attacks. For many Parisians, it is an opportunity to begin getting on with life. The year since the attacks has been filled with shock, grief and mourning -- for the relatives of the dead, for those who survived, and for France as a whole: The nation was left traumatized. Extra police and troops have been on the streets of France since January 2015, when terrorists attacked the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people: Armed officers now patrol outside tourist hot spots, schools, government and religious buildings. Operation Sentinel has seen the mobilization of 10,000 soldiers to monitor and protect more than 11,000 locations across the country -- 3,000 of them religious sites, the rest a mixture of key infrastructure, industrial plants and \"symbolic\" places around the country. And despite all the extra security on the streets, what happened in January and November 2015 -- and other incidents that followed in 2016, in Nice, Rouen and Magnanville -- have impacted the country's morale. Plaud says Paris itself was left \"in shock.\" Anger at these events has been linked to a steep rise in xenophobia; according to the National Commission on Human Rights, or CCNDH, there were 429 reports of attacks on, and threats against, Muslims in France in 2015 -- a rise of 223% on the previous year. This \"wave of aggression against Muslims\" ranged from assaults on women wearing the hijab to graffiti on places of worship and halal butcher shops. In one incident, the door handle of a mosque was wrapped in bacon. The CCNDH says the majority happened in January and November. The attacks have also damaged France's prized tourism industry: Almost 2 million fewer visitors have come to the country over the past year -- international arrivals are down 8.1% so far in 2016. But Plaud says the country has seen troubled times before, and is sure to bounce back: \"I am confident; in Parisian history there have been a lot of events like that -- war, civil war. But Paris has always been able to recover.\" #ParisResiste Balloons were released into the skies over Paris, and as darkness fell, thousands of lanterns were floated on the waters of the Canal St. Martin, close to the scene of several of the attacks. A social media campaign, #ParisResiste called on people to display lighted candles in the windows of their homes on Sunday evening, to \"light up the city\" and \"brighten the future.\" Salines concedes the day will be a difficult one for many: \"Some families have chosen to take a vacation and go abroad even, because there will be a lot of media attention and there will be a lot of archive footage of last year -- I'm sure it will be painful to see these images again.\" Plaud suffered flashbacks in the months after the attack that forced him to give up his job as a math and physics tutor, but says he is gradually recovering. This week he returned to the Bataclan for the first time. \"I want[ed] to come back to pay my last homage to the victims and people who died there,\" he says. \"It is important even if it is very strong, emotionally, to be here.\" Both Plaud and Salines say putting pen to paper has helped them through the past 12 months. \"I wanted to write in order not to forget,\" Salines says. \"The writing helped me, because it was the only way in the first days that I could think about what had happened ... not without pain, but being able to stay calm and to keep some distance between the pain and my thinking.\" The idea for his book, \"The unspeakable, from A to Z\" came, he says, from \"the messages I received from friends and family -- lots of them started with the words, 'this is unspeakable,' 'we don't know what to say,' 'there are no words.' They had no words but I had lots! I started to make a list of words and ... little by little it grew and it grew into a book.\" He says the dictionary-like form his writings took helped reflect the rapidly changing emotions he experienced in the weeks and months after Lola's death. \"It was very close to what I was experiencing in terms of the shift between very different moods, even happening all at the same time, within a few minutes, from crying to laughing. When you read you go from one word to another, from emotional feelings ... to very funny.\" The first entry in the book: A is for absurd. \"Because Lola, and I am sure all the other young people who lost their lives that day, were total strangers to the situation, the fight that the terrorists have and it is profoundly unjust.\" For Plaud, revisiting his experiences to write about them \"was very difficult [but] it was therapeutic.\" \"It was a way to exorcise the demons and all the horror I saw that night. It was dangerous because sometimes I had to go deep inside my memories of death.\" 'Grieving never ends' \"The grieving never ends,\" says Salines. \"I am at a stage now where I know that things are relatively stable -- the pain will probably last for the rest of my life but I don't break down in tears three times a day as I was doing at the beginning.\" Salines is sustained by his work as chairman of one of the support groups for those affected by the events of November 13, and by his memories of Lola. \"Her life was maybe short, but it was a full life, full of happiness,\" he says. A publisher of children's and young adult books, Lola loved to travel and had a passion for roller derby. \"She had incredible energy. We didn't know how she could do so many things in a day.\" \"She did a lot of good things in her life, she had a great deal of pleasure, she was very enthusiastic,\" he says. \"She had a good life. Writing about it was maybe a way of convincing myself, but I feel pretty confident that my daughter's life was a good life.\" Plaud says for him, the time has come to move on. \"It's been one year now and I feel like it's the end of my mourning.\" \"It is a good thing that life has come back again,\" he says. \"We have to keep the memory, but you also [must] not be stuck in that horror, [you must] keep on living.\"", "essay": "I can't even imagine that these people must have gone through. Imagine being at a concert, enjoying yourself, and then all of a sudden you are being shot at. You are watching your friends drop to the floor dead. The people hiding had to endure so much. Just sitting there waiting to be killed. I will never understand how a human can inflict that kind of suffering on another human. It is such a terrible and scary thing."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "\u2018She was my constant companion\u2019: No charges in fatal dog shooting on Virginia park trail \u2014  Susan R. Smith lost her best companion this week \u2014 a black Labrador mix \u2014 after a man shot and killed her in a park. Smith said she was walking her 10-month-old dog, Macie, on Tuesday afternoon along with a friend and the friend\u2019s dog at Algonkian Regional Park, near her home in Loudoun County. Smith, of Sterling, said she had Macie off her leash, which she acknowledges is in violation of county rules. They came upon a couple walking toward them on a path, and when her dog began to jump behind the man, he shot and killed it, Smith said. The man was not charged and Loudoun County Animal Services officials said their investigation found that the man acted in self-defense after the two dogs were \u201cbehaving aggressively.\u201d The man had a license to carry a concealed weapon in Virginia, authorities said. He could not be reached to comment. Smith recalled the events that left her holding Macie as she died in her arms. Smith said her dog approached the couple and jumped in the air. She said the dog was leaping behind the man but was not barking at the time. At that point, the man yelled out, \u201cCall your dog,\u201d Smith said. \u201cHe said it once, maybe twice.\u201d Smith said she and her friend then started running toward the dogs, who were about 20 yards away. \u201cWe called for our dogs,\u201d Smith said. Then she said she saw the man\u2019s arm \u201cgo to his side\u201d and across his body. \u201cHe sees us coming,\u201d she said. The man pulled out a gun and fired it at the dog. When the gun went off, Smith said she asked the man if it was a cap gun. \u201cHe said, \u2018No it is a real gun.\u2019 \u201d Hysterical, she said, she called 911. A wounded Macie slowly came to Smith, then lay on the path, taking her last breaths in Smith\u2019s arms. Smith said the couple waited in their car for police and animal control authorities to arrive. [Arlington National Cemetery bans pets on grounds] As the couple walked past her, she said, one of them apologized for her loss. Smith said she wishes the man would have used other methods to scare her dog away, such as firing a warning shot, kicking her or swinging a stick. She said she misses Macie jumping on her bed each morning to wake her. \u201cShe was my constant companion,\u201d she said. \u201cShe doesn\u2019t even bark at a doorbell,\u201d Smith said. \u201cIt was unnecessary to shoot her. It was poor judgment.\u201d Animal services officials said in a statement that \u201ctwo large-breed dogs\u201d had been walking off their leashes and were \u201cbehaving aggressively towards a man who was walking in the park.\u201d Animal services investigators found that Macie \u201ccircled and jumped up on the walker and that the dogs\u2019 owner failed to secure them despite the walker\u2019s repeated requests.\u201d Officials said the man was \u201clegally carrying a firearm when he discharged it in an act of self-defense, fatally shooting the dog.\u201d Authorities said no charges would be filed in the case. \u201cI could be ugly and call him up,\u201d Smith said of the man who fired the shot. \u201cBut he was within his rights. It is not going to bring my dog back.\u201d", "essay": "I have mixed feelings about this story, for sure.  On the one hand, I feel sad for the woman who lost her dog.  I had a black lab mix when I was younger and she's gone now and I still miss her.  Dogs are members of the family, so when they go it's very difficult.  This is tantamount to having someone you loved murdered.  However, and it's a big however, I find it completely unacceptable for people to have to be afraid of uncontrolled dogs.  I know people who've been bit in the face by dogs.  People are killed by dogs.  Dogs are weapons, too.  No one should have to walk in a park--especially one that doesn't allow pets off leashes--and worry about being attacked. Do I think the guy overreacted by killing the dog?  Yes.  But the woman shouldn't have done what she was doing either."}
{"user_id": "ec_p064", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 55000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 55000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "\u2018She was my constant companion\u2019: No charges in fatal dog shooting on Virginia park trail \u2014  Susan R. Smith lost her best companion this week \u2014 a black Labrador mix \u2014 after a man shot and killed her in a park. Smith said she was walking her 10-month-old dog, Macie, on Tuesday afternoon along with a friend and the friend\u2019s dog at Algonkian Regional Park, near her home in Loudoun County. Smith, of Sterling, said she had Macie off her leash, which she acknowledges is in violation of county rules. They came upon a couple walking toward them on a path, and when her dog began to jump behind the man, he shot and killed it, Smith said. The man was not charged and Loudoun County Animal Services officials said their investigation found that the man acted in self-defense after the two dogs were \u201cbehaving aggressively.\u201d The man had a license to carry a concealed weapon in Virginia, authorities said. He could not be reached to comment. Smith recalled the events that left her holding Macie as she died in her arms. Smith said her dog approached the couple and jumped in the air. She said the dog was leaping behind the man but was not barking at the time. At that point, the man yelled out, \u201cCall your dog,\u201d Smith said. \u201cHe said it once, maybe twice.\u201d Smith said she and her friend then started running toward the dogs, who were about 20 yards away. \u201cWe called for our dogs,\u201d Smith said. Then she said she saw the man\u2019s arm \u201cgo to his side\u201d and across his body. \u201cHe sees us coming,\u201d she said. The man pulled out a gun and fired it at the dog. When the gun went off, Smith said she asked the man if it was a cap gun. \u201cHe said, \u2018No it is a real gun.\u2019 \u201d Hysterical, she said, she called 911. A wounded Macie slowly came to Smith, then lay on the path, taking her last breaths in Smith\u2019s arms. Smith said the couple waited in their car for police and animal control authorities to arrive. [Arlington National Cemetery bans pets on grounds] As the couple walked past her, she said, one of them apologized for her loss. Smith said she wishes the man would have used other methods to scare her dog away, such as firing a warning shot, kicking her or swinging a stick. She said she misses Macie jumping on her bed each morning to wake her. \u201cShe was my constant companion,\u201d she said. \u201cShe doesn\u2019t even bark at a doorbell,\u201d Smith said. \u201cIt was unnecessary to shoot her. It was poor judgment.\u201d Animal services officials said in a statement that \u201ctwo large-breed dogs\u201d had been walking off their leashes and were \u201cbehaving aggressively towards a man who was walking in the park.\u201d Animal services investigators found that Macie \u201ccircled and jumped up on the walker and that the dogs\u2019 owner failed to secure them despite the walker\u2019s repeated requests.\u201d Officials said the man was \u201clegally carrying a firearm when he discharged it in an act of self-defense, fatally shooting the dog.\u201d Authorities said no charges would be filed in the case. \u201cI could be ugly and call him up,\u201d Smith said of the man who fired the shot. \u201cBut he was within his rights. It is not going to bring my dog back.\u201d", "essay": "I just read an article about a dog that was shot in a park when it was off it's leash, it was running and jumping towards a man and he shot and killed it. It is very sad and I am not sure why the man acted in that way, he didn't need to shoot the dog, the dog didn't even bite him. I am shocked there were no charges against him"}
{"user_id": "ec_p028", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 23 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 70000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 4.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 3.5 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 23, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 70000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 4.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 3.5, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "\u2018She was my constant companion\u2019: No charges in fatal dog shooting on Virginia park trail \u2014  Susan R. Smith lost her best companion this week \u2014 a black Labrador mix \u2014 after a man shot and killed her in a park. Smith said she was walking her 10-month-old dog, Macie, on Tuesday afternoon along with a friend and the friend\u2019s dog at Algonkian Regional Park, near her home in Loudoun County. Smith, of Sterling, said she had Macie off her leash, which she acknowledges is in violation of county rules. They came upon a couple walking toward them on a path, and when her dog began to jump behind the man, he shot and killed it, Smith said. The man was not charged and Loudoun County Animal Services officials said their investigation found that the man acted in self-defense after the two dogs were \u201cbehaving aggressively.\u201d The man had a license to carry a concealed weapon in Virginia, authorities said. He could not be reached to comment. Smith recalled the events that left her holding Macie as she died in her arms. Smith said her dog approached the couple and jumped in the air. She said the dog was leaping behind the man but was not barking at the time. At that point, the man yelled out, \u201cCall your dog,\u201d Smith said. \u201cHe said it once, maybe twice.\u201d Smith said she and her friend then started running toward the dogs, who were about 20 yards away. \u201cWe called for our dogs,\u201d Smith said. Then she said she saw the man\u2019s arm \u201cgo to his side\u201d and across his body. \u201cHe sees us coming,\u201d she said. The man pulled out a gun and fired it at the dog. When the gun went off, Smith said she asked the man if it was a cap gun. \u201cHe said, \u2018No it is a real gun.\u2019 \u201d Hysterical, she said, she called 911. A wounded Macie slowly came to Smith, then lay on the path, taking her last breaths in Smith\u2019s arms. Smith said the couple waited in their car for police and animal control authorities to arrive. [Arlington National Cemetery bans pets on grounds] As the couple walked past her, she said, one of them apologized for her loss. Smith said she wishes the man would have used other methods to scare her dog away, such as firing a warning shot, kicking her or swinging a stick. She said she misses Macie jumping on her bed each morning to wake her. \u201cShe was my constant companion,\u201d she said. \u201cShe doesn\u2019t even bark at a doorbell,\u201d Smith said. \u201cIt was unnecessary to shoot her. It was poor judgment.\u201d Animal services officials said in a statement that \u201ctwo large-breed dogs\u201d had been walking off their leashes and were \u201cbehaving aggressively towards a man who was walking in the park.\u201d Animal services investigators found that Macie \u201ccircled and jumped up on the walker and that the dogs\u2019 owner failed to secure them despite the walker\u2019s repeated requests.\u201d Officials said the man was \u201clegally carrying a firearm when he discharged it in an act of self-defense, fatally shooting the dog.\u201d Authorities said no charges would be filed in the case. \u201cI could be ugly and call him up,\u201d Smith said of the man who fired the shot. \u201cBut he was within his rights. It is not going to bring my dog back.\u201d", "essay": "This is one of the saddest thing i have ever read that hits especially hard as a pet owner. I keep reading it trying to wrap my head around how he could be so afraid in that moment to think he would need to shoot the dog. Within the frame of the story it just does not make sense but i feel so bad to the owner for having to lose her friend like that. Absolutely sad."}
{"user_id": "ec_p044", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 46 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 150000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 3.5 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 3.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 46, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 150000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 3.5, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 3.0}}, "article": "\u2018She was my constant companion\u2019: No charges in fatal dog shooting on Virginia park trail \u2014  Susan R. Smith lost her best companion this week \u2014 a black Labrador mix \u2014 after a man shot and killed her in a park. Smith said she was walking her 10-month-old dog, Macie, on Tuesday afternoon along with a friend and the friend\u2019s dog at Algonkian Regional Park, near her home in Loudoun County. Smith, of Sterling, said she had Macie off her leash, which she acknowledges is in violation of county rules. They came upon a couple walking toward them on a path, and when her dog began to jump behind the man, he shot and killed it, Smith said. The man was not charged and Loudoun County Animal Services officials said their investigation found that the man acted in self-defense after the two dogs were \u201cbehaving aggressively.\u201d The man had a license to carry a concealed weapon in Virginia, authorities said. He could not be reached to comment. Smith recalled the events that left her holding Macie as she died in her arms. Smith said her dog approached the couple and jumped in the air. She said the dog was leaping behind the man but was not barking at the time. At that point, the man yelled out, \u201cCall your dog,\u201d Smith said. \u201cHe said it once, maybe twice.\u201d Smith said she and her friend then started running toward the dogs, who were about 20 yards away. \u201cWe called for our dogs,\u201d Smith said. Then she said she saw the man\u2019s arm \u201cgo to his side\u201d and across his body. \u201cHe sees us coming,\u201d she said. The man pulled out a gun and fired it at the dog. When the gun went off, Smith said she asked the man if it was a cap gun. \u201cHe said, \u2018No it is a real gun.\u2019 \u201d Hysterical, she said, she called 911. A wounded Macie slowly came to Smith, then lay on the path, taking her last breaths in Smith\u2019s arms. Smith said the couple waited in their car for police and animal control authorities to arrive. [Arlington National Cemetery bans pets on grounds] As the couple walked past her, she said, one of them apologized for her loss. Smith said she wishes the man would have used other methods to scare her dog away, such as firing a warning shot, kicking her or swinging a stick. She said she misses Macie jumping on her bed each morning to wake her. \u201cShe was my constant companion,\u201d she said. \u201cShe doesn\u2019t even bark at a doorbell,\u201d Smith said. \u201cIt was unnecessary to shoot her. It was poor judgment.\u201d Animal services officials said in a statement that \u201ctwo large-breed dogs\u201d had been walking off their leashes and were \u201cbehaving aggressively towards a man who was walking in the park.\u201d Animal services investigators found that Macie \u201ccircled and jumped up on the walker and that the dogs\u2019 owner failed to secure them despite the walker\u2019s repeated requests.\u201d Officials said the man was \u201clegally carrying a firearm when he discharged it in an act of self-defense, fatally shooting the dog.\u201d Authorities said no charges would be filed in the case. \u201cI could be ugly and call him up,\u201d Smith said of the man who fired the shot. \u201cBut he was within his rights. It is not going to bring my dog back.\u201d", "essay": "Its getting out of hand with the misuse of guns under the so called gun right people use to guard themselves and I am highly displeased with this incidence that happened in the article i read.its such a painful thing to go through the loss of a pet and i really cant imagine that for myself. this will deeply hurt me and I will be unhappy deep inside."}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "\u2018She was my constant companion\u2019: No charges in fatal dog shooting on Virginia park trail \u2014  Susan R. Smith lost her best companion this week \u2014 a black Labrador mix \u2014 after a man shot and killed her in a park. Smith said she was walking her 10-month-old dog, Macie, on Tuesday afternoon along with a friend and the friend\u2019s dog at Algonkian Regional Park, near her home in Loudoun County. Smith, of Sterling, said she had Macie off her leash, which she acknowledges is in violation of county rules. They came upon a couple walking toward them on a path, and when her dog began to jump behind the man, he shot and killed it, Smith said. The man was not charged and Loudoun County Animal Services officials said their investigation found that the man acted in self-defense after the two dogs were \u201cbehaving aggressively.\u201d The man had a license to carry a concealed weapon in Virginia, authorities said. He could not be reached to comment. Smith recalled the events that left her holding Macie as she died in her arms. Smith said her dog approached the couple and jumped in the air. She said the dog was leaping behind the man but was not barking at the time. At that point, the man yelled out, \u201cCall your dog,\u201d Smith said. \u201cHe said it once, maybe twice.\u201d Smith said she and her friend then started running toward the dogs, who were about 20 yards away. \u201cWe called for our dogs,\u201d Smith said. Then she said she saw the man\u2019s arm \u201cgo to his side\u201d and across his body. \u201cHe sees us coming,\u201d she said. The man pulled out a gun and fired it at the dog. When the gun went off, Smith said she asked the man if it was a cap gun. \u201cHe said, \u2018No it is a real gun.\u2019 \u201d Hysterical, she said, she called 911. A wounded Macie slowly came to Smith, then lay on the path, taking her last breaths in Smith\u2019s arms. Smith said the couple waited in their car for police and animal control authorities to arrive. [Arlington National Cemetery bans pets on grounds] As the couple walked past her, she said, one of them apologized for her loss. Smith said she wishes the man would have used other methods to scare her dog away, such as firing a warning shot, kicking her or swinging a stick. She said she misses Macie jumping on her bed each morning to wake her. \u201cShe was my constant companion,\u201d she said. \u201cShe doesn\u2019t even bark at a doorbell,\u201d Smith said. \u201cIt was unnecessary to shoot her. It was poor judgment.\u201d Animal services officials said in a statement that \u201ctwo large-breed dogs\u201d had been walking off their leashes and were \u201cbehaving aggressively towards a man who was walking in the park.\u201d Animal services investigators found that Macie \u201ccircled and jumped up on the walker and that the dogs\u2019 owner failed to secure them despite the walker\u2019s repeated requests.\u201d Officials said the man was \u201clegally carrying a firearm when he discharged it in an act of self-defense, fatally shooting the dog.\u201d Authorities said no charges would be filed in the case. \u201cI could be ugly and call him up,\u201d Smith said of the man who fired the shot. \u201cBut he was within his rights. It is not going to bring my dog back.\u201d", "essay": "That was a sad story wow that was terrible what happened to that poor dog but then again I hate dogs so I'm glad its one less dog left on this planet if it were up to me I would shoot all the stupid ugly dogs that are out there I can not believe people keep them as pets they should eat them like they do in china"}
{"user_id": "ec_p033", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 34 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 34, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Garden ponds 'playing role' in frog disease spread \u2014  Garden ponds are playing a role in the spread of deadly frog diseases across the UK, a study suggests. Ranaviruses can infect amphibians, reptiles and fish. In the UK, they have devastated common frog populations. This research suggests that the introduction of infected animals from aquatic retailers into ponds or moving species between different ponds may be exacerbating the problem. The findings are published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Dr Trent Garner, from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), told BBC News: \"The virus seems to be spreading at a rate that exceeds the ability of a frog to hop, and there seems to be human-aided dispersal of the virus.\" Ranaviruses are a group of viruses found across the world and they affect different species in different ways. In the UK, one type of ranavirus was found to be present in the South East of England in the 1980s, and it has since spread. It can kill common frogs either by causing sores and blisters to form on the animal's skin or by causing their internal organs to bleed. \"In a certain proportion of populations, the disease persists. And when it persists, frogs decline by around 85%, and they don't seem to be recovering,\" said Dr Garner. To analyse the movement of the disease in the UK, scientists looked at two decades of data recorded by a citizen science scheme called the Frog Mortality Project, which is now coordinated through Garden Wildlife Health. Genetic records suggested that ranavirus was not always present in the UK, and had probably been introduced to the UK on two separate occasions. The study also found that while infection is spread by the natural movement of amphibians, garden ponds could also be playing a key role. Dr Garner said: \"Potentially garden ponds can act as stepping stones for infected animals to move around and reach new sites.\" He said that taking frogspawn or frogs from one pond and placing them in another could be helping to spread ranavirus. \"There are also other species that could potentially carry ranavirus - ornamental fish for example. So I do think there is a case to be made to investigate their role in infections.\" Lead author Dr Stephen Price, from University College London, ZSL and Queen Mary University of London, said: \"Ranavirus is one of the most serious health threats currently facing the UK's amphibian population. \"So our findings that humans seem to have helped move the virus around, facilitating its rapid spread, could be translated into some straightforward ways to manage the risk of disease outbreaks.\" He added: \"We certainly don't want to discourage people from adding ponds to their urban gardens - this remains one of the most positive steps we can all take to support wildlife. \"But equally we would strongly urge people to try to limit how much potentially-infectious material they're moving into and out of their gardens in the process.\"", "essay": "Read this alarming story about frog populations getting the deadly virus due to garden ponds to some extent. I know we always or mostly mean well but this story amply displayed how when we interfere with natural order of things even with the best of intentions, we can make the matters worse. People were inadvertently spreading the virus beyond the natural reach of infected frog population which in turn was destroying other harmless and healthy frog groups. I think this is a great example of how we should always think twice before taking even the simplest benevolent action towards nature."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Garden ponds 'playing role' in frog disease spread \u2014  Garden ponds are playing a role in the spread of deadly frog diseases across the UK, a study suggests. Ranaviruses can infect amphibians, reptiles and fish. In the UK, they have devastated common frog populations. This research suggests that the introduction of infected animals from aquatic retailers into ponds or moving species between different ponds may be exacerbating the problem. The findings are published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Dr Trent Garner, from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), told BBC News: \"The virus seems to be spreading at a rate that exceeds the ability of a frog to hop, and there seems to be human-aided dispersal of the virus.\" Ranaviruses are a group of viruses found across the world and they affect different species in different ways. In the UK, one type of ranavirus was found to be present in the South East of England in the 1980s, and it has since spread. It can kill common frogs either by causing sores and blisters to form on the animal's skin or by causing their internal organs to bleed. \"In a certain proportion of populations, the disease persists. And when it persists, frogs decline by around 85%, and they don't seem to be recovering,\" said Dr Garner. To analyse the movement of the disease in the UK, scientists looked at two decades of data recorded by a citizen science scheme called the Frog Mortality Project, which is now coordinated through Garden Wildlife Health. Genetic records suggested that ranavirus was not always present in the UK, and had probably been introduced to the UK on two separate occasions. The study also found that while infection is spread by the natural movement of amphibians, garden ponds could also be playing a key role. Dr Garner said: \"Potentially garden ponds can act as stepping stones for infected animals to move around and reach new sites.\" He said that taking frogspawn or frogs from one pond and placing them in another could be helping to spread ranavirus. \"There are also other species that could potentially carry ranavirus - ornamental fish for example. So I do think there is a case to be made to investigate their role in infections.\" Lead author Dr Stephen Price, from University College London, ZSL and Queen Mary University of London, said: \"Ranavirus is one of the most serious health threats currently facing the UK's amphibian population. \"So our findings that humans seem to have helped move the virus around, facilitating its rapid spread, could be translated into some straightforward ways to manage the risk of disease outbreaks.\" He added: \"We certainly don't want to discourage people from adding ponds to their urban gardens - this remains one of the most positive steps we can all take to support wildlife. \"But equally we would strongly urge people to try to limit how much potentially-infectious material they're moving into and out of their gardens in the process.\"", "essay": "So I can't exactly say this article was heartbreaking to me or anything.  I did find it sad that these frogs and other wildlife are dying and possibly suffering from this disease that people are causing by being careless.  However, like they said creating the garden ponds in general is a positive thing that people shoudl do that generally supports wildlife.  So maybe if people would just be a little more careful and take the precautions they were giving then this kind of thing would not happen so much."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Garden ponds 'playing role' in frog disease spread \u2014  Garden ponds are playing a role in the spread of deadly frog diseases across the UK, a study suggests. Ranaviruses can infect amphibians, reptiles and fish. In the UK, they have devastated common frog populations. This research suggests that the introduction of infected animals from aquatic retailers into ponds or moving species between different ponds may be exacerbating the problem. The findings are published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Dr Trent Garner, from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), told BBC News: \"The virus seems to be spreading at a rate that exceeds the ability of a frog to hop, and there seems to be human-aided dispersal of the virus.\" Ranaviruses are a group of viruses found across the world and they affect different species in different ways. In the UK, one type of ranavirus was found to be present in the South East of England in the 1980s, and it has since spread. It can kill common frogs either by causing sores and blisters to form on the animal's skin or by causing their internal organs to bleed. \"In a certain proportion of populations, the disease persists. And when it persists, frogs decline by around 85%, and they don't seem to be recovering,\" said Dr Garner. To analyse the movement of the disease in the UK, scientists looked at two decades of data recorded by a citizen science scheme called the Frog Mortality Project, which is now coordinated through Garden Wildlife Health. Genetic records suggested that ranavirus was not always present in the UK, and had probably been introduced to the UK on two separate occasions. The study also found that while infection is spread by the natural movement of amphibians, garden ponds could also be playing a key role. Dr Garner said: \"Potentially garden ponds can act as stepping stones for infected animals to move around and reach new sites.\" He said that taking frogspawn or frogs from one pond and placing them in another could be helping to spread ranavirus. \"There are also other species that could potentially carry ranavirus - ornamental fish for example. So I do think there is a case to be made to investigate their role in infections.\" Lead author Dr Stephen Price, from University College London, ZSL and Queen Mary University of London, said: \"Ranavirus is one of the most serious health threats currently facing the UK's amphibian population. \"So our findings that humans seem to have helped move the virus around, facilitating its rapid spread, could be translated into some straightforward ways to manage the risk of disease outbreaks.\" He added: \"We certainly don't want to discourage people from adding ponds to their urban gardens - this remains one of the most positive steps we can all take to support wildlife. \"But equally we would strongly urge people to try to limit how much potentially-infectious material they're moving into and out of their gardens in the process.\"", "essay": "I just read an article about ranavirus that affects amphibians in the United Kingdom. Apparently, human made garden ponds are contributing to the spread of this virus, but the article seemed wishy washy about how to best deal with the problem. It mentioned that one should not refrain from building garden ponds, but instead refrain from transferring material from said ponds? The whole article kind of missed the mark, I think."}
{"user_id": "ec_p009", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 29 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 44000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 29, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 44000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Garden ponds 'playing role' in frog disease spread \u2014  Garden ponds are playing a role in the spread of deadly frog diseases across the UK, a study suggests. Ranaviruses can infect amphibians, reptiles and fish. In the UK, they have devastated common frog populations. This research suggests that the introduction of infected animals from aquatic retailers into ponds or moving species between different ponds may be exacerbating the problem. The findings are published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Dr Trent Garner, from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), told BBC News: \"The virus seems to be spreading at a rate that exceeds the ability of a frog to hop, and there seems to be human-aided dispersal of the virus.\" Ranaviruses are a group of viruses found across the world and they affect different species in different ways. In the UK, one type of ranavirus was found to be present in the South East of England in the 1980s, and it has since spread. It can kill common frogs either by causing sores and blisters to form on the animal's skin or by causing their internal organs to bleed. \"In a certain proportion of populations, the disease persists. And when it persists, frogs decline by around 85%, and they don't seem to be recovering,\" said Dr Garner. To analyse the movement of the disease in the UK, scientists looked at two decades of data recorded by a citizen science scheme called the Frog Mortality Project, which is now coordinated through Garden Wildlife Health. Genetic records suggested that ranavirus was not always present in the UK, and had probably been introduced to the UK on two separate occasions. The study also found that while infection is spread by the natural movement of amphibians, garden ponds could also be playing a key role. Dr Garner said: \"Potentially garden ponds can act as stepping stones for infected animals to move around and reach new sites.\" He said that taking frogspawn or frogs from one pond and placing them in another could be helping to spread ranavirus. \"There are also other species that could potentially carry ranavirus - ornamental fish for example. So I do think there is a case to be made to investigate their role in infections.\" Lead author Dr Stephen Price, from University College London, ZSL and Queen Mary University of London, said: \"Ranavirus is one of the most serious health threats currently facing the UK's amphibian population. \"So our findings that humans seem to have helped move the virus around, facilitating its rapid spread, could be translated into some straightforward ways to manage the risk of disease outbreaks.\" He added: \"We certainly don't want to discourage people from adding ponds to their urban gardens - this remains one of the most positive steps we can all take to support wildlife. \"But equally we would strongly urge people to try to limit how much potentially-infectious material they're moving into and out of their gardens in the process.\"", "essay": "Dear friend,                                     I have just read an article that explains how garden ponds are helping to spread diseases among frogs in the UK. The diseases infect frogs and fish as well. It has had a large impact on the local frog population. The story upset me because I don't want any animal to suffer."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Garden ponds 'playing role' in frog disease spread \u2014  Garden ponds are playing a role in the spread of deadly frog diseases across the UK, a study suggests. Ranaviruses can infect amphibians, reptiles and fish. In the UK, they have devastated common frog populations. This research suggests that the introduction of infected animals from aquatic retailers into ponds or moving species between different ponds may be exacerbating the problem. The findings are published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Dr Trent Garner, from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), told BBC News: \"The virus seems to be spreading at a rate that exceeds the ability of a frog to hop, and there seems to be human-aided dispersal of the virus.\" Ranaviruses are a group of viruses found across the world and they affect different species in different ways. In the UK, one type of ranavirus was found to be present in the South East of England in the 1980s, and it has since spread. It can kill common frogs either by causing sores and blisters to form on the animal's skin or by causing their internal organs to bleed. \"In a certain proportion of populations, the disease persists. And when it persists, frogs decline by around 85%, and they don't seem to be recovering,\" said Dr Garner. To analyse the movement of the disease in the UK, scientists looked at two decades of data recorded by a citizen science scheme called the Frog Mortality Project, which is now coordinated through Garden Wildlife Health. Genetic records suggested that ranavirus was not always present in the UK, and had probably been introduced to the UK on two separate occasions. The study also found that while infection is spread by the natural movement of amphibians, garden ponds could also be playing a key role. Dr Garner said: \"Potentially garden ponds can act as stepping stones for infected animals to move around and reach new sites.\" He said that taking frogspawn or frogs from one pond and placing them in another could be helping to spread ranavirus. \"There are also other species that could potentially carry ranavirus - ornamental fish for example. So I do think there is a case to be made to investigate their role in infections.\" Lead author Dr Stephen Price, from University College London, ZSL and Queen Mary University of London, said: \"Ranavirus is one of the most serious health threats currently facing the UK's amphibian population. \"So our findings that humans seem to have helped move the virus around, facilitating its rapid spread, could be translated into some straightforward ways to manage the risk of disease outbreaks.\" He added: \"We certainly don't want to discourage people from adding ponds to their urban gardens - this remains one of the most positive steps we can all take to support wildlife. \"But equally we would strongly urge people to try to limit how much potentially-infectious material they're moving into and out of their gardens in the process.\"", "essay": "Frogs are not my most favorite animals but this article was truly sad. This disease seems to be very painful for them and killing and infecting them at alarming rates due alot to human interferance. I think that more awareness on what to do and what not to do when it comes to frogs and ponds needs to be out there on the news and told to people so they know maybe alot of it is just ignorance. Any living being should be protected if possible from dying a painful death and frogs are an important part of our ecosystem that we need to protect. Alot of time human interferance in nature will do this and cause some sort of issue."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Female Lawyer Accuses Justice Clarence Thomas Of Groping Her In 1999 \u2014  She was 23 at the time. He was a Supreme Court justice. Years after his Senate confirmation hearings were roiled by accusations that he sexually harassed Anita Hill, another woman has come forward to accuse Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of groping her. Moira Smith, vice president and general counsel at Enstar Natural Gas Co., told the National Law Journal that the justice grabbed her without her consent in 1999, when she met him at a Truman Foundation dinner. Veteran Supreme Court reporter Marcia Coyle writes that Smith described the encounter \u2015 which allegedly took place when she was a 23-year-old Truman scholar \u2015 on Facebook earlier this month. She has since deactivated her Facebook page. \u201cHe groped me while I was setting the table, suggesting I should sit \u2018right next to him,\u2019\u201d Smith wrote, according to the NLJ. Smith told the NLJ that Thomas \u201ccupped his hand around my butt and pulled me pretty close to him\u201d and later \u201csqueezed\u201d her behind during a June 1999 dinner for Truman scholars at the home of Louis Blair, then head of the Truman Foundation. The NLJ spoke with several of Smith\u2019s former roommates and fellow Truman scholars who said they remembered her describing the incident at the time. Through a Supreme Court spokeswoman, Thomas denied Smith\u2019s allegations. \u201cThis claim is preposterous and it never happened,\u201d he said in the statement. During Thomas\u2019 Supreme Court confirmation hearings in 1991, Hill, a law professor, testified that Thomas had harassed her a decade earlier, when he was her supervisor at the U.S. Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  Earlier this month, Hill wrote a Boston Globe op-ed about her experience, sparked by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump\u2019s recorded boasts about grabbing women \u201cby the pussy\u201d and kissing women without their consent. \u201cWhat I learned in 1991 is no less true today and no less important for people to understand: responses to sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence must start with a belief that women matter as much as the powerful men they encounter at work or at school, whether those men are bosses or professors, colleagues or fellow students,\u201d Hill wrote. Read more at the National Law Journal. Need help? Visit RAINN\u2019s National Sexual Assault Online Hotline or the National Sexual Violence Resource Center\u2019s website.", "essay": "This is such a messy issue.  While I believe sexual harassment is wrong, I also think we've gone past the point where allegations can be trusted.  I also think we've overblown the seriousness of many of these encounters.  No, I don't think a man should grab a woman's toilet parts or breasts without some implication of consent (it doesn't have to be explicit--that's idiotic).  But the idea that one aggressive move by a guy towards a girl should ruin people's lives is stupid.  Are women not stronger than that?  Are women so fragile that one guy who catcalls at them or hugs them when they don't want it should be tarred and feathered and she has to go into perpetual mourning?  Men go after women and always will.  There are repercussions for women wanting it all.  Sorry."}
{"user_id": "ec_p061", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 135000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 3.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 135000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 3.0}}, "article": "Female Lawyer Accuses Justice Clarence Thomas Of Groping Her In 1999 \u2014  She was 23 at the time. He was a Supreme Court justice. Years after his Senate confirmation hearings were roiled by accusations that he sexually harassed Anita Hill, another woman has come forward to accuse Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of groping her. Moira Smith, vice president and general counsel at Enstar Natural Gas Co., told the National Law Journal that the justice grabbed her without her consent in 1999, when she met him at a Truman Foundation dinner. Veteran Supreme Court reporter Marcia Coyle writes that Smith described the encounter \u2015 which allegedly took place when she was a 23-year-old Truman scholar \u2015 on Facebook earlier this month. She has since deactivated her Facebook page. \u201cHe groped me while I was setting the table, suggesting I should sit \u2018right next to him,\u2019\u201d Smith wrote, according to the NLJ. Smith told the NLJ that Thomas \u201ccupped his hand around my butt and pulled me pretty close to him\u201d and later \u201csqueezed\u201d her behind during a June 1999 dinner for Truman scholars at the home of Louis Blair, then head of the Truman Foundation. The NLJ spoke with several of Smith\u2019s former roommates and fellow Truman scholars who said they remembered her describing the incident at the time. Through a Supreme Court spokeswoman, Thomas denied Smith\u2019s allegations. \u201cThis claim is preposterous and it never happened,\u201d he said in the statement. During Thomas\u2019 Supreme Court confirmation hearings in 1991, Hill, a law professor, testified that Thomas had harassed her a decade earlier, when he was her supervisor at the U.S. Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  Earlier this month, Hill wrote a Boston Globe op-ed about her experience, sparked by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump\u2019s recorded boasts about grabbing women \u201cby the pussy\u201d and kissing women without their consent. \u201cWhat I learned in 1991 is no less true today and no less important for people to understand: responses to sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence must start with a belief that women matter as much as the powerful men they encounter at work or at school, whether those men are bosses or professors, colleagues or fellow students,\u201d Hill wrote. Read more at the National Law Journal. Need help? Visit RAINN\u2019s National Sexual Assault Online Hotline or the National Sexual Violence Resource Center\u2019s website.", "essay": "This is disgusting. I have no doubt this woman is telling the truth. It seems men these days including our own president think that this behavior is acceptable. Because there is no proof, probably nothing will be done. God help any woman these days who is harassed or touched or even raped and doesn't have proof. There is no justice any more. We have to worry about our daughters. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p063", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 31 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 82000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 3.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 31, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 82000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 3.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Female Lawyer Accuses Justice Clarence Thomas Of Groping Her In 1999 \u2014  She was 23 at the time. He was a Supreme Court justice. Years after his Senate confirmation hearings were roiled by accusations that he sexually harassed Anita Hill, another woman has come forward to accuse Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of groping her. Moira Smith, vice president and general counsel at Enstar Natural Gas Co., told the National Law Journal that the justice grabbed her without her consent in 1999, when she met him at a Truman Foundation dinner. Veteran Supreme Court reporter Marcia Coyle writes that Smith described the encounter \u2015 which allegedly took place when she was a 23-year-old Truman scholar \u2015 on Facebook earlier this month. She has since deactivated her Facebook page. \u201cHe groped me while I was setting the table, suggesting I should sit \u2018right next to him,\u2019\u201d Smith wrote, according to the NLJ. Smith told the NLJ that Thomas \u201ccupped his hand around my butt and pulled me pretty close to him\u201d and later \u201csqueezed\u201d her behind during a June 1999 dinner for Truman scholars at the home of Louis Blair, then head of the Truman Foundation. The NLJ spoke with several of Smith\u2019s former roommates and fellow Truman scholars who said they remembered her describing the incident at the time. Through a Supreme Court spokeswoman, Thomas denied Smith\u2019s allegations. \u201cThis claim is preposterous and it never happened,\u201d he said in the statement. During Thomas\u2019 Supreme Court confirmation hearings in 1991, Hill, a law professor, testified that Thomas had harassed her a decade earlier, when he was her supervisor at the U.S. Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  Earlier this month, Hill wrote a Boston Globe op-ed about her experience, sparked by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump\u2019s recorded boasts about grabbing women \u201cby the pussy\u201d and kissing women without their consent. \u201cWhat I learned in 1991 is no less true today and no less important for people to understand: responses to sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence must start with a belief that women matter as much as the powerful men they encounter at work or at school, whether those men are bosses or professors, colleagues or fellow students,\u201d Hill wrote. Read more at the National Law Journal. Need help? Visit RAINN\u2019s National Sexual Assault Online Hotline or the National Sexual Violence Resource Center\u2019s website.", "essay": "I wonder when this kind of stuff will stop.  While I do believe that there are many cases of abuse like this that occur.  All it takes are a couple of false accusations that destroy the fabric of the whole movement.  I'm sure this sound insensitive, but this new trend of people coming clean about harassment that occured decades ago, and is basically unprovalbe is getting old.  It's hard to believe people, particularly after the Kavanaugh case where I don't think the accuser was very believable."}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Female Lawyer Accuses Justice Clarence Thomas Of Groping Her In 1999 \u2014  She was 23 at the time. He was a Supreme Court justice. Years after his Senate confirmation hearings were roiled by accusations that he sexually harassed Anita Hill, another woman has come forward to accuse Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of groping her. Moira Smith, vice president and general counsel at Enstar Natural Gas Co., told the National Law Journal that the justice grabbed her without her consent in 1999, when she met him at a Truman Foundation dinner. Veteran Supreme Court reporter Marcia Coyle writes that Smith described the encounter \u2015 which allegedly took place when she was a 23-year-old Truman scholar \u2015 on Facebook earlier this month. She has since deactivated her Facebook page. \u201cHe groped me while I was setting the table, suggesting I should sit \u2018right next to him,\u2019\u201d Smith wrote, according to the NLJ. Smith told the NLJ that Thomas \u201ccupped his hand around my butt and pulled me pretty close to him\u201d and later \u201csqueezed\u201d her behind during a June 1999 dinner for Truman scholars at the home of Louis Blair, then head of the Truman Foundation. The NLJ spoke with several of Smith\u2019s former roommates and fellow Truman scholars who said they remembered her describing the incident at the time. Through a Supreme Court spokeswoman, Thomas denied Smith\u2019s allegations. \u201cThis claim is preposterous and it never happened,\u201d he said in the statement. During Thomas\u2019 Supreme Court confirmation hearings in 1991, Hill, a law professor, testified that Thomas had harassed her a decade earlier, when he was her supervisor at the U.S. Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  Earlier this month, Hill wrote a Boston Globe op-ed about her experience, sparked by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump\u2019s recorded boasts about grabbing women \u201cby the pussy\u201d and kissing women without their consent. \u201cWhat I learned in 1991 is no less true today and no less important for people to understand: responses to sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence must start with a belief that women matter as much as the powerful men they encounter at work or at school, whether those men are bosses or professors, colleagues or fellow students,\u201d Hill wrote. Read more at the National Law Journal. Need help? Visit RAINN\u2019s National Sexual Assault Online Hotline or the National Sexual Violence Resource Center\u2019s website.", "essay": "I dont think that any women, who is accusing someone of harassment should be immediately questioned/doubted. Innocent until proven guilty should be applied the other way around too. If we immediatly doubt a women when she is already dealing with trauma, that will make the whole thing worse for the case and for the women. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Female Lawyer Accuses Justice Clarence Thomas Of Groping Her In 1999 \u2014  She was 23 at the time. He was a Supreme Court justice. Years after his Senate confirmation hearings were roiled by accusations that he sexually harassed Anita Hill, another woman has come forward to accuse Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of groping her. Moira Smith, vice president and general counsel at Enstar Natural Gas Co., told the National Law Journal that the justice grabbed her without her consent in 1999, when she met him at a Truman Foundation dinner. Veteran Supreme Court reporter Marcia Coyle writes that Smith described the encounter \u2015 which allegedly took place when she was a 23-year-old Truman scholar \u2015 on Facebook earlier this month. She has since deactivated her Facebook page. \u201cHe groped me while I was setting the table, suggesting I should sit \u2018right next to him,\u2019\u201d Smith wrote, according to the NLJ. Smith told the NLJ that Thomas \u201ccupped his hand around my butt and pulled me pretty close to him\u201d and later \u201csqueezed\u201d her behind during a June 1999 dinner for Truman scholars at the home of Louis Blair, then head of the Truman Foundation. The NLJ spoke with several of Smith\u2019s former roommates and fellow Truman scholars who said they remembered her describing the incident at the time. Through a Supreme Court spokeswoman, Thomas denied Smith\u2019s allegations. \u201cThis claim is preposterous and it never happened,\u201d he said in the statement. During Thomas\u2019 Supreme Court confirmation hearings in 1991, Hill, a law professor, testified that Thomas had harassed her a decade earlier, when he was her supervisor at the U.S. Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  Earlier this month, Hill wrote a Boston Globe op-ed about her experience, sparked by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump\u2019s recorded boasts about grabbing women \u201cby the pussy\u201d and kissing women without their consent. \u201cWhat I learned in 1991 is no less true today and no less important for people to understand: responses to sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence must start with a belief that women matter as much as the powerful men they encounter at work or at school, whether those men are bosses or professors, colleagues or fellow students,\u201d Hill wrote. Read more at the National Law Journal. Need help? Visit RAINN\u2019s National Sexual Assault Online Hotline or the National Sexual Violence Resource Center\u2019s website.", "essay": "I think it is disgusting men in such high power positions use it to just attack women like this. They think they can just get away with it and there actions have no consequences. So many stories like this are popping up and i think we need more education early on about sexual assault and what is okay and not. And more programs for women to feel safe telling on these men so it prevents it from happening again. These poor girls felt so trapped because he was in a position of power and you cant go against that. I think i would be scarred for life if this happened to me. Noone should deal with this alone and it should never be swept under the wrong or at blame of the women."}
{"user_id": "ec_p033", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 34 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 34, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "POLICE ASKING FOR HELP REUNITING UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN WITH FAMILY \u2014  Police are asking for the public's help in their effort to identify a woman who was found wandering in the middle of the night without a coat in Northeast Philadelphia.   The woman was found shortly before 1 a.m. Monday on the 8700 block of Pine Road.   Responding police officers observed the woman walking towards Pennypack Park. She was not wearing a coat despite the cold temperature.   When the officers attempted to stop to speak with the woman, she was allegedly uncooperative and appeared to be confused.   She was eventually transported to the hospital for a medical evaluation.   Police are now attempting to identify the woman and reunite her with her family.   She appears to be in her late 60s or early 70s, 6'0\", 175lbs, with gray hair; she was wearing a blue sweatshirt, blue scrub pants, and white sneakers.   Anyone with information is asked to contact Northeast Detective Division at 215-686-3153 / 3154 or call 911.", "essay": "Just saw this news story about an old lady who was confusingly wandering without proper clothes late at night and and thought I would share it with you. As we move well into our 30's, the cruelness of old age seems to be becoming clearer and clearer. Maybe there were other reasons for her state but my immediate reaction was that it was due to age related general loss of senses and awareness. May we help those of us who need help in such state and may our old age be free from such sad endings."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "POLICE ASKING FOR HELP REUNITING UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN WITH FAMILY \u2014  Police are asking for the public's help in their effort to identify a woman who was found wandering in the middle of the night without a coat in Northeast Philadelphia.   The woman was found shortly before 1 a.m. Monday on the 8700 block of Pine Road.   Responding police officers observed the woman walking towards Pennypack Park. She was not wearing a coat despite the cold temperature.   When the officers attempted to stop to speak with the woman, she was allegedly uncooperative and appeared to be confused.   She was eventually transported to the hospital for a medical evaluation.   Police are now attempting to identify the woman and reunite her with her family.   She appears to be in her late 60s or early 70s, 6'0\", 175lbs, with gray hair; she was wearing a blue sweatshirt, blue scrub pants, and white sneakers.   Anyone with information is asked to contact Northeast Detective Division at 215-686-3153 / 3154 or call 911.", "essay": "I feel sorry for the old lady because my grandmother had similar problems. It must be hard when you get old and your mind does not work like it use to. I hope that they find her family or where she came from so she can be returned safety. I know that she was scared and confused because that is what use to happen to my grandmother."}
{"user_id": "ec_p073", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "POLICE ASKING FOR HELP REUNITING UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN WITH FAMILY \u2014  Police are asking for the public's help in their effort to identify a woman who was found wandering in the middle of the night without a coat in Northeast Philadelphia.   The woman was found shortly before 1 a.m. Monday on the 8700 block of Pine Road.   Responding police officers observed the woman walking towards Pennypack Park. She was not wearing a coat despite the cold temperature.   When the officers attempted to stop to speak with the woman, she was allegedly uncooperative and appeared to be confused.   She was eventually transported to the hospital for a medical evaluation.   Police are now attempting to identify the woman and reunite her with her family.   She appears to be in her late 60s or early 70s, 6'0\", 175lbs, with gray hair; she was wearing a blue sweatshirt, blue scrub pants, and white sneakers.   Anyone with information is asked to contact Northeast Detective Division at 215-686-3153 / 3154 or call 911.", "essay": "I feel so badly for this lady's family. They may not even realize that she is missing at the time of the article, but I'm sure they are already realizing that she is having problems with her memory. I have seen many family members with Alzheimer's, including my dad, and it is horrible to watch and to deal with."}
{"user_id": "ec_p063", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 31 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 82000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 3.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 31, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 82000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 3.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "POLICE ASKING FOR HELP REUNITING UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN WITH FAMILY \u2014  Police are asking for the public's help in their effort to identify a woman who was found wandering in the middle of the night without a coat in Northeast Philadelphia.   The woman was found shortly before 1 a.m. Monday on the 8700 block of Pine Road.   Responding police officers observed the woman walking towards Pennypack Park. She was not wearing a coat despite the cold temperature.   When the officers attempted to stop to speak with the woman, she was allegedly uncooperative and appeared to be confused.   She was eventually transported to the hospital for a medical evaluation.   Police are now attempting to identify the woman and reunite her with her family.   She appears to be in her late 60s or early 70s, 6'0\", 175lbs, with gray hair; she was wearing a blue sweatshirt, blue scrub pants, and white sneakers.   Anyone with information is asked to contact Northeast Detective Division at 215-686-3153 / 3154 or call 911.", "essay": "This is kind of a sucky story.  As apart of my job, I run into these types of things all the time.  I think that they can go one of two ways.  Either they're drunk, and annoying and you want them out of your hair as  quickly as possible, or they're having a legitimate medial issue, and you want to help them.  It's tough because you want to thelp them, but with such limited information, it's hard to do so."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "POLICE ASKING FOR HELP REUNITING UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN WITH FAMILY \u2014  Police are asking for the public's help in their effort to identify a woman who was found wandering in the middle of the night without a coat in Northeast Philadelphia.   The woman was found shortly before 1 a.m. Monday on the 8700 block of Pine Road.   Responding police officers observed the woman walking towards Pennypack Park. She was not wearing a coat despite the cold temperature.   When the officers attempted to stop to speak with the woman, she was allegedly uncooperative and appeared to be confused.   She was eventually transported to the hospital for a medical evaluation.   Police are now attempting to identify the woman and reunite her with her family.   She appears to be in her late 60s or early 70s, 6'0\", 175lbs, with gray hair; she was wearing a blue sweatshirt, blue scrub pants, and white sneakers.   Anyone with information is asked to contact Northeast Detective Division at 215-686-3153 / 3154 or call 911.", "essay": "Articles like this really hit home for me. I think older people should really be protected and watched carefully as this happens alot. Alot suffer from dimentia and have no idea what is going on and can get lost very easily. It makes me think if this was my parent or grandparent I would be heartbroken. She was wondering with no coat probaly cold and very scared. I am very thankful that these officers found her before something bad happened to her. I hope she is able to be reunited with her family quickly and they put safeguards in place so it never happends again. Mayb it is to much for the family now and she requires more assistance like a group home."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "3,800 dead ... and more on the way \u2014  (CNN)Rickety boats that should never have sailed. Unscrupulous smugglers with no regard for life. And desperate people risking everything. That mix of fear, hope and greed has now produced a horrifying record. More people have drowned in the Mediterranean this year than ever before: at least 3,800. That's about 90 a week. It's nearly 13 every day. Here's a look at how we got to this point. Why are they doing it? They have no choice. They are Syrians, Afghans, Iraqis, escaping war. They are Nigerians and Eritreans in search of a better life. More than 65 million people have fled their homes; 1 in 3 of them are refugees. We're in the midst of the largest migration of refugees since World War II. The sheer number dwarfs the population of many countries. Would you risk these odds? Even though fewer people are crossing this year than in 2015, more people are dying as they try to make the journey. One person out of every 88 has been lost at sea trying to reach the shores of Greece, Italy or Spain. That means they're 90 times more likely to die on the journey than an American is likely to die of gunshot wounds. Where are they heading? There are three main routes across the Mediterranean. Eastern Route: Last year, the route from Turkey to Greece was the busiest by far, but a deal between the European Union and Ankara has brought the numbers down. Still, it remains a heavily trafficked route. Central Route: Libya has no government, which gives people smugglers plenty of freedom to operate out of north Africa. Traffic has been busy this year between Libya and Italy. Central Route: Libya has no government, which gives people smugglers plenty of freedom to operate out of north Africa. Traffic has been busy this year between Libya and Italy. Western Route: West Africa is far from the Middle Eastern hotspots and poor sub-Saharan African countries that produce most migrants to Europe. And relatively small numbers of people try to reach the continent from there. But even so, a steady trickle crosses the sea at the narrow point south of Spain.  Where are they fleeing from? More than a million people have fled Somalia. Nearly three million have escaped Afghanistan. But it is Syria, wracked by civil war for more than five years, that produces the most refugees: nearly five million. Just how bad is it in Syria? The Syrian refugees may outnumber any other country's refugees, but they make up less than half the number of Syrians driven from their homes by the war. Far more are internally displaced -- still in Syria, but living like refugees in the country. And then, of course, an unknown number of people have been killed in the war. International agencies stopped trying to count the dead years ago. The latest estimates by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the number somewhere around 430,000. If that's right, it means about one out of every 50 people in the country has been killed. Where do they go? President Obama vowed that the United States would resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees this year, and by August, the administration was saying it would surpass the target. Justin Trudeau vowed Canada would take 25,000 when he became prime minister last year. But far more are claiming asylum in Europe. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her country would take one million refugees. And all across Europe, refugees from Syria are claiming asylum. But far more stay in the Middle East. Syria's own neighbors host the vast majority of people trying to escape the war. And there's little hope the war will end any time soon -- so the refugees will keep fleeing. And they will keep dying.", "essay": "A just read a piece about the refugee crisis circa 2016. I'm wondering how many of the one million that Germany promised to provide asylum to are currently living in Germany. I know that this mass migration of refugees is part of the reason for the rise of nationalistic/fascist sentiment in a lot of places. I fear things are going to get a lot worse before they get better."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "3,800 dead ... and more on the way \u2014  (CNN)Rickety boats that should never have sailed. Unscrupulous smugglers with no regard for life. And desperate people risking everything. That mix of fear, hope and greed has now produced a horrifying record. More people have drowned in the Mediterranean this year than ever before: at least 3,800. That's about 90 a week. It's nearly 13 every day. Here's a look at how we got to this point. Why are they doing it? They have no choice. They are Syrians, Afghans, Iraqis, escaping war. They are Nigerians and Eritreans in search of a better life. More than 65 million people have fled their homes; 1 in 3 of them are refugees. We're in the midst of the largest migration of refugees since World War II. The sheer number dwarfs the population of many countries. Would you risk these odds? Even though fewer people are crossing this year than in 2015, more people are dying as they try to make the journey. One person out of every 88 has been lost at sea trying to reach the shores of Greece, Italy or Spain. That means they're 90 times more likely to die on the journey than an American is likely to die of gunshot wounds. Where are they heading? There are three main routes across the Mediterranean. Eastern Route: Last year, the route from Turkey to Greece was the busiest by far, but a deal between the European Union and Ankara has brought the numbers down. Still, it remains a heavily trafficked route. Central Route: Libya has no government, which gives people smugglers plenty of freedom to operate out of north Africa. Traffic has been busy this year between Libya and Italy. Central Route: Libya has no government, which gives people smugglers plenty of freedom to operate out of north Africa. Traffic has been busy this year between Libya and Italy. Western Route: West Africa is far from the Middle Eastern hotspots and poor sub-Saharan African countries that produce most migrants to Europe. And relatively small numbers of people try to reach the continent from there. But even so, a steady trickle crosses the sea at the narrow point south of Spain.  Where are they fleeing from? More than a million people have fled Somalia. Nearly three million have escaped Afghanistan. But it is Syria, wracked by civil war for more than five years, that produces the most refugees: nearly five million. Just how bad is it in Syria? The Syrian refugees may outnumber any other country's refugees, but they make up less than half the number of Syrians driven from their homes by the war. Far more are internally displaced -- still in Syria, but living like refugees in the country. And then, of course, an unknown number of people have been killed in the war. International agencies stopped trying to count the dead years ago. The latest estimates by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the number somewhere around 430,000. If that's right, it means about one out of every 50 people in the country has been killed. Where do they go? President Obama vowed that the United States would resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees this year, and by August, the administration was saying it would surpass the target. Justin Trudeau vowed Canada would take 25,000 when he became prime minister last year. But far more are claiming asylum in Europe. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her country would take one million refugees. And all across Europe, refugees from Syria are claiming asylum. But far more stay in the Middle East. Syria's own neighbors host the vast majority of people trying to escape the war. And there's little hope the war will end any time soon -- so the refugees will keep fleeing. And they will keep dying.", "essay": "I feel bad for all the people that have to leave their home country to try to find a better life. It must be bad for people to take the bad odds of dying at sea instead of staying where they are at. I think it will take an international effort to solve the problems facing all the nations that have so many immigrants leaving."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "3,800 dead ... and more on the way \u2014  (CNN)Rickety boats that should never have sailed. Unscrupulous smugglers with no regard for life. And desperate people risking everything. That mix of fear, hope and greed has now produced a horrifying record. More people have drowned in the Mediterranean this year than ever before: at least 3,800. That's about 90 a week. It's nearly 13 every day. Here's a look at how we got to this point. Why are they doing it? They have no choice. They are Syrians, Afghans, Iraqis, escaping war. They are Nigerians and Eritreans in search of a better life. More than 65 million people have fled their homes; 1 in 3 of them are refugees. We're in the midst of the largest migration of refugees since World War II. The sheer number dwarfs the population of many countries. Would you risk these odds? Even though fewer people are crossing this year than in 2015, more people are dying as they try to make the journey. One person out of every 88 has been lost at sea trying to reach the shores of Greece, Italy or Spain. That means they're 90 times more likely to die on the journey than an American is likely to die of gunshot wounds. Where are they heading? There are three main routes across the Mediterranean. Eastern Route: Last year, the route from Turkey to Greece was the busiest by far, but a deal between the European Union and Ankara has brought the numbers down. Still, it remains a heavily trafficked route. Central Route: Libya has no government, which gives people smugglers plenty of freedom to operate out of north Africa. Traffic has been busy this year between Libya and Italy. Central Route: Libya has no government, which gives people smugglers plenty of freedom to operate out of north Africa. Traffic has been busy this year between Libya and Italy. Western Route: West Africa is far from the Middle Eastern hotspots and poor sub-Saharan African countries that produce most migrants to Europe. And relatively small numbers of people try to reach the continent from there. But even so, a steady trickle crosses the sea at the narrow point south of Spain.  Where are they fleeing from? More than a million people have fled Somalia. Nearly three million have escaped Afghanistan. But it is Syria, wracked by civil war for more than five years, that produces the most refugees: nearly five million. Just how bad is it in Syria? The Syrian refugees may outnumber any other country's refugees, but they make up less than half the number of Syrians driven from their homes by the war. Far more are internally displaced -- still in Syria, but living like refugees in the country. And then, of course, an unknown number of people have been killed in the war. International agencies stopped trying to count the dead years ago. The latest estimates by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the number somewhere around 430,000. If that's right, it means about one out of every 50 people in the country has been killed. Where do they go? President Obama vowed that the United States would resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees this year, and by August, the administration was saying it would surpass the target. Justin Trudeau vowed Canada would take 25,000 when he became prime minister last year. But far more are claiming asylum in Europe. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her country would take one million refugees. And all across Europe, refugees from Syria are claiming asylum. But far more stay in the Middle East. Syria's own neighbors host the vast majority of people trying to escape the war. And there's little hope the war will end any time soon -- so the refugees will keep fleeing. And they will keep dying.", "essay": "To me, this refugee crisis is a huge problem with no clear solution.  It's extremely sad that all these innocent people are dyng and I can't even imagine having to live in one of these countries and constantly have my life and my loved one's lives in danger.  It's also difficult for other nations to have to accept so many refugees into their nation but I guess it is the right thing to do.  Hopefully they can contribute to society.  It is sad that terrorists are abusing the system to try to sneak into countries."}
{"user_id": "ec_p009", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 29 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 44000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 29, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 44000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "3,800 dead ... and more on the way \u2014  (CNN)Rickety boats that should never have sailed. Unscrupulous smugglers with no regard for life. And desperate people risking everything. That mix of fear, hope and greed has now produced a horrifying record. More people have drowned in the Mediterranean this year than ever before: at least 3,800. That's about 90 a week. It's nearly 13 every day. Here's a look at how we got to this point. Why are they doing it? They have no choice. They are Syrians, Afghans, Iraqis, escaping war. They are Nigerians and Eritreans in search of a better life. More than 65 million people have fled their homes; 1 in 3 of them are refugees. We're in the midst of the largest migration of refugees since World War II. The sheer number dwarfs the population of many countries. Would you risk these odds? Even though fewer people are crossing this year than in 2015, more people are dying as they try to make the journey. One person out of every 88 has been lost at sea trying to reach the shores of Greece, Italy or Spain. That means they're 90 times more likely to die on the journey than an American is likely to die of gunshot wounds. Where are they heading? There are three main routes across the Mediterranean. Eastern Route: Last year, the route from Turkey to Greece was the busiest by far, but a deal between the European Union and Ankara has brought the numbers down. Still, it remains a heavily trafficked route. Central Route: Libya has no government, which gives people smugglers plenty of freedom to operate out of north Africa. Traffic has been busy this year between Libya and Italy. Central Route: Libya has no government, which gives people smugglers plenty of freedom to operate out of north Africa. Traffic has been busy this year between Libya and Italy. Western Route: West Africa is far from the Middle Eastern hotspots and poor sub-Saharan African countries that produce most migrants to Europe. And relatively small numbers of people try to reach the continent from there. But even so, a steady trickle crosses the sea at the narrow point south of Spain.  Where are they fleeing from? More than a million people have fled Somalia. Nearly three million have escaped Afghanistan. But it is Syria, wracked by civil war for more than five years, that produces the most refugees: nearly five million. Just how bad is it in Syria? The Syrian refugees may outnumber any other country's refugees, but they make up less than half the number of Syrians driven from their homes by the war. Far more are internally displaced -- still in Syria, but living like refugees in the country. And then, of course, an unknown number of people have been killed in the war. International agencies stopped trying to count the dead years ago. The latest estimates by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the number somewhere around 430,000. If that's right, it means about one out of every 50 people in the country has been killed. Where do they go? President Obama vowed that the United States would resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees this year, and by August, the administration was saying it would surpass the target. Justin Trudeau vowed Canada would take 25,000 when he became prime minister last year. But far more are claiming asylum in Europe. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her country would take one million refugees. And all across Europe, refugees from Syria are claiming asylum. But far more stay in the Middle East. Syria's own neighbors host the vast majority of people trying to escape the war. And there's little hope the war will end any time soon -- so the refugees will keep fleeing. And they will keep dying.", "essay": "Dear friend,                                             I have just read an article about the horrible conditions of the syrian people and the refugees who are fleeing the country. I feel awful for these people and would like to find a way to help them at least to be more comfortable. It was a very moving article."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "3,800 dead ... and more on the way \u2014  (CNN)Rickety boats that should never have sailed. Unscrupulous smugglers with no regard for life. And desperate people risking everything. That mix of fear, hope and greed has now produced a horrifying record. More people have drowned in the Mediterranean this year than ever before: at least 3,800. That's about 90 a week. It's nearly 13 every day. Here's a look at how we got to this point. Why are they doing it? They have no choice. They are Syrians, Afghans, Iraqis, escaping war. They are Nigerians and Eritreans in search of a better life. More than 65 million people have fled their homes; 1 in 3 of them are refugees. We're in the midst of the largest migration of refugees since World War II. The sheer number dwarfs the population of many countries. Would you risk these odds? Even though fewer people are crossing this year than in 2015, more people are dying as they try to make the journey. One person out of every 88 has been lost at sea trying to reach the shores of Greece, Italy or Spain. That means they're 90 times more likely to die on the journey than an American is likely to die of gunshot wounds. Where are they heading? There are three main routes across the Mediterranean. Eastern Route: Last year, the route from Turkey to Greece was the busiest by far, but a deal between the European Union and Ankara has brought the numbers down. Still, it remains a heavily trafficked route. Central Route: Libya has no government, which gives people smugglers plenty of freedom to operate out of north Africa. Traffic has been busy this year between Libya and Italy. Central Route: Libya has no government, which gives people smugglers plenty of freedom to operate out of north Africa. Traffic has been busy this year between Libya and Italy. Western Route: West Africa is far from the Middle Eastern hotspots and poor sub-Saharan African countries that produce most migrants to Europe. And relatively small numbers of people try to reach the continent from there. But even so, a steady trickle crosses the sea at the narrow point south of Spain.  Where are they fleeing from? More than a million people have fled Somalia. Nearly three million have escaped Afghanistan. But it is Syria, wracked by civil war for more than five years, that produces the most refugees: nearly five million. Just how bad is it in Syria? The Syrian refugees may outnumber any other country's refugees, but they make up less than half the number of Syrians driven from their homes by the war. Far more are internally displaced -- still in Syria, but living like refugees in the country. And then, of course, an unknown number of people have been killed in the war. International agencies stopped trying to count the dead years ago. The latest estimates by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the number somewhere around 430,000. If that's right, it means about one out of every 50 people in the country has been killed. Where do they go? President Obama vowed that the United States would resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees this year, and by August, the administration was saying it would surpass the target. Justin Trudeau vowed Canada would take 25,000 when he became prime minister last year. But far more are claiming asylum in Europe. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her country would take one million refugees. And all across Europe, refugees from Syria are claiming asylum. But far more stay in the Middle East. Syria's own neighbors host the vast majority of people trying to escape the war. And there's little hope the war will end any time soon -- so the refugees will keep fleeing. And they will keep dying.", "essay": "The whole refugee crisis is a big controversey these days. You think of the people that are doing this and put yourself in there shoes but also the countries who get these transplants and have to deal with them. Every human deserves a life free from harm and these lands really arent anyones but i can see having undocumented people invade your country is a bad thing that is why there is systems in place to keep track of people. I think more should be done to help these countries so people do not want to flee we need to build there government and police up so they are equipped to fight terrorist groups and rebels who push there citizens out."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Janet Reno, first female US attorney general, dies at 78 \u2014  anet Reno, former US attorney general under President Bill Clinton, died Monday morning following a long battle with Parkinson's disease, her sister Maggy Hurchalla said. She was 78.   Reno, the nation's first-ever female attorney general, served in the Clinton White House from 1993 to 2001. What is Parkinson's disease? In a statement, former President Bill Clinton said that he and his wife, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, were \"deeply saddened\" by the passing of Reno, calling her \"an extraordinary public servant who dedicated her life to advancing justice, equality, and innovations in criminal justice that would save and lift lives.\" \"As Attorney General for all eight years of my Presidency, Janet worked tirelessly to make our communities safer, protect the vulnerable, and to strike the right balance between seeking justice and avoiding abuse of power,\" Clinton said in the statement, listing some of her top accomplishments. \"It's fitting that she spent her last years with family and friends, living in the house her mother built with her own hands. Janet was her mother's daughter. I will always be grateful for her service, counsel, and friendship.\" Convictions and controversies As part of the Clinton administration, Reno oversaw the high-profile convictions of numerous bombers including Ted Kaczynski, the domestic terrorist infamously known as the \"Unabomber;\" Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; and Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols for their roles in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. \"Speak out against the hatred, the bigotry and the violence in this land. Most haters are cowards. When confronted, they back down. When we remain silent, they flourish,\" Reno said one month after the Oklahoma City bombing. Reno's time in office was also bookended with a pair of major controversies that gripped the country. In 1993, she took office as the Waco, Texas, standoff was already underway. On the 51st day of the standoff, the attorney general ordered federal agents to raid the compound -- a decision that resulted in the death of approximately 80 members of the Branch Davidian sect. \"The buck stops with me,\" Reno said after the incident. She later said on CNN's \"Larry King Live\" that her decision was \"obviously wrong.\" In April 2000, Reno played a pivotal role in the saga of six-year-old Cuban immigrant Elian Gonzalez. Gonzalez, found off the coast of Fort Lauderdale in November 1999, was the only survivor among a group of 13 Cuban migrants trying to make it to the US. The incident sparked an international custody dispute between Gonzalez's relatives in the US and his father in Cuba. Reno ultimately ordered a raid that sent Gonzalez back to Cuba. When Clinton's administration was rocked by the Whitewater scandal, Reno was the person tasked with appointing special prosecutor Robert Fiske to lead the probe in 1994. The Clintons were never charged with criminal wrongdoing. In Clinton's second term -- months before his impeachment -- the Republican-controlled House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted to cite Reno for contempt of Congress for failing to hand over key memos. Reno eventually provided those documents. Congress never moved forward with a vote on the matter. From Miami to Washington D.C. Born in 1938, Reno grew up in Miami, Florida, with parents who both worked as reporters for Miami newspapers. After attending Cornell University for her undergraduate degree, Reno enrolled at Harvard University for law school in the early 1960s. During her first year, she heard one of her heroes, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, speak at the Sanders Theater. \"She was so wonderful and her voice was still so clear and so magnificent,\" Reno later recalled in a 1993 speech to the Women's Bar Association. \"And I went up to her afterwards, and I said, \"Mrs. Roosevelt, I think you are perfectly wonderful.\" And I will never forget her looking at me and saying, 'Why, thank you, my dear. Those words mean so much to me.' And she seemed to mean it.\" After law school, Reno worked for four years as an associate at Brigham & Brigham, before becoming partner at Lewis & Reno, where she stayed for four years. In 1971, Reno decided to work with the Florida House of Representatives as a staff director. After a brief return to the private sector, she was appointed as Florida's State Attorney in Miami, becoming the first woman to ever hold that position. Reno stayed in the job for about 15 years until Clinton tapped her to become the 78th US attorney general. After the White House At a ceremony to honor Reno in 2009, then-Attorney General Eric Holder praised his predecessor for her tenacity and tireless work ethic during her eight years in the job. \"I don't know how many times she said to me, 'What's the right thing to do?'\" Holder said. \"It was never what's the easy thing, what's the political thing, or the expedient thing to do.\" In 2002, Reno ran to become Florida's governor, but narrowly lost in the Democratic primary. Reno died at her home in Miami. She had battled Parkinson's disease for 20 years.", "essay": "Eh I don't have strong feelings about this.  I'm sorry about the passing of a person and sorry for their family's loss, but I disagreed strongly with her political positions.  So I can't say I'm especially sad or sorrowful for her.  I am sorry just in a general sense because the loss of a life is always a sad thing and I'm sad for the family members who were left behind to grieve her loss.  So those things make me feel sad and empathetic but otherwise I Feel neutral about this."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Janet Reno, first female US attorney general, dies at 78 \u2014  anet Reno, former US attorney general under President Bill Clinton, died Monday morning following a long battle with Parkinson's disease, her sister Maggy Hurchalla said. She was 78.   Reno, the nation's first-ever female attorney general, served in the Clinton White House from 1993 to 2001. What is Parkinson's disease? In a statement, former President Bill Clinton said that he and his wife, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, were \"deeply saddened\" by the passing of Reno, calling her \"an extraordinary public servant who dedicated her life to advancing justice, equality, and innovations in criminal justice that would save and lift lives.\" \"As Attorney General for all eight years of my Presidency, Janet worked tirelessly to make our communities safer, protect the vulnerable, and to strike the right balance between seeking justice and avoiding abuse of power,\" Clinton said in the statement, listing some of her top accomplishments. \"It's fitting that she spent her last years with family and friends, living in the house her mother built with her own hands. Janet was her mother's daughter. I will always be grateful for her service, counsel, and friendship.\" Convictions and controversies As part of the Clinton administration, Reno oversaw the high-profile convictions of numerous bombers including Ted Kaczynski, the domestic terrorist infamously known as the \"Unabomber;\" Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; and Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols for their roles in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. \"Speak out against the hatred, the bigotry and the violence in this land. Most haters are cowards. When confronted, they back down. When we remain silent, they flourish,\" Reno said one month after the Oklahoma City bombing. Reno's time in office was also bookended with a pair of major controversies that gripped the country. In 1993, she took office as the Waco, Texas, standoff was already underway. On the 51st day of the standoff, the attorney general ordered federal agents to raid the compound -- a decision that resulted in the death of approximately 80 members of the Branch Davidian sect. \"The buck stops with me,\" Reno said after the incident. She later said on CNN's \"Larry King Live\" that her decision was \"obviously wrong.\" In April 2000, Reno played a pivotal role in the saga of six-year-old Cuban immigrant Elian Gonzalez. Gonzalez, found off the coast of Fort Lauderdale in November 1999, was the only survivor among a group of 13 Cuban migrants trying to make it to the US. The incident sparked an international custody dispute between Gonzalez's relatives in the US and his father in Cuba. Reno ultimately ordered a raid that sent Gonzalez back to Cuba. When Clinton's administration was rocked by the Whitewater scandal, Reno was the person tasked with appointing special prosecutor Robert Fiske to lead the probe in 1994. The Clintons were never charged with criminal wrongdoing. In Clinton's second term -- months before his impeachment -- the Republican-controlled House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted to cite Reno for contempt of Congress for failing to hand over key memos. Reno eventually provided those documents. Congress never moved forward with a vote on the matter. From Miami to Washington D.C. Born in 1938, Reno grew up in Miami, Florida, with parents who both worked as reporters for Miami newspapers. After attending Cornell University for her undergraduate degree, Reno enrolled at Harvard University for law school in the early 1960s. During her first year, she heard one of her heroes, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, speak at the Sanders Theater. \"She was so wonderful and her voice was still so clear and so magnificent,\" Reno later recalled in a 1993 speech to the Women's Bar Association. \"And I went up to her afterwards, and I said, \"Mrs. Roosevelt, I think you are perfectly wonderful.\" And I will never forget her looking at me and saying, 'Why, thank you, my dear. Those words mean so much to me.' And she seemed to mean it.\" After law school, Reno worked for four years as an associate at Brigham & Brigham, before becoming partner at Lewis & Reno, where she stayed for four years. In 1971, Reno decided to work with the Florida House of Representatives as a staff director. After a brief return to the private sector, she was appointed as Florida's State Attorney in Miami, becoming the first woman to ever hold that position. Reno stayed in the job for about 15 years until Clinton tapped her to become the 78th US attorney general. After the White House At a ceremony to honor Reno in 2009, then-Attorney General Eric Holder praised his predecessor for her tenacity and tireless work ethic during her eight years in the job. \"I don't know how many times she said to me, 'What's the right thing to do?'\" Holder said. \"It was never what's the easy thing, what's the political thing, or the expedient thing to do.\" In 2002, Reno ran to become Florida's governor, but narrowly lost in the Democratic primary. Reno died at her home in Miami. She had battled Parkinson's disease for 20 years.", "essay": "So, I guess I just read a write up on the life of Janet Reno. The whole thing was pretty middling and seemed unbiased. Based on the information presented it seemed like she was an upstanding person, although you can never tell from an article written after someones death. I had heard her name before, but I was a child during the Clinton administration, so I really didn't know who she was until reading this article."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Janet Reno, first female US attorney general, dies at 78 \u2014  anet Reno, former US attorney general under President Bill Clinton, died Monday morning following a long battle with Parkinson's disease, her sister Maggy Hurchalla said. She was 78.   Reno, the nation's first-ever female attorney general, served in the Clinton White House from 1993 to 2001. What is Parkinson's disease? In a statement, former President Bill Clinton said that he and his wife, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, were \"deeply saddened\" by the passing of Reno, calling her \"an extraordinary public servant who dedicated her life to advancing justice, equality, and innovations in criminal justice that would save and lift lives.\" \"As Attorney General for all eight years of my Presidency, Janet worked tirelessly to make our communities safer, protect the vulnerable, and to strike the right balance between seeking justice and avoiding abuse of power,\" Clinton said in the statement, listing some of her top accomplishments. \"It's fitting that she spent her last years with family and friends, living in the house her mother built with her own hands. Janet was her mother's daughter. I will always be grateful for her service, counsel, and friendship.\" Convictions and controversies As part of the Clinton administration, Reno oversaw the high-profile convictions of numerous bombers including Ted Kaczynski, the domestic terrorist infamously known as the \"Unabomber;\" Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; and Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols for their roles in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. \"Speak out against the hatred, the bigotry and the violence in this land. Most haters are cowards. When confronted, they back down. When we remain silent, they flourish,\" Reno said one month after the Oklahoma City bombing. Reno's time in office was also bookended with a pair of major controversies that gripped the country. In 1993, she took office as the Waco, Texas, standoff was already underway. On the 51st day of the standoff, the attorney general ordered federal agents to raid the compound -- a decision that resulted in the death of approximately 80 members of the Branch Davidian sect. \"The buck stops with me,\" Reno said after the incident. She later said on CNN's \"Larry King Live\" that her decision was \"obviously wrong.\" In April 2000, Reno played a pivotal role in the saga of six-year-old Cuban immigrant Elian Gonzalez. Gonzalez, found off the coast of Fort Lauderdale in November 1999, was the only survivor among a group of 13 Cuban migrants trying to make it to the US. The incident sparked an international custody dispute between Gonzalez's relatives in the US and his father in Cuba. Reno ultimately ordered a raid that sent Gonzalez back to Cuba. When Clinton's administration was rocked by the Whitewater scandal, Reno was the person tasked with appointing special prosecutor Robert Fiske to lead the probe in 1994. The Clintons were never charged with criminal wrongdoing. In Clinton's second term -- months before his impeachment -- the Republican-controlled House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted to cite Reno for contempt of Congress for failing to hand over key memos. Reno eventually provided those documents. Congress never moved forward with a vote on the matter. From Miami to Washington D.C. Born in 1938, Reno grew up in Miami, Florida, with parents who both worked as reporters for Miami newspapers. After attending Cornell University for her undergraduate degree, Reno enrolled at Harvard University for law school in the early 1960s. During her first year, she heard one of her heroes, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, speak at the Sanders Theater. \"She was so wonderful and her voice was still so clear and so magnificent,\" Reno later recalled in a 1993 speech to the Women's Bar Association. \"And I went up to her afterwards, and I said, \"Mrs. Roosevelt, I think you are perfectly wonderful.\" And I will never forget her looking at me and saying, 'Why, thank you, my dear. Those words mean so much to me.' And she seemed to mean it.\" After law school, Reno worked for four years as an associate at Brigham & Brigham, before becoming partner at Lewis & Reno, where she stayed for four years. In 1971, Reno decided to work with the Florida House of Representatives as a staff director. After a brief return to the private sector, she was appointed as Florida's State Attorney in Miami, becoming the first woman to ever hold that position. Reno stayed in the job for about 15 years until Clinton tapped her to become the 78th US attorney general. After the White House At a ceremony to honor Reno in 2009, then-Attorney General Eric Holder praised his predecessor for her tenacity and tireless work ethic during her eight years in the job. \"I don't know how many times she said to me, 'What's the right thing to do?'\" Holder said. \"It was never what's the easy thing, what's the political thing, or the expedient thing to do.\" In 2002, Reno ran to become Florida's governor, but narrowly lost in the Democratic primary. Reno died at her home in Miami. She had battled Parkinson's disease for 20 years.", "essay": "I was impressed by the many first, like being the first AD of the state of Florida. Then becoming the first female Attorney General for the United States of America. For that she will always be remembered.  Some of her dealing with the Clintons and the some of the ways she handled the illegal immigration case of that little boy I do not agree with."}
{"user_id": "ec_p020", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 50000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 50000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Janet Reno, first female US attorney general, dies at 78 \u2014  anet Reno, former US attorney general under President Bill Clinton, died Monday morning following a long battle with Parkinson's disease, her sister Maggy Hurchalla said. She was 78.   Reno, the nation's first-ever female attorney general, served in the Clinton White House from 1993 to 2001. What is Parkinson's disease? In a statement, former President Bill Clinton said that he and his wife, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, were \"deeply saddened\" by the passing of Reno, calling her \"an extraordinary public servant who dedicated her life to advancing justice, equality, and innovations in criminal justice that would save and lift lives.\" \"As Attorney General for all eight years of my Presidency, Janet worked tirelessly to make our communities safer, protect the vulnerable, and to strike the right balance between seeking justice and avoiding abuse of power,\" Clinton said in the statement, listing some of her top accomplishments. \"It's fitting that she spent her last years with family and friends, living in the house her mother built with her own hands. Janet was her mother's daughter. I will always be grateful for her service, counsel, and friendship.\" Convictions and controversies As part of the Clinton administration, Reno oversaw the high-profile convictions of numerous bombers including Ted Kaczynski, the domestic terrorist infamously known as the \"Unabomber;\" Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; and Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols for their roles in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. \"Speak out against the hatred, the bigotry and the violence in this land. Most haters are cowards. When confronted, they back down. When we remain silent, they flourish,\" Reno said one month after the Oklahoma City bombing. Reno's time in office was also bookended with a pair of major controversies that gripped the country. In 1993, she took office as the Waco, Texas, standoff was already underway. On the 51st day of the standoff, the attorney general ordered federal agents to raid the compound -- a decision that resulted in the death of approximately 80 members of the Branch Davidian sect. \"The buck stops with me,\" Reno said after the incident. She later said on CNN's \"Larry King Live\" that her decision was \"obviously wrong.\" In April 2000, Reno played a pivotal role in the saga of six-year-old Cuban immigrant Elian Gonzalez. Gonzalez, found off the coast of Fort Lauderdale in November 1999, was the only survivor among a group of 13 Cuban migrants trying to make it to the US. The incident sparked an international custody dispute between Gonzalez's relatives in the US and his father in Cuba. Reno ultimately ordered a raid that sent Gonzalez back to Cuba. When Clinton's administration was rocked by the Whitewater scandal, Reno was the person tasked with appointing special prosecutor Robert Fiske to lead the probe in 1994. The Clintons were never charged with criminal wrongdoing. In Clinton's second term -- months before his impeachment -- the Republican-controlled House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted to cite Reno for contempt of Congress for failing to hand over key memos. Reno eventually provided those documents. Congress never moved forward with a vote on the matter. From Miami to Washington D.C. Born in 1938, Reno grew up in Miami, Florida, with parents who both worked as reporters for Miami newspapers. After attending Cornell University for her undergraduate degree, Reno enrolled at Harvard University for law school in the early 1960s. During her first year, she heard one of her heroes, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, speak at the Sanders Theater. \"She was so wonderful and her voice was still so clear and so magnificent,\" Reno later recalled in a 1993 speech to the Women's Bar Association. \"And I went up to her afterwards, and I said, \"Mrs. Roosevelt, I think you are perfectly wonderful.\" And I will never forget her looking at me and saying, 'Why, thank you, my dear. Those words mean so much to me.' And she seemed to mean it.\" After law school, Reno worked for four years as an associate at Brigham & Brigham, before becoming partner at Lewis & Reno, where she stayed for four years. In 1971, Reno decided to work with the Florida House of Representatives as a staff director. After a brief return to the private sector, she was appointed as Florida's State Attorney in Miami, becoming the first woman to ever hold that position. Reno stayed in the job for about 15 years until Clinton tapped her to become the 78th US attorney general. After the White House At a ceremony to honor Reno in 2009, then-Attorney General Eric Holder praised his predecessor for her tenacity and tireless work ethic during her eight years in the job. \"I don't know how many times she said to me, 'What's the right thing to do?'\" Holder said. \"It was never what's the easy thing, what's the political thing, or the expedient thing to do.\" In 2002, Reno ran to become Florida's governor, but narrowly lost in the Democratic primary. Reno died at her home in Miami. She had battled Parkinson's disease for 20 years.", "essay": "The first female attorney general passed away at the age of 78. She had long battled parkinsons disease. This is very sad. She worded under Bill clintons presidency. She had so many accomplishments over the years. Her predecessor Eric Holder praised her work. She was an example for many women who struggle to find there path with sexism."}
{"user_id": "ec_p048", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 55000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 55000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "Janet Reno, first female US attorney general, dies at 78 \u2014  anet Reno, former US attorney general under President Bill Clinton, died Monday morning following a long battle with Parkinson's disease, her sister Maggy Hurchalla said. She was 78.   Reno, the nation's first-ever female attorney general, served in the Clinton White House from 1993 to 2001. What is Parkinson's disease? In a statement, former President Bill Clinton said that he and his wife, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, were \"deeply saddened\" by the passing of Reno, calling her \"an extraordinary public servant who dedicated her life to advancing justice, equality, and innovations in criminal justice that would save and lift lives.\" \"As Attorney General for all eight years of my Presidency, Janet worked tirelessly to make our communities safer, protect the vulnerable, and to strike the right balance between seeking justice and avoiding abuse of power,\" Clinton said in the statement, listing some of her top accomplishments. \"It's fitting that she spent her last years with family and friends, living in the house her mother built with her own hands. Janet was her mother's daughter. I will always be grateful for her service, counsel, and friendship.\" Convictions and controversies As part of the Clinton administration, Reno oversaw the high-profile convictions of numerous bombers including Ted Kaczynski, the domestic terrorist infamously known as the \"Unabomber;\" Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; and Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols for their roles in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. \"Speak out against the hatred, the bigotry and the violence in this land. Most haters are cowards. When confronted, they back down. When we remain silent, they flourish,\" Reno said one month after the Oklahoma City bombing. Reno's time in office was also bookended with a pair of major controversies that gripped the country. In 1993, she took office as the Waco, Texas, standoff was already underway. On the 51st day of the standoff, the attorney general ordered federal agents to raid the compound -- a decision that resulted in the death of approximately 80 members of the Branch Davidian sect. \"The buck stops with me,\" Reno said after the incident. She later said on CNN's \"Larry King Live\" that her decision was \"obviously wrong.\" In April 2000, Reno played a pivotal role in the saga of six-year-old Cuban immigrant Elian Gonzalez. Gonzalez, found off the coast of Fort Lauderdale in November 1999, was the only survivor among a group of 13 Cuban migrants trying to make it to the US. The incident sparked an international custody dispute between Gonzalez's relatives in the US and his father in Cuba. Reno ultimately ordered a raid that sent Gonzalez back to Cuba. When Clinton's administration was rocked by the Whitewater scandal, Reno was the person tasked with appointing special prosecutor Robert Fiske to lead the probe in 1994. The Clintons were never charged with criminal wrongdoing. In Clinton's second term -- months before his impeachment -- the Republican-controlled House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted to cite Reno for contempt of Congress for failing to hand over key memos. Reno eventually provided those documents. Congress never moved forward with a vote on the matter. From Miami to Washington D.C. Born in 1938, Reno grew up in Miami, Florida, with parents who both worked as reporters for Miami newspapers. After attending Cornell University for her undergraduate degree, Reno enrolled at Harvard University for law school in the early 1960s. During her first year, she heard one of her heroes, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, speak at the Sanders Theater. \"She was so wonderful and her voice was still so clear and so magnificent,\" Reno later recalled in a 1993 speech to the Women's Bar Association. \"And I went up to her afterwards, and I said, \"Mrs. Roosevelt, I think you are perfectly wonderful.\" And I will never forget her looking at me and saying, 'Why, thank you, my dear. Those words mean so much to me.' And she seemed to mean it.\" After law school, Reno worked for four years as an associate at Brigham & Brigham, before becoming partner at Lewis & Reno, where she stayed for four years. In 1971, Reno decided to work with the Florida House of Representatives as a staff director. After a brief return to the private sector, she was appointed as Florida's State Attorney in Miami, becoming the first woman to ever hold that position. Reno stayed in the job for about 15 years until Clinton tapped her to become the 78th US attorney general. After the White House At a ceremony to honor Reno in 2009, then-Attorney General Eric Holder praised his predecessor for her tenacity and tireless work ethic during her eight years in the job. \"I don't know how many times she said to me, 'What's the right thing to do?'\" Holder said. \"It was never what's the easy thing, what's the political thing, or the expedient thing to do.\" In 2002, Reno ran to become Florida's governor, but narrowly lost in the Democratic primary. Reno died at her home in Miami. She had battled Parkinson's disease for 20 years.", "essay": "I'm not a huge fan of the Clinton's so it's hard for me to feel for this lady when the article is mainly about how Clinton's thought she was a wonderful lady. With political bias' aside, I think Parkinsons disease is devastation to have. My husband's grandma suffers from it but still has a very positive outlook on life. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/13/europe/paris-attacks-one-year-on/index.html \u2014  Lanterns, candles and calls for peace illuminated the City of Light on Sunday as Paris mourned 130 people killed one year ago in attacks throughout the city.   November 13, 2015, was like any other day for Georges Salines: Work, a lunchtime swim with his daughter Lola, watching the news on TV, and an early night. He had no idea, until the phone rang, jolting him from his sleep, that his world was about to change forever. \"I went to bed ... without knowing what was going on in the streets of Paris,\" he recalls. \"I was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night, from my eldest son, who knew that his sister was at the Bataclan.\" Salines' 29-year-old daughter, Lola, had gone to a concert at the Bataclan by US rock band the Eagles of Death Metal. Midway through the show, ISIS-linked gunmen opened fire on the audience and detonated suicide vests; 90 people were killed in the raid, one of a series of coordinated attacks across Paris. Unable to reach her, the family spent hours trying to find out what had happened to Lola, calling emergency help lines and hospitals, even the morgue, but nobody could tell them if she was alive. Then the worst news, delivered in the worst way: They discovered via social media that she had been killed. \"I hope she didn't suffer or see her death coming,\" her father says. French President Francois Hollande unveiled plaques at attack sites in the city -- at the Stade de France, outside the Petit Cambodge restaurant, in the Boulevard Voltaire, and at the Bonne Biere and Belle Equipe cafes. At the Bataclan, the President tore down a French flag to reveal the memorial, as the names of all 90 who perished there were read aloud in solemn ceremony. It followed an emotional performance on Saturday night by musician Sting, a fundraiser for victim support charities at the newly opened Bataclan. He began with the words: \"We shall not forget them.\" The much-loved venue has been renovated to remove all traces of the massacre that took place there. On Sunday, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said a state of emergency, first imposed in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, will likely be extended. With the country's presidential elections coming in April-May, the prime minister said the government needs to retain the extra powers delegated by emergency laws \"to protect our democracy.\" 'Bloody battlefield' Denys Plaud was also at the Bataclan on the night of the attacks. He credits his survival to the fact that, when the attackers burst in, he was up on the balcony where there was more room to move to the music. \"I love to dance, and that saved my life,\" he told CNN days after his escape from the Bataclan. \"It meant I was not in the direct line of fire from the terrorists' machine guns.\" Plaud hid in a tiny room at the venue with 15 others; they waited as the gunmen got closer and closer, even shooting at the partition that sheltered them: \"I thought, 'Oh my God, I hope that wall will stand.'\" \"For three hours, we had to listen to the shooting,\" he remembers. \"That was terrible. Every time we thought it would end, it was just time for the terrorists to get their weapons reloaded, and then they would shoot again.\" Eventually, the police arrived and led them to safety across what Plaud calls \"the bloody battlefield,\" urging them not to look at the bodies of their fellow music fans. \"But ... it was not a direct path, I had to look where I was putting my feet. ... There was no way but to look at death.\" A year on, he says, the memories are \"very fresh ... it's just like it was yesterday.\" Artist turns Paris attacks ordeal into graphic novel A nation traumatized By late morning Sunday, the first flowers to remember victims were placed among the autumn leaves at the Place de la R\u00e9publique, which became the center of the city's mourning and expressions of national unity after the attacks. For many Parisians, it is an opportunity to begin getting on with life. The year since the attacks has been filled with shock, grief and mourning -- for the relatives of the dead, for those who survived, and for France as a whole: The nation was left traumatized. Extra police and troops have been on the streets of France since January 2015, when terrorists attacked the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people: Armed officers now patrol outside tourist hot spots, schools, government and religious buildings. Operation Sentinel has seen the mobilization of 10,000 soldiers to monitor and protect more than 11,000 locations across the country -- 3,000 of them religious sites, the rest a mixture of key infrastructure, industrial plants and \"symbolic\" places around the country. And despite all the extra security on the streets, what happened in January and November 2015 -- and other incidents that followed in 2016, in Nice, Rouen and Magnanville -- have impacted the country's morale. Plaud says Paris itself was left \"in shock.\" Anger at these events has been linked to a steep rise in xenophobia; according to the National Commission on Human Rights, or CCNDH, there were 429 reports of attacks on, and threats against, Muslims in France in 2015 -- a rise of 223% on the previous year. This \"wave of aggression against Muslims\" ranged from assaults on women wearing the hijab to graffiti on places of worship and halal butcher shops. In one incident, the door handle of a mosque was wrapped in bacon. The CCNDH says the majority happened in January and November. The attacks have also damaged France's prized tourism industry: Almost 2 million fewer visitors have come to the country over the past year -- international arrivals are down 8.1% so far in 2016. But Plaud says the country has seen troubled times before, and is sure to bounce back: \"I am confident; in Parisian history there have been a lot of events like that -- war, civil war. But Paris has always been able to recover.\" #ParisResiste Balloons were released into the skies over Paris, and as darkness fell, thousands of lanterns were floated on the waters of the Canal St. Martin, close to the scene of several of the attacks. A social media campaign, #ParisResiste called on people to display lighted candles in the windows of their homes on Sunday evening, to \"light up the city\" and \"brighten the future.\" Salines concedes the day will be a difficult one for many: \"Some families have chosen to take a vacation and go abroad even, because there will be a lot of media attention and there will be a lot of archive footage of last year -- I'm sure it will be painful to see these images again.\" Plaud suffered flashbacks in the months after the attack that forced him to give up his job as a math and physics tutor, but says he is gradually recovering. This week he returned to the Bataclan for the first time. \"I want[ed] to come back to pay my last homage to the victims and people who died there,\" he says. \"It is important even if it is very strong, emotionally, to be here.\" Both Plaud and Salines say putting pen to paper has helped them through the past 12 months. \"I wanted to write in order not to forget,\" Salines says. \"The writing helped me, because it was the only way in the first days that I could think about what had happened ... not without pain, but being able to stay calm and to keep some distance between the pain and my thinking.\" The idea for his book, \"The unspeakable, from A to Z\" came, he says, from \"the messages I received from friends and family -- lots of them started with the words, 'this is unspeakable,' 'we don't know what to say,' 'there are no words.' They had no words but I had lots! I started to make a list of words and ... little by little it grew and it grew into a book.\" He says the dictionary-like form his writings took helped reflect the rapidly changing emotions he experienced in the weeks and months after Lola's death. \"It was very close to what I was experiencing in terms of the shift between very different moods, even happening all at the same time, within a few minutes, from crying to laughing. When you read you go from one word to another, from emotional feelings ... to very funny.\" The first entry in the book: A is for absurd. \"Because Lola, and I am sure all the other young people who lost their lives that day, were total strangers to the situation, the fight that the terrorists have and it is profoundly unjust.\" For Plaud, revisiting his experiences to write about them \"was very difficult [but] it was therapeutic.\" \"It was a way to exorcise the demons and all the horror I saw that night. It was dangerous because sometimes I had to go deep inside my memories of death.\" 'Grieving never ends' \"The grieving never ends,\" says Salines. \"I am at a stage now where I know that things are relatively stable -- the pain will probably last for the rest of my life but I don't break down in tears three times a day as I was doing at the beginning.\" Salines is sustained by his work as chairman of one of the support groups for those affected by the events of November 13, and by his memories of Lola. \"Her life was maybe short, but it was a full life, full of happiness,\" he says. A publisher of children's and young adult books, Lola loved to travel and had a passion for roller derby. \"She had incredible energy. We didn't know how she could do so many things in a day.\" \"She did a lot of good things in her life, she had a great deal of pleasure, she was very enthusiastic,\" he says. \"She had a good life. Writing about it was maybe a way of convincing myself, but I feel pretty confident that my daughter's life was a good life.\" Plaud says for him, the time has come to move on. \"It's been one year now and I feel like it's the end of my mourning.\" \"It is a good thing that life has come back again,\" he says. \"We have to keep the memory, but you also [must] not be stuck in that horror, [you must] keep on living.\"", "essay": "This article was sad for me.  It definitely humanized the event and focused on the father, whom I felt sympathetic towards.  I also laughed a lot at the sentence about someone wrapping bacon around the door handle of a mosque.  But I thought the portrayal of the father was very real and relatable.  I thought his quotes were also interesting and very self-reflective, recognizing what he was probably doing in his writing and why.  But the article overall was pretty vivid in allowing you to experience all aspects of the event.  People there, trying to survive.  People afterwards finding out loved ones were dead.  People angry.  People trying to keep the public safe.  All angles were shown."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/13/europe/paris-attacks-one-year-on/index.html \u2014  Lanterns, candles and calls for peace illuminated the City of Light on Sunday as Paris mourned 130 people killed one year ago in attacks throughout the city.   November 13, 2015, was like any other day for Georges Salines: Work, a lunchtime swim with his daughter Lola, watching the news on TV, and an early night. He had no idea, until the phone rang, jolting him from his sleep, that his world was about to change forever. \"I went to bed ... without knowing what was going on in the streets of Paris,\" he recalls. \"I was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night, from my eldest son, who knew that his sister was at the Bataclan.\" Salines' 29-year-old daughter, Lola, had gone to a concert at the Bataclan by US rock band the Eagles of Death Metal. Midway through the show, ISIS-linked gunmen opened fire on the audience and detonated suicide vests; 90 people were killed in the raid, one of a series of coordinated attacks across Paris. Unable to reach her, the family spent hours trying to find out what had happened to Lola, calling emergency help lines and hospitals, even the morgue, but nobody could tell them if she was alive. Then the worst news, delivered in the worst way: They discovered via social media that she had been killed. \"I hope she didn't suffer or see her death coming,\" her father says. French President Francois Hollande unveiled plaques at attack sites in the city -- at the Stade de France, outside the Petit Cambodge restaurant, in the Boulevard Voltaire, and at the Bonne Biere and Belle Equipe cafes. At the Bataclan, the President tore down a French flag to reveal the memorial, as the names of all 90 who perished there were read aloud in solemn ceremony. It followed an emotional performance on Saturday night by musician Sting, a fundraiser for victim support charities at the newly opened Bataclan. He began with the words: \"We shall not forget them.\" The much-loved venue has been renovated to remove all traces of the massacre that took place there. On Sunday, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said a state of emergency, first imposed in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, will likely be extended. With the country's presidential elections coming in April-May, the prime minister said the government needs to retain the extra powers delegated by emergency laws \"to protect our democracy.\" 'Bloody battlefield' Denys Plaud was also at the Bataclan on the night of the attacks. He credits his survival to the fact that, when the attackers burst in, he was up on the balcony where there was more room to move to the music. \"I love to dance, and that saved my life,\" he told CNN days after his escape from the Bataclan. \"It meant I was not in the direct line of fire from the terrorists' machine guns.\" Plaud hid in a tiny room at the venue with 15 others; they waited as the gunmen got closer and closer, even shooting at the partition that sheltered them: \"I thought, 'Oh my God, I hope that wall will stand.'\" \"For three hours, we had to listen to the shooting,\" he remembers. \"That was terrible. Every time we thought it would end, it was just time for the terrorists to get their weapons reloaded, and then they would shoot again.\" Eventually, the police arrived and led them to safety across what Plaud calls \"the bloody battlefield,\" urging them not to look at the bodies of their fellow music fans. \"But ... it was not a direct path, I had to look where I was putting my feet. ... There was no way but to look at death.\" A year on, he says, the memories are \"very fresh ... it's just like it was yesterday.\" Artist turns Paris attacks ordeal into graphic novel A nation traumatized By late morning Sunday, the first flowers to remember victims were placed among the autumn leaves at the Place de la R\u00e9publique, which became the center of the city's mourning and expressions of national unity after the attacks. For many Parisians, it is an opportunity to begin getting on with life. The year since the attacks has been filled with shock, grief and mourning -- for the relatives of the dead, for those who survived, and for France as a whole: The nation was left traumatized. Extra police and troops have been on the streets of France since January 2015, when terrorists attacked the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people: Armed officers now patrol outside tourist hot spots, schools, government and religious buildings. Operation Sentinel has seen the mobilization of 10,000 soldiers to monitor and protect more than 11,000 locations across the country -- 3,000 of them religious sites, the rest a mixture of key infrastructure, industrial plants and \"symbolic\" places around the country. And despite all the extra security on the streets, what happened in January and November 2015 -- and other incidents that followed in 2016, in Nice, Rouen and Magnanville -- have impacted the country's morale. Plaud says Paris itself was left \"in shock.\" Anger at these events has been linked to a steep rise in xenophobia; according to the National Commission on Human Rights, or CCNDH, there were 429 reports of attacks on, and threats against, Muslims in France in 2015 -- a rise of 223% on the previous year. This \"wave of aggression against Muslims\" ranged from assaults on women wearing the hijab to graffiti on places of worship and halal butcher shops. In one incident, the door handle of a mosque was wrapped in bacon. The CCNDH says the majority happened in January and November. The attacks have also damaged France's prized tourism industry: Almost 2 million fewer visitors have come to the country over the past year -- international arrivals are down 8.1% so far in 2016. But Plaud says the country has seen troubled times before, and is sure to bounce back: \"I am confident; in Parisian history there have been a lot of events like that -- war, civil war. But Paris has always been able to recover.\" #ParisResiste Balloons were released into the skies over Paris, and as darkness fell, thousands of lanterns were floated on the waters of the Canal St. Martin, close to the scene of several of the attacks. A social media campaign, #ParisResiste called on people to display lighted candles in the windows of their homes on Sunday evening, to \"light up the city\" and \"brighten the future.\" Salines concedes the day will be a difficult one for many: \"Some families have chosen to take a vacation and go abroad even, because there will be a lot of media attention and there will be a lot of archive footage of last year -- I'm sure it will be painful to see these images again.\" Plaud suffered flashbacks in the months after the attack that forced him to give up his job as a math and physics tutor, but says he is gradually recovering. This week he returned to the Bataclan for the first time. \"I want[ed] to come back to pay my last homage to the victims and people who died there,\" he says. \"It is important even if it is very strong, emotionally, to be here.\" Both Plaud and Salines say putting pen to paper has helped them through the past 12 months. \"I wanted to write in order not to forget,\" Salines says. \"The writing helped me, because it was the only way in the first days that I could think about what had happened ... not without pain, but being able to stay calm and to keep some distance between the pain and my thinking.\" The idea for his book, \"The unspeakable, from A to Z\" came, he says, from \"the messages I received from friends and family -- lots of them started with the words, 'this is unspeakable,' 'we don't know what to say,' 'there are no words.' They had no words but I had lots! I started to make a list of words and ... little by little it grew and it grew into a book.\" He says the dictionary-like form his writings took helped reflect the rapidly changing emotions he experienced in the weeks and months after Lola's death. \"It was very close to what I was experiencing in terms of the shift between very different moods, even happening all at the same time, within a few minutes, from crying to laughing. When you read you go from one word to another, from emotional feelings ... to very funny.\" The first entry in the book: A is for absurd. \"Because Lola, and I am sure all the other young people who lost their lives that day, were total strangers to the situation, the fight that the terrorists have and it is profoundly unjust.\" For Plaud, revisiting his experiences to write about them \"was very difficult [but] it was therapeutic.\" \"It was a way to exorcise the demons and all the horror I saw that night. It was dangerous because sometimes I had to go deep inside my memories of death.\" 'Grieving never ends' \"The grieving never ends,\" says Salines. \"I am at a stage now where I know that things are relatively stable -- the pain will probably last for the rest of my life but I don't break down in tears three times a day as I was doing at the beginning.\" Salines is sustained by his work as chairman of one of the support groups for those affected by the events of November 13, and by his memories of Lola. \"Her life was maybe short, but it was a full life, full of happiness,\" he says. A publisher of children's and young adult books, Lola loved to travel and had a passion for roller derby. \"She had incredible energy. We didn't know how she could do so many things in a day.\" \"She did a lot of good things in her life, she had a great deal of pleasure, she was very enthusiastic,\" he says. \"She had a good life. Writing about it was maybe a way of convincing myself, but I feel pretty confident that my daughter's life was a good life.\" Plaud says for him, the time has come to move on. \"It's been one year now and I feel like it's the end of my mourning.\" \"It is a good thing that life has come back again,\" he says. \"We have to keep the memory, but you also [must] not be stuck in that horror, [you must] keep on living.\"", "essay": "Its always sad when these tragedies occur. We must cohesively find ways to improve this and lessen the chances these attacks occur. I just wonder what we can do though. We have to be able to make a positive change and to be honest the only way to do that is to have stricter laws. These laws would mean less freedom but I am okay with that."}
{"user_id": "ec_p014", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 40 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 140000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 40, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 140000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/13/europe/paris-attacks-one-year-on/index.html \u2014  Lanterns, candles and calls for peace illuminated the City of Light on Sunday as Paris mourned 130 people killed one year ago in attacks throughout the city.   November 13, 2015, was like any other day for Georges Salines: Work, a lunchtime swim with his daughter Lola, watching the news on TV, and an early night. He had no idea, until the phone rang, jolting him from his sleep, that his world was about to change forever. \"I went to bed ... without knowing what was going on in the streets of Paris,\" he recalls. \"I was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night, from my eldest son, who knew that his sister was at the Bataclan.\" Salines' 29-year-old daughter, Lola, had gone to a concert at the Bataclan by US rock band the Eagles of Death Metal. Midway through the show, ISIS-linked gunmen opened fire on the audience and detonated suicide vests; 90 people were killed in the raid, one of a series of coordinated attacks across Paris. Unable to reach her, the family spent hours trying to find out what had happened to Lola, calling emergency help lines and hospitals, even the morgue, but nobody could tell them if she was alive. Then the worst news, delivered in the worst way: They discovered via social media that she had been killed. \"I hope she didn't suffer or see her death coming,\" her father says. French President Francois Hollande unveiled plaques at attack sites in the city -- at the Stade de France, outside the Petit Cambodge restaurant, in the Boulevard Voltaire, and at the Bonne Biere and Belle Equipe cafes. At the Bataclan, the President tore down a French flag to reveal the memorial, as the names of all 90 who perished there were read aloud in solemn ceremony. It followed an emotional performance on Saturday night by musician Sting, a fundraiser for victim support charities at the newly opened Bataclan. He began with the words: \"We shall not forget them.\" The much-loved venue has been renovated to remove all traces of the massacre that took place there. On Sunday, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said a state of emergency, first imposed in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, will likely be extended. With the country's presidential elections coming in April-May, the prime minister said the government needs to retain the extra powers delegated by emergency laws \"to protect our democracy.\" 'Bloody battlefield' Denys Plaud was also at the Bataclan on the night of the attacks. He credits his survival to the fact that, when the attackers burst in, he was up on the balcony where there was more room to move to the music. \"I love to dance, and that saved my life,\" he told CNN days after his escape from the Bataclan. \"It meant I was not in the direct line of fire from the terrorists' machine guns.\" Plaud hid in a tiny room at the venue with 15 others; they waited as the gunmen got closer and closer, even shooting at the partition that sheltered them: \"I thought, 'Oh my God, I hope that wall will stand.'\" \"For three hours, we had to listen to the shooting,\" he remembers. \"That was terrible. Every time we thought it would end, it was just time for the terrorists to get their weapons reloaded, and then they would shoot again.\" Eventually, the police arrived and led them to safety across what Plaud calls \"the bloody battlefield,\" urging them not to look at the bodies of their fellow music fans. \"But ... it was not a direct path, I had to look where I was putting my feet. ... There was no way but to look at death.\" A year on, he says, the memories are \"very fresh ... it's just like it was yesterday.\" Artist turns Paris attacks ordeal into graphic novel A nation traumatized By late morning Sunday, the first flowers to remember victims were placed among the autumn leaves at the Place de la R\u00e9publique, which became the center of the city's mourning and expressions of national unity after the attacks. For many Parisians, it is an opportunity to begin getting on with life. The year since the attacks has been filled with shock, grief and mourning -- for the relatives of the dead, for those who survived, and for France as a whole: The nation was left traumatized. Extra police and troops have been on the streets of France since January 2015, when terrorists attacked the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people: Armed officers now patrol outside tourist hot spots, schools, government and religious buildings. Operation Sentinel has seen the mobilization of 10,000 soldiers to monitor and protect more than 11,000 locations across the country -- 3,000 of them religious sites, the rest a mixture of key infrastructure, industrial plants and \"symbolic\" places around the country. And despite all the extra security on the streets, what happened in January and November 2015 -- and other incidents that followed in 2016, in Nice, Rouen and Magnanville -- have impacted the country's morale. Plaud says Paris itself was left \"in shock.\" Anger at these events has been linked to a steep rise in xenophobia; according to the National Commission on Human Rights, or CCNDH, there were 429 reports of attacks on, and threats against, Muslims in France in 2015 -- a rise of 223% on the previous year. This \"wave of aggression against Muslims\" ranged from assaults on women wearing the hijab to graffiti on places of worship and halal butcher shops. In one incident, the door handle of a mosque was wrapped in bacon. The CCNDH says the majority happened in January and November. The attacks have also damaged France's prized tourism industry: Almost 2 million fewer visitors have come to the country over the past year -- international arrivals are down 8.1% so far in 2016. But Plaud says the country has seen troubled times before, and is sure to bounce back: \"I am confident; in Parisian history there have been a lot of events like that -- war, civil war. But Paris has always been able to recover.\" #ParisResiste Balloons were released into the skies over Paris, and as darkness fell, thousands of lanterns were floated on the waters of the Canal St. Martin, close to the scene of several of the attacks. A social media campaign, #ParisResiste called on people to display lighted candles in the windows of their homes on Sunday evening, to \"light up the city\" and \"brighten the future.\" Salines concedes the day will be a difficult one for many: \"Some families have chosen to take a vacation and go abroad even, because there will be a lot of media attention and there will be a lot of archive footage of last year -- I'm sure it will be painful to see these images again.\" Plaud suffered flashbacks in the months after the attack that forced him to give up his job as a math and physics tutor, but says he is gradually recovering. This week he returned to the Bataclan for the first time. \"I want[ed] to come back to pay my last homage to the victims and people who died there,\" he says. \"It is important even if it is very strong, emotionally, to be here.\" Both Plaud and Salines say putting pen to paper has helped them through the past 12 months. \"I wanted to write in order not to forget,\" Salines says. \"The writing helped me, because it was the only way in the first days that I could think about what had happened ... not without pain, but being able to stay calm and to keep some distance between the pain and my thinking.\" The idea for his book, \"The unspeakable, from A to Z\" came, he says, from \"the messages I received from friends and family -- lots of them started with the words, 'this is unspeakable,' 'we don't know what to say,' 'there are no words.' They had no words but I had lots! I started to make a list of words and ... little by little it grew and it grew into a book.\" He says the dictionary-like form his writings took helped reflect the rapidly changing emotions he experienced in the weeks and months after Lola's death. \"It was very close to what I was experiencing in terms of the shift between very different moods, even happening all at the same time, within a few minutes, from crying to laughing. When you read you go from one word to another, from emotional feelings ... to very funny.\" The first entry in the book: A is for absurd. \"Because Lola, and I am sure all the other young people who lost their lives that day, were total strangers to the situation, the fight that the terrorists have and it is profoundly unjust.\" For Plaud, revisiting his experiences to write about them \"was very difficult [but] it was therapeutic.\" \"It was a way to exorcise the demons and all the horror I saw that night. It was dangerous because sometimes I had to go deep inside my memories of death.\" 'Grieving never ends' \"The grieving never ends,\" says Salines. \"I am at a stage now where I know that things are relatively stable -- the pain will probably last for the rest of my life but I don't break down in tears three times a day as I was doing at the beginning.\" Salines is sustained by his work as chairman of one of the support groups for those affected by the events of November 13, and by his memories of Lola. \"Her life was maybe short, but it was a full life, full of happiness,\" he says. A publisher of children's and young adult books, Lola loved to travel and had a passion for roller derby. \"She had incredible energy. We didn't know how she could do so many things in a day.\" \"She did a lot of good things in her life, she had a great deal of pleasure, she was very enthusiastic,\" he says. \"She had a good life. Writing about it was maybe a way of convincing myself, but I feel pretty confident that my daughter's life was a good life.\" Plaud says for him, the time has come to move on. \"It's been one year now and I feel like it's the end of my mourning.\" \"It is a good thing that life has come back again,\" he says. \"We have to keep the memory, but you also [must] not be stuck in that horror, [you must] keep on living.\"", "essay": "This would be a horrifying experience to go through. I can't imagine how a father could handle that experience, especially the way that he learned about his daughter's tragedy. That would be just entirely too much to go through. How can can that even be processed? its just all seems so surreal, like something you would read about, but not actually go through."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/13/europe/paris-attacks-one-year-on/index.html \u2014  Lanterns, candles and calls for peace illuminated the City of Light on Sunday as Paris mourned 130 people killed one year ago in attacks throughout the city.   November 13, 2015, was like any other day for Georges Salines: Work, a lunchtime swim with his daughter Lola, watching the news on TV, and an early night. He had no idea, until the phone rang, jolting him from his sleep, that his world was about to change forever. \"I went to bed ... without knowing what was going on in the streets of Paris,\" he recalls. \"I was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night, from my eldest son, who knew that his sister was at the Bataclan.\" Salines' 29-year-old daughter, Lola, had gone to a concert at the Bataclan by US rock band the Eagles of Death Metal. Midway through the show, ISIS-linked gunmen opened fire on the audience and detonated suicide vests; 90 people were killed in the raid, one of a series of coordinated attacks across Paris. Unable to reach her, the family spent hours trying to find out what had happened to Lola, calling emergency help lines and hospitals, even the morgue, but nobody could tell them if she was alive. Then the worst news, delivered in the worst way: They discovered via social media that she had been killed. \"I hope she didn't suffer or see her death coming,\" her father says. French President Francois Hollande unveiled plaques at attack sites in the city -- at the Stade de France, outside the Petit Cambodge restaurant, in the Boulevard Voltaire, and at the Bonne Biere and Belle Equipe cafes. At the Bataclan, the President tore down a French flag to reveal the memorial, as the names of all 90 who perished there were read aloud in solemn ceremony. It followed an emotional performance on Saturday night by musician Sting, a fundraiser for victim support charities at the newly opened Bataclan. He began with the words: \"We shall not forget them.\" The much-loved venue has been renovated to remove all traces of the massacre that took place there. On Sunday, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said a state of emergency, first imposed in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, will likely be extended. With the country's presidential elections coming in April-May, the prime minister said the government needs to retain the extra powers delegated by emergency laws \"to protect our democracy.\" 'Bloody battlefield' Denys Plaud was also at the Bataclan on the night of the attacks. He credits his survival to the fact that, when the attackers burst in, he was up on the balcony where there was more room to move to the music. \"I love to dance, and that saved my life,\" he told CNN days after his escape from the Bataclan. \"It meant I was not in the direct line of fire from the terrorists' machine guns.\" Plaud hid in a tiny room at the venue with 15 others; they waited as the gunmen got closer and closer, even shooting at the partition that sheltered them: \"I thought, 'Oh my God, I hope that wall will stand.'\" \"For three hours, we had to listen to the shooting,\" he remembers. \"That was terrible. Every time we thought it would end, it was just time for the terrorists to get their weapons reloaded, and then they would shoot again.\" Eventually, the police arrived and led them to safety across what Plaud calls \"the bloody battlefield,\" urging them not to look at the bodies of their fellow music fans. \"But ... it was not a direct path, I had to look where I was putting my feet. ... There was no way but to look at death.\" A year on, he says, the memories are \"very fresh ... it's just like it was yesterday.\" Artist turns Paris attacks ordeal into graphic novel A nation traumatized By late morning Sunday, the first flowers to remember victims were placed among the autumn leaves at the Place de la R\u00e9publique, which became the center of the city's mourning and expressions of national unity after the attacks. For many Parisians, it is an opportunity to begin getting on with life. The year since the attacks has been filled with shock, grief and mourning -- for the relatives of the dead, for those who survived, and for France as a whole: The nation was left traumatized. Extra police and troops have been on the streets of France since January 2015, when terrorists attacked the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people: Armed officers now patrol outside tourist hot spots, schools, government and religious buildings. Operation Sentinel has seen the mobilization of 10,000 soldiers to monitor and protect more than 11,000 locations across the country -- 3,000 of them religious sites, the rest a mixture of key infrastructure, industrial plants and \"symbolic\" places around the country. And despite all the extra security on the streets, what happened in January and November 2015 -- and other incidents that followed in 2016, in Nice, Rouen and Magnanville -- have impacted the country's morale. Plaud says Paris itself was left \"in shock.\" Anger at these events has been linked to a steep rise in xenophobia; according to the National Commission on Human Rights, or CCNDH, there were 429 reports of attacks on, and threats against, Muslims in France in 2015 -- a rise of 223% on the previous year. This \"wave of aggression against Muslims\" ranged from assaults on women wearing the hijab to graffiti on places of worship and halal butcher shops. In one incident, the door handle of a mosque was wrapped in bacon. The CCNDH says the majority happened in January and November. The attacks have also damaged France's prized tourism industry: Almost 2 million fewer visitors have come to the country over the past year -- international arrivals are down 8.1% so far in 2016. But Plaud says the country has seen troubled times before, and is sure to bounce back: \"I am confident; in Parisian history there have been a lot of events like that -- war, civil war. But Paris has always been able to recover.\" #ParisResiste Balloons were released into the skies over Paris, and as darkness fell, thousands of lanterns were floated on the waters of the Canal St. Martin, close to the scene of several of the attacks. A social media campaign, #ParisResiste called on people to display lighted candles in the windows of their homes on Sunday evening, to \"light up the city\" and \"brighten the future.\" Salines concedes the day will be a difficult one for many: \"Some families have chosen to take a vacation and go abroad even, because there will be a lot of media attention and there will be a lot of archive footage of last year -- I'm sure it will be painful to see these images again.\" Plaud suffered flashbacks in the months after the attack that forced him to give up his job as a math and physics tutor, but says he is gradually recovering. This week he returned to the Bataclan for the first time. \"I want[ed] to come back to pay my last homage to the victims and people who died there,\" he says. \"It is important even if it is very strong, emotionally, to be here.\" Both Plaud and Salines say putting pen to paper has helped them through the past 12 months. \"I wanted to write in order not to forget,\" Salines says. \"The writing helped me, because it was the only way in the first days that I could think about what had happened ... not without pain, but being able to stay calm and to keep some distance between the pain and my thinking.\" The idea for his book, \"The unspeakable, from A to Z\" came, he says, from \"the messages I received from friends and family -- lots of them started with the words, 'this is unspeakable,' 'we don't know what to say,' 'there are no words.' They had no words but I had lots! I started to make a list of words and ... little by little it grew and it grew into a book.\" He says the dictionary-like form his writings took helped reflect the rapidly changing emotions he experienced in the weeks and months after Lola's death. \"It was very close to what I was experiencing in terms of the shift between very different moods, even happening all at the same time, within a few minutes, from crying to laughing. When you read you go from one word to another, from emotional feelings ... to very funny.\" The first entry in the book: A is for absurd. \"Because Lola, and I am sure all the other young people who lost their lives that day, were total strangers to the situation, the fight that the terrorists have and it is profoundly unjust.\" For Plaud, revisiting his experiences to write about them \"was very difficult [but] it was therapeutic.\" \"It was a way to exorcise the demons and all the horror I saw that night. It was dangerous because sometimes I had to go deep inside my memories of death.\" 'Grieving never ends' \"The grieving never ends,\" says Salines. \"I am at a stage now where I know that things are relatively stable -- the pain will probably last for the rest of my life but I don't break down in tears three times a day as I was doing at the beginning.\" Salines is sustained by his work as chairman of one of the support groups for those affected by the events of November 13, and by his memories of Lola. \"Her life was maybe short, but it was a full life, full of happiness,\" he says. A publisher of children's and young adult books, Lola loved to travel and had a passion for roller derby. \"She had incredible energy. We didn't know how she could do so many things in a day.\" \"She did a lot of good things in her life, she had a great deal of pleasure, she was very enthusiastic,\" he says. \"She had a good life. Writing about it was maybe a way of convincing myself, but I feel pretty confident that my daughter's life was a good life.\" Plaud says for him, the time has come to move on. \"It's been one year now and I feel like it's the end of my mourning.\" \"It is a good thing that life has come back again,\" he says. \"We have to keep the memory, but you also [must] not be stuck in that horror, [you must] keep on living.\"", "essay": "I hate that the man had to lose his daughter to such a senseless act of violence. I hope that the man finds peace. I also would not like to find out that my daughter had passed away on social media. Those few hours where they could not get in touch with her had to be the hardest hours in the world and to finally find out on social media had to be heartbreaking."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/13/europe/paris-attacks-one-year-on/index.html \u2014  Lanterns, candles and calls for peace illuminated the City of Light on Sunday as Paris mourned 130 people killed one year ago in attacks throughout the city.   November 13, 2015, was like any other day for Georges Salines: Work, a lunchtime swim with his daughter Lola, watching the news on TV, and an early night. He had no idea, until the phone rang, jolting him from his sleep, that his world was about to change forever. \"I went to bed ... without knowing what was going on in the streets of Paris,\" he recalls. \"I was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night, from my eldest son, who knew that his sister was at the Bataclan.\" Salines' 29-year-old daughter, Lola, had gone to a concert at the Bataclan by US rock band the Eagles of Death Metal. Midway through the show, ISIS-linked gunmen opened fire on the audience and detonated suicide vests; 90 people were killed in the raid, one of a series of coordinated attacks across Paris. Unable to reach her, the family spent hours trying to find out what had happened to Lola, calling emergency help lines and hospitals, even the morgue, but nobody could tell them if she was alive. Then the worst news, delivered in the worst way: They discovered via social media that she had been killed. \"I hope she didn't suffer or see her death coming,\" her father says. French President Francois Hollande unveiled plaques at attack sites in the city -- at the Stade de France, outside the Petit Cambodge restaurant, in the Boulevard Voltaire, and at the Bonne Biere and Belle Equipe cafes. At the Bataclan, the President tore down a French flag to reveal the memorial, as the names of all 90 who perished there were read aloud in solemn ceremony. It followed an emotional performance on Saturday night by musician Sting, a fundraiser for victim support charities at the newly opened Bataclan. He began with the words: \"We shall not forget them.\" The much-loved venue has been renovated to remove all traces of the massacre that took place there. On Sunday, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said a state of emergency, first imposed in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, will likely be extended. With the country's presidential elections coming in April-May, the prime minister said the government needs to retain the extra powers delegated by emergency laws \"to protect our democracy.\" 'Bloody battlefield' Denys Plaud was also at the Bataclan on the night of the attacks. He credits his survival to the fact that, when the attackers burst in, he was up on the balcony where there was more room to move to the music. \"I love to dance, and that saved my life,\" he told CNN days after his escape from the Bataclan. \"It meant I was not in the direct line of fire from the terrorists' machine guns.\" Plaud hid in a tiny room at the venue with 15 others; they waited as the gunmen got closer and closer, even shooting at the partition that sheltered them: \"I thought, 'Oh my God, I hope that wall will stand.'\" \"For three hours, we had to listen to the shooting,\" he remembers. \"That was terrible. Every time we thought it would end, it was just time for the terrorists to get their weapons reloaded, and then they would shoot again.\" Eventually, the police arrived and led them to safety across what Plaud calls \"the bloody battlefield,\" urging them not to look at the bodies of their fellow music fans. \"But ... it was not a direct path, I had to look where I was putting my feet. ... There was no way but to look at death.\" A year on, he says, the memories are \"very fresh ... it's just like it was yesterday.\" Artist turns Paris attacks ordeal into graphic novel A nation traumatized By late morning Sunday, the first flowers to remember victims were placed among the autumn leaves at the Place de la R\u00e9publique, which became the center of the city's mourning and expressions of national unity after the attacks. For many Parisians, it is an opportunity to begin getting on with life. The year since the attacks has been filled with shock, grief and mourning -- for the relatives of the dead, for those who survived, and for France as a whole: The nation was left traumatized. Extra police and troops have been on the streets of France since January 2015, when terrorists attacked the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people: Armed officers now patrol outside tourist hot spots, schools, government and religious buildings. Operation Sentinel has seen the mobilization of 10,000 soldiers to monitor and protect more than 11,000 locations across the country -- 3,000 of them religious sites, the rest a mixture of key infrastructure, industrial plants and \"symbolic\" places around the country. And despite all the extra security on the streets, what happened in January and November 2015 -- and other incidents that followed in 2016, in Nice, Rouen and Magnanville -- have impacted the country's morale. Plaud says Paris itself was left \"in shock.\" Anger at these events has been linked to a steep rise in xenophobia; according to the National Commission on Human Rights, or CCNDH, there were 429 reports of attacks on, and threats against, Muslims in France in 2015 -- a rise of 223% on the previous year. This \"wave of aggression against Muslims\" ranged from assaults on women wearing the hijab to graffiti on places of worship and halal butcher shops. In one incident, the door handle of a mosque was wrapped in bacon. The CCNDH says the majority happened in January and November. The attacks have also damaged France's prized tourism industry: Almost 2 million fewer visitors have come to the country over the past year -- international arrivals are down 8.1% so far in 2016. But Plaud says the country has seen troubled times before, and is sure to bounce back: \"I am confident; in Parisian history there have been a lot of events like that -- war, civil war. But Paris has always been able to recover.\" #ParisResiste Balloons were released into the skies over Paris, and as darkness fell, thousands of lanterns were floated on the waters of the Canal St. Martin, close to the scene of several of the attacks. A social media campaign, #ParisResiste called on people to display lighted candles in the windows of their homes on Sunday evening, to \"light up the city\" and \"brighten the future.\" Salines concedes the day will be a difficult one for many: \"Some families have chosen to take a vacation and go abroad even, because there will be a lot of media attention and there will be a lot of archive footage of last year -- I'm sure it will be painful to see these images again.\" Plaud suffered flashbacks in the months after the attack that forced him to give up his job as a math and physics tutor, but says he is gradually recovering. This week he returned to the Bataclan for the first time. \"I want[ed] to come back to pay my last homage to the victims and people who died there,\" he says. \"It is important even if it is very strong, emotionally, to be here.\" Both Plaud and Salines say putting pen to paper has helped them through the past 12 months. \"I wanted to write in order not to forget,\" Salines says. \"The writing helped me, because it was the only way in the first days that I could think about what had happened ... not without pain, but being able to stay calm and to keep some distance between the pain and my thinking.\" The idea for his book, \"The unspeakable, from A to Z\" came, he says, from \"the messages I received from friends and family -- lots of them started with the words, 'this is unspeakable,' 'we don't know what to say,' 'there are no words.' They had no words but I had lots! I started to make a list of words and ... little by little it grew and it grew into a book.\" He says the dictionary-like form his writings took helped reflect the rapidly changing emotions he experienced in the weeks and months after Lola's death. \"It was very close to what I was experiencing in terms of the shift between very different moods, even happening all at the same time, within a few minutes, from crying to laughing. When you read you go from one word to another, from emotional feelings ... to very funny.\" The first entry in the book: A is for absurd. \"Because Lola, and I am sure all the other young people who lost their lives that day, were total strangers to the situation, the fight that the terrorists have and it is profoundly unjust.\" For Plaud, revisiting his experiences to write about them \"was very difficult [but] it was therapeutic.\" \"It was a way to exorcise the demons and all the horror I saw that night. It was dangerous because sometimes I had to go deep inside my memories of death.\" 'Grieving never ends' \"The grieving never ends,\" says Salines. \"I am at a stage now where I know that things are relatively stable -- the pain will probably last for the rest of my life but I don't break down in tears three times a day as I was doing at the beginning.\" Salines is sustained by his work as chairman of one of the support groups for those affected by the events of November 13, and by his memories of Lola. \"Her life was maybe short, but it was a full life, full of happiness,\" he says. A publisher of children's and young adult books, Lola loved to travel and had a passion for roller derby. \"She had incredible energy. We didn't know how she could do so many things in a day.\" \"She did a lot of good things in her life, she had a great deal of pleasure, she was very enthusiastic,\" he says. \"She had a good life. Writing about it was maybe a way of convincing myself, but I feel pretty confident that my daughter's life was a good life.\" Plaud says for him, the time has come to move on. \"It's been one year now and I feel like it's the end of my mourning.\" \"It is a good thing that life has come back again,\" he says. \"We have to keep the memory, but you also [must] not be stuck in that horror, [you must] keep on living.\"", "essay": "This is an incredibly sad story!  All these people out trying to have fun and then they lost their lives.  I imagine the fear when they were hiding, it must have been so terrible.  And the families are just as much victims as the people who lost their lives.  The whole thing is terrible, and all of this for nothing.  Terrorist attacks are the most senseless killing and loss of life.  It is really tragic to me, and these people seem to have no regard for human life or suffering.  IT's not even human."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Islamic State militants are kidnapping thousands of people to use as human shields \u2014  TULUL AL-NASIR, Iraq \u2014 Islamic State militants have rounded up thousands of villagers at gunpoint to use as human shields as they retreat toward their stronghold of Mosul, the latest brutal war tactic inflicted on civilians in areas the group controls. Military officials and some who escaped said that the vast majority of people in more than half a dozen villages were forced to walk north toward the city as the army advanced from the south, and that those who refused were shot. Some villagers said they ran and hid in the desert to avoid being captured, sleeping out in the open for days. Others said they were taken but later managed to flee. Villagers also described mass executions of former policemen and army officers as the militants become increasingly paranoid about spies and collaborators. The kidnappings and killings compound fears about the plight of civilians as Iraqi forces advance toward the northern city of Mosul, a prize the militants don\u2019t appear ready to give up without a hard fight. Humanitarian organizations have said they have grave concerns that civilians are at risk of being caught in crossfire, trapped between fighting or used as human shields. Holding civilian populations hostage is among the tactics the militants use to waylay advancing forces and complicate the U.S.-led airstrikes that support them. They also have set fire to oil wells and a sulfur plant south of the city, sending noxious fumes over hundreds of miles. Before launching the offensive for Mosul last week, Iraqi officials estimated that as many as 1.8 million residents were still in the city, with expectations of an exodus as forces advanced. But residents of Tulul al-Nasir, a gray, cinder-block settlement about 25 miles south of the city, said they were forced to flee the other way. [Signs of panic in the heart of Islamic State\u2019s self-proclaimed caliphate] \u201cThey told us on the loudspeakers that whoever stays will be killed,\u201d said Mohammed Ali, 45. They were ordered by the militants to walk about 15 miles north to Hamam al-Ali, a larger village that is still under Islamic State control. As he spoke, men crowded around him to list their family members who are missing. Some said dozens had been taken, with families divided in the confusion. More than 90 percent of the village\u2019s 5,000 residents were kidnapped, said Iraqi army Col. Faisal Ali Abdellatif. \u201cWhen they retreat from every village, they take the civilians with them to use as human shields,\u201d he said. At her house in Tulul al-Nasir, Bushra Hussein recalled how two armed militants came by one recent day. \u201cThey said we had to gather on the road and that if they came back in 30 minutes and found us here, they\u2019d kill us,\u201d she said. With thousands of her neighbors, she was marched north, pushing her disabled 26-year-old son in his wheelchair, which broke after several days. Unable to move him, she was allowed to stay by the side of the road with him, where she remained until security forces advanced. Her husband, three other sons, three daughters and grandchildren were all forced to move on with the militants, she said. They called her briefly two days earlier to say they were in Mosul. \u201cThousands of families have been taken,\u201d she said. \u201cNo one wanted to go.\u201d [Sunnis fleeing Islamic State rule in Mosul brace for revenge] For those who refused to leave, the punishment was swift. On the outskirts of the village, Moyad Atallah, 40, was attending a funeral for his three brothers, who were shot after protesting. Eight Islamic State fighters in pickup trucks mounted with machine guns had arrived at their house at sundown to round them up, he said. One brother refused. \u201cThey shot him just there,\u201d said Atallah, pointing at the dust outside his home. When his two other brothers then fought back, they were also killed, he said. The militants took their money and the family car, then kidnapped another brother and said they would return. The rest of the family fled and hid in an abandoned house nearby, including 11 now-orphaned children. The Islamic State\u2019s utter disregard for the safety of civilians and its apparently deliberate use of human shields is putting people trapped in areas of active conflict at even greater risk as Iraqi forces advance, said Lynn Maalouf, a Beirut-based researcher for Amnesty International. Iraqi security forces have slowly won back villages and towns outside Mosul, but the militants have shown little sign that they will give up ground easily, and Iraqi and U.S. military officials say they expect the fight to get tougher as they near the city\u2019s outskirts. As the militants are gradually squeezed, they have stepped up their savagery against local populations, residents have said. Abdulrahim al-Shammiri, the chairman of the human rights committee in the Iraqi parliament, said that 190 civilians were executed in Hamam al-Ali on Wednesday after being \u201ckidnapped\u201d from surrounding areas. Those who escaped said that former police or army officers were separated from their families and executed. \u201cThey killed 20 people in front of me,\u201d said one 19-year-old from the village of Safina, who was held for three days in Hamam al-Ali before his family escaped at night, walking for days before reaching the Iraqi security forces. The family members were separated during their escape, and militants on motorbikes recaptured some of them while others watched from a ditch. Those who escaped were shot at as they fled; one woman was hit in the abdomen and is receiving treatment in Irbil. The family members declined to give their names because of concerns about the security of 30 relatives who are still missing. \u201cAll of us were against them, but they dragged us with them, all the village,\u201d said his aunt, whose husband, four sons and three daughters are missing. Mustafa Salim contributed to this report.", "essay": "This is all disgusting and makes me wonder how anyone could have sympathy or pause for battling militant Islam head-on.  These people are savages and should be dealt with with no sympathy or quarter.  That we pulled out of the region cowardly is disgraceful.  However, I also feel that the people of the region are complicit in their own suffering.  If you allow this type of disease to build, you suffer the consequences.  They can say that it's a function of U.S. interference, but it's not.  It's existed for eons and they've allowed it to grow, and now they either have to fight back or suffer under it.  Other nations fought their oppressors, internal or external, and weren't just passive.  These Arabs and Persians are just so passive and impotent with their overlords."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Islamic State militants are kidnapping thousands of people to use as human shields \u2014  TULUL AL-NASIR, Iraq \u2014 Islamic State militants have rounded up thousands of villagers at gunpoint to use as human shields as they retreat toward their stronghold of Mosul, the latest brutal war tactic inflicted on civilians in areas the group controls. Military officials and some who escaped said that the vast majority of people in more than half a dozen villages were forced to walk north toward the city as the army advanced from the south, and that those who refused were shot. Some villagers said they ran and hid in the desert to avoid being captured, sleeping out in the open for days. Others said they were taken but later managed to flee. Villagers also described mass executions of former policemen and army officers as the militants become increasingly paranoid about spies and collaborators. The kidnappings and killings compound fears about the plight of civilians as Iraqi forces advance toward the northern city of Mosul, a prize the militants don\u2019t appear ready to give up without a hard fight. Humanitarian organizations have said they have grave concerns that civilians are at risk of being caught in crossfire, trapped between fighting or used as human shields. Holding civilian populations hostage is among the tactics the militants use to waylay advancing forces and complicate the U.S.-led airstrikes that support them. They also have set fire to oil wells and a sulfur plant south of the city, sending noxious fumes over hundreds of miles. Before launching the offensive for Mosul last week, Iraqi officials estimated that as many as 1.8 million residents were still in the city, with expectations of an exodus as forces advanced. But residents of Tulul al-Nasir, a gray, cinder-block settlement about 25 miles south of the city, said they were forced to flee the other way. [Signs of panic in the heart of Islamic State\u2019s self-proclaimed caliphate] \u201cThey told us on the loudspeakers that whoever stays will be killed,\u201d said Mohammed Ali, 45. They were ordered by the militants to walk about 15 miles north to Hamam al-Ali, a larger village that is still under Islamic State control. As he spoke, men crowded around him to list their family members who are missing. Some said dozens had been taken, with families divided in the confusion. More than 90 percent of the village\u2019s 5,000 residents were kidnapped, said Iraqi army Col. Faisal Ali Abdellatif. \u201cWhen they retreat from every village, they take the civilians with them to use as human shields,\u201d he said. At her house in Tulul al-Nasir, Bushra Hussein recalled how two armed militants came by one recent day. \u201cThey said we had to gather on the road and that if they came back in 30 minutes and found us here, they\u2019d kill us,\u201d she said. With thousands of her neighbors, she was marched north, pushing her disabled 26-year-old son in his wheelchair, which broke after several days. Unable to move him, she was allowed to stay by the side of the road with him, where she remained until security forces advanced. Her husband, three other sons, three daughters and grandchildren were all forced to move on with the militants, she said. They called her briefly two days earlier to say they were in Mosul. \u201cThousands of families have been taken,\u201d she said. \u201cNo one wanted to go.\u201d [Sunnis fleeing Islamic State rule in Mosul brace for revenge] For those who refused to leave, the punishment was swift. On the outskirts of the village, Moyad Atallah, 40, was attending a funeral for his three brothers, who were shot after protesting. Eight Islamic State fighters in pickup trucks mounted with machine guns had arrived at their house at sundown to round them up, he said. One brother refused. \u201cThey shot him just there,\u201d said Atallah, pointing at the dust outside his home. When his two other brothers then fought back, they were also killed, he said. The militants took their money and the family car, then kidnapped another brother and said they would return. The rest of the family fled and hid in an abandoned house nearby, including 11 now-orphaned children. The Islamic State\u2019s utter disregard for the safety of civilians and its apparently deliberate use of human shields is putting people trapped in areas of active conflict at even greater risk as Iraqi forces advance, said Lynn Maalouf, a Beirut-based researcher for Amnesty International. Iraqi security forces have slowly won back villages and towns outside Mosul, but the militants have shown little sign that they will give up ground easily, and Iraqi and U.S. military officials say they expect the fight to get tougher as they near the city\u2019s outskirts. As the militants are gradually squeezed, they have stepped up their savagery against local populations, residents have said. Abdulrahim al-Shammiri, the chairman of the human rights committee in the Iraqi parliament, said that 190 civilians were executed in Hamam al-Ali on Wednesday after being \u201ckidnapped\u201d from surrounding areas. Those who escaped said that former police or army officers were separated from their families and executed. \u201cThey killed 20 people in front of me,\u201d said one 19-year-old from the village of Safina, who was held for three days in Hamam al-Ali before his family escaped at night, walking for days before reaching the Iraqi security forces. The family members were separated during their escape, and militants on motorbikes recaptured some of them while others watched from a ditch. Those who escaped were shot at as they fled; one woman was hit in the abdomen and is receiving treatment in Irbil. The family members declined to give their names because of concerns about the security of 30 relatives who are still missing. \u201cAll of us were against them, but they dragged us with them, all the village,\u201d said his aunt, whose husband, four sons and three daughters are missing. Mustafa Salim contributed to this report.", "essay": "Reading about the tactics used by the Islamic state in Iraq and Syria is like being transported back in time. They are destroying resources just to maintain a hold on their positions including using people as human shields. They must be aware that this is a fight they can not win, so instead of giving up they are razing people and cities to the ground. The whole thing is disgusting."}
{"user_id": "ec_p064", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 55000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 55000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Islamic State militants are kidnapping thousands of people to use as human shields \u2014  TULUL AL-NASIR, Iraq \u2014 Islamic State militants have rounded up thousands of villagers at gunpoint to use as human shields as they retreat toward their stronghold of Mosul, the latest brutal war tactic inflicted on civilians in areas the group controls. Military officials and some who escaped said that the vast majority of people in more than half a dozen villages were forced to walk north toward the city as the army advanced from the south, and that those who refused were shot. Some villagers said they ran and hid in the desert to avoid being captured, sleeping out in the open for days. Others said they were taken but later managed to flee. Villagers also described mass executions of former policemen and army officers as the militants become increasingly paranoid about spies and collaborators. The kidnappings and killings compound fears about the plight of civilians as Iraqi forces advance toward the northern city of Mosul, a prize the militants don\u2019t appear ready to give up without a hard fight. Humanitarian organizations have said they have grave concerns that civilians are at risk of being caught in crossfire, trapped between fighting or used as human shields. Holding civilian populations hostage is among the tactics the militants use to waylay advancing forces and complicate the U.S.-led airstrikes that support them. They also have set fire to oil wells and a sulfur plant south of the city, sending noxious fumes over hundreds of miles. Before launching the offensive for Mosul last week, Iraqi officials estimated that as many as 1.8 million residents were still in the city, with expectations of an exodus as forces advanced. But residents of Tulul al-Nasir, a gray, cinder-block settlement about 25 miles south of the city, said they were forced to flee the other way. [Signs of panic in the heart of Islamic State\u2019s self-proclaimed caliphate] \u201cThey told us on the loudspeakers that whoever stays will be killed,\u201d said Mohammed Ali, 45. They were ordered by the militants to walk about 15 miles north to Hamam al-Ali, a larger village that is still under Islamic State control. As he spoke, men crowded around him to list their family members who are missing. Some said dozens had been taken, with families divided in the confusion. More than 90 percent of the village\u2019s 5,000 residents were kidnapped, said Iraqi army Col. Faisal Ali Abdellatif. \u201cWhen they retreat from every village, they take the civilians with them to use as human shields,\u201d he said. At her house in Tulul al-Nasir, Bushra Hussein recalled how two armed militants came by one recent day. \u201cThey said we had to gather on the road and that if they came back in 30 minutes and found us here, they\u2019d kill us,\u201d she said. With thousands of her neighbors, she was marched north, pushing her disabled 26-year-old son in his wheelchair, which broke after several days. Unable to move him, she was allowed to stay by the side of the road with him, where she remained until security forces advanced. Her husband, three other sons, three daughters and grandchildren were all forced to move on with the militants, she said. They called her briefly two days earlier to say they were in Mosul. \u201cThousands of families have been taken,\u201d she said. \u201cNo one wanted to go.\u201d [Sunnis fleeing Islamic State rule in Mosul brace for revenge] For those who refused to leave, the punishment was swift. On the outskirts of the village, Moyad Atallah, 40, was attending a funeral for his three brothers, who were shot after protesting. Eight Islamic State fighters in pickup trucks mounted with machine guns had arrived at their house at sundown to round them up, he said. One brother refused. \u201cThey shot him just there,\u201d said Atallah, pointing at the dust outside his home. When his two other brothers then fought back, they were also killed, he said. The militants took their money and the family car, then kidnapped another brother and said they would return. The rest of the family fled and hid in an abandoned house nearby, including 11 now-orphaned children. The Islamic State\u2019s utter disregard for the safety of civilians and its apparently deliberate use of human shields is putting people trapped in areas of active conflict at even greater risk as Iraqi forces advance, said Lynn Maalouf, a Beirut-based researcher for Amnesty International. Iraqi security forces have slowly won back villages and towns outside Mosul, but the militants have shown little sign that they will give up ground easily, and Iraqi and U.S. military officials say they expect the fight to get tougher as they near the city\u2019s outskirts. As the militants are gradually squeezed, they have stepped up their savagery against local populations, residents have said. Abdulrahim al-Shammiri, the chairman of the human rights committee in the Iraqi parliament, said that 190 civilians were executed in Hamam al-Ali on Wednesday after being \u201ckidnapped\u201d from surrounding areas. Those who escaped said that former police or army officers were separated from their families and executed. \u201cThey killed 20 people in front of me,\u201d said one 19-year-old from the village of Safina, who was held for three days in Hamam al-Ali before his family escaped at night, walking for days before reaching the Iraqi security forces. The family members were separated during their escape, and militants on motorbikes recaptured some of them while others watched from a ditch. Those who escaped were shot at as they fled; one woman was hit in the abdomen and is receiving treatment in Irbil. The family members declined to give their names because of concerns about the security of 30 relatives who are still missing. \u201cAll of us were against them, but they dragged us with them, all the village,\u201d said his aunt, whose husband, four sons and three daughters are missing. Mustafa Salim contributed to this report.", "essay": "I am not sure how I have never heard of this happening before but it is so sad. So many innocent people and children are being killed for no reason, it reminds me so much of how the Nazi's treated the jews but it is happening now and nobody is stopping them. It's unbelievable and so sad, I do not understand how the world is letting this happen. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p073", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Islamic State militants are kidnapping thousands of people to use as human shields \u2014  TULUL AL-NASIR, Iraq \u2014 Islamic State militants have rounded up thousands of villagers at gunpoint to use as human shields as they retreat toward their stronghold of Mosul, the latest brutal war tactic inflicted on civilians in areas the group controls. Military officials and some who escaped said that the vast majority of people in more than half a dozen villages were forced to walk north toward the city as the army advanced from the south, and that those who refused were shot. Some villagers said they ran and hid in the desert to avoid being captured, sleeping out in the open for days. Others said they were taken but later managed to flee. Villagers also described mass executions of former policemen and army officers as the militants become increasingly paranoid about spies and collaborators. The kidnappings and killings compound fears about the plight of civilians as Iraqi forces advance toward the northern city of Mosul, a prize the militants don\u2019t appear ready to give up without a hard fight. Humanitarian organizations have said they have grave concerns that civilians are at risk of being caught in crossfire, trapped between fighting or used as human shields. Holding civilian populations hostage is among the tactics the militants use to waylay advancing forces and complicate the U.S.-led airstrikes that support them. They also have set fire to oil wells and a sulfur plant south of the city, sending noxious fumes over hundreds of miles. Before launching the offensive for Mosul last week, Iraqi officials estimated that as many as 1.8 million residents were still in the city, with expectations of an exodus as forces advanced. But residents of Tulul al-Nasir, a gray, cinder-block settlement about 25 miles south of the city, said they were forced to flee the other way. [Signs of panic in the heart of Islamic State\u2019s self-proclaimed caliphate] \u201cThey told us on the loudspeakers that whoever stays will be killed,\u201d said Mohammed Ali, 45. They were ordered by the militants to walk about 15 miles north to Hamam al-Ali, a larger village that is still under Islamic State control. As he spoke, men crowded around him to list their family members who are missing. Some said dozens had been taken, with families divided in the confusion. More than 90 percent of the village\u2019s 5,000 residents were kidnapped, said Iraqi army Col. Faisal Ali Abdellatif. \u201cWhen they retreat from every village, they take the civilians with them to use as human shields,\u201d he said. At her house in Tulul al-Nasir, Bushra Hussein recalled how two armed militants came by one recent day. \u201cThey said we had to gather on the road and that if they came back in 30 minutes and found us here, they\u2019d kill us,\u201d she said. With thousands of her neighbors, she was marched north, pushing her disabled 26-year-old son in his wheelchair, which broke after several days. Unable to move him, she was allowed to stay by the side of the road with him, where she remained until security forces advanced. Her husband, three other sons, three daughters and grandchildren were all forced to move on with the militants, she said. They called her briefly two days earlier to say they were in Mosul. \u201cThousands of families have been taken,\u201d she said. \u201cNo one wanted to go.\u201d [Sunnis fleeing Islamic State rule in Mosul brace for revenge] For those who refused to leave, the punishment was swift. On the outskirts of the village, Moyad Atallah, 40, was attending a funeral for his three brothers, who were shot after protesting. Eight Islamic State fighters in pickup trucks mounted with machine guns had arrived at their house at sundown to round them up, he said. One brother refused. \u201cThey shot him just there,\u201d said Atallah, pointing at the dust outside his home. When his two other brothers then fought back, they were also killed, he said. The militants took their money and the family car, then kidnapped another brother and said they would return. The rest of the family fled and hid in an abandoned house nearby, including 11 now-orphaned children. The Islamic State\u2019s utter disregard for the safety of civilians and its apparently deliberate use of human shields is putting people trapped in areas of active conflict at even greater risk as Iraqi forces advance, said Lynn Maalouf, a Beirut-based researcher for Amnesty International. Iraqi security forces have slowly won back villages and towns outside Mosul, but the militants have shown little sign that they will give up ground easily, and Iraqi and U.S. military officials say they expect the fight to get tougher as they near the city\u2019s outskirts. As the militants are gradually squeezed, they have stepped up their savagery against local populations, residents have said. Abdulrahim al-Shammiri, the chairman of the human rights committee in the Iraqi parliament, said that 190 civilians were executed in Hamam al-Ali on Wednesday after being \u201ckidnapped\u201d from surrounding areas. Those who escaped said that former police or army officers were separated from their families and executed. \u201cThey killed 20 people in front of me,\u201d said one 19-year-old from the village of Safina, who was held for three days in Hamam al-Ali before his family escaped at night, walking for days before reaching the Iraqi security forces. The family members were separated during their escape, and militants on motorbikes recaptured some of them while others watched from a ditch. Those who escaped were shot at as they fled; one woman was hit in the abdomen and is receiving treatment in Irbil. The family members declined to give their names because of concerns about the security of 30 relatives who are still missing. \u201cAll of us were against them, but they dragged us with them, all the village,\u201d said his aunt, whose husband, four sons and three daughters are missing. Mustafa Salim contributed to this report.", "essay": "This is a horrific story. It is about islamic militants capturing villagers and using them as human shields. The villagers didn't have much, if any, of a choice to go with them. They also killed most of the police and army so the villagers had no one to protect them. It is absolutely horrifying for these people."}
{"user_id": "ec_p058", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 34 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 68000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 34, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 68000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Islamic State militants are kidnapping thousands of people to use as human shields \u2014  TULUL AL-NASIR, Iraq \u2014 Islamic State militants have rounded up thousands of villagers at gunpoint to use as human shields as they retreat toward their stronghold of Mosul, the latest brutal war tactic inflicted on civilians in areas the group controls. Military officials and some who escaped said that the vast majority of people in more than half a dozen villages were forced to walk north toward the city as the army advanced from the south, and that those who refused were shot. Some villagers said they ran and hid in the desert to avoid being captured, sleeping out in the open for days. Others said they were taken but later managed to flee. Villagers also described mass executions of former policemen and army officers as the militants become increasingly paranoid about spies and collaborators. The kidnappings and killings compound fears about the plight of civilians as Iraqi forces advance toward the northern city of Mosul, a prize the militants don\u2019t appear ready to give up without a hard fight. Humanitarian organizations have said they have grave concerns that civilians are at risk of being caught in crossfire, trapped between fighting or used as human shields. Holding civilian populations hostage is among the tactics the militants use to waylay advancing forces and complicate the U.S.-led airstrikes that support them. They also have set fire to oil wells and a sulfur plant south of the city, sending noxious fumes over hundreds of miles. Before launching the offensive for Mosul last week, Iraqi officials estimated that as many as 1.8 million residents were still in the city, with expectations of an exodus as forces advanced. But residents of Tulul al-Nasir, a gray, cinder-block settlement about 25 miles south of the city, said they were forced to flee the other way. [Signs of panic in the heart of Islamic State\u2019s self-proclaimed caliphate] \u201cThey told us on the loudspeakers that whoever stays will be killed,\u201d said Mohammed Ali, 45. They were ordered by the militants to walk about 15 miles north to Hamam al-Ali, a larger village that is still under Islamic State control. As he spoke, men crowded around him to list their family members who are missing. Some said dozens had been taken, with families divided in the confusion. More than 90 percent of the village\u2019s 5,000 residents were kidnapped, said Iraqi army Col. Faisal Ali Abdellatif. \u201cWhen they retreat from every village, they take the civilians with them to use as human shields,\u201d he said. At her house in Tulul al-Nasir, Bushra Hussein recalled how two armed militants came by one recent day. \u201cThey said we had to gather on the road and that if they came back in 30 minutes and found us here, they\u2019d kill us,\u201d she said. With thousands of her neighbors, she was marched north, pushing her disabled 26-year-old son in his wheelchair, which broke after several days. Unable to move him, she was allowed to stay by the side of the road with him, where she remained until security forces advanced. Her husband, three other sons, three daughters and grandchildren were all forced to move on with the militants, she said. They called her briefly two days earlier to say they were in Mosul. \u201cThousands of families have been taken,\u201d she said. \u201cNo one wanted to go.\u201d [Sunnis fleeing Islamic State rule in Mosul brace for revenge] For those who refused to leave, the punishment was swift. On the outskirts of the village, Moyad Atallah, 40, was attending a funeral for his three brothers, who were shot after protesting. Eight Islamic State fighters in pickup trucks mounted with machine guns had arrived at their house at sundown to round them up, he said. One brother refused. \u201cThey shot him just there,\u201d said Atallah, pointing at the dust outside his home. When his two other brothers then fought back, they were also killed, he said. The militants took their money and the family car, then kidnapped another brother and said they would return. The rest of the family fled and hid in an abandoned house nearby, including 11 now-orphaned children. The Islamic State\u2019s utter disregard for the safety of civilians and its apparently deliberate use of human shields is putting people trapped in areas of active conflict at even greater risk as Iraqi forces advance, said Lynn Maalouf, a Beirut-based researcher for Amnesty International. Iraqi security forces have slowly won back villages and towns outside Mosul, but the militants have shown little sign that they will give up ground easily, and Iraqi and U.S. military officials say they expect the fight to get tougher as they near the city\u2019s outskirts. As the militants are gradually squeezed, they have stepped up their savagery against local populations, residents have said. Abdulrahim al-Shammiri, the chairman of the human rights committee in the Iraqi parliament, said that 190 civilians were executed in Hamam al-Ali on Wednesday after being \u201ckidnapped\u201d from surrounding areas. Those who escaped said that former police or army officers were separated from their families and executed. \u201cThey killed 20 people in front of me,\u201d said one 19-year-old from the village of Safina, who was held for three days in Hamam al-Ali before his family escaped at night, walking for days before reaching the Iraqi security forces. The family members were separated during their escape, and militants on motorbikes recaptured some of them while others watched from a ditch. Those who escaped were shot at as they fled; one woman was hit in the abdomen and is receiving treatment in Irbil. The family members declined to give their names because of concerns about the security of 30 relatives who are still missing. \u201cAll of us were against them, but they dragged us with them, all the village,\u201d said his aunt, whose husband, four sons and three daughters are missing. Mustafa Salim contributed to this report.", "essay": "it's crazy how islamic terrorism is still a thing. I mean they are just kidnapping people and using them as shields. I cannot believe this is still going on. There needs to be more done to stop this. This war seems like it will never end. What can be done about it? Who knows at this point. This makes no sense at all."}
{"user_id": "ec_p058", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 34 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 68000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 34, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 68000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "A humanitarian crisis looms in Afghanistan as the number of displaced climbs \u2014  KABUL \u2014 Abdulhalim fled the northern city of Kunduz this month after militants and security forces had been clashing for days. Now he\u2019s 200 miles away in Kabul, sleeping in a tent and living on aid. He is part of a looming humanitarian crisis aid agencies here are struggling to contain. Before the current crisis, more than a million people had already been uprooted last year. This year, at least another million Afghans are \u201con the move\u201d inside Afghanistan and across its borders, in what the United Nations warns is an alarming new wave of displaced people. Many, like Abdulhalim, fled violence or conflict; others escaped hardships such as poverty or drought. Still others were forced to return from Pakistan and Iran. Even as the numbers grew, Afghanistan agreed to accept \u00adAfghan asylum seekers deported from the European Union. The deal, signed in October, could lead the E.U. to construct a separate terminal for deportees at Kabul\u2019s international airport, and as many as 100,000 Afghans could return. \u201cThis sudden increase [in the displaced] has put a lot of pressure on Afghanistan, which has had 30 years of war,\u201d said Nader Farhad, spokesman for the U.N. refugee agency in Kabul. \u201cIt\u2019s not easy to put together the infrastructure, to provide the services that are required,\u201d he said, adding that the displaced need everything from food and blankets to jobs and health care. \u201cTo the European countries, we say: Instead of investing in the return of Afghans to Afghanistan, tackle the root causes,\u201d Farhad said. If the United Nations and other aid agencies fail to provide emergency assistance, \u201cit will be a humanitarian crisis,\u201d he said. Massive displacement has plagued Afghanistan for years, beginning with the Soviet invasion in 1979. That conflict kindled two decades of war. When the United States invaded in 2001, some 4 million Afghans were living in Pakistan and Iran. [Europe pressing harder on countries to take back deported migrants] Many of those refugees later returned, driven by hopes for stability and peace. But now, \u00adAfghanistan is witnessing some of its worst violence since the United States helped to topple the Taliban. More than 1,600 civilians were killed in the first six months of 2016, according to a U.N. report released in July. That was the highest number of civilian casualties in the first half of a year since the United Nations began keeping track in 2009. The violence has been driven by Taliban assaults on Afghan cities, putting more civilians in the crosshairs. And the clashes have pushed even more people from their homes. \u201cThe fighting was intense. There was artillery, rockets, aerial bombardment,\u201d Abdulhalim, 38, said of this month\u2019s days-long battle between Afghan and Taliban forces in Kunduz city. Insurgents briefly seized the city at the same time last year. \u201cMy children were screaming, our neighbors\u2019 houses destroyed,\u201d said Abdulhalim, who like many Afghans goes by one name. \u201cWe had no option but to leave.\u201d In Helmand province, in the restive south, more than 60,000 people have been displaced this year, according to the United Nations, and militants have fought pitched battles in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah. At least 5,000 of those displaced in Helmand were forced out only in the past two months, the United Nations says, and thousands more have fled to neighboring provinces and beyond. \u201cIn some provinces, the [armed] groups have more power there, and the government, it is very difficult for us to reach\u201d the affected population, said Sayed Rohullah Hashemi, an adviser to the minister of refugees and repatriation. \u201cWe don\u2019t have the capacity to do so, especially in our ministry. The government cannot reach everyone on its own.\u201d In a dusty lot east of Kabul, the U.N. refugee agency has erected a center for the hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees arriving from Pakistan. At least 5,000 refugees cross the border from Pakistan every day. The United Nations gives them a small stipend and vaccinates the children against measles and polio. [Afghan refugees, settled in Pakistan for decades, are being ordered to leave] The influx began after Pakistani authorities announced a deadline for Afghan refugees \u2014 of which there were 1.7 million registered with the United Nations \u2014 to leave. Many of the refugees had lived in Pakistan for decades, or were even born there after their parents had fled Afghanistan. Jumauddin, 27, was born in Pakistan to Afghan parents. Now he is heading to Kunduz province, to the Khanabad district, where Taliban fighters hold sway. He says he has no choice. \u201cKabul is too expensive, and maybe in Kunduz I can plow a plot of land,\u201d Jumauddin said. \u201cI know that there was fighting there even last week, but I have no other option.\u201d The government is worried about the return of refugees to areas where insurgents are active. But right now, the Taliban controls more territory than at any time since 2001. \u201cWe are facing the return of tens of thousands of Afghans each month. . . . This will add very much to the vicious cycle of insecurity and joblessness,\u201d said Bashir Bezhen, an Afghan analyst and political commentator. Reports have already surfaced of returning refugees clashing with locals over resources and land. The displaced are often rejected, or pushed into squalid camps. They also face the threat of forced eviction and rarely have access to clean water or food. \u201cThey are the poorest of the poor. They often live in open air,\u201d the U.N.\u2019s Farhad said. \u201cBut they should go back [to their homes] when they feel secure. It has to be voluntary and of their own accord.\u201d In the area where Abdulhalim took shelter, the displaced worried that the government would force them out. The fighting in Kunduz city had subsided, but they couldn\u2019t just pack up and go home. \u201cThey want us gone from here, but we don\u2019t have anything, not even the money to get back,\u201d Abdulhalim said. He first fled Kunduz on foot, with his children and the clothes on his back. Bezhen said that the government \u201cis incapable of creating jobs for these people or of improving the economy in the remote places where they live.\u201d He said criminal and terrorist networks will seek out the jobless and displaced youths. \u201cIt will push Afghanistan into deeper crisis,\u201d Bezhen said. Sayed Salahuddin contributed to this report.", "essay": "People are suffering in the middle east. I wonder if there will ever be peace over there. I feel like the war is never ending. It just keeps going and going. If it's not al qaeda its ISIS or the taliban. When will it end? Is the war actually making anyones lives better? Or is it just making everything worse for everyone?"}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "A humanitarian crisis looms in Afghanistan as the number of displaced climbs \u2014  KABUL \u2014 Abdulhalim fled the northern city of Kunduz this month after militants and security forces had been clashing for days. Now he\u2019s 200 miles away in Kabul, sleeping in a tent and living on aid. He is part of a looming humanitarian crisis aid agencies here are struggling to contain. Before the current crisis, more than a million people had already been uprooted last year. This year, at least another million Afghans are \u201con the move\u201d inside Afghanistan and across its borders, in what the United Nations warns is an alarming new wave of displaced people. Many, like Abdulhalim, fled violence or conflict; others escaped hardships such as poverty or drought. Still others were forced to return from Pakistan and Iran. Even as the numbers grew, Afghanistan agreed to accept \u00adAfghan asylum seekers deported from the European Union. The deal, signed in October, could lead the E.U. to construct a separate terminal for deportees at Kabul\u2019s international airport, and as many as 100,000 Afghans could return. \u201cThis sudden increase [in the displaced] has put a lot of pressure on Afghanistan, which has had 30 years of war,\u201d said Nader Farhad, spokesman for the U.N. refugee agency in Kabul. \u201cIt\u2019s not easy to put together the infrastructure, to provide the services that are required,\u201d he said, adding that the displaced need everything from food and blankets to jobs and health care. \u201cTo the European countries, we say: Instead of investing in the return of Afghans to Afghanistan, tackle the root causes,\u201d Farhad said. If the United Nations and other aid agencies fail to provide emergency assistance, \u201cit will be a humanitarian crisis,\u201d he said. Massive displacement has plagued Afghanistan for years, beginning with the Soviet invasion in 1979. That conflict kindled two decades of war. When the United States invaded in 2001, some 4 million Afghans were living in Pakistan and Iran. [Europe pressing harder on countries to take back deported migrants] Many of those refugees later returned, driven by hopes for stability and peace. But now, \u00adAfghanistan is witnessing some of its worst violence since the United States helped to topple the Taliban. More than 1,600 civilians were killed in the first six months of 2016, according to a U.N. report released in July. That was the highest number of civilian casualties in the first half of a year since the United Nations began keeping track in 2009. The violence has been driven by Taliban assaults on Afghan cities, putting more civilians in the crosshairs. And the clashes have pushed even more people from their homes. \u201cThe fighting was intense. There was artillery, rockets, aerial bombardment,\u201d Abdulhalim, 38, said of this month\u2019s days-long battle between Afghan and Taliban forces in Kunduz city. Insurgents briefly seized the city at the same time last year. \u201cMy children were screaming, our neighbors\u2019 houses destroyed,\u201d said Abdulhalim, who like many Afghans goes by one name. \u201cWe had no option but to leave.\u201d In Helmand province, in the restive south, more than 60,000 people have been displaced this year, according to the United Nations, and militants have fought pitched battles in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah. At least 5,000 of those displaced in Helmand were forced out only in the past two months, the United Nations says, and thousands more have fled to neighboring provinces and beyond. \u201cIn some provinces, the [armed] groups have more power there, and the government, it is very difficult for us to reach\u201d the affected population, said Sayed Rohullah Hashemi, an adviser to the minister of refugees and repatriation. \u201cWe don\u2019t have the capacity to do so, especially in our ministry. The government cannot reach everyone on its own.\u201d In a dusty lot east of Kabul, the U.N. refugee agency has erected a center for the hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees arriving from Pakistan. At least 5,000 refugees cross the border from Pakistan every day. The United Nations gives them a small stipend and vaccinates the children against measles and polio. [Afghan refugees, settled in Pakistan for decades, are being ordered to leave] The influx began after Pakistani authorities announced a deadline for Afghan refugees \u2014 of which there were 1.7 million registered with the United Nations \u2014 to leave. Many of the refugees had lived in Pakistan for decades, or were even born there after their parents had fled Afghanistan. Jumauddin, 27, was born in Pakistan to Afghan parents. Now he is heading to Kunduz province, to the Khanabad district, where Taliban fighters hold sway. He says he has no choice. \u201cKabul is too expensive, and maybe in Kunduz I can plow a plot of land,\u201d Jumauddin said. \u201cI know that there was fighting there even last week, but I have no other option.\u201d The government is worried about the return of refugees to areas where insurgents are active. But right now, the Taliban controls more territory than at any time since 2001. \u201cWe are facing the return of tens of thousands of Afghans each month. . . . This will add very much to the vicious cycle of insecurity and joblessness,\u201d said Bashir Bezhen, an Afghan analyst and political commentator. Reports have already surfaced of returning refugees clashing with locals over resources and land. The displaced are often rejected, or pushed into squalid camps. They also face the threat of forced eviction and rarely have access to clean water or food. \u201cThey are the poorest of the poor. They often live in open air,\u201d the U.N.\u2019s Farhad said. \u201cBut they should go back [to their homes] when they feel secure. It has to be voluntary and of their own accord.\u201d In the area where Abdulhalim took shelter, the displaced worried that the government would force them out. The fighting in Kunduz city had subsided, but they couldn\u2019t just pack up and go home. \u201cThey want us gone from here, but we don\u2019t have anything, not even the money to get back,\u201d Abdulhalim said. He first fled Kunduz on foot, with his children and the clothes on his back. Bezhen said that the government \u201cis incapable of creating jobs for these people or of improving the economy in the remote places where they live.\u201d He said criminal and terrorist networks will seek out the jobless and displaced youths. \u201cIt will push Afghanistan into deeper crisis,\u201d Bezhen said. Sayed Salahuddin contributed to this report.", "essay": "I feel like as humans we should all feel the need to help them out. I think in cases like these were its a country that has very low resources with violence all around there should be some sort of humanitarian aid for the people. I believe very strongly that anything else is just not that good overall."}
{"user_id": "ec_p031", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 7.0 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 7.0, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "A humanitarian crisis looms in Afghanistan as the number of displaced climbs \u2014  KABUL \u2014 Abdulhalim fled the northern city of Kunduz this month after militants and security forces had been clashing for days. Now he\u2019s 200 miles away in Kabul, sleeping in a tent and living on aid. He is part of a looming humanitarian crisis aid agencies here are struggling to contain. Before the current crisis, more than a million people had already been uprooted last year. This year, at least another million Afghans are \u201con the move\u201d inside Afghanistan and across its borders, in what the United Nations warns is an alarming new wave of displaced people. Many, like Abdulhalim, fled violence or conflict; others escaped hardships such as poverty or drought. Still others were forced to return from Pakistan and Iran. Even as the numbers grew, Afghanistan agreed to accept \u00adAfghan asylum seekers deported from the European Union. The deal, signed in October, could lead the E.U. to construct a separate terminal for deportees at Kabul\u2019s international airport, and as many as 100,000 Afghans could return. \u201cThis sudden increase [in the displaced] has put a lot of pressure on Afghanistan, which has had 30 years of war,\u201d said Nader Farhad, spokesman for the U.N. refugee agency in Kabul. \u201cIt\u2019s not easy to put together the infrastructure, to provide the services that are required,\u201d he said, adding that the displaced need everything from food and blankets to jobs and health care. \u201cTo the European countries, we say: Instead of investing in the return of Afghans to Afghanistan, tackle the root causes,\u201d Farhad said. If the United Nations and other aid agencies fail to provide emergency assistance, \u201cit will be a humanitarian crisis,\u201d he said. Massive displacement has plagued Afghanistan for years, beginning with the Soviet invasion in 1979. That conflict kindled two decades of war. When the United States invaded in 2001, some 4 million Afghans were living in Pakistan and Iran. [Europe pressing harder on countries to take back deported migrants] Many of those refugees later returned, driven by hopes for stability and peace. But now, \u00adAfghanistan is witnessing some of its worst violence since the United States helped to topple the Taliban. More than 1,600 civilians were killed in the first six months of 2016, according to a U.N. report released in July. That was the highest number of civilian casualties in the first half of a year since the United Nations began keeping track in 2009. The violence has been driven by Taliban assaults on Afghan cities, putting more civilians in the crosshairs. And the clashes have pushed even more people from their homes. \u201cThe fighting was intense. There was artillery, rockets, aerial bombardment,\u201d Abdulhalim, 38, said of this month\u2019s days-long battle between Afghan and Taliban forces in Kunduz city. Insurgents briefly seized the city at the same time last year. \u201cMy children were screaming, our neighbors\u2019 houses destroyed,\u201d said Abdulhalim, who like many Afghans goes by one name. \u201cWe had no option but to leave.\u201d In Helmand province, in the restive south, more than 60,000 people have been displaced this year, according to the United Nations, and militants have fought pitched battles in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah. At least 5,000 of those displaced in Helmand were forced out only in the past two months, the United Nations says, and thousands more have fled to neighboring provinces and beyond. \u201cIn some provinces, the [armed] groups have more power there, and the government, it is very difficult for us to reach\u201d the affected population, said Sayed Rohullah Hashemi, an adviser to the minister of refugees and repatriation. \u201cWe don\u2019t have the capacity to do so, especially in our ministry. The government cannot reach everyone on its own.\u201d In a dusty lot east of Kabul, the U.N. refugee agency has erected a center for the hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees arriving from Pakistan. At least 5,000 refugees cross the border from Pakistan every day. The United Nations gives them a small stipend and vaccinates the children against measles and polio. [Afghan refugees, settled in Pakistan for decades, are being ordered to leave] The influx began after Pakistani authorities announced a deadline for Afghan refugees \u2014 of which there were 1.7 million registered with the United Nations \u2014 to leave. Many of the refugees had lived in Pakistan for decades, or were even born there after their parents had fled Afghanistan. Jumauddin, 27, was born in Pakistan to Afghan parents. Now he is heading to Kunduz province, to the Khanabad district, where Taliban fighters hold sway. He says he has no choice. \u201cKabul is too expensive, and maybe in Kunduz I can plow a plot of land,\u201d Jumauddin said. \u201cI know that there was fighting there even last week, but I have no other option.\u201d The government is worried about the return of refugees to areas where insurgents are active. But right now, the Taliban controls more territory than at any time since 2001. \u201cWe are facing the return of tens of thousands of Afghans each month. . . . This will add very much to the vicious cycle of insecurity and joblessness,\u201d said Bashir Bezhen, an Afghan analyst and political commentator. Reports have already surfaced of returning refugees clashing with locals over resources and land. The displaced are often rejected, or pushed into squalid camps. They also face the threat of forced eviction and rarely have access to clean water or food. \u201cThey are the poorest of the poor. They often live in open air,\u201d the U.N.\u2019s Farhad said. \u201cBut they should go back [to their homes] when they feel secure. It has to be voluntary and of their own accord.\u201d In the area where Abdulhalim took shelter, the displaced worried that the government would force them out. The fighting in Kunduz city had subsided, but they couldn\u2019t just pack up and go home. \u201cThey want us gone from here, but we don\u2019t have anything, not even the money to get back,\u201d Abdulhalim said. He first fled Kunduz on foot, with his children and the clothes on his back. Bezhen said that the government \u201cis incapable of creating jobs for these people or of improving the economy in the remote places where they live.\u201d He said criminal and terrorist networks will seek out the jobless and displaced youths. \u201cIt will push Afghanistan into deeper crisis,\u201d Bezhen said. Sayed Salahuddin contributed to this report.", "essay": "Going to the middle East was the worst decision for our country! Not only do we send soldiers over there to lose their lives but millions of innocent civilians get killed. This war is a fake war-it's all about the oil and political interest and the innocent suffer as a result. The best thing we can do is to leave these people alone and let them live. We need to focus on own own country and stop our evil deeds overseas."}
{"user_id": "ec_p020", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 50000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 50000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "A humanitarian crisis looms in Afghanistan as the number of displaced climbs \u2014  KABUL \u2014 Abdulhalim fled the northern city of Kunduz this month after militants and security forces had been clashing for days. Now he\u2019s 200 miles away in Kabul, sleeping in a tent and living on aid. He is part of a looming humanitarian crisis aid agencies here are struggling to contain. Before the current crisis, more than a million people had already been uprooted last year. This year, at least another million Afghans are \u201con the move\u201d inside Afghanistan and across its borders, in what the United Nations warns is an alarming new wave of displaced people. Many, like Abdulhalim, fled violence or conflict; others escaped hardships such as poverty or drought. Still others were forced to return from Pakistan and Iran. Even as the numbers grew, Afghanistan agreed to accept \u00adAfghan asylum seekers deported from the European Union. The deal, signed in October, could lead the E.U. to construct a separate terminal for deportees at Kabul\u2019s international airport, and as many as 100,000 Afghans could return. \u201cThis sudden increase [in the displaced] has put a lot of pressure on Afghanistan, which has had 30 years of war,\u201d said Nader Farhad, spokesman for the U.N. refugee agency in Kabul. \u201cIt\u2019s not easy to put together the infrastructure, to provide the services that are required,\u201d he said, adding that the displaced need everything from food and blankets to jobs and health care. \u201cTo the European countries, we say: Instead of investing in the return of Afghans to Afghanistan, tackle the root causes,\u201d Farhad said. If the United Nations and other aid agencies fail to provide emergency assistance, \u201cit will be a humanitarian crisis,\u201d he said. Massive displacement has plagued Afghanistan for years, beginning with the Soviet invasion in 1979. That conflict kindled two decades of war. When the United States invaded in 2001, some 4 million Afghans were living in Pakistan and Iran. [Europe pressing harder on countries to take back deported migrants] Many of those refugees later returned, driven by hopes for stability and peace. But now, \u00adAfghanistan is witnessing some of its worst violence since the United States helped to topple the Taliban. More than 1,600 civilians were killed in the first six months of 2016, according to a U.N. report released in July. That was the highest number of civilian casualties in the first half of a year since the United Nations began keeping track in 2009. The violence has been driven by Taliban assaults on Afghan cities, putting more civilians in the crosshairs. And the clashes have pushed even more people from their homes. \u201cThe fighting was intense. There was artillery, rockets, aerial bombardment,\u201d Abdulhalim, 38, said of this month\u2019s days-long battle between Afghan and Taliban forces in Kunduz city. Insurgents briefly seized the city at the same time last year. \u201cMy children were screaming, our neighbors\u2019 houses destroyed,\u201d said Abdulhalim, who like many Afghans goes by one name. \u201cWe had no option but to leave.\u201d In Helmand province, in the restive south, more than 60,000 people have been displaced this year, according to the United Nations, and militants have fought pitched battles in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah. At least 5,000 of those displaced in Helmand were forced out only in the past two months, the United Nations says, and thousands more have fled to neighboring provinces and beyond. \u201cIn some provinces, the [armed] groups have more power there, and the government, it is very difficult for us to reach\u201d the affected population, said Sayed Rohullah Hashemi, an adviser to the minister of refugees and repatriation. \u201cWe don\u2019t have the capacity to do so, especially in our ministry. The government cannot reach everyone on its own.\u201d In a dusty lot east of Kabul, the U.N. refugee agency has erected a center for the hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees arriving from Pakistan. At least 5,000 refugees cross the border from Pakistan every day. The United Nations gives them a small stipend and vaccinates the children against measles and polio. [Afghan refugees, settled in Pakistan for decades, are being ordered to leave] The influx began after Pakistani authorities announced a deadline for Afghan refugees \u2014 of which there were 1.7 million registered with the United Nations \u2014 to leave. Many of the refugees had lived in Pakistan for decades, or were even born there after their parents had fled Afghanistan. Jumauddin, 27, was born in Pakistan to Afghan parents. Now he is heading to Kunduz province, to the Khanabad district, where Taliban fighters hold sway. He says he has no choice. \u201cKabul is too expensive, and maybe in Kunduz I can plow a plot of land,\u201d Jumauddin said. \u201cI know that there was fighting there even last week, but I have no other option.\u201d The government is worried about the return of refugees to areas where insurgents are active. But right now, the Taliban controls more territory than at any time since 2001. \u201cWe are facing the return of tens of thousands of Afghans each month. . . . This will add very much to the vicious cycle of insecurity and joblessness,\u201d said Bashir Bezhen, an Afghan analyst and political commentator. Reports have already surfaced of returning refugees clashing with locals over resources and land. The displaced are often rejected, or pushed into squalid camps. They also face the threat of forced eviction and rarely have access to clean water or food. \u201cThey are the poorest of the poor. They often live in open air,\u201d the U.N.\u2019s Farhad said. \u201cBut they should go back [to their homes] when they feel secure. It has to be voluntary and of their own accord.\u201d In the area where Abdulhalim took shelter, the displaced worried that the government would force them out. The fighting in Kunduz city had subsided, but they couldn\u2019t just pack up and go home. \u201cThey want us gone from here, but we don\u2019t have anything, not even the money to get back,\u201d Abdulhalim said. He first fled Kunduz on foot, with his children and the clothes on his back. Bezhen said that the government \u201cis incapable of creating jobs for these people or of improving the economy in the remote places where they live.\u201d He said criminal and terrorist networks will seek out the jobless and displaced youths. \u201cIt will push Afghanistan into deeper crisis,\u201d Bezhen said. Sayed Salahuddin contributed to this report.", "essay": "There is a very bad humanitarian crisis gong on in Afghanistan. The fighting has lead this this insanely bad crisis. There is so much war going on that the innocent people are caught in the middle of it all. It is so sad because theres not enough bring done so all of the innocent people are suffering. Something needs to be done."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Aleppo residents get warning by text message: You have 24 hours to leave \u2014  Residents in war-ravaged eastern Aleppo received a dire warning early Sunday: Prepare for your city to be bombed and evacuate in the next 24 hours.   The warning came via text message, urging the sick and wounded to flee before a \"strategically planned assault using high precision weapons occurs within 24 hours.\" Rebels were also given an ultimatum to lay down their arms and renounce their leadership, or be killed. The message was likely sent by the Syrian government as the regime is likely the only party capable of sending a mass text to the entire population. While there were no reports of a bombardment by Monday afternoon, witnesses told CNN that fighter jets had been spotted in the city, as deadly skirmishes were reported all over Aleppo. Who is left in Aleppo? Russian warplanes have since September last year backed the regime with airstrikes over rebel-held positions, pounding eastern Aleppo, where schools and hospitals have been crushed. The text message warning is seen as a response to Syrian rebels launching an offensive last month to break the regime's siege on eastern Aleppo. Assad: Go back to Turkey, or die Russia is the most powerful sponsor of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, and its air power has been a key factor in helping the government solidify its control over the city. What would make you care about Aleppo? Assad has insisted that he has no option but to \"to clean\" Aleppo and press on with the offensive. \"You have to keep cleaning this area and to push the terrorists to Turkey ... to go back to where they come from, or to kill them,\" he said. \"It's going to be the springboard, as a big city, to move to other areas, to liberate other areas from the terrorists. This is the importance of Aleppo now.\" Fresh clashes broke out Sunday, with regime shelling killing at least 11 people in the al-Salehin neighborhood, according to the Aleppo Media Center activist group. Several other neighborhoods were shelled by ground artillery and heavy machine gunfire from helicopters, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. Rebel factions targeted army positions on the northern front line, causing casualties among Syrian troops, the SOHR said. The Syrian Army accuses rebels in eastern Aleppo -- who they call terrorists -- of using civilians as human shields. Humanitarian crisis The UN warned last week that eastern Aleppo was on the brink of starvation ahead of a \"killer\" winter. Residents there told CNN that their food stocks were running out, and that markets that once sold fruit and vegetables were now empty. A kilogram of meat, they said, costs around $40, a price that most in Aleppo simply cannot pay. The last significant aid delivery was in July, and the area is extremely low on medicine and much-needed fuel to run hospital generators and ambulances. The city has seen considerable death and destruction wrought by the civil war that has raged for more than five years. About 1.5 million people still live in the regime-held parts of Aleppo, while 250,000-275,000 residents are in the devastated rebel-held east, according to the UN. In July, about 200,000 people fled the city over a two days, according to a UN official, citing the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Turkey eyes Kurdish-held city Turkey has been carrying out airstrikes in northern Syria to back the Free Syrian Army (FSA), which is currently moving in on the ISIS-held city of al-Bab. The city lies strategically between Aleppo and the ISIS heartland of Raqqa. The Turkish Army said it hit 15 targets on Sunday, including two ISIS \"headquarter\" buildings, an ammunition storage and 10 defense fronts. Ankara has said once the city is liberated, it plans to move on to Manbij, stirring sectarian tensions that complicates internationally backed operations to free Syrian cities from ISIS control. Manbij was in August freed from ISIS rule by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab groups. But Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month said Ankara would not allow the Kurds to hold any territory west of the Iraqi city of Mosul. Manbij is just 40 kilometers south of the Turkish border. Turkey considers some of the Kurdish militia groups in the alliance as terrorists, including the YPG. But the SDF is supported and armed by the US, further complicating the conflict, which has already put Washington at loggerheads with Moscow. The former Cold War enemies, both of which are carrying out airstrikes in Syria, have long feuded over which groups should be targeted. The US supports and arms groups that it considers \"moderate rebels,\" while Russia calls any rebel group that is opposed to the regime \"terrorists.\"", "essay": "Reading about the situation in Syria is always eye opening. It's hard to believe so many people can continue to live in a war zone. The article I read said that a kilo of meat goes for around $40! What do these people eat if there is no food available? It's really hard to wrap my head around. Will the war ever be over?"}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Aleppo residents get warning by text message: You have 24 hours to leave \u2014  Residents in war-ravaged eastern Aleppo received a dire warning early Sunday: Prepare for your city to be bombed and evacuate in the next 24 hours.   The warning came via text message, urging the sick and wounded to flee before a \"strategically planned assault using high precision weapons occurs within 24 hours.\" Rebels were also given an ultimatum to lay down their arms and renounce their leadership, or be killed. The message was likely sent by the Syrian government as the regime is likely the only party capable of sending a mass text to the entire population. While there were no reports of a bombardment by Monday afternoon, witnesses told CNN that fighter jets had been spotted in the city, as deadly skirmishes were reported all over Aleppo. Who is left in Aleppo? Russian warplanes have since September last year backed the regime with airstrikes over rebel-held positions, pounding eastern Aleppo, where schools and hospitals have been crushed. The text message warning is seen as a response to Syrian rebels launching an offensive last month to break the regime's siege on eastern Aleppo. Assad: Go back to Turkey, or die Russia is the most powerful sponsor of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, and its air power has been a key factor in helping the government solidify its control over the city. What would make you care about Aleppo? Assad has insisted that he has no option but to \"to clean\" Aleppo and press on with the offensive. \"You have to keep cleaning this area and to push the terrorists to Turkey ... to go back to where they come from, or to kill them,\" he said. \"It's going to be the springboard, as a big city, to move to other areas, to liberate other areas from the terrorists. This is the importance of Aleppo now.\" Fresh clashes broke out Sunday, with regime shelling killing at least 11 people in the al-Salehin neighborhood, according to the Aleppo Media Center activist group. Several other neighborhoods were shelled by ground artillery and heavy machine gunfire from helicopters, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. Rebel factions targeted army positions on the northern front line, causing casualties among Syrian troops, the SOHR said. The Syrian Army accuses rebels in eastern Aleppo -- who they call terrorists -- of using civilians as human shields. Humanitarian crisis The UN warned last week that eastern Aleppo was on the brink of starvation ahead of a \"killer\" winter. Residents there told CNN that their food stocks were running out, and that markets that once sold fruit and vegetables were now empty. A kilogram of meat, they said, costs around $40, a price that most in Aleppo simply cannot pay. The last significant aid delivery was in July, and the area is extremely low on medicine and much-needed fuel to run hospital generators and ambulances. The city has seen considerable death and destruction wrought by the civil war that has raged for more than five years. About 1.5 million people still live in the regime-held parts of Aleppo, while 250,000-275,000 residents are in the devastated rebel-held east, according to the UN. In July, about 200,000 people fled the city over a two days, according to a UN official, citing the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Turkey eyes Kurdish-held city Turkey has been carrying out airstrikes in northern Syria to back the Free Syrian Army (FSA), which is currently moving in on the ISIS-held city of al-Bab. The city lies strategically between Aleppo and the ISIS heartland of Raqqa. The Turkish Army said it hit 15 targets on Sunday, including two ISIS \"headquarter\" buildings, an ammunition storage and 10 defense fronts. Ankara has said once the city is liberated, it plans to move on to Manbij, stirring sectarian tensions that complicates internationally backed operations to free Syrian cities from ISIS control. Manbij was in August freed from ISIS rule by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab groups. But Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month said Ankara would not allow the Kurds to hold any territory west of the Iraqi city of Mosul. Manbij is just 40 kilometers south of the Turkish border. Turkey considers some of the Kurdish militia groups in the alliance as terrorists, including the YPG. But the SDF is supported and armed by the US, further complicating the conflict, which has already put Washington at loggerheads with Moscow. The former Cold War enemies, both of which are carrying out airstrikes in Syria, have long feuded over which groups should be targeted. The US supports and arms groups that it considers \"moderate rebels,\" while Russia calls any rebel group that is opposed to the regime \"terrorists.\"", "essay": "Aleppo has been having these problems for quite a while now. I feel like the bombings are just the top of the cake in terms of letting the world know about what is wrong with them. I feel like they really need to change things and in order to do that they need the help of the world more so than anything else."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Aleppo residents get warning by text message: You have 24 hours to leave \u2014  Residents in war-ravaged eastern Aleppo received a dire warning early Sunday: Prepare for your city to be bombed and evacuate in the next 24 hours.   The warning came via text message, urging the sick and wounded to flee before a \"strategically planned assault using high precision weapons occurs within 24 hours.\" Rebels were also given an ultimatum to lay down their arms and renounce their leadership, or be killed. The message was likely sent by the Syrian government as the regime is likely the only party capable of sending a mass text to the entire population. While there were no reports of a bombardment by Monday afternoon, witnesses told CNN that fighter jets had been spotted in the city, as deadly skirmishes were reported all over Aleppo. Who is left in Aleppo? Russian warplanes have since September last year backed the regime with airstrikes over rebel-held positions, pounding eastern Aleppo, where schools and hospitals have been crushed. The text message warning is seen as a response to Syrian rebels launching an offensive last month to break the regime's siege on eastern Aleppo. Assad: Go back to Turkey, or die Russia is the most powerful sponsor of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, and its air power has been a key factor in helping the government solidify its control over the city. What would make you care about Aleppo? Assad has insisted that he has no option but to \"to clean\" Aleppo and press on with the offensive. \"You have to keep cleaning this area and to push the terrorists to Turkey ... to go back to where they come from, or to kill them,\" he said. \"It's going to be the springboard, as a big city, to move to other areas, to liberate other areas from the terrorists. This is the importance of Aleppo now.\" Fresh clashes broke out Sunday, with regime shelling killing at least 11 people in the al-Salehin neighborhood, according to the Aleppo Media Center activist group. Several other neighborhoods were shelled by ground artillery and heavy machine gunfire from helicopters, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. Rebel factions targeted army positions on the northern front line, causing casualties among Syrian troops, the SOHR said. The Syrian Army accuses rebels in eastern Aleppo -- who they call terrorists -- of using civilians as human shields. Humanitarian crisis The UN warned last week that eastern Aleppo was on the brink of starvation ahead of a \"killer\" winter. Residents there told CNN that their food stocks were running out, and that markets that once sold fruit and vegetables were now empty. A kilogram of meat, they said, costs around $40, a price that most in Aleppo simply cannot pay. The last significant aid delivery was in July, and the area is extremely low on medicine and much-needed fuel to run hospital generators and ambulances. The city has seen considerable death and destruction wrought by the civil war that has raged for more than five years. About 1.5 million people still live in the regime-held parts of Aleppo, while 250,000-275,000 residents are in the devastated rebel-held east, according to the UN. In July, about 200,000 people fled the city over a two days, according to a UN official, citing the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Turkey eyes Kurdish-held city Turkey has been carrying out airstrikes in northern Syria to back the Free Syrian Army (FSA), which is currently moving in on the ISIS-held city of al-Bab. The city lies strategically between Aleppo and the ISIS heartland of Raqqa. The Turkish Army said it hit 15 targets on Sunday, including two ISIS \"headquarter\" buildings, an ammunition storage and 10 defense fronts. Ankara has said once the city is liberated, it plans to move on to Manbij, stirring sectarian tensions that complicates internationally backed operations to free Syrian cities from ISIS control. Manbij was in August freed from ISIS rule by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab groups. But Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month said Ankara would not allow the Kurds to hold any territory west of the Iraqi city of Mosul. Manbij is just 40 kilometers south of the Turkish border. Turkey considers some of the Kurdish militia groups in the alliance as terrorists, including the YPG. But the SDF is supported and armed by the US, further complicating the conflict, which has already put Washington at loggerheads with Moscow. The former Cold War enemies, both of which are carrying out airstrikes in Syria, have long feuded over which groups should be targeted. The US supports and arms groups that it considers \"moderate rebels,\" while Russia calls any rebel group that is opposed to the regime \"terrorists.\"", "essay": "The whole article broke my heart. If I got a text message telling me I have 24 hours to leave my home and all the things that I own, I would not know what to do. Of course I would leave with my wife and children because they are the most important things in my life, but it would be hard to know my house is about to get bombed. Also, paying 40 dollars for a kilogram of meat, I could not afford this and I do not live in a war tore country. I hate this for the people."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Aleppo residents get warning by text message: You have 24 hours to leave \u2014  Residents in war-ravaged eastern Aleppo received a dire warning early Sunday: Prepare for your city to be bombed and evacuate in the next 24 hours.   The warning came via text message, urging the sick and wounded to flee before a \"strategically planned assault using high precision weapons occurs within 24 hours.\" Rebels were also given an ultimatum to lay down their arms and renounce their leadership, or be killed. The message was likely sent by the Syrian government as the regime is likely the only party capable of sending a mass text to the entire population. While there were no reports of a bombardment by Monday afternoon, witnesses told CNN that fighter jets had been spotted in the city, as deadly skirmishes were reported all over Aleppo. Who is left in Aleppo? Russian warplanes have since September last year backed the regime with airstrikes over rebel-held positions, pounding eastern Aleppo, where schools and hospitals have been crushed. The text message warning is seen as a response to Syrian rebels launching an offensive last month to break the regime's siege on eastern Aleppo. Assad: Go back to Turkey, or die Russia is the most powerful sponsor of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, and its air power has been a key factor in helping the government solidify its control over the city. What would make you care about Aleppo? Assad has insisted that he has no option but to \"to clean\" Aleppo and press on with the offensive. \"You have to keep cleaning this area and to push the terrorists to Turkey ... to go back to where they come from, or to kill them,\" he said. \"It's going to be the springboard, as a big city, to move to other areas, to liberate other areas from the terrorists. This is the importance of Aleppo now.\" Fresh clashes broke out Sunday, with regime shelling killing at least 11 people in the al-Salehin neighborhood, according to the Aleppo Media Center activist group. Several other neighborhoods were shelled by ground artillery and heavy machine gunfire from helicopters, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. Rebel factions targeted army positions on the northern front line, causing casualties among Syrian troops, the SOHR said. The Syrian Army accuses rebels in eastern Aleppo -- who they call terrorists -- of using civilians as human shields. Humanitarian crisis The UN warned last week that eastern Aleppo was on the brink of starvation ahead of a \"killer\" winter. Residents there told CNN that their food stocks were running out, and that markets that once sold fruit and vegetables were now empty. A kilogram of meat, they said, costs around $40, a price that most in Aleppo simply cannot pay. The last significant aid delivery was in July, and the area is extremely low on medicine and much-needed fuel to run hospital generators and ambulances. The city has seen considerable death and destruction wrought by the civil war that has raged for more than five years. About 1.5 million people still live in the regime-held parts of Aleppo, while 250,000-275,000 residents are in the devastated rebel-held east, according to the UN. In July, about 200,000 people fled the city over a two days, according to a UN official, citing the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Turkey eyes Kurdish-held city Turkey has been carrying out airstrikes in northern Syria to back the Free Syrian Army (FSA), which is currently moving in on the ISIS-held city of al-Bab. The city lies strategically between Aleppo and the ISIS heartland of Raqqa. The Turkish Army said it hit 15 targets on Sunday, including two ISIS \"headquarter\" buildings, an ammunition storage and 10 defense fronts. Ankara has said once the city is liberated, it plans to move on to Manbij, stirring sectarian tensions that complicates internationally backed operations to free Syrian cities from ISIS control. Manbij was in August freed from ISIS rule by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab groups. But Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month said Ankara would not allow the Kurds to hold any territory west of the Iraqi city of Mosul. Manbij is just 40 kilometers south of the Turkish border. Turkey considers some of the Kurdish militia groups in the alliance as terrorists, including the YPG. But the SDF is supported and armed by the US, further complicating the conflict, which has already put Washington at loggerheads with Moscow. The former Cold War enemies, both of which are carrying out airstrikes in Syria, have long feuded over which groups should be targeted. The US supports and arms groups that it considers \"moderate rebels,\" while Russia calls any rebel group that is opposed to the regime \"terrorists.\"", "essay": "I really feel for this country as a whole. It is like they are getting attacked from every side. It has got to feel so on edge living in syria. You don't now who to trust not even your government. Innocent people and children are being killed so violently and senselessly. I have nieghbors that are from syria and they are great people who have family still back there and they are just mortified and scared. They can not travel back home anymore and that would just take a huge tole on me. Getting a warning text message that you are going to be bombed I dont now how I would react. You have 24 hours to leave everything you know and love and probably never see it that way again it is crazy."}
{"user_id": "ec_p048", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 55000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 55000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "Aleppo residents get warning by text message: You have 24 hours to leave \u2014  Residents in war-ravaged eastern Aleppo received a dire warning early Sunday: Prepare for your city to be bombed and evacuate in the next 24 hours.   The warning came via text message, urging the sick and wounded to flee before a \"strategically planned assault using high precision weapons occurs within 24 hours.\" Rebels were also given an ultimatum to lay down their arms and renounce their leadership, or be killed. The message was likely sent by the Syrian government as the regime is likely the only party capable of sending a mass text to the entire population. While there were no reports of a bombardment by Monday afternoon, witnesses told CNN that fighter jets had been spotted in the city, as deadly skirmishes were reported all over Aleppo. Who is left in Aleppo? Russian warplanes have since September last year backed the regime with airstrikes over rebel-held positions, pounding eastern Aleppo, where schools and hospitals have been crushed. The text message warning is seen as a response to Syrian rebels launching an offensive last month to break the regime's siege on eastern Aleppo. Assad: Go back to Turkey, or die Russia is the most powerful sponsor of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, and its air power has been a key factor in helping the government solidify its control over the city. What would make you care about Aleppo? Assad has insisted that he has no option but to \"to clean\" Aleppo and press on with the offensive. \"You have to keep cleaning this area and to push the terrorists to Turkey ... to go back to where they come from, or to kill them,\" he said. \"It's going to be the springboard, as a big city, to move to other areas, to liberate other areas from the terrorists. This is the importance of Aleppo now.\" Fresh clashes broke out Sunday, with regime shelling killing at least 11 people in the al-Salehin neighborhood, according to the Aleppo Media Center activist group. Several other neighborhoods were shelled by ground artillery and heavy machine gunfire from helicopters, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. Rebel factions targeted army positions on the northern front line, causing casualties among Syrian troops, the SOHR said. The Syrian Army accuses rebels in eastern Aleppo -- who they call terrorists -- of using civilians as human shields. Humanitarian crisis The UN warned last week that eastern Aleppo was on the brink of starvation ahead of a \"killer\" winter. Residents there told CNN that their food stocks were running out, and that markets that once sold fruit and vegetables were now empty. A kilogram of meat, they said, costs around $40, a price that most in Aleppo simply cannot pay. The last significant aid delivery was in July, and the area is extremely low on medicine and much-needed fuel to run hospital generators and ambulances. The city has seen considerable death and destruction wrought by the civil war that has raged for more than five years. About 1.5 million people still live in the regime-held parts of Aleppo, while 250,000-275,000 residents are in the devastated rebel-held east, according to the UN. In July, about 200,000 people fled the city over a two days, according to a UN official, citing the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Turkey eyes Kurdish-held city Turkey has been carrying out airstrikes in northern Syria to back the Free Syrian Army (FSA), which is currently moving in on the ISIS-held city of al-Bab. The city lies strategically between Aleppo and the ISIS heartland of Raqqa. The Turkish Army said it hit 15 targets on Sunday, including two ISIS \"headquarter\" buildings, an ammunition storage and 10 defense fronts. Ankara has said once the city is liberated, it plans to move on to Manbij, stirring sectarian tensions that complicates internationally backed operations to free Syrian cities from ISIS control. Manbij was in August freed from ISIS rule by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab groups. But Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month said Ankara would not allow the Kurds to hold any territory west of the Iraqi city of Mosul. Manbij is just 40 kilometers south of the Turkish border. Turkey considers some of the Kurdish militia groups in the alliance as terrorists, including the YPG. But the SDF is supported and armed by the US, further complicating the conflict, which has already put Washington at loggerheads with Moscow. The former Cold War enemies, both of which are carrying out airstrikes in Syria, have long feuded over which groups should be targeted. The US supports and arms groups that it considers \"moderate rebels,\" while Russia calls any rebel group that is opposed to the regime \"terrorists.\"", "essay": "I can't even imagine getting a text saying we needed to evacuate. It doesn't seem real. We live in a country where that would not be likely to happen but if it did, it would be a total shock for most Americans. I can't even imagine what chaos that would create. That would probably turn the world upside down. I emphasize with those civilians but I can't even imagine being in that position. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Hate crimes against Muslims hit highest mark since 2001 \u2014  Hate crimes against Muslims spiked last year to their highest level in more than a decade - an increase experts and advocates say was fueled by anger over terrorist attacks and anti-Islam rhetoric on the campaign trail.   Law enforcement agencies across the country reported 257 anti-Islamic incidents in 2015, up nearly 67 percent from the year before, according to FBI data released Monday.   That is significant in its own right, but even more so in historical context. The last time the FBI saw more than 160 anti-Islamic incidents was in 2001, when it reported 481. That was the year that radical Islamist terrorists attacked the World Trade Center, killing thousands and sparking a wave of anti-Muslim incidents.   Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for Council on American-Islamic Relations, said that he believed that the anti-Muslim rhetoric that came out of the presidential campaign was to blame and that he feared there will be more hate crimes this year. \"Whenever you have one of the nation's leading public figures in the person of Donald Trump mainstreaming and empowering Islamophobia in the nation, it's the inevitable result,\" he said.   A Trump campaign spokeswoman did not immediately return an email seeking comment.   Hate crimes overall increased about 6.7 percent from 2014 to 2015, but that increase still left such incidents below what they were a decade earlier. Anti-black incidents rose by about 7.6 percent, anti-Jewish incidents rose by about 9 percent, and incidents based on sexual orientation rose by about 3.5 percent during that time frame.   Before and after Trump's election, there were reports of hateful acts across the country. The Southern Poverty Law Center, drawing on news accounts, social media postings and direct reports, said it had tallied 201 incidents of election-related harassment and intimidation as of Friday. Last week, a Muslim student at San Diego State University reported that she was robbed by two men who made comments about Trump. Police believe she was targeted because she was wearing a hijab. The week before the election, a black church in Mississippi was burned and spray-painted with the words \"Vote Trump.\" During his campaign, Trump vowed to have law enforcement conduct surveillance at mosques and called for at least a temporary ban on Muslims immigrating to the United States, measures that he suggested might prevent terrorist attacks. Asked on \"60 Minutes\" about reports of supporters harassing Latinos and Muslims, he said: \"I am so saddened to hear that. And I say, 'Stop it.' \"   Notably, the data from 2015 does not show an increase in anti-Latino incidents from the year before. Still, advocates say Trump's rhetoric is at least partly to blame for the spike in other incidents.   \"I don't think there's any question at all that the Trump campaign contributed and contributed mightily to these numbers,\" said Mark Potok, senior fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center.   The data available is somewhat limited, analysts say, because law enforcement agencies provide numbers voluntarily to the FBI, and many did not report hate crimes. Bureau of Justice Statistics surveys show a far greater number of hate crimes than what is reported - hundreds of thousands each year.   The data largely confirms the findings of Brian Levin, a professor at California State University at San Bernardino, who wrote earlier this year about a surge in crimes against Muslims. In an interview Monday, Levin said he attributed the spike to three factors - anger after terrorist attacks like those in San Bernardino, Calif., and Paris; a generally elevated level of prejudice against Muslims; and \"the coalescence of a sociopolitical movement that labels Muslims as an enemy.\"   Levin said he found a spate of anti-Muslim incidents in the weeks immediately following the attacks in San Bernardino and Paris. After Paris, for example, a Florida man threatened violence at two mosques in two anti-Islamic diatribes.   But Levin said he did not expect that those would make 2015 an anomaly. Based on 2016 data in places such as Ohio, Texas, Delaware and New York, he estimated that anti-Muslim hate crimes are \"either at or above the levels of 2015.\"", "essay": "It makes me angry that people will attack or kill other people just because they have a different religion, race or sexuality. When will people learn that it is okay to be different. I can see how Trump's words give some people the idea that this is okay. Trump is part of the problem and not a part of the answer."}
{"user_id": "ec_p028", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 23 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 70000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 4.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 3.5 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 23, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 70000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 4.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 3.5, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Hate crimes against Muslims hit highest mark since 2001 \u2014  Hate crimes against Muslims spiked last year to their highest level in more than a decade - an increase experts and advocates say was fueled by anger over terrorist attacks and anti-Islam rhetoric on the campaign trail.   Law enforcement agencies across the country reported 257 anti-Islamic incidents in 2015, up nearly 67 percent from the year before, according to FBI data released Monday.   That is significant in its own right, but even more so in historical context. The last time the FBI saw more than 160 anti-Islamic incidents was in 2001, when it reported 481. That was the year that radical Islamist terrorists attacked the World Trade Center, killing thousands and sparking a wave of anti-Muslim incidents.   Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for Council on American-Islamic Relations, said that he believed that the anti-Muslim rhetoric that came out of the presidential campaign was to blame and that he feared there will be more hate crimes this year. \"Whenever you have one of the nation's leading public figures in the person of Donald Trump mainstreaming and empowering Islamophobia in the nation, it's the inevitable result,\" he said.   A Trump campaign spokeswoman did not immediately return an email seeking comment.   Hate crimes overall increased about 6.7 percent from 2014 to 2015, but that increase still left such incidents below what they were a decade earlier. Anti-black incidents rose by about 7.6 percent, anti-Jewish incidents rose by about 9 percent, and incidents based on sexual orientation rose by about 3.5 percent during that time frame.   Before and after Trump's election, there were reports of hateful acts across the country. The Southern Poverty Law Center, drawing on news accounts, social media postings and direct reports, said it had tallied 201 incidents of election-related harassment and intimidation as of Friday. Last week, a Muslim student at San Diego State University reported that she was robbed by two men who made comments about Trump. Police believe she was targeted because she was wearing a hijab. The week before the election, a black church in Mississippi was burned and spray-painted with the words \"Vote Trump.\" During his campaign, Trump vowed to have law enforcement conduct surveillance at mosques and called for at least a temporary ban on Muslims immigrating to the United States, measures that he suggested might prevent terrorist attacks. Asked on \"60 Minutes\" about reports of supporters harassing Latinos and Muslims, he said: \"I am so saddened to hear that. And I say, 'Stop it.' \"   Notably, the data from 2015 does not show an increase in anti-Latino incidents from the year before. Still, advocates say Trump's rhetoric is at least partly to blame for the spike in other incidents.   \"I don't think there's any question at all that the Trump campaign contributed and contributed mightily to these numbers,\" said Mark Potok, senior fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center.   The data available is somewhat limited, analysts say, because law enforcement agencies provide numbers voluntarily to the FBI, and many did not report hate crimes. Bureau of Justice Statistics surveys show a far greater number of hate crimes than what is reported - hundreds of thousands each year.   The data largely confirms the findings of Brian Levin, a professor at California State University at San Bernardino, who wrote earlier this year about a surge in crimes against Muslims. In an interview Monday, Levin said he attributed the spike to three factors - anger after terrorist attacks like those in San Bernardino, Calif., and Paris; a generally elevated level of prejudice against Muslims; and \"the coalescence of a sociopolitical movement that labels Muslims as an enemy.\"   Levin said he found a spate of anti-Muslim incidents in the weeks immediately following the attacks in San Bernardino and Paris. After Paris, for example, a Florida man threatened violence at two mosques in two anti-Islamic diatribes.   But Levin said he did not expect that those would make 2015 an anomaly. Based on 2016 data in places such as Ohio, Texas, Delaware and New York, he estimated that anti-Muslim hate crimes are \"either at or above the levels of 2015.\"", "essay": "You know with all of the issues recently within the country i had not even though about how bad it must been for Muslims living in america. When there is such a culture of racism and rudeness and hate being spewed left and right they are bound to be feeling it terribly. The fact that the number is rising this high is incredibly alarming and that people are only seeing race is awful."}
{"user_id": "ec_p058", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 34 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 68000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 5.5 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 34, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 68000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 5.5, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Hate crimes against Muslims hit highest mark since 2001 \u2014  Hate crimes against Muslims spiked last year to their highest level in more than a decade - an increase experts and advocates say was fueled by anger over terrorist attacks and anti-Islam rhetoric on the campaign trail.   Law enforcement agencies across the country reported 257 anti-Islamic incidents in 2015, up nearly 67 percent from the year before, according to FBI data released Monday.   That is significant in its own right, but even more so in historical context. The last time the FBI saw more than 160 anti-Islamic incidents was in 2001, when it reported 481. That was the year that radical Islamist terrorists attacked the World Trade Center, killing thousands and sparking a wave of anti-Muslim incidents.   Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for Council on American-Islamic Relations, said that he believed that the anti-Muslim rhetoric that came out of the presidential campaign was to blame and that he feared there will be more hate crimes this year. \"Whenever you have one of the nation's leading public figures in the person of Donald Trump mainstreaming and empowering Islamophobia in the nation, it's the inevitable result,\" he said.   A Trump campaign spokeswoman did not immediately return an email seeking comment.   Hate crimes overall increased about 6.7 percent from 2014 to 2015, but that increase still left such incidents below what they were a decade earlier. Anti-black incidents rose by about 7.6 percent, anti-Jewish incidents rose by about 9 percent, and incidents based on sexual orientation rose by about 3.5 percent during that time frame.   Before and after Trump's election, there were reports of hateful acts across the country. The Southern Poverty Law Center, drawing on news accounts, social media postings and direct reports, said it had tallied 201 incidents of election-related harassment and intimidation as of Friday. Last week, a Muslim student at San Diego State University reported that she was robbed by two men who made comments about Trump. Police believe she was targeted because she was wearing a hijab. The week before the election, a black church in Mississippi was burned and spray-painted with the words \"Vote Trump.\" During his campaign, Trump vowed to have law enforcement conduct surveillance at mosques and called for at least a temporary ban on Muslims immigrating to the United States, measures that he suggested might prevent terrorist attacks. Asked on \"60 Minutes\" about reports of supporters harassing Latinos and Muslims, he said: \"I am so saddened to hear that. And I say, 'Stop it.' \"   Notably, the data from 2015 does not show an increase in anti-Latino incidents from the year before. Still, advocates say Trump's rhetoric is at least partly to blame for the spike in other incidents.   \"I don't think there's any question at all that the Trump campaign contributed and contributed mightily to these numbers,\" said Mark Potok, senior fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center.   The data available is somewhat limited, analysts say, because law enforcement agencies provide numbers voluntarily to the FBI, and many did not report hate crimes. Bureau of Justice Statistics surveys show a far greater number of hate crimes than what is reported - hundreds of thousands each year.   The data largely confirms the findings of Brian Levin, a professor at California State University at San Bernardino, who wrote earlier this year about a surge in crimes against Muslims. In an interview Monday, Levin said he attributed the spike to three factors - anger after terrorist attacks like those in San Bernardino, Calif., and Paris; a generally elevated level of prejudice against Muslims; and \"the coalescence of a sociopolitical movement that labels Muslims as an enemy.\"   Levin said he found a spate of anti-Muslim incidents in the weeks immediately following the attacks in San Bernardino and Paris. After Paris, for example, a Florida man threatened violence at two mosques in two anti-Islamic diatribes.   But Levin said he did not expect that those would make 2015 an anomaly. Based on 2016 data in places such as Ohio, Texas, Delaware and New York, he estimated that anti-Muslim hate crimes are \"either at or above the levels of 2015.\"", "essay": "i cant believe stuff like this is going on. I mean you would think our society would be better by now. I feel like we as a society are getting worse in some ways, although in others we are improving, but still. What can be done? How can we improve? This is just par for the course at this point. I'm not even sure what to say about it."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Hate crimes against Muslims hit highest mark since 2001 \u2014  Hate crimes against Muslims spiked last year to their highest level in more than a decade - an increase experts and advocates say was fueled by anger over terrorist attacks and anti-Islam rhetoric on the campaign trail.   Law enforcement agencies across the country reported 257 anti-Islamic incidents in 2015, up nearly 67 percent from the year before, according to FBI data released Monday.   That is significant in its own right, but even more so in historical context. The last time the FBI saw more than 160 anti-Islamic incidents was in 2001, when it reported 481. That was the year that radical Islamist terrorists attacked the World Trade Center, killing thousands and sparking a wave of anti-Muslim incidents.   Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for Council on American-Islamic Relations, said that he believed that the anti-Muslim rhetoric that came out of the presidential campaign was to blame and that he feared there will be more hate crimes this year. \"Whenever you have one of the nation's leading public figures in the person of Donald Trump mainstreaming and empowering Islamophobia in the nation, it's the inevitable result,\" he said.   A Trump campaign spokeswoman did not immediately return an email seeking comment.   Hate crimes overall increased about 6.7 percent from 2014 to 2015, but that increase still left such incidents below what they were a decade earlier. Anti-black incidents rose by about 7.6 percent, anti-Jewish incidents rose by about 9 percent, and incidents based on sexual orientation rose by about 3.5 percent during that time frame.   Before and after Trump's election, there were reports of hateful acts across the country. The Southern Poverty Law Center, drawing on news accounts, social media postings and direct reports, said it had tallied 201 incidents of election-related harassment and intimidation as of Friday. Last week, a Muslim student at San Diego State University reported that she was robbed by two men who made comments about Trump. Police believe she was targeted because she was wearing a hijab. The week before the election, a black church in Mississippi was burned and spray-painted with the words \"Vote Trump.\" During his campaign, Trump vowed to have law enforcement conduct surveillance at mosques and called for at least a temporary ban on Muslims immigrating to the United States, measures that he suggested might prevent terrorist attacks. Asked on \"60 Minutes\" about reports of supporters harassing Latinos and Muslims, he said: \"I am so saddened to hear that. And I say, 'Stop it.' \"   Notably, the data from 2015 does not show an increase in anti-Latino incidents from the year before. Still, advocates say Trump's rhetoric is at least partly to blame for the spike in other incidents.   \"I don't think there's any question at all that the Trump campaign contributed and contributed mightily to these numbers,\" said Mark Potok, senior fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center.   The data available is somewhat limited, analysts say, because law enforcement agencies provide numbers voluntarily to the FBI, and many did not report hate crimes. Bureau of Justice Statistics surveys show a far greater number of hate crimes than what is reported - hundreds of thousands each year.   The data largely confirms the findings of Brian Levin, a professor at California State University at San Bernardino, who wrote earlier this year about a surge in crimes against Muslims. In an interview Monday, Levin said he attributed the spike to three factors - anger after terrorist attacks like those in San Bernardino, Calif., and Paris; a generally elevated level of prejudice against Muslims; and \"the coalescence of a sociopolitical movement that labels Muslims as an enemy.\"   Levin said he found a spate of anti-Muslim incidents in the weeks immediately following the attacks in San Bernardino and Paris. After Paris, for example, a Florida man threatened violence at two mosques in two anti-Islamic diatribes.   But Levin said he did not expect that those would make 2015 an anomaly. Based on 2016 data in places such as Ohio, Texas, Delaware and New York, he estimated that anti-Muslim hate crimes are \"either at or above the levels of 2015.\"", "essay": "I think its wrong for people to be attacked just because of a select few that make a religion look bad. There are also some bad christians out there and we dont base our whole view on things based on the fact that they were christian. We must learn to differentiate between the two to be honest it makes the most sense."}
{"user_id": "ec_p064", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 55000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 55000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Venezuelan children fainting in school because they are hungry \u2014  Klaireth D\u00edaz is a 1st-grade teacher at El\u00edas Toro School, one of the biggest public schools in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela.   Last year, she says, attendance was painfully low. Every day, of a class of 30 children at least 10 would be absent.   \u201cThe reason was always lack of food,\u201d she told Fox News Latino.   She said she had a student who skipped class every single Thursday and when she asked his mother about it, she explained that Thursday was the day of the week assigned to her family to buy food at government-regulated prices \u2013 which involves standing in line starting sometimes as early as 3 a.m.   \u201cShe told me she couldn\u2019t leave the child alone at home and didn\u2019t have anybody to bring him to school,\u201d D\u00edaz said.   Diaz also once saw a child faint during a cultural event. Across the country, teachers have said they have seen children faint or fall asleep because they haven't had enough to eat.   \u201cWhen he came to he told me that he had only eaten an arepa (cornbread) at 10 a.m. It was 3 p.m.,\u201d she said.   As the school year progressed last year, Diaz said, she noticed more and more kids had stopped bringing lunch.   \u201cAt the beginning of the school year every children bring their lunch. At the end they didn\u2019t. They said their mom didn\u2019t have money to buy food,\u201d she said.   El\u00edas Toro School used to provide lunch through a feeding program, but it stopped years ago.   According to Miguel Pizarro, a lawmaker from the opposition, the government spends barely 5 bolivars per meal in public schools -- 5 bolivars are $0.007 at the official rate.   \u201cA child who does not eat well does not learn well. Some children fall asleep and when you investigate what\u2019s going on you find out it is because they don\u2019t eat. When we see that a child does not bring lunch we have them share; we handle the situation so that they do not feel affected,\u201d Diaz said. \u201cChildren are supportive in that regard.\u201d   Congressman Pizarro called out the government of Nicolas Maduro for spending millions of dollars on weapons, not food. \u201cInstead of fighting invented wars, we must fight hunger. With less than 2 percent of the national budget we could ensure that no schoolchild goes to bed on an empty stomach,\u201d he wrote on Twitter.   According to a poll conducted last month by More Consulting among 2,000 respondents in Caracas, in 48 percent of the times children do not attend school, the cause is related to the food. Either they are feeling too weak for lack of nutrition, or their parents rather use the transport money to buy food, or they are in the food lines with their parents.   The poll revealed that 36.5 percent of children eat only twice a day and 10.2 percent just once. For 11.9 percent of the children, which means 964,737 kids, the 5-bolivars school lunch is their only meal of the day.   While currently almost 30 percent of people surveyed said their children attended private school, 17.5 percent of them stated they were going to change them to a public school.   Five percent of the parents surveyed were considering taking their children out of school altogether.   Additionally, a vast majority of public school are facing the new academic years with infrastructure problems. Carmen Teresa Marquez, secretary of Venezuelan Federation of Teachers, said that in many schools computers and desks were stolen during the summer period.   \u201cThat adds up to the fact that school supplies are impossible to pay for. People have to decide between buying a notebook or buy food,\u201d M\u00e1rquez told Fox News Latino.   The tag price for a list of supplies for a child from elementary school comes up to 111,577.33 bolivars ($17.7, and almost five times the monthly minimum wage), according to the Center for Documentation and Analysis for Workers.", "essay": "It is shocking that these poor children are starving because the government cares more about spending money on the military for weapons than food for its people. No child should even know what hunger feels like, the only thing they should be focusing on is playing with their friends and school. What a shame for these poor kids. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Venezuelan children fainting in school because they are hungry \u2014  Klaireth D\u00edaz is a 1st-grade teacher at El\u00edas Toro School, one of the biggest public schools in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela.   Last year, she says, attendance was painfully low. Every day, of a class of 30 children at least 10 would be absent.   \u201cThe reason was always lack of food,\u201d she told Fox News Latino.   She said she had a student who skipped class every single Thursday and when she asked his mother about it, she explained that Thursday was the day of the week assigned to her family to buy food at government-regulated prices \u2013 which involves standing in line starting sometimes as early as 3 a.m.   \u201cShe told me she couldn\u2019t leave the child alone at home and didn\u2019t have anybody to bring him to school,\u201d D\u00edaz said.   Diaz also once saw a child faint during a cultural event. Across the country, teachers have said they have seen children faint or fall asleep because they haven't had enough to eat.   \u201cWhen he came to he told me that he had only eaten an arepa (cornbread) at 10 a.m. It was 3 p.m.,\u201d she said.   As the school year progressed last year, Diaz said, she noticed more and more kids had stopped bringing lunch.   \u201cAt the beginning of the school year every children bring their lunch. At the end they didn\u2019t. They said their mom didn\u2019t have money to buy food,\u201d she said.   El\u00edas Toro School used to provide lunch through a feeding program, but it stopped years ago.   According to Miguel Pizarro, a lawmaker from the opposition, the government spends barely 5 bolivars per meal in public schools -- 5 bolivars are $0.007 at the official rate.   \u201cA child who does not eat well does not learn well. Some children fall asleep and when you investigate what\u2019s going on you find out it is because they don\u2019t eat. When we see that a child does not bring lunch we have them share; we handle the situation so that they do not feel affected,\u201d Diaz said. \u201cChildren are supportive in that regard.\u201d   Congressman Pizarro called out the government of Nicolas Maduro for spending millions of dollars on weapons, not food. \u201cInstead of fighting invented wars, we must fight hunger. With less than 2 percent of the national budget we could ensure that no schoolchild goes to bed on an empty stomach,\u201d he wrote on Twitter.   According to a poll conducted last month by More Consulting among 2,000 respondents in Caracas, in 48 percent of the times children do not attend school, the cause is related to the food. Either they are feeling too weak for lack of nutrition, or their parents rather use the transport money to buy food, or they are in the food lines with their parents.   The poll revealed that 36.5 percent of children eat only twice a day and 10.2 percent just once. For 11.9 percent of the children, which means 964,737 kids, the 5-bolivars school lunch is their only meal of the day.   While currently almost 30 percent of people surveyed said their children attended private school, 17.5 percent of them stated they were going to change them to a public school.   Five percent of the parents surveyed were considering taking their children out of school altogether.   Additionally, a vast majority of public school are facing the new academic years with infrastructure problems. Carmen Teresa Marquez, secretary of Venezuelan Federation of Teachers, said that in many schools computers and desks were stolen during the summer period.   \u201cThat adds up to the fact that school supplies are impossible to pay for. People have to decide between buying a notebook or buy food,\u201d M\u00e1rquez told Fox News Latino.   The tag price for a list of supplies for a child from elementary school comes up to 111,577.33 bolivars ($17.7, and almost five times the monthly minimum wage), according to the Center for Documentation and Analysis for Workers.", "essay": "I feel very sorry for the children and there families. Eating is one of the basic needs of survival and it looks like there families are trying, but they just can not afford to pay for food. Seeing that supplies for school cost five times the monthly wage was outrageous. I see the situation getting worse before it gets better."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Venezuelan children fainting in school because they are hungry \u2014  Klaireth D\u00edaz is a 1st-grade teacher at El\u00edas Toro School, one of the biggest public schools in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela.   Last year, she says, attendance was painfully low. Every day, of a class of 30 children at least 10 would be absent.   \u201cThe reason was always lack of food,\u201d she told Fox News Latino.   She said she had a student who skipped class every single Thursday and when she asked his mother about it, she explained that Thursday was the day of the week assigned to her family to buy food at government-regulated prices \u2013 which involves standing in line starting sometimes as early as 3 a.m.   \u201cShe told me she couldn\u2019t leave the child alone at home and didn\u2019t have anybody to bring him to school,\u201d D\u00edaz said.   Diaz also once saw a child faint during a cultural event. Across the country, teachers have said they have seen children faint or fall asleep because they haven't had enough to eat.   \u201cWhen he came to he told me that he had only eaten an arepa (cornbread) at 10 a.m. It was 3 p.m.,\u201d she said.   As the school year progressed last year, Diaz said, she noticed more and more kids had stopped bringing lunch.   \u201cAt the beginning of the school year every children bring their lunch. At the end they didn\u2019t. They said their mom didn\u2019t have money to buy food,\u201d she said.   El\u00edas Toro School used to provide lunch through a feeding program, but it stopped years ago.   According to Miguel Pizarro, a lawmaker from the opposition, the government spends barely 5 bolivars per meal in public schools -- 5 bolivars are $0.007 at the official rate.   \u201cA child who does not eat well does not learn well. Some children fall asleep and when you investigate what\u2019s going on you find out it is because they don\u2019t eat. When we see that a child does not bring lunch we have them share; we handle the situation so that they do not feel affected,\u201d Diaz said. \u201cChildren are supportive in that regard.\u201d   Congressman Pizarro called out the government of Nicolas Maduro for spending millions of dollars on weapons, not food. \u201cInstead of fighting invented wars, we must fight hunger. With less than 2 percent of the national budget we could ensure that no schoolchild goes to bed on an empty stomach,\u201d he wrote on Twitter.   According to a poll conducted last month by More Consulting among 2,000 respondents in Caracas, in 48 percent of the times children do not attend school, the cause is related to the food. Either they are feeling too weak for lack of nutrition, or their parents rather use the transport money to buy food, or they are in the food lines with their parents.   The poll revealed that 36.5 percent of children eat only twice a day and 10.2 percent just once. For 11.9 percent of the children, which means 964,737 kids, the 5-bolivars school lunch is their only meal of the day.   While currently almost 30 percent of people surveyed said their children attended private school, 17.5 percent of them stated they were going to change them to a public school.   Five percent of the parents surveyed were considering taking their children out of school altogether.   Additionally, a vast majority of public school are facing the new academic years with infrastructure problems. Carmen Teresa Marquez, secretary of Venezuelan Federation of Teachers, said that in many schools computers and desks were stolen during the summer period.   \u201cThat adds up to the fact that school supplies are impossible to pay for. People have to decide between buying a notebook or buy food,\u201d M\u00e1rquez told Fox News Latino.   The tag price for a list of supplies for a child from elementary school comes up to 111,577.33 bolivars ($17.7, and almost five times the monthly minimum wage), according to the Center for Documentation and Analysis for Workers.", "essay": "Being a parent of young children this story hits me hard. I do not know what I would do if my children could not eat at home or at school. The country has a lot of work to do to get is people the basic things that they need. I feel like government stealing is partly to blame because the county has a lot of oil but the people are not benefiting from it."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Venezuelan children fainting in school because they are hungry \u2014  Klaireth D\u00edaz is a 1st-grade teacher at El\u00edas Toro School, one of the biggest public schools in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela.   Last year, she says, attendance was painfully low. Every day, of a class of 30 children at least 10 would be absent.   \u201cThe reason was always lack of food,\u201d she told Fox News Latino.   She said she had a student who skipped class every single Thursday and when she asked his mother about it, she explained that Thursday was the day of the week assigned to her family to buy food at government-regulated prices \u2013 which involves standing in line starting sometimes as early as 3 a.m.   \u201cShe told me she couldn\u2019t leave the child alone at home and didn\u2019t have anybody to bring him to school,\u201d D\u00edaz said.   Diaz also once saw a child faint during a cultural event. Across the country, teachers have said they have seen children faint or fall asleep because they haven't had enough to eat.   \u201cWhen he came to he told me that he had only eaten an arepa (cornbread) at 10 a.m. It was 3 p.m.,\u201d she said.   As the school year progressed last year, Diaz said, she noticed more and more kids had stopped bringing lunch.   \u201cAt the beginning of the school year every children bring their lunch. At the end they didn\u2019t. They said their mom didn\u2019t have money to buy food,\u201d she said.   El\u00edas Toro School used to provide lunch through a feeding program, but it stopped years ago.   According to Miguel Pizarro, a lawmaker from the opposition, the government spends barely 5 bolivars per meal in public schools -- 5 bolivars are $0.007 at the official rate.   \u201cA child who does not eat well does not learn well. Some children fall asleep and when you investigate what\u2019s going on you find out it is because they don\u2019t eat. When we see that a child does not bring lunch we have them share; we handle the situation so that they do not feel affected,\u201d Diaz said. \u201cChildren are supportive in that regard.\u201d   Congressman Pizarro called out the government of Nicolas Maduro for spending millions of dollars on weapons, not food. \u201cInstead of fighting invented wars, we must fight hunger. With less than 2 percent of the national budget we could ensure that no schoolchild goes to bed on an empty stomach,\u201d he wrote on Twitter.   According to a poll conducted last month by More Consulting among 2,000 respondents in Caracas, in 48 percent of the times children do not attend school, the cause is related to the food. Either they are feeling too weak for lack of nutrition, or their parents rather use the transport money to buy food, or they are in the food lines with their parents.   The poll revealed that 36.5 percent of children eat only twice a day and 10.2 percent just once. For 11.9 percent of the children, which means 964,737 kids, the 5-bolivars school lunch is their only meal of the day.   While currently almost 30 percent of people surveyed said their children attended private school, 17.5 percent of them stated they were going to change them to a public school.   Five percent of the parents surveyed were considering taking their children out of school altogether.   Additionally, a vast majority of public school are facing the new academic years with infrastructure problems. Carmen Teresa Marquez, secretary of Venezuelan Federation of Teachers, said that in many schools computers and desks were stolen during the summer period.   \u201cThat adds up to the fact that school supplies are impossible to pay for. People have to decide between buying a notebook or buy food,\u201d M\u00e1rquez told Fox News Latino.   The tag price for a list of supplies for a child from elementary school comes up to 111,577.33 bolivars ($17.7, and almost five times the monthly minimum wage), according to the Center for Documentation and Analysis for Workers.", "essay": "What a sad situation for these children.  Such innocent victims.  No child should have to go without food, and this is really sad for all those involved.  I'm sure the parents feel terrible too for not being able to feed their children.  I know Venezuela has some huge economic crises going on, but they really need to get a grip on their situation or their people will not make it.  The country is a great example of why a dictatorship does not work.  Democracy really is best.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Venezuelan children fainting in school because they are hungry \u2014  Klaireth D\u00edaz is a 1st-grade teacher at El\u00edas Toro School, one of the biggest public schools in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela.   Last year, she says, attendance was painfully low. Every day, of a class of 30 children at least 10 would be absent.   \u201cThe reason was always lack of food,\u201d she told Fox News Latino.   She said she had a student who skipped class every single Thursday and when she asked his mother about it, she explained that Thursday was the day of the week assigned to her family to buy food at government-regulated prices \u2013 which involves standing in line starting sometimes as early as 3 a.m.   \u201cShe told me she couldn\u2019t leave the child alone at home and didn\u2019t have anybody to bring him to school,\u201d D\u00edaz said.   Diaz also once saw a child faint during a cultural event. Across the country, teachers have said they have seen children faint or fall asleep because they haven't had enough to eat.   \u201cWhen he came to he told me that he had only eaten an arepa (cornbread) at 10 a.m. It was 3 p.m.,\u201d she said.   As the school year progressed last year, Diaz said, she noticed more and more kids had stopped bringing lunch.   \u201cAt the beginning of the school year every children bring their lunch. At the end they didn\u2019t. They said their mom didn\u2019t have money to buy food,\u201d she said.   El\u00edas Toro School used to provide lunch through a feeding program, but it stopped years ago.   According to Miguel Pizarro, a lawmaker from the opposition, the government spends barely 5 bolivars per meal in public schools -- 5 bolivars are $0.007 at the official rate.   \u201cA child who does not eat well does not learn well. Some children fall asleep and when you investigate what\u2019s going on you find out it is because they don\u2019t eat. When we see that a child does not bring lunch we have them share; we handle the situation so that they do not feel affected,\u201d Diaz said. \u201cChildren are supportive in that regard.\u201d   Congressman Pizarro called out the government of Nicolas Maduro for spending millions of dollars on weapons, not food. \u201cInstead of fighting invented wars, we must fight hunger. With less than 2 percent of the national budget we could ensure that no schoolchild goes to bed on an empty stomach,\u201d he wrote on Twitter.   According to a poll conducted last month by More Consulting among 2,000 respondents in Caracas, in 48 percent of the times children do not attend school, the cause is related to the food. Either they are feeling too weak for lack of nutrition, or their parents rather use the transport money to buy food, or they are in the food lines with their parents.   The poll revealed that 36.5 percent of children eat only twice a day and 10.2 percent just once. For 11.9 percent of the children, which means 964,737 kids, the 5-bolivars school lunch is their only meal of the day.   While currently almost 30 percent of people surveyed said their children attended private school, 17.5 percent of them stated they were going to change them to a public school.   Five percent of the parents surveyed were considering taking their children out of school altogether.   Additionally, a vast majority of public school are facing the new academic years with infrastructure problems. Carmen Teresa Marquez, secretary of Venezuelan Federation of Teachers, said that in many schools computers and desks were stolen during the summer period.   \u201cThat adds up to the fact that school supplies are impossible to pay for. People have to decide between buying a notebook or buy food,\u201d M\u00e1rquez told Fox News Latino.   The tag price for a list of supplies for a child from elementary school comes up to 111,577.33 bolivars ($17.7, and almost five times the monthly minimum wage), according to the Center for Documentation and Analysis for Workers.", "essay": "I will always feel so bad for children because they can not help themselves.Food is such a fundamental need in life that children cant be expected to excelif they are hungry during school. It is so sad that people need to keep children home just to line up to get food. They also cant afford to send them lunch and the government isnt stepping in to help which would be a good investment as they are the future of there society.Someone needs to step in send aid as teachers can only do so much they need to demand others to help out. Kids can not help themselves so they need others to step in and step up to help."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Man kills two sons, himself, police say \u2014  A man shot his two young sons and then killed himself in an apparent murder-suicide on Saturday, police said.   The father, identified as Christopher Cadenbach, said St. Louis County Police Department's Deputy Chief Kenneth Cox. He was wanted for domestic violence in Franklin County, Missouri, Cox said. As a result, the St. Louis County police had been looking for him. On Saturday afternoon, Cadenbach, 43, visited his mother and his two children. Amber Alert leads police to dad His mother became worried after hearing him say that he wasn't going to be taken alive, Cox said. She alerted police, who then issued an Amber Alert for his two abducted sons, Ethan, 5, and Owen, 4. Later that evening, a park ranger spotted a 2006 Ford Focus matching the Amber Alert description in a local park and alerted police. As soon as the officers arrived, shots rang out, Cox said. \"He was apparently shooting his children. We tried to engage him and it appears he took his own life.\"", "essay": "I have no clue what would make a father kill his own children. I feel very sorry for the two boys. It must be very fearful to around an irrational person especially that person being your own father. I do not want anybody to kill themselves, but if you feel that way take your own life and let other people live theirs. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Man kills two sons, himself, police say \u2014  A man shot his two young sons and then killed himself in an apparent murder-suicide on Saturday, police said.   The father, identified as Christopher Cadenbach, said St. Louis County Police Department's Deputy Chief Kenneth Cox. He was wanted for domestic violence in Franklin County, Missouri, Cox said. As a result, the St. Louis County police had been looking for him. On Saturday afternoon, Cadenbach, 43, visited his mother and his two children. Amber Alert leads police to dad His mother became worried after hearing him say that he wasn't going to be taken alive, Cox said. She alerted police, who then issued an Amber Alert for his two abducted sons, Ethan, 5, and Owen, 4. Later that evening, a park ranger spotted a 2006 Ford Focus matching the Amber Alert description in a local park and alerted police. As soon as the officers arrived, shots rang out, Cox said. \"He was apparently shooting his children. We tried to engage him and it appears he took his own life.\"", "essay": "After reading the article, my first reaction was anger. I just couldn't believe that any man would be able to take the lives of his own children. It felt really wrong and that man is very messed up in the head. I was also starting to think that maybe the man just had some sort of mental illness that was very severe. The man could also have been under the influence of drugs."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Man kills two sons, himself, police say \u2014  A man shot his two young sons and then killed himself in an apparent murder-suicide on Saturday, police said.   The father, identified as Christopher Cadenbach, said St. Louis County Police Department's Deputy Chief Kenneth Cox. He was wanted for domestic violence in Franklin County, Missouri, Cox said. As a result, the St. Louis County police had been looking for him. On Saturday afternoon, Cadenbach, 43, visited his mother and his two children. Amber Alert leads police to dad His mother became worried after hearing him say that he wasn't going to be taken alive, Cox said. She alerted police, who then issued an Amber Alert for his two abducted sons, Ethan, 5, and Owen, 4. Later that evening, a park ranger spotted a 2006 Ford Focus matching the Amber Alert description in a local park and alerted police. As soon as the officers arrived, shots rang out, Cox said. \"He was apparently shooting his children. We tried to engage him and it appears he took his own life.\"", "essay": "This is a highly disturbing story.  How could this man feel the need to harm his own children?  If we wanted to take his own life, fine, but why the children?  It is obvious he had some serious issues since there was a pending domestic violence charge, so there is clearly more to this story.  But either way, I find it very sad for the kids who lost their lives for no reason.  And what about the rest of the family?  Where was the mother in this story?  How grieved she must be.  The whole thing was very very sad."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Man kills two sons, himself, police say \u2014  A man shot his two young sons and then killed himself in an apparent murder-suicide on Saturday, police said.   The father, identified as Christopher Cadenbach, said St. Louis County Police Department's Deputy Chief Kenneth Cox. He was wanted for domestic violence in Franklin County, Missouri, Cox said. As a result, the St. Louis County police had been looking for him. On Saturday afternoon, Cadenbach, 43, visited his mother and his two children. Amber Alert leads police to dad His mother became worried after hearing him say that he wasn't going to be taken alive, Cox said. She alerted police, who then issued an Amber Alert for his two abducted sons, Ethan, 5, and Owen, 4. Later that evening, a park ranger spotted a 2006 Ford Focus matching the Amber Alert description in a local park and alerted police. As soon as the officers arrived, shots rang out, Cox said. \"He was apparently shooting his children. We tried to engage him and it appears he took his own life.\"", "essay": "I think this man must of been going through quite a bit of problems in his life to do this! I feel like when someone does this we must check and see what was the cause. We don't know the full details of the story yet. I think we must first realize what happened clearly and why it happened to see the truth there."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Man kills two sons, himself, police say \u2014  A man shot his two young sons and then killed himself in an apparent murder-suicide on Saturday, police said.   The father, identified as Christopher Cadenbach, said St. Louis County Police Department's Deputy Chief Kenneth Cox. He was wanted for domestic violence in Franklin County, Missouri, Cox said. As a result, the St. Louis County police had been looking for him. On Saturday afternoon, Cadenbach, 43, visited his mother and his two children. Amber Alert leads police to dad His mother became worried after hearing him say that he wasn't going to be taken alive, Cox said. She alerted police, who then issued an Amber Alert for his two abducted sons, Ethan, 5, and Owen, 4. Later that evening, a park ranger spotted a 2006 Ford Focus matching the Amber Alert description in a local park and alerted police. As soon as the officers arrived, shots rang out, Cox said. \"He was apparently shooting his children. We tried to engage him and it appears he took his own life.\"", "essay": "After reading the article , my first reaction was that i was really disturbed by what i read. I just couldn't believe that anyone would be able to kill their own children. It also made me feel really bad for the mother because i can't even imagine what i would do if this were to happen to my family. I felt bad for the children as we ll because they didn't deserve it."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "BREAKING NEWS: Angry Villagers Attack Anti-Poaching Unit Rangers In Mozambique \u2014  Three anti-poaching rangers, two South Africans and a Mozambican, were hospitalized after being beaten by villagers after they apprehended a a poacher.   Sean van Niekerk, of Limpopo, and two colleagues were whipped, stabbed and pelted with rocks by a mob in a small Mozambican town near South Africa\u2019s Komatipoort border.   Van Niekerk, 25, was discharged from Nelspruit Medi-Clinic on Thursday, where he was treated for a minor skull fracture, stab wounds and injuries to his face and back. He said it would not stop him returning to the field to help save wildlife. Van Niekerk said they were called last weekend to assist a ranger who had caught a poacher near Sabi river.   \u201cMy colleagues and I, with four Mozambican police officers, were transporting the poacher to the station, which was about 30km away, when he escaped from the vehicle. I chased after the poacher and caught him. I handed him back to the police officer. Suddenly, a mob from the community started moving towards us,\u201d said Van Niekerk. The police officers who were with them ran away.   \u201cWe, the rangers, were the targets. I called for help. We were boxed in. We had no weapons so we had to fight back to stay alive until the helicopter arrived. We were hit by about 10 people, who were armed with blunt machetes. I was stabbed with a bottle, stoned and whipped,\u201d he said.   He said it was only when the helicopter arrived that the mob backed off.   Would you please kindly share this and make it go viral, so the incompetent, corrupt police officers are exposed. Thank you.", "essay": "I feel really bad for the rangers, who were just doing their job and were treated unmercifully by the villagers.  And unfortunately they didn't get any help from the police officers, who ran away.  What a horribly frightening experience that must have been.  On the other hand, the article is also confusing for me.  Why were the villagers so upset?  Do they earn their livings from poaching? Were they confused about what was going on?  Also, who called for the helicopter?  And how did the rangers survive if they were really confronted by all those villagers with weapons.  If the story is real then it's frightening and disturbing.  But there seems to be a lot of missing information."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "BREAKING NEWS: Angry Villagers Attack Anti-Poaching Unit Rangers In Mozambique \u2014  Three anti-poaching rangers, two South Africans and a Mozambican, were hospitalized after being beaten by villagers after they apprehended a a poacher.   Sean van Niekerk, of Limpopo, and two colleagues were whipped, stabbed and pelted with rocks by a mob in a small Mozambican town near South Africa\u2019s Komatipoort border.   Van Niekerk, 25, was discharged from Nelspruit Medi-Clinic on Thursday, where he was treated for a minor skull fracture, stab wounds and injuries to his face and back. He said it would not stop him returning to the field to help save wildlife. Van Niekerk said they were called last weekend to assist a ranger who had caught a poacher near Sabi river.   \u201cMy colleagues and I, with four Mozambican police officers, were transporting the poacher to the station, which was about 30km away, when he escaped from the vehicle. I chased after the poacher and caught him. I handed him back to the police officer. Suddenly, a mob from the community started moving towards us,\u201d said Van Niekerk. The police officers who were with them ran away.   \u201cWe, the rangers, were the targets. I called for help. We were boxed in. We had no weapons so we had to fight back to stay alive until the helicopter arrived. We were hit by about 10 people, who were armed with blunt machetes. I was stabbed with a bottle, stoned and whipped,\u201d he said.   He said it was only when the helicopter arrived that the mob backed off.   Would you please kindly share this and make it go viral, so the incompetent, corrupt police officers are exposed. Thank you.", "essay": "I feel like something must be done about these poachers. Not only do they oppose the fact that poaching is wrong but they attack people that try and defend these animals. It is just wrong and I am fed up with  it. There must surely be more moral than immoral people in this world and we must act now to save these animals."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "BREAKING NEWS: Angry Villagers Attack Anti-Poaching Unit Rangers In Mozambique \u2014  Three anti-poaching rangers, two South Africans and a Mozambican, were hospitalized after being beaten by villagers after they apprehended a a poacher.   Sean van Niekerk, of Limpopo, and two colleagues were whipped, stabbed and pelted with rocks by a mob in a small Mozambican town near South Africa\u2019s Komatipoort border.   Van Niekerk, 25, was discharged from Nelspruit Medi-Clinic on Thursday, where he was treated for a minor skull fracture, stab wounds and injuries to his face and back. He said it would not stop him returning to the field to help save wildlife. Van Niekerk said they were called last weekend to assist a ranger who had caught a poacher near Sabi river.   \u201cMy colleagues and I, with four Mozambican police officers, were transporting the poacher to the station, which was about 30km away, when he escaped from the vehicle. I chased after the poacher and caught him. I handed him back to the police officer. Suddenly, a mob from the community started moving towards us,\u201d said Van Niekerk. The police officers who were with them ran away.   \u201cWe, the rangers, were the targets. I called for help. We were boxed in. We had no weapons so we had to fight back to stay alive until the helicopter arrived. We were hit by about 10 people, who were armed with blunt machetes. I was stabbed with a bottle, stoned and whipped,\u201d he said.   He said it was only when the helicopter arrived that the mob backed off.   Would you please kindly share this and make it go viral, so the incompetent, corrupt police officers are exposed. Thank you.", "essay": "I found this story quite distressing.  It was actually surprising to me that the mob attacked anti-poaching rangers.  But I guess they support poaching in that area?  Perhaps it is important to their economy?  Anyway, it is always distressing to me to read about angry mobs attacking officials who are just trying to do their job and do something positive for the community or for society.  This is an example of that and it is very distressing.  Really, what is wrong with people?"}
{"user_id": "ec_p009", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 29 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 44000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 29, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 44000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "BREAKING NEWS: Angry Villagers Attack Anti-Poaching Unit Rangers In Mozambique \u2014  Three anti-poaching rangers, two South Africans and a Mozambican, were hospitalized after being beaten by villagers after they apprehended a a poacher.   Sean van Niekerk, of Limpopo, and two colleagues were whipped, stabbed and pelted with rocks by a mob in a small Mozambican town near South Africa\u2019s Komatipoort border.   Van Niekerk, 25, was discharged from Nelspruit Medi-Clinic on Thursday, where he was treated for a minor skull fracture, stab wounds and injuries to his face and back. He said it would not stop him returning to the field to help save wildlife. Van Niekerk said they were called last weekend to assist a ranger who had caught a poacher near Sabi river.   \u201cMy colleagues and I, with four Mozambican police officers, were transporting the poacher to the station, which was about 30km away, when he escaped from the vehicle. I chased after the poacher and caught him. I handed him back to the police officer. Suddenly, a mob from the community started moving towards us,\u201d said Van Niekerk. The police officers who were with them ran away.   \u201cWe, the rangers, were the targets. I called for help. We were boxed in. We had no weapons so we had to fight back to stay alive until the helicopter arrived. We were hit by about 10 people, who were armed with blunt machetes. I was stabbed with a bottle, stoned and whipped,\u201d he said.   He said it was only when the helicopter arrived that the mob backed off.   Would you please kindly share this and make it go viral, so the incompetent, corrupt police officers are exposed. Thank you.", "essay": "Dear friend,                                                                                    I am writing to let you know about an article that I just finished reading. Some anti-poaching rangers were captured by a poacher and attacked by the locals of the village. I feel bad for them, they were just trying to protect the animals."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "BREAKING NEWS: Angry Villagers Attack Anti-Poaching Unit Rangers In Mozambique \u2014  Three anti-poaching rangers, two South Africans and a Mozambican, were hospitalized after being beaten by villagers after they apprehended a a poacher.   Sean van Niekerk, of Limpopo, and two colleagues were whipped, stabbed and pelted with rocks by a mob in a small Mozambican town near South Africa\u2019s Komatipoort border.   Van Niekerk, 25, was discharged from Nelspruit Medi-Clinic on Thursday, where he was treated for a minor skull fracture, stab wounds and injuries to his face and back. He said it would not stop him returning to the field to help save wildlife. Van Niekerk said they were called last weekend to assist a ranger who had caught a poacher near Sabi river.   \u201cMy colleagues and I, with four Mozambican police officers, were transporting the poacher to the station, which was about 30km away, when he escaped from the vehicle. I chased after the poacher and caught him. I handed him back to the police officer. Suddenly, a mob from the community started moving towards us,\u201d said Van Niekerk. The police officers who were with them ran away.   \u201cWe, the rangers, were the targets. I called for help. We were boxed in. We had no weapons so we had to fight back to stay alive until the helicopter arrived. We were hit by about 10 people, who were armed with blunt machetes. I was stabbed with a bottle, stoned and whipped,\u201d he said.   He said it was only when the helicopter arrived that the mob backed off.   Would you please kindly share this and make it go viral, so the incompetent, corrupt police officers are exposed. Thank you.", "essay": "The fact that these villagers are placing money they receive from these poachers in order to side with them and attack anti poachers unit of rangers is pathetic. It shows that money really is the root of all evil! I can not believe it to be honest! It makes my blood boil that people do not care for these animals being hurt for profit."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Operation killed Afghan civilians, US military says \u2014  The US military acknowledged Saturday that civilians were likely killed in a joint Afghan-US operation in the northern district of Kunduz Thursday.   Besides the 30 civilians, two US service members were killed in the operation that targeted Taliban leaders planning additional attacks in Kunduz city. \"I deeply regret the loss of innocent lives, regardless of the circumstances,\" Gen. John W. Nicholson, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, said in a statement Saturday. \"The loss of innocent life is a tragedy and our thoughts are with the families. We will work with our Afghan partners to investigate and determine the facts and we will work with the government of Afghanistan to provide assistance.\" Afghan forces, advised by the US military, conducted the operation Thursday in the village of Boz in Kunduz district, the statement said. It targeted Taliban leaders planning attacks in the city of Kunduz. \"During the course of the operation, friendly forces encountered significant enemy fire from multiple locations and defended themselves with ground fire and US air-to-ground engagements,\" the US military statement said. \"Initial reports indicate that several Taliban leaders and Taliban members were killed in the engagement.\" Civilians, troops killed At least 30 Afghan civilians were killed and 25 others injured in an air-and-ground operation launched in an area known as Bohd Qhandahari, said Sayed Mahmood Danish, a Kunduz provincial spokesman. Four members of Afghan special forces were also killed and six others injured, Danish said. Twenty-six insurgents were killed and 10 others were wounded, he added. The Pentagon identified the dead US service members as Capt. Andrew D. Byers, 30, of Rolesville, North Carolina, and Sgt. 1st Class Ryan A. Gloyer, 34, of Greenville, Pennsylvania. They were assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson, Colorado. The troops came under fire during what the US military said this week was a mission to train, advise and assist its Afghan partners in clearing a Taliban position and disrupting the organization's operations in Kunduz district. \"On behalf of all of US Forces-Afghanistan, today's loss is heartbreaking and we offer our deepest condolences to the families and friends of our service members who lost their lives today,\" Nicholson said in a statement Thursday. US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said he was saddened by the casualties. \"Our service members were doing their part to help the Afghans secure their own country while protecting our homeland from those who would do us harm,\" he said in a statement. \"We will honor their sacrifice by finishing our important mission in Afghanistan.\" Taliban attack The deaths occurred on the same day that a Taliban mortar attack killed at least seven people attending a wedding party in Faryab province in northern Afghanistan, provincial police spokesman Kareem Youresh said. At least 13 people were wounded. In April, the Pentagon announced that 16 military personnel would be disciplined over a fatal US strike on a Kunduz hospital in October 2015. But the military maintained the strike was not a war crime because it resulted from unintentional human error and equipment failure. The Pentagon said some personnel involved in the bombing of the Doctors Without Borders hospital \"failed to comply with the rules of engagement and the law of armed conflict.\"", "essay": "I hate hearing about American troop deaths.  I feel sad for the Captain and First Sergeant who died.  Those are experienced and high-ranking people.  I don't feel as sympathetic for the civilians who died.  I believe strongly that if you're going to fight a war, you fight it hard and collateral damage is expected.  We won WWII by leveling Germany and nuking Japan.  You can't try to isolate the bad guys and kill only them.  It doesn't work that way.  Killing civilians may seem harsh but it ends wars.  When you just try to fight the insurgents or guerillas, wars don't get won.  They just keep going.  And that doesn't accomplish anything but more death."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Operation killed Afghan civilians, US military says \u2014  The US military acknowledged Saturday that civilians were likely killed in a joint Afghan-US operation in the northern district of Kunduz Thursday.   Besides the 30 civilians, two US service members were killed in the operation that targeted Taliban leaders planning additional attacks in Kunduz city. \"I deeply regret the loss of innocent lives, regardless of the circumstances,\" Gen. John W. Nicholson, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, said in a statement Saturday. \"The loss of innocent life is a tragedy and our thoughts are with the families. We will work with our Afghan partners to investigate and determine the facts and we will work with the government of Afghanistan to provide assistance.\" Afghan forces, advised by the US military, conducted the operation Thursday in the village of Boz in Kunduz district, the statement said. It targeted Taliban leaders planning attacks in the city of Kunduz. \"During the course of the operation, friendly forces encountered significant enemy fire from multiple locations and defended themselves with ground fire and US air-to-ground engagements,\" the US military statement said. \"Initial reports indicate that several Taliban leaders and Taliban members were killed in the engagement.\" Civilians, troops killed At least 30 Afghan civilians were killed and 25 others injured in an air-and-ground operation launched in an area known as Bohd Qhandahari, said Sayed Mahmood Danish, a Kunduz provincial spokesman. Four members of Afghan special forces were also killed and six others injured, Danish said. Twenty-six insurgents were killed and 10 others were wounded, he added. The Pentagon identified the dead US service members as Capt. Andrew D. Byers, 30, of Rolesville, North Carolina, and Sgt. 1st Class Ryan A. Gloyer, 34, of Greenville, Pennsylvania. They were assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson, Colorado. The troops came under fire during what the US military said this week was a mission to train, advise and assist its Afghan partners in clearing a Taliban position and disrupting the organization's operations in Kunduz district. \"On behalf of all of US Forces-Afghanistan, today's loss is heartbreaking and we offer our deepest condolences to the families and friends of our service members who lost their lives today,\" Nicholson said in a statement Thursday. US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said he was saddened by the casualties. \"Our service members were doing their part to help the Afghans secure their own country while protecting our homeland from those who would do us harm,\" he said in a statement. \"We will honor their sacrifice by finishing our important mission in Afghanistan.\" Taliban attack The deaths occurred on the same day that a Taliban mortar attack killed at least seven people attending a wedding party in Faryab province in northern Afghanistan, provincial police spokesman Kareem Youresh said. At least 13 people were wounded. In April, the Pentagon announced that 16 military personnel would be disciplined over a fatal US strike on a Kunduz hospital in October 2015. But the military maintained the strike was not a war crime because it resulted from unintentional human error and equipment failure. The Pentagon said some personnel involved in the bombing of the Doctors Without Borders hospital \"failed to comply with the rules of engagement and the law of armed conflict.\"", "essay": "The fact that civilians have to be hurt in the process of trying to get rid of the Taliban is mind boggling. Surely there can be better intelligence found that can fix this and honestly the fact that there is not makes me feel like we are not doing it right. We need to find ways to minimize the risk these civilians take by being in the crossfire."}
{"user_id": "ec_p073", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Operation killed Afghan civilians, US military says \u2014  The US military acknowledged Saturday that civilians were likely killed in a joint Afghan-US operation in the northern district of Kunduz Thursday.   Besides the 30 civilians, two US service members were killed in the operation that targeted Taliban leaders planning additional attacks in Kunduz city. \"I deeply regret the loss of innocent lives, regardless of the circumstances,\" Gen. John W. Nicholson, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, said in a statement Saturday. \"The loss of innocent life is a tragedy and our thoughts are with the families. We will work with our Afghan partners to investigate and determine the facts and we will work with the government of Afghanistan to provide assistance.\" Afghan forces, advised by the US military, conducted the operation Thursday in the village of Boz in Kunduz district, the statement said. It targeted Taliban leaders planning attacks in the city of Kunduz. \"During the course of the operation, friendly forces encountered significant enemy fire from multiple locations and defended themselves with ground fire and US air-to-ground engagements,\" the US military statement said. \"Initial reports indicate that several Taliban leaders and Taliban members were killed in the engagement.\" Civilians, troops killed At least 30 Afghan civilians were killed and 25 others injured in an air-and-ground operation launched in an area known as Bohd Qhandahari, said Sayed Mahmood Danish, a Kunduz provincial spokesman. Four members of Afghan special forces were also killed and six others injured, Danish said. Twenty-six insurgents were killed and 10 others were wounded, he added. The Pentagon identified the dead US service members as Capt. Andrew D. Byers, 30, of Rolesville, North Carolina, and Sgt. 1st Class Ryan A. Gloyer, 34, of Greenville, Pennsylvania. They were assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson, Colorado. The troops came under fire during what the US military said this week was a mission to train, advise and assist its Afghan partners in clearing a Taliban position and disrupting the organization's operations in Kunduz district. \"On behalf of all of US Forces-Afghanistan, today's loss is heartbreaking and we offer our deepest condolences to the families and friends of our service members who lost their lives today,\" Nicholson said in a statement Thursday. US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said he was saddened by the casualties. \"Our service members were doing their part to help the Afghans secure their own country while protecting our homeland from those who would do us harm,\" he said in a statement. \"We will honor their sacrifice by finishing our important mission in Afghanistan.\" Taliban attack The deaths occurred on the same day that a Taliban mortar attack killed at least seven people attending a wedding party in Faryab province in northern Afghanistan, provincial police spokesman Kareem Youresh said. At least 13 people were wounded. In April, the Pentagon announced that 16 military personnel would be disciplined over a fatal US strike on a Kunduz hospital in October 2015. But the military maintained the strike was not a war crime because it resulted from unintentional human error and equipment failure. The Pentagon said some personnel involved in the bombing of the Doctors Without Borders hospital \"failed to comply with the rules of engagement and the law of armed conflict.\"", "essay": "This article is about a mission where American military were helping to train Afghan military targeting Taliban leaders. In the attack that was instructed by the American troops, Afghan civilians were killed. It was obviously not something that anyone wanted to happen, but when fighting erupted, innocent people were killed."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Operation killed Afghan civilians, US military says \u2014  The US military acknowledged Saturday that civilians were likely killed in a joint Afghan-US operation in the northern district of Kunduz Thursday.   Besides the 30 civilians, two US service members were killed in the operation that targeted Taliban leaders planning additional attacks in Kunduz city. \"I deeply regret the loss of innocent lives, regardless of the circumstances,\" Gen. John W. Nicholson, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, said in a statement Saturday. \"The loss of innocent life is a tragedy and our thoughts are with the families. We will work with our Afghan partners to investigate and determine the facts and we will work with the government of Afghanistan to provide assistance.\" Afghan forces, advised by the US military, conducted the operation Thursday in the village of Boz in Kunduz district, the statement said. It targeted Taliban leaders planning attacks in the city of Kunduz. \"During the course of the operation, friendly forces encountered significant enemy fire from multiple locations and defended themselves with ground fire and US air-to-ground engagements,\" the US military statement said. \"Initial reports indicate that several Taliban leaders and Taliban members were killed in the engagement.\" Civilians, troops killed At least 30 Afghan civilians were killed and 25 others injured in an air-and-ground operation launched in an area known as Bohd Qhandahari, said Sayed Mahmood Danish, a Kunduz provincial spokesman. Four members of Afghan special forces were also killed and six others injured, Danish said. Twenty-six insurgents were killed and 10 others were wounded, he added. The Pentagon identified the dead US service members as Capt. Andrew D. Byers, 30, of Rolesville, North Carolina, and Sgt. 1st Class Ryan A. Gloyer, 34, of Greenville, Pennsylvania. They were assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson, Colorado. The troops came under fire during what the US military said this week was a mission to train, advise and assist its Afghan partners in clearing a Taliban position and disrupting the organization's operations in Kunduz district. \"On behalf of all of US Forces-Afghanistan, today's loss is heartbreaking and we offer our deepest condolences to the families and friends of our service members who lost their lives today,\" Nicholson said in a statement Thursday. US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said he was saddened by the casualties. \"Our service members were doing their part to help the Afghans secure their own country while protecting our homeland from those who would do us harm,\" he said in a statement. \"We will honor their sacrifice by finishing our important mission in Afghanistan.\" Taliban attack The deaths occurred on the same day that a Taliban mortar attack killed at least seven people attending a wedding party in Faryab province in northern Afghanistan, provincial police spokesman Kareem Youresh said. At least 13 people were wounded. In April, the Pentagon announced that 16 military personnel would be disciplined over a fatal US strike on a Kunduz hospital in October 2015. But the military maintained the strike was not a war crime because it resulted from unintentional human error and equipment failure. The Pentagon said some personnel involved in the bombing of the Doctors Without Borders hospital \"failed to comply with the rules of engagement and the law of armed conflict.\"", "essay": "I just read an article about civilian deaths in Afghanistan. There was an incredible amount of focus on the two American soldiers who happened to be blown to smithereens and not the Afghani civilians, but what can you do? I suppose American people are much more interested in their boys fighting an endless war and not the innocent people caught in the crossfire."}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Operation killed Afghan civilians, US military says \u2014  The US military acknowledged Saturday that civilians were likely killed in a joint Afghan-US operation in the northern district of Kunduz Thursday.   Besides the 30 civilians, two US service members were killed in the operation that targeted Taliban leaders planning additional attacks in Kunduz city. \"I deeply regret the loss of innocent lives, regardless of the circumstances,\" Gen. John W. Nicholson, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, said in a statement Saturday. \"The loss of innocent life is a tragedy and our thoughts are with the families. We will work with our Afghan partners to investigate and determine the facts and we will work with the government of Afghanistan to provide assistance.\" Afghan forces, advised by the US military, conducted the operation Thursday in the village of Boz in Kunduz district, the statement said. It targeted Taliban leaders planning attacks in the city of Kunduz. \"During the course of the operation, friendly forces encountered significant enemy fire from multiple locations and defended themselves with ground fire and US air-to-ground engagements,\" the US military statement said. \"Initial reports indicate that several Taliban leaders and Taliban members were killed in the engagement.\" Civilians, troops killed At least 30 Afghan civilians were killed and 25 others injured in an air-and-ground operation launched in an area known as Bohd Qhandahari, said Sayed Mahmood Danish, a Kunduz provincial spokesman. Four members of Afghan special forces were also killed and six others injured, Danish said. Twenty-six insurgents were killed and 10 others were wounded, he added. The Pentagon identified the dead US service members as Capt. Andrew D. Byers, 30, of Rolesville, North Carolina, and Sgt. 1st Class Ryan A. Gloyer, 34, of Greenville, Pennsylvania. They were assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson, Colorado. The troops came under fire during what the US military said this week was a mission to train, advise and assist its Afghan partners in clearing a Taliban position and disrupting the organization's operations in Kunduz district. \"On behalf of all of US Forces-Afghanistan, today's loss is heartbreaking and we offer our deepest condolences to the families and friends of our service members who lost their lives today,\" Nicholson said in a statement Thursday. US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said he was saddened by the casualties. \"Our service members were doing their part to help the Afghans secure their own country while protecting our homeland from those who would do us harm,\" he said in a statement. \"We will honor their sacrifice by finishing our important mission in Afghanistan.\" Taliban attack The deaths occurred on the same day that a Taliban mortar attack killed at least seven people attending a wedding party in Faryab province in northern Afghanistan, provincial police spokesman Kareem Youresh said. At least 13 people were wounded. In April, the Pentagon announced that 16 military personnel would be disciplined over a fatal US strike on a Kunduz hospital in October 2015. But the military maintained the strike was not a war crime because it resulted from unintentional human error and equipment failure. The Pentagon said some personnel involved in the bombing of the Doctors Without Borders hospital \"failed to comply with the rules of engagement and the law of armed conflict.\"", "essay": "When will we stop reading this kind of story? It's starting to break my heart... So much pain and suffering over war. Isn't there a more civil and humane way to end conflict? especially when it is over such materialistic things like money and oil and land. Human lives and their well being should always come first"}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "The treatment of Calais camp children isn\u2019t just neglectful \u2013 it\u2019s abusive \u2014  The Calais camp lies in limbo, with most of its inhabitants long gone. Those who remain face hardship beyond anything the camp has previously known. Before, there was shelter \u2013 now hundreds sleep on the fringes of its dirt tracks. Before, there was at least some sense of ease \u2013 now shocked and abandoned refugees live in a state of constant tension. Fire is a constant threat, and the bulldozers are coming.   Volunteers grapple not only with the urgency of the situation, but also with the knowledge that it should \u2013 and easily could \u2013 have been prevented.     When the French authorities began the registration and resettlement of refugees, those of us involved felt an initial sense of relief. But after three days of relatively smooth action the warehouse where the registration took place closed its doors. It did not open them again. This was despite previous assurances that all refugees would be accommodated. Those left behind had no chance of safely reaching asylum centres. Most minors, registered separately, were confined to a fenced-in yard and housed in shipping containers. The rest were left homeless alongside the adult population of the camp.   Despite being provided with up-to-date and detailed census information from my organisation, Help Refugees, and the local charity, l\u2019Auberge des Migrants, the authorities chose not to take heed of these estimates. The 50-person, four-day census operation identified exact numbers of men, women, and children within the camp, and put the total population at 10,188. Though promised over 12,000 spaces in accommodation centres throughout France, almost 2,000 refugees have been abandoned once again by an uncaring government, and are left behind in the ruins of the Calais camp.   Over two weeks ago Help Refugees warned authorities at a local tribunal in Lille that housing minors in the \u201ccontainer camp\u201d would be tantamount to exposing them to fire, violence, and extreme trauma. My colleague\u2019s words went unheeded, and now seem almost prophetic. There are now approximately 1,500 children subjected to these conditions.   Children housed in the containers report choking on the smoke that blows in from their burning former homes. They say there is no drinking water, that the toilets are never cleaned and the showers are not working. Food is served only from 3pm to 5pm, and there is only one meal a day.   There is no drinking water. The toilets are never cleaned. The showers are not working. There is only one meal a day The authorities have utterly failed to safeguard these young people, and show little to no regard for their wellbeing, health, or mental states. The children in this camp are starved of care and attention, and are in constant danger. Their treatment is not just neglectful \u2013 it\u2019s abuse.   The lack of organisation has permeated every aspect of these children\u2019s lives. The crippling hunger pangs reported by many are alleviated only when groups of volunteers are allowed to distribute food. Without an identification wristband, children are not permitted to use the few still-working shower facilities \u2013 a fact made worse by the decision of the authorities to register some children without providing wristbands.     The stories you need to read, in one handy email  Read more Arbitrary security measures mean that services such as the Refugee Info Bus \u2013 founded by long-term volunteers to provide refugees with WiFi and legal services \u2013 are barred from approaching the container camp, cutting the children off from means of communication and legal assistance. With this, and the recent banning of human rights lawyers acting as observers from entry into the camp, it is feared that the mistreatment of the camp\u2019s children will go unchecked.   Volunteers are banned from putting up tents to house the homeless adult and child refugees outside the container camps, in yet another example of the restrictions that serve only to further endanger refugees\u2019 lives. With a large portion of the camp in flames, many are sleeping on the dunes surrounding the camp, exposed to the rain, the cold, and the people smugglers.   Despite desperate conditions and daily heartbreak, the volunteers of Help Refugees and other organisations continue to provide food, water, and some comfort to the refugees who are left. Many volunteers are from the UK, and express their devastation that their country is not answering France\u2019s calls and the refugee children it is failing \u2013 at present, it seems unlikely that the UK will take in more than the 274 children it already has. Many other volunteers are French, and must bear witness, distraught, to their nation\u2019s mistreatment of refugees already so weakened by months of subsistence in the camp.   On 1 November charities operating within the camp received notice from the French authorities promising that all children in the container camp would be transferred by bus to accommodation centres across France this week. A representative from the UK Home Office on each bus will ensure that any children legally eligible for asylum within the UK are able to apply for transfer to the UK. It is unknown how long this legal process will take.   This is a testament to the work of the volunteers and legal workers in the camp, and presents an opportunity for these children to leave behind the trauma and misery of life in a refugee camp. However, there are no guarantees, and charities must continue to work to ensure that refugees throughout France are given a far better standard of care than was provided for the children of the Calais container camp.", "essay": "I feel like the treatment of those children is depressing. What is it about these people that they feel the need to do this? Something must be done but what? The 50 people tha took the census and put the population at 10,188 did a great job and the fact that they say there is no drinking water and the toilets are never cleaned angers me."}
{"user_id": "ec_p063", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 31 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 82000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 3.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 31, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 82000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 3.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "The treatment of Calais camp children isn\u2019t just neglectful \u2013 it\u2019s abusive \u2014  The Calais camp lies in limbo, with most of its inhabitants long gone. Those who remain face hardship beyond anything the camp has previously known. Before, there was shelter \u2013 now hundreds sleep on the fringes of its dirt tracks. Before, there was at least some sense of ease \u2013 now shocked and abandoned refugees live in a state of constant tension. Fire is a constant threat, and the bulldozers are coming.   Volunteers grapple not only with the urgency of the situation, but also with the knowledge that it should \u2013 and easily could \u2013 have been prevented.     When the French authorities began the registration and resettlement of refugees, those of us involved felt an initial sense of relief. But after three days of relatively smooth action the warehouse where the registration took place closed its doors. It did not open them again. This was despite previous assurances that all refugees would be accommodated. Those left behind had no chance of safely reaching asylum centres. Most minors, registered separately, were confined to a fenced-in yard and housed in shipping containers. The rest were left homeless alongside the adult population of the camp.   Despite being provided with up-to-date and detailed census information from my organisation, Help Refugees, and the local charity, l\u2019Auberge des Migrants, the authorities chose not to take heed of these estimates. The 50-person, four-day census operation identified exact numbers of men, women, and children within the camp, and put the total population at 10,188. Though promised over 12,000 spaces in accommodation centres throughout France, almost 2,000 refugees have been abandoned once again by an uncaring government, and are left behind in the ruins of the Calais camp.   Over two weeks ago Help Refugees warned authorities at a local tribunal in Lille that housing minors in the \u201ccontainer camp\u201d would be tantamount to exposing them to fire, violence, and extreme trauma. My colleague\u2019s words went unheeded, and now seem almost prophetic. There are now approximately 1,500 children subjected to these conditions.   Children housed in the containers report choking on the smoke that blows in from their burning former homes. They say there is no drinking water, that the toilets are never cleaned and the showers are not working. Food is served only from 3pm to 5pm, and there is only one meal a day.   There is no drinking water. The toilets are never cleaned. The showers are not working. There is only one meal a day The authorities have utterly failed to safeguard these young people, and show little to no regard for their wellbeing, health, or mental states. The children in this camp are starved of care and attention, and are in constant danger. Their treatment is not just neglectful \u2013 it\u2019s abuse.   The lack of organisation has permeated every aspect of these children\u2019s lives. The crippling hunger pangs reported by many are alleviated only when groups of volunteers are allowed to distribute food. Without an identification wristband, children are not permitted to use the few still-working shower facilities \u2013 a fact made worse by the decision of the authorities to register some children without providing wristbands.     The stories you need to read, in one handy email  Read more Arbitrary security measures mean that services such as the Refugee Info Bus \u2013 founded by long-term volunteers to provide refugees with WiFi and legal services \u2013 are barred from approaching the container camp, cutting the children off from means of communication and legal assistance. With this, and the recent banning of human rights lawyers acting as observers from entry into the camp, it is feared that the mistreatment of the camp\u2019s children will go unchecked.   Volunteers are banned from putting up tents to house the homeless adult and child refugees outside the container camps, in yet another example of the restrictions that serve only to further endanger refugees\u2019 lives. With a large portion of the camp in flames, many are sleeping on the dunes surrounding the camp, exposed to the rain, the cold, and the people smugglers.   Despite desperate conditions and daily heartbreak, the volunteers of Help Refugees and other organisations continue to provide food, water, and some comfort to the refugees who are left. Many volunteers are from the UK, and express their devastation that their country is not answering France\u2019s calls and the refugee children it is failing \u2013 at present, it seems unlikely that the UK will take in more than the 274 children it already has. Many other volunteers are French, and must bear witness, distraught, to their nation\u2019s mistreatment of refugees already so weakened by months of subsistence in the camp.   On 1 November charities operating within the camp received notice from the French authorities promising that all children in the container camp would be transferred by bus to accommodation centres across France this week. A representative from the UK Home Office on each bus will ensure that any children legally eligible for asylum within the UK are able to apply for transfer to the UK. It is unknown how long this legal process will take.   This is a testament to the work of the volunteers and legal workers in the camp, and presents an opportunity for these children to leave behind the trauma and misery of life in a refugee camp. However, there are no guarantees, and charities must continue to work to ensure that refugees throughout France are given a far better standard of care than was provided for the children of the Calais container camp.", "essay": "I feel bad for these people.  all they want is a better life for themselves or their families.  However, this global refugee issue is a serious problem.  Existing structures and camps aren't able to do the job because of the massive influx of people.  We need to correct the root cause of this problem, while also caring for the people."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "The treatment of Calais camp children isn\u2019t just neglectful \u2013 it\u2019s abusive \u2014  The Calais camp lies in limbo, with most of its inhabitants long gone. Those who remain face hardship beyond anything the camp has previously known. Before, there was shelter \u2013 now hundreds sleep on the fringes of its dirt tracks. Before, there was at least some sense of ease \u2013 now shocked and abandoned refugees live in a state of constant tension. Fire is a constant threat, and the bulldozers are coming.   Volunteers grapple not only with the urgency of the situation, but also with the knowledge that it should \u2013 and easily could \u2013 have been prevented.     When the French authorities began the registration and resettlement of refugees, those of us involved felt an initial sense of relief. But after three days of relatively smooth action the warehouse where the registration took place closed its doors. It did not open them again. This was despite previous assurances that all refugees would be accommodated. Those left behind had no chance of safely reaching asylum centres. Most minors, registered separately, were confined to a fenced-in yard and housed in shipping containers. The rest were left homeless alongside the adult population of the camp.   Despite being provided with up-to-date and detailed census information from my organisation, Help Refugees, and the local charity, l\u2019Auberge des Migrants, the authorities chose not to take heed of these estimates. The 50-person, four-day census operation identified exact numbers of men, women, and children within the camp, and put the total population at 10,188. Though promised over 12,000 spaces in accommodation centres throughout France, almost 2,000 refugees have been abandoned once again by an uncaring government, and are left behind in the ruins of the Calais camp.   Over two weeks ago Help Refugees warned authorities at a local tribunal in Lille that housing minors in the \u201ccontainer camp\u201d would be tantamount to exposing them to fire, violence, and extreme trauma. My colleague\u2019s words went unheeded, and now seem almost prophetic. There are now approximately 1,500 children subjected to these conditions.   Children housed in the containers report choking on the smoke that blows in from their burning former homes. They say there is no drinking water, that the toilets are never cleaned and the showers are not working. Food is served only from 3pm to 5pm, and there is only one meal a day.   There is no drinking water. The toilets are never cleaned. The showers are not working. There is only one meal a day The authorities have utterly failed to safeguard these young people, and show little to no regard for their wellbeing, health, or mental states. The children in this camp are starved of care and attention, and are in constant danger. Their treatment is not just neglectful \u2013 it\u2019s abuse.   The lack of organisation has permeated every aspect of these children\u2019s lives. The crippling hunger pangs reported by many are alleviated only when groups of volunteers are allowed to distribute food. Without an identification wristband, children are not permitted to use the few still-working shower facilities \u2013 a fact made worse by the decision of the authorities to register some children without providing wristbands.     The stories you need to read, in one handy email  Read more Arbitrary security measures mean that services such as the Refugee Info Bus \u2013 founded by long-term volunteers to provide refugees with WiFi and legal services \u2013 are barred from approaching the container camp, cutting the children off from means of communication and legal assistance. With this, and the recent banning of human rights lawyers acting as observers from entry into the camp, it is feared that the mistreatment of the camp\u2019s children will go unchecked.   Volunteers are banned from putting up tents to house the homeless adult and child refugees outside the container camps, in yet another example of the restrictions that serve only to further endanger refugees\u2019 lives. With a large portion of the camp in flames, many are sleeping on the dunes surrounding the camp, exposed to the rain, the cold, and the people smugglers.   Despite desperate conditions and daily heartbreak, the volunteers of Help Refugees and other organisations continue to provide food, water, and some comfort to the refugees who are left. Many volunteers are from the UK, and express their devastation that their country is not answering France\u2019s calls and the refugee children it is failing \u2013 at present, it seems unlikely that the UK will take in more than the 274 children it already has. Many other volunteers are French, and must bear witness, distraught, to their nation\u2019s mistreatment of refugees already so weakened by months of subsistence in the camp.   On 1 November charities operating within the camp received notice from the French authorities promising that all children in the container camp would be transferred by bus to accommodation centres across France this week. A representative from the UK Home Office on each bus will ensure that any children legally eligible for asylum within the UK are able to apply for transfer to the UK. It is unknown how long this legal process will take.   This is a testament to the work of the volunteers and legal workers in the camp, and presents an opportunity for these children to leave behind the trauma and misery of life in a refugee camp. However, there are no guarantees, and charities must continue to work to ensure that refugees throughout France are given a far better standard of care than was provided for the children of the Calais container camp.", "essay": "This was sad, although I Feel like we are only getting part of the story.  I googled about this camp and there were apparently a lot of refugees there causing problems.  Also, you have to think their situation at the camp is probably better than it was where they came from.  I think the camp got overwhelmed and there wren't enough resources to help these people.  Definitely sad for children, though.  I hate to think they were suffering.  I feel like we need more information to adequately evaluate this situation."}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "The treatment of Calais camp children isn\u2019t just neglectful \u2013 it\u2019s abusive \u2014  The Calais camp lies in limbo, with most of its inhabitants long gone. Those who remain face hardship beyond anything the camp has previously known. Before, there was shelter \u2013 now hundreds sleep on the fringes of its dirt tracks. Before, there was at least some sense of ease \u2013 now shocked and abandoned refugees live in a state of constant tension. Fire is a constant threat, and the bulldozers are coming.   Volunteers grapple not only with the urgency of the situation, but also with the knowledge that it should \u2013 and easily could \u2013 have been prevented.     When the French authorities began the registration and resettlement of refugees, those of us involved felt an initial sense of relief. But after three days of relatively smooth action the warehouse where the registration took place closed its doors. It did not open them again. This was despite previous assurances that all refugees would be accommodated. Those left behind had no chance of safely reaching asylum centres. Most minors, registered separately, were confined to a fenced-in yard and housed in shipping containers. The rest were left homeless alongside the adult population of the camp.   Despite being provided with up-to-date and detailed census information from my organisation, Help Refugees, and the local charity, l\u2019Auberge des Migrants, the authorities chose not to take heed of these estimates. The 50-person, four-day census operation identified exact numbers of men, women, and children within the camp, and put the total population at 10,188. Though promised over 12,000 spaces in accommodation centres throughout France, almost 2,000 refugees have been abandoned once again by an uncaring government, and are left behind in the ruins of the Calais camp.   Over two weeks ago Help Refugees warned authorities at a local tribunal in Lille that housing minors in the \u201ccontainer camp\u201d would be tantamount to exposing them to fire, violence, and extreme trauma. My colleague\u2019s words went unheeded, and now seem almost prophetic. There are now approximately 1,500 children subjected to these conditions.   Children housed in the containers report choking on the smoke that blows in from their burning former homes. They say there is no drinking water, that the toilets are never cleaned and the showers are not working. Food is served only from 3pm to 5pm, and there is only one meal a day.   There is no drinking water. The toilets are never cleaned. The showers are not working. There is only one meal a day The authorities have utterly failed to safeguard these young people, and show little to no regard for their wellbeing, health, or mental states. The children in this camp are starved of care and attention, and are in constant danger. Their treatment is not just neglectful \u2013 it\u2019s abuse.   The lack of organisation has permeated every aspect of these children\u2019s lives. The crippling hunger pangs reported by many are alleviated only when groups of volunteers are allowed to distribute food. Without an identification wristband, children are not permitted to use the few still-working shower facilities \u2013 a fact made worse by the decision of the authorities to register some children without providing wristbands.     The stories you need to read, in one handy email  Read more Arbitrary security measures mean that services such as the Refugee Info Bus \u2013 founded by long-term volunteers to provide refugees with WiFi and legal services \u2013 are barred from approaching the container camp, cutting the children off from means of communication and legal assistance. With this, and the recent banning of human rights lawyers acting as observers from entry into the camp, it is feared that the mistreatment of the camp\u2019s children will go unchecked.   Volunteers are banned from putting up tents to house the homeless adult and child refugees outside the container camps, in yet another example of the restrictions that serve only to further endanger refugees\u2019 lives. With a large portion of the camp in flames, many are sleeping on the dunes surrounding the camp, exposed to the rain, the cold, and the people smugglers.   Despite desperate conditions and daily heartbreak, the volunteers of Help Refugees and other organisations continue to provide food, water, and some comfort to the refugees who are left. Many volunteers are from the UK, and express their devastation that their country is not answering France\u2019s calls and the refugee children it is failing \u2013 at present, it seems unlikely that the UK will take in more than the 274 children it already has. Many other volunteers are French, and must bear witness, distraught, to their nation\u2019s mistreatment of refugees already so weakened by months of subsistence in the camp.   On 1 November charities operating within the camp received notice from the French authorities promising that all children in the container camp would be transferred by bus to accommodation centres across France this week. A representative from the UK Home Office on each bus will ensure that any children legally eligible for asylum within the UK are able to apply for transfer to the UK. It is unknown how long this legal process will take.   This is a testament to the work of the volunteers and legal workers in the camp, and presents an opportunity for these children to leave behind the trauma and misery of life in a refugee camp. However, there are no guarantees, and charities must continue to work to ensure that refugees throughout France are given a far better standard of care than was provided for the children of the Calais container camp.", "essay": "I hope they kick those migrants out. I hate those people they just think they can go where they want and not have to go through the process like everyone else why are they so special everyone is going through hardships it shouldn't be that they get this special treatment they are the worst of the worst"}
{"user_id": "ec_p031", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 7.0 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 7.0, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "The treatment of Calais camp children isn\u2019t just neglectful \u2013 it\u2019s abusive \u2014  The Calais camp lies in limbo, with most of its inhabitants long gone. Those who remain face hardship beyond anything the camp has previously known. Before, there was shelter \u2013 now hundreds sleep on the fringes of its dirt tracks. Before, there was at least some sense of ease \u2013 now shocked and abandoned refugees live in a state of constant tension. Fire is a constant threat, and the bulldozers are coming.   Volunteers grapple not only with the urgency of the situation, but also with the knowledge that it should \u2013 and easily could \u2013 have been prevented.     When the French authorities began the registration and resettlement of refugees, those of us involved felt an initial sense of relief. But after three days of relatively smooth action the warehouse where the registration took place closed its doors. It did not open them again. This was despite previous assurances that all refugees would be accommodated. Those left behind had no chance of safely reaching asylum centres. Most minors, registered separately, were confined to a fenced-in yard and housed in shipping containers. The rest were left homeless alongside the adult population of the camp.   Despite being provided with up-to-date and detailed census information from my organisation, Help Refugees, and the local charity, l\u2019Auberge des Migrants, the authorities chose not to take heed of these estimates. The 50-person, four-day census operation identified exact numbers of men, women, and children within the camp, and put the total population at 10,188. Though promised over 12,000 spaces in accommodation centres throughout France, almost 2,000 refugees have been abandoned once again by an uncaring government, and are left behind in the ruins of the Calais camp.   Over two weeks ago Help Refugees warned authorities at a local tribunal in Lille that housing minors in the \u201ccontainer camp\u201d would be tantamount to exposing them to fire, violence, and extreme trauma. My colleague\u2019s words went unheeded, and now seem almost prophetic. There are now approximately 1,500 children subjected to these conditions.   Children housed in the containers report choking on the smoke that blows in from their burning former homes. They say there is no drinking water, that the toilets are never cleaned and the showers are not working. Food is served only from 3pm to 5pm, and there is only one meal a day.   There is no drinking water. The toilets are never cleaned. The showers are not working. There is only one meal a day The authorities have utterly failed to safeguard these young people, and show little to no regard for their wellbeing, health, or mental states. The children in this camp are starved of care and attention, and are in constant danger. Their treatment is not just neglectful \u2013 it\u2019s abuse.   The lack of organisation has permeated every aspect of these children\u2019s lives. The crippling hunger pangs reported by many are alleviated only when groups of volunteers are allowed to distribute food. Without an identification wristband, children are not permitted to use the few still-working shower facilities \u2013 a fact made worse by the decision of the authorities to register some children without providing wristbands.     The stories you need to read, in one handy email  Read more Arbitrary security measures mean that services such as the Refugee Info Bus \u2013 founded by long-term volunteers to provide refugees with WiFi and legal services \u2013 are barred from approaching the container camp, cutting the children off from means of communication and legal assistance. With this, and the recent banning of human rights lawyers acting as observers from entry into the camp, it is feared that the mistreatment of the camp\u2019s children will go unchecked.   Volunteers are banned from putting up tents to house the homeless adult and child refugees outside the container camps, in yet another example of the restrictions that serve only to further endanger refugees\u2019 lives. With a large portion of the camp in flames, many are sleeping on the dunes surrounding the camp, exposed to the rain, the cold, and the people smugglers.   Despite desperate conditions and daily heartbreak, the volunteers of Help Refugees and other organisations continue to provide food, water, and some comfort to the refugees who are left. Many volunteers are from the UK, and express their devastation that their country is not answering France\u2019s calls and the refugee children it is failing \u2013 at present, it seems unlikely that the UK will take in more than the 274 children it already has. Many other volunteers are French, and must bear witness, distraught, to their nation\u2019s mistreatment of refugees already so weakened by months of subsistence in the camp.   On 1 November charities operating within the camp received notice from the French authorities promising that all children in the container camp would be transferred by bus to accommodation centres across France this week. A representative from the UK Home Office on each bus will ensure that any children legally eligible for asylum within the UK are able to apply for transfer to the UK. It is unknown how long this legal process will take.   This is a testament to the work of the volunteers and legal workers in the camp, and presents an opportunity for these children to leave behind the trauma and misery of life in a refugee camp. However, there are no guarantees, and charities must continue to work to ensure that refugees throughout France are given a far better standard of care than was provided for the children of the Calais container camp.", "essay": "My heart goes out to these poor kids-they are just innocent pawns in this terrible world of war, injustice and corruption. Shame on French authorities for putting them in such awful conditions. However, immigration issue is another thing that needs to be considered here, we cannot help everyone, so, instead, we need to help them fix their own country instead of coming over somewhere else and suffering!"}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "This Is What It\u2019s Like on the Front Lines of Nigeria\u2019s Unseen Hunger Crisis \u2014  Millions of Nigerians survived Boko Haram, but now a humanitarian catastrophe is putting their lives at risk again. ABUJA, Nigeria \u2015 After her father died two years ago during a Boko Haram raid on her village in Yobe, Nigeria, 16-year-old Zulyatu, her younger siblings and their mother fled to Biu, a town in northeast Nigeria\u2019s Borno state. A year ago their mother left for another town to get treatment for high blood pressure from a traditional healer, leaving Zulyatu alone to care for her siblings, 12-year-old Abubakar and 8-year-old Amira. Zulyatu said hunger affects every part of their lives. They only eat once or twice a day, and they often feel dizzy from hunger. In their home village, before Boko Haram came, their father was a butcher, so the family always had enough meat to eat. The hunger makes her long for her father, and Zulyatu said that if he were still alive they wouldn\u2019t be having this experience. The focus on their struggle for food also leaves the siblings with little time or access for education. Before they came to Biu, Zulyatu was interested in studying to become a doctor, but they have been unable to attend school since the move. Sadly, experiences of hunger and desperation, like those of Zulyatu and her siblings, are the rule rather than the exception in conflict-weary Nigeria and in the greater Lake Chad Basin area. The hunger has become so strong, that one woman recently told us that she had become so desperate to feed her children that she took to boiling grass. The militant group Boko Haram emerged in Nigeria, Africa\u2019s most populous country, in 2002, but much of the world first became familiar with the terrorist group when it kidnapped 276 schoolgirls in 2014. Years of violence and destruction, combined with widespread and underestimated drought conditions, have created an ongoing crisis here. But as the Nigerian army retakes territory held by Boko Haram, another problem has emerged in the country \u2015 a horrific and massive humanitarian crisis is revealing itself. More than 4 million people are food insecure, not knowing from where their next meal will come. In August, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that in Borno state, where Zulyatu lives, nearly a quarter of a million children are severely malnourished, and one in five will die if they aren\u2019t treated. Mercy Corps, the global organization I work for, is one of the organizations mounting a response to this urgent and largely overlooked humanitarian situation. Our team has accessed remote villages and towns in south Borno state, where regular army checkpoints serve as a reminder of the serious threat Boko Haram still poses. But despite efforts from aid organizations like ours, there are still 2.2 million people living in unreachable areas in northeast Nigeria, with no contact to the outside world \u2015 and no guarantee of safe passage for aid workers. We don\u2019t yet know the full extent of the crisis \u2015 the Nigerian military and humanitarian organizations like Mercy Corps are still trying to push into these parts of the country \u2015 but based on what we\u2019ve seen so far, we fear the worst.  \u201cThe carnage becomes more glaring as we gain access to newer areas, and it has become a struggle for those of us in the forefront to comprehend how to help the thousands we come across who need our support,\u201d said Michael Mu\u2019azu, our humanitarian projects manager. \u201cWhat keeps me going is the fact that I can contribute to making a difference, and because I work with an amazing team of men and women who have dedicated their lives to providing lifesaving assistance, I wake up every day and go to work knowing more people will get to smile.\u201d For now though, many of the people we come across are not smiling. \u201cWhen I see the people in these communities, I see hunger and suffering in their faces,\u201d Umar Shuaibu, our operations officer, said. In our internal assessments this past July, we found that in the area of Damboa more than 80 percent of shelters were destroyed or partially destroyed, with no roof or doors. Of the people we interviewed, 97 percent reported that they could not afford to buy food in the previous four weeks. Because of continued insecurity, many farmers cannot reach the land where they cultivate food to eat and sell. People in these communities survive by selling foraged firewood and begging or laboring for less than the equivalent of $1 per day. Others have resorted to transactional sex.  The Nigerian military must clear and secure new areas before aid can get in, to make sure humanitarian workers have safe passage and aid does not end up in the wrong hands. And we have also not seen the amount of funding needed to mount a response of this size. Right now, less than one-third of current United Nations appeals for the crisis has been funded, a shortfall of $542 million. As a sovereign nation, Nigeria has a duty to provide for its people. It is ultimately responsible for leading the response to this emergency, establishing strong coordination and allowing for safe and organized access to deliver assistance to people in need. But it is also the humanitarian imperative of the international community to help people in crisis. At Mercy Corps, we are working quickly to meet urgent needs. In south Borno state we have been providing financial assistance, such as cash and vouchers that can be exchanged for food in local markets, as well as grants to jump-start businesses. We are repairing water points and latrines to ensure access to clean water and prevent the spread of waterborne illness. We also provide protection for vulnerable civilians, particularly women and children, and mobilize and train community members to recognize and respond to gender-based violence. We know that the needs are massive, and are going unmet, and we are working as quickly as possible to scale up our operations. Already in the past several months we have shifted to new locations and tripled our financial and staffing resources to reach upwards of 100,000 people. But it is a herculean task for any single organization to tackle on its own, and a risky one because insurgents could attack us unexpectantly. All organizations responding to this crisis in Nigeria face stretched capacity and daunting logistics. But we aren\u2019t giving up. Already we see the benefit of one small act. With the e-voucher she received during Mercy Corps\u2019 first distribution, Zulyatu bought a month\u2019s worth of rice and cooking oil in the local market. When asked what she hopes for the future, Zulyatu said, \u201cI just want to see everyone happy. Everyone would have enough to eat and abundance.\u201d We can make that hope possible, if we act urgently.", "essay": "This crisis is so tender and near and dear. It is horrifying that such innocent souls are lacking basic nutrition and this is effecting every part of there life. Because they are so week form not eating they can't do much to fend for themselves especially because alot of them are orphaned children. It is horrifying that it is tough for aid to push through to these areas and the further they gain access to the more horrible the sights are. I can't imagine the children longing for there parents they are seperated from and longing for some sort of security in there lives. There food is gone there water is unsafe but it is nice to know that aid workers eventhough it is a tough site to see are remaining to truly help out."}
{"user_id": "ec_p036", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 96000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 4.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 96000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 4.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "This Is What It\u2019s Like on the Front Lines of Nigeria\u2019s Unseen Hunger Crisis \u2014  Millions of Nigerians survived Boko Haram, but now a humanitarian catastrophe is putting their lives at risk again. ABUJA, Nigeria \u2015 After her father died two years ago during a Boko Haram raid on her village in Yobe, Nigeria, 16-year-old Zulyatu, her younger siblings and their mother fled to Biu, a town in northeast Nigeria\u2019s Borno state. A year ago their mother left for another town to get treatment for high blood pressure from a traditional healer, leaving Zulyatu alone to care for her siblings, 12-year-old Abubakar and 8-year-old Amira. Zulyatu said hunger affects every part of their lives. They only eat once or twice a day, and they often feel dizzy from hunger. In their home village, before Boko Haram came, their father was a butcher, so the family always had enough meat to eat. The hunger makes her long for her father, and Zulyatu said that if he were still alive they wouldn\u2019t be having this experience. The focus on their struggle for food also leaves the siblings with little time or access for education. Before they came to Biu, Zulyatu was interested in studying to become a doctor, but they have been unable to attend school since the move. Sadly, experiences of hunger and desperation, like those of Zulyatu and her siblings, are the rule rather than the exception in conflict-weary Nigeria and in the greater Lake Chad Basin area. The hunger has become so strong, that one woman recently told us that she had become so desperate to feed her children that she took to boiling grass. The militant group Boko Haram emerged in Nigeria, Africa\u2019s most populous country, in 2002, but much of the world first became familiar with the terrorist group when it kidnapped 276 schoolgirls in 2014. Years of violence and destruction, combined with widespread and underestimated drought conditions, have created an ongoing crisis here. But as the Nigerian army retakes territory held by Boko Haram, another problem has emerged in the country \u2015 a horrific and massive humanitarian crisis is revealing itself. More than 4 million people are food insecure, not knowing from where their next meal will come. In August, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that in Borno state, where Zulyatu lives, nearly a quarter of a million children are severely malnourished, and one in five will die if they aren\u2019t treated. Mercy Corps, the global organization I work for, is one of the organizations mounting a response to this urgent and largely overlooked humanitarian situation. Our team has accessed remote villages and towns in south Borno state, where regular army checkpoints serve as a reminder of the serious threat Boko Haram still poses. But despite efforts from aid organizations like ours, there are still 2.2 million people living in unreachable areas in northeast Nigeria, with no contact to the outside world \u2015 and no guarantee of safe passage for aid workers. We don\u2019t yet know the full extent of the crisis \u2015 the Nigerian military and humanitarian organizations like Mercy Corps are still trying to push into these parts of the country \u2015 but based on what we\u2019ve seen so far, we fear the worst.  \u201cThe carnage becomes more glaring as we gain access to newer areas, and it has become a struggle for those of us in the forefront to comprehend how to help the thousands we come across who need our support,\u201d said Michael Mu\u2019azu, our humanitarian projects manager. \u201cWhat keeps me going is the fact that I can contribute to making a difference, and because I work with an amazing team of men and women who have dedicated their lives to providing lifesaving assistance, I wake up every day and go to work knowing more people will get to smile.\u201d For now though, many of the people we come across are not smiling. \u201cWhen I see the people in these communities, I see hunger and suffering in their faces,\u201d Umar Shuaibu, our operations officer, said. In our internal assessments this past July, we found that in the area of Damboa more than 80 percent of shelters were destroyed or partially destroyed, with no roof or doors. Of the people we interviewed, 97 percent reported that they could not afford to buy food in the previous four weeks. Because of continued insecurity, many farmers cannot reach the land where they cultivate food to eat and sell. People in these communities survive by selling foraged firewood and begging or laboring for less than the equivalent of $1 per day. Others have resorted to transactional sex.  The Nigerian military must clear and secure new areas before aid can get in, to make sure humanitarian workers have safe passage and aid does not end up in the wrong hands. And we have also not seen the amount of funding needed to mount a response of this size. Right now, less than one-third of current United Nations appeals for the crisis has been funded, a shortfall of $542 million. As a sovereign nation, Nigeria has a duty to provide for its people. It is ultimately responsible for leading the response to this emergency, establishing strong coordination and allowing for safe and organized access to deliver assistance to people in need. But it is also the humanitarian imperative of the international community to help people in crisis. At Mercy Corps, we are working quickly to meet urgent needs. In south Borno state we have been providing financial assistance, such as cash and vouchers that can be exchanged for food in local markets, as well as grants to jump-start businesses. We are repairing water points and latrines to ensure access to clean water and prevent the spread of waterborne illness. We also provide protection for vulnerable civilians, particularly women and children, and mobilize and train community members to recognize and respond to gender-based violence. We know that the needs are massive, and are going unmet, and we are working as quickly as possible to scale up our operations. Already in the past several months we have shifted to new locations and tripled our financial and staffing resources to reach upwards of 100,000 people. But it is a herculean task for any single organization to tackle on its own, and a risky one because insurgents could attack us unexpectantly. All organizations responding to this crisis in Nigeria face stretched capacity and daunting logistics. But we aren\u2019t giving up. Already we see the benefit of one small act. With the e-voucher she received during Mercy Corps\u2019 first distribution, Zulyatu bought a month\u2019s worth of rice and cooking oil in the local market. When asked what she hopes for the future, Zulyatu said, \u201cI just want to see everyone happy. Everyone would have enough to eat and abundance.\u201d We can make that hope possible, if we act urgently.", "essay": "I think it's really important to read this article. It goes to show how much a group of people are in need, and how dominance and facism can ruin a country for a long time from the inside out. Look at how the poor farmers lack security and cannot comfortably return to their crops. This is wrong all around, I hope it inspires some action."}
{"user_id": "ec_p048", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 55000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 55000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "This Is What It\u2019s Like on the Front Lines of Nigeria\u2019s Unseen Hunger Crisis \u2014  Millions of Nigerians survived Boko Haram, but now a humanitarian catastrophe is putting their lives at risk again. ABUJA, Nigeria \u2015 After her father died two years ago during a Boko Haram raid on her village in Yobe, Nigeria, 16-year-old Zulyatu, her younger siblings and their mother fled to Biu, a town in northeast Nigeria\u2019s Borno state. A year ago their mother left for another town to get treatment for high blood pressure from a traditional healer, leaving Zulyatu alone to care for her siblings, 12-year-old Abubakar and 8-year-old Amira. Zulyatu said hunger affects every part of their lives. They only eat once or twice a day, and they often feel dizzy from hunger. In their home village, before Boko Haram came, their father was a butcher, so the family always had enough meat to eat. The hunger makes her long for her father, and Zulyatu said that if he were still alive they wouldn\u2019t be having this experience. The focus on their struggle for food also leaves the siblings with little time or access for education. Before they came to Biu, Zulyatu was interested in studying to become a doctor, but they have been unable to attend school since the move. Sadly, experiences of hunger and desperation, like those of Zulyatu and her siblings, are the rule rather than the exception in conflict-weary Nigeria and in the greater Lake Chad Basin area. The hunger has become so strong, that one woman recently told us that she had become so desperate to feed her children that she took to boiling grass. The militant group Boko Haram emerged in Nigeria, Africa\u2019s most populous country, in 2002, but much of the world first became familiar with the terrorist group when it kidnapped 276 schoolgirls in 2014. Years of violence and destruction, combined with widespread and underestimated drought conditions, have created an ongoing crisis here. But as the Nigerian army retakes territory held by Boko Haram, another problem has emerged in the country \u2015 a horrific and massive humanitarian crisis is revealing itself. More than 4 million people are food insecure, not knowing from where their next meal will come. In August, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that in Borno state, where Zulyatu lives, nearly a quarter of a million children are severely malnourished, and one in five will die if they aren\u2019t treated. Mercy Corps, the global organization I work for, is one of the organizations mounting a response to this urgent and largely overlooked humanitarian situation. Our team has accessed remote villages and towns in south Borno state, where regular army checkpoints serve as a reminder of the serious threat Boko Haram still poses. But despite efforts from aid organizations like ours, there are still 2.2 million people living in unreachable areas in northeast Nigeria, with no contact to the outside world \u2015 and no guarantee of safe passage for aid workers. We don\u2019t yet know the full extent of the crisis \u2015 the Nigerian military and humanitarian organizations like Mercy Corps are still trying to push into these parts of the country \u2015 but based on what we\u2019ve seen so far, we fear the worst.  \u201cThe carnage becomes more glaring as we gain access to newer areas, and it has become a struggle for those of us in the forefront to comprehend how to help the thousands we come across who need our support,\u201d said Michael Mu\u2019azu, our humanitarian projects manager. \u201cWhat keeps me going is the fact that I can contribute to making a difference, and because I work with an amazing team of men and women who have dedicated their lives to providing lifesaving assistance, I wake up every day and go to work knowing more people will get to smile.\u201d For now though, many of the people we come across are not smiling. \u201cWhen I see the people in these communities, I see hunger and suffering in their faces,\u201d Umar Shuaibu, our operations officer, said. In our internal assessments this past July, we found that in the area of Damboa more than 80 percent of shelters were destroyed or partially destroyed, with no roof or doors. Of the people we interviewed, 97 percent reported that they could not afford to buy food in the previous four weeks. Because of continued insecurity, many farmers cannot reach the land where they cultivate food to eat and sell. People in these communities survive by selling foraged firewood and begging or laboring for less than the equivalent of $1 per day. Others have resorted to transactional sex.  The Nigerian military must clear and secure new areas before aid can get in, to make sure humanitarian workers have safe passage and aid does not end up in the wrong hands. And we have also not seen the amount of funding needed to mount a response of this size. Right now, less than one-third of current United Nations appeals for the crisis has been funded, a shortfall of $542 million. As a sovereign nation, Nigeria has a duty to provide for its people. It is ultimately responsible for leading the response to this emergency, establishing strong coordination and allowing for safe and organized access to deliver assistance to people in need. But it is also the humanitarian imperative of the international community to help people in crisis. At Mercy Corps, we are working quickly to meet urgent needs. In south Borno state we have been providing financial assistance, such as cash and vouchers that can be exchanged for food in local markets, as well as grants to jump-start businesses. We are repairing water points and latrines to ensure access to clean water and prevent the spread of waterborne illness. We also provide protection for vulnerable civilians, particularly women and children, and mobilize and train community members to recognize and respond to gender-based violence. We know that the needs are massive, and are going unmet, and we are working as quickly as possible to scale up our operations. Already in the past several months we have shifted to new locations and tripled our financial and staffing resources to reach upwards of 100,000 people. But it is a herculean task for any single organization to tackle on its own, and a risky one because insurgents could attack us unexpectantly. All organizations responding to this crisis in Nigeria face stretched capacity and daunting logistics. But we aren\u2019t giving up. Already we see the benefit of one small act. With the e-voucher she received during Mercy Corps\u2019 first distribution, Zulyatu bought a month\u2019s worth of rice and cooking oil in the local market. When asked what she hopes for the future, Zulyatu said, \u201cI just want to see everyone happy. Everyone would have enough to eat and abundance.\u201d We can make that hope possible, if we act urgently.", "essay": "It really does break your heart to have to read about all these foreign countries that suffer so much from hunger. You never really realize how lucky we are until you're reminded by these news articles and stories. You want to do so much but yet will any of it really help? I can't help but think that charities and donating isn't the best option because how is one to know if it's really worth it when a lot of these companies have overhead and issues within their own charities. I hope they have improved and continue to improve from this crisis."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "This Is What It\u2019s Like on the Front Lines of Nigeria\u2019s Unseen Hunger Crisis \u2014  Millions of Nigerians survived Boko Haram, but now a humanitarian catastrophe is putting their lives at risk again. ABUJA, Nigeria \u2015 After her father died two years ago during a Boko Haram raid on her village in Yobe, Nigeria, 16-year-old Zulyatu, her younger siblings and their mother fled to Biu, a town in northeast Nigeria\u2019s Borno state. A year ago their mother left for another town to get treatment for high blood pressure from a traditional healer, leaving Zulyatu alone to care for her siblings, 12-year-old Abubakar and 8-year-old Amira. Zulyatu said hunger affects every part of their lives. They only eat once or twice a day, and they often feel dizzy from hunger. In their home village, before Boko Haram came, their father was a butcher, so the family always had enough meat to eat. The hunger makes her long for her father, and Zulyatu said that if he were still alive they wouldn\u2019t be having this experience. The focus on their struggle for food also leaves the siblings with little time or access for education. Before they came to Biu, Zulyatu was interested in studying to become a doctor, but they have been unable to attend school since the move. Sadly, experiences of hunger and desperation, like those of Zulyatu and her siblings, are the rule rather than the exception in conflict-weary Nigeria and in the greater Lake Chad Basin area. The hunger has become so strong, that one woman recently told us that she had become so desperate to feed her children that she took to boiling grass. The militant group Boko Haram emerged in Nigeria, Africa\u2019s most populous country, in 2002, but much of the world first became familiar with the terrorist group when it kidnapped 276 schoolgirls in 2014. Years of violence and destruction, combined with widespread and underestimated drought conditions, have created an ongoing crisis here. But as the Nigerian army retakes territory held by Boko Haram, another problem has emerged in the country \u2015 a horrific and massive humanitarian crisis is revealing itself. More than 4 million people are food insecure, not knowing from where their next meal will come. In August, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that in Borno state, where Zulyatu lives, nearly a quarter of a million children are severely malnourished, and one in five will die if they aren\u2019t treated. Mercy Corps, the global organization I work for, is one of the organizations mounting a response to this urgent and largely overlooked humanitarian situation. Our team has accessed remote villages and towns in south Borno state, where regular army checkpoints serve as a reminder of the serious threat Boko Haram still poses. But despite efforts from aid organizations like ours, there are still 2.2 million people living in unreachable areas in northeast Nigeria, with no contact to the outside world \u2015 and no guarantee of safe passage for aid workers. We don\u2019t yet know the full extent of the crisis \u2015 the Nigerian military and humanitarian organizations like Mercy Corps are still trying to push into these parts of the country \u2015 but based on what we\u2019ve seen so far, we fear the worst.  \u201cThe carnage becomes more glaring as we gain access to newer areas, and it has become a struggle for those of us in the forefront to comprehend how to help the thousands we come across who need our support,\u201d said Michael Mu\u2019azu, our humanitarian projects manager. \u201cWhat keeps me going is the fact that I can contribute to making a difference, and because I work with an amazing team of men and women who have dedicated their lives to providing lifesaving assistance, I wake up every day and go to work knowing more people will get to smile.\u201d For now though, many of the people we come across are not smiling. \u201cWhen I see the people in these communities, I see hunger and suffering in their faces,\u201d Umar Shuaibu, our operations officer, said. In our internal assessments this past July, we found that in the area of Damboa more than 80 percent of shelters were destroyed or partially destroyed, with no roof or doors. Of the people we interviewed, 97 percent reported that they could not afford to buy food in the previous four weeks. Because of continued insecurity, many farmers cannot reach the land where they cultivate food to eat and sell. People in these communities survive by selling foraged firewood and begging or laboring for less than the equivalent of $1 per day. Others have resorted to transactional sex.  The Nigerian military must clear and secure new areas before aid can get in, to make sure humanitarian workers have safe passage and aid does not end up in the wrong hands. And we have also not seen the amount of funding needed to mount a response of this size. Right now, less than one-third of current United Nations appeals for the crisis has been funded, a shortfall of $542 million. As a sovereign nation, Nigeria has a duty to provide for its people. It is ultimately responsible for leading the response to this emergency, establishing strong coordination and allowing for safe and organized access to deliver assistance to people in need. But it is also the humanitarian imperative of the international community to help people in crisis. At Mercy Corps, we are working quickly to meet urgent needs. In south Borno state we have been providing financial assistance, such as cash and vouchers that can be exchanged for food in local markets, as well as grants to jump-start businesses. We are repairing water points and latrines to ensure access to clean water and prevent the spread of waterborne illness. We also provide protection for vulnerable civilians, particularly women and children, and mobilize and train community members to recognize and respond to gender-based violence. We know that the needs are massive, and are going unmet, and we are working as quickly as possible to scale up our operations. Already in the past several months we have shifted to new locations and tripled our financial and staffing resources to reach upwards of 100,000 people. But it is a herculean task for any single organization to tackle on its own, and a risky one because insurgents could attack us unexpectantly. All organizations responding to this crisis in Nigeria face stretched capacity and daunting logistics. But we aren\u2019t giving up. Already we see the benefit of one small act. With the e-voucher she received during Mercy Corps\u2019 first distribution, Zulyatu bought a month\u2019s worth of rice and cooking oil in the local market. When asked what she hopes for the future, Zulyatu said, \u201cI just want to see everyone happy. Everyone would have enough to eat and abundance.\u201d We can make that hope possible, if we act urgently.", "essay": "One of the biggest fears of a parent, is that they die and can not protect their children especially when they are young, like the children in the article.  The mother has a lot of faith in her child to leave her by herself at the age of 12. It is a sad reminder that some people do not get a childhood and life is very hard. I hope they all get the food that they need."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "This Is What It\u2019s Like on the Front Lines of Nigeria\u2019s Unseen Hunger Crisis \u2014  Millions of Nigerians survived Boko Haram, but now a humanitarian catastrophe is putting their lives at risk again. ABUJA, Nigeria \u2015 After her father died two years ago during a Boko Haram raid on her village in Yobe, Nigeria, 16-year-old Zulyatu, her younger siblings and their mother fled to Biu, a town in northeast Nigeria\u2019s Borno state. A year ago their mother left for another town to get treatment for high blood pressure from a traditional healer, leaving Zulyatu alone to care for her siblings, 12-year-old Abubakar and 8-year-old Amira. Zulyatu said hunger affects every part of their lives. They only eat once or twice a day, and they often feel dizzy from hunger. In their home village, before Boko Haram came, their father was a butcher, so the family always had enough meat to eat. The hunger makes her long for her father, and Zulyatu said that if he were still alive they wouldn\u2019t be having this experience. The focus on their struggle for food also leaves the siblings with little time or access for education. Before they came to Biu, Zulyatu was interested in studying to become a doctor, but they have been unable to attend school since the move. Sadly, experiences of hunger and desperation, like those of Zulyatu and her siblings, are the rule rather than the exception in conflict-weary Nigeria and in the greater Lake Chad Basin area. The hunger has become so strong, that one woman recently told us that she had become so desperate to feed her children that she took to boiling grass. The militant group Boko Haram emerged in Nigeria, Africa\u2019s most populous country, in 2002, but much of the world first became familiar with the terrorist group when it kidnapped 276 schoolgirls in 2014. Years of violence and destruction, combined with widespread and underestimated drought conditions, have created an ongoing crisis here. But as the Nigerian army retakes territory held by Boko Haram, another problem has emerged in the country \u2015 a horrific and massive humanitarian crisis is revealing itself. More than 4 million people are food insecure, not knowing from where their next meal will come. In August, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that in Borno state, where Zulyatu lives, nearly a quarter of a million children are severely malnourished, and one in five will die if they aren\u2019t treated. Mercy Corps, the global organization I work for, is one of the organizations mounting a response to this urgent and largely overlooked humanitarian situation. Our team has accessed remote villages and towns in south Borno state, where regular army checkpoints serve as a reminder of the serious threat Boko Haram still poses. But despite efforts from aid organizations like ours, there are still 2.2 million people living in unreachable areas in northeast Nigeria, with no contact to the outside world \u2015 and no guarantee of safe passage for aid workers. We don\u2019t yet know the full extent of the crisis \u2015 the Nigerian military and humanitarian organizations like Mercy Corps are still trying to push into these parts of the country \u2015 but based on what we\u2019ve seen so far, we fear the worst.  \u201cThe carnage becomes more glaring as we gain access to newer areas, and it has become a struggle for those of us in the forefront to comprehend how to help the thousands we come across who need our support,\u201d said Michael Mu\u2019azu, our humanitarian projects manager. \u201cWhat keeps me going is the fact that I can contribute to making a difference, and because I work with an amazing team of men and women who have dedicated their lives to providing lifesaving assistance, I wake up every day and go to work knowing more people will get to smile.\u201d For now though, many of the people we come across are not smiling. \u201cWhen I see the people in these communities, I see hunger and suffering in their faces,\u201d Umar Shuaibu, our operations officer, said. In our internal assessments this past July, we found that in the area of Damboa more than 80 percent of shelters were destroyed or partially destroyed, with no roof or doors. Of the people we interviewed, 97 percent reported that they could not afford to buy food in the previous four weeks. Because of continued insecurity, many farmers cannot reach the land where they cultivate food to eat and sell. People in these communities survive by selling foraged firewood and begging or laboring for less than the equivalent of $1 per day. Others have resorted to transactional sex.  The Nigerian military must clear and secure new areas before aid can get in, to make sure humanitarian workers have safe passage and aid does not end up in the wrong hands. And we have also not seen the amount of funding needed to mount a response of this size. Right now, less than one-third of current United Nations appeals for the crisis has been funded, a shortfall of $542 million. As a sovereign nation, Nigeria has a duty to provide for its people. It is ultimately responsible for leading the response to this emergency, establishing strong coordination and allowing for safe and organized access to deliver assistance to people in need. But it is also the humanitarian imperative of the international community to help people in crisis. At Mercy Corps, we are working quickly to meet urgent needs. In south Borno state we have been providing financial assistance, such as cash and vouchers that can be exchanged for food in local markets, as well as grants to jump-start businesses. We are repairing water points and latrines to ensure access to clean water and prevent the spread of waterborne illness. We also provide protection for vulnerable civilians, particularly women and children, and mobilize and train community members to recognize and respond to gender-based violence. We know that the needs are massive, and are going unmet, and we are working as quickly as possible to scale up our operations. Already in the past several months we have shifted to new locations and tripled our financial and staffing resources to reach upwards of 100,000 people. But it is a herculean task for any single organization to tackle on its own, and a risky one because insurgents could attack us unexpectantly. All organizations responding to this crisis in Nigeria face stretched capacity and daunting logistics. But we aren\u2019t giving up. Already we see the benefit of one small act. With the e-voucher she received during Mercy Corps\u2019 first distribution, Zulyatu bought a month\u2019s worth of rice and cooking oil in the local market. When asked what she hopes for the future, Zulyatu said, \u201cI just want to see everyone happy. Everyone would have enough to eat and abundance.\u201d We can make that hope possible, if we act urgently.", "essay": "Anything fellow human beings are struggling with hunger we as humans must find a way to be able t o  help them out. I feel like if we are starving we would want as Americans someone to step in and help us. It is the right and the only way to do things to be honest. I feel like Nigeria is too corrupt to help itself at this point."}
{"user_id": "ec_p011", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 105000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 105000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "Aleppo\u2019s oldest residents fear they\u2019ll die alone \u2014  BEIRUT \u2014 Before the war convulsed his native Syria, Marea Marea relished retire\u00adment. He enjoyed leisurely morning walks, played with his grandchildren and took afternoon catnaps. Then the fighting began in rebel-held eastern Aleppo. Airstrikes have pulverized his neighborhood, and a brutal siege has forced him to skimp on food so other members of his family have enough to eat. ADVERTISING Now the 70-year-old feels weak, frightened and helpless. \u201cMy entire life has been spent trying to build something for my family,\u201d he said, speaking by Skype from his home in the war-divided city. \u201cI built this home. My body aches from the decades of work that I did to make them a better life. But now this? There\u2019s little dignity in this kind of life.\u201d The war has taken an immense toll on the more than 200,000 people still in eastern Aleppo. Marea and other older residents face especially difficult circumstances, according to aid workers and doctors there. Some choose \u2014 or are asked \u2014 to make sacrifices for younger family members or are left to cope on their own after their children and grandchildren flee to safety in other countries. \u201cPeople are being forced to make sacrifices, and this often involves the older people getting neglected,\u201d said Bacry al-Ebeid, who distributes food to residents in rebel areas of Aleppo for Mercy-USA, a Michigan-based charity. [Darkness and fear in Aleppo as the bombs rain down] Aleppo, Syria\u2019s largest city before the war, has become perhaps the most important battleground in the conflict, which began in 2011 and has left more than 400,000 dead and millions displaced. Rebels seized the city\u2019s eastern districts in 2012, and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have intensified efforts to take them back. If they do, it would mark a significant victory for the embattled leader. In recent months, warplanes operated by Assad\u2019s government and its ally, Russia, have increasingly bombed hospitals and homes in the city\u2019s opposition-held areas. Food and fuel shortages have worsened because of the siege imposed by pro-government forces, who control the city\u2019s west end. As a result, residents and aid workers in eastern Aleppo say, it has become nearly impossible to find medicine to treat heart disease, diabetes, rheumatism and other conditions most commonly experienced by older people. Overstretched medical facilities must turn away people suffering from such conditions because of the overwhelming number of more-urgent cases, such as people with shrapnel wounds and other \u00adwar-related injuries. Pablo Marco, Middle East operations manager for the medical charity Doctors Without Borders, said the situation is so bad that fewer than three dozen doctors are still working in eastern Aleppo. The area has only one functioning dialysis unit left, he said. \u201cIf that unit stopped working, then that would mean more deaths,\u201d he said. \u201cThe doctors just don\u2019t have the time and facilities to take care of chronic diseases that, if not properly treated, will kill you in a matter of weeks and months.\u201d As some become frail, they might see themselves as a burden on their family, which can fuel anxiety, Ebeid said. Some families have had to take \u00adextreme measures and have abandoned older family members, he said. In Arab societies, older people generally live with their children until death. [Syrian regime and Russia may have killed more children in latest bombing] There are no reliable age breakdowns of people living in the city\u2019s besieged eastern areas, but before the war, Aleppo had a population approaching 3 million. Hundreds of thousands of residents have fled since the conflict erupted. \u201cIn a lot of cases, though, what we see are elderly people who refuse to leave their homes,\u201d Ebeid said. \u201cSo that means their families, when they flee to other countries, are forced to leave them behind.\u201d In another neighborhood of eastern Aleppo, 83-year-old Reema Salama lives alone in the home where she raised her children. Most of her family escaped to Turkey last year, but Salama chose to stay put, she said during a recent interview over Skype. Because of the siege, she cannot leave, and her family cannot visit. She receives food from Ebeid\u2019s organization but struggles to cook it, relying on neighbors for help. \u201cI\u2019m all alone! I\u2019m going to die alone here!\u201d she said before abruptly ending the conversation. Marea said he would never leave his home. To pay for it, he worked for years as a freelance farmhand and day laborer. But even if he tried to leave, the government\u2019s siege would prevent him. So he spends most of his time at home feeling isolated and hoping airstrikes do not obliterate him and his family. \u201cI\u2019m afraid our house will get bombed but that we won\u2019t die in the attack,\u201d he said, describing the fate of many people in his area of town. \u201cWe\u2019ll just be stuck in the rubble for days and slowly die.\u201d He also thinks constantly about trying to balance what he and his 70-year-old wife, Ajoun, need to survive with the demands of the 10 children and grandchildren living with them. Already, the family struggles to care for one son, 45-year-old Ahmed, whose leg was amputated last year after shrapnel struck it during an attack. \u201cWe eat twice \u2014 once in the morning and once in the evening \u2014 because we are trying to reduce the amount we eat so the kids still have enough,\u201d he said. He fears the effect this could have on his wife, who suffers from high blood pressure and rheumatism. Marea has received unexpected help from another son, Hameed, who was visiting from Turkey and became trapped in the city when the government imposed its siege several weeks ago. Asked whether Hameed intends to return to Turkey, Marea choked up. \u201cNo, he can\u2019t go back. The siege. He can\u2019t leave us here,\u201d Marea said. Then, he said, \u201cI\u2019m an old man. I shouldn\u2019t have to think about these kind of things.\u201d Heba Habib in Stockholm and Zakaria Zakaria in Istanbul contributed to this report.", "essay": "I was not connected to anyone after reading the article on Aleppo and the horrible circumstances that the elderly face after the destruction wrought on the city. I was told by the System to enter the code after the survey so I completed the survey and answered with all neutral answers. The instructions said that I would get paid if I somehow was not connected with anyone (i.e. if they disconnected). I guess in this situation they did in fact disconnect. I hope that your research goes well, and if there is anyway that I can chat with someone else regarding this incident I would be more than happy to do so. War tears cities apart, and it is hard for me to understand how so many innocent people suffer due to the whims of those in power. I hope to get paid for my efforts. Good luck."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Aleppo\u2019s oldest residents fear they\u2019ll die alone \u2014  BEIRUT \u2014 Before the war convulsed his native Syria, Marea Marea relished retire\u00adment. He enjoyed leisurely morning walks, played with his grandchildren and took afternoon catnaps. Then the fighting began in rebel-held eastern Aleppo. Airstrikes have pulverized his neighborhood, and a brutal siege has forced him to skimp on food so other members of his family have enough to eat. ADVERTISING Now the 70-year-old feels weak, frightened and helpless. \u201cMy entire life has been spent trying to build something for my family,\u201d he said, speaking by Skype from his home in the war-divided city. \u201cI built this home. My body aches from the decades of work that I did to make them a better life. But now this? There\u2019s little dignity in this kind of life.\u201d The war has taken an immense toll on the more than 200,000 people still in eastern Aleppo. Marea and other older residents face especially difficult circumstances, according to aid workers and doctors there. Some choose \u2014 or are asked \u2014 to make sacrifices for younger family members or are left to cope on their own after their children and grandchildren flee to safety in other countries. \u201cPeople are being forced to make sacrifices, and this often involves the older people getting neglected,\u201d said Bacry al-Ebeid, who distributes food to residents in rebel areas of Aleppo for Mercy-USA, a Michigan-based charity. [Darkness and fear in Aleppo as the bombs rain down] Aleppo, Syria\u2019s largest city before the war, has become perhaps the most important battleground in the conflict, which began in 2011 and has left more than 400,000 dead and millions displaced. Rebels seized the city\u2019s eastern districts in 2012, and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have intensified efforts to take them back. If they do, it would mark a significant victory for the embattled leader. In recent months, warplanes operated by Assad\u2019s government and its ally, Russia, have increasingly bombed hospitals and homes in the city\u2019s opposition-held areas. Food and fuel shortages have worsened because of the siege imposed by pro-government forces, who control the city\u2019s west end. As a result, residents and aid workers in eastern Aleppo say, it has become nearly impossible to find medicine to treat heart disease, diabetes, rheumatism and other conditions most commonly experienced by older people. Overstretched medical facilities must turn away people suffering from such conditions because of the overwhelming number of more-urgent cases, such as people with shrapnel wounds and other \u00adwar-related injuries. Pablo Marco, Middle East operations manager for the medical charity Doctors Without Borders, said the situation is so bad that fewer than three dozen doctors are still working in eastern Aleppo. The area has only one functioning dialysis unit left, he said. \u201cIf that unit stopped working, then that would mean more deaths,\u201d he said. \u201cThe doctors just don\u2019t have the time and facilities to take care of chronic diseases that, if not properly treated, will kill you in a matter of weeks and months.\u201d As some become frail, they might see themselves as a burden on their family, which can fuel anxiety, Ebeid said. Some families have had to take \u00adextreme measures and have abandoned older family members, he said. In Arab societies, older people generally live with their children until death. [Syrian regime and Russia may have killed more children in latest bombing] There are no reliable age breakdowns of people living in the city\u2019s besieged eastern areas, but before the war, Aleppo had a population approaching 3 million. Hundreds of thousands of residents have fled since the conflict erupted. \u201cIn a lot of cases, though, what we see are elderly people who refuse to leave their homes,\u201d Ebeid said. \u201cSo that means their families, when they flee to other countries, are forced to leave them behind.\u201d In another neighborhood of eastern Aleppo, 83-year-old Reema Salama lives alone in the home where she raised her children. Most of her family escaped to Turkey last year, but Salama chose to stay put, she said during a recent interview over Skype. Because of the siege, she cannot leave, and her family cannot visit. She receives food from Ebeid\u2019s organization but struggles to cook it, relying on neighbors for help. \u201cI\u2019m all alone! I\u2019m going to die alone here!\u201d she said before abruptly ending the conversation. Marea said he would never leave his home. To pay for it, he worked for years as a freelance farmhand and day laborer. But even if he tried to leave, the government\u2019s siege would prevent him. So he spends most of his time at home feeling isolated and hoping airstrikes do not obliterate him and his family. \u201cI\u2019m afraid our house will get bombed but that we won\u2019t die in the attack,\u201d he said, describing the fate of many people in his area of town. \u201cWe\u2019ll just be stuck in the rubble for days and slowly die.\u201d He also thinks constantly about trying to balance what he and his 70-year-old wife, Ajoun, need to survive with the demands of the 10 children and grandchildren living with them. Already, the family struggles to care for one son, 45-year-old Ahmed, whose leg was amputated last year after shrapnel struck it during an attack. \u201cWe eat twice \u2014 once in the morning and once in the evening \u2014 because we are trying to reduce the amount we eat so the kids still have enough,\u201d he said. He fears the effect this could have on his wife, who suffers from high blood pressure and rheumatism. Marea has received unexpected help from another son, Hameed, who was visiting from Turkey and became trapped in the city when the government imposed its siege several weeks ago. Asked whether Hameed intends to return to Turkey, Marea choked up. \u201cNo, he can\u2019t go back. The siege. He can\u2019t leave us here,\u201d Marea said. Then, he said, \u201cI\u2019m an old man. I shouldn\u2019t have to think about these kind of things.\u201d Heba Habib in Stockholm and Zakaria Zakaria in Istanbul contributed to this report.", "essay": "It would be a hard decision for me to stay or leave my family. I guess at the older age, I would not want to leave my home. It would be bad for your own government and rebel forces fighting making it hard to get food. I would worry if I had to leave my parent of grandparent alone back in war tore country.  I hope the war ends soon."}
{"user_id": "ec_p008", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 21000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 21000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Aleppo\u2019s oldest residents fear they\u2019ll die alone \u2014  BEIRUT \u2014 Before the war convulsed his native Syria, Marea Marea relished retire\u00adment. He enjoyed leisurely morning walks, played with his grandchildren and took afternoon catnaps. Then the fighting began in rebel-held eastern Aleppo. Airstrikes have pulverized his neighborhood, and a brutal siege has forced him to skimp on food so other members of his family have enough to eat. ADVERTISING Now the 70-year-old feels weak, frightened and helpless. \u201cMy entire life has been spent trying to build something for my family,\u201d he said, speaking by Skype from his home in the war-divided city. \u201cI built this home. My body aches from the decades of work that I did to make them a better life. But now this? There\u2019s little dignity in this kind of life.\u201d The war has taken an immense toll on the more than 200,000 people still in eastern Aleppo. Marea and other older residents face especially difficult circumstances, according to aid workers and doctors there. Some choose \u2014 or are asked \u2014 to make sacrifices for younger family members or are left to cope on their own after their children and grandchildren flee to safety in other countries. \u201cPeople are being forced to make sacrifices, and this often involves the older people getting neglected,\u201d said Bacry al-Ebeid, who distributes food to residents in rebel areas of Aleppo for Mercy-USA, a Michigan-based charity. [Darkness and fear in Aleppo as the bombs rain down] Aleppo, Syria\u2019s largest city before the war, has become perhaps the most important battleground in the conflict, which began in 2011 and has left more than 400,000 dead and millions displaced. Rebels seized the city\u2019s eastern districts in 2012, and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have intensified efforts to take them back. If they do, it would mark a significant victory for the embattled leader. In recent months, warplanes operated by Assad\u2019s government and its ally, Russia, have increasingly bombed hospitals and homes in the city\u2019s opposition-held areas. Food and fuel shortages have worsened because of the siege imposed by pro-government forces, who control the city\u2019s west end. As a result, residents and aid workers in eastern Aleppo say, it has become nearly impossible to find medicine to treat heart disease, diabetes, rheumatism and other conditions most commonly experienced by older people. Overstretched medical facilities must turn away people suffering from such conditions because of the overwhelming number of more-urgent cases, such as people with shrapnel wounds and other \u00adwar-related injuries. Pablo Marco, Middle East operations manager for the medical charity Doctors Without Borders, said the situation is so bad that fewer than three dozen doctors are still working in eastern Aleppo. The area has only one functioning dialysis unit left, he said. \u201cIf that unit stopped working, then that would mean more deaths,\u201d he said. \u201cThe doctors just don\u2019t have the time and facilities to take care of chronic diseases that, if not properly treated, will kill you in a matter of weeks and months.\u201d As some become frail, they might see themselves as a burden on their family, which can fuel anxiety, Ebeid said. Some families have had to take \u00adextreme measures and have abandoned older family members, he said. In Arab societies, older people generally live with their children until death. [Syrian regime and Russia may have killed more children in latest bombing] There are no reliable age breakdowns of people living in the city\u2019s besieged eastern areas, but before the war, Aleppo had a population approaching 3 million. Hundreds of thousands of residents have fled since the conflict erupted. \u201cIn a lot of cases, though, what we see are elderly people who refuse to leave their homes,\u201d Ebeid said. \u201cSo that means their families, when they flee to other countries, are forced to leave them behind.\u201d In another neighborhood of eastern Aleppo, 83-year-old Reema Salama lives alone in the home where she raised her children. Most of her family escaped to Turkey last year, but Salama chose to stay put, she said during a recent interview over Skype. Because of the siege, she cannot leave, and her family cannot visit. She receives food from Ebeid\u2019s organization but struggles to cook it, relying on neighbors for help. \u201cI\u2019m all alone! I\u2019m going to die alone here!\u201d she said before abruptly ending the conversation. Marea said he would never leave his home. To pay for it, he worked for years as a freelance farmhand and day laborer. But even if he tried to leave, the government\u2019s siege would prevent him. So he spends most of his time at home feeling isolated and hoping airstrikes do not obliterate him and his family. \u201cI\u2019m afraid our house will get bombed but that we won\u2019t die in the attack,\u201d he said, describing the fate of many people in his area of town. \u201cWe\u2019ll just be stuck in the rubble for days and slowly die.\u201d He also thinks constantly about trying to balance what he and his 70-year-old wife, Ajoun, need to survive with the demands of the 10 children and grandchildren living with them. Already, the family struggles to care for one son, 45-year-old Ahmed, whose leg was amputated last year after shrapnel struck it during an attack. \u201cWe eat twice \u2014 once in the morning and once in the evening \u2014 because we are trying to reduce the amount we eat so the kids still have enough,\u201d he said. He fears the effect this could have on his wife, who suffers from high blood pressure and rheumatism. Marea has received unexpected help from another son, Hameed, who was visiting from Turkey and became trapped in the city when the government imposed its siege several weeks ago. Asked whether Hameed intends to return to Turkey, Marea choked up. \u201cNo, he can\u2019t go back. The siege. He can\u2019t leave us here,\u201d Marea said. Then, he said, \u201cI\u2019m an old man. I shouldn\u2019t have to think about these kind of things.\u201d Heba Habib in Stockholm and Zakaria Zakaria in Istanbul contributed to this report.", "essay": "I can't imagine what it would be like to live in a war-torn country. Americans have it so much better than they realize and I don't understand why it's so hard for people to put themselves in others' shoes. I feel so much for this poor man that just wanted a peaceful retirement and to hang out with his family and now he and his wife are basically depriving themselves of food so that they have enough for the kids. It's depressing."}
{"user_id": "ec_p066", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 15000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 15000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Aleppo\u2019s oldest residents fear they\u2019ll die alone \u2014  BEIRUT \u2014 Before the war convulsed his native Syria, Marea Marea relished retire\u00adment. He enjoyed leisurely morning walks, played with his grandchildren and took afternoon catnaps. Then the fighting began in rebel-held eastern Aleppo. Airstrikes have pulverized his neighborhood, and a brutal siege has forced him to skimp on food so other members of his family have enough to eat. ADVERTISING Now the 70-year-old feels weak, frightened and helpless. \u201cMy entire life has been spent trying to build something for my family,\u201d he said, speaking by Skype from his home in the war-divided city. \u201cI built this home. My body aches from the decades of work that I did to make them a better life. But now this? There\u2019s little dignity in this kind of life.\u201d The war has taken an immense toll on the more than 200,000 people still in eastern Aleppo. Marea and other older residents face especially difficult circumstances, according to aid workers and doctors there. Some choose \u2014 or are asked \u2014 to make sacrifices for younger family members or are left to cope on their own after their children and grandchildren flee to safety in other countries. \u201cPeople are being forced to make sacrifices, and this often involves the older people getting neglected,\u201d said Bacry al-Ebeid, who distributes food to residents in rebel areas of Aleppo for Mercy-USA, a Michigan-based charity. [Darkness and fear in Aleppo as the bombs rain down] Aleppo, Syria\u2019s largest city before the war, has become perhaps the most important battleground in the conflict, which began in 2011 and has left more than 400,000 dead and millions displaced. Rebels seized the city\u2019s eastern districts in 2012, and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have intensified efforts to take them back. If they do, it would mark a significant victory for the embattled leader. In recent months, warplanes operated by Assad\u2019s government and its ally, Russia, have increasingly bombed hospitals and homes in the city\u2019s opposition-held areas. Food and fuel shortages have worsened because of the siege imposed by pro-government forces, who control the city\u2019s west end. As a result, residents and aid workers in eastern Aleppo say, it has become nearly impossible to find medicine to treat heart disease, diabetes, rheumatism and other conditions most commonly experienced by older people. Overstretched medical facilities must turn away people suffering from such conditions because of the overwhelming number of more-urgent cases, such as people with shrapnel wounds and other \u00adwar-related injuries. Pablo Marco, Middle East operations manager for the medical charity Doctors Without Borders, said the situation is so bad that fewer than three dozen doctors are still working in eastern Aleppo. The area has only one functioning dialysis unit left, he said. \u201cIf that unit stopped working, then that would mean more deaths,\u201d he said. \u201cThe doctors just don\u2019t have the time and facilities to take care of chronic diseases that, if not properly treated, will kill you in a matter of weeks and months.\u201d As some become frail, they might see themselves as a burden on their family, which can fuel anxiety, Ebeid said. Some families have had to take \u00adextreme measures and have abandoned older family members, he said. In Arab societies, older people generally live with their children until death. [Syrian regime and Russia may have killed more children in latest bombing] There are no reliable age breakdowns of people living in the city\u2019s besieged eastern areas, but before the war, Aleppo had a population approaching 3 million. Hundreds of thousands of residents have fled since the conflict erupted. \u201cIn a lot of cases, though, what we see are elderly people who refuse to leave their homes,\u201d Ebeid said. \u201cSo that means their families, when they flee to other countries, are forced to leave them behind.\u201d In another neighborhood of eastern Aleppo, 83-year-old Reema Salama lives alone in the home where she raised her children. Most of her family escaped to Turkey last year, but Salama chose to stay put, she said during a recent interview over Skype. Because of the siege, she cannot leave, and her family cannot visit. She receives food from Ebeid\u2019s organization but struggles to cook it, relying on neighbors for help. \u201cI\u2019m all alone! I\u2019m going to die alone here!\u201d she said before abruptly ending the conversation. Marea said he would never leave his home. To pay for it, he worked for years as a freelance farmhand and day laborer. But even if he tried to leave, the government\u2019s siege would prevent him. So he spends most of his time at home feeling isolated and hoping airstrikes do not obliterate him and his family. \u201cI\u2019m afraid our house will get bombed but that we won\u2019t die in the attack,\u201d he said, describing the fate of many people in his area of town. \u201cWe\u2019ll just be stuck in the rubble for days and slowly die.\u201d He also thinks constantly about trying to balance what he and his 70-year-old wife, Ajoun, need to survive with the demands of the 10 children and grandchildren living with them. Already, the family struggles to care for one son, 45-year-old Ahmed, whose leg was amputated last year after shrapnel struck it during an attack. \u201cWe eat twice \u2014 once in the morning and once in the evening \u2014 because we are trying to reduce the amount we eat so the kids still have enough,\u201d he said. He fears the effect this could have on his wife, who suffers from high blood pressure and rheumatism. Marea has received unexpected help from another son, Hameed, who was visiting from Turkey and became trapped in the city when the government imposed its siege several weeks ago. Asked whether Hameed intends to return to Turkey, Marea choked up. \u201cNo, he can\u2019t go back. The siege. He can\u2019t leave us here,\u201d Marea said. Then, he said, \u201cI\u2019m an old man. I shouldn\u2019t have to think about these kind of things.\u201d Heba Habib in Stockholm and Zakaria Zakaria in Istanbul contributed to this report.", "essay": "I read an article about old people in Aleppo where they ended up being neglected in the conflict. Their children and grandchildren often flee to safer countries but the elderly aren't usually afforded the same luxury. One old man lamented that he had spent his whole life to create a better place for his children and grandchildren and all that work was now null and void. What a tragedy."}
{"user_id": "ec_p048", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 55000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 55000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "Aleppo\u2019s oldest residents fear they\u2019ll die alone \u2014  BEIRUT \u2014 Before the war convulsed his native Syria, Marea Marea relished retire\u00adment. He enjoyed leisurely morning walks, played with his grandchildren and took afternoon catnaps. Then the fighting began in rebel-held eastern Aleppo. Airstrikes have pulverized his neighborhood, and a brutal siege has forced him to skimp on food so other members of his family have enough to eat. ADVERTISING Now the 70-year-old feels weak, frightened and helpless. \u201cMy entire life has been spent trying to build something for my family,\u201d he said, speaking by Skype from his home in the war-divided city. \u201cI built this home. My body aches from the decades of work that I did to make them a better life. But now this? There\u2019s little dignity in this kind of life.\u201d The war has taken an immense toll on the more than 200,000 people still in eastern Aleppo. Marea and other older residents face especially difficult circumstances, according to aid workers and doctors there. Some choose \u2014 or are asked \u2014 to make sacrifices for younger family members or are left to cope on their own after their children and grandchildren flee to safety in other countries. \u201cPeople are being forced to make sacrifices, and this often involves the older people getting neglected,\u201d said Bacry al-Ebeid, who distributes food to residents in rebel areas of Aleppo for Mercy-USA, a Michigan-based charity. [Darkness and fear in Aleppo as the bombs rain down] Aleppo, Syria\u2019s largest city before the war, has become perhaps the most important battleground in the conflict, which began in 2011 and has left more than 400,000 dead and millions displaced. Rebels seized the city\u2019s eastern districts in 2012, and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have intensified efforts to take them back. If they do, it would mark a significant victory for the embattled leader. In recent months, warplanes operated by Assad\u2019s government and its ally, Russia, have increasingly bombed hospitals and homes in the city\u2019s opposition-held areas. Food and fuel shortages have worsened because of the siege imposed by pro-government forces, who control the city\u2019s west end. As a result, residents and aid workers in eastern Aleppo say, it has become nearly impossible to find medicine to treat heart disease, diabetes, rheumatism and other conditions most commonly experienced by older people. Overstretched medical facilities must turn away people suffering from such conditions because of the overwhelming number of more-urgent cases, such as people with shrapnel wounds and other \u00adwar-related injuries. Pablo Marco, Middle East operations manager for the medical charity Doctors Without Borders, said the situation is so bad that fewer than three dozen doctors are still working in eastern Aleppo. The area has only one functioning dialysis unit left, he said. \u201cIf that unit stopped working, then that would mean more deaths,\u201d he said. \u201cThe doctors just don\u2019t have the time and facilities to take care of chronic diseases that, if not properly treated, will kill you in a matter of weeks and months.\u201d As some become frail, they might see themselves as a burden on their family, which can fuel anxiety, Ebeid said. Some families have had to take \u00adextreme measures and have abandoned older family members, he said. In Arab societies, older people generally live with their children until death. [Syrian regime and Russia may have killed more children in latest bombing] There are no reliable age breakdowns of people living in the city\u2019s besieged eastern areas, but before the war, Aleppo had a population approaching 3 million. Hundreds of thousands of residents have fled since the conflict erupted. \u201cIn a lot of cases, though, what we see are elderly people who refuse to leave their homes,\u201d Ebeid said. \u201cSo that means their families, when they flee to other countries, are forced to leave them behind.\u201d In another neighborhood of eastern Aleppo, 83-year-old Reema Salama lives alone in the home where she raised her children. Most of her family escaped to Turkey last year, but Salama chose to stay put, she said during a recent interview over Skype. Because of the siege, she cannot leave, and her family cannot visit. She receives food from Ebeid\u2019s organization but struggles to cook it, relying on neighbors for help. \u201cI\u2019m all alone! I\u2019m going to die alone here!\u201d she said before abruptly ending the conversation. Marea said he would never leave his home. To pay for it, he worked for years as a freelance farmhand and day laborer. But even if he tried to leave, the government\u2019s siege would prevent him. So he spends most of his time at home feeling isolated and hoping airstrikes do not obliterate him and his family. \u201cI\u2019m afraid our house will get bombed but that we won\u2019t die in the attack,\u201d he said, describing the fate of many people in his area of town. \u201cWe\u2019ll just be stuck in the rubble for days and slowly die.\u201d He also thinks constantly about trying to balance what he and his 70-year-old wife, Ajoun, need to survive with the demands of the 10 children and grandchildren living with them. Already, the family struggles to care for one son, 45-year-old Ahmed, whose leg was amputated last year after shrapnel struck it during an attack. \u201cWe eat twice \u2014 once in the morning and once in the evening \u2014 because we are trying to reduce the amount we eat so the kids still have enough,\u201d he said. He fears the effect this could have on his wife, who suffers from high blood pressure and rheumatism. Marea has received unexpected help from another son, Hameed, who was visiting from Turkey and became trapped in the city when the government imposed its siege several weeks ago. Asked whether Hameed intends to return to Turkey, Marea choked up. \u201cNo, he can\u2019t go back. The siege. He can\u2019t leave us here,\u201d Marea said. Then, he said, \u201cI\u2019m an old man. I shouldn\u2019t have to think about these kind of things.\u201d Heba Habib in Stockholm and Zakaria Zakaria in Istanbul contributed to this report.", "essay": "I continue to read these stories and they always spark sympathy but then it's always the same outcome for these situations. People are fights and warring and there is not much that we can do about it. How much can one person do to fix these issues? I just hope that their future is brighter than it seems. That's what is always so hard to express or imagine. I'm a sure believer that God has the power and so I think they will come out on top with that attitude. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Sheriff: Police dog dies in hot car in western Arkansas \u2014  HUNTSVILLE, Ark. \u2013  A police dog died after she was left in a hot patrol car by her handler in western Arkansas, officials said. Madison County Sheriff Phillip Morgan said the dog, named Lina, died Friday. The sheriff said the dog's handler was placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation. The 5-year-old dog had been with the sheriff's office for three years, and the sheriff said the animal was used in drug investigations. Morgan described the dog's death as a \"bad accident.\" He said the investigation into the dog's death is being handled by the Washington County Sheriff's Office. Last month, a police dog in Stephens County, Oklahoma, died after being left for 38 hours in a hot car and its handler was charged with animal cruelty.", "essay": "I think that what happened with the dog was so sad and terrible. I honestly don't think that the police officer did that on purpose but rather it was just a terrible accident. It was stated that the dog has been working with the police officer for quite some time so i'm sure that they had some sort of bond. It's just really sad that such an innocent animal died because of this accident."}
{"user_id": "ec_p067", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 5000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 3.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 3.5 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 5000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 3.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 3.5, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "Sheriff: Police dog dies in hot car in western Arkansas \u2014  HUNTSVILLE, Ark. \u2013  A police dog died after she was left in a hot patrol car by her handler in western Arkansas, officials said. Madison County Sheriff Phillip Morgan said the dog, named Lina, died Friday. The sheriff said the dog's handler was placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation. The 5-year-old dog had been with the sheriff's office for three years, and the sheriff said the animal was used in drug investigations. Morgan described the dog's death as a \"bad accident.\" He said the investigation into the dog's death is being handled by the Washington County Sheriff's Office. Last month, a police dog in Stephens County, Oklahoma, died after being left for 38 hours in a hot car and its handler was charged with animal cruelty.", "essay": "This is sad. Dogs don't deserve that. Police that leave dogs in cars should be ashamed. I don't really believe they suffered consequences for it, police never do. I think that there should be more precautions to make sure dogs are not left alone in cars, especially when the one responsible is supposed to have training to deal with that sort of thing."}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "Sheriff: Police dog dies in hot car in western Arkansas \u2014  HUNTSVILLE, Ark. \u2013  A police dog died after she was left in a hot patrol car by her handler in western Arkansas, officials said. Madison County Sheriff Phillip Morgan said the dog, named Lina, died Friday. The sheriff said the dog's handler was placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation. The 5-year-old dog had been with the sheriff's office for three years, and the sheriff said the animal was used in drug investigations. Morgan described the dog's death as a \"bad accident.\" He said the investigation into the dog's death is being handled by the Washington County Sheriff's Office. Last month, a police dog in Stephens County, Oklahoma, died after being left for 38 hours in a hot car and its handler was charged with animal cruelty.", "essay": "This is the saddest story ever.   Why would a police officer leave his dog in a car on a hot day where he dies?   You just don't leave a dog in a car for 1 full day without knowing it.   I am glad he's on paid leave.   The dog was three years old.   In my opinion, it's intentional and there needs to be ramifications.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p067", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 5000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 3.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 3.5 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 5000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 3.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 3.5, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "Sheriff: Police dog dies in hot car in western Arkansas \u2014  HUNTSVILLE, Ark. \u2013  A police dog died after she was left in a hot patrol car by her handler in western Arkansas, officials said. Madison County Sheriff Phillip Morgan said the dog, named Lina, died Friday. The sheriff said the dog's handler was placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation. The 5-year-old dog had been with the sheriff's office for three years, and the sheriff said the animal was used in drug investigations. Morgan described the dog's death as a \"bad accident.\" He said the investigation into the dog's death is being handled by the Washington County Sheriff's Office. Last month, a police dog in Stephens County, Oklahoma, died after being left for 38 hours in a hot car and its handler was charged with animal cruelty.", "essay": "That's terrible that the dog was left to die. Maybe there should be consequences for it. You should know that I feel good about dogs and don't want them to die. It is upsetting especially given their important role and how much training is required for them, and how much responsibility their handlers are supposed to have."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "After Traveling More Than 700 Miles, A Young Wolf Was Gunned Down By A Government Sniper \u2014  A young male wolf who was in search of a mate and had travelled more than 700 miles, has been gunned down by a government sniper.   This wolf was a member of the Huckleberry pack which is a family that lives in Washington state and had been saved from extermination by the Center for Biological Diversity as well as it\u2019s allies when the wolf was a pup back in 2014.   The wolf was collared in February and began his journey east, surviving the wolf-killing fields in Idaho.   On Septemer 29th, he was gunned down at Judith Gap, Montana near Wildlife Services which is the deadly federal killing program that had wiped out more than 3 million wild animals just last year.   This was a special collared wolf whose journey was well documented and whose life was carelessly taken away at the hands of trigger-happy exterminators who must be held accountable for their actions.   Wolves often leave their pack in search of a mate and new territory when they come of age. Sadly, in states such as Colorado, Iowa, Wyoming and Utah these wandering wolves end up dying brutal deaths due to acts of cruelty and indifference.   For this reason, the Center for Biological Diversity has lawyers, scientists and activists who are in court, congress and on the streets every day fighting for the lives and safety of wolves.", "essay": "I think situations like these really make me doubt the world. We really need to do better and I've been saying this for quite some time now but eventually you realize its a crazy world out there. So much wrong goes on in the world that you become numb to it over time. I think that is the worst part of it."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "After Traveling More Than 700 Miles, A Young Wolf Was Gunned Down By A Government Sniper \u2014  A young male wolf who was in search of a mate and had travelled more than 700 miles, has been gunned down by a government sniper.   This wolf was a member of the Huckleberry pack which is a family that lives in Washington state and had been saved from extermination by the Center for Biological Diversity as well as it\u2019s allies when the wolf was a pup back in 2014.   The wolf was collared in February and began his journey east, surviving the wolf-killing fields in Idaho.   On Septemer 29th, he was gunned down at Judith Gap, Montana near Wildlife Services which is the deadly federal killing program that had wiped out more than 3 million wild animals just last year.   This was a special collared wolf whose journey was well documented and whose life was carelessly taken away at the hands of trigger-happy exterminators who must be held accountable for their actions.   Wolves often leave their pack in search of a mate and new territory when they come of age. Sadly, in states such as Colorado, Iowa, Wyoming and Utah these wandering wolves end up dying brutal deaths due to acts of cruelty and indifference.   For this reason, the Center for Biological Diversity has lawyers, scientists and activists who are in court, congress and on the streets every day fighting for the lives and safety of wolves.", "essay": "This article really struck home for me. I am so sad that this wolf traveled 700 miles to find a new mate just to be killed sensesly. He traveled through rough conditions like a jill field and stillended up dying. I think thes eprograms by the government to kill animals is horrifying. We should all live together in hamony. If they are a pest we should find ways that dont harm them like relocating the animals to help the problem not kill innocent souls.Someday they will find a solution that wont harm lives and live in peace."}
{"user_id": "ec_p016", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 60000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 60000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "After Traveling More Than 700 Miles, A Young Wolf Was Gunned Down By A Government Sniper \u2014  A young male wolf who was in search of a mate and had travelled more than 700 miles, has been gunned down by a government sniper.   This wolf was a member of the Huckleberry pack which is a family that lives in Washington state and had been saved from extermination by the Center for Biological Diversity as well as it\u2019s allies when the wolf was a pup back in 2014.   The wolf was collared in February and began his journey east, surviving the wolf-killing fields in Idaho.   On Septemer 29th, he was gunned down at Judith Gap, Montana near Wildlife Services which is the deadly federal killing program that had wiped out more than 3 million wild animals just last year.   This was a special collared wolf whose journey was well documented and whose life was carelessly taken away at the hands of trigger-happy exterminators who must be held accountable for their actions.   Wolves often leave their pack in search of a mate and new territory when they come of age. Sadly, in states such as Colorado, Iowa, Wyoming and Utah these wandering wolves end up dying brutal deaths due to acts of cruelty and indifference.   For this reason, the Center for Biological Diversity has lawyers, scientists and activists who are in court, congress and on the streets every day fighting for the lives and safety of wolves.", "essay": "I think it's pretty sad that the wolf got killed. I know that they're thinking about reintroducing wolves to a lot of areas because we've killed off so many of them, deer populations are spiking and because of that ticks and lyme disease are on the rise. They're saying it might become an epidemic. Anyway, I guess my point is that some people might say that we don't need to care about wolves because they're harmful or dangerous, but it turns out that we need them. Anyway. It's sad that the wolf died, and kinda crazy that he went out via sniper."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "After Traveling More Than 700 Miles, A Young Wolf Was Gunned Down By A Government Sniper \u2014  A young male wolf who was in search of a mate and had travelled more than 700 miles, has been gunned down by a government sniper.   This wolf was a member of the Huckleberry pack which is a family that lives in Washington state and had been saved from extermination by the Center for Biological Diversity as well as it\u2019s allies when the wolf was a pup back in 2014.   The wolf was collared in February and began his journey east, surviving the wolf-killing fields in Idaho.   On Septemer 29th, he was gunned down at Judith Gap, Montana near Wildlife Services which is the deadly federal killing program that had wiped out more than 3 million wild animals just last year.   This was a special collared wolf whose journey was well documented and whose life was carelessly taken away at the hands of trigger-happy exterminators who must be held accountable for their actions.   Wolves often leave their pack in search of a mate and new territory when they come of age. Sadly, in states such as Colorado, Iowa, Wyoming and Utah these wandering wolves end up dying brutal deaths due to acts of cruelty and indifference.   For this reason, the Center for Biological Diversity has lawyers, scientists and activists who are in court, congress and on the streets every day fighting for the lives and safety of wolves.", "essay": "I just read about an unfortunate wolf that had been tagged by conservationists, wandered away from his pack and murdered by overzealous wildlife exterminators. I wasn't even aware that these types of individuals existed. I knew oil companies employed wildlife exterminators in the far north, but apparently there are people paid to murder animals here in the US. Despicable."}
{"user_id": "ec_p048", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 55000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 3.5 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 55000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 3.5, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "After Traveling More Than 700 Miles, A Young Wolf Was Gunned Down By A Government Sniper \u2014  A young male wolf who was in search of a mate and had travelled more than 700 miles, has been gunned down by a government sniper.   This wolf was a member of the Huckleberry pack which is a family that lives in Washington state and had been saved from extermination by the Center for Biological Diversity as well as it\u2019s allies when the wolf was a pup back in 2014.   The wolf was collared in February and began his journey east, surviving the wolf-killing fields in Idaho.   On Septemer 29th, he was gunned down at Judith Gap, Montana near Wildlife Services which is the deadly federal killing program that had wiped out more than 3 million wild animals just last year.   This was a special collared wolf whose journey was well documented and whose life was carelessly taken away at the hands of trigger-happy exterminators who must be held accountable for their actions.   Wolves often leave their pack in search of a mate and new territory when they come of age. Sadly, in states such as Colorado, Iowa, Wyoming and Utah these wandering wolves end up dying brutal deaths due to acts of cruelty and indifference.   For this reason, the Center for Biological Diversity has lawyers, scientists and activists who are in court, congress and on the streets every day fighting for the lives and safety of wolves.", "essay": "I love animals, I truly do. Although, I will never say animals are above humans. This article really lacks more information. They don't go in to why the wolf was shot by the government sniper. I just don't agree that there wasn't a threat of some sort that would create someone to do this. They are wild creatures that could have actually hurt a human. I am all for saving and helping animals and ensuring their well-being but this story may or may not have to do with that. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Americans adopted this South Korean man when he was 3. Now 41, he\u2019s being deported. \u2014  Adam Crapser was born in South Korea, but, when he was 3 years old, an American couple adopted him.   Until recently, he lived in Vancouver, Wash., with his daughters and his pregnant wife. He has a son by an ex-girlfriend. He used to own a barbershop, but decided to become a stay-at-home dad, sometimes playing guitar and ukulele and watching a rescue dog.   But that will all soon change \u2014 Crapser is being deported back to South Korea, away from his family, away from the place he\u2019s spent 37 of his 41 years of life.   He\u2019s being held in an immigration detention center in Tacoma, Wash.   \u201cHe will be deported as soon as Immigration and Customs Enforcement makes the necessary arrangements,\u201d Crapser\u2019s attorney Lori Walls told the Associated Press. \u201cAdam, his family, and advocates are heartbroken at the outcome.\u201d   [They grew up as American citizens, then learned that they weren\u2019t]   Crapser\u2019s deportation is a sad denouement to a life in the United States that\u2019s been anything but easy.   After being abandoned near Seoul, Crapser and his older sister were adopted by an unnamed couple. All he brought with him across the ocean were a pair of green rubber shoes, a Korean-language Bible and a stuffed dog.   That couple, as the New York Times magazine noted in an extensive profile of Crapser, abandoned the children to the foster system after many episodes in which they forced Crapser to sit in the dark basement as punishment.   He and his sister were split up, and after several foster homes, he found himself adopted by Thomas and Dollar Crapser, who had adopted two other children and were also caring for several other foster children.   According to Crapser, that family was more abusive than the first. They would slam children\u2019s heads on door frames, tape their mouths shut with duct tape and hit them with 2-by-4s. Eventually, they would be convicted in 1992 of several counts of criminal mistreatment and assault.   Before that, though, they kicked Crapser out of the house after an argument. It happened so quickly, he left his Bible and rubber shoes \u2014 the last remnants of his birth country \u2014 in the house. He was caught breaking into that house, trying to retrieve the items and pleaded guilty to burglary. Twenty-five months in prison followed.   In the years following, Crapser committed a number of infractions. He was found guilty of unlawful firearm possession and, later, assault after getting into a fight with his roommate. In 2013, he called his son by an ex-girlfriend despite a protection order she had taken out against him.   \u201cI made a lot of mistakes in my life, and I\u2019m not proud of it,\u201d Crapser told the New York Times magazine. \u201cI\u2019ve learned a lot of lessons the hard way.\u201d   In the past few years, he\u2019d been working to put his life back on track by getting married and focusing on family.   Now, that\u2019s over.   Difficult as his life here has been, he followed the court\u2019s ordered punishment for his crimes. Returning to a country that the AP described as \u201ccompletely alien to him\u201d was not a punishment handed down from a judge.   But that\u2019s what\u2019s happening.   He ended up on the radar of federal immigration officials after he applied for a green card in 2012. They dug into his background and found a criminal record, which as the AP noted, makes him eligible for deportation.   In fact, it\u2019s a circumstance created by the very parents who adopted, then abandoned, him in the first place. No family that adopted him, nor the adoption agency, ever registered the boy for U.S. citizenship.   Simple paperwork left undone.   Dae Joong Yoon, executive director of the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium, told the AP this isn\u2019t uncommon \u2014 as many as 35,000 intercountry adoptees don\u2019t have U.S. citizenship, through no fault of their own but that of their parents and the agencies that handled their adoptions.   The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 fixed part of this problem by automatically granting citizenship to children adopted by U.S. citizens, but, as NBC noted, it only applied to those under the age of 18 at the time of its passing.   Crapser and many others, thus, were left in their strange limbo. Currently Congress is considering the Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2015, which would grant citizenship to all children who have been adopted by U.S. citizens.   But it\u2019ll be too late for Crapser, who still hopes it will pass.   \u201cWhile I am disappointed in the judge\u2019s ruling and worried about my family\u2019s future, I hope that what has happened to me will further demonstrate the importance of passing the Adoptee Citizenship Act,\u201d Crapser said in a statement obtained by NBC.   Emily Kessel of the Adoptee Rights Campaign finds his deportation \u201cappalling.\u201d   \u201cWe do not choose our families,\u201d Kessel told NBC. \u201cBut the U.S. does choose to bring adoptees into the U.S. with a promise of placing these children in safe homes to grow up like any other American \u2026 Adoptees are not disposable. We urge the community to call members of Congress and underline the need for a legislative fix now.\u201d", "essay": "I think it's terrible that this man had to get deported. I feel like if you lived in United States for a certain amount of time, you are officially a member of the country no matter what. It is so depressing and sad that this man had to be separated from his family and have everything that was his taken away. It is unfair and i think the system is broken as well."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Americans adopted this South Korean man when he was 3. Now 41, he\u2019s being deported. \u2014  Adam Crapser was born in South Korea, but, when he was 3 years old, an American couple adopted him.   Until recently, he lived in Vancouver, Wash., with his daughters and his pregnant wife. He has a son by an ex-girlfriend. He used to own a barbershop, but decided to become a stay-at-home dad, sometimes playing guitar and ukulele and watching a rescue dog.   But that will all soon change \u2014 Crapser is being deported back to South Korea, away from his family, away from the place he\u2019s spent 37 of his 41 years of life.   He\u2019s being held in an immigration detention center in Tacoma, Wash.   \u201cHe will be deported as soon as Immigration and Customs Enforcement makes the necessary arrangements,\u201d Crapser\u2019s attorney Lori Walls told the Associated Press. \u201cAdam, his family, and advocates are heartbroken at the outcome.\u201d   [They grew up as American citizens, then learned that they weren\u2019t]   Crapser\u2019s deportation is a sad denouement to a life in the United States that\u2019s been anything but easy.   After being abandoned near Seoul, Crapser and his older sister were adopted by an unnamed couple. All he brought with him across the ocean were a pair of green rubber shoes, a Korean-language Bible and a stuffed dog.   That couple, as the New York Times magazine noted in an extensive profile of Crapser, abandoned the children to the foster system after many episodes in which they forced Crapser to sit in the dark basement as punishment.   He and his sister were split up, and after several foster homes, he found himself adopted by Thomas and Dollar Crapser, who had adopted two other children and were also caring for several other foster children.   According to Crapser, that family was more abusive than the first. They would slam children\u2019s heads on door frames, tape their mouths shut with duct tape and hit them with 2-by-4s. Eventually, they would be convicted in 1992 of several counts of criminal mistreatment and assault.   Before that, though, they kicked Crapser out of the house after an argument. It happened so quickly, he left his Bible and rubber shoes \u2014 the last remnants of his birth country \u2014 in the house. He was caught breaking into that house, trying to retrieve the items and pleaded guilty to burglary. Twenty-five months in prison followed.   In the years following, Crapser committed a number of infractions. He was found guilty of unlawful firearm possession and, later, assault after getting into a fight with his roommate. In 2013, he called his son by an ex-girlfriend despite a protection order she had taken out against him.   \u201cI made a lot of mistakes in my life, and I\u2019m not proud of it,\u201d Crapser told the New York Times magazine. \u201cI\u2019ve learned a lot of lessons the hard way.\u201d   In the past few years, he\u2019d been working to put his life back on track by getting married and focusing on family.   Now, that\u2019s over.   Difficult as his life here has been, he followed the court\u2019s ordered punishment for his crimes. Returning to a country that the AP described as \u201ccompletely alien to him\u201d was not a punishment handed down from a judge.   But that\u2019s what\u2019s happening.   He ended up on the radar of federal immigration officials after he applied for a green card in 2012. They dug into his background and found a criminal record, which as the AP noted, makes him eligible for deportation.   In fact, it\u2019s a circumstance created by the very parents who adopted, then abandoned, him in the first place. No family that adopted him, nor the adoption agency, ever registered the boy for U.S. citizenship.   Simple paperwork left undone.   Dae Joong Yoon, executive director of the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium, told the AP this isn\u2019t uncommon \u2014 as many as 35,000 intercountry adoptees don\u2019t have U.S. citizenship, through no fault of their own but that of their parents and the agencies that handled their adoptions.   The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 fixed part of this problem by automatically granting citizenship to children adopted by U.S. citizens, but, as NBC noted, it only applied to those under the age of 18 at the time of its passing.   Crapser and many others, thus, were left in their strange limbo. Currently Congress is considering the Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2015, which would grant citizenship to all children who have been adopted by U.S. citizens.   But it\u2019ll be too late for Crapser, who still hopes it will pass.   \u201cWhile I am disappointed in the judge\u2019s ruling and worried about my family\u2019s future, I hope that what has happened to me will further demonstrate the importance of passing the Adoptee Citizenship Act,\u201d Crapser said in a statement obtained by NBC.   Emily Kessel of the Adoptee Rights Campaign finds his deportation \u201cappalling.\u201d   \u201cWe do not choose our families,\u201d Kessel told NBC. \u201cBut the U.S. does choose to bring adoptees into the U.S. with a promise of placing these children in safe homes to grow up like any other American \u2026 Adoptees are not disposable. We urge the community to call members of Congress and underline the need for a legislative fix now.\u201d", "essay": "I just read an article about a Korean man who was adopted from South Korea when he was three, brutally abused, lived in the U.S. for 37 years and is now being deported because the adoption agency/foster family did not file the correct paperwork for him to get his citizenship. I don't understand how people can sleep at night after persecuting people in unfortunate circumstances like this."}
{"user_id": "ec_p073", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Americans adopted this South Korean man when he was 3. Now 41, he\u2019s being deported. \u2014  Adam Crapser was born in South Korea, but, when he was 3 years old, an American couple adopted him.   Until recently, he lived in Vancouver, Wash., with his daughters and his pregnant wife. He has a son by an ex-girlfriend. He used to own a barbershop, but decided to become a stay-at-home dad, sometimes playing guitar and ukulele and watching a rescue dog.   But that will all soon change \u2014 Crapser is being deported back to South Korea, away from his family, away from the place he\u2019s spent 37 of his 41 years of life.   He\u2019s being held in an immigration detention center in Tacoma, Wash.   \u201cHe will be deported as soon as Immigration and Customs Enforcement makes the necessary arrangements,\u201d Crapser\u2019s attorney Lori Walls told the Associated Press. \u201cAdam, his family, and advocates are heartbroken at the outcome.\u201d   [They grew up as American citizens, then learned that they weren\u2019t]   Crapser\u2019s deportation is a sad denouement to a life in the United States that\u2019s been anything but easy.   After being abandoned near Seoul, Crapser and his older sister were adopted by an unnamed couple. All he brought with him across the ocean were a pair of green rubber shoes, a Korean-language Bible and a stuffed dog.   That couple, as the New York Times magazine noted in an extensive profile of Crapser, abandoned the children to the foster system after many episodes in which they forced Crapser to sit in the dark basement as punishment.   He and his sister were split up, and after several foster homes, he found himself adopted by Thomas and Dollar Crapser, who had adopted two other children and were also caring for several other foster children.   According to Crapser, that family was more abusive than the first. They would slam children\u2019s heads on door frames, tape their mouths shut with duct tape and hit them with 2-by-4s. Eventually, they would be convicted in 1992 of several counts of criminal mistreatment and assault.   Before that, though, they kicked Crapser out of the house after an argument. It happened so quickly, he left his Bible and rubber shoes \u2014 the last remnants of his birth country \u2014 in the house. He was caught breaking into that house, trying to retrieve the items and pleaded guilty to burglary. Twenty-five months in prison followed.   In the years following, Crapser committed a number of infractions. He was found guilty of unlawful firearm possession and, later, assault after getting into a fight with his roommate. In 2013, he called his son by an ex-girlfriend despite a protection order she had taken out against him.   \u201cI made a lot of mistakes in my life, and I\u2019m not proud of it,\u201d Crapser told the New York Times magazine. \u201cI\u2019ve learned a lot of lessons the hard way.\u201d   In the past few years, he\u2019d been working to put his life back on track by getting married and focusing on family.   Now, that\u2019s over.   Difficult as his life here has been, he followed the court\u2019s ordered punishment for his crimes. Returning to a country that the AP described as \u201ccompletely alien to him\u201d was not a punishment handed down from a judge.   But that\u2019s what\u2019s happening.   He ended up on the radar of federal immigration officials after he applied for a green card in 2012. They dug into his background and found a criminal record, which as the AP noted, makes him eligible for deportation.   In fact, it\u2019s a circumstance created by the very parents who adopted, then abandoned, him in the first place. No family that adopted him, nor the adoption agency, ever registered the boy for U.S. citizenship.   Simple paperwork left undone.   Dae Joong Yoon, executive director of the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium, told the AP this isn\u2019t uncommon \u2014 as many as 35,000 intercountry adoptees don\u2019t have U.S. citizenship, through no fault of their own but that of their parents and the agencies that handled their adoptions.   The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 fixed part of this problem by automatically granting citizenship to children adopted by U.S. citizens, but, as NBC noted, it only applied to those under the age of 18 at the time of its passing.   Crapser and many others, thus, were left in their strange limbo. Currently Congress is considering the Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2015, which would grant citizenship to all children who have been adopted by U.S. citizens.   But it\u2019ll be too late for Crapser, who still hopes it will pass.   \u201cWhile I am disappointed in the judge\u2019s ruling and worried about my family\u2019s future, I hope that what has happened to me will further demonstrate the importance of passing the Adoptee Citizenship Act,\u201d Crapser said in a statement obtained by NBC.   Emily Kessel of the Adoptee Rights Campaign finds his deportation \u201cappalling.\u201d   \u201cWe do not choose our families,\u201d Kessel told NBC. \u201cBut the U.S. does choose to bring adoptees into the U.S. with a promise of placing these children in safe homes to grow up like any other American \u2026 Adoptees are not disposable. We urge the community to call members of Congress and underline the need for a legislative fix now.\u201d", "essay": "This story is very unimaginable. This guy was adopted from South Korea and came to the US when he was three. He has had a really hard life over the years being abandoned by his adoptive parents and put into the foster system, where he was treated very poorly. Now he is being deported because his adoptive parents never filled out any paperwork and he was too old when an act was passed to protect people like him."}
{"user_id": "ec_p054", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Americans adopted this South Korean man when he was 3. Now 41, he\u2019s being deported. \u2014  Adam Crapser was born in South Korea, but, when he was 3 years old, an American couple adopted him.   Until recently, he lived in Vancouver, Wash., with his daughters and his pregnant wife. He has a son by an ex-girlfriend. He used to own a barbershop, but decided to become a stay-at-home dad, sometimes playing guitar and ukulele and watching a rescue dog.   But that will all soon change \u2014 Crapser is being deported back to South Korea, away from his family, away from the place he\u2019s spent 37 of his 41 years of life.   He\u2019s being held in an immigration detention center in Tacoma, Wash.   \u201cHe will be deported as soon as Immigration and Customs Enforcement makes the necessary arrangements,\u201d Crapser\u2019s attorney Lori Walls told the Associated Press. \u201cAdam, his family, and advocates are heartbroken at the outcome.\u201d   [They grew up as American citizens, then learned that they weren\u2019t]   Crapser\u2019s deportation is a sad denouement to a life in the United States that\u2019s been anything but easy.   After being abandoned near Seoul, Crapser and his older sister were adopted by an unnamed couple. All he brought with him across the ocean were a pair of green rubber shoes, a Korean-language Bible and a stuffed dog.   That couple, as the New York Times magazine noted in an extensive profile of Crapser, abandoned the children to the foster system after many episodes in which they forced Crapser to sit in the dark basement as punishment.   He and his sister were split up, and after several foster homes, he found himself adopted by Thomas and Dollar Crapser, who had adopted two other children and were also caring for several other foster children.   According to Crapser, that family was more abusive than the first. They would slam children\u2019s heads on door frames, tape their mouths shut with duct tape and hit them with 2-by-4s. Eventually, they would be convicted in 1992 of several counts of criminal mistreatment and assault.   Before that, though, they kicked Crapser out of the house after an argument. It happened so quickly, he left his Bible and rubber shoes \u2014 the last remnants of his birth country \u2014 in the house. He was caught breaking into that house, trying to retrieve the items and pleaded guilty to burglary. Twenty-five months in prison followed.   In the years following, Crapser committed a number of infractions. He was found guilty of unlawful firearm possession and, later, assault after getting into a fight with his roommate. In 2013, he called his son by an ex-girlfriend despite a protection order she had taken out against him.   \u201cI made a lot of mistakes in my life, and I\u2019m not proud of it,\u201d Crapser told the New York Times magazine. \u201cI\u2019ve learned a lot of lessons the hard way.\u201d   In the past few years, he\u2019d been working to put his life back on track by getting married and focusing on family.   Now, that\u2019s over.   Difficult as his life here has been, he followed the court\u2019s ordered punishment for his crimes. Returning to a country that the AP described as \u201ccompletely alien to him\u201d was not a punishment handed down from a judge.   But that\u2019s what\u2019s happening.   He ended up on the radar of federal immigration officials after he applied for a green card in 2012. They dug into his background and found a criminal record, which as the AP noted, makes him eligible for deportation.   In fact, it\u2019s a circumstance created by the very parents who adopted, then abandoned, him in the first place. No family that adopted him, nor the adoption agency, ever registered the boy for U.S. citizenship.   Simple paperwork left undone.   Dae Joong Yoon, executive director of the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium, told the AP this isn\u2019t uncommon \u2014 as many as 35,000 intercountry adoptees don\u2019t have U.S. citizenship, through no fault of their own but that of their parents and the agencies that handled their adoptions.   The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 fixed part of this problem by automatically granting citizenship to children adopted by U.S. citizens, but, as NBC noted, it only applied to those under the age of 18 at the time of its passing.   Crapser and many others, thus, were left in their strange limbo. Currently Congress is considering the Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2015, which would grant citizenship to all children who have been adopted by U.S. citizens.   But it\u2019ll be too late for Crapser, who still hopes it will pass.   \u201cWhile I am disappointed in the judge\u2019s ruling and worried about my family\u2019s future, I hope that what has happened to me will further demonstrate the importance of passing the Adoptee Citizenship Act,\u201d Crapser said in a statement obtained by NBC.   Emily Kessel of the Adoptee Rights Campaign finds his deportation \u201cappalling.\u201d   \u201cWe do not choose our families,\u201d Kessel told NBC. \u201cBut the U.S. does choose to bring adoptees into the U.S. with a promise of placing these children in safe homes to grow up like any other American \u2026 Adoptees are not disposable. We urge the community to call members of Congress and underline the need for a legislative fix now.\u201d", "essay": "Adam is a South Korean man who was adopted by American parents at age 3. He lived until recently in Vancouver Washington with his family. He is now being deported back to South Korea and is currently detained in an immigration detention center while customs enforcement and immigration can make the necessary arrangements. Despite having lived in the united states for the vast majority of his life, thirty seven years of his total fourty one years, he is now being deported. Adam stated that he had ended up on the radar of federal immigration officials after applying for a green card in 2012."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Americans adopted this South Korean man when he was 3. Now 41, he\u2019s being deported. \u2014  Adam Crapser was born in South Korea, but, when he was 3 years old, an American couple adopted him.   Until recently, he lived in Vancouver, Wash., with his daughters and his pregnant wife. He has a son by an ex-girlfriend. He used to own a barbershop, but decided to become a stay-at-home dad, sometimes playing guitar and ukulele and watching a rescue dog.   But that will all soon change \u2014 Crapser is being deported back to South Korea, away from his family, away from the place he\u2019s spent 37 of his 41 years of life.   He\u2019s being held in an immigration detention center in Tacoma, Wash.   \u201cHe will be deported as soon as Immigration and Customs Enforcement makes the necessary arrangements,\u201d Crapser\u2019s attorney Lori Walls told the Associated Press. \u201cAdam, his family, and advocates are heartbroken at the outcome.\u201d   [They grew up as American citizens, then learned that they weren\u2019t]   Crapser\u2019s deportation is a sad denouement to a life in the United States that\u2019s been anything but easy.   After being abandoned near Seoul, Crapser and his older sister were adopted by an unnamed couple. All he brought with him across the ocean were a pair of green rubber shoes, a Korean-language Bible and a stuffed dog.   That couple, as the New York Times magazine noted in an extensive profile of Crapser, abandoned the children to the foster system after many episodes in which they forced Crapser to sit in the dark basement as punishment.   He and his sister were split up, and after several foster homes, he found himself adopted by Thomas and Dollar Crapser, who had adopted two other children and were also caring for several other foster children.   According to Crapser, that family was more abusive than the first. They would slam children\u2019s heads on door frames, tape their mouths shut with duct tape and hit them with 2-by-4s. Eventually, they would be convicted in 1992 of several counts of criminal mistreatment and assault.   Before that, though, they kicked Crapser out of the house after an argument. It happened so quickly, he left his Bible and rubber shoes \u2014 the last remnants of his birth country \u2014 in the house. He was caught breaking into that house, trying to retrieve the items and pleaded guilty to burglary. Twenty-five months in prison followed.   In the years following, Crapser committed a number of infractions. He was found guilty of unlawful firearm possession and, later, assault after getting into a fight with his roommate. In 2013, he called his son by an ex-girlfriend despite a protection order she had taken out against him.   \u201cI made a lot of mistakes in my life, and I\u2019m not proud of it,\u201d Crapser told the New York Times magazine. \u201cI\u2019ve learned a lot of lessons the hard way.\u201d   In the past few years, he\u2019d been working to put his life back on track by getting married and focusing on family.   Now, that\u2019s over.   Difficult as his life here has been, he followed the court\u2019s ordered punishment for his crimes. Returning to a country that the AP described as \u201ccompletely alien to him\u201d was not a punishment handed down from a judge.   But that\u2019s what\u2019s happening.   He ended up on the radar of federal immigration officials after he applied for a green card in 2012. They dug into his background and found a criminal record, which as the AP noted, makes him eligible for deportation.   In fact, it\u2019s a circumstance created by the very parents who adopted, then abandoned, him in the first place. No family that adopted him, nor the adoption agency, ever registered the boy for U.S. citizenship.   Simple paperwork left undone.   Dae Joong Yoon, executive director of the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium, told the AP this isn\u2019t uncommon \u2014 as many as 35,000 intercountry adoptees don\u2019t have U.S. citizenship, through no fault of their own but that of their parents and the agencies that handled their adoptions.   The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 fixed part of this problem by automatically granting citizenship to children adopted by U.S. citizens, but, as NBC noted, it only applied to those under the age of 18 at the time of its passing.   Crapser and many others, thus, were left in their strange limbo. Currently Congress is considering the Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2015, which would grant citizenship to all children who have been adopted by U.S. citizens.   But it\u2019ll be too late for Crapser, who still hopes it will pass.   \u201cWhile I am disappointed in the judge\u2019s ruling and worried about my family\u2019s future, I hope that what has happened to me will further demonstrate the importance of passing the Adoptee Citizenship Act,\u201d Crapser said in a statement obtained by NBC.   Emily Kessel of the Adoptee Rights Campaign finds his deportation \u201cappalling.\u201d   \u201cWe do not choose our families,\u201d Kessel told NBC. \u201cBut the U.S. does choose to bring adoptees into the U.S. with a promise of placing these children in safe homes to grow up like any other American \u2026 Adoptees are not disposable. We urge the community to call members of Congress and underline the need for a legislative fix now.\u201d", "essay": "This is ridiculous! This man is American through and through. He is about as South Korean as me. He was born in this country and he is a citizen more so than most Americans as far as I am concerned. He should be allowed to come back no doubt about it! Its quite infuriating to be quite honest with you!"}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Celebrity jeweler's surrogate son, second man arrested in gruesome stabbing of Manhattan partygoer \u2014  Bloody evidence, a burned body buried under a foot of earth and a botched coverup led authorities to charge two men with various crimes in the stabbing death of a guest after they partied at a luxury East Side apartment.   But neither is charged with killing Joseph Comunale. Investigators have no doubts Comunale was murdered, but did one of the suspects \u2014 or both \u2014 do it? That's the question they are working to answer.   James Rackover, 25, a Florida ex-con who became a surrogate son to celebrity jeweler Jeffrey Rackover, was charged Thursday with hindering prosecution, tampering with evidence, and concealing a corpse in the slaying of Comunale, 26. Prosecutors also hit Lawrence Dilione, 28, of Jersey City, with the same charges.   Police said the victim was stabbed in the chest 15 times. His bludgeoned and partially burned body was found in a foot-deep grave along the Jersey Shore, police said.   \"One or both of these people committed a murder,\" Assistant District Attorney Antoinette Carter said during an arraignment late Thursday for Rackover Dilione. Both men were ordered held on $3 million bond.   \"We're treating this case as a homicide. Both of these defendants were seen in the basement adjusting the surveillance camera. Dilione is the last person who saw Joseph Comunale alive.\u201d The bloodthirsty pair used a luggage rack to cart the body from the ritzy address, drove an hour south and tried to torch Comunale's bruised and broken corpse, according to sources. Cops are still looking to question at least one other person, sources said.   Friends of jeweler-to-the-stars Jeffrey Rackover \u2014 whose client list includes Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington and incoming First Lady Melania Trump \u2014 said he was devastated. \"You can't talk to him \u2014 he starts to cry,\" said longtime pal Bo Dietl, an ex-NYPD detective. \"You know the old expression: No good deed goes unpunished. This is the perfect frigging example.\"   James was the son Jeffrey never had, Dietl said.   The younger Rackover's blood-spattered E. 59th St. home provided damning proof, as police recovered 32 pieces of evidence from the gory crime scene, said NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce. There were bloodstains on the wall, and cops pulled the victim's clothes, along with sheets and towels, from trash bags tossed down a garbage chute.   The killers tried unsuccessfully to bleach the blood from Comunale's outfit, Boyce said.   The motive for the gut-wrenching attack remained under investigation, although sources indicated the killing occurred after Comunale rejected the sexual advances of one of the men inside the apartment. Both men clammed up after Dilione told cops where to find the body, prosecutors said. The pair are due back in court Monday.   The gasoline used in the attempt to burn Comunale's body was found as well, and the shallow grave where the Stamford, Conn., man was dumped is 1 mile from Dilione's old residence in Oceanport, N.J.   Boyce said officers were cutting down weeds in the remote wooded area where the body was found in hopes of turning up more evidence. An autopsy was performed at the Monmouth County coroner's office.   Comunale\u2019s father Pat told NBC News late Thursday, \u201cIt's horrific that another person can do this to an individual, and take a guy who was the most charismatic, funny guy \u2014 always the life of the party \u2014 never did steroids or anything else. And his friends can all attest to the type of individual he was.\u201d   A solemn-faced Rackover, his head down and his pompadoured hair just perfect, was led from the 13th Precinct stationhouse in handcuffs Thursday afternoon. The suspect, who spent two days in custody before being charged, ignored questions shouted by reporters.   Rackover, dressed in a finely tailored blue suit, wearing loafers with no socks, and Dilione in a grimy designer hoodie with leather quilted sleeves both looked down throughout the arraignment.   Maurice Sercarz, Rackover's lawyer, insisted the case had \u201cserious problems.\u201d \u201cI can't downplay the brutal nature of what happened to that body in New Jersey,\u201d he said. \u201cThese charges are just a place holder. I look forward to conducting our own investigation. I intend to vigorously contest these charges.\u201d   Sercarz said Rackover has worked at an insurance underwriting firm for the past year, and insisted he didn't flee.   James Rackover was home with friends beginning Saturday night watching the Ultimate Fighting pay-per-view event before going out to a Meatpacking District nightclub. Comunale met his killers at the lounge and arrived at the apartment with three other men and three women around 4 a.m. Sunday.   Rackover was known as James Beaudoin when he was busted for a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., burglary in January 2009. He did time from 2012 to 2013 on the burglary rap before starting his new life in Manhattan.   Dietl said the Fifth Ave. jeweler met Beaudoin three years ago in a Manhattan gym and the two became fast friends.   \"They go out and have dinner, and the kid says, 'You know what? My father left me. I never had a father,'\" said Dietl. \"And Jeffrey starts talking about he never had a son, he always wanted a son.\"   Father figure Jeffrey agreed to let James legally take his last name and helped the younger man find a one-bedroom apartment in his posh East Side high rise, Dietl said.   He even subsidized the rent and found Rackover a job with global management consultants Willis Towers Watson. James celebrated Passover Seders with Jeffrey's parents in the elder man's apartment, according to Dietl.", "essay": "When crimes like this happened it is always good that the perpetrators are caught quickly because they can strike again at anytime. I feel like in this case the bloody evidence was good even if the body was burned so that just tells me that these criminals were not as smart as they thought which led to them being caught."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Celebrity jeweler's surrogate son, second man arrested in gruesome stabbing of Manhattan partygoer \u2014  Bloody evidence, a burned body buried under a foot of earth and a botched coverup led authorities to charge two men with various crimes in the stabbing death of a guest after they partied at a luxury East Side apartment.   But neither is charged with killing Joseph Comunale. Investigators have no doubts Comunale was murdered, but did one of the suspects \u2014 or both \u2014 do it? That's the question they are working to answer.   James Rackover, 25, a Florida ex-con who became a surrogate son to celebrity jeweler Jeffrey Rackover, was charged Thursday with hindering prosecution, tampering with evidence, and concealing a corpse in the slaying of Comunale, 26. Prosecutors also hit Lawrence Dilione, 28, of Jersey City, with the same charges.   Police said the victim was stabbed in the chest 15 times. His bludgeoned and partially burned body was found in a foot-deep grave along the Jersey Shore, police said.   \"One or both of these people committed a murder,\" Assistant District Attorney Antoinette Carter said during an arraignment late Thursday for Rackover Dilione. Both men were ordered held on $3 million bond.   \"We're treating this case as a homicide. Both of these defendants were seen in the basement adjusting the surveillance camera. Dilione is the last person who saw Joseph Comunale alive.\u201d The bloodthirsty pair used a luggage rack to cart the body from the ritzy address, drove an hour south and tried to torch Comunale's bruised and broken corpse, according to sources. Cops are still looking to question at least one other person, sources said.   Friends of jeweler-to-the-stars Jeffrey Rackover \u2014 whose client list includes Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington and incoming First Lady Melania Trump \u2014 said he was devastated. \"You can't talk to him \u2014 he starts to cry,\" said longtime pal Bo Dietl, an ex-NYPD detective. \"You know the old expression: No good deed goes unpunished. This is the perfect frigging example.\"   James was the son Jeffrey never had, Dietl said.   The younger Rackover's blood-spattered E. 59th St. home provided damning proof, as police recovered 32 pieces of evidence from the gory crime scene, said NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce. There were bloodstains on the wall, and cops pulled the victim's clothes, along with sheets and towels, from trash bags tossed down a garbage chute.   The killers tried unsuccessfully to bleach the blood from Comunale's outfit, Boyce said.   The motive for the gut-wrenching attack remained under investigation, although sources indicated the killing occurred after Comunale rejected the sexual advances of one of the men inside the apartment. Both men clammed up after Dilione told cops where to find the body, prosecutors said. The pair are due back in court Monday.   The gasoline used in the attempt to burn Comunale's body was found as well, and the shallow grave where the Stamford, Conn., man was dumped is 1 mile from Dilione's old residence in Oceanport, N.J.   Boyce said officers were cutting down weeds in the remote wooded area where the body was found in hopes of turning up more evidence. An autopsy was performed at the Monmouth County coroner's office.   Comunale\u2019s father Pat told NBC News late Thursday, \u201cIt's horrific that another person can do this to an individual, and take a guy who was the most charismatic, funny guy \u2014 always the life of the party \u2014 never did steroids or anything else. And his friends can all attest to the type of individual he was.\u201d   A solemn-faced Rackover, his head down and his pompadoured hair just perfect, was led from the 13th Precinct stationhouse in handcuffs Thursday afternoon. The suspect, who spent two days in custody before being charged, ignored questions shouted by reporters.   Rackover, dressed in a finely tailored blue suit, wearing loafers with no socks, and Dilione in a grimy designer hoodie with leather quilted sleeves both looked down throughout the arraignment.   Maurice Sercarz, Rackover's lawyer, insisted the case had \u201cserious problems.\u201d \u201cI can't downplay the brutal nature of what happened to that body in New Jersey,\u201d he said. \u201cThese charges are just a place holder. I look forward to conducting our own investigation. I intend to vigorously contest these charges.\u201d   Sercarz said Rackover has worked at an insurance underwriting firm for the past year, and insisted he didn't flee.   James Rackover was home with friends beginning Saturday night watching the Ultimate Fighting pay-per-view event before going out to a Meatpacking District nightclub. Comunale met his killers at the lounge and arrived at the apartment with three other men and three women around 4 a.m. Sunday.   Rackover was known as James Beaudoin when he was busted for a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., burglary in January 2009. He did time from 2012 to 2013 on the burglary rap before starting his new life in Manhattan.   Dietl said the Fifth Ave. jeweler met Beaudoin three years ago in a Manhattan gym and the two became fast friends.   \"They go out and have dinner, and the kid says, 'You know what? My father left me. I never had a father,'\" said Dietl. \"And Jeffrey starts talking about he never had a son, he always wanted a son.\"   Father figure Jeffrey agreed to let James legally take his last name and helped the younger man find a one-bedroom apartment in his posh East Side high rise, Dietl said.   He even subsidized the rent and found Rackover a job with global management consultants Willis Towers Watson. James celebrated Passover Seders with Jeffrey's parents in the elder man's apartment, according to Dietl.", "essay": "This whole article made my mood change so much. It is horrifying how people can do this to one another. They dont think about the other person as a lving being and that is so scary. These men should never be allowed out of prison for this brutal murder. They just tossed his body in a shallow grave and went on with there lives watching a payperview game. And the murder was just because he wasnt interested in one of them romantically that is insane! somehting is clearly not right in both of there minds for this to be okay. I feel for the man who lost his life in a horrible way for no reason at all."}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "Celebrity jeweler's surrogate son, second man arrested in gruesome stabbing of Manhattan partygoer \u2014  Bloody evidence, a burned body buried under a foot of earth and a botched coverup led authorities to charge two men with various crimes in the stabbing death of a guest after they partied at a luxury East Side apartment.   But neither is charged with killing Joseph Comunale. Investigators have no doubts Comunale was murdered, but did one of the suspects \u2014 or both \u2014 do it? That's the question they are working to answer.   James Rackover, 25, a Florida ex-con who became a surrogate son to celebrity jeweler Jeffrey Rackover, was charged Thursday with hindering prosecution, tampering with evidence, and concealing a corpse in the slaying of Comunale, 26. Prosecutors also hit Lawrence Dilione, 28, of Jersey City, with the same charges.   Police said the victim was stabbed in the chest 15 times. His bludgeoned and partially burned body was found in a foot-deep grave along the Jersey Shore, police said.   \"One or both of these people committed a murder,\" Assistant District Attorney Antoinette Carter said during an arraignment late Thursday for Rackover Dilione. Both men were ordered held on $3 million bond.   \"We're treating this case as a homicide. Both of these defendants were seen in the basement adjusting the surveillance camera. Dilione is the last person who saw Joseph Comunale alive.\u201d The bloodthirsty pair used a luggage rack to cart the body from the ritzy address, drove an hour south and tried to torch Comunale's bruised and broken corpse, according to sources. Cops are still looking to question at least one other person, sources said.   Friends of jeweler-to-the-stars Jeffrey Rackover \u2014 whose client list includes Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington and incoming First Lady Melania Trump \u2014 said he was devastated. \"You can't talk to him \u2014 he starts to cry,\" said longtime pal Bo Dietl, an ex-NYPD detective. \"You know the old expression: No good deed goes unpunished. This is the perfect frigging example.\"   James was the son Jeffrey never had, Dietl said.   The younger Rackover's blood-spattered E. 59th St. home provided damning proof, as police recovered 32 pieces of evidence from the gory crime scene, said NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce. There were bloodstains on the wall, and cops pulled the victim's clothes, along with sheets and towels, from trash bags tossed down a garbage chute.   The killers tried unsuccessfully to bleach the blood from Comunale's outfit, Boyce said.   The motive for the gut-wrenching attack remained under investigation, although sources indicated the killing occurred after Comunale rejected the sexual advances of one of the men inside the apartment. Both men clammed up after Dilione told cops where to find the body, prosecutors said. The pair are due back in court Monday.   The gasoline used in the attempt to burn Comunale's body was found as well, and the shallow grave where the Stamford, Conn., man was dumped is 1 mile from Dilione's old residence in Oceanport, N.J.   Boyce said officers were cutting down weeds in the remote wooded area where the body was found in hopes of turning up more evidence. An autopsy was performed at the Monmouth County coroner's office.   Comunale\u2019s father Pat told NBC News late Thursday, \u201cIt's horrific that another person can do this to an individual, and take a guy who was the most charismatic, funny guy \u2014 always the life of the party \u2014 never did steroids or anything else. And his friends can all attest to the type of individual he was.\u201d   A solemn-faced Rackover, his head down and his pompadoured hair just perfect, was led from the 13th Precinct stationhouse in handcuffs Thursday afternoon. The suspect, who spent two days in custody before being charged, ignored questions shouted by reporters.   Rackover, dressed in a finely tailored blue suit, wearing loafers with no socks, and Dilione in a grimy designer hoodie with leather quilted sleeves both looked down throughout the arraignment.   Maurice Sercarz, Rackover's lawyer, insisted the case had \u201cserious problems.\u201d \u201cI can't downplay the brutal nature of what happened to that body in New Jersey,\u201d he said. \u201cThese charges are just a place holder. I look forward to conducting our own investigation. I intend to vigorously contest these charges.\u201d   Sercarz said Rackover has worked at an insurance underwriting firm for the past year, and insisted he didn't flee.   James Rackover was home with friends beginning Saturday night watching the Ultimate Fighting pay-per-view event before going out to a Meatpacking District nightclub. Comunale met his killers at the lounge and arrived at the apartment with three other men and three women around 4 a.m. Sunday.   Rackover was known as James Beaudoin when he was busted for a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., burglary in January 2009. He did time from 2012 to 2013 on the burglary rap before starting his new life in Manhattan.   Dietl said the Fifth Ave. jeweler met Beaudoin three years ago in a Manhattan gym and the two became fast friends.   \"They go out and have dinner, and the kid says, 'You know what? My father left me. I never had a father,'\" said Dietl. \"And Jeffrey starts talking about he never had a son, he always wanted a son.\"   Father figure Jeffrey agreed to let James legally take his last name and helped the younger man find a one-bedroom apartment in his posh East Side high rise, Dietl said.   He even subsidized the rent and found Rackover a job with global management consultants Willis Towers Watson. James celebrated Passover Seders with Jeffrey's parents in the elder man's apartment, according to Dietl.", "essay": "Hey A, Have you read the article this morning regarding gruesome stabbing of a Manhattan partygoer?   They found him (Joseph Comunale) on Jersey Shore buried in a one foot deep grave stabbed 15 times and partially burned. (:.   To top off the horrendous event, Comunale who was a celebrity jeweler, one of the suspects was his surrogate son.   He took him in and found a job for him and was always there.  Sex is the unofficial charge of why he was murdered.   This is very disturbing to me.   I do not understand how anyone could be so brutal and evil.   I can't quit thinking about how his life ended.   It's a sad, sad story."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Celebrity jeweler's surrogate son, second man arrested in gruesome stabbing of Manhattan partygoer \u2014  Bloody evidence, a burned body buried under a foot of earth and a botched coverup led authorities to charge two men with various crimes in the stabbing death of a guest after they partied at a luxury East Side apartment.   But neither is charged with killing Joseph Comunale. Investigators have no doubts Comunale was murdered, but did one of the suspects \u2014 or both \u2014 do it? That's the question they are working to answer.   James Rackover, 25, a Florida ex-con who became a surrogate son to celebrity jeweler Jeffrey Rackover, was charged Thursday with hindering prosecution, tampering with evidence, and concealing a corpse in the slaying of Comunale, 26. Prosecutors also hit Lawrence Dilione, 28, of Jersey City, with the same charges.   Police said the victim was stabbed in the chest 15 times. His bludgeoned and partially burned body was found in a foot-deep grave along the Jersey Shore, police said.   \"One or both of these people committed a murder,\" Assistant District Attorney Antoinette Carter said during an arraignment late Thursday for Rackover Dilione. Both men were ordered held on $3 million bond.   \"We're treating this case as a homicide. Both of these defendants were seen in the basement adjusting the surveillance camera. Dilione is the last person who saw Joseph Comunale alive.\u201d The bloodthirsty pair used a luggage rack to cart the body from the ritzy address, drove an hour south and tried to torch Comunale's bruised and broken corpse, according to sources. Cops are still looking to question at least one other person, sources said.   Friends of jeweler-to-the-stars Jeffrey Rackover \u2014 whose client list includes Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington and incoming First Lady Melania Trump \u2014 said he was devastated. \"You can't talk to him \u2014 he starts to cry,\" said longtime pal Bo Dietl, an ex-NYPD detective. \"You know the old expression: No good deed goes unpunished. This is the perfect frigging example.\"   James was the son Jeffrey never had, Dietl said.   The younger Rackover's blood-spattered E. 59th St. home provided damning proof, as police recovered 32 pieces of evidence from the gory crime scene, said NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce. There were bloodstains on the wall, and cops pulled the victim's clothes, along with sheets and towels, from trash bags tossed down a garbage chute.   The killers tried unsuccessfully to bleach the blood from Comunale's outfit, Boyce said.   The motive for the gut-wrenching attack remained under investigation, although sources indicated the killing occurred after Comunale rejected the sexual advances of one of the men inside the apartment. Both men clammed up after Dilione told cops where to find the body, prosecutors said. The pair are due back in court Monday.   The gasoline used in the attempt to burn Comunale's body was found as well, and the shallow grave where the Stamford, Conn., man was dumped is 1 mile from Dilione's old residence in Oceanport, N.J.   Boyce said officers were cutting down weeds in the remote wooded area where the body was found in hopes of turning up more evidence. An autopsy was performed at the Monmouth County coroner's office.   Comunale\u2019s father Pat told NBC News late Thursday, \u201cIt's horrific that another person can do this to an individual, and take a guy who was the most charismatic, funny guy \u2014 always the life of the party \u2014 never did steroids or anything else. And his friends can all attest to the type of individual he was.\u201d   A solemn-faced Rackover, his head down and his pompadoured hair just perfect, was led from the 13th Precinct stationhouse in handcuffs Thursday afternoon. The suspect, who spent two days in custody before being charged, ignored questions shouted by reporters.   Rackover, dressed in a finely tailored blue suit, wearing loafers with no socks, and Dilione in a grimy designer hoodie with leather quilted sleeves both looked down throughout the arraignment.   Maurice Sercarz, Rackover's lawyer, insisted the case had \u201cserious problems.\u201d \u201cI can't downplay the brutal nature of what happened to that body in New Jersey,\u201d he said. \u201cThese charges are just a place holder. I look forward to conducting our own investigation. I intend to vigorously contest these charges.\u201d   Sercarz said Rackover has worked at an insurance underwriting firm for the past year, and insisted he didn't flee.   James Rackover was home with friends beginning Saturday night watching the Ultimate Fighting pay-per-view event before going out to a Meatpacking District nightclub. Comunale met his killers at the lounge and arrived at the apartment with three other men and three women around 4 a.m. Sunday.   Rackover was known as James Beaudoin when he was busted for a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., burglary in January 2009. He did time from 2012 to 2013 on the burglary rap before starting his new life in Manhattan.   Dietl said the Fifth Ave. jeweler met Beaudoin three years ago in a Manhattan gym and the two became fast friends.   \"They go out and have dinner, and the kid says, 'You know what? My father left me. I never had a father,'\" said Dietl. \"And Jeffrey starts talking about he never had a son, he always wanted a son.\"   Father figure Jeffrey agreed to let James legally take his last name and helped the younger man find a one-bedroom apartment in his posh East Side high rise, Dietl said.   He even subsidized the rent and found Rackover a job with global management consultants Willis Towers Watson. James celebrated Passover Seders with Jeffrey's parents in the elder man's apartment, according to Dietl.", "essay": "What happened in this article was truly disturbing. The fact that someone can have the decency to not only kill someone but to also burn them as well is very inhumane. I felt really disgusted and just lost all faith in humanity after reading this article. It makes me question people and wonder if there is actually any good left in the world."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Celebrity jeweler's surrogate son, second man arrested in gruesome stabbing of Manhattan partygoer \u2014  Bloody evidence, a burned body buried under a foot of earth and a botched coverup led authorities to charge two men with various crimes in the stabbing death of a guest after they partied at a luxury East Side apartment.   But neither is charged with killing Joseph Comunale. Investigators have no doubts Comunale was murdered, but did one of the suspects \u2014 or both \u2014 do it? That's the question they are working to answer.   James Rackover, 25, a Florida ex-con who became a surrogate son to celebrity jeweler Jeffrey Rackover, was charged Thursday with hindering prosecution, tampering with evidence, and concealing a corpse in the slaying of Comunale, 26. Prosecutors also hit Lawrence Dilione, 28, of Jersey City, with the same charges.   Police said the victim was stabbed in the chest 15 times. His bludgeoned and partially burned body was found in a foot-deep grave along the Jersey Shore, police said.   \"One or both of these people committed a murder,\" Assistant District Attorney Antoinette Carter said during an arraignment late Thursday for Rackover Dilione. Both men were ordered held on $3 million bond.   \"We're treating this case as a homicide. Both of these defendants were seen in the basement adjusting the surveillance camera. Dilione is the last person who saw Joseph Comunale alive.\u201d The bloodthirsty pair used a luggage rack to cart the body from the ritzy address, drove an hour south and tried to torch Comunale's bruised and broken corpse, according to sources. Cops are still looking to question at least one other person, sources said.   Friends of jeweler-to-the-stars Jeffrey Rackover \u2014 whose client list includes Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington and incoming First Lady Melania Trump \u2014 said he was devastated. \"You can't talk to him \u2014 he starts to cry,\" said longtime pal Bo Dietl, an ex-NYPD detective. \"You know the old expression: No good deed goes unpunished. This is the perfect frigging example.\"   James was the son Jeffrey never had, Dietl said.   The younger Rackover's blood-spattered E. 59th St. home provided damning proof, as police recovered 32 pieces of evidence from the gory crime scene, said NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce. There were bloodstains on the wall, and cops pulled the victim's clothes, along with sheets and towels, from trash bags tossed down a garbage chute.   The killers tried unsuccessfully to bleach the blood from Comunale's outfit, Boyce said.   The motive for the gut-wrenching attack remained under investigation, although sources indicated the killing occurred after Comunale rejected the sexual advances of one of the men inside the apartment. Both men clammed up after Dilione told cops where to find the body, prosecutors said. The pair are due back in court Monday.   The gasoline used in the attempt to burn Comunale's body was found as well, and the shallow grave where the Stamford, Conn., man was dumped is 1 mile from Dilione's old residence in Oceanport, N.J.   Boyce said officers were cutting down weeds in the remote wooded area where the body was found in hopes of turning up more evidence. An autopsy was performed at the Monmouth County coroner's office.   Comunale\u2019s father Pat told NBC News late Thursday, \u201cIt's horrific that another person can do this to an individual, and take a guy who was the most charismatic, funny guy \u2014 always the life of the party \u2014 never did steroids or anything else. And his friends can all attest to the type of individual he was.\u201d   A solemn-faced Rackover, his head down and his pompadoured hair just perfect, was led from the 13th Precinct stationhouse in handcuffs Thursday afternoon. The suspect, who spent two days in custody before being charged, ignored questions shouted by reporters.   Rackover, dressed in a finely tailored blue suit, wearing loafers with no socks, and Dilione in a grimy designer hoodie with leather quilted sleeves both looked down throughout the arraignment.   Maurice Sercarz, Rackover's lawyer, insisted the case had \u201cserious problems.\u201d \u201cI can't downplay the brutal nature of what happened to that body in New Jersey,\u201d he said. \u201cThese charges are just a place holder. I look forward to conducting our own investigation. I intend to vigorously contest these charges.\u201d   Sercarz said Rackover has worked at an insurance underwriting firm for the past year, and insisted he didn't flee.   James Rackover was home with friends beginning Saturday night watching the Ultimate Fighting pay-per-view event before going out to a Meatpacking District nightclub. Comunale met his killers at the lounge and arrived at the apartment with three other men and three women around 4 a.m. Sunday.   Rackover was known as James Beaudoin when he was busted for a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., burglary in January 2009. He did time from 2012 to 2013 on the burglary rap before starting his new life in Manhattan.   Dietl said the Fifth Ave. jeweler met Beaudoin three years ago in a Manhattan gym and the two became fast friends.   \"They go out and have dinner, and the kid says, 'You know what? My father left me. I never had a father,'\" said Dietl. \"And Jeffrey starts talking about he never had a son, he always wanted a son.\"   Father figure Jeffrey agreed to let James legally take his last name and helped the younger man find a one-bedroom apartment in his posh East Side high rise, Dietl said.   He even subsidized the rent and found Rackover a job with global management consultants Willis Towers Watson. James celebrated Passover Seders with Jeffrey's parents in the elder man's apartment, according to Dietl.", "essay": "After reading the article, i can't help but feel terrible and disturbed. I feel bad because i just can't imagine how people could do something like this to another human being. It's terrible because people were just trying to have fun at the party while these other people had other intentions like steal. I hope they get what they deserve in the long run."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Help Demand That Nosey The Elephant Be Rescued From Decades Of Abuse \u2014  Nosey, a 34 year old female African elephant has been held captive and forced to live in solitary, for almost 3 decades. Nosey has been bound by chains and compelled to perform for public entertainment in circuses and forced to give rides to adults and children in between performances across the United States, for most of her life. This causes major stress to her health as well as to her psychological well being. Much of Nosey\u2019s life has been spent in confinement inside of an inappropriately sized trailer and she is crated from one location to the next, receiving little exercise and no socialization which goes against the highly social nature of her spices. She has been seen to exhibit stiffness in her joints, indicating that she has arthritis which has likely been formed due to her years of longterm confinement. Since 1993, her owner, Hugo Tommy Liebel, has been cited by the the USDA over 200 times and has made 30 direct violations of the Animal Welfare Act. Regardless of these violations, Liebel\u2019s license is still approved for renewal each year. Despite complaints being filed by numerous citizens and organizations looking to seek freedom for Nosey, there has been little or no response from the USDA. The department refuses to order a comprehensive medical exam for nosey after evidence has shown that she is suffering from chronic, untreated health problems and lives everyday in physical and psychological pain. The USDA has the power under the AWA as well as the responsibility to the animal\u2019s well being to respond to complaints made by citizens to stop the repeated violations made by Nosey\u2019s owner to confiscate her and release her into a true elephant sanctuary. Action must be taken NOW to stop the daily abuse to this animal.", "essay": "it is quite depressing to see what this elephant has had to go through throughout his life. I feel like this female elephant being held captive for 3 decades is enough to depress me. Not only does it get worse than that, it still has no signs of changing. We as humans need to stand up and do what is right."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Help Demand That Nosey The Elephant Be Rescued From Decades Of Abuse \u2014  Nosey, a 34 year old female African elephant has been held captive and forced to live in solitary, for almost 3 decades. Nosey has been bound by chains and compelled to perform for public entertainment in circuses and forced to give rides to adults and children in between performances across the United States, for most of her life. This causes major stress to her health as well as to her psychological well being. Much of Nosey\u2019s life has been spent in confinement inside of an inappropriately sized trailer and she is crated from one location to the next, receiving little exercise and no socialization which goes against the highly social nature of her spices. She has been seen to exhibit stiffness in her joints, indicating that she has arthritis which has likely been formed due to her years of longterm confinement. Since 1993, her owner, Hugo Tommy Liebel, has been cited by the the USDA over 200 times and has made 30 direct violations of the Animal Welfare Act. Regardless of these violations, Liebel\u2019s license is still approved for renewal each year. Despite complaints being filed by numerous citizens and organizations looking to seek freedom for Nosey, there has been little or no response from the USDA. The department refuses to order a comprehensive medical exam for nosey after evidence has shown that she is suffering from chronic, untreated health problems and lives everyday in physical and psychological pain. The USDA has the power under the AWA as well as the responsibility to the animal\u2019s well being to respond to complaints made by citizens to stop the repeated violations made by Nosey\u2019s owner to confiscate her and release her into a true elephant sanctuary. Action must be taken NOW to stop the daily abuse to this animal.", "essay": "I just read an article about an elephant that has been kept in captivity and forced to perform as a circus animal for all its life. Elephants are highly intelligent and social creatures, and I couldn't help but  draw a parallel between the people that are imprisoned in this country. They are also held in cages and forced into indentured servitude. Our whole society is forged and maintained by ostracizing and taking advantage of out groups, humans, animals everything that lives and breathes."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Help Demand That Nosey The Elephant Be Rescued From Decades Of Abuse \u2014  Nosey, a 34 year old female African elephant has been held captive and forced to live in solitary, for almost 3 decades. Nosey has been bound by chains and compelled to perform for public entertainment in circuses and forced to give rides to adults and children in between performances across the United States, for most of her life. This causes major stress to her health as well as to her psychological well being. Much of Nosey\u2019s life has been spent in confinement inside of an inappropriately sized trailer and she is crated from one location to the next, receiving little exercise and no socialization which goes against the highly social nature of her spices. She has been seen to exhibit stiffness in her joints, indicating that she has arthritis which has likely been formed due to her years of longterm confinement. Since 1993, her owner, Hugo Tommy Liebel, has been cited by the the USDA over 200 times and has made 30 direct violations of the Animal Welfare Act. Regardless of these violations, Liebel\u2019s license is still approved for renewal each year. Despite complaints being filed by numerous citizens and organizations looking to seek freedom for Nosey, there has been little or no response from the USDA. The department refuses to order a comprehensive medical exam for nosey after evidence has shown that she is suffering from chronic, untreated health problems and lives everyday in physical and psychological pain. The USDA has the power under the AWA as well as the responsibility to the animal\u2019s well being to respond to complaints made by citizens to stop the repeated violations made by Nosey\u2019s owner to confiscate her and release her into a true elephant sanctuary. Action must be taken NOW to stop the daily abuse to this animal.", "essay": "I feel that this article is really disturbing because i feel so bad for the elephant. I feel that elephant are such gentle animals and people just take advantage of that. Elephants are one of the sweetest animals in the world and wouldn't hurt a fly. The fact that people are using elephants for entertainment and just taking them away from their families is really disturbing."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Help Demand That Nosey The Elephant Be Rescued From Decades Of Abuse \u2014  Nosey, a 34 year old female African elephant has been held captive and forced to live in solitary, for almost 3 decades. Nosey has been bound by chains and compelled to perform for public entertainment in circuses and forced to give rides to adults and children in between performances across the United States, for most of her life. This causes major stress to her health as well as to her psychological well being. Much of Nosey\u2019s life has been spent in confinement inside of an inappropriately sized trailer and she is crated from one location to the next, receiving little exercise and no socialization which goes against the highly social nature of her spices. She has been seen to exhibit stiffness in her joints, indicating that she has arthritis which has likely been formed due to her years of longterm confinement. Since 1993, her owner, Hugo Tommy Liebel, has been cited by the the USDA over 200 times and has made 30 direct violations of the Animal Welfare Act. Regardless of these violations, Liebel\u2019s license is still approved for renewal each year. Despite complaints being filed by numerous citizens and organizations looking to seek freedom for Nosey, there has been little or no response from the USDA. The department refuses to order a comprehensive medical exam for nosey after evidence has shown that she is suffering from chronic, untreated health problems and lives everyday in physical and psychological pain. The USDA has the power under the AWA as well as the responsibility to the animal\u2019s well being to respond to complaints made by citizens to stop the repeated violations made by Nosey\u2019s owner to confiscate her and release her into a true elephant sanctuary. Action must be taken NOW to stop the daily abuse to this animal.", "essay": "For the past few years I have been struggling about the ideas of zoos. I know that they are educational, but I think to myself about how the animals feel. I believe that elephants are one of the most intelligent animals on the planet. To keep one in isolation is pure cruelty. I have seen elephants cry over the lost of loved ones and they are very communal animals. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "Help Demand That Nosey The Elephant Be Rescued From Decades Of Abuse \u2014  Nosey, a 34 year old female African elephant has been held captive and forced to live in solitary, for almost 3 decades. Nosey has been bound by chains and compelled to perform for public entertainment in circuses and forced to give rides to adults and children in between performances across the United States, for most of her life. This causes major stress to her health as well as to her psychological well being. Much of Nosey\u2019s life has been spent in confinement inside of an inappropriately sized trailer and she is crated from one location to the next, receiving little exercise and no socialization which goes against the highly social nature of her spices. She has been seen to exhibit stiffness in her joints, indicating that she has arthritis which has likely been formed due to her years of longterm confinement. Since 1993, her owner, Hugo Tommy Liebel, has been cited by the the USDA over 200 times and has made 30 direct violations of the Animal Welfare Act. Regardless of these violations, Liebel\u2019s license is still approved for renewal each year. Despite complaints being filed by numerous citizens and organizations looking to seek freedom for Nosey, there has been little or no response from the USDA. The department refuses to order a comprehensive medical exam for nosey after evidence has shown that she is suffering from chronic, untreated health problems and lives everyday in physical and psychological pain. The USDA has the power under the AWA as well as the responsibility to the animal\u2019s well being to respond to complaints made by citizens to stop the repeated violations made by Nosey\u2019s owner to confiscate her and release her into a true elephant sanctuary. Action must be taken NOW to stop the daily abuse to this animal.", "essay": "A very disturbing article about animal abuse of an elephant.   The USDA had multiple fines, violations, etc. that were filed in favor of Nosey the elephant.   They have done absolutely nothing.  This is exactly why no one likes any division of the US government.   They have thousands of pages of forms you must complete and then they just sit on them and make no action.   It's very disturbing Nosey has had a difficult life which humans are responsible for.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p047", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 35 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 148000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 35, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 148000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "Mom, 2 girls killed on Halloween trailer in Mississippi \u2014  U.S. 80 in Newton County is still littered with the spoils of a night meant to be fun for children and families but now holds tragic memories for the small town of Chunky.   Skid marks, accident location paint, dried blood and Skid marks, accident location paint, dried blood and vehicle fluids remain after a pickup truck slammed into a small utility trailer on Monday, Halloween night on U.S. Highway 80 in Chunky, Miss., Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. Mississippi Highway Patrol said the crash left a few people killed and several injured. (Photo: Rogelio V. Solis/AP) A pair of shoes lay separately among the candy and in the weeds on the side of the road, apparently knocked from the feet of their owner and left behind when the victims of a Halloween night vehicle accident were transported to hospitals in Jackson and Meridian. Some of them have life-threatening injuries, officials said. The shoes are not far from the scene where Kristina Shaver and her two daughters, Baylee, 8, and Brooke, 2, were fatally injured while riding in a trailer for a Halloween party Monday night.   The trailer was hit from behind by a pickup, authorities said.   The Shavers were among 10 on the trailer, but they were the only fatalities as of Tuesday. Community members said the others injured in the wreck were Shaver's middle child, McKensey, Shaver's sister, Melissa Cook, 31, and her children. Shaver's husband was killed in a car wreck earlier this summer, family friends said. Cook's husband died in 2012.   Kristina Shaver is shown in this photo of a Facebook Kristina Shaver is shown in this photo of a Facebook post. (Photo: The Clarion-Ledger) McKensey Shaver is the last living member of her immediate family. She is in critical condition at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.   UMMC confirmed they are treating five patients. Two pediatric patients are critical, and two are fair. Cook was in critical condition at UMMC as of 3 p.m. Tuesday.   Don Jones, who lives on Chunky Duffee Road, said his wife keeps count of the trick-or-treaters, and that the trailer had come by their home earlier in the evening.   \"She was hollering, 'How cute, how cute!' so I came to the door and they were all there, just precious, just small kids. I guess door steps, you'd call them. And they were just having a good time,\" he said.   The tenor of the night changed when Jones and his family could hear sirens in the distance, he said.   \"When the local fire department takes off, everyone can hear the sirens,\" he said.   Shortly after that, there were three helicopters landing on the ballfield not far from the wreck site, he said.   Mississippi Highway Patrol Spokesman Sgt. Andy West said the vehicle and trailer was turning off U.S. 80 around 7:45 p.m. when a Ford F-150 driven by Chase Cook, 20, who family friends say is not believed to be related to Melissa Cook, drove into the back of the trailer. West said that \"a full investigation will be conducted into the cause of the wreck.\"   OTHER AREA ACCIDENT: Fiery fatal auto crash in Jackson   The tire marks on the road, highlighted in orange reconstruction paint, drew a fairly clear picture of where the vehicles collided and where they came to rest in a yard on the side of the highway. But it doesn't answer how or why.   \"It would be inappropriate for us to speculate why the driver drove into the rear of that trailer, and we want to refrain from making any statements until the investigation is complete,\" West said.   The trailer was being pulled by a Jeep driven by Terry Smith, 58, of Chunky.   Newton County Elementary School Principal Jason Roberson said counselors were on campus Tuesday to help students and faculty with the impact of the accident.   \"Any time you deal with loss, it's difficult, but when you're trying to explain it to children it compounds it even more,\" he said. \"What we've focused on is remembering the good times we've had here.\"   Roberson said the counselors will remain on campus for the rest of the week.   \"I've never dealt with anything of this magnitude, and it's been a lot to take in,\" he said. \"Everybody's been touched by this.\"   Jones said he's praying for the families of the dead and injured. He said he doesn't know Cook, but he's praying for him, too.   \"I pray for him because he's going to be scarred for life to know what happened when he hit that trailer,\" he said.", "essay": "It's crazy how you can lose your life so easily! Imagine how that poor kid will feel when she wakes up from the hospital and realizes her whole family is gone. Can't even imagine. Makes me sick thinking about it. I sincerely hope she has other close relatives who can be there for her because she will need all the support she can get."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Mom, 2 girls killed on Halloween trailer in Mississippi \u2014  U.S. 80 in Newton County is still littered with the spoils of a night meant to be fun for children and families but now holds tragic memories for the small town of Chunky.   Skid marks, accident location paint, dried blood and Skid marks, accident location paint, dried blood and vehicle fluids remain after a pickup truck slammed into a small utility trailer on Monday, Halloween night on U.S. Highway 80 in Chunky, Miss., Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. Mississippi Highway Patrol said the crash left a few people killed and several injured. (Photo: Rogelio V. Solis/AP) A pair of shoes lay separately among the candy and in the weeds on the side of the road, apparently knocked from the feet of their owner and left behind when the victims of a Halloween night vehicle accident were transported to hospitals in Jackson and Meridian. Some of them have life-threatening injuries, officials said. The shoes are not far from the scene where Kristina Shaver and her two daughters, Baylee, 8, and Brooke, 2, were fatally injured while riding in a trailer for a Halloween party Monday night.   The trailer was hit from behind by a pickup, authorities said.   The Shavers were among 10 on the trailer, but they were the only fatalities as of Tuesday. Community members said the others injured in the wreck were Shaver's middle child, McKensey, Shaver's sister, Melissa Cook, 31, and her children. Shaver's husband was killed in a car wreck earlier this summer, family friends said. Cook's husband died in 2012.   Kristina Shaver is shown in this photo of a Facebook Kristina Shaver is shown in this photo of a Facebook post. (Photo: The Clarion-Ledger) McKensey Shaver is the last living member of her immediate family. She is in critical condition at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.   UMMC confirmed they are treating five patients. Two pediatric patients are critical, and two are fair. Cook was in critical condition at UMMC as of 3 p.m. Tuesday.   Don Jones, who lives on Chunky Duffee Road, said his wife keeps count of the trick-or-treaters, and that the trailer had come by their home earlier in the evening.   \"She was hollering, 'How cute, how cute!' so I came to the door and they were all there, just precious, just small kids. I guess door steps, you'd call them. And they were just having a good time,\" he said.   The tenor of the night changed when Jones and his family could hear sirens in the distance, he said.   \"When the local fire department takes off, everyone can hear the sirens,\" he said.   Shortly after that, there were three helicopters landing on the ballfield not far from the wreck site, he said.   Mississippi Highway Patrol Spokesman Sgt. Andy West said the vehicle and trailer was turning off U.S. 80 around 7:45 p.m. when a Ford F-150 driven by Chase Cook, 20, who family friends say is not believed to be related to Melissa Cook, drove into the back of the trailer. West said that \"a full investigation will be conducted into the cause of the wreck.\"   OTHER AREA ACCIDENT: Fiery fatal auto crash in Jackson   The tire marks on the road, highlighted in orange reconstruction paint, drew a fairly clear picture of where the vehicles collided and where they came to rest in a yard on the side of the highway. But it doesn't answer how or why.   \"It would be inappropriate for us to speculate why the driver drove into the rear of that trailer, and we want to refrain from making any statements until the investigation is complete,\" West said.   The trailer was being pulled by a Jeep driven by Terry Smith, 58, of Chunky.   Newton County Elementary School Principal Jason Roberson said counselors were on campus Tuesday to help students and faculty with the impact of the accident.   \"Any time you deal with loss, it's difficult, but when you're trying to explain it to children it compounds it even more,\" he said. \"What we've focused on is remembering the good times we've had here.\"   Roberson said the counselors will remain on campus for the rest of the week.   \"I've never dealt with anything of this magnitude, and it's been a lot to take in,\" he said. \"Everybody's been touched by this.\"   Jones said he's praying for the families of the dead and injured. He said he doesn't know Cook, but he's praying for him, too.   \"I pray for him because he's going to be scarred for life to know what happened when he hit that trailer,\" he said.", "essay": "This just has to hit you right in the heart. All the families and children out to have a fun night together and are killed and injured recklessly. I can't imagine that seen and so many people that were effected. The mother with her kids that were killed and her husband had just been killed earlier that summer in a car wreck. I am glad they will all be together in heaven atleast. That poor school having to deal with deaths of there classmates so young. I cant imagine that horrific seen for the emergency services when they arrive they were probably horrified and pray for them also. This is just such a senseless way to die."}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "Mom, 2 girls killed on Halloween trailer in Mississippi \u2014  U.S. 80 in Newton County is still littered with the spoils of a night meant to be fun for children and families but now holds tragic memories for the small town of Chunky.   Skid marks, accident location paint, dried blood and Skid marks, accident location paint, dried blood and vehicle fluids remain after a pickup truck slammed into a small utility trailer on Monday, Halloween night on U.S. Highway 80 in Chunky, Miss., Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. Mississippi Highway Patrol said the crash left a few people killed and several injured. (Photo: Rogelio V. Solis/AP) A pair of shoes lay separately among the candy and in the weeds on the side of the road, apparently knocked from the feet of their owner and left behind when the victims of a Halloween night vehicle accident were transported to hospitals in Jackson and Meridian. Some of them have life-threatening injuries, officials said. The shoes are not far from the scene where Kristina Shaver and her two daughters, Baylee, 8, and Brooke, 2, were fatally injured while riding in a trailer for a Halloween party Monday night.   The trailer was hit from behind by a pickup, authorities said.   The Shavers were among 10 on the trailer, but they were the only fatalities as of Tuesday. Community members said the others injured in the wreck were Shaver's middle child, McKensey, Shaver's sister, Melissa Cook, 31, and her children. Shaver's husband was killed in a car wreck earlier this summer, family friends said. Cook's husband died in 2012.   Kristina Shaver is shown in this photo of a Facebook Kristina Shaver is shown in this photo of a Facebook post. (Photo: The Clarion-Ledger) McKensey Shaver is the last living member of her immediate family. She is in critical condition at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.   UMMC confirmed they are treating five patients. Two pediatric patients are critical, and two are fair. Cook was in critical condition at UMMC as of 3 p.m. Tuesday.   Don Jones, who lives on Chunky Duffee Road, said his wife keeps count of the trick-or-treaters, and that the trailer had come by their home earlier in the evening.   \"She was hollering, 'How cute, how cute!' so I came to the door and they were all there, just precious, just small kids. I guess door steps, you'd call them. And they were just having a good time,\" he said.   The tenor of the night changed when Jones and his family could hear sirens in the distance, he said.   \"When the local fire department takes off, everyone can hear the sirens,\" he said.   Shortly after that, there were three helicopters landing on the ballfield not far from the wreck site, he said.   Mississippi Highway Patrol Spokesman Sgt. Andy West said the vehicle and trailer was turning off U.S. 80 around 7:45 p.m. when a Ford F-150 driven by Chase Cook, 20, who family friends say is not believed to be related to Melissa Cook, drove into the back of the trailer. West said that \"a full investigation will be conducted into the cause of the wreck.\"   OTHER AREA ACCIDENT: Fiery fatal auto crash in Jackson   The tire marks on the road, highlighted in orange reconstruction paint, drew a fairly clear picture of where the vehicles collided and where they came to rest in a yard on the side of the highway. But it doesn't answer how or why.   \"It would be inappropriate for us to speculate why the driver drove into the rear of that trailer, and we want to refrain from making any statements until the investigation is complete,\" West said.   The trailer was being pulled by a Jeep driven by Terry Smith, 58, of Chunky.   Newton County Elementary School Principal Jason Roberson said counselors were on campus Tuesday to help students and faculty with the impact of the accident.   \"Any time you deal with loss, it's difficult, but when you're trying to explain it to children it compounds it even more,\" he said. \"What we've focused on is remembering the good times we've had here.\"   Roberson said the counselors will remain on campus for the rest of the week.   \"I've never dealt with anything of this magnitude, and it's been a lot to take in,\" he said. \"Everybody's been touched by this.\"   Jones said he's praying for the families of the dead and injured. He said he doesn't know Cook, but he's praying for him, too.   \"I pray for him because he's going to be scarred for life to know what happened when he hit that trailer,\" he said.", "essay": "I could barely read about the fiery crashes and fatalities.  One family had already suffered loss earlier in the year.   Anytime children are involved it seems even more severe and horrendous.   I do wonder why someone had a trailer with children in it and driving it down the highway.   What could have been a wonderful Halloween ended up entirely different and a tragic evening that will never be forgotten."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Mom, 2 girls killed on Halloween trailer in Mississippi \u2014  U.S. 80 in Newton County is still littered with the spoils of a night meant to be fun for children and families but now holds tragic memories for the small town of Chunky.   Skid marks, accident location paint, dried blood and Skid marks, accident location paint, dried blood and vehicle fluids remain after a pickup truck slammed into a small utility trailer on Monday, Halloween night on U.S. Highway 80 in Chunky, Miss., Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. Mississippi Highway Patrol said the crash left a few people killed and several injured. (Photo: Rogelio V. Solis/AP) A pair of shoes lay separately among the candy and in the weeds on the side of the road, apparently knocked from the feet of their owner and left behind when the victims of a Halloween night vehicle accident were transported to hospitals in Jackson and Meridian. Some of them have life-threatening injuries, officials said. The shoes are not far from the scene where Kristina Shaver and her two daughters, Baylee, 8, and Brooke, 2, were fatally injured while riding in a trailer for a Halloween party Monday night.   The trailer was hit from behind by a pickup, authorities said.   The Shavers were among 10 on the trailer, but they were the only fatalities as of Tuesday. Community members said the others injured in the wreck were Shaver's middle child, McKensey, Shaver's sister, Melissa Cook, 31, and her children. Shaver's husband was killed in a car wreck earlier this summer, family friends said. Cook's husband died in 2012.   Kristina Shaver is shown in this photo of a Facebook Kristina Shaver is shown in this photo of a Facebook post. (Photo: The Clarion-Ledger) McKensey Shaver is the last living member of her immediate family. She is in critical condition at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.   UMMC confirmed they are treating five patients. Two pediatric patients are critical, and two are fair. Cook was in critical condition at UMMC as of 3 p.m. Tuesday.   Don Jones, who lives on Chunky Duffee Road, said his wife keeps count of the trick-or-treaters, and that the trailer had come by their home earlier in the evening.   \"She was hollering, 'How cute, how cute!' so I came to the door and they were all there, just precious, just small kids. I guess door steps, you'd call them. And they were just having a good time,\" he said.   The tenor of the night changed when Jones and his family could hear sirens in the distance, he said.   \"When the local fire department takes off, everyone can hear the sirens,\" he said.   Shortly after that, there were three helicopters landing on the ballfield not far from the wreck site, he said.   Mississippi Highway Patrol Spokesman Sgt. Andy West said the vehicle and trailer was turning off U.S. 80 around 7:45 p.m. when a Ford F-150 driven by Chase Cook, 20, who family friends say is not believed to be related to Melissa Cook, drove into the back of the trailer. West said that \"a full investigation will be conducted into the cause of the wreck.\"   OTHER AREA ACCIDENT: Fiery fatal auto crash in Jackson   The tire marks on the road, highlighted in orange reconstruction paint, drew a fairly clear picture of where the vehicles collided and where they came to rest in a yard on the side of the highway. But it doesn't answer how or why.   \"It would be inappropriate for us to speculate why the driver drove into the rear of that trailer, and we want to refrain from making any statements until the investigation is complete,\" West said.   The trailer was being pulled by a Jeep driven by Terry Smith, 58, of Chunky.   Newton County Elementary School Principal Jason Roberson said counselors were on campus Tuesday to help students and faculty with the impact of the accident.   \"Any time you deal with loss, it's difficult, but when you're trying to explain it to children it compounds it even more,\" he said. \"What we've focused on is remembering the good times we've had here.\"   Roberson said the counselors will remain on campus for the rest of the week.   \"I've never dealt with anything of this magnitude, and it's been a lot to take in,\" he said. \"Everybody's been touched by this.\"   Jones said he's praying for the families of the dead and injured. He said he doesn't know Cook, but he's praying for him, too.   \"I pray for him because he's going to be scarred for life to know what happened when he hit that trailer,\" he said.", "essay": "I feel bad for the mother and her two daughters that died in the accident. I'm a person that worries and being in a trailer would have me worrying. It is very sad that their life were cut short because they wanted to enjoy sometime together and go for a ride on Halloween.  I hope that the other people involved in the crash find peace."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Kenya deports South Sudan opposition official, despite threats against him \u2014  The Kenyan government on Friday deported a senior South Sudan opposition member as tensions rose over its peacekeeping efforts in its war-scarred neighbor.   Kenyan authorities have reacted angrily to a U.N. decision this week to dismiss the Kenyan general in charge of the peacekeeping force there, for failing to protect civilians during a recent spasm of violence. Kenya has been an important force for stability in South Sudan, contributing about 1,000 troops and absorbing refugees.   James Gatdet Dak, the official deported Friday, has served as a spokesman for the main South Sudanese rebel group led by former vice president Riek Machar. Since December 2013, that group has fought on and off against government forces led by President Salva Kiir. The conflict has killed tens of thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands more.   Some Kenyan officials suggested that Dak\u2019s deportation was related to a Facebook post in which he expressed support for the removal earlier this week of Lt. Gen. Johnson Mogoa Kimani Ondieki, the Kenyan top officer in the U.N. mission in South Sudan, known by the acronym UNMISS.   In the post Wednesday, Dak wrote: \u201cWe welcome the change in the UNMISS Force Command in South Sudan. The peacekeepers failed to protect civilians during the crisis right in the capital, Juba, and in other parts of the country.\u201d   A U.N. report this week blamed Ondieki for a \u201clack of leadership\u201d and a \u201cchaotic and ineffective response\u201d to the surge of violence in Juba in July. During that fighting, dozens of South Sudanese civilians were raped and killed, mostly by government forces. Several foreign aid workers were also brutally raped.   In a statement Friday, Machar said he told the Kenyan government that Dak \u201cshould not be deported to Juba due to profound fear for his life.\u201d It said Dak had been \u201carrested from his residence\u201d in Nairobi.   With government forces controlling Juba and bitter tensions between the two groups, human rights experts say the threat to Dak is very real.   \u201cIn colluding with South Sudan and deporting James Gatdet Dak, Kenya has exposed him to a serious risk of persecution,\u201d said Gerry Simpson, senior refugee researcher at Human Rights Watch.   After Ondieki\u2019s dismissal, Kenyan officials threatened to withdraw its peacekeeping troops from South Sudan, calling the deployment \u201cno longer tenable.\u201d Kenya\u2019s contingent is important because of its size and because it has proved difficult to recruit soldiers in the rest of the world for the mission. There are 16,000 U.N. peacekeepers in South Sudan.   The Kenyan Foreign Ministry said Ondieki was fired unfairly and used as a scapegoat for the mission\u2019s institutional failings.   \u201cRegrettably, instead of addressing these shortcomings directly, the United Nations has instead opted to unfairly attribute them to a single individual,\u201d the ministry said in a statement.   The row between the United Nations and the Kenyan government underscores the often tense relations between the world body and the countries that deploy troops to peacekeeping missions. While U.N. officials say they have a responsibility to dismiss poorly performing soldiers, they are often reluctant to do so, for fear of alienating the few countries willing to send forces to far-flung missions.   Kenya also hosts tens of thousands of South Sudanese refugees, mostly in its Kakuma camp. Earlier this year, Kenya threatened to shutter the camp. Though the government later withdrew that plan, its threat was enough to rattle the humanitarian community.   Since July, when battles between the forces of Kiir and Machar broke out in the capital, fighting has resumed across much of the country, even as Machar and other opposition leaders fled the country. Machar is in South Africa.   The United States and other Western intermediaries have lobbied futilely for the restoration of a peace agreement that was only tenuously enforced before the July fighting.", "essay": "The politics behind this whole situation were a bit confusing to me, but it was clear that overall it is a really bad situation over there.  It mentioned several times that multiple people were brutally raped and even murdered, sometimes by government officials, and this is really distressing and sad.  That is obviously something that should never happen to anyone, so it makes me sad to hear that these people suffered like that.  I think clearly something needs to be done over there but I'm not sure what."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Kenya deports South Sudan opposition official, despite threats against him \u2014  The Kenyan government on Friday deported a senior South Sudan opposition member as tensions rose over its peacekeeping efforts in its war-scarred neighbor.   Kenyan authorities have reacted angrily to a U.N. decision this week to dismiss the Kenyan general in charge of the peacekeeping force there, for failing to protect civilians during a recent spasm of violence. Kenya has been an important force for stability in South Sudan, contributing about 1,000 troops and absorbing refugees.   James Gatdet Dak, the official deported Friday, has served as a spokesman for the main South Sudanese rebel group led by former vice president Riek Machar. Since December 2013, that group has fought on and off against government forces led by President Salva Kiir. The conflict has killed tens of thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands more.   Some Kenyan officials suggested that Dak\u2019s deportation was related to a Facebook post in which he expressed support for the removal earlier this week of Lt. Gen. Johnson Mogoa Kimani Ondieki, the Kenyan top officer in the U.N. mission in South Sudan, known by the acronym UNMISS.   In the post Wednesday, Dak wrote: \u201cWe welcome the change in the UNMISS Force Command in South Sudan. The peacekeepers failed to protect civilians during the crisis right in the capital, Juba, and in other parts of the country.\u201d   A U.N. report this week blamed Ondieki for a \u201clack of leadership\u201d and a \u201cchaotic and ineffective response\u201d to the surge of violence in Juba in July. During that fighting, dozens of South Sudanese civilians were raped and killed, mostly by government forces. Several foreign aid workers were also brutally raped.   In a statement Friday, Machar said he told the Kenyan government that Dak \u201cshould not be deported to Juba due to profound fear for his life.\u201d It said Dak had been \u201carrested from his residence\u201d in Nairobi.   With government forces controlling Juba and bitter tensions between the two groups, human rights experts say the threat to Dak is very real.   \u201cIn colluding with South Sudan and deporting James Gatdet Dak, Kenya has exposed him to a serious risk of persecution,\u201d said Gerry Simpson, senior refugee researcher at Human Rights Watch.   After Ondieki\u2019s dismissal, Kenyan officials threatened to withdraw its peacekeeping troops from South Sudan, calling the deployment \u201cno longer tenable.\u201d Kenya\u2019s contingent is important because of its size and because it has proved difficult to recruit soldiers in the rest of the world for the mission. There are 16,000 U.N. peacekeepers in South Sudan.   The Kenyan Foreign Ministry said Ondieki was fired unfairly and used as a scapegoat for the mission\u2019s institutional failings.   \u201cRegrettably, instead of addressing these shortcomings directly, the United Nations has instead opted to unfairly attribute them to a single individual,\u201d the ministry said in a statement.   The row between the United Nations and the Kenyan government underscores the often tense relations between the world body and the countries that deploy troops to peacekeeping missions. While U.N. officials say they have a responsibility to dismiss poorly performing soldiers, they are often reluctant to do so, for fear of alienating the few countries willing to send forces to far-flung missions.   Kenya also hosts tens of thousands of South Sudanese refugees, mostly in its Kakuma camp. Earlier this year, Kenya threatened to shutter the camp. Though the government later withdrew that plan, its threat was enough to rattle the humanitarian community.   Since July, when battles between the forces of Kiir and Machar broke out in the capital, fighting has resumed across much of the country, even as Machar and other opposition leaders fled the country. Machar is in South Africa.   The United States and other Western intermediaries have lobbied futilely for the restoration of a peace agreement that was only tenuously enforced before the July fighting.", "essay": "This angers me to know stuff like this still goes on in 2019. The fact that another country has to help another with troops shows that we aren't in better times like some people say. Kenya  deported an official knowing he was most likely to die when he arrived back in Sudan. This is cold blooded and Kenya should be ashamed of themselves for this."}
{"user_id": "ec_p045", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 49 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 37000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 49, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 37000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Kenya deports South Sudan opposition official, despite threats against him \u2014  The Kenyan government on Friday deported a senior South Sudan opposition member as tensions rose over its peacekeeping efforts in its war-scarred neighbor.   Kenyan authorities have reacted angrily to a U.N. decision this week to dismiss the Kenyan general in charge of the peacekeeping force there, for failing to protect civilians during a recent spasm of violence. Kenya has been an important force for stability in South Sudan, contributing about 1,000 troops and absorbing refugees.   James Gatdet Dak, the official deported Friday, has served as a spokesman for the main South Sudanese rebel group led by former vice president Riek Machar. Since December 2013, that group has fought on and off against government forces led by President Salva Kiir. The conflict has killed tens of thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands more.   Some Kenyan officials suggested that Dak\u2019s deportation was related to a Facebook post in which he expressed support for the removal earlier this week of Lt. Gen. Johnson Mogoa Kimani Ondieki, the Kenyan top officer in the U.N. mission in South Sudan, known by the acronym UNMISS.   In the post Wednesday, Dak wrote: \u201cWe welcome the change in the UNMISS Force Command in South Sudan. The peacekeepers failed to protect civilians during the crisis right in the capital, Juba, and in other parts of the country.\u201d   A U.N. report this week blamed Ondieki for a \u201clack of leadership\u201d and a \u201cchaotic and ineffective response\u201d to the surge of violence in Juba in July. During that fighting, dozens of South Sudanese civilians were raped and killed, mostly by government forces. Several foreign aid workers were also brutally raped.   In a statement Friday, Machar said he told the Kenyan government that Dak \u201cshould not be deported to Juba due to profound fear for his life.\u201d It said Dak had been \u201carrested from his residence\u201d in Nairobi.   With government forces controlling Juba and bitter tensions between the two groups, human rights experts say the threat to Dak is very real.   \u201cIn colluding with South Sudan and deporting James Gatdet Dak, Kenya has exposed him to a serious risk of persecution,\u201d said Gerry Simpson, senior refugee researcher at Human Rights Watch.   After Ondieki\u2019s dismissal, Kenyan officials threatened to withdraw its peacekeeping troops from South Sudan, calling the deployment \u201cno longer tenable.\u201d Kenya\u2019s contingent is important because of its size and because it has proved difficult to recruit soldiers in the rest of the world for the mission. There are 16,000 U.N. peacekeepers in South Sudan.   The Kenyan Foreign Ministry said Ondieki was fired unfairly and used as a scapegoat for the mission\u2019s institutional failings.   \u201cRegrettably, instead of addressing these shortcomings directly, the United Nations has instead opted to unfairly attribute them to a single individual,\u201d the ministry said in a statement.   The row between the United Nations and the Kenyan government underscores the often tense relations between the world body and the countries that deploy troops to peacekeeping missions. While U.N. officials say they have a responsibility to dismiss poorly performing soldiers, they are often reluctant to do so, for fear of alienating the few countries willing to send forces to far-flung missions.   Kenya also hosts tens of thousands of South Sudanese refugees, mostly in its Kakuma camp. Earlier this year, Kenya threatened to shutter the camp. Though the government later withdrew that plan, its threat was enough to rattle the humanitarian community.   Since July, when battles between the forces of Kiir and Machar broke out in the capital, fighting has resumed across much of the country, even as Machar and other opposition leaders fled the country. Machar is in South Africa.   The United States and other Western intermediaries have lobbied futilely for the restoration of a peace agreement that was only tenuously enforced before the July fighting.", "essay": "I don't know why these problems continue in Africa without the Western World doing something about it. It's largely the fault of the former colonial powers that things are such a mess there, and it's not going to go away. The human cost is insanely high, people should not be living like this in the modern world."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Kenya deports South Sudan opposition official, despite threats against him \u2014  The Kenyan government on Friday deported a senior South Sudan opposition member as tensions rose over its peacekeeping efforts in its war-scarred neighbor.   Kenyan authorities have reacted angrily to a U.N. decision this week to dismiss the Kenyan general in charge of the peacekeeping force there, for failing to protect civilians during a recent spasm of violence. Kenya has been an important force for stability in South Sudan, contributing about 1,000 troops and absorbing refugees.   James Gatdet Dak, the official deported Friday, has served as a spokesman for the main South Sudanese rebel group led by former vice president Riek Machar. Since December 2013, that group has fought on and off against government forces led by President Salva Kiir. The conflict has killed tens of thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands more.   Some Kenyan officials suggested that Dak\u2019s deportation was related to a Facebook post in which he expressed support for the removal earlier this week of Lt. Gen. Johnson Mogoa Kimani Ondieki, the Kenyan top officer in the U.N. mission in South Sudan, known by the acronym UNMISS.   In the post Wednesday, Dak wrote: \u201cWe welcome the change in the UNMISS Force Command in South Sudan. The peacekeepers failed to protect civilians during the crisis right in the capital, Juba, and in other parts of the country.\u201d   A U.N. report this week blamed Ondieki for a \u201clack of leadership\u201d and a \u201cchaotic and ineffective response\u201d to the surge of violence in Juba in July. During that fighting, dozens of South Sudanese civilians were raped and killed, mostly by government forces. Several foreign aid workers were also brutally raped.   In a statement Friday, Machar said he told the Kenyan government that Dak \u201cshould not be deported to Juba due to profound fear for his life.\u201d It said Dak had been \u201carrested from his residence\u201d in Nairobi.   With government forces controlling Juba and bitter tensions between the two groups, human rights experts say the threat to Dak is very real.   \u201cIn colluding with South Sudan and deporting James Gatdet Dak, Kenya has exposed him to a serious risk of persecution,\u201d said Gerry Simpson, senior refugee researcher at Human Rights Watch.   After Ondieki\u2019s dismissal, Kenyan officials threatened to withdraw its peacekeeping troops from South Sudan, calling the deployment \u201cno longer tenable.\u201d Kenya\u2019s contingent is important because of its size and because it has proved difficult to recruit soldiers in the rest of the world for the mission. There are 16,000 U.N. peacekeepers in South Sudan.   The Kenyan Foreign Ministry said Ondieki was fired unfairly and used as a scapegoat for the mission\u2019s institutional failings.   \u201cRegrettably, instead of addressing these shortcomings directly, the United Nations has instead opted to unfairly attribute them to a single individual,\u201d the ministry said in a statement.   The row between the United Nations and the Kenyan government underscores the often tense relations between the world body and the countries that deploy troops to peacekeeping missions. While U.N. officials say they have a responsibility to dismiss poorly performing soldiers, they are often reluctant to do so, for fear of alienating the few countries willing to send forces to far-flung missions.   Kenya also hosts tens of thousands of South Sudanese refugees, mostly in its Kakuma camp. Earlier this year, Kenya threatened to shutter the camp. Though the government later withdrew that plan, its threat was enough to rattle the humanitarian community.   Since July, when battles between the forces of Kiir and Machar broke out in the capital, fighting has resumed across much of the country, even as Machar and other opposition leaders fled the country. Machar is in South Africa.   The United States and other Western intermediaries have lobbied futilely for the restoration of a peace agreement that was only tenuously enforced before the July fighting.", "essay": "I mostly feel contempt from this story.  I do feel some sympathy for the people who were raped and killed in the recent violence, particularly the foreign workers.  However, those people should have known the hell they were entering when they volunteered.  The rest of it is just Africa and the UN.  I find it hilariously stupid that the rest of the world was shocked and dismayed and whatever word was used to describe their reaction to Kenya threatening to close the refugee camp.  But what does the world do about it?  The world loves to feel holier-than-thou and then do nothing.  Good old UN.  Has an opinion about everything everyone is doing wrong, but no will or capacity to improve anything.  Just stupidness all around."}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "Kenya deports South Sudan opposition official, despite threats against him \u2014  The Kenyan government on Friday deported a senior South Sudan opposition member as tensions rose over its peacekeeping efforts in its war-scarred neighbor.   Kenyan authorities have reacted angrily to a U.N. decision this week to dismiss the Kenyan general in charge of the peacekeeping force there, for failing to protect civilians during a recent spasm of violence. Kenya has been an important force for stability in South Sudan, contributing about 1,000 troops and absorbing refugees.   James Gatdet Dak, the official deported Friday, has served as a spokesman for the main South Sudanese rebel group led by former vice president Riek Machar. Since December 2013, that group has fought on and off against government forces led by President Salva Kiir. The conflict has killed tens of thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands more.   Some Kenyan officials suggested that Dak\u2019s deportation was related to a Facebook post in which he expressed support for the removal earlier this week of Lt. Gen. Johnson Mogoa Kimani Ondieki, the Kenyan top officer in the U.N. mission in South Sudan, known by the acronym UNMISS.   In the post Wednesday, Dak wrote: \u201cWe welcome the change in the UNMISS Force Command in South Sudan. The peacekeepers failed to protect civilians during the crisis right in the capital, Juba, and in other parts of the country.\u201d   A U.N. report this week blamed Ondieki for a \u201clack of leadership\u201d and a \u201cchaotic and ineffective response\u201d to the surge of violence in Juba in July. During that fighting, dozens of South Sudanese civilians were raped and killed, mostly by government forces. Several foreign aid workers were also brutally raped.   In a statement Friday, Machar said he told the Kenyan government that Dak \u201cshould not be deported to Juba due to profound fear for his life.\u201d It said Dak had been \u201carrested from his residence\u201d in Nairobi.   With government forces controlling Juba and bitter tensions between the two groups, human rights experts say the threat to Dak is very real.   \u201cIn colluding with South Sudan and deporting James Gatdet Dak, Kenya has exposed him to a serious risk of persecution,\u201d said Gerry Simpson, senior refugee researcher at Human Rights Watch.   After Ondieki\u2019s dismissal, Kenyan officials threatened to withdraw its peacekeeping troops from South Sudan, calling the deployment \u201cno longer tenable.\u201d Kenya\u2019s contingent is important because of its size and because it has proved difficult to recruit soldiers in the rest of the world for the mission. There are 16,000 U.N. peacekeepers in South Sudan.   The Kenyan Foreign Ministry said Ondieki was fired unfairly and used as a scapegoat for the mission\u2019s institutional failings.   \u201cRegrettably, instead of addressing these shortcomings directly, the United Nations has instead opted to unfairly attribute them to a single individual,\u201d the ministry said in a statement.   The row between the United Nations and the Kenyan government underscores the often tense relations between the world body and the countries that deploy troops to peacekeeping missions. While U.N. officials say they have a responsibility to dismiss poorly performing soldiers, they are often reluctant to do so, for fear of alienating the few countries willing to send forces to far-flung missions.   Kenya also hosts tens of thousands of South Sudanese refugees, mostly in its Kakuma camp. Earlier this year, Kenya threatened to shutter the camp. Though the government later withdrew that plan, its threat was enough to rattle the humanitarian community.   Since July, when battles between the forces of Kiir and Machar broke out in the capital, fighting has resumed across much of the country, even as Machar and other opposition leaders fled the country. Machar is in South Africa.   The United States and other Western intermediaries have lobbied futilely for the restoration of a peace agreement that was only tenuously enforced before the July fighting.", "essay": "This article on Kenya and South Sudan is so sad.   Africa has had various rules for thousand of years that look out for no one but themselves except Nelson Mandella who went to prison for all the right things.   The UN does more harm than good.   How do you look at a whole nation as one individual?  It's a war torn country and my heart breaks for them.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Environmental health officers call for smoking ban in playgrounds \u2014  Zoos and anywhere children play should become no-smoking zones, says Chartered Institute of Environmental Health   Smoking should be banned in all parks and playgrounds to reduce the chances of children growing up thinking that using cigarettes is normal, environmental health officers have told ministers. Zoos, theme parks and anywhere else children play should also become no-smoking zones, in a significant proposed expansion of the outdoor areas in which smokers cannot light up. Smoking has been illegal in enclosed public places such as bars, nightclubs and restaurants, as well as public transport and work vehicles, across the UK since 2007. But the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health said on Monday it wants local councils to designate any place where children play or learn as a smoking exclusion zone, although adherence would be voluntary, not statutory. Banning it in those locations would also protect children from secondhand smoke, it says. A new YouGov poll commissioned by the CIEH shows that 89% of 4,300 adults surveyed back a ban on smoking in children\u2019s play areas, while 57% want it to end in public parks. \u201cIt is abundantly clear that the vast majority of people would support restrictions on smoking in children\u2019s play areas. We would like to see smoking being stubbed out wherever children play or learn,\u201d said Anne Godfrey, the CIEH chief executive. \u201cThis would not only include children\u2019s playgrounds but could see no-smoking zones extended to public parks, zoos and theme parks. Children should be able to have fun and enjoy themselves without seeing someone smoking and thinking this is normal behaviour,\u201d she added. Some councils have already moved to try to stop people smoking in some outdoor places. For example, Coventry city council has asked parents not to smoke outside the gates of its 82 primary schools. The policy has gone down well with parents and headteachers, the council said. Advertisement Wrexham has also decreed that playgrounds, school gates and bus shelters should be regarded as smoke-free places, while Nottingham city council seeks to ensure that all its outdoor attractions are smoke-free for the six weeks of the school summer holidays. \u201cPublic opinion \u2013 and not just among parents \u2013 has swung heavily in favour of protecting children from exposure to tobacco smoke and from the behavioural cues children pick up from seeing adults smoking. This is a real opportunity to make it easier for children to grow up healthy,\u201d said Jim McManus, the director of public health at Hertfordshire county council. \u201cParents and children, when given the choice, are overwhelmingly supportive of smoke-free playground. Local voluntary schemes have been popular. It\u2019s time to give parents what they are asking for. You might feel like this is the nanny state \u2013 you\u2019d be wrong,\u201d McManus added. Forest, the smokers\u2019 rights group, called to the plan \u201cOrwellian\u201d. Its director, Simon Clark, said: \u201cExtending the smoking ban to outdoor parks and play areas would be a gross overreaction. There\u2019s no evidence that a significant number of people smoke near children in outdoor areas, nor is there evidence that smoking outside is a threat to anyone else\u2019s health.\u201d Clark added: \u201cPublic parks are for the enjoyment of everyone, including smokers. Most smokers use their common sense and smoke accordingly. They don\u2019t need government dictating how they behave. The idea that children should be protected from the sight of someone smoking is Orwellian. Adults can\u2019t be expected to be perfect role models for other people\u2019s children.\u201d The owners of zoos and theme parks, because they are private businesses, should be allowed to decide whether smoking is banned, Clark said. It became illegal last October to smoke in a car in England or Wales carrying anyone under the age of 18. New figures last week showed that the proportion of adults in England who smoke had fallen to a record low of 16.9%. Deborah Arnott, the director of Action on Smoking and Health, said: \u201cWhile the ban on smoking in indoor public places resulted in significant health benefits, thousands of children are still exposed to smoke in the home and elsewhere. Growing up in a smoke-free environment is one of the best ways of ensuring that they are not attracted to smoking and lured into a lifelong addiction and ill-health.\u201d     Article Title:\u2018Mouse droppings were everywhere\u2019: a day in the life of a food inspector   Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/25/day-in-life-food-safety-inspector-newham-east-london-hygiene   Article author(s) Kate Lyons   Article date: Sunday 25 September 2016 17.57 EDT Last modified on Monday 26 September 201609.26 EDT   News source: theguardian    Sharon Nkansah has worked on the food safety frontline in Newham, London, for 10 years, and seen the good, bad and the ugly   When you\u2019ve been a food safety inspector for as long as Sharon Nkansah, you know how to smell a rat. \u201cLast month, there was a place I inspected [where] I walked in and you could smell it,\u201d she says. \u201cYou can smell mouse activity. They had droppings in fridges, where they have their sauces, where they have their cutlery; the droppings were everywhere. So I just said: \u2018Pull the shutters down\u2019.\u201d You also learn tricks to catch out wily business owners. The best time to inspect a suspect business is in the morning, she says, before staff have had a chance to sweep up anything nasty deposited overnight. Nkansah has worked as a food safety inspector for Newham borough council in east London for 10 years. As we move between businesses throughout the day, she is fun and chatty, talking about her children and her recent holiday, but as soon as she\u2019s in a kitchen, her bright patterned dress is covered with a white coat and her braids are tucked under a hairnet. She becomes brisk, businesslike, at times tough. Her repeated refrain, delivered to staff at the takeaways she inspects who ask her for food hygiene advice, is: \u201cI am not here to train you, I am here to enforce.\u201d A firm approach is needed in Newham. A Guardian analysis of Food Standards Agency data found that the borough has the lowest food hygiene scores in the country: 26% of its food businesses fail inspections, rising to 50.4% for takeaways. Far from being embarrassed by these numbers, Matthew Collins, a principal environmental health officer at the council, and Nkansah\u2019s boss, sees them as a point of pride. \u201cI think it\u2019s an indication that we\u2019re out doing our jobs,\u201d he says. Nkansah began her career as a chef, but wanted a job with more child-friendly hours after having children, so did a one-year degree in food hygiene and began working as an inspector in Newham. Advertisement Cuts to local government funding have meant the number of food inspectors has declined in recent years. The ratio of food safety inspectors to businesses has dropped from 4.2 full-time inspectors per 1,000 food businesses in 2012-13, to 3.7 per 1,000 in 2014-15. This figure is dragged down considerably by England, where there are only 3.2 officers per 1,000 businesses, compared with 5.7 per 1,000 in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The job, says Nkansah, is satisfying, but it comes at a cost: she has seen what goes on in the back rooms of takeaways, cafes and restaurants. Before going to a new restaurant, Nkansah says she always looks up its food safety rating. When asked if she would eat somewhere that scored zero, one or two, Nkansah is appalled. \u201cAbsolutely not,\u201d she says. On a good day, Nkansah can inspect three establishments. On a bad day, if she visits businesses where standards are very poor and the management is either belligerent or impossible to track down, she can spend half a day trying to evaluate one. KFC: High Street North, East Ham Nkansah starts at KFC on the high street. She is expecting big things here: large chains often do well with food safety and at its previous inspection in March 2014, this KFC branch was given the highest possible score of five. Inside the KFC kitchen, the first thing Nkansah does is wash her hands. \u201cIt\u2019s a way of testing if they have adequate hand-washing facilities. If they don\u2019t, that\u2019s not a good start,\u201d she says. KFC\u2019s hand-washing station passes muster and Nkansah then works her way through the kitchen, starting at the entry point for deliveries, before moving on to the tills. Nkansah is happy with everything \u2013 the general cleanliness of the kitchen, the way food is stored and the waste management system. The temperature of the freezer and fridges are good, and she is pleased to see a designated raw chicken preparation area. \u201cThey\u2019ve got good separation,\u201d Nkansah says approvingly of the way the fridges are organised: raw chicken is stored on the left, while other products, such as milk, salad and Pepsi, are on the right. \u201cThey will maintain their five stars as long as their paperwork is in order,\u201d she tells me as we wind up. When we leave the kitchen, two customers sitting down to chicken wraps and a large serving of chips look up at us, with our white coats and hairnets, in a concerned manner. \u201cIs it all right in there?\u201d one man asks, voice lowered. \u201cYes,\u201d we assure him. \u201cLooks good.\u201d They nod and tuck into their meal. King\u2019s Peri Peri Chicken: High Street South, East Ham Next is a visit to King\u2019s Peri Peri Chicken. The inspection is a follow-up after the shop was given a score of zero, the lowest possible, in March. Nkansah is back to see if it has made improvements. What were the issues at the last visit? \u201cOh, everything,\u201d she says. Most significantly, there was no hand-washing station, meaning that employees were either washing their hands in the large washing-up sink or not at all. Today, Nkansah is pleased to see that a hand-washing sink has been installed. The manager is not in, so a staff member shows us around the property, starting with the food preparation area, which is in a basement below the shop. It is small and dark, and the floor is slippery with oil, but quite cool, which Nkansah says is a point in the restaurant\u2019s favour. On the bench is a large plastic crate full of flour in which the raw chicken is tossed before being taken upstairs to be fried. There are two other containers on shelves below the work surface, each holding flour, bits of which are stuck to the sides of the container with, Nkansah assumes, chicken juice. She worries that the same flour is used to coat chicken day in and day out. The chef, who has been working at the shop for two weeks, struggles to understand Nkansah\u2019s questions about how often they are cleaned, first saying they were cleaned every week, then every day and then every two days. It is unclear how much of this is a language barrier and how much is his uncertainty about the details of the cleaning schedule. \u201cI\u2019ve been in this business for a long time,\u201d says Nkansah, gesturing to the crates. \u201cThis is not today\u2019s flour.\u201d Storage is also a problem: food should be kept on shelves off the ground. But a bag of rice and a sack of chicken breading mix, both open, and a bag of bread rolls, are on the floor. A large rice cooker sits in the corner of the kitchen next to cleaning chemicals. Nkansah looks into the fridge, which she says is kept at a good temperature, and pulls out large open tins of jalape\u00f1os and olives, as well as a large uncovered saucepan of sticky sauce meant to go on rice. \u201cThis is one of my pet hates,\u201d says Nkansah. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t even do this at home, putting the whole pot in the fridge.\u201d She orders the staff to throw out the contents of the saucepan and both tins. Nkansah revisits the shop a week later when the manager is in. He shows her the food safety paperwork. Because the shop had taken some measures to improve standards since the March inspection, it is rated up from a zero, meaning \u201curgent improvement necessary\u201d, to a two, signifying \u201cimprovement necessary\u201d. As we leave the shop, we pass a long queue of people waiting to buy chicken and I wonder whether they would keep standing in line if they knew the store\u2019s food safety rating. There is evidence that forcing businesses to display their food hygiene scores improves quality. When Wales made it mandatory for businesses to publicly display their ratings in November 2013, the proportion of places with a zero rating fell from 0.6% to the current rate of 0.2%. Northern Ireland will introduce a similar mandatory display policy on 7 October, but publicly displaying ratings is not mandatory in England or Scotland. Agraba Grill: Barking Road, East Ham The final visit for the day is supposed to be to a chicken shop, Peri Peri de Griller, which Nkansah shut down in July. She is back to see if it has improved conditions and can be allowed to reopen. Instead, we find that the shop has been sold and a new store, Agraba Grill, has opened in the same location. It is in its second week of operation. The business is a Turkish takeaway, advertising kofta, kebabs and falafel wraps, but it still seems to sell a lot of fried chicken. Again, the manager is not in, so someone who says he is a friend of the manager shows Nkansah the premises. Walking through the kitchen, the problems are immediately evident. The food preparation area, covering half of the kitchen, has no lights. \u201cCan I tell you one thing?\u201d Nkansah says. \u201cYou cannot be running this food business in this darkness, it will not help you.\u201d She moves on to the other problems, among them the ceiling, which has a large hole, and an open drain. \u201cYou see, all these holes is where you can get cockroaches,\u201d she says. There are large piles of junk in the back of the kitchen \u2013 an old cooker, bags of rubbish and stacks of boxes. \u201cIf pests come in, they\u2019re going to live in there and breed, so all the boxes and things you don\u2019t need, they need to go,\u201d Nkansah says. There are other problems. There is no basin in the staff toilet \u2013 \u201cSo where do you think they\u2019re washing their hands?\u201d Nkansah asks, with a raised eyebrow \u2013 and she is unimpressed to find an ashtray in the kitchen. \u201cIf someone is smoking back here, they need to stop, it\u2019s illegal,\u201d she says. Nkansah is immediately reassured that no one does. Mostly, she is frustrated that conditions have not improved since the previous business was shut down. Places that are closed down cannot be reopened without being reinspected, but they can be sold on. Owners of a new food business are required to register it with the council 28 days before they start operating, which leads to a food safety inspection, often within a month of operation. But this direction is frequently ignored and Collins says he knows of just one instance of a successful prosecution of a business for failing to register with the council. Nkansah and Collins are adamant that the way to combat this problem is to introduce licences for food businesses, which would require owners to show proof of food safety training before they start serving customers. Checking back with the council two weeks later, Collins tells me that the business has been sold again \u2013 the shop now has its fifth owner in nine months. The new proprietor is working with the council on improving standards at the premises before opening. Back in the office, inspections done for the day, the food safety team are deciding where to go for a late lunch. But with the morning\u2019s inspections playing on their minds, they opt for a safe bet: McDonald\u2019s on the high street, food safety rating five.   Article Title:Greeks Appeal for Aid After Fire Damages Refugee Camp   Article URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/21/world/europe/refugee-camp-greece-fire.html?ref=europe Article author(s) NIKI KITSANTONIS Article date: SEPT. 20, 2016 News source: nytimes ATHENS \u2014 Thousands of people were left homeless after a fire tore through a refugee camp Monday night on the Aegean island of Lesbos, and the Greek authorities appealed on Tuesday to the European Union for more support in managing the migration crisis. The fire, which started in the island\u2019s main Moria camp, destroyed 50 prefabricated homes and dozens of tents, driving 4,400 migrants into nearby fields, according to humanitarian aid workers. Footage aired on Greek television showed the bulk of the camp in flames. About 100 unaccompanied children were the first to be resettled to a hostel Monday night, and about half the families had returned to the Moria camp by midday on Tuesday. The Shipping Ministry said it would send a vessel to anchor at the island, providing temporary accommodation for about 1,000 of the migrants. \u201cThings are very difficult,\u201d an Interior Ministry official, Nikos Toskas, told Greek radio. \u201cThe Europeans must send real, genuine aid,\u201d he said. He condemned European countries that \u201cbuild fences and then send blankets,\u201d an apparent reference to Balkan states that closed their borders to migrants this year, leaving thousands trapped in Greece. The cause of the blaze remained unclear. Local news media said clashes had broken out between different ethnic groups in the camp amid rumors that large numbers of migrants would be sent back to Turkey. The police detained nine camp residents. Earlier in the day, residents protested, calling for the migrants to leave the island. In the wake of the unrest, Mr. Toskas said, two riot police units would be sent to the island. A spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said frustrations had frequently bubbled over into clashes in camps, as many migrants have been living in poor conditions for months amid uncertainty about their future. \u201cThese people gave up everything to seek a better life months ago, and now they\u2019re stuck,\u201d said Roland Schoenbauer, the agency\u2019s representative in Greece. He said frustrations and tension were being fueled by the slow pace at which the Greek authorities were processing the migrants\u2019 asylum applications, and a sluggish European relocation program that has moved 3,700 people to other countries from Greece over the past year, far short of the target of 66,400. If the pace does not pick up, \u201cit will take several years to resolve the problem,\u201d Mr. Schoenbauer said. \u201cThis is not going to go away,\u201d he continued, adding that economic migrants who do not merit asylum should be repatriated \u201cin a humane and dignified way\u201d to free up space at the camps. More than 60,000 refugees or asylum seekers are in Greece, the vast majority in camps across the country, most of them cramped and dirty. Over 5,700 are on Lesbos, which has borne the brunt of the migrant influx into Greece. Arrivals from neighboring Turkey have dropped since the peak of the crisis this time last year, when thousands made the short, perilous journey across the Aegean Sea aboard rickety boats, many drowning in the attempt. An agreement in March between the European Union and Turkey to curb human smuggling across the Aegean reduced the arrivals to virtually zero. However, there has been a significant uptick since July, after the failed coup attempt in Turkey. Now scores, sometimes hundreds, are arriving daily. The increase in arrivals and rising tensions in the camps have fueled protests in some communities close to state-run camps where many residents are fed up with the growing migrant populations. Last week, residents on another Aegean island, Chios, protested. The upheaval has been exploited by members of far-right groups who have also protested, often clashing with more moderate demonstrators. Mayor Spyros Galinos of Lesbos said the protests were being \u201cguided by certain circles, far-right circles who are being supported by members of other parties that have found the opportunity to boost their following, and all this is a dangerous climate that can become explosive.\u201d Addressing a United Nations summit meeting in New York on Monday, the Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, called on other European Union countries to take in more refugees from Greece and emphasized the risk of giving \u201cspace to nationalistic and xenophobic forces to show their faces.\u201d", "essay": "I can really get behind this ban.  It disgusts me to see people smoking at playgrounds, and I've literally had to leave before because people were blowing smoke everywhere and I didn't want my children breathing it.  It is just ridiculous.  You can't tell me it's not harmful for a child to run through a cloud of smoke.  On the same token, I thought the argument that it was setting a bad example was stupid.  Yes, it does set a bad example, but we can't just purge society of every bad example in an effort to protect people from life.  It's up to parents to teach their kids right and wrong."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Environmental health officers call for smoking ban in playgrounds \u2014  Zoos and anywhere children play should become no-smoking zones, says Chartered Institute of Environmental Health   Smoking should be banned in all parks and playgrounds to reduce the chances of children growing up thinking that using cigarettes is normal, environmental health officers have told ministers. Zoos, theme parks and anywhere else children play should also become no-smoking zones, in a significant proposed expansion of the outdoor areas in which smokers cannot light up. Smoking has been illegal in enclosed public places such as bars, nightclubs and restaurants, as well as public transport and work vehicles, across the UK since 2007. But the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health said on Monday it wants local councils to designate any place where children play or learn as a smoking exclusion zone, although adherence would be voluntary, not statutory. Banning it in those locations would also protect children from secondhand smoke, it says. A new YouGov poll commissioned by the CIEH shows that 89% of 4,300 adults surveyed back a ban on smoking in children\u2019s play areas, while 57% want it to end in public parks. \u201cIt is abundantly clear that the vast majority of people would support restrictions on smoking in children\u2019s play areas. We would like to see smoking being stubbed out wherever children play or learn,\u201d said Anne Godfrey, the CIEH chief executive. \u201cThis would not only include children\u2019s playgrounds but could see no-smoking zones extended to public parks, zoos and theme parks. Children should be able to have fun and enjoy themselves without seeing someone smoking and thinking this is normal behaviour,\u201d she added. Some councils have already moved to try to stop people smoking in some outdoor places. For example, Coventry city council has asked parents not to smoke outside the gates of its 82 primary schools. The policy has gone down well with parents and headteachers, the council said. Advertisement Wrexham has also decreed that playgrounds, school gates and bus shelters should be regarded as smoke-free places, while Nottingham city council seeks to ensure that all its outdoor attractions are smoke-free for the six weeks of the school summer holidays. \u201cPublic opinion \u2013 and not just among parents \u2013 has swung heavily in favour of protecting children from exposure to tobacco smoke and from the behavioural cues children pick up from seeing adults smoking. This is a real opportunity to make it easier for children to grow up healthy,\u201d said Jim McManus, the director of public health at Hertfordshire county council. \u201cParents and children, when given the choice, are overwhelmingly supportive of smoke-free playground. Local voluntary schemes have been popular. It\u2019s time to give parents what they are asking for. You might feel like this is the nanny state \u2013 you\u2019d be wrong,\u201d McManus added. Forest, the smokers\u2019 rights group, called to the plan \u201cOrwellian\u201d. Its director, Simon Clark, said: \u201cExtending the smoking ban to outdoor parks and play areas would be a gross overreaction. There\u2019s no evidence that a significant number of people smoke near children in outdoor areas, nor is there evidence that smoking outside is a threat to anyone else\u2019s health.\u201d Clark added: \u201cPublic parks are for the enjoyment of everyone, including smokers. Most smokers use their common sense and smoke accordingly. They don\u2019t need government dictating how they behave. The idea that children should be protected from the sight of someone smoking is Orwellian. Adults can\u2019t be expected to be perfect role models for other people\u2019s children.\u201d The owners of zoos and theme parks, because they are private businesses, should be allowed to decide whether smoking is banned, Clark said. It became illegal last October to smoke in a car in England or Wales carrying anyone under the age of 18. New figures last week showed that the proportion of adults in England who smoke had fallen to a record low of 16.9%. Deborah Arnott, the director of Action on Smoking and Health, said: \u201cWhile the ban on smoking in indoor public places resulted in significant health benefits, thousands of children are still exposed to smoke in the home and elsewhere. Growing up in a smoke-free environment is one of the best ways of ensuring that they are not attracted to smoking and lured into a lifelong addiction and ill-health.\u201d     Article Title:\u2018Mouse droppings were everywhere\u2019: a day in the life of a food inspector   Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/25/day-in-life-food-safety-inspector-newham-east-london-hygiene   Article author(s) Kate Lyons   Article date: Sunday 25 September 2016 17.57 EDT Last modified on Monday 26 September 201609.26 EDT   News source: theguardian    Sharon Nkansah has worked on the food safety frontline in Newham, London, for 10 years, and seen the good, bad and the ugly   When you\u2019ve been a food safety inspector for as long as Sharon Nkansah, you know how to smell a rat. \u201cLast month, there was a place I inspected [where] I walked in and you could smell it,\u201d she says. \u201cYou can smell mouse activity. They had droppings in fridges, where they have their sauces, where they have their cutlery; the droppings were everywhere. So I just said: \u2018Pull the shutters down\u2019.\u201d You also learn tricks to catch out wily business owners. The best time to inspect a suspect business is in the morning, she says, before staff have had a chance to sweep up anything nasty deposited overnight. Nkansah has worked as a food safety inspector for Newham borough council in east London for 10 years. As we move between businesses throughout the day, she is fun and chatty, talking about her children and her recent holiday, but as soon as she\u2019s in a kitchen, her bright patterned dress is covered with a white coat and her braids are tucked under a hairnet. She becomes brisk, businesslike, at times tough. Her repeated refrain, delivered to staff at the takeaways she inspects who ask her for food hygiene advice, is: \u201cI am not here to train you, I am here to enforce.\u201d A firm approach is needed in Newham. A Guardian analysis of Food Standards Agency data found that the borough has the lowest food hygiene scores in the country: 26% of its food businesses fail inspections, rising to 50.4% for takeaways. Far from being embarrassed by these numbers, Matthew Collins, a principal environmental health officer at the council, and Nkansah\u2019s boss, sees them as a point of pride. \u201cI think it\u2019s an indication that we\u2019re out doing our jobs,\u201d he says. Nkansah began her career as a chef, but wanted a job with more child-friendly hours after having children, so did a one-year degree in food hygiene and began working as an inspector in Newham. Advertisement Cuts to local government funding have meant the number of food inspectors has declined in recent years. The ratio of food safety inspectors to businesses has dropped from 4.2 full-time inspectors per 1,000 food businesses in 2012-13, to 3.7 per 1,000 in 2014-15. This figure is dragged down considerably by England, where there are only 3.2 officers per 1,000 businesses, compared with 5.7 per 1,000 in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The job, says Nkansah, is satisfying, but it comes at a cost: she has seen what goes on in the back rooms of takeaways, cafes and restaurants. Before going to a new restaurant, Nkansah says she always looks up its food safety rating. When asked if she would eat somewhere that scored zero, one or two, Nkansah is appalled. \u201cAbsolutely not,\u201d she says. On a good day, Nkansah can inspect three establishments. On a bad day, if she visits businesses where standards are very poor and the management is either belligerent or impossible to track down, she can spend half a day trying to evaluate one. KFC: High Street North, East Ham Nkansah starts at KFC on the high street. She is expecting big things here: large chains often do well with food safety and at its previous inspection in March 2014, this KFC branch was given the highest possible score of five. Inside the KFC kitchen, the first thing Nkansah does is wash her hands. \u201cIt\u2019s a way of testing if they have adequate hand-washing facilities. If they don\u2019t, that\u2019s not a good start,\u201d she says. KFC\u2019s hand-washing station passes muster and Nkansah then works her way through the kitchen, starting at the entry point for deliveries, before moving on to the tills. Nkansah is happy with everything \u2013 the general cleanliness of the kitchen, the way food is stored and the waste management system. The temperature of the freezer and fridges are good, and she is pleased to see a designated raw chicken preparation area. \u201cThey\u2019ve got good separation,\u201d Nkansah says approvingly of the way the fridges are organised: raw chicken is stored on the left, while other products, such as milk, salad and Pepsi, are on the right. \u201cThey will maintain their five stars as long as their paperwork is in order,\u201d she tells me as we wind up. When we leave the kitchen, two customers sitting down to chicken wraps and a large serving of chips look up at us, with our white coats and hairnets, in a concerned manner. \u201cIs it all right in there?\u201d one man asks, voice lowered. \u201cYes,\u201d we assure him. \u201cLooks good.\u201d They nod and tuck into their meal. King\u2019s Peri Peri Chicken: High Street South, East Ham Next is a visit to King\u2019s Peri Peri Chicken. The inspection is a follow-up after the shop was given a score of zero, the lowest possible, in March. Nkansah is back to see if it has made improvements. What were the issues at the last visit? \u201cOh, everything,\u201d she says. Most significantly, there was no hand-washing station, meaning that employees were either washing their hands in the large washing-up sink or not at all. Today, Nkansah is pleased to see that a hand-washing sink has been installed. The manager is not in, so a staff member shows us around the property, starting with the food preparation area, which is in a basement below the shop. It is small and dark, and the floor is slippery with oil, but quite cool, which Nkansah says is a point in the restaurant\u2019s favour. On the bench is a large plastic crate full of flour in which the raw chicken is tossed before being taken upstairs to be fried. There are two other containers on shelves below the work surface, each holding flour, bits of which are stuck to the sides of the container with, Nkansah assumes, chicken juice. She worries that the same flour is used to coat chicken day in and day out. The chef, who has been working at the shop for two weeks, struggles to understand Nkansah\u2019s questions about how often they are cleaned, first saying they were cleaned every week, then every day and then every two days. It is unclear how much of this is a language barrier and how much is his uncertainty about the details of the cleaning schedule. \u201cI\u2019ve been in this business for a long time,\u201d says Nkansah, gesturing to the crates. \u201cThis is not today\u2019s flour.\u201d Storage is also a problem: food should be kept on shelves off the ground. But a bag of rice and a sack of chicken breading mix, both open, and a bag of bread rolls, are on the floor. A large rice cooker sits in the corner of the kitchen next to cleaning chemicals. Nkansah looks into the fridge, which she says is kept at a good temperature, and pulls out large open tins of jalape\u00f1os and olives, as well as a large uncovered saucepan of sticky sauce meant to go on rice. \u201cThis is one of my pet hates,\u201d says Nkansah. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t even do this at home, putting the whole pot in the fridge.\u201d She orders the staff to throw out the contents of the saucepan and both tins. Nkansah revisits the shop a week later when the manager is in. He shows her the food safety paperwork. Because the shop had taken some measures to improve standards since the March inspection, it is rated up from a zero, meaning \u201curgent improvement necessary\u201d, to a two, signifying \u201cimprovement necessary\u201d. As we leave the shop, we pass a long queue of people waiting to buy chicken and I wonder whether they would keep standing in line if they knew the store\u2019s food safety rating. There is evidence that forcing businesses to display their food hygiene scores improves quality. When Wales made it mandatory for businesses to publicly display their ratings in November 2013, the proportion of places with a zero rating fell from 0.6% to the current rate of 0.2%. Northern Ireland will introduce a similar mandatory display policy on 7 October, but publicly displaying ratings is not mandatory in England or Scotland. Agraba Grill: Barking Road, East Ham The final visit for the day is supposed to be to a chicken shop, Peri Peri de Griller, which Nkansah shut down in July. She is back to see if it has improved conditions and can be allowed to reopen. Instead, we find that the shop has been sold and a new store, Agraba Grill, has opened in the same location. It is in its second week of operation. The business is a Turkish takeaway, advertising kofta, kebabs and falafel wraps, but it still seems to sell a lot of fried chicken. Again, the manager is not in, so someone who says he is a friend of the manager shows Nkansah the premises. Walking through the kitchen, the problems are immediately evident. The food preparation area, covering half of the kitchen, has no lights. \u201cCan I tell you one thing?\u201d Nkansah says. \u201cYou cannot be running this food business in this darkness, it will not help you.\u201d She moves on to the other problems, among them the ceiling, which has a large hole, and an open drain. \u201cYou see, all these holes is where you can get cockroaches,\u201d she says. There are large piles of junk in the back of the kitchen \u2013 an old cooker, bags of rubbish and stacks of boxes. \u201cIf pests come in, they\u2019re going to live in there and breed, so all the boxes and things you don\u2019t need, they need to go,\u201d Nkansah says. There are other problems. There is no basin in the staff toilet \u2013 \u201cSo where do you think they\u2019re washing their hands?\u201d Nkansah asks, with a raised eyebrow \u2013 and she is unimpressed to find an ashtray in the kitchen. \u201cIf someone is smoking back here, they need to stop, it\u2019s illegal,\u201d she says. Nkansah is immediately reassured that no one does. Mostly, she is frustrated that conditions have not improved since the previous business was shut down. Places that are closed down cannot be reopened without being reinspected, but they can be sold on. Owners of a new food business are required to register it with the council 28 days before they start operating, which leads to a food safety inspection, often within a month of operation. But this direction is frequently ignored and Collins says he knows of just one instance of a successful prosecution of a business for failing to register with the council. Nkansah and Collins are adamant that the way to combat this problem is to introduce licences for food businesses, which would require owners to show proof of food safety training before they start serving customers. Checking back with the council two weeks later, Collins tells me that the business has been sold again \u2013 the shop now has its fifth owner in nine months. The new proprietor is working with the council on improving standards at the premises before opening. Back in the office, inspections done for the day, the food safety team are deciding where to go for a late lunch. But with the morning\u2019s inspections playing on their minds, they opt for a safe bet: McDonald\u2019s on the high street, food safety rating five.   Article Title:Greeks Appeal for Aid After Fire Damages Refugee Camp   Article URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/21/world/europe/refugee-camp-greece-fire.html?ref=europe Article author(s) NIKI KITSANTONIS Article date: SEPT. 20, 2016 News source: nytimes ATHENS \u2014 Thousands of people were left homeless after a fire tore through a refugee camp Monday night on the Aegean island of Lesbos, and the Greek authorities appealed on Tuesday to the European Union for more support in managing the migration crisis. The fire, which started in the island\u2019s main Moria camp, destroyed 50 prefabricated homes and dozens of tents, driving 4,400 migrants into nearby fields, according to humanitarian aid workers. Footage aired on Greek television showed the bulk of the camp in flames. About 100 unaccompanied children were the first to be resettled to a hostel Monday night, and about half the families had returned to the Moria camp by midday on Tuesday. The Shipping Ministry said it would send a vessel to anchor at the island, providing temporary accommodation for about 1,000 of the migrants. \u201cThings are very difficult,\u201d an Interior Ministry official, Nikos Toskas, told Greek radio. \u201cThe Europeans must send real, genuine aid,\u201d he said. He condemned European countries that \u201cbuild fences and then send blankets,\u201d an apparent reference to Balkan states that closed their borders to migrants this year, leaving thousands trapped in Greece. The cause of the blaze remained unclear. Local news media said clashes had broken out between different ethnic groups in the camp amid rumors that large numbers of migrants would be sent back to Turkey. The police detained nine camp residents. Earlier in the day, residents protested, calling for the migrants to leave the island. In the wake of the unrest, Mr. Toskas said, two riot police units would be sent to the island. A spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said frustrations had frequently bubbled over into clashes in camps, as many migrants have been living in poor conditions for months amid uncertainty about their future. \u201cThese people gave up everything to seek a better life months ago, and now they\u2019re stuck,\u201d said Roland Schoenbauer, the agency\u2019s representative in Greece. He said frustrations and tension were being fueled by the slow pace at which the Greek authorities were processing the migrants\u2019 asylum applications, and a sluggish European relocation program that has moved 3,700 people to other countries from Greece over the past year, far short of the target of 66,400. If the pace does not pick up, \u201cit will take several years to resolve the problem,\u201d Mr. Schoenbauer said. \u201cThis is not going to go away,\u201d he continued, adding that economic migrants who do not merit asylum should be repatriated \u201cin a humane and dignified way\u201d to free up space at the camps. More than 60,000 refugees or asylum seekers are in Greece, the vast majority in camps across the country, most of them cramped and dirty. Over 5,700 are on Lesbos, which has borne the brunt of the migrant influx into Greece. Arrivals from neighboring Turkey have dropped since the peak of the crisis this time last year, when thousands made the short, perilous journey across the Aegean Sea aboard rickety boats, many drowning in the attempt. An agreement in March between the European Union and Turkey to curb human smuggling across the Aegean reduced the arrivals to virtually zero. However, there has been a significant uptick since July, after the failed coup attempt in Turkey. Now scores, sometimes hundreds, are arriving daily. The increase in arrivals and rising tensions in the camps have fueled protests in some communities close to state-run camps where many residents are fed up with the growing migrant populations. Last week, residents on another Aegean island, Chios, protested. The upheaval has been exploited by members of far-right groups who have also protested, often clashing with more moderate demonstrators. Mayor Spyros Galinos of Lesbos said the protests were being \u201cguided by certain circles, far-right circles who are being supported by members of other parties that have found the opportunity to boost their following, and all this is a dangerous climate that can become explosive.\u201d Addressing a United Nations summit meeting in New York on Monday, the Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, called on other European Union countries to take in more refugees from Greece and emphasized the risk of giving \u201cspace to nationalistic and xenophobic forces to show their faces.\u201d", "essay": "I feel like they are doing the right thing. These animals and children at the zoo should not be taking in this second-hand smoke. I feel like the correct thing to do is fix it and try and get these smokers out of there as soon as possible. I think  children should be protected and this is the correct way to do it."}
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According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 4.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 96000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 4.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Environmental health officers call for smoking ban in playgrounds \u2014  Zoos and anywhere children play should become no-smoking zones, says Chartered Institute of Environmental Health   Smoking should be banned in all parks and playgrounds to reduce the chances of children growing up thinking that using cigarettes is normal, environmental health officers have told ministers. Zoos, theme parks and anywhere else children play should also become no-smoking zones, in a significant proposed expansion of the outdoor areas in which smokers cannot light up. Smoking has been illegal in enclosed public places such as bars, nightclubs and restaurants, as well as public transport and work vehicles, across the UK since 2007. But the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health said on Monday it wants local councils to designate any place where children play or learn as a smoking exclusion zone, although adherence would be voluntary, not statutory. Banning it in those locations would also protect children from secondhand smoke, it says. A new YouGov poll commissioned by the CIEH shows that 89% of 4,300 adults surveyed back a ban on smoking in children\u2019s play areas, while 57% want it to end in public parks. \u201cIt is abundantly clear that the vast majority of people would support restrictions on smoking in children\u2019s play areas. We would like to see smoking being stubbed out wherever children play or learn,\u201d said Anne Godfrey, the CIEH chief executive. \u201cThis would not only include children\u2019s playgrounds but could see no-smoking zones extended to public parks, zoos and theme parks. Children should be able to have fun and enjoy themselves without seeing someone smoking and thinking this is normal behaviour,\u201d she added. Some councils have already moved to try to stop people smoking in some outdoor places. For example, Coventry city council has asked parents not to smoke outside the gates of its 82 primary schools. The policy has gone down well with parents and headteachers, the council said. Advertisement Wrexham has also decreed that playgrounds, school gates and bus shelters should be regarded as smoke-free places, while Nottingham city council seeks to ensure that all its outdoor attractions are smoke-free for the six weeks of the school summer holidays. \u201cPublic opinion \u2013 and not just among parents \u2013 has swung heavily in favour of protecting children from exposure to tobacco smoke and from the behavioural cues children pick up from seeing adults smoking. This is a real opportunity to make it easier for children to grow up healthy,\u201d said Jim McManus, the director of public health at Hertfordshire county council. \u201cParents and children, when given the choice, are overwhelmingly supportive of smoke-free playground. Local voluntary schemes have been popular. It\u2019s time to give parents what they are asking for. You might feel like this is the nanny state \u2013 you\u2019d be wrong,\u201d McManus added. Forest, the smokers\u2019 rights group, called to the plan \u201cOrwellian\u201d. Its director, Simon Clark, said: \u201cExtending the smoking ban to outdoor parks and play areas would be a gross overreaction. There\u2019s no evidence that a significant number of people smoke near children in outdoor areas, nor is there evidence that smoking outside is a threat to anyone else\u2019s health.\u201d Clark added: \u201cPublic parks are for the enjoyment of everyone, including smokers. Most smokers use their common sense and smoke accordingly. They don\u2019t need government dictating how they behave. The idea that children should be protected from the sight of someone smoking is Orwellian. Adults can\u2019t be expected to be perfect role models for other people\u2019s children.\u201d The owners of zoos and theme parks, because they are private businesses, should be allowed to decide whether smoking is banned, Clark said. It became illegal last October to smoke in a car in England or Wales carrying anyone under the age of 18. New figures last week showed that the proportion of adults in England who smoke had fallen to a record low of 16.9%. Deborah Arnott, the director of Action on Smoking and Health, said: \u201cWhile the ban on smoking in indoor public places resulted in significant health benefits, thousands of children are still exposed to smoke in the home and elsewhere. Growing up in a smoke-free environment is one of the best ways of ensuring that they are not attracted to smoking and lured into a lifelong addiction and ill-health.\u201d     Article Title:\u2018Mouse droppings were everywhere\u2019: a day in the life of a food inspector   Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/25/day-in-life-food-safety-inspector-newham-east-london-hygiene   Article author(s) Kate Lyons   Article date: Sunday 25 September 2016 17.57 EDT Last modified on Monday 26 September 201609.26 EDT   News source: theguardian    Sharon Nkansah has worked on the food safety frontline in Newham, London, for 10 years, and seen the good, bad and the ugly   When you\u2019ve been a food safety inspector for as long as Sharon Nkansah, you know how to smell a rat. \u201cLast month, there was a place I inspected [where] I walked in and you could smell it,\u201d she says. \u201cYou can smell mouse activity. They had droppings in fridges, where they have their sauces, where they have their cutlery; the droppings were everywhere. So I just said: \u2018Pull the shutters down\u2019.\u201d You also learn tricks to catch out wily business owners. The best time to inspect a suspect business is in the morning, she says, before staff have had a chance to sweep up anything nasty deposited overnight. Nkansah has worked as a food safety inspector for Newham borough council in east London for 10 years. As we move between businesses throughout the day, she is fun and chatty, talking about her children and her recent holiday, but as soon as she\u2019s in a kitchen, her bright patterned dress is covered with a white coat and her braids are tucked under a hairnet. She becomes brisk, businesslike, at times tough. Her repeated refrain, delivered to staff at the takeaways she inspects who ask her for food hygiene advice, is: \u201cI am not here to train you, I am here to enforce.\u201d A firm approach is needed in Newham. A Guardian analysis of Food Standards Agency data found that the borough has the lowest food hygiene scores in the country: 26% of its food businesses fail inspections, rising to 50.4% for takeaways. Far from being embarrassed by these numbers, Matthew Collins, a principal environmental health officer at the council, and Nkansah\u2019s boss, sees them as a point of pride. \u201cI think it\u2019s an indication that we\u2019re out doing our jobs,\u201d he says. Nkansah began her career as a chef, but wanted a job with more child-friendly hours after having children, so did a one-year degree in food hygiene and began working as an inspector in Newham. Advertisement Cuts to local government funding have meant the number of food inspectors has declined in recent years. The ratio of food safety inspectors to businesses has dropped from 4.2 full-time inspectors per 1,000 food businesses in 2012-13, to 3.7 per 1,000 in 2014-15. This figure is dragged down considerably by England, where there are only 3.2 officers per 1,000 businesses, compared with 5.7 per 1,000 in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The job, says Nkansah, is satisfying, but it comes at a cost: she has seen what goes on in the back rooms of takeaways, cafes and restaurants. Before going to a new restaurant, Nkansah says she always looks up its food safety rating. When asked if she would eat somewhere that scored zero, one or two, Nkansah is appalled. \u201cAbsolutely not,\u201d she says. On a good day, Nkansah can inspect three establishments. On a bad day, if she visits businesses where standards are very poor and the management is either belligerent or impossible to track down, she can spend half a day trying to evaluate one. KFC: High Street North, East Ham Nkansah starts at KFC on the high street. She is expecting big things here: large chains often do well with food safety and at its previous inspection in March 2014, this KFC branch was given the highest possible score of five. Inside the KFC kitchen, the first thing Nkansah does is wash her hands. \u201cIt\u2019s a way of testing if they have adequate hand-washing facilities. If they don\u2019t, that\u2019s not a good start,\u201d she says. KFC\u2019s hand-washing station passes muster and Nkansah then works her way through the kitchen, starting at the entry point for deliveries, before moving on to the tills. Nkansah is happy with everything \u2013 the general cleanliness of the kitchen, the way food is stored and the waste management system. The temperature of the freezer and fridges are good, and she is pleased to see a designated raw chicken preparation area. \u201cThey\u2019ve got good separation,\u201d Nkansah says approvingly of the way the fridges are organised: raw chicken is stored on the left, while other products, such as milk, salad and Pepsi, are on the right. \u201cThey will maintain their five stars as long as their paperwork is in order,\u201d she tells me as we wind up. When we leave the kitchen, two customers sitting down to chicken wraps and a large serving of chips look up at us, with our white coats and hairnets, in a concerned manner. \u201cIs it all right in there?\u201d one man asks, voice lowered. \u201cYes,\u201d we assure him. \u201cLooks good.\u201d They nod and tuck into their meal. King\u2019s Peri Peri Chicken: High Street South, East Ham Next is a visit to King\u2019s Peri Peri Chicken. The inspection is a follow-up after the shop was given a score of zero, the lowest possible, in March. Nkansah is back to see if it has made improvements. What were the issues at the last visit? \u201cOh, everything,\u201d she says. Most significantly, there was no hand-washing station, meaning that employees were either washing their hands in the large washing-up sink or not at all. Today, Nkansah is pleased to see that a hand-washing sink has been installed. The manager is not in, so a staff member shows us around the property, starting with the food preparation area, which is in a basement below the shop. It is small and dark, and the floor is slippery with oil, but quite cool, which Nkansah says is a point in the restaurant\u2019s favour. On the bench is a large plastic crate full of flour in which the raw chicken is tossed before being taken upstairs to be fried. There are two other containers on shelves below the work surface, each holding flour, bits of which are stuck to the sides of the container with, Nkansah assumes, chicken juice. She worries that the same flour is used to coat chicken day in and day out. The chef, who has been working at the shop for two weeks, struggles to understand Nkansah\u2019s questions about how often they are cleaned, first saying they were cleaned every week, then every day and then every two days. It is unclear how much of this is a language barrier and how much is his uncertainty about the details of the cleaning schedule. \u201cI\u2019ve been in this business for a long time,\u201d says Nkansah, gesturing to the crates. \u201cThis is not today\u2019s flour.\u201d Storage is also a problem: food should be kept on shelves off the ground. But a bag of rice and a sack of chicken breading mix, both open, and a bag of bread rolls, are on the floor. A large rice cooker sits in the corner of the kitchen next to cleaning chemicals. Nkansah looks into the fridge, which she says is kept at a good temperature, and pulls out large open tins of jalape\u00f1os and olives, as well as a large uncovered saucepan of sticky sauce meant to go on rice. \u201cThis is one of my pet hates,\u201d says Nkansah. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t even do this at home, putting the whole pot in the fridge.\u201d She orders the staff to throw out the contents of the saucepan and both tins. Nkansah revisits the shop a week later when the manager is in. He shows her the food safety paperwork. Because the shop had taken some measures to improve standards since the March inspection, it is rated up from a zero, meaning \u201curgent improvement necessary\u201d, to a two, signifying \u201cimprovement necessary\u201d. As we leave the shop, we pass a long queue of people waiting to buy chicken and I wonder whether they would keep standing in line if they knew the store\u2019s food safety rating. There is evidence that forcing businesses to display their food hygiene scores improves quality. When Wales made it mandatory for businesses to publicly display their ratings in November 2013, the proportion of places with a zero rating fell from 0.6% to the current rate of 0.2%. Northern Ireland will introduce a similar mandatory display policy on 7 October, but publicly displaying ratings is not mandatory in England or Scotland. Agraba Grill: Barking Road, East Ham The final visit for the day is supposed to be to a chicken shop, Peri Peri de Griller, which Nkansah shut down in July. She is back to see if it has improved conditions and can be allowed to reopen. Instead, we find that the shop has been sold and a new store, Agraba Grill, has opened in the same location. It is in its second week of operation. The business is a Turkish takeaway, advertising kofta, kebabs and falafel wraps, but it still seems to sell a lot of fried chicken. Again, the manager is not in, so someone who says he is a friend of the manager shows Nkansah the premises. Walking through the kitchen, the problems are immediately evident. The food preparation area, covering half of the kitchen, has no lights. \u201cCan I tell you one thing?\u201d Nkansah says. \u201cYou cannot be running this food business in this darkness, it will not help you.\u201d She moves on to the other problems, among them the ceiling, which has a large hole, and an open drain. \u201cYou see, all these holes is where you can get cockroaches,\u201d she says. There are large piles of junk in the back of the kitchen \u2013 an old cooker, bags of rubbish and stacks of boxes. \u201cIf pests come in, they\u2019re going to live in there and breed, so all the boxes and things you don\u2019t need, they need to go,\u201d Nkansah says. There are other problems. There is no basin in the staff toilet \u2013 \u201cSo where do you think they\u2019re washing their hands?\u201d Nkansah asks, with a raised eyebrow \u2013 and she is unimpressed to find an ashtray in the kitchen. \u201cIf someone is smoking back here, they need to stop, it\u2019s illegal,\u201d she says. Nkansah is immediately reassured that no one does. Mostly, she is frustrated that conditions have not improved since the previous business was shut down. Places that are closed down cannot be reopened without being reinspected, but they can be sold on. Owners of a new food business are required to register it with the council 28 days before they start operating, which leads to a food safety inspection, often within a month of operation. But this direction is frequently ignored and Collins says he knows of just one instance of a successful prosecution of a business for failing to register with the council. Nkansah and Collins are adamant that the way to combat this problem is to introduce licences for food businesses, which would require owners to show proof of food safety training before they start serving customers. Checking back with the council two weeks later, Collins tells me that the business has been sold again \u2013 the shop now has its fifth owner in nine months. The new proprietor is working with the council on improving standards at the premises before opening. Back in the office, inspections done for the day, the food safety team are deciding where to go for a late lunch. But with the morning\u2019s inspections playing on their minds, they opt for a safe bet: McDonald\u2019s on the high street, food safety rating five.   Article Title:Greeks Appeal for Aid After Fire Damages Refugee Camp   Article URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/21/world/europe/refugee-camp-greece-fire.html?ref=europe Article author(s) NIKI KITSANTONIS Article date: SEPT. 20, 2016 News source: nytimes ATHENS \u2014 Thousands of people were left homeless after a fire tore through a refugee camp Monday night on the Aegean island of Lesbos, and the Greek authorities appealed on Tuesday to the European Union for more support in managing the migration crisis. The fire, which started in the island\u2019s main Moria camp, destroyed 50 prefabricated homes and dozens of tents, driving 4,400 migrants into nearby fields, according to humanitarian aid workers. Footage aired on Greek television showed the bulk of the camp in flames. About 100 unaccompanied children were the first to be resettled to a hostel Monday night, and about half the families had returned to the Moria camp by midday on Tuesday. The Shipping Ministry said it would send a vessel to anchor at the island, providing temporary accommodation for about 1,000 of the migrants. \u201cThings are very difficult,\u201d an Interior Ministry official, Nikos Toskas, told Greek radio. \u201cThe Europeans must send real, genuine aid,\u201d he said. He condemned European countries that \u201cbuild fences and then send blankets,\u201d an apparent reference to Balkan states that closed their borders to migrants this year, leaving thousands trapped in Greece. The cause of the blaze remained unclear. Local news media said clashes had broken out between different ethnic groups in the camp amid rumors that large numbers of migrants would be sent back to Turkey. The police detained nine camp residents. Earlier in the day, residents protested, calling for the migrants to leave the island. In the wake of the unrest, Mr. Toskas said, two riot police units would be sent to the island. A spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said frustrations had frequently bubbled over into clashes in camps, as many migrants have been living in poor conditions for months amid uncertainty about their future. \u201cThese people gave up everything to seek a better life months ago, and now they\u2019re stuck,\u201d said Roland Schoenbauer, the agency\u2019s representative in Greece. He said frustrations and tension were being fueled by the slow pace at which the Greek authorities were processing the migrants\u2019 asylum applications, and a sluggish European relocation program that has moved 3,700 people to other countries from Greece over the past year, far short of the target of 66,400. If the pace does not pick up, \u201cit will take several years to resolve the problem,\u201d Mr. Schoenbauer said. \u201cThis is not going to go away,\u201d he continued, adding that economic migrants who do not merit asylum should be repatriated \u201cin a humane and dignified way\u201d to free up space at the camps. More than 60,000 refugees or asylum seekers are in Greece, the vast majority in camps across the country, most of them cramped and dirty. Over 5,700 are on Lesbos, which has borne the brunt of the migrant influx into Greece. Arrivals from neighboring Turkey have dropped since the peak of the crisis this time last year, when thousands made the short, perilous journey across the Aegean Sea aboard rickety boats, many drowning in the attempt. An agreement in March between the European Union and Turkey to curb human smuggling across the Aegean reduced the arrivals to virtually zero. However, there has been a significant uptick since July, after the failed coup attempt in Turkey. Now scores, sometimes hundreds, are arriving daily. The increase in arrivals and rising tensions in the camps have fueled protests in some communities close to state-run camps where many residents are fed up with the growing migrant populations. Last week, residents on another Aegean island, Chios, protested. The upheaval has been exploited by members of far-right groups who have also protested, often clashing with more moderate demonstrators. Mayor Spyros Galinos of Lesbos said the protests were being \u201cguided by certain circles, far-right circles who are being supported by members of other parties that have found the opportunity to boost their following, and all this is a dangerous climate that can become explosive.\u201d Addressing a United Nations summit meeting in New York on Monday, the Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, called on other European Union countries to take in more refugees from Greece and emphasized the risk of giving \u201cspace to nationalistic and xenophobic forces to show their faces.\u201d", "essay": "The main idea about this article is that it focuses on a trend to reduce exposure to the ill effects of second smoke with regards to the public. The idea is to especially reduce the exposure to children. In this case, the focus is to reduce the smoke that happens in public parks and playgrounds. It is noted that similar laws have started to protect minors in vehicles."}
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According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Environmental health officers call for smoking ban in playgrounds \u2014  Zoos and anywhere children play should become no-smoking zones, says Chartered Institute of Environmental Health   Smoking should be banned in all parks and playgrounds to reduce the chances of children growing up thinking that using cigarettes is normal, environmental health officers have told ministers. Zoos, theme parks and anywhere else children play should also become no-smoking zones, in a significant proposed expansion of the outdoor areas in which smokers cannot light up. Smoking has been illegal in enclosed public places such as bars, nightclubs and restaurants, as well as public transport and work vehicles, across the UK since 2007. But the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health said on Monday it wants local councils to designate any place where children play or learn as a smoking exclusion zone, although adherence would be voluntary, not statutory. Banning it in those locations would also protect children from secondhand smoke, it says. A new YouGov poll commissioned by the CIEH shows that 89% of 4,300 adults surveyed back a ban on smoking in children\u2019s play areas, while 57% want it to end in public parks. \u201cIt is abundantly clear that the vast majority of people would support restrictions on smoking in children\u2019s play areas. We would like to see smoking being stubbed out wherever children play or learn,\u201d said Anne Godfrey, the CIEH chief executive. \u201cThis would not only include children\u2019s playgrounds but could see no-smoking zones extended to public parks, zoos and theme parks. Children should be able to have fun and enjoy themselves without seeing someone smoking and thinking this is normal behaviour,\u201d she added. Some councils have already moved to try to stop people smoking in some outdoor places. For example, Coventry city council has asked parents not to smoke outside the gates of its 82 primary schools. The policy has gone down well with parents and headteachers, the council said. Advertisement Wrexham has also decreed that playgrounds, school gates and bus shelters should be regarded as smoke-free places, while Nottingham city council seeks to ensure that all its outdoor attractions are smoke-free for the six weeks of the school summer holidays. \u201cPublic opinion \u2013 and not just among parents \u2013 has swung heavily in favour of protecting children from exposure to tobacco smoke and from the behavioural cues children pick up from seeing adults smoking. This is a real opportunity to make it easier for children to grow up healthy,\u201d said Jim McManus, the director of public health at Hertfordshire county council. \u201cParents and children, when given the choice, are overwhelmingly supportive of smoke-free playground. Local voluntary schemes have been popular. It\u2019s time to give parents what they are asking for. You might feel like this is the nanny state \u2013 you\u2019d be wrong,\u201d McManus added. Forest, the smokers\u2019 rights group, called to the plan \u201cOrwellian\u201d. Its director, Simon Clark, said: \u201cExtending the smoking ban to outdoor parks and play areas would be a gross overreaction. There\u2019s no evidence that a significant number of people smoke near children in outdoor areas, nor is there evidence that smoking outside is a threat to anyone else\u2019s health.\u201d Clark added: \u201cPublic parks are for the enjoyment of everyone, including smokers. Most smokers use their common sense and smoke accordingly. They don\u2019t need government dictating how they behave. The idea that children should be protected from the sight of someone smoking is Orwellian. Adults can\u2019t be expected to be perfect role models for other people\u2019s children.\u201d The owners of zoos and theme parks, because they are private businesses, should be allowed to decide whether smoking is banned, Clark said. It became illegal last October to smoke in a car in England or Wales carrying anyone under the age of 18. New figures last week showed that the proportion of adults in England who smoke had fallen to a record low of 16.9%. Deborah Arnott, the director of Action on Smoking and Health, said: \u201cWhile the ban on smoking in indoor public places resulted in significant health benefits, thousands of children are still exposed to smoke in the home and elsewhere. Growing up in a smoke-free environment is one of the best ways of ensuring that they are not attracted to smoking and lured into a lifelong addiction and ill-health.\u201d     Article Title:\u2018Mouse droppings were everywhere\u2019: a day in the life of a food inspector   Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/25/day-in-life-food-safety-inspector-newham-east-london-hygiene   Article author(s) Kate Lyons   Article date: Sunday 25 September 2016 17.57 EDT Last modified on Monday 26 September 201609.26 EDT   News source: theguardian    Sharon Nkansah has worked on the food safety frontline in Newham, London, for 10 years, and seen the good, bad and the ugly   When you\u2019ve been a food safety inspector for as long as Sharon Nkansah, you know how to smell a rat. \u201cLast month, there was a place I inspected [where] I walked in and you could smell it,\u201d she says. \u201cYou can smell mouse activity. They had droppings in fridges, where they have their sauces, where they have their cutlery; the droppings were everywhere. So I just said: \u2018Pull the shutters down\u2019.\u201d You also learn tricks to catch out wily business owners. The best time to inspect a suspect business is in the morning, she says, before staff have had a chance to sweep up anything nasty deposited overnight. Nkansah has worked as a food safety inspector for Newham borough council in east London for 10 years. As we move between businesses throughout the day, she is fun and chatty, talking about her children and her recent holiday, but as soon as she\u2019s in a kitchen, her bright patterned dress is covered with a white coat and her braids are tucked under a hairnet. She becomes brisk, businesslike, at times tough. Her repeated refrain, delivered to staff at the takeaways she inspects who ask her for food hygiene advice, is: \u201cI am not here to train you, I am here to enforce.\u201d A firm approach is needed in Newham. A Guardian analysis of Food Standards Agency data found that the borough has the lowest food hygiene scores in the country: 26% of its food businesses fail inspections, rising to 50.4% for takeaways. Far from being embarrassed by these numbers, Matthew Collins, a principal environmental health officer at the council, and Nkansah\u2019s boss, sees them as a point of pride. \u201cI think it\u2019s an indication that we\u2019re out doing our jobs,\u201d he says. Nkansah began her career as a chef, but wanted a job with more child-friendly hours after having children, so did a one-year degree in food hygiene and began working as an inspector in Newham. Advertisement Cuts to local government funding have meant the number of food inspectors has declined in recent years. The ratio of food safety inspectors to businesses has dropped from 4.2 full-time inspectors per 1,000 food businesses in 2012-13, to 3.7 per 1,000 in 2014-15. This figure is dragged down considerably by England, where there are only 3.2 officers per 1,000 businesses, compared with 5.7 per 1,000 in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The job, says Nkansah, is satisfying, but it comes at a cost: she has seen what goes on in the back rooms of takeaways, cafes and restaurants. Before going to a new restaurant, Nkansah says she always looks up its food safety rating. When asked if she would eat somewhere that scored zero, one or two, Nkansah is appalled. \u201cAbsolutely not,\u201d she says. On a good day, Nkansah can inspect three establishments. On a bad day, if she visits businesses where standards are very poor and the management is either belligerent or impossible to track down, she can spend half a day trying to evaluate one. KFC: High Street North, East Ham Nkansah starts at KFC on the high street. She is expecting big things here: large chains often do well with food safety and at its previous inspection in March 2014, this KFC branch was given the highest possible score of five. Inside the KFC kitchen, the first thing Nkansah does is wash her hands. \u201cIt\u2019s a way of testing if they have adequate hand-washing facilities. If they don\u2019t, that\u2019s not a good start,\u201d she says. KFC\u2019s hand-washing station passes muster and Nkansah then works her way through the kitchen, starting at the entry point for deliveries, before moving on to the tills. Nkansah is happy with everything \u2013 the general cleanliness of the kitchen, the way food is stored and the waste management system. The temperature of the freezer and fridges are good, and she is pleased to see a designated raw chicken preparation area. \u201cThey\u2019ve got good separation,\u201d Nkansah says approvingly of the way the fridges are organised: raw chicken is stored on the left, while other products, such as milk, salad and Pepsi, are on the right. \u201cThey will maintain their five stars as long as their paperwork is in order,\u201d she tells me as we wind up. When we leave the kitchen, two customers sitting down to chicken wraps and a large serving of chips look up at us, with our white coats and hairnets, in a concerned manner. \u201cIs it all right in there?\u201d one man asks, voice lowered. \u201cYes,\u201d we assure him. \u201cLooks good.\u201d They nod and tuck into their meal. King\u2019s Peri Peri Chicken: High Street South, East Ham Next is a visit to King\u2019s Peri Peri Chicken. The inspection is a follow-up after the shop was given a score of zero, the lowest possible, in March. Nkansah is back to see if it has made improvements. What were the issues at the last visit? \u201cOh, everything,\u201d she says. Most significantly, there was no hand-washing station, meaning that employees were either washing their hands in the large washing-up sink or not at all. Today, Nkansah is pleased to see that a hand-washing sink has been installed. The manager is not in, so a staff member shows us around the property, starting with the food preparation area, which is in a basement below the shop. It is small and dark, and the floor is slippery with oil, but quite cool, which Nkansah says is a point in the restaurant\u2019s favour. On the bench is a large plastic crate full of flour in which the raw chicken is tossed before being taken upstairs to be fried. There are two other containers on shelves below the work surface, each holding flour, bits of which are stuck to the sides of the container with, Nkansah assumes, chicken juice. She worries that the same flour is used to coat chicken day in and day out. The chef, who has been working at the shop for two weeks, struggles to understand Nkansah\u2019s questions about how often they are cleaned, first saying they were cleaned every week, then every day and then every two days. It is unclear how much of this is a language barrier and how much is his uncertainty about the details of the cleaning schedule. \u201cI\u2019ve been in this business for a long time,\u201d says Nkansah, gesturing to the crates. \u201cThis is not today\u2019s flour.\u201d Storage is also a problem: food should be kept on shelves off the ground. But a bag of rice and a sack of chicken breading mix, both open, and a bag of bread rolls, are on the floor. A large rice cooker sits in the corner of the kitchen next to cleaning chemicals. Nkansah looks into the fridge, which she says is kept at a good temperature, and pulls out large open tins of jalape\u00f1os and olives, as well as a large uncovered saucepan of sticky sauce meant to go on rice. \u201cThis is one of my pet hates,\u201d says Nkansah. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t even do this at home, putting the whole pot in the fridge.\u201d She orders the staff to throw out the contents of the saucepan and both tins. Nkansah revisits the shop a week later when the manager is in. He shows her the food safety paperwork. Because the shop had taken some measures to improve standards since the March inspection, it is rated up from a zero, meaning \u201curgent improvement necessary\u201d, to a two, signifying \u201cimprovement necessary\u201d. As we leave the shop, we pass a long queue of people waiting to buy chicken and I wonder whether they would keep standing in line if they knew the store\u2019s food safety rating. There is evidence that forcing businesses to display their food hygiene scores improves quality. When Wales made it mandatory for businesses to publicly display their ratings in November 2013, the proportion of places with a zero rating fell from 0.6% to the current rate of 0.2%. Northern Ireland will introduce a similar mandatory display policy on 7 October, but publicly displaying ratings is not mandatory in England or Scotland. Agraba Grill: Barking Road, East Ham The final visit for the day is supposed to be to a chicken shop, Peri Peri de Griller, which Nkansah shut down in July. She is back to see if it has improved conditions and can be allowed to reopen. Instead, we find that the shop has been sold and a new store, Agraba Grill, has opened in the same location. It is in its second week of operation. The business is a Turkish takeaway, advertising kofta, kebabs and falafel wraps, but it still seems to sell a lot of fried chicken. Again, the manager is not in, so someone who says he is a friend of the manager shows Nkansah the premises. Walking through the kitchen, the problems are immediately evident. The food preparation area, covering half of the kitchen, has no lights. \u201cCan I tell you one thing?\u201d Nkansah says. \u201cYou cannot be running this food business in this darkness, it will not help you.\u201d She moves on to the other problems, among them the ceiling, which has a large hole, and an open drain. \u201cYou see, all these holes is where you can get cockroaches,\u201d she says. There are large piles of junk in the back of the kitchen \u2013 an old cooker, bags of rubbish and stacks of boxes. \u201cIf pests come in, they\u2019re going to live in there and breed, so all the boxes and things you don\u2019t need, they need to go,\u201d Nkansah says. There are other problems. There is no basin in the staff toilet \u2013 \u201cSo where do you think they\u2019re washing their hands?\u201d Nkansah asks, with a raised eyebrow \u2013 and she is unimpressed to find an ashtray in the kitchen. \u201cIf someone is smoking back here, they need to stop, it\u2019s illegal,\u201d she says. Nkansah is immediately reassured that no one does. Mostly, she is frustrated that conditions have not improved since the previous business was shut down. Places that are closed down cannot be reopened without being reinspected, but they can be sold on. Owners of a new food business are required to register it with the council 28 days before they start operating, which leads to a food safety inspection, often within a month of operation. But this direction is frequently ignored and Collins says he knows of just one instance of a successful prosecution of a business for failing to register with the council. Nkansah and Collins are adamant that the way to combat this problem is to introduce licences for food businesses, which would require owners to show proof of food safety training before they start serving customers. Checking back with the council two weeks later, Collins tells me that the business has been sold again \u2013 the shop now has its fifth owner in nine months. The new proprietor is working with the council on improving standards at the premises before opening. Back in the office, inspections done for the day, the food safety team are deciding where to go for a late lunch. But with the morning\u2019s inspections playing on their minds, they opt for a safe bet: McDonald\u2019s on the high street, food safety rating five.   Article Title:Greeks Appeal for Aid After Fire Damages Refugee Camp   Article URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/21/world/europe/refugee-camp-greece-fire.html?ref=europe Article author(s) NIKI KITSANTONIS Article date: SEPT. 20, 2016 News source: nytimes ATHENS \u2014 Thousands of people were left homeless after a fire tore through a refugee camp Monday night on the Aegean island of Lesbos, and the Greek authorities appealed on Tuesday to the European Union for more support in managing the migration crisis. The fire, which started in the island\u2019s main Moria camp, destroyed 50 prefabricated homes and dozens of tents, driving 4,400 migrants into nearby fields, according to humanitarian aid workers. Footage aired on Greek television showed the bulk of the camp in flames. About 100 unaccompanied children were the first to be resettled to a hostel Monday night, and about half the families had returned to the Moria camp by midday on Tuesday. The Shipping Ministry said it would send a vessel to anchor at the island, providing temporary accommodation for about 1,000 of the migrants. \u201cThings are very difficult,\u201d an Interior Ministry official, Nikos Toskas, told Greek radio. \u201cThe Europeans must send real, genuine aid,\u201d he said. He condemned European countries that \u201cbuild fences and then send blankets,\u201d an apparent reference to Balkan states that closed their borders to migrants this year, leaving thousands trapped in Greece. The cause of the blaze remained unclear. Local news media said clashes had broken out between different ethnic groups in the camp amid rumors that large numbers of migrants would be sent back to Turkey. The police detained nine camp residents. Earlier in the day, residents protested, calling for the migrants to leave the island. In the wake of the unrest, Mr. Toskas said, two riot police units would be sent to the island. A spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said frustrations had frequently bubbled over into clashes in camps, as many migrants have been living in poor conditions for months amid uncertainty about their future. \u201cThese people gave up everything to seek a better life months ago, and now they\u2019re stuck,\u201d said Roland Schoenbauer, the agency\u2019s representative in Greece. He said frustrations and tension were being fueled by the slow pace at which the Greek authorities were processing the migrants\u2019 asylum applications, and a sluggish European relocation program that has moved 3,700 people to other countries from Greece over the past year, far short of the target of 66,400. If the pace does not pick up, \u201cit will take several years to resolve the problem,\u201d Mr. Schoenbauer said. \u201cThis is not going to go away,\u201d he continued, adding that economic migrants who do not merit asylum should be repatriated \u201cin a humane and dignified way\u201d to free up space at the camps. More than 60,000 refugees or asylum seekers are in Greece, the vast majority in camps across the country, most of them cramped and dirty. Over 5,700 are on Lesbos, which has borne the brunt of the migrant influx into Greece. Arrivals from neighboring Turkey have dropped since the peak of the crisis this time last year, when thousands made the short, perilous journey across the Aegean Sea aboard rickety boats, many drowning in the attempt. An agreement in March between the European Union and Turkey to curb human smuggling across the Aegean reduced the arrivals to virtually zero. However, there has been a significant uptick since July, after the failed coup attempt in Turkey. Now scores, sometimes hundreds, are arriving daily. The increase in arrivals and rising tensions in the camps have fueled protests in some communities close to state-run camps where many residents are fed up with the growing migrant populations. Last week, residents on another Aegean island, Chios, protested. The upheaval has been exploited by members of far-right groups who have also protested, often clashing with more moderate demonstrators. Mayor Spyros Galinos of Lesbos said the protests were being \u201cguided by certain circles, far-right circles who are being supported by members of other parties that have found the opportunity to boost their following, and all this is a dangerous climate that can become explosive.\u201d Addressing a United Nations summit meeting in New York on Monday, the Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, called on other European Union countries to take in more refugees from Greece and emphasized the risk of giving \u201cspace to nationalistic and xenophobic forces to show their faces.\u201d", "essay": "This article really hits home for me as my father was a smoker. I am so grateful he choose to smoke outside and never around us kids. I had friends that there families would smoke in there car and inside and they and there stuff reaked. I remember coming away from there house feeling so sick from it. I think cigarette smoke has the potential to really harm children who are growing. It can harm anyone who breathes in the second hand smoke so banning it in public areas or atleast where children frequent is a very great idea. It effects everyone around you when you smoke in public we dont have a choice to breathe it in so you should not have the right to do it like public drinking."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Everyone agrees we need to fight cholera. No one can agree on how \u2014  The clinics were overwhelmed. Over just a few days in 2010, cholera had swept through the chaos of earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Violently ill patients were packing wards, slumping in tents, and dying within hours of showing their first symptoms. Dr. Louise Ivers, an infectious disease specialist, needed help. She and other medical professionals were working without sleep, besieged by a stream of weak patients struggling into the clinics. There was a vaccine available. Although the cache was not nearly large enough \u2014 and still not fully approved by the World Health Organization \u2014 Ivers and others appealed to Haitian officials to allow them to distribute the drug. The government said no. \u201cThis was a missed opportunity to save lives,\u201d Ivers, who ran a clinic in Haiti for the nonprofit Partners in Health, recalled in a recent interview. Today, the epidemic is seen as a pivotal moment in a dispute over the best way to counter cholera. On one side are public health advocates, backed by the powerful Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, who have been galvanized in their enthusiasm for vaccines. Those vaccines, they believe, can be used to make major strides against a disease that is thousands of years old, easily treated, and entirely preventable. On the other are public health officials who argue that the vaccines are not effective enough and are a Band-Aid diverting attention from the water and sanitation issues that are at the root of cholera. \u201cThis is a disease of poverty,\u201d said Shafiqul Islam, director of the Water Diplomacy Program at Tufts University. \u201cThere is a group of people who think vaccines will solve the problem. I don\u2019t think it will.\u201d Experts on both sides acknowledge the disagreement has undermined unity in the fight against cholera. The WHO has tried to straddle the divide by supporting both approaches, without settling how to pay for both. Caused by bacteria, cholera is spread through contaminated water, and it kills by massively dehydrating victims\u2019 bodies through diarrhea and vomiting. The WHO says about 100,000 people die worldwide from cholera each year. It is a rough estimate: Some countries do not report cases, and victims often die in isolated rural communities, the cause of their deaths unrecorded. The disease roars seasonally into India, Bangladesh, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and made appearances last year in 32 countries. Outbreaks typically center on Africa, South Asia, and, recently, the Middle East. There are year-to-year fluctuations in the number of cholera cases, but the overall incidence does not seem to be dropping. Two oral vaccines exist, and the most useful, called Shanchol, was available in limited supplies when the epidemic began in Haiti. It had been administered widely in Vietnam since 1997, but at the time of the Haitian crisis \u2014 which came as a handmaiden of death after the country\u2019s earthquake and ultimately killed 9,000 people \u2014 the WHO was awaiting the results of a larger study and had not signed off on international distribution. Since then, the WHO has approved the vaccine and the Gates Foundation \u2014 the source of major public health funding \u2014 has weighed in forcefully to promote its use. Among other steps, the foundation has pumped about $20 million into Shanchol and helped jumpstart manufacturing of the vaccine in India. As of mid-2013, public health officials had at their disposal a stockpile of 2 million doses that can be moved quickly to an area of need. The vaccine was used successfully in rural Guinea in 2012 and again in refugee camps in South Sudan in 2013. Some 500,000 doses have been sent to Iraq, where continuing violence has helped fuel the emergence of more than 2,000 cholera cases. Helen Matzger, senior program officer at the Gates Foundation, said the decision to promote the vaccine made sense. \u201cWhen you look at the amount of money it would take to make infrastructure improvements, that\u2019s well outside what a foundation could do,\u201d she said. But the vaccine has drawbacks: It must be administered in two doses, two weeks apart, a daunting task in an emergency. And it is far from perfect clinically \u2014 it cuts a person\u2019s risk of contracting the disease by an average of 50 percent to 65 percent over two years. After that, a recipient\u2019s immunity drops even further. More to the point, critics noted, reliance on a vaccine does not address the underlying causes of cholera. \u201cYou are really only going to solve this with an investment and infrastructure and maintenance of the infrastructure,\u201d said David Olson, deputy medical director of Doctors Without Borders. He advocates a focus on assisting the 900 million people worldwide without clean water and the 2.5 billion people without good sanitation. Ivers, now senior health and policy adviser for Partners in Health, does not dispute the importance of that goal. \u201cNobody is saying [a vaccine] replaces water and sanitation,\u201d said Ivers. \u201cBut there are still those who say spending $1 million on vaccines is $1 million we don\u2019t have to spend on water and sewer.\u201d Cholera has likely been around as long as man. As societies became urbanized, epidemics were swift, massive, and deadly. More than 14,000 died in London in an 1849 outbreak. Thousands more died when cholera reached New York that year. President James Polk was a victim. The breakthrough against this disease is medical legend. Dr. John Snow, a London physician, rejected the belief that the disease was spread by \u201cbad air,\u201d and began meticulously plotting cholera deaths on a map of Soho in 1854. His plots revealed a key crossroads around a water pump on Broad Street. He got the pump handle removed, stopped the epidemic, and proved contaminated water is the source of the disease. \u201cIt has always inspired fear because it is so sudden and horrifying,\u201d said Eric Mintz, a cholera expert at the CDC. \u201cWe really have made significant progress in understanding how cholera spreads, evolves, how it can be prevented and how it can be treated.\u201d Though naturally present in tropical, brackish waters, cholera may surge into an epidemic when human waste from a sick person contaminates water used by others for drinking, bathing, or growing crops. Without treatment, cholera can drain victims\u2019 bodies of so much fluid in just six hours that their bodies can no longer pump blood. Death follows immediately. Children can succumb even faster. The separation of sanitation and water systems in cities following Snow\u2019s revelation have largely eliminated cholera in developed countries. And doctors have learned how to effectively treat it. Quick infusion of large quantities of a simple saline solution of water, salt, and sugar \u2014 either by drinking or through an IV infusion \u2014 works. Such a solution can convert a deadly bout of cholera into an illness from which patients can recover quickly. In countries where cholera is endemic, a regular occurrence, people know to act fast. \u201cI\u2019ve had it several times,\u201d said Maimuna Majumder, an engineer who works regularly in Bangladesh. \u201cEverybody gets it every year. Everybody knows what it is.\u201d But the deadliest outbreaks occur unexpectedly. Haiti was never known to have cholera, despite its poor water and sewer infrastructure. After the earthquake, however, a United Nations peacekeeper likely brought the bacteria from Nepal, a UN investigation found. Latrine runoff from a UN camp apparently reached a major river used for drinking and washing, and the epidemic erupted within days. Ivers recalled being at a meeting and getting a message from a colleague that 100 patients had arrived overnight at a rural clinic with severe diarrhea. \u201cWe were all afraid to say the word,\u201d she recalled. \u201cEverybody was taking a deep breath, saying, \u2018Oh, please, no.\u2019\u201d Because cholera was unknown in Haiti, people did not recognize it and doctors were not used to treating it. Oral saline solutions and IVs were not there in the numbers needed. The sick crowded wards or slept in tents tended by family members, with few controls to stop further infection. \u201cIt was chaotic and fearful,\u201d said Daniele Lantagne, who was on the UN team sent to investigate the outbreak, and is now on the faculty at Tufts University. \u201cHaiti had absolutely no idea what it was. They literally thought it was voodoo, the curse of god.\u201d Ivers and Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners in Health, urged the government to improve sanitation and to buy the 200,000 available doses of Shanchol \u2014 enough for 100,000 people \u2014 and rush it into use. But the government rejected the appeal. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of criticism about the decision,\u201d said Olson, of Doctors Without Borders, who was on the ground in Haiti soon after the outbreak. \u201cBut at the time, if you had to figure out who are you going to give 100,000 doses to out of 10 million people, how do you do that?\u201d \u201cThe vaccine would not have prevented the exponential spread of the disease,\u201d said Lantagne. \u201cIt could have blunted the curve, yes, but it would not have prevented the epidemic.\u201d Ivers, who finally got approval to administer the vaccine to 45,000 Haitians as the epidemic stretched into its second year, said the results of her experiment \u2014 a 65 percent reduction in cases \u2014 proved the vaccine\u2019s worth. \u201cEven if they only had 200,000 doses in the bank, we could\u2019ve bought those and got started,\u201d Ivers said. \u201cWe could\u2019ve told the manufacturers we will buy 5 million doses, so ramp up the manufacture. We could have started. We could have done it.\u201d Ivers envisions a strategy, mostly embraced by the WHO, in which the vaccine could be used to treat the elderly and children in areas in which the disease is endemic, such as Bangladesh, before the predictable spring and fall outbreaks, and could be rushed in to try to isolate an unexpected outbreak in places like Haiti. But mobilizing vaccinations when an outbreak emerges is tough. \u201cCholera makes fools of epidemiologists. It\u2019s just so hard to predict,\u201d Olson said. \u201cIt will almost always move faster than you can move resources. We are just trying to warn people, \u2018don\u2019t get too caught up in vaccinations because you are going to have patients at any case.\u2019\u201d Added the CDC\u2019s Mintz: \u201cVaccines are not the hydrogen bomb in this war.\u201d A younger generation is injecting new voices \u2014 and new ideas \u2014 into the debate. Majumder, a doctoral engineering candidate at MIT, is seeking to link texting on mobile phones, rapidly becoming ubiquitous in the world, to the fight against cholera. She believes that if communities can begin reporting evidence of the disease sooner to medical providers, public health officials would have a head start in rushing resources to address emerging epidemics. \u201cIf we can identify the hot spots, that would be great,\u201d she said of her effort, known as the Village Zero Project. Another freshly minted researcher, Faith Wallace-Gadsden, has helped start a project in Haiti to mobilize women to sell cheap chlorine water sterilization tablets. It\u2019s a simple idea, but one she believes could work. Wallace-Gadsden contends that the dispute over vaccinations is too narrow. \u201cThe thing that is mind-blowing is the amount of money that has been spent, and it hasn\u2019t worked,\u201d she said. \u201cThe idea that people are still dying in 2015 of cholera is outrageous.\u201d", "essay": "This seems like a horrible situation with no real solution.  It is crazy that cholera is still an issue in 2019 but apparently it is going strong in some places.  I'm not sure that there is an obvious solution except maybe better sanitation for some of these people.  But I guess some of that is cultural and not much can be done to fix it.  Educating the people about it does not seem to have helped much, nor does vaccinating them.  So what do you do, really?"}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Everyone agrees we need to fight cholera. No one can agree on how \u2014  The clinics were overwhelmed. Over just a few days in 2010, cholera had swept through the chaos of earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Violently ill patients were packing wards, slumping in tents, and dying within hours of showing their first symptoms. Dr. Louise Ivers, an infectious disease specialist, needed help. She and other medical professionals were working without sleep, besieged by a stream of weak patients struggling into the clinics. There was a vaccine available. Although the cache was not nearly large enough \u2014 and still not fully approved by the World Health Organization \u2014 Ivers and others appealed to Haitian officials to allow them to distribute the drug. The government said no. \u201cThis was a missed opportunity to save lives,\u201d Ivers, who ran a clinic in Haiti for the nonprofit Partners in Health, recalled in a recent interview. Today, the epidemic is seen as a pivotal moment in a dispute over the best way to counter cholera. On one side are public health advocates, backed by the powerful Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, who have been galvanized in their enthusiasm for vaccines. Those vaccines, they believe, can be used to make major strides against a disease that is thousands of years old, easily treated, and entirely preventable. On the other are public health officials who argue that the vaccines are not effective enough and are a Band-Aid diverting attention from the water and sanitation issues that are at the root of cholera. \u201cThis is a disease of poverty,\u201d said Shafiqul Islam, director of the Water Diplomacy Program at Tufts University. \u201cThere is a group of people who think vaccines will solve the problem. I don\u2019t think it will.\u201d Experts on both sides acknowledge the disagreement has undermined unity in the fight against cholera. The WHO has tried to straddle the divide by supporting both approaches, without settling how to pay for both. Caused by bacteria, cholera is spread through contaminated water, and it kills by massively dehydrating victims\u2019 bodies through diarrhea and vomiting. The WHO says about 100,000 people die worldwide from cholera each year. It is a rough estimate: Some countries do not report cases, and victims often die in isolated rural communities, the cause of their deaths unrecorded. The disease roars seasonally into India, Bangladesh, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and made appearances last year in 32 countries. Outbreaks typically center on Africa, South Asia, and, recently, the Middle East. There are year-to-year fluctuations in the number of cholera cases, but the overall incidence does not seem to be dropping. Two oral vaccines exist, and the most useful, called Shanchol, was available in limited supplies when the epidemic began in Haiti. It had been administered widely in Vietnam since 1997, but at the time of the Haitian crisis \u2014 which came as a handmaiden of death after the country\u2019s earthquake and ultimately killed 9,000 people \u2014 the WHO was awaiting the results of a larger study and had not signed off on international distribution. Since then, the WHO has approved the vaccine and the Gates Foundation \u2014 the source of major public health funding \u2014 has weighed in forcefully to promote its use. Among other steps, the foundation has pumped about $20 million into Shanchol and helped jumpstart manufacturing of the vaccine in India. As of mid-2013, public health officials had at their disposal a stockpile of 2 million doses that can be moved quickly to an area of need. The vaccine was used successfully in rural Guinea in 2012 and again in refugee camps in South Sudan in 2013. Some 500,000 doses have been sent to Iraq, where continuing violence has helped fuel the emergence of more than 2,000 cholera cases. Helen Matzger, senior program officer at the Gates Foundation, said the decision to promote the vaccine made sense. \u201cWhen you look at the amount of money it would take to make infrastructure improvements, that\u2019s well outside what a foundation could do,\u201d she said. But the vaccine has drawbacks: It must be administered in two doses, two weeks apart, a daunting task in an emergency. And it is far from perfect clinically \u2014 it cuts a person\u2019s risk of contracting the disease by an average of 50 percent to 65 percent over two years. After that, a recipient\u2019s immunity drops even further. More to the point, critics noted, reliance on a vaccine does not address the underlying causes of cholera. \u201cYou are really only going to solve this with an investment and infrastructure and maintenance of the infrastructure,\u201d said David Olson, deputy medical director of Doctors Without Borders. He advocates a focus on assisting the 900 million people worldwide without clean water and the 2.5 billion people without good sanitation. Ivers, now senior health and policy adviser for Partners in Health, does not dispute the importance of that goal. \u201cNobody is saying [a vaccine] replaces water and sanitation,\u201d said Ivers. \u201cBut there are still those who say spending $1 million on vaccines is $1 million we don\u2019t have to spend on water and sewer.\u201d Cholera has likely been around as long as man. As societies became urbanized, epidemics were swift, massive, and deadly. More than 14,000 died in London in an 1849 outbreak. Thousands more died when cholera reached New York that year. President James Polk was a victim. The breakthrough against this disease is medical legend. Dr. John Snow, a London physician, rejected the belief that the disease was spread by \u201cbad air,\u201d and began meticulously plotting cholera deaths on a map of Soho in 1854. His plots revealed a key crossroads around a water pump on Broad Street. He got the pump handle removed, stopped the epidemic, and proved contaminated water is the source of the disease. \u201cIt has always inspired fear because it is so sudden and horrifying,\u201d said Eric Mintz, a cholera expert at the CDC. \u201cWe really have made significant progress in understanding how cholera spreads, evolves, how it can be prevented and how it can be treated.\u201d Though naturally present in tropical, brackish waters, cholera may surge into an epidemic when human waste from a sick person contaminates water used by others for drinking, bathing, or growing crops. Without treatment, cholera can drain victims\u2019 bodies of so much fluid in just six hours that their bodies can no longer pump blood. Death follows immediately. Children can succumb even faster. The separation of sanitation and water systems in cities following Snow\u2019s revelation have largely eliminated cholera in developed countries. And doctors have learned how to effectively treat it. Quick infusion of large quantities of a simple saline solution of water, salt, and sugar \u2014 either by drinking or through an IV infusion \u2014 works. Such a solution can convert a deadly bout of cholera into an illness from which patients can recover quickly. In countries where cholera is endemic, a regular occurrence, people know to act fast. \u201cI\u2019ve had it several times,\u201d said Maimuna Majumder, an engineer who works regularly in Bangladesh. \u201cEverybody gets it every year. Everybody knows what it is.\u201d But the deadliest outbreaks occur unexpectedly. Haiti was never known to have cholera, despite its poor water and sewer infrastructure. After the earthquake, however, a United Nations peacekeeper likely brought the bacteria from Nepal, a UN investigation found. Latrine runoff from a UN camp apparently reached a major river used for drinking and washing, and the epidemic erupted within days. Ivers recalled being at a meeting and getting a message from a colleague that 100 patients had arrived overnight at a rural clinic with severe diarrhea. \u201cWe were all afraid to say the word,\u201d she recalled. \u201cEverybody was taking a deep breath, saying, \u2018Oh, please, no.\u2019\u201d Because cholera was unknown in Haiti, people did not recognize it and doctors were not used to treating it. Oral saline solutions and IVs were not there in the numbers needed. The sick crowded wards or slept in tents tended by family members, with few controls to stop further infection. \u201cIt was chaotic and fearful,\u201d said Daniele Lantagne, who was on the UN team sent to investigate the outbreak, and is now on the faculty at Tufts University. \u201cHaiti had absolutely no idea what it was. They literally thought it was voodoo, the curse of god.\u201d Ivers and Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners in Health, urged the government to improve sanitation and to buy the 200,000 available doses of Shanchol \u2014 enough for 100,000 people \u2014 and rush it into use. But the government rejected the appeal. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of criticism about the decision,\u201d said Olson, of Doctors Without Borders, who was on the ground in Haiti soon after the outbreak. \u201cBut at the time, if you had to figure out who are you going to give 100,000 doses to out of 10 million people, how do you do that?\u201d \u201cThe vaccine would not have prevented the exponential spread of the disease,\u201d said Lantagne. \u201cIt could have blunted the curve, yes, but it would not have prevented the epidemic.\u201d Ivers, who finally got approval to administer the vaccine to 45,000 Haitians as the epidemic stretched into its second year, said the results of her experiment \u2014 a 65 percent reduction in cases \u2014 proved the vaccine\u2019s worth. \u201cEven if they only had 200,000 doses in the bank, we could\u2019ve bought those and got started,\u201d Ivers said. \u201cWe could\u2019ve told the manufacturers we will buy 5 million doses, so ramp up the manufacture. We could have started. We could have done it.\u201d Ivers envisions a strategy, mostly embraced by the WHO, in which the vaccine could be used to treat the elderly and children in areas in which the disease is endemic, such as Bangladesh, before the predictable spring and fall outbreaks, and could be rushed in to try to isolate an unexpected outbreak in places like Haiti. But mobilizing vaccinations when an outbreak emerges is tough. \u201cCholera makes fools of epidemiologists. It\u2019s just so hard to predict,\u201d Olson said. \u201cIt will almost always move faster than you can move resources. We are just trying to warn people, \u2018don\u2019t get too caught up in vaccinations because you are going to have patients at any case.\u2019\u201d Added the CDC\u2019s Mintz: \u201cVaccines are not the hydrogen bomb in this war.\u201d A younger generation is injecting new voices \u2014 and new ideas \u2014 into the debate. Majumder, a doctoral engineering candidate at MIT, is seeking to link texting on mobile phones, rapidly becoming ubiquitous in the world, to the fight against cholera. She believes that if communities can begin reporting evidence of the disease sooner to medical providers, public health officials would have a head start in rushing resources to address emerging epidemics. \u201cIf we can identify the hot spots, that would be great,\u201d she said of her effort, known as the Village Zero Project. Another freshly minted researcher, Faith Wallace-Gadsden, has helped start a project in Haiti to mobilize women to sell cheap chlorine water sterilization tablets. It\u2019s a simple idea, but one she believes could work. Wallace-Gadsden contends that the dispute over vaccinations is too narrow. \u201cThe thing that is mind-blowing is the amount of money that has been spent, and it hasn\u2019t worked,\u201d she said. \u201cThe idea that people are still dying in 2015 of cholera is outrageous.\u201d", "essay": "I feel like in order to fight Cholera correctly we have to understand it. Its a good sign that no one agrees how to do it in my opinion because that just means that we need to find better ways to fight it. IT also means people are trying to agree just can't. That is a good sign because people are willing to talk about a solution."}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "Everyone agrees we need to fight cholera. No one can agree on how \u2014  The clinics were overwhelmed. Over just a few days in 2010, cholera had swept through the chaos of earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Violently ill patients were packing wards, slumping in tents, and dying within hours of showing their first symptoms. Dr. Louise Ivers, an infectious disease specialist, needed help. She and other medical professionals were working without sleep, besieged by a stream of weak patients struggling into the clinics. There was a vaccine available. Although the cache was not nearly large enough \u2014 and still not fully approved by the World Health Organization \u2014 Ivers and others appealed to Haitian officials to allow them to distribute the drug. The government said no. \u201cThis was a missed opportunity to save lives,\u201d Ivers, who ran a clinic in Haiti for the nonprofit Partners in Health, recalled in a recent interview. Today, the epidemic is seen as a pivotal moment in a dispute over the best way to counter cholera. On one side are public health advocates, backed by the powerful Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, who have been galvanized in their enthusiasm for vaccines. Those vaccines, they believe, can be used to make major strides against a disease that is thousands of years old, easily treated, and entirely preventable. On the other are public health officials who argue that the vaccines are not effective enough and are a Band-Aid diverting attention from the water and sanitation issues that are at the root of cholera. \u201cThis is a disease of poverty,\u201d said Shafiqul Islam, director of the Water Diplomacy Program at Tufts University. \u201cThere is a group of people who think vaccines will solve the problem. I don\u2019t think it will.\u201d Experts on both sides acknowledge the disagreement has undermined unity in the fight against cholera. The WHO has tried to straddle the divide by supporting both approaches, without settling how to pay for both. Caused by bacteria, cholera is spread through contaminated water, and it kills by massively dehydrating victims\u2019 bodies through diarrhea and vomiting. The WHO says about 100,000 people die worldwide from cholera each year. It is a rough estimate: Some countries do not report cases, and victims often die in isolated rural communities, the cause of their deaths unrecorded. The disease roars seasonally into India, Bangladesh, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and made appearances last year in 32 countries. Outbreaks typically center on Africa, South Asia, and, recently, the Middle East. There are year-to-year fluctuations in the number of cholera cases, but the overall incidence does not seem to be dropping. Two oral vaccines exist, and the most useful, called Shanchol, was available in limited supplies when the epidemic began in Haiti. It had been administered widely in Vietnam since 1997, but at the time of the Haitian crisis \u2014 which came as a handmaiden of death after the country\u2019s earthquake and ultimately killed 9,000 people \u2014 the WHO was awaiting the results of a larger study and had not signed off on international distribution. Since then, the WHO has approved the vaccine and the Gates Foundation \u2014 the source of major public health funding \u2014 has weighed in forcefully to promote its use. Among other steps, the foundation has pumped about $20 million into Shanchol and helped jumpstart manufacturing of the vaccine in India. As of mid-2013, public health officials had at their disposal a stockpile of 2 million doses that can be moved quickly to an area of need. The vaccine was used successfully in rural Guinea in 2012 and again in refugee camps in South Sudan in 2013. Some 500,000 doses have been sent to Iraq, where continuing violence has helped fuel the emergence of more than 2,000 cholera cases. Helen Matzger, senior program officer at the Gates Foundation, said the decision to promote the vaccine made sense. \u201cWhen you look at the amount of money it would take to make infrastructure improvements, that\u2019s well outside what a foundation could do,\u201d she said. But the vaccine has drawbacks: It must be administered in two doses, two weeks apart, a daunting task in an emergency. And it is far from perfect clinically \u2014 it cuts a person\u2019s risk of contracting the disease by an average of 50 percent to 65 percent over two years. After that, a recipient\u2019s immunity drops even further. More to the point, critics noted, reliance on a vaccine does not address the underlying causes of cholera. \u201cYou are really only going to solve this with an investment and infrastructure and maintenance of the infrastructure,\u201d said David Olson, deputy medical director of Doctors Without Borders. He advocates a focus on assisting the 900 million people worldwide without clean water and the 2.5 billion people without good sanitation. Ivers, now senior health and policy adviser for Partners in Health, does not dispute the importance of that goal. \u201cNobody is saying [a vaccine] replaces water and sanitation,\u201d said Ivers. \u201cBut there are still those who say spending $1 million on vaccines is $1 million we don\u2019t have to spend on water and sewer.\u201d Cholera has likely been around as long as man. As societies became urbanized, epidemics were swift, massive, and deadly. More than 14,000 died in London in an 1849 outbreak. Thousands more died when cholera reached New York that year. President James Polk was a victim. The breakthrough against this disease is medical legend. Dr. John Snow, a London physician, rejected the belief that the disease was spread by \u201cbad air,\u201d and began meticulously plotting cholera deaths on a map of Soho in 1854. His plots revealed a key crossroads around a water pump on Broad Street. He got the pump handle removed, stopped the epidemic, and proved contaminated water is the source of the disease. \u201cIt has always inspired fear because it is so sudden and horrifying,\u201d said Eric Mintz, a cholera expert at the CDC. \u201cWe really have made significant progress in understanding how cholera spreads, evolves, how it can be prevented and how it can be treated.\u201d Though naturally present in tropical, brackish waters, cholera may surge into an epidemic when human waste from a sick person contaminates water used by others for drinking, bathing, or growing crops. Without treatment, cholera can drain victims\u2019 bodies of so much fluid in just six hours that their bodies can no longer pump blood. Death follows immediately. Children can succumb even faster. The separation of sanitation and water systems in cities following Snow\u2019s revelation have largely eliminated cholera in developed countries. And doctors have learned how to effectively treat it. Quick infusion of large quantities of a simple saline solution of water, salt, and sugar \u2014 either by drinking or through an IV infusion \u2014 works. Such a solution can convert a deadly bout of cholera into an illness from which patients can recover quickly. In countries where cholera is endemic, a regular occurrence, people know to act fast. \u201cI\u2019ve had it several times,\u201d said Maimuna Majumder, an engineer who works regularly in Bangladesh. \u201cEverybody gets it every year. Everybody knows what it is.\u201d But the deadliest outbreaks occur unexpectedly. Haiti was never known to have cholera, despite its poor water and sewer infrastructure. After the earthquake, however, a United Nations peacekeeper likely brought the bacteria from Nepal, a UN investigation found. Latrine runoff from a UN camp apparently reached a major river used for drinking and washing, and the epidemic erupted within days. Ivers recalled being at a meeting and getting a message from a colleague that 100 patients had arrived overnight at a rural clinic with severe diarrhea. \u201cWe were all afraid to say the word,\u201d she recalled. \u201cEverybody was taking a deep breath, saying, \u2018Oh, please, no.\u2019\u201d Because cholera was unknown in Haiti, people did not recognize it and doctors were not used to treating it. Oral saline solutions and IVs were not there in the numbers needed. The sick crowded wards or slept in tents tended by family members, with few controls to stop further infection. \u201cIt was chaotic and fearful,\u201d said Daniele Lantagne, who was on the UN team sent to investigate the outbreak, and is now on the faculty at Tufts University. \u201cHaiti had absolutely no idea what it was. They literally thought it was voodoo, the curse of god.\u201d Ivers and Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners in Health, urged the government to improve sanitation and to buy the 200,000 available doses of Shanchol \u2014 enough for 100,000 people \u2014 and rush it into use. But the government rejected the appeal. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of criticism about the decision,\u201d said Olson, of Doctors Without Borders, who was on the ground in Haiti soon after the outbreak. \u201cBut at the time, if you had to figure out who are you going to give 100,000 doses to out of 10 million people, how do you do that?\u201d \u201cThe vaccine would not have prevented the exponential spread of the disease,\u201d said Lantagne. \u201cIt could have blunted the curve, yes, but it would not have prevented the epidemic.\u201d Ivers, who finally got approval to administer the vaccine to 45,000 Haitians as the epidemic stretched into its second year, said the results of her experiment \u2014 a 65 percent reduction in cases \u2014 proved the vaccine\u2019s worth. \u201cEven if they only had 200,000 doses in the bank, we could\u2019ve bought those and got started,\u201d Ivers said. \u201cWe could\u2019ve told the manufacturers we will buy 5 million doses, so ramp up the manufacture. We could have started. We could have done it.\u201d Ivers envisions a strategy, mostly embraced by the WHO, in which the vaccine could be used to treat the elderly and children in areas in which the disease is endemic, such as Bangladesh, before the predictable spring and fall outbreaks, and could be rushed in to try to isolate an unexpected outbreak in places like Haiti. But mobilizing vaccinations when an outbreak emerges is tough. \u201cCholera makes fools of epidemiologists. It\u2019s just so hard to predict,\u201d Olson said. \u201cIt will almost always move faster than you can move resources. We are just trying to warn people, \u2018don\u2019t get too caught up in vaccinations because you are going to have patients at any case.\u2019\u201d Added the CDC\u2019s Mintz: \u201cVaccines are not the hydrogen bomb in this war.\u201d A younger generation is injecting new voices \u2014 and new ideas \u2014 into the debate. Majumder, a doctoral engineering candidate at MIT, is seeking to link texting on mobile phones, rapidly becoming ubiquitous in the world, to the fight against cholera. She believes that if communities can begin reporting evidence of the disease sooner to medical providers, public health officials would have a head start in rushing resources to address emerging epidemics. \u201cIf we can identify the hot spots, that would be great,\u201d she said of her effort, known as the Village Zero Project. Another freshly minted researcher, Faith Wallace-Gadsden, has helped start a project in Haiti to mobilize women to sell cheap chlorine water sterilization tablets. It\u2019s a simple idea, but one she believes could work. Wallace-Gadsden contends that the dispute over vaccinations is too narrow. \u201cThe thing that is mind-blowing is the amount of money that has been spent, and it hasn\u2019t worked,\u201d she said. \u201cThe idea that people are still dying in 2015 of cholera is outrageous.\u201d", "essay": "Hey A:  Did you read the article on cholera in third world countries?  I'll focus on the Haiti piece of the article.   Haiti had an overwhelming number of folks that had cholera.   Vaccines were offered to the government because there was little they could do for those folks other than IVs.   The government refused to take help from the World Health Organization.   The corruption that goes on that country never ceases to amaze me.   I got extremely frustrated reading what could have been done but nothing was done.   So many people died that should not have.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "Everyone agrees we need to fight cholera. No one can agree on how \u2014  The clinics were overwhelmed. Over just a few days in 2010, cholera had swept through the chaos of earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Violently ill patients were packing wards, slumping in tents, and dying within hours of showing their first symptoms. Dr. Louise Ivers, an infectious disease specialist, needed help. She and other medical professionals were working without sleep, besieged by a stream of weak patients struggling into the clinics. There was a vaccine available. Although the cache was not nearly large enough \u2014 and still not fully approved by the World Health Organization \u2014 Ivers and others appealed to Haitian officials to allow them to distribute the drug. The government said no. \u201cThis was a missed opportunity to save lives,\u201d Ivers, who ran a clinic in Haiti for the nonprofit Partners in Health, recalled in a recent interview. Today, the epidemic is seen as a pivotal moment in a dispute over the best way to counter cholera. On one side are public health advocates, backed by the powerful Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, who have been galvanized in their enthusiasm for vaccines. Those vaccines, they believe, can be used to make major strides against a disease that is thousands of years old, easily treated, and entirely preventable. On the other are public health officials who argue that the vaccines are not effective enough and are a Band-Aid diverting attention from the water and sanitation issues that are at the root of cholera. \u201cThis is a disease of poverty,\u201d said Shafiqul Islam, director of the Water Diplomacy Program at Tufts University. \u201cThere is a group of people who think vaccines will solve the problem. I don\u2019t think it will.\u201d Experts on both sides acknowledge the disagreement has undermined unity in the fight against cholera. The WHO has tried to straddle the divide by supporting both approaches, without settling how to pay for both. Caused by bacteria, cholera is spread through contaminated water, and it kills by massively dehydrating victims\u2019 bodies through diarrhea and vomiting. The WHO says about 100,000 people die worldwide from cholera each year. It is a rough estimate: Some countries do not report cases, and victims often die in isolated rural communities, the cause of their deaths unrecorded. The disease roars seasonally into India, Bangladesh, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and made appearances last year in 32 countries. Outbreaks typically center on Africa, South Asia, and, recently, the Middle East. There are year-to-year fluctuations in the number of cholera cases, but the overall incidence does not seem to be dropping. Two oral vaccines exist, and the most useful, called Shanchol, was available in limited supplies when the epidemic began in Haiti. It had been administered widely in Vietnam since 1997, but at the time of the Haitian crisis \u2014 which came as a handmaiden of death after the country\u2019s earthquake and ultimately killed 9,000 people \u2014 the WHO was awaiting the results of a larger study and had not signed off on international distribution. Since then, the WHO has approved the vaccine and the Gates Foundation \u2014 the source of major public health funding \u2014 has weighed in forcefully to promote its use. Among other steps, the foundation has pumped about $20 million into Shanchol and helped jumpstart manufacturing of the vaccine in India. As of mid-2013, public health officials had at their disposal a stockpile of 2 million doses that can be moved quickly to an area of need. The vaccine was used successfully in rural Guinea in 2012 and again in refugee camps in South Sudan in 2013. Some 500,000 doses have been sent to Iraq, where continuing violence has helped fuel the emergence of more than 2,000 cholera cases. Helen Matzger, senior program officer at the Gates Foundation, said the decision to promote the vaccine made sense. \u201cWhen you look at the amount of money it would take to make infrastructure improvements, that\u2019s well outside what a foundation could do,\u201d she said. But the vaccine has drawbacks: It must be administered in two doses, two weeks apart, a daunting task in an emergency. And it is far from perfect clinically \u2014 it cuts a person\u2019s risk of contracting the disease by an average of 50 percent to 65 percent over two years. After that, a recipient\u2019s immunity drops even further. More to the point, critics noted, reliance on a vaccine does not address the underlying causes of cholera. \u201cYou are really only going to solve this with an investment and infrastructure and maintenance of the infrastructure,\u201d said David Olson, deputy medical director of Doctors Without Borders. He advocates a focus on assisting the 900 million people worldwide without clean water and the 2.5 billion people without good sanitation. Ivers, now senior health and policy adviser for Partners in Health, does not dispute the importance of that goal. \u201cNobody is saying [a vaccine] replaces water and sanitation,\u201d said Ivers. \u201cBut there are still those who say spending $1 million on vaccines is $1 million we don\u2019t have to spend on water and sewer.\u201d Cholera has likely been around as long as man. As societies became urbanized, epidemics were swift, massive, and deadly. More than 14,000 died in London in an 1849 outbreak. Thousands more died when cholera reached New York that year. President James Polk was a victim. The breakthrough against this disease is medical legend. Dr. John Snow, a London physician, rejected the belief that the disease was spread by \u201cbad air,\u201d and began meticulously plotting cholera deaths on a map of Soho in 1854. His plots revealed a key crossroads around a water pump on Broad Street. He got the pump handle removed, stopped the epidemic, and proved contaminated water is the source of the disease. \u201cIt has always inspired fear because it is so sudden and horrifying,\u201d said Eric Mintz, a cholera expert at the CDC. \u201cWe really have made significant progress in understanding how cholera spreads, evolves, how it can be prevented and how it can be treated.\u201d Though naturally present in tropical, brackish waters, cholera may surge into an epidemic when human waste from a sick person contaminates water used by others for drinking, bathing, or growing crops. Without treatment, cholera can drain victims\u2019 bodies of so much fluid in just six hours that their bodies can no longer pump blood. Death follows immediately. Children can succumb even faster. The separation of sanitation and water systems in cities following Snow\u2019s revelation have largely eliminated cholera in developed countries. And doctors have learned how to effectively treat it. Quick infusion of large quantities of a simple saline solution of water, salt, and sugar \u2014 either by drinking or through an IV infusion \u2014 works. Such a solution can convert a deadly bout of cholera into an illness from which patients can recover quickly. In countries where cholera is endemic, a regular occurrence, people know to act fast. \u201cI\u2019ve had it several times,\u201d said Maimuna Majumder, an engineer who works regularly in Bangladesh. \u201cEverybody gets it every year. Everybody knows what it is.\u201d But the deadliest outbreaks occur unexpectedly. Haiti was never known to have cholera, despite its poor water and sewer infrastructure. After the earthquake, however, a United Nations peacekeeper likely brought the bacteria from Nepal, a UN investigation found. Latrine runoff from a UN camp apparently reached a major river used for drinking and washing, and the epidemic erupted within days. Ivers recalled being at a meeting and getting a message from a colleague that 100 patients had arrived overnight at a rural clinic with severe diarrhea. \u201cWe were all afraid to say the word,\u201d she recalled. \u201cEverybody was taking a deep breath, saying, \u2018Oh, please, no.\u2019\u201d Because cholera was unknown in Haiti, people did not recognize it and doctors were not used to treating it. Oral saline solutions and IVs were not there in the numbers needed. The sick crowded wards or slept in tents tended by family members, with few controls to stop further infection. \u201cIt was chaotic and fearful,\u201d said Daniele Lantagne, who was on the UN team sent to investigate the outbreak, and is now on the faculty at Tufts University. \u201cHaiti had absolutely no idea what it was. They literally thought it was voodoo, the curse of god.\u201d Ivers and Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners in Health, urged the government to improve sanitation and to buy the 200,000 available doses of Shanchol \u2014 enough for 100,000 people \u2014 and rush it into use. But the government rejected the appeal. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of criticism about the decision,\u201d said Olson, of Doctors Without Borders, who was on the ground in Haiti soon after the outbreak. \u201cBut at the time, if you had to figure out who are you going to give 100,000 doses to out of 10 million people, how do you do that?\u201d \u201cThe vaccine would not have prevented the exponential spread of the disease,\u201d said Lantagne. \u201cIt could have blunted the curve, yes, but it would not have prevented the epidemic.\u201d Ivers, who finally got approval to administer the vaccine to 45,000 Haitians as the epidemic stretched into its second year, said the results of her experiment \u2014 a 65 percent reduction in cases \u2014 proved the vaccine\u2019s worth. \u201cEven if they only had 200,000 doses in the bank, we could\u2019ve bought those and got started,\u201d Ivers said. \u201cWe could\u2019ve told the manufacturers we will buy 5 million doses, so ramp up the manufacture. We could have started. We could have done it.\u201d Ivers envisions a strategy, mostly embraced by the WHO, in which the vaccine could be used to treat the elderly and children in areas in which the disease is endemic, such as Bangladesh, before the predictable spring and fall outbreaks, and could be rushed in to try to isolate an unexpected outbreak in places like Haiti. But mobilizing vaccinations when an outbreak emerges is tough. \u201cCholera makes fools of epidemiologists. It\u2019s just so hard to predict,\u201d Olson said. \u201cIt will almost always move faster than you can move resources. We are just trying to warn people, \u2018don\u2019t get too caught up in vaccinations because you are going to have patients at any case.\u2019\u201d Added the CDC\u2019s Mintz: \u201cVaccines are not the hydrogen bomb in this war.\u201d A younger generation is injecting new voices \u2014 and new ideas \u2014 into the debate. Majumder, a doctoral engineering candidate at MIT, is seeking to link texting on mobile phones, rapidly becoming ubiquitous in the world, to the fight against cholera. She believes that if communities can begin reporting evidence of the disease sooner to medical providers, public health officials would have a head start in rushing resources to address emerging epidemics. \u201cIf we can identify the hot spots, that would be great,\u201d she said of her effort, known as the Village Zero Project. Another freshly minted researcher, Faith Wallace-Gadsden, has helped start a project in Haiti to mobilize women to sell cheap chlorine water sterilization tablets. It\u2019s a simple idea, but one she believes could work. Wallace-Gadsden contends that the dispute over vaccinations is too narrow. \u201cThe thing that is mind-blowing is the amount of money that has been spent, and it hasn\u2019t worked,\u201d she said. \u201cThe idea that people are still dying in 2015 of cholera is outrageous.\u201d", "essay": "Haiti goes from one catastrophe to another.   If it isn't a life ending hurricane, it's cholera.   I have huge respect for Bill and Melinda Gates.   Vaccines will stop cholera.  This country's opinions of vaccines are assine.   Without vaccinations, we return to cholera, small pox, measles, etc.   People wanting vaccines to save their lives yet there are not enough.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Everyone agrees we need to fight cholera. No one can agree on how \u2014  The clinics were overwhelmed. Over just a few days in 2010, cholera had swept through the chaos of earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Violently ill patients were packing wards, slumping in tents, and dying within hours of showing their first symptoms. Dr. Louise Ivers, an infectious disease specialist, needed help. She and other medical professionals were working without sleep, besieged by a stream of weak patients struggling into the clinics. There was a vaccine available. Although the cache was not nearly large enough \u2014 and still not fully approved by the World Health Organization \u2014 Ivers and others appealed to Haitian officials to allow them to distribute the drug. The government said no. \u201cThis was a missed opportunity to save lives,\u201d Ivers, who ran a clinic in Haiti for the nonprofit Partners in Health, recalled in a recent interview. Today, the epidemic is seen as a pivotal moment in a dispute over the best way to counter cholera. On one side are public health advocates, backed by the powerful Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, who have been galvanized in their enthusiasm for vaccines. Those vaccines, they believe, can be used to make major strides against a disease that is thousands of years old, easily treated, and entirely preventable. On the other are public health officials who argue that the vaccines are not effective enough and are a Band-Aid diverting attention from the water and sanitation issues that are at the root of cholera. \u201cThis is a disease of poverty,\u201d said Shafiqul Islam, director of the Water Diplomacy Program at Tufts University. \u201cThere is a group of people who think vaccines will solve the problem. I don\u2019t think it will.\u201d Experts on both sides acknowledge the disagreement has undermined unity in the fight against cholera. The WHO has tried to straddle the divide by supporting both approaches, without settling how to pay for both. Caused by bacteria, cholera is spread through contaminated water, and it kills by massively dehydrating victims\u2019 bodies through diarrhea and vomiting. The WHO says about 100,000 people die worldwide from cholera each year. It is a rough estimate: Some countries do not report cases, and victims often die in isolated rural communities, the cause of their deaths unrecorded. The disease roars seasonally into India, Bangladesh, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and made appearances last year in 32 countries. Outbreaks typically center on Africa, South Asia, and, recently, the Middle East. There are year-to-year fluctuations in the number of cholera cases, but the overall incidence does not seem to be dropping. Two oral vaccines exist, and the most useful, called Shanchol, was available in limited supplies when the epidemic began in Haiti. It had been administered widely in Vietnam since 1997, but at the time of the Haitian crisis \u2014 which came as a handmaiden of death after the country\u2019s earthquake and ultimately killed 9,000 people \u2014 the WHO was awaiting the results of a larger study and had not signed off on international distribution. Since then, the WHO has approved the vaccine and the Gates Foundation \u2014 the source of major public health funding \u2014 has weighed in forcefully to promote its use. Among other steps, the foundation has pumped about $20 million into Shanchol and helped jumpstart manufacturing of the vaccine in India. As of mid-2013, public health officials had at their disposal a stockpile of 2 million doses that can be moved quickly to an area of need. The vaccine was used successfully in rural Guinea in 2012 and again in refugee camps in South Sudan in 2013. Some 500,000 doses have been sent to Iraq, where continuing violence has helped fuel the emergence of more than 2,000 cholera cases. Helen Matzger, senior program officer at the Gates Foundation, said the decision to promote the vaccine made sense. \u201cWhen you look at the amount of money it would take to make infrastructure improvements, that\u2019s well outside what a foundation could do,\u201d she said. But the vaccine has drawbacks: It must be administered in two doses, two weeks apart, a daunting task in an emergency. And it is far from perfect clinically \u2014 it cuts a person\u2019s risk of contracting the disease by an average of 50 percent to 65 percent over two years. After that, a recipient\u2019s immunity drops even further. More to the point, critics noted, reliance on a vaccine does not address the underlying causes of cholera. \u201cYou are really only going to solve this with an investment and infrastructure and maintenance of the infrastructure,\u201d said David Olson, deputy medical director of Doctors Without Borders. He advocates a focus on assisting the 900 million people worldwide without clean water and the 2.5 billion people without good sanitation. Ivers, now senior health and policy adviser for Partners in Health, does not dispute the importance of that goal. \u201cNobody is saying [a vaccine] replaces water and sanitation,\u201d said Ivers. \u201cBut there are still those who say spending $1 million on vaccines is $1 million we don\u2019t have to spend on water and sewer.\u201d Cholera has likely been around as long as man. As societies became urbanized, epidemics were swift, massive, and deadly. More than 14,000 died in London in an 1849 outbreak. Thousands more died when cholera reached New York that year. President James Polk was a victim. The breakthrough against this disease is medical legend. Dr. John Snow, a London physician, rejected the belief that the disease was spread by \u201cbad air,\u201d and began meticulously plotting cholera deaths on a map of Soho in 1854. His plots revealed a key crossroads around a water pump on Broad Street. He got the pump handle removed, stopped the epidemic, and proved contaminated water is the source of the disease. \u201cIt has always inspired fear because it is so sudden and horrifying,\u201d said Eric Mintz, a cholera expert at the CDC. \u201cWe really have made significant progress in understanding how cholera spreads, evolves, how it can be prevented and how it can be treated.\u201d Though naturally present in tropical, brackish waters, cholera may surge into an epidemic when human waste from a sick person contaminates water used by others for drinking, bathing, or growing crops. Without treatment, cholera can drain victims\u2019 bodies of so much fluid in just six hours that their bodies can no longer pump blood. Death follows immediately. Children can succumb even faster. The separation of sanitation and water systems in cities following Snow\u2019s revelation have largely eliminated cholera in developed countries. And doctors have learned how to effectively treat it. Quick infusion of large quantities of a simple saline solution of water, salt, and sugar \u2014 either by drinking or through an IV infusion \u2014 works. Such a solution can convert a deadly bout of cholera into an illness from which patients can recover quickly. In countries where cholera is endemic, a regular occurrence, people know to act fast. \u201cI\u2019ve had it several times,\u201d said Maimuna Majumder, an engineer who works regularly in Bangladesh. \u201cEverybody gets it every year. Everybody knows what it is.\u201d But the deadliest outbreaks occur unexpectedly. Haiti was never known to have cholera, despite its poor water and sewer infrastructure. After the earthquake, however, a United Nations peacekeeper likely brought the bacteria from Nepal, a UN investigation found. Latrine runoff from a UN camp apparently reached a major river used for drinking and washing, and the epidemic erupted within days. Ivers recalled being at a meeting and getting a message from a colleague that 100 patients had arrived overnight at a rural clinic with severe diarrhea. \u201cWe were all afraid to say the word,\u201d she recalled. \u201cEverybody was taking a deep breath, saying, \u2018Oh, please, no.\u2019\u201d Because cholera was unknown in Haiti, people did not recognize it and doctors were not used to treating it. Oral saline solutions and IVs were not there in the numbers needed. The sick crowded wards or slept in tents tended by family members, with few controls to stop further infection. \u201cIt was chaotic and fearful,\u201d said Daniele Lantagne, who was on the UN team sent to investigate the outbreak, and is now on the faculty at Tufts University. \u201cHaiti had absolutely no idea what it was. They literally thought it was voodoo, the curse of god.\u201d Ivers and Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners in Health, urged the government to improve sanitation and to buy the 200,000 available doses of Shanchol \u2014 enough for 100,000 people \u2014 and rush it into use. But the government rejected the appeal. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of criticism about the decision,\u201d said Olson, of Doctors Without Borders, who was on the ground in Haiti soon after the outbreak. \u201cBut at the time, if you had to figure out who are you going to give 100,000 doses to out of 10 million people, how do you do that?\u201d \u201cThe vaccine would not have prevented the exponential spread of the disease,\u201d said Lantagne. \u201cIt could have blunted the curve, yes, but it would not have prevented the epidemic.\u201d Ivers, who finally got approval to administer the vaccine to 45,000 Haitians as the epidemic stretched into its second year, said the results of her experiment \u2014 a 65 percent reduction in cases \u2014 proved the vaccine\u2019s worth. \u201cEven if they only had 200,000 doses in the bank, we could\u2019ve bought those and got started,\u201d Ivers said. \u201cWe could\u2019ve told the manufacturers we will buy 5 million doses, so ramp up the manufacture. We could have started. We could have done it.\u201d Ivers envisions a strategy, mostly embraced by the WHO, in which the vaccine could be used to treat the elderly and children in areas in which the disease is endemic, such as Bangladesh, before the predictable spring and fall outbreaks, and could be rushed in to try to isolate an unexpected outbreak in places like Haiti. But mobilizing vaccinations when an outbreak emerges is tough. \u201cCholera makes fools of epidemiologists. It\u2019s just so hard to predict,\u201d Olson said. \u201cIt will almost always move faster than you can move resources. We are just trying to warn people, \u2018don\u2019t get too caught up in vaccinations because you are going to have patients at any case.\u2019\u201d Added the CDC\u2019s Mintz: \u201cVaccines are not the hydrogen bomb in this war.\u201d A younger generation is injecting new voices \u2014 and new ideas \u2014 into the debate. Majumder, a doctoral engineering candidate at MIT, is seeking to link texting on mobile phones, rapidly becoming ubiquitous in the world, to the fight against cholera. She believes that if communities can begin reporting evidence of the disease sooner to medical providers, public health officials would have a head start in rushing resources to address emerging epidemics. \u201cIf we can identify the hot spots, that would be great,\u201d she said of her effort, known as the Village Zero Project. Another freshly minted researcher, Faith Wallace-Gadsden, has helped start a project in Haiti to mobilize women to sell cheap chlorine water sterilization tablets. It\u2019s a simple idea, but one she believes could work. Wallace-Gadsden contends that the dispute over vaccinations is too narrow. \u201cThe thing that is mind-blowing is the amount of money that has been spent, and it hasn\u2019t worked,\u201d she said. \u201cThe idea that people are still dying in 2015 of cholera is outrageous.\u201d", "essay": "I feel like this is a problem not just with this Cholera situation but with humanity in general. WE can never just come together and form a common agreement we always seem to end up on the wrong side of things and disagreeing.. We tend to never agree on things and this causes disagreements like this. If we just worked things out correctly we would be better off."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Airline worker gunned down at Oklahoma City airport, suspect found dead \u2014  A gunman murdered a Southwest Airlines employee, then killed himself Tuesday at Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport in what police described as a premeditated attack.   Michael Winchester, 52, was shot while walking between a crowded terminal and the airport employee parking area. The unidentified suspect was later found dead in a pickup truck in public parking garage overlooking the scene. Police said the suspect appeared to die of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Oklahoma City Police Capt. Paco Balderrama said the shooter apparently knew the victim's schedule and routine.   \"This individual went there and waited for the employee to either be coming or going to take this opportunity,\" Balderrama said. He wouldn't say conclusively that it was a \"sniper-type\" attack. A LinkedIn page with Winchester's name described him as a ramp supervisor for Southwest and said he was from Washington, Okla., about 35 miles south of the airport.   Southwest spokeswoman Brandy King said in a statement that the airline would cancel all flights scheduled to depart Oklahoma City for the remainder of the day Tuesday.   The 1 p.m. shooting set off a scramble at the airport, with police immediately closing the sprawling complex and asking passengers inside to seek cover. They diverted incoming flights and refused to give already-loaded aircraft permission to leave. There were concerns the gunman might have entered the terminal and mingled among passengers or employees. \"We have a heightened level of security all the time. These people have access to aircraft so we're very concerned about that,\" airport spokeswoman Karen Carney said. Hundreds of people were stranded inside the terminal for more than three hours before officers began letting them leave slowly. Carney said about 300 people were held on aircraft away from the terminal after their planes landed ahead of a ground stop. Once police determined that a suspect found in a red pickup truck on the second floor of a public parking garage was dead, officers gave an all-clear. The airport handles between 7,000 and 8,000 passengers daily for Alaska, Delta, Southwest and United airlines and has a separate terminal that serves as a transfer center for federal inmates. A jet carrying inmates to the transfer site was allowed to land while the rest of the airport was shuttered. Video from a television station helicopter showed what appeared to be a pool of blood about 100 feet from the airport's employee parking area -- and about 100 yards from the airport's ticket counters and departure area. While airports have high security, it wasn't immediately known whether surveillance cameras might show the shooting, Balderrama said. Balderrama initially said police had received reports of a possible second victim, but no one was found. Police found the suspect's truck in the garage about three hours after the shooting and determined that someone was inside. They were not sure whether he was dead or alive. After about 75 minutes, using a robot, officers determined the suspect was dead. A number of inbound flights were diverted to other airports after Will Rogers suspended operations. Southwest redirected one flight back to Dallas while a Las Vegas to Houston flight that stops in Oklahoma City went to Amarillo, Texas, instead. Two commercial flights from Chicago's O'Hare Airport were directed to Tulsa, about 100 miles away. Michael Winchester was a punter on the University of Oklahoma's 1985 national championship team. His son, James, also played for the school and currently plays for the Kansas City Chiefs. \"Our hearts are truly heavy for the entire Winchester Family. Mike was a former Sooner student athlete as was his son James/daughter Carolyn,\" the school's athletic director, Joe Castiglione, tweeted Tuesday afternoon. He added \"daughter Becca was also a student athlete. Please keep this beautiful family in your prayers\" in a later tweet.", "essay": "This was just so sad and senseless. The brutal styel of killing and plotting behind this murde is crazy. Its insane in this day and age a gun couldnt even make its way into the airport building. Maybe there needs to be even more measures to prevent this. I am so saddened that the victim had a family and children that have to sit with his death forever now. Airline attendants should be more protected. I wonder what the connection between the two was, was it revenge, he knew his schedule so there must have been something going on there. I think way more security now has to be implemented as this should have never even happened. Also the poor people stuck on the planes for three hours with a supposed shooter on the loose id be terrified."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Airline worker gunned down at Oklahoma City airport, suspect found dead \u2014  A gunman murdered a Southwest Airlines employee, then killed himself Tuesday at Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport in what police described as a premeditated attack.   Michael Winchester, 52, was shot while walking between a crowded terminal and the airport employee parking area. The unidentified suspect was later found dead in a pickup truck in public parking garage overlooking the scene. Police said the suspect appeared to die of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Oklahoma City Police Capt. Paco Balderrama said the shooter apparently knew the victim's schedule and routine.   \"This individual went there and waited for the employee to either be coming or going to take this opportunity,\" Balderrama said. He wouldn't say conclusively that it was a \"sniper-type\" attack. A LinkedIn page with Winchester's name described him as a ramp supervisor for Southwest and said he was from Washington, Okla., about 35 miles south of the airport.   Southwest spokeswoman Brandy King said in a statement that the airline would cancel all flights scheduled to depart Oklahoma City for the remainder of the day Tuesday.   The 1 p.m. shooting set off a scramble at the airport, with police immediately closing the sprawling complex and asking passengers inside to seek cover. They diverted incoming flights and refused to give already-loaded aircraft permission to leave. There were concerns the gunman might have entered the terminal and mingled among passengers or employees. \"We have a heightened level of security all the time. These people have access to aircraft so we're very concerned about that,\" airport spokeswoman Karen Carney said. Hundreds of people were stranded inside the terminal for more than three hours before officers began letting them leave slowly. Carney said about 300 people were held on aircraft away from the terminal after their planes landed ahead of a ground stop. Once police determined that a suspect found in a red pickup truck on the second floor of a public parking garage was dead, officers gave an all-clear. The airport handles between 7,000 and 8,000 passengers daily for Alaska, Delta, Southwest and United airlines and has a separate terminal that serves as a transfer center for federal inmates. A jet carrying inmates to the transfer site was allowed to land while the rest of the airport was shuttered. Video from a television station helicopter showed what appeared to be a pool of blood about 100 feet from the airport's employee parking area -- and about 100 yards from the airport's ticket counters and departure area. While airports have high security, it wasn't immediately known whether surveillance cameras might show the shooting, Balderrama said. Balderrama initially said police had received reports of a possible second victim, but no one was found. Police found the suspect's truck in the garage about three hours after the shooting and determined that someone was inside. They were not sure whether he was dead or alive. After about 75 minutes, using a robot, officers determined the suspect was dead. A number of inbound flights were diverted to other airports after Will Rogers suspended operations. Southwest redirected one flight back to Dallas while a Las Vegas to Houston flight that stops in Oklahoma City went to Amarillo, Texas, instead. Two commercial flights from Chicago's O'Hare Airport were directed to Tulsa, about 100 miles away. Michael Winchester was a punter on the University of Oklahoma's 1985 national championship team. His son, James, also played for the school and currently plays for the Kansas City Chiefs. \"Our hearts are truly heavy for the entire Winchester Family. Mike was a former Sooner student athlete as was his son James/daughter Carolyn,\" the school's athletic director, Joe Castiglione, tweeted Tuesday afternoon. He added \"daughter Becca was also a student athlete. Please keep this beautiful family in your prayers\" in a later tweet.", "essay": "To this day I can not understand people who kill someone then kill themselves. If your life is going that bad and you want to kill yourself then you should do it, but leave other people out of it. I feel bad for the man who lost his life and his children that had to lose their father like that. I even feel bad for all the people at the airport that had their lives interrupted. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Airline worker gunned down at Oklahoma City airport, suspect found dead \u2014  A gunman murdered a Southwest Airlines employee, then killed himself Tuesday at Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport in what police described as a premeditated attack.   Michael Winchester, 52, was shot while walking between a crowded terminal and the airport employee parking area. The unidentified suspect was later found dead in a pickup truck in public parking garage overlooking the scene. Police said the suspect appeared to die of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Oklahoma City Police Capt. Paco Balderrama said the shooter apparently knew the victim's schedule and routine.   \"This individual went there and waited for the employee to either be coming or going to take this opportunity,\" Balderrama said. He wouldn't say conclusively that it was a \"sniper-type\" attack. A LinkedIn page with Winchester's name described him as a ramp supervisor for Southwest and said he was from Washington, Okla., about 35 miles south of the airport.   Southwest spokeswoman Brandy King said in a statement that the airline would cancel all flights scheduled to depart Oklahoma City for the remainder of the day Tuesday.   The 1 p.m. shooting set off a scramble at the airport, with police immediately closing the sprawling complex and asking passengers inside to seek cover. They diverted incoming flights and refused to give already-loaded aircraft permission to leave. There were concerns the gunman might have entered the terminal and mingled among passengers or employees. \"We have a heightened level of security all the time. These people have access to aircraft so we're very concerned about that,\" airport spokeswoman Karen Carney said. Hundreds of people were stranded inside the terminal for more than three hours before officers began letting them leave slowly. Carney said about 300 people were held on aircraft away from the terminal after their planes landed ahead of a ground stop. Once police determined that a suspect found in a red pickup truck on the second floor of a public parking garage was dead, officers gave an all-clear. The airport handles between 7,000 and 8,000 passengers daily for Alaska, Delta, Southwest and United airlines and has a separate terminal that serves as a transfer center for federal inmates. A jet carrying inmates to the transfer site was allowed to land while the rest of the airport was shuttered. Video from a television station helicopter showed what appeared to be a pool of blood about 100 feet from the airport's employee parking area -- and about 100 yards from the airport's ticket counters and departure area. While airports have high security, it wasn't immediately known whether surveillance cameras might show the shooting, Balderrama said. Balderrama initially said police had received reports of a possible second victim, but no one was found. Police found the suspect's truck in the garage about three hours after the shooting and determined that someone was inside. They were not sure whether he was dead or alive. After about 75 minutes, using a robot, officers determined the suspect was dead. A number of inbound flights were diverted to other airports after Will Rogers suspended operations. Southwest redirected one flight back to Dallas while a Las Vegas to Houston flight that stops in Oklahoma City went to Amarillo, Texas, instead. Two commercial flights from Chicago's O'Hare Airport were directed to Tulsa, about 100 miles away. Michael Winchester was a punter on the University of Oklahoma's 1985 national championship team. His son, James, also played for the school and currently plays for the Kansas City Chiefs. \"Our hearts are truly heavy for the entire Winchester Family. Mike was a former Sooner student athlete as was his son James/daughter Carolyn,\" the school's athletic director, Joe Castiglione, tweeted Tuesday afternoon. He added \"daughter Becca was also a student athlete. Please keep this beautiful family in your prayers\" in a later tweet.", "essay": "This is one of those articles that just hits you in the guts. You put yourself in the victims shoes and think what would i have done could i have known. It is horrifying in this day and age someone could even make it around an airport with any kind of weapon. I would really like to learn the motive and connection the victim had with the suspect. Why do people kill others I will never understand. Also for the families that have to deal with the after math the kids who dont get a father anymore for no reason. That must have been so painful. Being stuck on an airplane while a murderer is running around the aiport would also send me in to panick."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Airline worker gunned down at Oklahoma City airport, suspect found dead \u2014  A gunman murdered a Southwest Airlines employee, then killed himself Tuesday at Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport in what police described as a premeditated attack.   Michael Winchester, 52, was shot while walking between a crowded terminal and the airport employee parking area. The unidentified suspect was later found dead in a pickup truck in public parking garage overlooking the scene. Police said the suspect appeared to die of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Oklahoma City Police Capt. Paco Balderrama said the shooter apparently knew the victim's schedule and routine.   \"This individual went there and waited for the employee to either be coming or going to take this opportunity,\" Balderrama said. He wouldn't say conclusively that it was a \"sniper-type\" attack. A LinkedIn page with Winchester's name described him as a ramp supervisor for Southwest and said he was from Washington, Okla., about 35 miles south of the airport.   Southwest spokeswoman Brandy King said in a statement that the airline would cancel all flights scheduled to depart Oklahoma City for the remainder of the day Tuesday.   The 1 p.m. shooting set off a scramble at the airport, with police immediately closing the sprawling complex and asking passengers inside to seek cover. They diverted incoming flights and refused to give already-loaded aircraft permission to leave. There were concerns the gunman might have entered the terminal and mingled among passengers or employees. \"We have a heightened level of security all the time. These people have access to aircraft so we're very concerned about that,\" airport spokeswoman Karen Carney said. Hundreds of people were stranded inside the terminal for more than three hours before officers began letting them leave slowly. Carney said about 300 people were held on aircraft away from the terminal after their planes landed ahead of a ground stop. Once police determined that a suspect found in a red pickup truck on the second floor of a public parking garage was dead, officers gave an all-clear. The airport handles between 7,000 and 8,000 passengers daily for Alaska, Delta, Southwest and United airlines and has a separate terminal that serves as a transfer center for federal inmates. A jet carrying inmates to the transfer site was allowed to land while the rest of the airport was shuttered. Video from a television station helicopter showed what appeared to be a pool of blood about 100 feet from the airport's employee parking area -- and about 100 yards from the airport's ticket counters and departure area. While airports have high security, it wasn't immediately known whether surveillance cameras might show the shooting, Balderrama said. Balderrama initially said police had received reports of a possible second victim, but no one was found. Police found the suspect's truck in the garage about three hours after the shooting and determined that someone was inside. They were not sure whether he was dead or alive. After about 75 minutes, using a robot, officers determined the suspect was dead. A number of inbound flights were diverted to other airports after Will Rogers suspended operations. Southwest redirected one flight back to Dallas while a Las Vegas to Houston flight that stops in Oklahoma City went to Amarillo, Texas, instead. Two commercial flights from Chicago's O'Hare Airport were directed to Tulsa, about 100 miles away. Michael Winchester was a punter on the University of Oklahoma's 1985 national championship team. His son, James, also played for the school and currently plays for the Kansas City Chiefs. \"Our hearts are truly heavy for the entire Winchester Family. Mike was a former Sooner student athlete as was his son James/daughter Carolyn,\" the school's athletic director, Joe Castiglione, tweeted Tuesday afternoon. He added \"daughter Becca was also a student athlete. Please keep this beautiful family in your prayers\" in a later tweet.", "essay": "All this senseless killing is so disturbing.  They didn't even seem to have a clear reason why this man was shot.  It seems like every day or so there is some lunatic out there with a gun killing people for no apparent reason except for their own instability or anger at the world.  This is such a sad scenario that people see killing others as an outlet for their own negative emotions.  It seems like there is not much of a good solution for this scenario, as controlling guns just takes away protection from people who need it.  The bad guys still find a way to arm themselves."}
{"user_id": "ec_p031", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 7.0 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 7.0, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Airline worker gunned down at Oklahoma City airport, suspect found dead \u2014  A gunman murdered a Southwest Airlines employee, then killed himself Tuesday at Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport in what police described as a premeditated attack.   Michael Winchester, 52, was shot while walking between a crowded terminal and the airport employee parking area. The unidentified suspect was later found dead in a pickup truck in public parking garage overlooking the scene. Police said the suspect appeared to die of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Oklahoma City Police Capt. Paco Balderrama said the shooter apparently knew the victim's schedule and routine.   \"This individual went there and waited for the employee to either be coming or going to take this opportunity,\" Balderrama said. He wouldn't say conclusively that it was a \"sniper-type\" attack. A LinkedIn page with Winchester's name described him as a ramp supervisor for Southwest and said he was from Washington, Okla., about 35 miles south of the airport.   Southwest spokeswoman Brandy King said in a statement that the airline would cancel all flights scheduled to depart Oklahoma City for the remainder of the day Tuesday.   The 1 p.m. shooting set off a scramble at the airport, with police immediately closing the sprawling complex and asking passengers inside to seek cover. They diverted incoming flights and refused to give already-loaded aircraft permission to leave. There were concerns the gunman might have entered the terminal and mingled among passengers or employees. \"We have a heightened level of security all the time. These people have access to aircraft so we're very concerned about that,\" airport spokeswoman Karen Carney said. Hundreds of people were stranded inside the terminal for more than three hours before officers began letting them leave slowly. Carney said about 300 people were held on aircraft away from the terminal after their planes landed ahead of a ground stop. Once police determined that a suspect found in a red pickup truck on the second floor of a public parking garage was dead, officers gave an all-clear. The airport handles between 7,000 and 8,000 passengers daily for Alaska, Delta, Southwest and United airlines and has a separate terminal that serves as a transfer center for federal inmates. A jet carrying inmates to the transfer site was allowed to land while the rest of the airport was shuttered. Video from a television station helicopter showed what appeared to be a pool of blood about 100 feet from the airport's employee parking area -- and about 100 yards from the airport's ticket counters and departure area. While airports have high security, it wasn't immediately known whether surveillance cameras might show the shooting, Balderrama said. Balderrama initially said police had received reports of a possible second victim, but no one was found. Police found the suspect's truck in the garage about three hours after the shooting and determined that someone was inside. They were not sure whether he was dead or alive. After about 75 minutes, using a robot, officers determined the suspect was dead. A number of inbound flights were diverted to other airports after Will Rogers suspended operations. Southwest redirected one flight back to Dallas while a Las Vegas to Houston flight that stops in Oklahoma City went to Amarillo, Texas, instead. Two commercial flights from Chicago's O'Hare Airport were directed to Tulsa, about 100 miles away. Michael Winchester was a punter on the University of Oklahoma's 1985 national championship team. His son, James, also played for the school and currently plays for the Kansas City Chiefs. \"Our hearts are truly heavy for the entire Winchester Family. Mike was a former Sooner student athlete as was his son James/daughter Carolyn,\" the school's athletic director, Joe Castiglione, tweeted Tuesday afternoon. He added \"daughter Becca was also a student athlete. Please keep this beautiful family in your prayers\" in a later tweet.", "essay": "What a terrible story, my heart goes out to the family of the victim. I wonder what he did to deserve this, was he involved in some way or did something to provoke this senseless murder? Either way, an innocent life is lost and the guy left behind two kids and his wife. The most pathetic thing about it that the murderer killed himself afterwards. What a coward! Hell is definitely a place for people of this caliber."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "India Kashmir: The teenager blinded by pellets \u2014  Photographer Abid Bhat here describes the life of 14-year-old Insha Mushtaq, who lost vision in both her eyes after being hit by pellets in Indian-administered Kashmir. \"I just want to ask the security personnel who fired pellets at me what my fault was,\" Miss Mushtaq says, as she stands by the same window she was sitting at when pellets blinded her. She has been in and out of hospitals for the past three months in an attempt to regain her vision. Nothing has worked so far, but she remains hopeful. Ms Mushtaq says she wanted to become a doctor before losing her vision. She brings out her text books to show me, and flips the pages though she cannot read them anymore. \"I can only feel them now,\" she says tearfully. Concern in Kashmir over police pellet guns Photoshopped celebrities used for Kashmir pellet gun campaign She also shows me a school photo identity card. The continuing unrest in Indian-administered Kashmir has seen the deaths of 89 civilians with thousands injured. India blames Pakistan for stirring up violence in the region, a charge that it denies. Both countries claim Kashmir in its entirety but only control parts of it. The region has been a flashpoint for more than 60 years, sparking two wars between the countries. Within the Muslim-majority territory, some militant groups have taken up arms to fight for independence from Indian rule or a merger with Pakistan. And the widespread use of pellet guns to quell protests in recent months has led to more than a thousand people sustaining eye injuries. Pellet guns - a form of shotgun - were first used by the police as a non-lethal weapon to quell protests in Indian-administered Kashmir in 2010. They are normally used for hunting animals. The gun fires a cluster of small, round-shaped pellets, which resemble iron balls, at high velocity. A pellet gun cartridge can contain up to 500 such pellets. When the cartridge explodes, the pellets disperse in all directions. They are less lethal than bullets but can cause serious injuries, especially if they hit the eye. Doctors treating pellet gun wounds in Kashmir told the Indian Express newspaper they were seeing \"sharp and more irregular-shaped pellets\" which were causing \"more damage\" this time. Miss Mushtaq's family is struggling to come to terms with her injuries. Her mother bursts into tears as a family member helps Ms Mushtaq don a scarf and sunglasses to hide her eyes and scarred face. \"If she was killed, I would have been able to overcome the grief but the sight of her blinded eyes kills me every day,\" her father says as he shows me pictures of her daughter in the hospital ICU. As for Miss Mushtaq herself, she is trying to stay positive. She greets every guest coming to enquire about her health with a smile, drinks her tea and tries to console her family members and relatives. Later, she goes out for a walk with some of her relatives, smile still intact. But, for her and many others like her, it is going to be a long and difficult road ahead.", "essay": "I feel really bad for the girl that lost her eyes due to the attack with the pellets. She had her whole life ahead of her and she did not deserve what happened to her. She was merely a victim to all the war and corruption that is going on in the country. It's sad to think that someone who once had vision and is now never able to see anything ever again."}
{"user_id": "ec_p016", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 60000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 60000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "India Kashmir: The teenager blinded by pellets \u2014  Photographer Abid Bhat here describes the life of 14-year-old Insha Mushtaq, who lost vision in both her eyes after being hit by pellets in Indian-administered Kashmir. \"I just want to ask the security personnel who fired pellets at me what my fault was,\" Miss Mushtaq says, as she stands by the same window she was sitting at when pellets blinded her. She has been in and out of hospitals for the past three months in an attempt to regain her vision. Nothing has worked so far, but she remains hopeful. Ms Mushtaq says she wanted to become a doctor before losing her vision. She brings out her text books to show me, and flips the pages though she cannot read them anymore. \"I can only feel them now,\" she says tearfully. Concern in Kashmir over police pellet guns Photoshopped celebrities used for Kashmir pellet gun campaign She also shows me a school photo identity card. The continuing unrest in Indian-administered Kashmir has seen the deaths of 89 civilians with thousands injured. India blames Pakistan for stirring up violence in the region, a charge that it denies. Both countries claim Kashmir in its entirety but only control parts of it. The region has been a flashpoint for more than 60 years, sparking two wars between the countries. Within the Muslim-majority territory, some militant groups have taken up arms to fight for independence from Indian rule or a merger with Pakistan. And the widespread use of pellet guns to quell protests in recent months has led to more than a thousand people sustaining eye injuries. Pellet guns - a form of shotgun - were first used by the police as a non-lethal weapon to quell protests in Indian-administered Kashmir in 2010. They are normally used for hunting animals. The gun fires a cluster of small, round-shaped pellets, which resemble iron balls, at high velocity. A pellet gun cartridge can contain up to 500 such pellets. When the cartridge explodes, the pellets disperse in all directions. They are less lethal than bullets but can cause serious injuries, especially if they hit the eye. Doctors treating pellet gun wounds in Kashmir told the Indian Express newspaper they were seeing \"sharp and more irregular-shaped pellets\" which were causing \"more damage\" this time. Miss Mushtaq's family is struggling to come to terms with her injuries. Her mother bursts into tears as a family member helps Ms Mushtaq don a scarf and sunglasses to hide her eyes and scarred face. \"If she was killed, I would have been able to overcome the grief but the sight of her blinded eyes kills me every day,\" her father says as he shows me pictures of her daughter in the hospital ICU. As for Miss Mushtaq herself, she is trying to stay positive. She greets every guest coming to enquire about her health with a smile, drinks her tea and tries to console her family members and relatives. Later, she goes out for a walk with some of her relatives, smile still intact. But, for her and many others like her, it is going to be a long and difficult road ahead.", "essay": "I can't imagine being a fourteen year old kid and losing my eyesight; that's just so sad. I don't think it's right to fire at people who can't defend themselves, and the fact that it sounds like they're using pellet guns with new shapes just to cause more damage is awful. I hope that girl gets more help in the future."}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "India Kashmir: The teenager blinded by pellets \u2014  Photographer Abid Bhat here describes the life of 14-year-old Insha Mushtaq, who lost vision in both her eyes after being hit by pellets in Indian-administered Kashmir. \"I just want to ask the security personnel who fired pellets at me what my fault was,\" Miss Mushtaq says, as she stands by the same window she was sitting at when pellets blinded her. She has been in and out of hospitals for the past three months in an attempt to regain her vision. Nothing has worked so far, but she remains hopeful. Ms Mushtaq says she wanted to become a doctor before losing her vision. She brings out her text books to show me, and flips the pages though she cannot read them anymore. \"I can only feel them now,\" she says tearfully. Concern in Kashmir over police pellet guns Photoshopped celebrities used for Kashmir pellet gun campaign She also shows me a school photo identity card. The continuing unrest in Indian-administered Kashmir has seen the deaths of 89 civilians with thousands injured. India blames Pakistan for stirring up violence in the region, a charge that it denies. Both countries claim Kashmir in its entirety but only control parts of it. The region has been a flashpoint for more than 60 years, sparking two wars between the countries. Within the Muslim-majority territory, some militant groups have taken up arms to fight for independence from Indian rule or a merger with Pakistan. And the widespread use of pellet guns to quell protests in recent months has led to more than a thousand people sustaining eye injuries. Pellet guns - a form of shotgun - were first used by the police as a non-lethal weapon to quell protests in Indian-administered Kashmir in 2010. They are normally used for hunting animals. The gun fires a cluster of small, round-shaped pellets, which resemble iron balls, at high velocity. A pellet gun cartridge can contain up to 500 such pellets. When the cartridge explodes, the pellets disperse in all directions. They are less lethal than bullets but can cause serious injuries, especially if they hit the eye. Doctors treating pellet gun wounds in Kashmir told the Indian Express newspaper they were seeing \"sharp and more irregular-shaped pellets\" which were causing \"more damage\" this time. Miss Mushtaq's family is struggling to come to terms with her injuries. Her mother bursts into tears as a family member helps Ms Mushtaq don a scarf and sunglasses to hide her eyes and scarred face. \"If she was killed, I would have been able to overcome the grief but the sight of her blinded eyes kills me every day,\" her father says as he shows me pictures of her daughter in the hospital ICU. As for Miss Mushtaq herself, she is trying to stay positive. She greets every guest coming to enquire about her health with a smile, drinks her tea and tries to console her family members and relatives. Later, she goes out for a walk with some of her relatives, smile still intact. But, for her and many others like her, it is going to be a long and difficult road ahead.", "essay": "This girl's life is forever changed.  Pellets destroyed her eyes and her face.   Her mom wraps scarves around her face and eyes to protect her.  :)   I have a great deal of admiration for her as she is speaking the the journalist about what happened.   She wants her government to give her an answer.  She had aspirations of becoming a doctor.   She showed her textbooks to him.   She is in and out of hospitals hoping to retain her eyesight.   "}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "India Kashmir: The teenager blinded by pellets \u2014  Photographer Abid Bhat here describes the life of 14-year-old Insha Mushtaq, who lost vision in both her eyes after being hit by pellets in Indian-administered Kashmir. \"I just want to ask the security personnel who fired pellets at me what my fault was,\" Miss Mushtaq says, as she stands by the same window she was sitting at when pellets blinded her. She has been in and out of hospitals for the past three months in an attempt to regain her vision. Nothing has worked so far, but she remains hopeful. Ms Mushtaq says she wanted to become a doctor before losing her vision. She brings out her text books to show me, and flips the pages though she cannot read them anymore. \"I can only feel them now,\" she says tearfully. Concern in Kashmir over police pellet guns Photoshopped celebrities used for Kashmir pellet gun campaign She also shows me a school photo identity card. The continuing unrest in Indian-administered Kashmir has seen the deaths of 89 civilians with thousands injured. India blames Pakistan for stirring up violence in the region, a charge that it denies. Both countries claim Kashmir in its entirety but only control parts of it. The region has been a flashpoint for more than 60 years, sparking two wars between the countries. Within the Muslim-majority territory, some militant groups have taken up arms to fight for independence from Indian rule or a merger with Pakistan. And the widespread use of pellet guns to quell protests in recent months has led to more than a thousand people sustaining eye injuries. Pellet guns - a form of shotgun - were first used by the police as a non-lethal weapon to quell protests in Indian-administered Kashmir in 2010. They are normally used for hunting animals. The gun fires a cluster of small, round-shaped pellets, which resemble iron balls, at high velocity. A pellet gun cartridge can contain up to 500 such pellets. When the cartridge explodes, the pellets disperse in all directions. They are less lethal than bullets but can cause serious injuries, especially if they hit the eye. Doctors treating pellet gun wounds in Kashmir told the Indian Express newspaper they were seeing \"sharp and more irregular-shaped pellets\" which were causing \"more damage\" this time. Miss Mushtaq's family is struggling to come to terms with her injuries. Her mother bursts into tears as a family member helps Ms Mushtaq don a scarf and sunglasses to hide her eyes and scarred face. \"If she was killed, I would have been able to overcome the grief but the sight of her blinded eyes kills me every day,\" her father says as he shows me pictures of her daughter in the hospital ICU. As for Miss Mushtaq herself, she is trying to stay positive. She greets every guest coming to enquire about her health with a smile, drinks her tea and tries to console her family members and relatives. Later, she goes out for a walk with some of her relatives, smile still intact. But, for her and many others like her, it is going to be a long and difficult road ahead.", "essay": "I feel some amount of sympathy for this girl because I can't imagine what it would be like to lose your eyesight like that.  In one brief moment the world goes from visible to invisible in an instant.  It's got to be nearly traumatic (although she seems to be remaining upbeat).  But I also don't feel that much sympathy because I want to know what she was doing when it happened.  Kashmir is a violent place. Someone like this should not be ignorant of the dangers in the region, including how police will respond to protests and uprisings.  I'm sure she wasn't just sitting in a peaceful cafe, minding her own business when she got blasted.  If she was part of a riot, then she got what she could have expected.  If she wasn't part of the unrest, then she should have fled the area."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "India Kashmir: The teenager blinded by pellets \u2014  Photographer Abid Bhat here describes the life of 14-year-old Insha Mushtaq, who lost vision in both her eyes after being hit by pellets in Indian-administered Kashmir. \"I just want to ask the security personnel who fired pellets at me what my fault was,\" Miss Mushtaq says, as she stands by the same window she was sitting at when pellets blinded her. She has been in and out of hospitals for the past three months in an attempt to regain her vision. Nothing has worked so far, but she remains hopeful. Ms Mushtaq says she wanted to become a doctor before losing her vision. She brings out her text books to show me, and flips the pages though she cannot read them anymore. \"I can only feel them now,\" she says tearfully. Concern in Kashmir over police pellet guns Photoshopped celebrities used for Kashmir pellet gun campaign She also shows me a school photo identity card. The continuing unrest in Indian-administered Kashmir has seen the deaths of 89 civilians with thousands injured. India blames Pakistan for stirring up violence in the region, a charge that it denies. Both countries claim Kashmir in its entirety but only control parts of it. The region has been a flashpoint for more than 60 years, sparking two wars between the countries. Within the Muslim-majority territory, some militant groups have taken up arms to fight for independence from Indian rule or a merger with Pakistan. And the widespread use of pellet guns to quell protests in recent months has led to more than a thousand people sustaining eye injuries. Pellet guns - a form of shotgun - were first used by the police as a non-lethal weapon to quell protests in Indian-administered Kashmir in 2010. They are normally used for hunting animals. The gun fires a cluster of small, round-shaped pellets, which resemble iron balls, at high velocity. A pellet gun cartridge can contain up to 500 such pellets. When the cartridge explodes, the pellets disperse in all directions. They are less lethal than bullets but can cause serious injuries, especially if they hit the eye. Doctors treating pellet gun wounds in Kashmir told the Indian Express newspaper they were seeing \"sharp and more irregular-shaped pellets\" which were causing \"more damage\" this time. Miss Mushtaq's family is struggling to come to terms with her injuries. Her mother bursts into tears as a family member helps Ms Mushtaq don a scarf and sunglasses to hide her eyes and scarred face. \"If she was killed, I would have been able to overcome the grief but the sight of her blinded eyes kills me every day,\" her father says as he shows me pictures of her daughter in the hospital ICU. As for Miss Mushtaq herself, she is trying to stay positive. She greets every guest coming to enquire about her health with a smile, drinks her tea and tries to console her family members and relatives. Later, she goes out for a walk with some of her relatives, smile still intact. But, for her and many others like her, it is going to be a long and difficult road ahead.", "essay": "You really cant help but put yourself in the victims shoes. Having dreams of becoming a doctor then one day your whole life changes and you cant do your dream anymore. It would be so scary to go blind not be able to see anything anymore you have to become dependent on on thers, you lose alot of your independence. I can understand that protests can become unsafe or even violent so you need tactics to over come that but with such numbers of people getting very hurt and permanently disabled I think thye should change there tactics. They should use more tear gas and change it to bean bag guns, a larger object that cant fit right into eyes ."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Burma\u2019s Aung San Suu Kyi under fire as alleged military abuse follows militant attack \u2014  SITTWE, Burma \u2014 A security crackdown following militant attacks has exacerbated the humanitarian situation in a predominantly Muslim region of Burma and focused international attention on the new government of Aung San Suu Kyi. Burmese troops launched a wide-ranging manhunt last month in a troubled area of northern Rakhine state populated largely by Rohingya Muslims, leaving scorched homes and displaced residents in their wake. The manhunt followed an Oct. 9 attack on police posts that left nine policemen dead. The government has accused members of the Rohingya community of being behind the attack. Another police officer was killed in what may have been a second militant attack last week, according to state media. Renata Lok-Dessallien, the United Nations resident coordinator in Burma, was among a team of United Nations officials and diplomats who visited the affected area last week. She said authorities had assured the U.N. that aid would resume after being effectively cut off for weeks. But how soon is not clear. U.S. Ambassador Scot Marciel has called for a \u201cthorough investigation\u201d into alleged abuse and for the restoration of humanitarian access, the State Department said. An estimated 15 members of the security forces \u2014 roughly 10 police and five soldiers \u2014 have died and more than 30 Muslim residents have been reported killed in the security crackdown. Burma is also known as Myanmar. Human Rights Watch has reported that satellite data shows villages that have been burned, and the Reuters news agency and the Myanmar Times newspaper have chronicled the alleged rape of Muslim women by soldiers. The Myanmar Times reporter was fired following her report on the issue. \u201cAny allegation of rape or sexual violence is a profound concern to us,\u201d Lok-Dessallien said. Residents in Rakhine describe a landscape of fear in which members of the Rohingya community have allegedly been barred from going to mosques or work. \u201cWe can\u2019t go anywhere, as we\u2019re not allowed to,\u201d Min Hlaing, a Muslim businessman in a restricted area near Maungdaw, said last week by telephone. He said food prices had risen as a result of roadblocks and claimed that at least one community leader was held by security forces. The crisis marks the first major test of Suu Kyi\u2019s new democratically elected administration, which took over March 31 after decades of military rule. Analysts say she must find a way to work with Burma\u2019s powerful military, which still controls the country\u2019s security forces. Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been accused of not doing enough to address the Rohingya crisis despite her lifelong commitment to Burmese freedom. In an interview with The Washington Post in New Delhi on Oct. 18, Suu Kyi said border security posts must be strengthened, rule of law followed and a development plan created for the area. \u201cSo many things have to be done simultaneously. It\u2019s not an easy job,\u201d she said. \u201cBut we are, of course, determined to contain the situation and to make sure that we restore peace and harmony as soon as possible.\u201d Suu Kyi\u2019s government has said the men who attacked police posts on Oct. 9 were from a little-known group with foreign backing. In YouTube videos, the group has called itself the Movement of Faith. There are about 1 million Rohingya Muslims in Burma who are essentially stateless, and many in the Buddhist-majority country consider them illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. More than 120,000 Rohingya remain confined to dirty camps in the area after violent clashes with their Buddhist neighbors in 2012. Rohingyas said they do not believe that there was a militant group operating in the state. \u201cThis is a rumor. This is not true. This is the deliberate assassination from the government,\u201d said Mohamed Amin, 21, a Rohingya who lives in the heavily guarded Muslim neighborhood in Sittwe. More than 16,000 people from both faiths have been displaced by the search, and 100,000 are without their regular food assistance, according to Pierre Peron, of the U.N.\u2019s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Health services have been suspended, and weeks have passed without access to mobile health clinics and emergency referrals. \u201cYou have a very vulnerable population that is even more vulnerable now,\u201d Peron said last week. The state government spokesman, Tin Maung Shwe, said the matter was \u201can internal affair, not an international affair.\u201d Residents in the crowded camps said that in the days after the attacks, doctors who normally visit a few times a week did not show, although some visits have resumed. Suu Kyi blamed the health-care deficit on the security situation. \u201cIt\u2019s even difficult for us to provide enough security to give them the health care that they need,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is another big problem, because doctors and nurses who go to camps [for displaced people] are not treated well by the communities when they go back.\u201d She added, \u201cThe whole thing is a rigmarole.\u201d At a community health clinic in the Muslim neighborhood in Sittwe one day recently, there were no doctors, just a weary-looking pharmacist and several patients waiting in a dimly lit room. \u201cWe are doing as much as we can,\u201d said Maung Htun, 54, the pharmacist. \u201cBut now we are only capable of healing small things.\u201d Suu Kyi said that the government must create a resettlement program. A controversial citizenship-verification process that has been criticized by rights groups has been stymied because, Suu Kyi said, many Rohingya refused to participate. \u201cWe can\u2019t fix a time frame, because it depends on how much everybody is prepared to cooperate,\u201d she said. \u201cWe started off this movement for citizenship verification in order that we might move forward, but then, if there is no cooperation, it has been very difficult for us.\u201d On the ground, the latest flare-up has frayed hope and diminished an already low level of confidence in Suu Kyi\u2019s government. Maung Aye Shwe, 18, a volunteer teacher in one of the camps, said nothing has changed since Suu Kyi\u2019s historic election a year ago. \u201cThere is no improvement within this year. We are having just oppression \u2014 no changes or improvement,\u201d he said. Maung Kyaw Win, 42, said that he once worked as a goldsmith in his village, and that he does not know when he and his family will be able to return home. But he does know that relations with his Muslim neighbors will not be the same. \u201cNo one will trust each other until the end of the universe,\u201d he said. Gowen reported from New Delhi. Aung Naing Soe contributed from Sittwe.", "essay": "I feel like this is the type of attack that has no excuse.  Maybe the troops dislike the religion of muslims but this is no way to go about things just attacking them in this manner. The reporter that was fired for reporting on this issue has my respect, she tried to bring it to light and lost her job trying to let the voice of these women to be spoken."}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Burma\u2019s Aung San Suu Kyi under fire as alleged military abuse follows militant attack \u2014  SITTWE, Burma \u2014 A security crackdown following militant attacks has exacerbated the humanitarian situation in a predominantly Muslim region of Burma and focused international attention on the new government of Aung San Suu Kyi. Burmese troops launched a wide-ranging manhunt last month in a troubled area of northern Rakhine state populated largely by Rohingya Muslims, leaving scorched homes and displaced residents in their wake. The manhunt followed an Oct. 9 attack on police posts that left nine policemen dead. The government has accused members of the Rohingya community of being behind the attack. Another police officer was killed in what may have been a second militant attack last week, according to state media. Renata Lok-Dessallien, the United Nations resident coordinator in Burma, was among a team of United Nations officials and diplomats who visited the affected area last week. She said authorities had assured the U.N. that aid would resume after being effectively cut off for weeks. But how soon is not clear. U.S. Ambassador Scot Marciel has called for a \u201cthorough investigation\u201d into alleged abuse and for the restoration of humanitarian access, the State Department said. An estimated 15 members of the security forces \u2014 roughly 10 police and five soldiers \u2014 have died and more than 30 Muslim residents have been reported killed in the security crackdown. Burma is also known as Myanmar. Human Rights Watch has reported that satellite data shows villages that have been burned, and the Reuters news agency and the Myanmar Times newspaper have chronicled the alleged rape of Muslim women by soldiers. The Myanmar Times reporter was fired following her report on the issue. \u201cAny allegation of rape or sexual violence is a profound concern to us,\u201d Lok-Dessallien said. Residents in Rakhine describe a landscape of fear in which members of the Rohingya community have allegedly been barred from going to mosques or work. \u201cWe can\u2019t go anywhere, as we\u2019re not allowed to,\u201d Min Hlaing, a Muslim businessman in a restricted area near Maungdaw, said last week by telephone. He said food prices had risen as a result of roadblocks and claimed that at least one community leader was held by security forces. The crisis marks the first major test of Suu Kyi\u2019s new democratically elected administration, which took over March 31 after decades of military rule. Analysts say she must find a way to work with Burma\u2019s powerful military, which still controls the country\u2019s security forces. Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been accused of not doing enough to address the Rohingya crisis despite her lifelong commitment to Burmese freedom. In an interview with The Washington Post in New Delhi on Oct. 18, Suu Kyi said border security posts must be strengthened, rule of law followed and a development plan created for the area. \u201cSo many things have to be done simultaneously. It\u2019s not an easy job,\u201d she said. \u201cBut we are, of course, determined to contain the situation and to make sure that we restore peace and harmony as soon as possible.\u201d Suu Kyi\u2019s government has said the men who attacked police posts on Oct. 9 were from a little-known group with foreign backing. In YouTube videos, the group has called itself the Movement of Faith. There are about 1 million Rohingya Muslims in Burma who are essentially stateless, and many in the Buddhist-majority country consider them illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. More than 120,000 Rohingya remain confined to dirty camps in the area after violent clashes with their Buddhist neighbors in 2012. Rohingyas said they do not believe that there was a militant group operating in the state. \u201cThis is a rumor. This is not true. This is the deliberate assassination from the government,\u201d said Mohamed Amin, 21, a Rohingya who lives in the heavily guarded Muslim neighborhood in Sittwe. More than 16,000 people from both faiths have been displaced by the search, and 100,000 are without their regular food assistance, according to Pierre Peron, of the U.N.\u2019s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Health services have been suspended, and weeks have passed without access to mobile health clinics and emergency referrals. \u201cYou have a very vulnerable population that is even more vulnerable now,\u201d Peron said last week. The state government spokesman, Tin Maung Shwe, said the matter was \u201can internal affair, not an international affair.\u201d Residents in the crowded camps said that in the days after the attacks, doctors who normally visit a few times a week did not show, although some visits have resumed. Suu Kyi blamed the health-care deficit on the security situation. \u201cIt\u2019s even difficult for us to provide enough security to give them the health care that they need,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is another big problem, because doctors and nurses who go to camps [for displaced people] are not treated well by the communities when they go back.\u201d She added, \u201cThe whole thing is a rigmarole.\u201d At a community health clinic in the Muslim neighborhood in Sittwe one day recently, there were no doctors, just a weary-looking pharmacist and several patients waiting in a dimly lit room. \u201cWe are doing as much as we can,\u201d said Maung Htun, 54, the pharmacist. \u201cBut now we are only capable of healing small things.\u201d Suu Kyi said that the government must create a resettlement program. A controversial citizenship-verification process that has been criticized by rights groups has been stymied because, Suu Kyi said, many Rohingya refused to participate. \u201cWe can\u2019t fix a time frame, because it depends on how much everybody is prepared to cooperate,\u201d she said. \u201cWe started off this movement for citizenship verification in order that we might move forward, but then, if there is no cooperation, it has been very difficult for us.\u201d On the ground, the latest flare-up has frayed hope and diminished an already low level of confidence in Suu Kyi\u2019s government. Maung Aye Shwe, 18, a volunteer teacher in one of the camps, said nothing has changed since Suu Kyi\u2019s historic election a year ago. \u201cThere is no improvement within this year. We are having just oppression \u2014 no changes or improvement,\u201d he said. Maung Kyaw Win, 42, said that he once worked as a goldsmith in his village, and that he does not know when he and his family will be able to return home. But he does know that relations with his Muslim neighbors will not be the same. \u201cNo one will trust each other until the end of the universe,\u201d he said. Gowen reported from New Delhi. Aung Naing Soe contributed from Sittwe.", "essay": "Do you believe what is happening over there! It seems like the government and medical person ell are doing all that they can to help people, but not much is being done and it just continues to get worse. This leads to people thinking that nothing is being done and no one is being helped, even though they are!"}
{"user_id": "ec_p073", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Burma\u2019s Aung San Suu Kyi under fire as alleged military abuse follows militant attack \u2014  SITTWE, Burma \u2014 A security crackdown following militant attacks has exacerbated the humanitarian situation in a predominantly Muslim region of Burma and focused international attention on the new government of Aung San Suu Kyi. Burmese troops launched a wide-ranging manhunt last month in a troubled area of northern Rakhine state populated largely by Rohingya Muslims, leaving scorched homes and displaced residents in their wake. The manhunt followed an Oct. 9 attack on police posts that left nine policemen dead. The government has accused members of the Rohingya community of being behind the attack. Another police officer was killed in what may have been a second militant attack last week, according to state media. Renata Lok-Dessallien, the United Nations resident coordinator in Burma, was among a team of United Nations officials and diplomats who visited the affected area last week. She said authorities had assured the U.N. that aid would resume after being effectively cut off for weeks. But how soon is not clear. U.S. Ambassador Scot Marciel has called for a \u201cthorough investigation\u201d into alleged abuse and for the restoration of humanitarian access, the State Department said. An estimated 15 members of the security forces \u2014 roughly 10 police and five soldiers \u2014 have died and more than 30 Muslim residents have been reported killed in the security crackdown. Burma is also known as Myanmar. Human Rights Watch has reported that satellite data shows villages that have been burned, and the Reuters news agency and the Myanmar Times newspaper have chronicled the alleged rape of Muslim women by soldiers. The Myanmar Times reporter was fired following her report on the issue. \u201cAny allegation of rape or sexual violence is a profound concern to us,\u201d Lok-Dessallien said. Residents in Rakhine describe a landscape of fear in which members of the Rohingya community have allegedly been barred from going to mosques or work. \u201cWe can\u2019t go anywhere, as we\u2019re not allowed to,\u201d Min Hlaing, a Muslim businessman in a restricted area near Maungdaw, said last week by telephone. He said food prices had risen as a result of roadblocks and claimed that at least one community leader was held by security forces. The crisis marks the first major test of Suu Kyi\u2019s new democratically elected administration, which took over March 31 after decades of military rule. Analysts say she must find a way to work with Burma\u2019s powerful military, which still controls the country\u2019s security forces. Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been accused of not doing enough to address the Rohingya crisis despite her lifelong commitment to Burmese freedom. In an interview with The Washington Post in New Delhi on Oct. 18, Suu Kyi said border security posts must be strengthened, rule of law followed and a development plan created for the area. \u201cSo many things have to be done simultaneously. It\u2019s not an easy job,\u201d she said. \u201cBut we are, of course, determined to contain the situation and to make sure that we restore peace and harmony as soon as possible.\u201d Suu Kyi\u2019s government has said the men who attacked police posts on Oct. 9 were from a little-known group with foreign backing. In YouTube videos, the group has called itself the Movement of Faith. There are about 1 million Rohingya Muslims in Burma who are essentially stateless, and many in the Buddhist-majority country consider them illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. More than 120,000 Rohingya remain confined to dirty camps in the area after violent clashes with their Buddhist neighbors in 2012. Rohingyas said they do not believe that there was a militant group operating in the state. \u201cThis is a rumor. This is not true. This is the deliberate assassination from the government,\u201d said Mohamed Amin, 21, a Rohingya who lives in the heavily guarded Muslim neighborhood in Sittwe. More than 16,000 people from both faiths have been displaced by the search, and 100,000 are without their regular food assistance, according to Pierre Peron, of the U.N.\u2019s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Health services have been suspended, and weeks have passed without access to mobile health clinics and emergency referrals. \u201cYou have a very vulnerable population that is even more vulnerable now,\u201d Peron said last week. The state government spokesman, Tin Maung Shwe, said the matter was \u201can internal affair, not an international affair.\u201d Residents in the crowded camps said that in the days after the attacks, doctors who normally visit a few times a week did not show, although some visits have resumed. Suu Kyi blamed the health-care deficit on the security situation. \u201cIt\u2019s even difficult for us to provide enough security to give them the health care that they need,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is another big problem, because doctors and nurses who go to camps [for displaced people] are not treated well by the communities when they go back.\u201d She added, \u201cThe whole thing is a rigmarole.\u201d At a community health clinic in the Muslim neighborhood in Sittwe one day recently, there were no doctors, just a weary-looking pharmacist and several patients waiting in a dimly lit room. \u201cWe are doing as much as we can,\u201d said Maung Htun, 54, the pharmacist. \u201cBut now we are only capable of healing small things.\u201d Suu Kyi said that the government must create a resettlement program. A controversial citizenship-verification process that has been criticized by rights groups has been stymied because, Suu Kyi said, many Rohingya refused to participate. \u201cWe can\u2019t fix a time frame, because it depends on how much everybody is prepared to cooperate,\u201d she said. \u201cWe started off this movement for citizenship verification in order that we might move forward, but then, if there is no cooperation, it has been very difficult for us.\u201d On the ground, the latest flare-up has frayed hope and diminished an already low level of confidence in Suu Kyi\u2019s government. Maung Aye Shwe, 18, a volunteer teacher in one of the camps, said nothing has changed since Suu Kyi\u2019s historic election a year ago. \u201cThere is no improvement within this year. We are having just oppression \u2014 no changes or improvement,\u201d he said. Maung Kyaw Win, 42, said that he once worked as a goldsmith in his village, and that he does not know when he and his family will be able to return home. But he does know that relations with his Muslim neighbors will not be the same. \u201cNo one will trust each other until the end of the universe,\u201d he said. Gowen reported from New Delhi. Aung Naing Soe contributed from Sittwe.", "essay": "This is a sad story about a predominantly Muslim community in Burma that is fighting with the government and military of the region. They are under constant fear of attack. There are roadblocks so they can't get food in or get out to get food. The prices of goods that are within the area have also risen drastically. I can't imagine having to live in this type of situation."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Burma\u2019s Aung San Suu Kyi under fire as alleged military abuse follows militant attack \u2014  SITTWE, Burma \u2014 A security crackdown following militant attacks has exacerbated the humanitarian situation in a predominantly Muslim region of Burma and focused international attention on the new government of Aung San Suu Kyi. Burmese troops launched a wide-ranging manhunt last month in a troubled area of northern Rakhine state populated largely by Rohingya Muslims, leaving scorched homes and displaced residents in their wake. The manhunt followed an Oct. 9 attack on police posts that left nine policemen dead. The government has accused members of the Rohingya community of being behind the attack. Another police officer was killed in what may have been a second militant attack last week, according to state media. Renata Lok-Dessallien, the United Nations resident coordinator in Burma, was among a team of United Nations officials and diplomats who visited the affected area last week. She said authorities had assured the U.N. that aid would resume after being effectively cut off for weeks. But how soon is not clear. U.S. Ambassador Scot Marciel has called for a \u201cthorough investigation\u201d into alleged abuse and for the restoration of humanitarian access, the State Department said. An estimated 15 members of the security forces \u2014 roughly 10 police and five soldiers \u2014 have died and more than 30 Muslim residents have been reported killed in the security crackdown. Burma is also known as Myanmar. Human Rights Watch has reported that satellite data shows villages that have been burned, and the Reuters news agency and the Myanmar Times newspaper have chronicled the alleged rape of Muslim women by soldiers. The Myanmar Times reporter was fired following her report on the issue. \u201cAny allegation of rape or sexual violence is a profound concern to us,\u201d Lok-Dessallien said. Residents in Rakhine describe a landscape of fear in which members of the Rohingya community have allegedly been barred from going to mosques or work. \u201cWe can\u2019t go anywhere, as we\u2019re not allowed to,\u201d Min Hlaing, a Muslim businessman in a restricted area near Maungdaw, said last week by telephone. He said food prices had risen as a result of roadblocks and claimed that at least one community leader was held by security forces. The crisis marks the first major test of Suu Kyi\u2019s new democratically elected administration, which took over March 31 after decades of military rule. Analysts say she must find a way to work with Burma\u2019s powerful military, which still controls the country\u2019s security forces. Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been accused of not doing enough to address the Rohingya crisis despite her lifelong commitment to Burmese freedom. In an interview with The Washington Post in New Delhi on Oct. 18, Suu Kyi said border security posts must be strengthened, rule of law followed and a development plan created for the area. \u201cSo many things have to be done simultaneously. It\u2019s not an easy job,\u201d she said. \u201cBut we are, of course, determined to contain the situation and to make sure that we restore peace and harmony as soon as possible.\u201d Suu Kyi\u2019s government has said the men who attacked police posts on Oct. 9 were from a little-known group with foreign backing. In YouTube videos, the group has called itself the Movement of Faith. There are about 1 million Rohingya Muslims in Burma who are essentially stateless, and many in the Buddhist-majority country consider them illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. More than 120,000 Rohingya remain confined to dirty camps in the area after violent clashes with their Buddhist neighbors in 2012. Rohingyas said they do not believe that there was a militant group operating in the state. \u201cThis is a rumor. This is not true. This is the deliberate assassination from the government,\u201d said Mohamed Amin, 21, a Rohingya who lives in the heavily guarded Muslim neighborhood in Sittwe. More than 16,000 people from both faiths have been displaced by the search, and 100,000 are without their regular food assistance, according to Pierre Peron, of the U.N.\u2019s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Health services have been suspended, and weeks have passed without access to mobile health clinics and emergency referrals. \u201cYou have a very vulnerable population that is even more vulnerable now,\u201d Peron said last week. The state government spokesman, Tin Maung Shwe, said the matter was \u201can internal affair, not an international affair.\u201d Residents in the crowded camps said that in the days after the attacks, doctors who normally visit a few times a week did not show, although some visits have resumed. Suu Kyi blamed the health-care deficit on the security situation. \u201cIt\u2019s even difficult for us to provide enough security to give them the health care that they need,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is another big problem, because doctors and nurses who go to camps [for displaced people] are not treated well by the communities when they go back.\u201d She added, \u201cThe whole thing is a rigmarole.\u201d At a community health clinic in the Muslim neighborhood in Sittwe one day recently, there were no doctors, just a weary-looking pharmacist and several patients waiting in a dimly lit room. \u201cWe are doing as much as we can,\u201d said Maung Htun, 54, the pharmacist. \u201cBut now we are only capable of healing small things.\u201d Suu Kyi said that the government must create a resettlement program. A controversial citizenship-verification process that has been criticized by rights groups has been stymied because, Suu Kyi said, many Rohingya refused to participate. \u201cWe can\u2019t fix a time frame, because it depends on how much everybody is prepared to cooperate,\u201d she said. \u201cWe started off this movement for citizenship verification in order that we might move forward, but then, if there is no cooperation, it has been very difficult for us.\u201d On the ground, the latest flare-up has frayed hope and diminished an already low level of confidence in Suu Kyi\u2019s government. Maung Aye Shwe, 18, a volunteer teacher in one of the camps, said nothing has changed since Suu Kyi\u2019s historic election a year ago. \u201cThere is no improvement within this year. We are having just oppression \u2014 no changes or improvement,\u201d he said. Maung Kyaw Win, 42, said that he once worked as a goldsmith in his village, and that he does not know when he and his family will be able to return home. But he does know that relations with his Muslim neighbors will not be the same. \u201cNo one will trust each other until the end of the universe,\u201d he said. Gowen reported from New Delhi. Aung Naing Soe contributed from Sittwe.", "essay": "I don't really care about this issue, in part because I don't even understand it.  All these ethnic and religious conflicts with displaced people, governments cracking down, and terrorist groups--they just tire me after a while.  I do tend to agree with the idea that these are internal matters, not international matters.  Burma has a right to independence and to protect itself against deemed threats.  The UN always wants to come in and defend the refugees and criticize the governments for not doing enough or for cracking down too hard on perceived threats.  Why should a government not have the right to defend itself against existential threats?  For the sake of some do-nothing, pompous, self-righteous group from the UN?  Screw that."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Burma\u2019s Aung San Suu Kyi under fire as alleged military abuse follows militant attack \u2014  SITTWE, Burma \u2014 A security crackdown following militant attacks has exacerbated the humanitarian situation in a predominantly Muslim region of Burma and focused international attention on the new government of Aung San Suu Kyi. Burmese troops launched a wide-ranging manhunt last month in a troubled area of northern Rakhine state populated largely by Rohingya Muslims, leaving scorched homes and displaced residents in their wake. The manhunt followed an Oct. 9 attack on police posts that left nine policemen dead. The government has accused members of the Rohingya community of being behind the attack. Another police officer was killed in what may have been a second militant attack last week, according to state media. Renata Lok-Dessallien, the United Nations resident coordinator in Burma, was among a team of United Nations officials and diplomats who visited the affected area last week. She said authorities had assured the U.N. that aid would resume after being effectively cut off for weeks. But how soon is not clear. U.S. Ambassador Scot Marciel has called for a \u201cthorough investigation\u201d into alleged abuse and for the restoration of humanitarian access, the State Department said. An estimated 15 members of the security forces \u2014 roughly 10 police and five soldiers \u2014 have died and more than 30 Muslim residents have been reported killed in the security crackdown. Burma is also known as Myanmar. Human Rights Watch has reported that satellite data shows villages that have been burned, and the Reuters news agency and the Myanmar Times newspaper have chronicled the alleged rape of Muslim women by soldiers. The Myanmar Times reporter was fired following her report on the issue. \u201cAny allegation of rape or sexual violence is a profound concern to us,\u201d Lok-Dessallien said. Residents in Rakhine describe a landscape of fear in which members of the Rohingya community have allegedly been barred from going to mosques or work. \u201cWe can\u2019t go anywhere, as we\u2019re not allowed to,\u201d Min Hlaing, a Muslim businessman in a restricted area near Maungdaw, said last week by telephone. He said food prices had risen as a result of roadblocks and claimed that at least one community leader was held by security forces. The crisis marks the first major test of Suu Kyi\u2019s new democratically elected administration, which took over March 31 after decades of military rule. Analysts say she must find a way to work with Burma\u2019s powerful military, which still controls the country\u2019s security forces. Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been accused of not doing enough to address the Rohingya crisis despite her lifelong commitment to Burmese freedom. In an interview with The Washington Post in New Delhi on Oct. 18, Suu Kyi said border security posts must be strengthened, rule of law followed and a development plan created for the area. \u201cSo many things have to be done simultaneously. It\u2019s not an easy job,\u201d she said. \u201cBut we are, of course, determined to contain the situation and to make sure that we restore peace and harmony as soon as possible.\u201d Suu Kyi\u2019s government has said the men who attacked police posts on Oct. 9 were from a little-known group with foreign backing. In YouTube videos, the group has called itself the Movement of Faith. There are about 1 million Rohingya Muslims in Burma who are essentially stateless, and many in the Buddhist-majority country consider them illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. More than 120,000 Rohingya remain confined to dirty camps in the area after violent clashes with their Buddhist neighbors in 2012. Rohingyas said they do not believe that there was a militant group operating in the state. \u201cThis is a rumor. This is not true. This is the deliberate assassination from the government,\u201d said Mohamed Amin, 21, a Rohingya who lives in the heavily guarded Muslim neighborhood in Sittwe. More than 16,000 people from both faiths have been displaced by the search, and 100,000 are without their regular food assistance, according to Pierre Peron, of the U.N.\u2019s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Health services have been suspended, and weeks have passed without access to mobile health clinics and emergency referrals. \u201cYou have a very vulnerable population that is even more vulnerable now,\u201d Peron said last week. The state government spokesman, Tin Maung Shwe, said the matter was \u201can internal affair, not an international affair.\u201d Residents in the crowded camps said that in the days after the attacks, doctors who normally visit a few times a week did not show, although some visits have resumed. Suu Kyi blamed the health-care deficit on the security situation. \u201cIt\u2019s even difficult for us to provide enough security to give them the health care that they need,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is another big problem, because doctors and nurses who go to camps [for displaced people] are not treated well by the communities when they go back.\u201d She added, \u201cThe whole thing is a rigmarole.\u201d At a community health clinic in the Muslim neighborhood in Sittwe one day recently, there were no doctors, just a weary-looking pharmacist and several patients waiting in a dimly lit room. \u201cWe are doing as much as we can,\u201d said Maung Htun, 54, the pharmacist. \u201cBut now we are only capable of healing small things.\u201d Suu Kyi said that the government must create a resettlement program. A controversial citizenship-verification process that has been criticized by rights groups has been stymied because, Suu Kyi said, many Rohingya refused to participate. \u201cWe can\u2019t fix a time frame, because it depends on how much everybody is prepared to cooperate,\u201d she said. \u201cWe started off this movement for citizenship verification in order that we might move forward, but then, if there is no cooperation, it has been very difficult for us.\u201d On the ground, the latest flare-up has frayed hope and diminished an already low level of confidence in Suu Kyi\u2019s government. Maung Aye Shwe, 18, a volunteer teacher in one of the camps, said nothing has changed since Suu Kyi\u2019s historic election a year ago. \u201cThere is no improvement within this year. We are having just oppression \u2014 no changes or improvement,\u201d he said. Maung Kyaw Win, 42, said that he once worked as a goldsmith in his village, and that he does not know when he and his family will be able to return home. But he does know that relations with his Muslim neighbors will not be the same. \u201cNo one will trust each other until the end of the universe,\u201d he said. Gowen reported from New Delhi. Aung Naing Soe contributed from Sittwe.", "essay": "An article like this just make you so glad to live in the united states. Where everything is regulated and we have laws. I can not imagine living in a place where the governemnt and law can do anything they please without consequences. Soldiers raping women burning down houses all with out real cause. Any aid workers and doctors are treated very poorly so theres not enough to go around how does this civilzation survive. Crazy how far behind and uncivilized some places still are in 2019. I think more light needs to be shown on this as real people are hurting. Everyone deserves to feel safe in there country."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "US-Backed Air Campaign Accused Of War Crimes In Yemen \u2014  On an August morning, a taxi driver in northwestern Yemen hugged his kids and jokingly told his family, \"Forgive me if I don't come back.\" It was his way of laughing off the danger of driving in a country where airstrikes can hit any road at any time.   In the afternoon, Mohammed al-Khal happened upon just such a strike. Three missiles had hit a highway, leaving bystanders wounded. Al-Khal took one of them, an ice cream vendor, in his car and rushed him to the nearest hospital, run by the international humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders.   But the warplanes were still hunting.   Moments after al-Khal pulled up at the hospital in the town of Abs, a missile smashed down by his car, just outside the hospital entrance. Al-Khal, a father of eight, was incinerated. The blast ripped through patients and family waiting in an outdoor reception area. Nineteen people were killed, along with two civilians killed on the highway.   The Aug. 15 attack typified what has been a pattern in the nearly 2-year-old air campaign by Saudi Arabia and its allies against Yemen's Shiite rebels, known as Houthis. Rights groups and U.N. officials say the U.S.-backed coalition has often either deliberately or recklessly depended on faulty intelligence, failed to distinguish between civilian and military targets and disregarded the likelihood of civilian casualties.   Experts say some of the strikes amount to war crimes.   \"The Saudis have been committing war crimes in Yemen,\" said Gabor Rona, a professor teaching the laws of war at Columbia University. He warned that American personnel helping the coalition \"may also be guilty of war crimes.\"   Nearly 4,000 civilians have been killed in the war, and an estimated 60 percent of them died in airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition, the U.N. says.   Saudi Arabia launched the coalition campaign in March 2015 in a bid to restore the internationally recognized government of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, after the Houthis overran the capital, Sanaa, and the north of the country. The Iranian-backed Houthis are allied with troops loyal to Hadi's ousted predecessor, Ali Abdullah Saleh.   The war has devastated the country of 26 million, causing widespread hunger and driving 3 million from their homes.   Warplanes have hit medical centers, schools, factories, infrastructure and roads, markets, weddings and residential compounds.   The U.S. and its allies have sold billions of dollars in weapons to Saudi Arabia for the campaign. The U.S. military provides it with intelligence, satellite imagery and logistical help.   Washington underlines it does not make targeting decisions and calls on the coalition to investigate reported violations. Over the summer, the U.S military reduced the number of military personnel advising the coalition from several dozen to fewer than five, an apparent move to distance itself from the campaign.   \"U.S. security cooperation with Saudi Arabia is not a blank check,\" National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said.   The coalition says it does its utmost to avoid civilian casualties and notes rebels often operate among civilians. Rights groups and U.N. officials have reported probable war crimes by the Houthis, including shelling civilian areas and basing their fighters in schools and other civilian locations.     \"This is the fog of war,\" the coalition's spokesman, Saudi Gen. Ahmed al-Asiri, told The Associated Press when asked if there is a pattern of civilian deaths. \"In war, there are decisions that should be taken fast.\"   The coalition, which says it investigates every claim of violations, has made nine investigations public. In two it acknowledged mistakes and said it would pay compensation to victims. In most of the other cases, it said the strikes were against a justified military target.   But critics say the American and international backing has given Saudi Arabia and its allies a free rein.   \"We believe that the coalition understood ... it has a green light to commit more massacres in Yemen,\" said Abdel-Rashed al-Faqeh, the head of Muwatana, one of Yemen's most prominent rights groups.   The strike in Abs underscored several of the problems experts point to in many strikes \u2014 the failure to distinguish between civilian and military targets and a lack of proportionality, the principle that use of force must be balanced to avoid civilian casualties.   In the strikes, warplanes initially fired a rocket targeting a Houthi checkpoint manned by two rebels on a highway outside Abs. The fighters escaped, but two more rockets were fired, killing two bystanders and wounding others. It appears the warplanes followed al-Khal's Camry, believing he was carrying a wounded fighter, and struck him outside the hospital.   The hospital was on a coalition list of sites not to be targeted in airstrikes, and had markings on its roof to show it was a medical facility.   The AP interviewed witnesses to the strikes on the highway and at the hospital, as well as al-Khal's two wives.   The head of Doctors Without Border's mission in Yemen, Colette Gadenne, said the coalition acknowledged to the group privately that the strike was a mistake.   The head of the coalition's investigation team, Mansour al-Mansour, said he could not discuss the investigation results in public. He said the coalition gave Doctors Without Borders all information it gathered.   The effect of the strike \u2014 the fifth on a facility run by the group in Yemen \u2014 has been wide-reaching. The organization pulled its personnel from northern Yemen, straining staff at multiple hospitals.   The Abs hospital served around 100,000 peoplpe, said its manager, Ibrahim Ali. Now it is shut down and the nearest medical facilities are two or three hours away by car. \"Patients sometimes die on the road,\" Ali said.   Rona, the legal expert, said those behind the Abs strikes \"didn't take sufficient precautions to determine that the people in the taxi are targetable.\" Then, warplanes struck where \"there would be significant collateral damage to the hospital.\"   \"Any way you look at it, it is a war crime.\"", "essay": "I think that after reading the article, it just confirms my views on war and terrorism. It has been going on for way too long and it really needs to come to an end. Innocent people are dying as well as getting killed. Families of these people are all grieving that they just lost a family member. Overall, it's terrible that this is still going on in the world today and there's nothing we can do about it."}
{"user_id": "ec_p016", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 60000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 60000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "US-Backed Air Campaign Accused Of War Crimes In Yemen \u2014  On an August morning, a taxi driver in northwestern Yemen hugged his kids and jokingly told his family, \"Forgive me if I don't come back.\" It was his way of laughing off the danger of driving in a country where airstrikes can hit any road at any time.   In the afternoon, Mohammed al-Khal happened upon just such a strike. Three missiles had hit a highway, leaving bystanders wounded. Al-Khal took one of them, an ice cream vendor, in his car and rushed him to the nearest hospital, run by the international humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders.   But the warplanes were still hunting.   Moments after al-Khal pulled up at the hospital in the town of Abs, a missile smashed down by his car, just outside the hospital entrance. Al-Khal, a father of eight, was incinerated. The blast ripped through patients and family waiting in an outdoor reception area. Nineteen people were killed, along with two civilians killed on the highway.   The Aug. 15 attack typified what has been a pattern in the nearly 2-year-old air campaign by Saudi Arabia and its allies against Yemen's Shiite rebels, known as Houthis. Rights groups and U.N. officials say the U.S.-backed coalition has often either deliberately or recklessly depended on faulty intelligence, failed to distinguish between civilian and military targets and disregarded the likelihood of civilian casualties.   Experts say some of the strikes amount to war crimes.   \"The Saudis have been committing war crimes in Yemen,\" said Gabor Rona, a professor teaching the laws of war at Columbia University. He warned that American personnel helping the coalition \"may also be guilty of war crimes.\"   Nearly 4,000 civilians have been killed in the war, and an estimated 60 percent of them died in airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition, the U.N. says.   Saudi Arabia launched the coalition campaign in March 2015 in a bid to restore the internationally recognized government of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, after the Houthis overran the capital, Sanaa, and the north of the country. The Iranian-backed Houthis are allied with troops loyal to Hadi's ousted predecessor, Ali Abdullah Saleh.   The war has devastated the country of 26 million, causing widespread hunger and driving 3 million from their homes.   Warplanes have hit medical centers, schools, factories, infrastructure and roads, markets, weddings and residential compounds.   The U.S. and its allies have sold billions of dollars in weapons to Saudi Arabia for the campaign. The U.S. military provides it with intelligence, satellite imagery and logistical help.   Washington underlines it does not make targeting decisions and calls on the coalition to investigate reported violations. Over the summer, the U.S military reduced the number of military personnel advising the coalition from several dozen to fewer than five, an apparent move to distance itself from the campaign.   \"U.S. security cooperation with Saudi Arabia is not a blank check,\" National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said.   The coalition says it does its utmost to avoid civilian casualties and notes rebels often operate among civilians. Rights groups and U.N. officials have reported probable war crimes by the Houthis, including shelling civilian areas and basing their fighters in schools and other civilian locations.     \"This is the fog of war,\" the coalition's spokesman, Saudi Gen. Ahmed al-Asiri, told The Associated Press when asked if there is a pattern of civilian deaths. \"In war, there are decisions that should be taken fast.\"   The coalition, which says it investigates every claim of violations, has made nine investigations public. In two it acknowledged mistakes and said it would pay compensation to victims. In most of the other cases, it said the strikes were against a justified military target.   But critics say the American and international backing has given Saudi Arabia and its allies a free rein.   \"We believe that the coalition understood ... it has a green light to commit more massacres in Yemen,\" said Abdel-Rashed al-Faqeh, the head of Muwatana, one of Yemen's most prominent rights groups.   The strike in Abs underscored several of the problems experts point to in many strikes \u2014 the failure to distinguish between civilian and military targets and a lack of proportionality, the principle that use of force must be balanced to avoid civilian casualties.   In the strikes, warplanes initially fired a rocket targeting a Houthi checkpoint manned by two rebels on a highway outside Abs. The fighters escaped, but two more rockets were fired, killing two bystanders and wounding others. It appears the warplanes followed al-Khal's Camry, believing he was carrying a wounded fighter, and struck him outside the hospital.   The hospital was on a coalition list of sites not to be targeted in airstrikes, and had markings on its roof to show it was a medical facility.   The AP interviewed witnesses to the strikes on the highway and at the hospital, as well as al-Khal's two wives.   The head of Doctors Without Border's mission in Yemen, Colette Gadenne, said the coalition acknowledged to the group privately that the strike was a mistake.   The head of the coalition's investigation team, Mansour al-Mansour, said he could not discuss the investigation results in public. He said the coalition gave Doctors Without Borders all information it gathered.   The effect of the strike \u2014 the fifth on a facility run by the group in Yemen \u2014 has been wide-reaching. The organization pulled its personnel from northern Yemen, straining staff at multiple hospitals.   The Abs hospital served around 100,000 peoplpe, said its manager, Ibrahim Ali. Now it is shut down and the nearest medical facilities are two or three hours away by car. \"Patients sometimes die on the road,\" Ali said.   Rona, the legal expert, said those behind the Abs strikes \"didn't take sufficient precautions to determine that the people in the taxi are targetable.\" Then, warplanes struck where \"there would be significant collateral damage to the hospital.\"   \"Any way you look at it, it is a war crime.\"", "essay": "It's amazing how statistics can show you how bad things are, but it's individual stories that really make you feel them. Like, reading about how 4,000 civilians have been killed in the crossfire? that's sad. But somehow reading about just one man, who ran an taxi service or a guy with an ice cream truck and leaving behind eight kids? Devastating."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "US-Backed Air Campaign Accused Of War Crimes In Yemen \u2014  On an August morning, a taxi driver in northwestern Yemen hugged his kids and jokingly told his family, \"Forgive me if I don't come back.\" It was his way of laughing off the danger of driving in a country where airstrikes can hit any road at any time.   In the afternoon, Mohammed al-Khal happened upon just such a strike. Three missiles had hit a highway, leaving bystanders wounded. Al-Khal took one of them, an ice cream vendor, in his car and rushed him to the nearest hospital, run by the international humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders.   But the warplanes were still hunting.   Moments after al-Khal pulled up at the hospital in the town of Abs, a missile smashed down by his car, just outside the hospital entrance. Al-Khal, a father of eight, was incinerated. The blast ripped through patients and family waiting in an outdoor reception area. Nineteen people were killed, along with two civilians killed on the highway.   The Aug. 15 attack typified what has been a pattern in the nearly 2-year-old air campaign by Saudi Arabia and its allies against Yemen's Shiite rebels, known as Houthis. Rights groups and U.N. officials say the U.S.-backed coalition has often either deliberately or recklessly depended on faulty intelligence, failed to distinguish between civilian and military targets and disregarded the likelihood of civilian casualties.   Experts say some of the strikes amount to war crimes.   \"The Saudis have been committing war crimes in Yemen,\" said Gabor Rona, a professor teaching the laws of war at Columbia University. He warned that American personnel helping the coalition \"may also be guilty of war crimes.\"   Nearly 4,000 civilians have been killed in the war, and an estimated 60 percent of them died in airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition, the U.N. says.   Saudi Arabia launched the coalition campaign in March 2015 in a bid to restore the internationally recognized government of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, after the Houthis overran the capital, Sanaa, and the north of the country. The Iranian-backed Houthis are allied with troops loyal to Hadi's ousted predecessor, Ali Abdullah Saleh.   The war has devastated the country of 26 million, causing widespread hunger and driving 3 million from their homes.   Warplanes have hit medical centers, schools, factories, infrastructure and roads, markets, weddings and residential compounds.   The U.S. and its allies have sold billions of dollars in weapons to Saudi Arabia for the campaign. The U.S. military provides it with intelligence, satellite imagery and logistical help.   Washington underlines it does not make targeting decisions and calls on the coalition to investigate reported violations. Over the summer, the U.S military reduced the number of military personnel advising the coalition from several dozen to fewer than five, an apparent move to distance itself from the campaign.   \"U.S. security cooperation with Saudi Arabia is not a blank check,\" National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said.   The coalition says it does its utmost to avoid civilian casualties and notes rebels often operate among civilians. Rights groups and U.N. officials have reported probable war crimes by the Houthis, including shelling civilian areas and basing their fighters in schools and other civilian locations.     \"This is the fog of war,\" the coalition's spokesman, Saudi Gen. Ahmed al-Asiri, told The Associated Press when asked if there is a pattern of civilian deaths. \"In war, there are decisions that should be taken fast.\"   The coalition, which says it investigates every claim of violations, has made nine investigations public. In two it acknowledged mistakes and said it would pay compensation to victims. In most of the other cases, it said the strikes were against a justified military target.   But critics say the American and international backing has given Saudi Arabia and its allies a free rein.   \"We believe that the coalition understood ... it has a green light to commit more massacres in Yemen,\" said Abdel-Rashed al-Faqeh, the head of Muwatana, one of Yemen's most prominent rights groups.   The strike in Abs underscored several of the problems experts point to in many strikes \u2014 the failure to distinguish between civilian and military targets and a lack of proportionality, the principle that use of force must be balanced to avoid civilian casualties.   In the strikes, warplanes initially fired a rocket targeting a Houthi checkpoint manned by two rebels on a highway outside Abs. The fighters escaped, but two more rockets were fired, killing two bystanders and wounding others. It appears the warplanes followed al-Khal's Camry, believing he was carrying a wounded fighter, and struck him outside the hospital.   The hospital was on a coalition list of sites not to be targeted in airstrikes, and had markings on its roof to show it was a medical facility.   The AP interviewed witnesses to the strikes on the highway and at the hospital, as well as al-Khal's two wives.   The head of Doctors Without Border's mission in Yemen, Colette Gadenne, said the coalition acknowledged to the group privately that the strike was a mistake.   The head of the coalition's investigation team, Mansour al-Mansour, said he could not discuss the investigation results in public. He said the coalition gave Doctors Without Borders all information it gathered.   The effect of the strike \u2014 the fifth on a facility run by the group in Yemen \u2014 has been wide-reaching. The organization pulled its personnel from northern Yemen, straining staff at multiple hospitals.   The Abs hospital served around 100,000 peoplpe, said its manager, Ibrahim Ali. Now it is shut down and the nearest medical facilities are two or three hours away by car. \"Patients sometimes die on the road,\" Ali said.   Rona, the legal expert, said those behind the Abs strikes \"didn't take sufficient precautions to determine that the people in the taxi are targetable.\" Then, warplanes struck where \"there would be significant collateral damage to the hospital.\"   \"Any way you look at it, it is a war crime.\"", "essay": "I don't feel much sympathy at all in this situation.  War is war.  What some professor at Columbia says about how war should be fought is idiotic.  What value are words in war?  Pieces of paper?  War should be fought to win.  In World War II we leveled German cities and nuked Japan twice.  We didn't concern ourselves with preventing civilian casualties.  That would have seriously hindered us from winning the war, which should be the only point of going to war.  In the same way, the Saudis and this coalition should not concern themselves with protecting somewhat complicit Yemenis when it hinders their effort to win the conflict.  That should be the goal.  The idea of fighting wars with tweezers to prevent collateral damage is absurd, even if it means people like this father of eight die."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "US-Backed Air Campaign Accused Of War Crimes In Yemen \u2014  On an August morning, a taxi driver in northwestern Yemen hugged his kids and jokingly told his family, \"Forgive me if I don't come back.\" It was his way of laughing off the danger of driving in a country where airstrikes can hit any road at any time.   In the afternoon, Mohammed al-Khal happened upon just such a strike. Three missiles had hit a highway, leaving bystanders wounded. Al-Khal took one of them, an ice cream vendor, in his car and rushed him to the nearest hospital, run by the international humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders.   But the warplanes were still hunting.   Moments after al-Khal pulled up at the hospital in the town of Abs, a missile smashed down by his car, just outside the hospital entrance. Al-Khal, a father of eight, was incinerated. The blast ripped through patients and family waiting in an outdoor reception area. Nineteen people were killed, along with two civilians killed on the highway.   The Aug. 15 attack typified what has been a pattern in the nearly 2-year-old air campaign by Saudi Arabia and its allies against Yemen's Shiite rebels, known as Houthis. Rights groups and U.N. officials say the U.S.-backed coalition has often either deliberately or recklessly depended on faulty intelligence, failed to distinguish between civilian and military targets and disregarded the likelihood of civilian casualties.   Experts say some of the strikes amount to war crimes.   \"The Saudis have been committing war crimes in Yemen,\" said Gabor Rona, a professor teaching the laws of war at Columbia University. He warned that American personnel helping the coalition \"may also be guilty of war crimes.\"   Nearly 4,000 civilians have been killed in the war, and an estimated 60 percent of them died in airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition, the U.N. says.   Saudi Arabia launched the coalition campaign in March 2015 in a bid to restore the internationally recognized government of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, after the Houthis overran the capital, Sanaa, and the north of the country. The Iranian-backed Houthis are allied with troops loyal to Hadi's ousted predecessor, Ali Abdullah Saleh.   The war has devastated the country of 26 million, causing widespread hunger and driving 3 million from their homes.   Warplanes have hit medical centers, schools, factories, infrastructure and roads, markets, weddings and residential compounds.   The U.S. and its allies have sold billions of dollars in weapons to Saudi Arabia for the campaign. The U.S. military provides it with intelligence, satellite imagery and logistical help.   Washington underlines it does not make targeting decisions and calls on the coalition to investigate reported violations. Over the summer, the U.S military reduced the number of military personnel advising the coalition from several dozen to fewer than five, an apparent move to distance itself from the campaign.   \"U.S. security cooperation with Saudi Arabia is not a blank check,\" National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said.   The coalition says it does its utmost to avoid civilian casualties and notes rebels often operate among civilians. Rights groups and U.N. officials have reported probable war crimes by the Houthis, including shelling civilian areas and basing their fighters in schools and other civilian locations.     \"This is the fog of war,\" the coalition's spokesman, Saudi Gen. Ahmed al-Asiri, told The Associated Press when asked if there is a pattern of civilian deaths. \"In war, there are decisions that should be taken fast.\"   The coalition, which says it investigates every claim of violations, has made nine investigations public. In two it acknowledged mistakes and said it would pay compensation to victims. In most of the other cases, it said the strikes were against a justified military target.   But critics say the American and international backing has given Saudi Arabia and its allies a free rein.   \"We believe that the coalition understood ... it has a green light to commit more massacres in Yemen,\" said Abdel-Rashed al-Faqeh, the head of Muwatana, one of Yemen's most prominent rights groups.   The strike in Abs underscored several of the problems experts point to in many strikes \u2014 the failure to distinguish between civilian and military targets and a lack of proportionality, the principle that use of force must be balanced to avoid civilian casualties.   In the strikes, warplanes initially fired a rocket targeting a Houthi checkpoint manned by two rebels on a highway outside Abs. The fighters escaped, but two more rockets were fired, killing two bystanders and wounding others. It appears the warplanes followed al-Khal's Camry, believing he was carrying a wounded fighter, and struck him outside the hospital.   The hospital was on a coalition list of sites not to be targeted in airstrikes, and had markings on its roof to show it was a medical facility.   The AP interviewed witnesses to the strikes on the highway and at the hospital, as well as al-Khal's two wives.   The head of Doctors Without Border's mission in Yemen, Colette Gadenne, said the coalition acknowledged to the group privately that the strike was a mistake.   The head of the coalition's investigation team, Mansour al-Mansour, said he could not discuss the investigation results in public. He said the coalition gave Doctors Without Borders all information it gathered.   The effect of the strike \u2014 the fifth on a facility run by the group in Yemen \u2014 has been wide-reaching. The organization pulled its personnel from northern Yemen, straining staff at multiple hospitals.   The Abs hospital served around 100,000 peoplpe, said its manager, Ibrahim Ali. Now it is shut down and the nearest medical facilities are two or three hours away by car. \"Patients sometimes die on the road,\" Ali said.   Rona, the legal expert, said those behind the Abs strikes \"didn't take sufficient precautions to determine that the people in the taxi are targetable.\" Then, warplanes struck where \"there would be significant collateral damage to the hospital.\"   \"Any way you look at it, it is a war crime.\"", "essay": "This is such a disturbing article to read through. You just cant help but feel for the families of the victims so brutually killed. How could this coalition have such a lack of care for human life. The fact that they hit near a humanitarian run hospital is despicable. I am in aw that the us would in any way help when there is faulty information and so much civilian life loss. I feel for all these people that are now injured and have to go hours away for medical help because they had to shut this hospital down."}
{"user_id": "ec_p028", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 23 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 70000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 4.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 3.5 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 23, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 70000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 4.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 3.5, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Child sex abuse victim recalls horror of being forced to sleep with father and mother \u2014  A woman has recalled the horror of being forced to have sex with both of her parents and being plied with alcohol from the age of 11.   In a particularly heartbreaking episode of The Dr Phil Show, an incestuous child abuse survivor confronted her biological mother two decades on. Victim Amanda divulged her horrific experience, including her parents making her pose for explicit photographs and videotaping their sexual encounters with a view to sell them online.   Mother Justine \u2013 who appeared remorseful for her actions \u2013 claimed that she \"hates\" herself for the crimes made against her daughter. She said: \"I know I made poor choices.\"   The daughter told her mother and the audience: \"My innocence was stolen from me.\"   Television host Dr Phil questioned the mother: \"In what parallel universe does a mother watch her daughter performing a sex act on her husband and her father?\"   Justine and Amanda's biological father Jim were charged with sexual assault and exploitation of their then 13-year-old daughter in 1996. They both pleaded guilty and received sentences of 20 years in prison.   Amanda shocked the audience when she said: \"My parents forced me to have sex with them,\" before revealing that she was given rewards for the sexual acts and that her mother showed her how to \"enjoy\" sex. \"Justine would show me how good sex would feel by having sex in front of me with my father,\" she added. The young woman also claimed she was forced to have sex with both parents. She said that mother Justine both coached her sexually and was a \"willing participant\" in the ongoing sexual abuse.   Amanda revealed that Justine photographed and videotaped much of what she refers to as \"encounters.\" After her parents \"got what they wanted\", family life would resume as normal.   Following the abuse, Amanda gave an account of what would typically happen thereafter. She said: \"Afterwards, it was a normal night, dessert, brush my teeth and bedtime.\"   She also claimed that her parents threatened her if she revealed their dark secret to anyone in a bid for help. \"It's been 20 years since that nightmare ended, but it's still hard to grasp the idea that they are out of prison,\" she said. According to the victim, her mother Justine had allegedly refused \"to acknowledge that she had any significant part\" in the molestation.   Jim, who has since reached out to his daughter on Facebook before becoming \"manipulative,\" has yet to apologise to Amanda. She said: \"I don't think I've ever received a real apology from Jim. Justine claims that her and her husband's behaviour was fuelled by money. She said: \"Jim found out how much money could be made from child pornography.   \"If I could take it all back I would. I hate myself for what I did,\" she added, along with claims that Amanda's father made her \"join him\" in abusing their daughter. She suggested it was all her then-husband's idea and that she had initially fought him for three months, but eventually \"gave in\". Contrarily, Jim has previously branded his ex-wife a liar, and stated that she was a willing participant in their heinous sex crimes against their own child. He is to appear on The Dr Phil Show today (17 November) and explain why he had sex with his daughter.   Since the episode aired, the official Twitter account for Dr Phil has posted a slew of tweets regarding child abuse and information on paedophiles.   Many viewers have expressed their horror on Amanda's story, with one person writing on the social media sharing site: \"This show is a hard one... don't know how I'm going to stomach tomorrow's continuation,\" as another put: \"SO Sad. Her parents are sick and should be ashamed of themselves\".", "essay": "Hearing the story of the girl on dr phil was the most heartbreaking thing i have read recently. People who are victims of sexual abuse i always feel terrible for. But to be okay with the abuse of your children absolutely breaks me. How can you be parents and think that abusing your child is okay because of the money you will make from it. Disgusting and they both should have gone to prison longer than 20 years."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Child sex abuse victim recalls horror of being forced to sleep with father and mother \u2014  A woman has recalled the horror of being forced to have sex with both of her parents and being plied with alcohol from the age of 11.   In a particularly heartbreaking episode of The Dr Phil Show, an incestuous child abuse survivor confronted her biological mother two decades on. Victim Amanda divulged her horrific experience, including her parents making her pose for explicit photographs and videotaping their sexual encounters with a view to sell them online.   Mother Justine \u2013 who appeared remorseful for her actions \u2013 claimed that she \"hates\" herself for the crimes made against her daughter. She said: \"I know I made poor choices.\"   The daughter told her mother and the audience: \"My innocence was stolen from me.\"   Television host Dr Phil questioned the mother: \"In what parallel universe does a mother watch her daughter performing a sex act on her husband and her father?\"   Justine and Amanda's biological father Jim were charged with sexual assault and exploitation of their then 13-year-old daughter in 1996. They both pleaded guilty and received sentences of 20 years in prison.   Amanda shocked the audience when she said: \"My parents forced me to have sex with them,\" before revealing that she was given rewards for the sexual acts and that her mother showed her how to \"enjoy\" sex. \"Justine would show me how good sex would feel by having sex in front of me with my father,\" she added. The young woman also claimed she was forced to have sex with both parents. She said that mother Justine both coached her sexually and was a \"willing participant\" in the ongoing sexual abuse.   Amanda revealed that Justine photographed and videotaped much of what she refers to as \"encounters.\" After her parents \"got what they wanted\", family life would resume as normal.   Following the abuse, Amanda gave an account of what would typically happen thereafter. She said: \"Afterwards, it was a normal night, dessert, brush my teeth and bedtime.\"   She also claimed that her parents threatened her if she revealed their dark secret to anyone in a bid for help. \"It's been 20 years since that nightmare ended, but it's still hard to grasp the idea that they are out of prison,\" she said. According to the victim, her mother Justine had allegedly refused \"to acknowledge that she had any significant part\" in the molestation.   Jim, who has since reached out to his daughter on Facebook before becoming \"manipulative,\" has yet to apologise to Amanda. She said: \"I don't think I've ever received a real apology from Jim. Justine claims that her and her husband's behaviour was fuelled by money. She said: \"Jim found out how much money could be made from child pornography.   \"If I could take it all back I would. I hate myself for what I did,\" she added, along with claims that Amanda's father made her \"join him\" in abusing their daughter. She suggested it was all her then-husband's idea and that she had initially fought him for three months, but eventually \"gave in\". Contrarily, Jim has previously branded his ex-wife a liar, and stated that she was a willing participant in their heinous sex crimes against their own child. He is to appear on The Dr Phil Show today (17 November) and explain why he had sex with his daughter.   Since the episode aired, the official Twitter account for Dr Phil has posted a slew of tweets regarding child abuse and information on paedophiles.   Many viewers have expressed their horror on Amanda's story, with one person writing on the social media sharing site: \"This show is a hard one... don't know how I'm going to stomach tomorrow's continuation,\" as another put: \"SO Sad. Her parents are sick and should be ashamed of themselves\".", "essay": "This article is so shocking and just stomach churning to me. How could your own flesh and blood do such horrible acts to you, a little girl. They stole her innocense and trust in people. They deserve life in jail the fact that they are out is just absurd. If they could do this to there own child i think they are to be considered at risk to other children and the community. It shows they have no moral compass and consious. I feel for that girl how you could ever live a normal life or create real relationships after being used for sex for so long is beyond me. I hope she has gotten appropriate therapy and other family to help her through. What a strong girl to go against her parents and stand up for herself."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Child sex abuse victim recalls horror of being forced to sleep with father and mother \u2014  A woman has recalled the horror of being forced to have sex with both of her parents and being plied with alcohol from the age of 11.   In a particularly heartbreaking episode of The Dr Phil Show, an incestuous child abuse survivor confronted her biological mother two decades on. Victim Amanda divulged her horrific experience, including her parents making her pose for explicit photographs and videotaping their sexual encounters with a view to sell them online.   Mother Justine \u2013 who appeared remorseful for her actions \u2013 claimed that she \"hates\" herself for the crimes made against her daughter. She said: \"I know I made poor choices.\"   The daughter told her mother and the audience: \"My innocence was stolen from me.\"   Television host Dr Phil questioned the mother: \"In what parallel universe does a mother watch her daughter performing a sex act on her husband and her father?\"   Justine and Amanda's biological father Jim were charged with sexual assault and exploitation of their then 13-year-old daughter in 1996. They both pleaded guilty and received sentences of 20 years in prison.   Amanda shocked the audience when she said: \"My parents forced me to have sex with them,\" before revealing that she was given rewards for the sexual acts and that her mother showed her how to \"enjoy\" sex. \"Justine would show me how good sex would feel by having sex in front of me with my father,\" she added. The young woman also claimed she was forced to have sex with both parents. She said that mother Justine both coached her sexually and was a \"willing participant\" in the ongoing sexual abuse.   Amanda revealed that Justine photographed and videotaped much of what she refers to as \"encounters.\" After her parents \"got what they wanted\", family life would resume as normal.   Following the abuse, Amanda gave an account of what would typically happen thereafter. She said: \"Afterwards, it was a normal night, dessert, brush my teeth and bedtime.\"   She also claimed that her parents threatened her if she revealed their dark secret to anyone in a bid for help. \"It's been 20 years since that nightmare ended, but it's still hard to grasp the idea that they are out of prison,\" she said. According to the victim, her mother Justine had allegedly refused \"to acknowledge that she had any significant part\" in the molestation.   Jim, who has since reached out to his daughter on Facebook before becoming \"manipulative,\" has yet to apologise to Amanda. She said: \"I don't think I've ever received a real apology from Jim. Justine claims that her and her husband's behaviour was fuelled by money. She said: \"Jim found out how much money could be made from child pornography.   \"If I could take it all back I would. I hate myself for what I did,\" she added, along with claims that Amanda's father made her \"join him\" in abusing their daughter. She suggested it was all her then-husband's idea and that she had initially fought him for three months, but eventually \"gave in\". Contrarily, Jim has previously branded his ex-wife a liar, and stated that she was a willing participant in their heinous sex crimes against their own child. He is to appear on The Dr Phil Show today (17 November) and explain why he had sex with his daughter.   Since the episode aired, the official Twitter account for Dr Phil has posted a slew of tweets regarding child abuse and information on paedophiles.   Many viewers have expressed their horror on Amanda's story, with one person writing on the social media sharing site: \"This show is a hard one... don't know how I'm going to stomach tomorrow's continuation,\" as another put: \"SO Sad. Her parents are sick and should be ashamed of themselves\".", "essay": "This is a very disturbing article and i really hope that the girl grows up to be a decent person. What she had to go through was nothing that a child should ever have to go through. It was terrible and disturbing to say the least. Those two parents should be put in jail for their whole life or even the death sentence. The fact that thye can do this to a minor, let alone their own daughter, is so bad."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Child sex abuse victim recalls horror of being forced to sleep with father and mother \u2014  A woman has recalled the horror of being forced to have sex with both of her parents and being plied with alcohol from the age of 11.   In a particularly heartbreaking episode of The Dr Phil Show, an incestuous child abuse survivor confronted her biological mother two decades on. Victim Amanda divulged her horrific experience, including her parents making her pose for explicit photographs and videotaping their sexual encounters with a view to sell them online.   Mother Justine \u2013 who appeared remorseful for her actions \u2013 claimed that she \"hates\" herself for the crimes made against her daughter. She said: \"I know I made poor choices.\"   The daughter told her mother and the audience: \"My innocence was stolen from me.\"   Television host Dr Phil questioned the mother: \"In what parallel universe does a mother watch her daughter performing a sex act on her husband and her father?\"   Justine and Amanda's biological father Jim were charged with sexual assault and exploitation of their then 13-year-old daughter in 1996. They both pleaded guilty and received sentences of 20 years in prison.   Amanda shocked the audience when she said: \"My parents forced me to have sex with them,\" before revealing that she was given rewards for the sexual acts and that her mother showed her how to \"enjoy\" sex. \"Justine would show me how good sex would feel by having sex in front of me with my father,\" she added. The young woman also claimed she was forced to have sex with both parents. She said that mother Justine both coached her sexually and was a \"willing participant\" in the ongoing sexual abuse.   Amanda revealed that Justine photographed and videotaped much of what she refers to as \"encounters.\" After her parents \"got what they wanted\", family life would resume as normal.   Following the abuse, Amanda gave an account of what would typically happen thereafter. She said: \"Afterwards, it was a normal night, dessert, brush my teeth and bedtime.\"   She also claimed that her parents threatened her if she revealed their dark secret to anyone in a bid for help. \"It's been 20 years since that nightmare ended, but it's still hard to grasp the idea that they are out of prison,\" she said. According to the victim, her mother Justine had allegedly refused \"to acknowledge that she had any significant part\" in the molestation.   Jim, who has since reached out to his daughter on Facebook before becoming \"manipulative,\" has yet to apologise to Amanda. She said: \"I don't think I've ever received a real apology from Jim. Justine claims that her and her husband's behaviour was fuelled by money. She said: \"Jim found out how much money could be made from child pornography.   \"If I could take it all back I would. I hate myself for what I did,\" she added, along with claims that Amanda's father made her \"join him\" in abusing their daughter. She suggested it was all her then-husband's idea and that she had initially fought him for three months, but eventually \"gave in\". Contrarily, Jim has previously branded his ex-wife a liar, and stated that she was a willing participant in their heinous sex crimes against their own child. He is to appear on The Dr Phil Show today (17 November) and explain why he had sex with his daughter.   Since the episode aired, the official Twitter account for Dr Phil has posted a slew of tweets regarding child abuse and information on paedophiles.   Many viewers have expressed their horror on Amanda's story, with one person writing on the social media sharing site: \"This show is a hard one... don't know how I'm going to stomach tomorrow's continuation,\" as another put: \"SO Sad. Her parents are sick and should be ashamed of themselves\".", "essay": "After reading the article, i couldn't help but feel really disturbed. It's so disturbing that someone can do that to their own child. The fact that you are doing this to a child is already bad enough but to do it to your own child is downright disgusting. These people deserve the life sentence in my opinion. If you are able to do something like this, who knows what else you are capable of."}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "Child sex abuse victim recalls horror of being forced to sleep with father and mother \u2014  A woman has recalled the horror of being forced to have sex with both of her parents and being plied with alcohol from the age of 11.   In a particularly heartbreaking episode of The Dr Phil Show, an incestuous child abuse survivor confronted her biological mother two decades on. Victim Amanda divulged her horrific experience, including her parents making her pose for explicit photographs and videotaping their sexual encounters with a view to sell them online.   Mother Justine \u2013 who appeared remorseful for her actions \u2013 claimed that she \"hates\" herself for the crimes made against her daughter. She said: \"I know I made poor choices.\"   The daughter told her mother and the audience: \"My innocence was stolen from me.\"   Television host Dr Phil questioned the mother: \"In what parallel universe does a mother watch her daughter performing a sex act on her husband and her father?\"   Justine and Amanda's biological father Jim were charged with sexual assault and exploitation of their then 13-year-old daughter in 1996. They both pleaded guilty and received sentences of 20 years in prison.   Amanda shocked the audience when she said: \"My parents forced me to have sex with them,\" before revealing that she was given rewards for the sexual acts and that her mother showed her how to \"enjoy\" sex. \"Justine would show me how good sex would feel by having sex in front of me with my father,\" she added. The young woman also claimed she was forced to have sex with both parents. She said that mother Justine both coached her sexually and was a \"willing participant\" in the ongoing sexual abuse.   Amanda revealed that Justine photographed and videotaped much of what she refers to as \"encounters.\" After her parents \"got what they wanted\", family life would resume as normal.   Following the abuse, Amanda gave an account of what would typically happen thereafter. She said: \"Afterwards, it was a normal night, dessert, brush my teeth and bedtime.\"   She also claimed that her parents threatened her if she revealed their dark secret to anyone in a bid for help. \"It's been 20 years since that nightmare ended, but it's still hard to grasp the idea that they are out of prison,\" she said. According to the victim, her mother Justine had allegedly refused \"to acknowledge that she had any significant part\" in the molestation.   Jim, who has since reached out to his daughter on Facebook before becoming \"manipulative,\" has yet to apologise to Amanda. She said: \"I don't think I've ever received a real apology from Jim. Justine claims that her and her husband's behaviour was fuelled by money. She said: \"Jim found out how much money could be made from child pornography.   \"If I could take it all back I would. I hate myself for what I did,\" she added, along with claims that Amanda's father made her \"join him\" in abusing their daughter. She suggested it was all her then-husband's idea and that she had initially fought him for three months, but eventually \"gave in\". Contrarily, Jim has previously branded his ex-wife a liar, and stated that she was a willing participant in their heinous sex crimes against their own child. He is to appear on The Dr Phil Show today (17 November) and explain why he had sex with his daughter.   Since the episode aired, the official Twitter account for Dr Phil has posted a slew of tweets regarding child abuse and information on paedophiles.   Many viewers have expressed their horror on Amanda's story, with one person writing on the social media sharing site: \"This show is a hard one... don't know how I'm going to stomach tomorrow's continuation,\" as another put: \"SO Sad. Her parents are sick and should be ashamed of themselves\".", "essay": "This is pretty sick I can not believe that parents could be that sick but it must be white people they like to do sick perverted stuff like this they are the ones that ruin everything we need to really look at society and see how we need to improve the way that things are going into the world it is crazy"}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "73 killed in tanker explosion in Mozambique \u2014  A fuel tanker exploded in northern Mozambique as residents gathered around to buy fuel from the driver on Thursday, killing 73 people and injuring 110 others, Mozambican media reported.   Dozens of charred bodies were scattered around the blast site in the town of Caphiridzange in Tete province, and government officials believed more bodies might be in surrounding woods, Radio Mozambique reported. Some badly burned people had tried to run into a nearby river, the radio said.   A truck driver from neighboring Malawi had turned off the main road to sell fuel to local residents, who were gathered around the vehicle when the fuel caught fire, according to Radio Mozambique.   Medical teams rushed to the scene of the accident, evacuating the injured in ambulances and other vehicles. Searchers looked for more victims, though their efforts were hampered as night fell.   The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. Citing Mozambican reports, the Portuguese news agency Lusa said one theory was that a fire near the tanker set off the blast, while another theory pointed to a lightning strike as residents were collecting the fuel.   A national government task force planned to travel to the accident site on Friday.", "essay": "This article just hits you when thinking about the victims and there last minutes. To be in a country set up like that after being involved in such a blast and being injured i would be mentally inconsolable and frightened as you cant rely on the medical emergency people and communication to save you I think that is why many tried running into the river. These poor people experienced un imaginable pain before dying. I think the site emergency repsonders who arrived at this seen with charred bodies everyhwere must have been traumautizing and to see humans suffering in such pain. I hope that there wernt more victims that ran into the woods and just died from extreme pain. I am horrified from this story."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "73 killed in tanker explosion in Mozambique \u2014  A fuel tanker exploded in northern Mozambique as residents gathered around to buy fuel from the driver on Thursday, killing 73 people and injuring 110 others, Mozambican media reported.   Dozens of charred bodies were scattered around the blast site in the town of Caphiridzange in Tete province, and government officials believed more bodies might be in surrounding woods, Radio Mozambique reported. Some badly burned people had tried to run into a nearby river, the radio said.   A truck driver from neighboring Malawi had turned off the main road to sell fuel to local residents, who were gathered around the vehicle when the fuel caught fire, according to Radio Mozambique.   Medical teams rushed to the scene of the accident, evacuating the injured in ambulances and other vehicles. Searchers looked for more victims, though their efforts were hampered as night fell.   The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. Citing Mozambican reports, the Portuguese news agency Lusa said one theory was that a fire near the tanker set off the blast, while another theory pointed to a lightning strike as residents were collecting the fuel.   A national government task force planned to travel to the accident site on Friday.", "essay": "I feel really bad for the people that were involved in this accident. It was so terrible and so many lives were lost because of something so unexpected happening. It really makes me feel bad for the families of the ones that were lost as well. All of their lives will be impacted by this and will make living on much more harder."}
{"user_id": "ec_p054", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "73 killed in tanker explosion in Mozambique \u2014  A fuel tanker exploded in northern Mozambique as residents gathered around to buy fuel from the driver on Thursday, killing 73 people and injuring 110 others, Mozambican media reported.   Dozens of charred bodies were scattered around the blast site in the town of Caphiridzange in Tete province, and government officials believed more bodies might be in surrounding woods, Radio Mozambique reported. Some badly burned people had tried to run into a nearby river, the radio said.   A truck driver from neighboring Malawi had turned off the main road to sell fuel to local residents, who were gathered around the vehicle when the fuel caught fire, according to Radio Mozambique.   Medical teams rushed to the scene of the accident, evacuating the injured in ambulances and other vehicles. Searchers looked for more victims, though their efforts were hampered as night fell.   The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. Citing Mozambican reports, the Portuguese news agency Lusa said one theory was that a fire near the tanker set off the blast, while another theory pointed to a lightning strike as residents were collecting the fuel.   A national government task force planned to travel to the accident site on Friday.", "essay": "There were seventy three people killed in a horrific accident in Mozambique when a fuel tanker exploded. There were seventy three residents gathered around the tanker waiting to buy fuel from the driver when the explosion suddenly happened, killing seventy three and injuring one hundred and ten people. This was a tragedy."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "73 killed in tanker explosion in Mozambique \u2014  A fuel tanker exploded in northern Mozambique as residents gathered around to buy fuel from the driver on Thursday, killing 73 people and injuring 110 others, Mozambican media reported.   Dozens of charred bodies were scattered around the blast site in the town of Caphiridzange in Tete province, and government officials believed more bodies might be in surrounding woods, Radio Mozambique reported. Some badly burned people had tried to run into a nearby river, the radio said.   A truck driver from neighboring Malawi had turned off the main road to sell fuel to local residents, who were gathered around the vehicle when the fuel caught fire, according to Radio Mozambique.   Medical teams rushed to the scene of the accident, evacuating the injured in ambulances and other vehicles. Searchers looked for more victims, though their efforts were hampered as night fell.   The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. Citing Mozambican reports, the Portuguese news agency Lusa said one theory was that a fire near the tanker set off the blast, while another theory pointed to a lightning strike as residents were collecting the fuel.   A national government task force planned to travel to the accident site on Friday.", "essay": "Sometimes living in the United States we forget how a lot of the people of the planet live. I would not think about buying fuel from a truck that stops in my community. We think of gas stations, not thinking that everybody in the world do not have access to a gas station. I feel sorry for the people who died and was hurt in the accident."}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "73 killed in tanker explosion in Mozambique \u2014  A fuel tanker exploded in northern Mozambique as residents gathered around to buy fuel from the driver on Thursday, killing 73 people and injuring 110 others, Mozambican media reported.   Dozens of charred bodies were scattered around the blast site in the town of Caphiridzange in Tete province, and government officials believed more bodies might be in surrounding woods, Radio Mozambique reported. Some badly burned people had tried to run into a nearby river, the radio said.   A truck driver from neighboring Malawi had turned off the main road to sell fuel to local residents, who were gathered around the vehicle when the fuel caught fire, according to Radio Mozambique.   Medical teams rushed to the scene of the accident, evacuating the injured in ambulances and other vehicles. Searchers looked for more victims, though their efforts were hampered as night fell.   The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. Citing Mozambican reports, the Portuguese news agency Lusa said one theory was that a fire near the tanker set off the blast, while another theory pointed to a lightning strike as residents were collecting the fuel.   A national government task force planned to travel to the accident site on Friday.", "essay": "This story in Caphiridzange is horrific.   The tanker just pulled over to provide fuel to the residents of that region and it completely blew up hurting countless numbers of people.   There were a couple of ideas that were suggested what caused it but nothing was specific.   So many died and so many left injured.   "}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "At least 10 hurt after massive Arizona apartment complex fire caught on video \u2014  Ten people were hurt when a fire tore through a small apartment complex in Payson. Fire Chief David Staub says the fourplex is a total loss after an explosion ignited the blaze Saturday evening. The fire was reported after sundown and fire crews arrived to find the building completely engulfed.   Staub says eight people inside all suffered minor injuries except one person who was transported to a Maricopa County burn center. That person remains hospitalized in stable condition.   Two people who were outside the apartments also sustained minor injuries. They were treated at the scene.   It took crews about 10 minutes to get the fire under control after the gas company shut off gas in the neighborhood.   Staub says the cause remains under investigation.", "essay": "This really sounds like it could have been so much worse.  Of course it is really sad for the people who lost their homes and the person in the hospital, but everyone made it out alive which is a miracle.  Oftentimes in fires people do not make it, so I would say it is a blessing that they all have their lives.  They will have to rebuild which will be stressful but at least they have each other and are alive.  I think it is very fortunate that it turned out this way.  I would say these people are lucky."}
{"user_id": "ec_p016", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 60000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 60000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "At least 10 hurt after massive Arizona apartment complex fire caught on video \u2014  Ten people were hurt when a fire tore through a small apartment complex in Payson. Fire Chief David Staub says the fourplex is a total loss after an explosion ignited the blaze Saturday evening. The fire was reported after sundown and fire crews arrived to find the building completely engulfed.   Staub says eight people inside all suffered minor injuries except one person who was transported to a Maricopa County burn center. That person remains hospitalized in stable condition.   Two people who were outside the apartments also sustained minor injuries. They were treated at the scene.   It took crews about 10 minutes to get the fire under control after the gas company shut off gas in the neighborhood.   Staub says the cause remains under investigation.", "essay": "I've never been in a fire personally or really known about one, but I can't imagine how terrifying that would be. I kind of wonder how the people outside of the complex got hurt - I wonder if they were trying to get people out, or if some of the fire/debri came outside? Either way, it would be terrifying. I'm glad no one died."}
{"user_id": "ec_p054", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "At least 10 hurt after massive Arizona apartment complex fire caught on video \u2014  Ten people were hurt when a fire tore through a small apartment complex in Payson. Fire Chief David Staub says the fourplex is a total loss after an explosion ignited the blaze Saturday evening. The fire was reported after sundown and fire crews arrived to find the building completely engulfed.   Staub says eight people inside all suffered minor injuries except one person who was transported to a Maricopa County burn center. That person remains hospitalized in stable condition.   Two people who were outside the apartments also sustained minor injuries. They were treated at the scene.   It took crews about 10 minutes to get the fire under control after the gas company shut off gas in the neighborhood.   Staub says the cause remains under investigation.", "essay": "There were at least ten people hurt after a rather large apartment complex in Arizona caught on fire. The fire was caught on video. The fire chief stated that it was a total loss and that the fire had been started following an unexplained explosion. It took the fire department crews close to ten minutes to get the fire under control."}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "At least 10 hurt after massive Arizona apartment complex fire caught on video \u2014  Ten people were hurt when a fire tore through a small apartment complex in Payson. Fire Chief David Staub says the fourplex is a total loss after an explosion ignited the blaze Saturday evening. The fire was reported after sundown and fire crews arrived to find the building completely engulfed.   Staub says eight people inside all suffered minor injuries except one person who was transported to a Maricopa County burn center. That person remains hospitalized in stable condition.   Two people who were outside the apartments also sustained minor injuries. They were treated at the scene.   It took crews about 10 minutes to get the fire under control after the gas company shut off gas in the neighborhood.   Staub says the cause remains under investigation.", "essay": "This fire in the Arizona complex was so very scary.   The entire building was a complete loss.   It was great that the firemen rescued almost all of them without injuries except one that was sent to a burn unit.   Watching all your possessions and your home burn is just very sad.  I can't imagine replacing everything.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "At least 10 hurt after massive Arizona apartment complex fire caught on video \u2014  Ten people were hurt when a fire tore through a small apartment complex in Payson. Fire Chief David Staub says the fourplex is a total loss after an explosion ignited the blaze Saturday evening. The fire was reported after sundown and fire crews arrived to find the building completely engulfed.   Staub says eight people inside all suffered minor injuries except one person who was transported to a Maricopa County burn center. That person remains hospitalized in stable condition.   Two people who were outside the apartments also sustained minor injuries. They were treated at the scene.   It took crews about 10 minutes to get the fire under control after the gas company shut off gas in the neighborhood.   Staub says the cause remains under investigation.", "essay": "I feel so sad that this freak fire has effected so many people. It has ruined the owners property which has got to be a big financial loss. It also has displaced so many people who have lived here. They have lost everyhting in the fire and i cant imagine having to rebuild or having the money to replace all my stuff and stuff thats irreplacable like pictures. I feel grateful that people were hurt and no one was killed it could have been way worse. Hopefully everyone had renters insurance to help pay for some of the damages."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Rescuers say all 33 miners trapped in China mine found dead \u2014  BEIJING \u2014 All 33 coal miners trapped underground in a gas explosion earlier this week have been found dead, state media reported Wednesday, as work safety officials vowed to punish those responsible. Two miners survived Monday\u2019s explosion but rescuers working around the clock found no others alive. All bodies have been recovered and rescuers were shown bowing their heads in memorial for the dead. Gas explosions inside mines are often caused when a flame or electrical spark ignites gas leaking from the coal seam. Ventilation systems are supposed to prevent gas from becoming trapped. The State Administration of Work Safety ordered an investigation into the blast, \u201cadding that those responsible must be strictly punished.\u201d Local officials in Chongqing also ordered smaller mines to shut down temporarily, Xinhua said. China\u2019s mining industry has long been among the world\u2019s deadliest. The head of the State Administration of Work Safety said earlier this year that struggling coal mines might be likely to overlook maintenance. China is the world\u2019s largest producer and consumer of coal but plans to shutter more than 1,000 outdated mines as part of a broader plan to reduce overproduction.", "essay": "This is kinda sad because it is just a mass tragedy.  So many lives lost, and it seems like it could have been so avoidable.  It seems like mining is such a dangerous activity in general and a very dangerous job for those involved.  It's sad for the families of these people that lost their lives, I feel bad for them.  I wish that someone could have done more to save them before it was too late."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Rescuers say all 33 miners trapped in China mine found dead \u2014  BEIJING \u2014 All 33 coal miners trapped underground in a gas explosion earlier this week have been found dead, state media reported Wednesday, as work safety officials vowed to punish those responsible. Two miners survived Monday\u2019s explosion but rescuers working around the clock found no others alive. All bodies have been recovered and rescuers were shown bowing their heads in memorial for the dead. Gas explosions inside mines are often caused when a flame or electrical spark ignites gas leaking from the coal seam. Ventilation systems are supposed to prevent gas from becoming trapped. The State Administration of Work Safety ordered an investigation into the blast, \u201cadding that those responsible must be strictly punished.\u201d Local officials in Chongqing also ordered smaller mines to shut down temporarily, Xinhua said. China\u2019s mining industry has long been among the world\u2019s deadliest. The head of the State Administration of Work Safety said earlier this year that struggling coal mines might be likely to overlook maintenance. China is the world\u2019s largest producer and consumer of coal but plans to shutter more than 1,000 outdated mines as part of a broader plan to reduce overproduction.", "essay": "I feel so bad for the victims and the victims families. They were just doing there job and this careless explosion cause them to lose there lives. It is sad that they know how deadly and unsafe these worker conditions are but still have yet to close them. I am happy they are set to close around 1,000 but i think more has to be done. There should be a council and regulations set up like osha in the us to protect workers and make sure all precautions are being done to preserve human life. Now families are left without there sons fathers and incomes when they could have easily just shut this down. I hope for safer woring conditions in the future."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Rescuers say all 33 miners trapped in China mine found dead \u2014  BEIJING \u2014 All 33 coal miners trapped underground in a gas explosion earlier this week have been found dead, state media reported Wednesday, as work safety officials vowed to punish those responsible. Two miners survived Monday\u2019s explosion but rescuers working around the clock found no others alive. All bodies have been recovered and rescuers were shown bowing their heads in memorial for the dead. Gas explosions inside mines are often caused when a flame or electrical spark ignites gas leaking from the coal seam. Ventilation systems are supposed to prevent gas from becoming trapped. The State Administration of Work Safety ordered an investigation into the blast, \u201cadding that those responsible must be strictly punished.\u201d Local officials in Chongqing also ordered smaller mines to shut down temporarily, Xinhua said. China\u2019s mining industry has long been among the world\u2019s deadliest. The head of the State Administration of Work Safety said earlier this year that struggling coal mines might be likely to overlook maintenance. China is the world\u2019s largest producer and consumer of coal but plans to shutter more than 1,000 outdated mines as part of a broader plan to reduce overproduction.", "essay": "It is always depressing when things like this happen. I feel like the coal business has always been a very dangerous one and we need to be able to realize that no matter what we do to try and change things, they will somehow someway always be the old fashioned way with old fashioned dangers. I think we need to find a way these workers get safer jobs."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Rescuers say all 33 miners trapped in China mine found dead \u2014  BEIJING \u2014 All 33 coal miners trapped underground in a gas explosion earlier this week have been found dead, state media reported Wednesday, as work safety officials vowed to punish those responsible. Two miners survived Monday\u2019s explosion but rescuers working around the clock found no others alive. All bodies have been recovered and rescuers were shown bowing their heads in memorial for the dead. Gas explosions inside mines are often caused when a flame or electrical spark ignites gas leaking from the coal seam. Ventilation systems are supposed to prevent gas from becoming trapped. The State Administration of Work Safety ordered an investigation into the blast, \u201cadding that those responsible must be strictly punished.\u201d Local officials in Chongqing also ordered smaller mines to shut down temporarily, Xinhua said. China\u2019s mining industry has long been among the world\u2019s deadliest. The head of the State Administration of Work Safety said earlier this year that struggling coal mines might be likely to overlook maintenance. China is the world\u2019s largest producer and consumer of coal but plans to shutter more than 1,000 outdated mines as part of a broader plan to reduce overproduction.", "essay": "I just read an article about a mine collapse in China. Turns out there was a gas explosion and 33 workers were killed. I know that mining is a dangerous profession, but I can't imagine the instant of fear that comes before being incinerated. Then, there families have to wait weeks for their remains to be unearthed. The whole thing is really sad."}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "Rescuers say all 33 miners trapped in China mine found dead \u2014  BEIJING \u2014 All 33 coal miners trapped underground in a gas explosion earlier this week have been found dead, state media reported Wednesday, as work safety officials vowed to punish those responsible. Two miners survived Monday\u2019s explosion but rescuers working around the clock found no others alive. All bodies have been recovered and rescuers were shown bowing their heads in memorial for the dead. Gas explosions inside mines are often caused when a flame or electrical spark ignites gas leaking from the coal seam. Ventilation systems are supposed to prevent gas from becoming trapped. The State Administration of Work Safety ordered an investigation into the blast, \u201cadding that those responsible must be strictly punished.\u201d Local officials in Chongqing also ordered smaller mines to shut down temporarily, Xinhua said. China\u2019s mining industry has long been among the world\u2019s deadliest. The head of the State Administration of Work Safety said earlier this year that struggling coal mines might be likely to overlook maintenance. China is the world\u2019s largest producer and consumer of coal but plans to shutter more than 1,000 outdated mines as part of a broader plan to reduce overproduction.", "essay": "I really doubt the credibility of anything China says.   They are always out for money, workers are in jobs that aren't save, people have no decisions made on their own.  It's a communist country where the government rules.   Living conditions are terrible and I don't believe the branch of government that is responsible for safe working conditions do anything.   It's all just chatter for the rest of the world to rread."}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "UW-Madison student charged in alleged attacks on 5 women \u2014  (CNN)One woman's allegations of sexual assault against a University of Wisconsin student led to multiple charges based on claims from five women. Alec Cook, 20, appeared Thursday in Dane County Circuit Court to hear the charges against him. He faces 14 felony counts, including second- and third-degree sexual assault, strangulation and false imprisonment, and one misdemeanor count of fourth-degree sexual assault. The court entered a not guilty plea on his behalf to the misdemeanor charge. Under Wisconsin law he will not enter a plea to the felony counts until after his arraignment. He is being held on $200,000 bail in Dane County Jail. Cook's name and face spread through social media and local news reports after his October 17 arrest based on allegations from another UW-Madison student. She told police that Cook sexually assaulted her October 12 in a nearly three-hour ordeal, grabbing her by the hair and neck so tightly that, she told police, her \"vision started to go.\" Cook was charged with four counts of sexual assault, strangulation and false imprisonment stemming from the allegations. Within a week, police said \"dozens\" more women came forward with potential information about Cook. CNN reached out to Cook's lawyers about the additional allegations but they declined to comment on the new charges. March 2015 The earliest count goes back to March 2015, when Cook allegedly invited a woman back to his apartment about two weeks after meeting her at a party. She told police that kissing turned to unwanted touching despite her attempts to push him away. When she tried to leave he grabbed her and pinned her to the futon and resumed kissing and touching her, according to a criminal complaint. She told investigators that after he assaulted her, she again tried to leave but that Cook pinned her to the futon again, wrapping his arms around her neck and torso. The detective asked what she thought would happen if she tried to leave she said she didn't know. \"That's what I was afraid of. I didn't know.\" When she saw his face on the news in connection with his arrest she told police she \"knew immediately\" it was him, according to the complaint. Cook was charged with sexual assault and false imprisonment based on her allegations. January to May 2016 Two women who took ballroom dance classes with Cook reported to police being groped by him during the class. One woman told police the behavior continued even after she told him to stop. Their complaints led to the misdemeanor count of fourth-degree sexual assault. February 2016 Another woman described to police a similar scenario of a February 2016 encounter that started with consensual kissing and quickly escalated to sexual assault. She told police she repeatedly said no as forceful touching turned into forced oral sex and then vaginal rape. She had smoked marijuana earlier that night and drank a beverage she could not identify, and as the evening progressed she began feeling \"fuzzy\" and out of it, she told police, according to complaint. When she awoke the next morning he tried to have sex with her again, she told police, according to the complaint. Her allegations formed the basis of three counts of felony sexual assault. August 2016 Another woman to come forward said she took a psychology class with Cook, according to the complaint. He sent her a Facebook message and they began corresponding. She told police that she went to his apartment and they started kissing and having consensual sex. She rebuffed his efforts to choke her, though, and eventually he relented. About 45 minutes passed before he forced himself on her, hitting her backside with an open palm as he raped her. She told police she went along with it so he would not force her to have oral sex, according to the complaint. Sexual assault: Changing the conversation before college Defense lawyers: Wait for the facts When questioned by police on October 17, Cook said the encounter that triggered his arrest was consensual and that he did not recall grabbing the woman by the neck. He acknowledged pulling the woman's hair. Cook's lawyers called on the public \"to wait for the facts before condemning\" him, and railed against a \"politically correct\" culture that leads to \"blind acceptance of mere accusations.\" \"Alec, a 20-year-old business major with no criminal history, has seemingly been charged, tried, and convicted,\" read the statement from attorneys Christopher T. Van Wagner and Jessa Nicholson. \"The rapid-fire news cycle, combined with the viral nature of social media, has resulted in modern-day character assassination that is very real and very wrong.\" How to help survivors of sexual assault CNN's Jamiel Lynch contributed to this report.", "essay": "I don't know about these accusations it seems the women were having sex and then did not want to have sex its getting to the point where a guy should make women sign a sex waiver before engaging in any activity just for legal ramifications also they should video tape every sex act so men know that it was not rape"}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "UW-Madison student charged in alleged attacks on 5 women \u2014  (CNN)One woman's allegations of sexual assault against a University of Wisconsin student led to multiple charges based on claims from five women. Alec Cook, 20, appeared Thursday in Dane County Circuit Court to hear the charges against him. He faces 14 felony counts, including second- and third-degree sexual assault, strangulation and false imprisonment, and one misdemeanor count of fourth-degree sexual assault. The court entered a not guilty plea on his behalf to the misdemeanor charge. Under Wisconsin law he will not enter a plea to the felony counts until after his arraignment. He is being held on $200,000 bail in Dane County Jail. Cook's name and face spread through social media and local news reports after his October 17 arrest based on allegations from another UW-Madison student. She told police that Cook sexually assaulted her October 12 in a nearly three-hour ordeal, grabbing her by the hair and neck so tightly that, she told police, her \"vision started to go.\" Cook was charged with four counts of sexual assault, strangulation and false imprisonment stemming from the allegations. Within a week, police said \"dozens\" more women came forward with potential information about Cook. CNN reached out to Cook's lawyers about the additional allegations but they declined to comment on the new charges. March 2015 The earliest count goes back to March 2015, when Cook allegedly invited a woman back to his apartment about two weeks after meeting her at a party. She told police that kissing turned to unwanted touching despite her attempts to push him away. When she tried to leave he grabbed her and pinned her to the futon and resumed kissing and touching her, according to a criminal complaint. She told investigators that after he assaulted her, she again tried to leave but that Cook pinned her to the futon again, wrapping his arms around her neck and torso. The detective asked what she thought would happen if she tried to leave she said she didn't know. \"That's what I was afraid of. I didn't know.\" When she saw his face on the news in connection with his arrest she told police she \"knew immediately\" it was him, according to the complaint. Cook was charged with sexual assault and false imprisonment based on her allegations. January to May 2016 Two women who took ballroom dance classes with Cook reported to police being groped by him during the class. One woman told police the behavior continued even after she told him to stop. Their complaints led to the misdemeanor count of fourth-degree sexual assault. February 2016 Another woman described to police a similar scenario of a February 2016 encounter that started with consensual kissing and quickly escalated to sexual assault. She told police she repeatedly said no as forceful touching turned into forced oral sex and then vaginal rape. She had smoked marijuana earlier that night and drank a beverage she could not identify, and as the evening progressed she began feeling \"fuzzy\" and out of it, she told police, according to complaint. When she awoke the next morning he tried to have sex with her again, she told police, according to the complaint. Her allegations formed the basis of three counts of felony sexual assault. August 2016 Another woman to come forward said she took a psychology class with Cook, according to the complaint. He sent her a Facebook message and they began corresponding. She told police that she went to his apartment and they started kissing and having consensual sex. She rebuffed his efforts to choke her, though, and eventually he relented. About 45 minutes passed before he forced himself on her, hitting her backside with an open palm as he raped her. She told police she went along with it so he would not force her to have oral sex, according to the complaint. Sexual assault: Changing the conversation before college Defense lawyers: Wait for the facts When questioned by police on October 17, Cook said the encounter that triggered his arrest was consensual and that he did not recall grabbing the woman by the neck. He acknowledged pulling the woman's hair. Cook's lawyers called on the public \"to wait for the facts before condemning\" him, and railed against a \"politically correct\" culture that leads to \"blind acceptance of mere accusations.\" \"Alec, a 20-year-old business major with no criminal history, has seemingly been charged, tried, and convicted,\" read the statement from attorneys Christopher T. Van Wagner and Jessa Nicholson. \"The rapid-fire news cycle, combined with the viral nature of social media, has resulted in modern-day character assassination that is very real and very wrong.\" How to help survivors of sexual assault CNN's Jamiel Lynch contributed to this report.", "essay": "These attacks on women seem to be more prevalent lately than not. I think with our current president and his feelings about women it has increased these attacks. We need to be aware of this and make the changes accordingly. We need to be able to prevent these attacks before they happen but finding out how to do that is the tough thing."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "UW-Madison student charged in alleged attacks on 5 women \u2014  (CNN)One woman's allegations of sexual assault against a University of Wisconsin student led to multiple charges based on claims from five women. Alec Cook, 20, appeared Thursday in Dane County Circuit Court to hear the charges against him. He faces 14 felony counts, including second- and third-degree sexual assault, strangulation and false imprisonment, and one misdemeanor count of fourth-degree sexual assault. The court entered a not guilty plea on his behalf to the misdemeanor charge. Under Wisconsin law he will not enter a plea to the felony counts until after his arraignment. He is being held on $200,000 bail in Dane County Jail. Cook's name and face spread through social media and local news reports after his October 17 arrest based on allegations from another UW-Madison student. She told police that Cook sexually assaulted her October 12 in a nearly three-hour ordeal, grabbing her by the hair and neck so tightly that, she told police, her \"vision started to go.\" Cook was charged with four counts of sexual assault, strangulation and false imprisonment stemming from the allegations. Within a week, police said \"dozens\" more women came forward with potential information about Cook. CNN reached out to Cook's lawyers about the additional allegations but they declined to comment on the new charges. March 2015 The earliest count goes back to March 2015, when Cook allegedly invited a woman back to his apartment about two weeks after meeting her at a party. She told police that kissing turned to unwanted touching despite her attempts to push him away. When she tried to leave he grabbed her and pinned her to the futon and resumed kissing and touching her, according to a criminal complaint. She told investigators that after he assaulted her, she again tried to leave but that Cook pinned her to the futon again, wrapping his arms around her neck and torso. The detective asked what she thought would happen if she tried to leave she said she didn't know. \"That's what I was afraid of. I didn't know.\" When she saw his face on the news in connection with his arrest she told police she \"knew immediately\" it was him, according to the complaint. Cook was charged with sexual assault and false imprisonment based on her allegations. January to May 2016 Two women who took ballroom dance classes with Cook reported to police being groped by him during the class. One woman told police the behavior continued even after she told him to stop. Their complaints led to the misdemeanor count of fourth-degree sexual assault. February 2016 Another woman described to police a similar scenario of a February 2016 encounter that started with consensual kissing and quickly escalated to sexual assault. She told police she repeatedly said no as forceful touching turned into forced oral sex and then vaginal rape. She had smoked marijuana earlier that night and drank a beverage she could not identify, and as the evening progressed she began feeling \"fuzzy\" and out of it, she told police, according to complaint. When she awoke the next morning he tried to have sex with her again, she told police, according to the complaint. Her allegations formed the basis of three counts of felony sexual assault. August 2016 Another woman to come forward said she took a psychology class with Cook, according to the complaint. He sent her a Facebook message and they began corresponding. She told police that she went to his apartment and they started kissing and having consensual sex. She rebuffed his efforts to choke her, though, and eventually he relented. About 45 minutes passed before he forced himself on her, hitting her backside with an open palm as he raped her. She told police she went along with it so he would not force her to have oral sex, according to the complaint. Sexual assault: Changing the conversation before college Defense lawyers: Wait for the facts When questioned by police on October 17, Cook said the encounter that triggered his arrest was consensual and that he did not recall grabbing the woman by the neck. He acknowledged pulling the woman's hair. Cook's lawyers called on the public \"to wait for the facts before condemning\" him, and railed against a \"politically correct\" culture that leads to \"blind acceptance of mere accusations.\" \"Alec, a 20-year-old business major with no criminal history, has seemingly been charged, tried, and convicted,\" read the statement from attorneys Christopher T. Van Wagner and Jessa Nicholson. \"The rapid-fire news cycle, combined with the viral nature of social media, has resulted in modern-day character assassination that is very real and very wrong.\" How to help survivors of sexual assault CNN's Jamiel Lynch contributed to this report.", "essay": "As a father of three girls, I hate to see stories like this one. I know in today's climate people can be convicted in the eyes of the public before an actually trial, but I think this guy did it. It is too many different women saying that he did the same thing to them. It is hard for me to see what any man gets from doing this. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "UW-Madison student charged in alleged attacks on 5 women \u2014  (CNN)One woman's allegations of sexual assault against a University of Wisconsin student led to multiple charges based on claims from five women. Alec Cook, 20, appeared Thursday in Dane County Circuit Court to hear the charges against him. He faces 14 felony counts, including second- and third-degree sexual assault, strangulation and false imprisonment, and one misdemeanor count of fourth-degree sexual assault. The court entered a not guilty plea on his behalf to the misdemeanor charge. Under Wisconsin law he will not enter a plea to the felony counts until after his arraignment. He is being held on $200,000 bail in Dane County Jail. Cook's name and face spread through social media and local news reports after his October 17 arrest based on allegations from another UW-Madison student. She told police that Cook sexually assaulted her October 12 in a nearly three-hour ordeal, grabbing her by the hair and neck so tightly that, she told police, her \"vision started to go.\" Cook was charged with four counts of sexual assault, strangulation and false imprisonment stemming from the allegations. Within a week, police said \"dozens\" more women came forward with potential information about Cook. CNN reached out to Cook's lawyers about the additional allegations but they declined to comment on the new charges. March 2015 The earliest count goes back to March 2015, when Cook allegedly invited a woman back to his apartment about two weeks after meeting her at a party. She told police that kissing turned to unwanted touching despite her attempts to push him away. When she tried to leave he grabbed her and pinned her to the futon and resumed kissing and touching her, according to a criminal complaint. She told investigators that after he assaulted her, she again tried to leave but that Cook pinned her to the futon again, wrapping his arms around her neck and torso. The detective asked what she thought would happen if she tried to leave she said she didn't know. \"That's what I was afraid of. I didn't know.\" When she saw his face on the news in connection with his arrest she told police she \"knew immediately\" it was him, according to the complaint. Cook was charged with sexual assault and false imprisonment based on her allegations. January to May 2016 Two women who took ballroom dance classes with Cook reported to police being groped by him during the class. One woman told police the behavior continued even after she told him to stop. Their complaints led to the misdemeanor count of fourth-degree sexual assault. February 2016 Another woman described to police a similar scenario of a February 2016 encounter that started with consensual kissing and quickly escalated to sexual assault. She told police she repeatedly said no as forceful touching turned into forced oral sex and then vaginal rape. She had smoked marijuana earlier that night and drank a beverage she could not identify, and as the evening progressed she began feeling \"fuzzy\" and out of it, she told police, according to complaint. When she awoke the next morning he tried to have sex with her again, she told police, according to the complaint. Her allegations formed the basis of three counts of felony sexual assault. August 2016 Another woman to come forward said she took a psychology class with Cook, according to the complaint. He sent her a Facebook message and they began corresponding. She told police that she went to his apartment and they started kissing and having consensual sex. She rebuffed his efforts to choke her, though, and eventually he relented. About 45 minutes passed before he forced himself on her, hitting her backside with an open palm as he raped her. She told police she went along with it so he would not force her to have oral sex, according to the complaint. Sexual assault: Changing the conversation before college Defense lawyers: Wait for the facts When questioned by police on October 17, Cook said the encounter that triggered his arrest was consensual and that he did not recall grabbing the woman by the neck. He acknowledged pulling the woman's hair. Cook's lawyers called on the public \"to wait for the facts before condemning\" him, and railed against a \"politically correct\" culture that leads to \"blind acceptance of mere accusations.\" \"Alec, a 20-year-old business major with no criminal history, has seemingly been charged, tried, and convicted,\" read the statement from attorneys Christopher T. Van Wagner and Jessa Nicholson. \"The rapid-fire news cycle, combined with the viral nature of social media, has resulted in modern-day character assassination that is very real and very wrong.\" How to help survivors of sexual assault CNN's Jamiel Lynch contributed to this report.", "essay": "I feel so bad for this girl... and I bet you money that people will try to victim blame or twist this story/circumstance to make it seem like her fault, because she smoked some weed and had a few drinks. Even thought neither of those things are ever deserving of being raped or assualted. But that is the sad way the world works/thinks"}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "China: Boy trapped in well found dead after 4 days \u2014  A young boy stuck in a well in northern China since Sunday has been found dead, according to local media.   Rescue crews found the boy's body Thursday in a narrow, abandoned well in the province of Hebei, bringing an end to an almost five-day search involving more than 500 responders. He fell down the well -- just one foot (30 centimeters) wide -- while helping his father harvest vegetables, state news agency Xinhua reported. Too narrow for adults to climb into, rescuers began digging out the 40-meter deep well. Aerial shots of the scene showed excavators working on soft sandy soil around the dry well. Xinhua said the earth was prone to collapse and measures had been taken to support the shaft.", "essay": "This little boy died in a well while he was helping his father harvest vegetables.  It was large enough for him to fall only one foot but too small for all the adults.  They tried to get him out for five days.  His father had to entail that severe pain knowing it was just time.   Over 500 volunteers tried to dig him out to get to the well.  Just devastating."}
{"user_id": "ec_p016", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 60000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 60000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "China: Boy trapped in well found dead after 4 days \u2014  A young boy stuck in a well in northern China since Sunday has been found dead, according to local media.   Rescue crews found the boy's body Thursday in a narrow, abandoned well in the province of Hebei, bringing an end to an almost five-day search involving more than 500 responders. He fell down the well -- just one foot (30 centimeters) wide -- while helping his father harvest vegetables, state news agency Xinhua reported. Too narrow for adults to climb into, rescuers began digging out the 40-meter deep well. Aerial shots of the scene showed excavators working on soft sandy soil around the dry well. Xinhua said the earth was prone to collapse and measures had been taken to support the shaft.", "essay": "I can't imagine losing a kid this way. 'Cause like... he'd be literally right there, you know? You could hear him if he said anything, maybe even see him if the whole was straight enough. But there'd be no way to get to him. Just forty feet away and your kid is dying. Ugh. I feel so bad for his dad, I hope he doesn't blame himself."}
{"user_id": "ec_p073", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "China: Boy trapped in well found dead after 4 days \u2014  A young boy stuck in a well in northern China since Sunday has been found dead, according to local media.   Rescue crews found the boy's body Thursday in a narrow, abandoned well in the province of Hebei, bringing an end to an almost five-day search involving more than 500 responders. He fell down the well -- just one foot (30 centimeters) wide -- while helping his father harvest vegetables, state news agency Xinhua reported. Too narrow for adults to climb into, rescuers began digging out the 40-meter deep well. Aerial shots of the scene showed excavators working on soft sandy soil around the dry well. Xinhua said the earth was prone to collapse and measures had been taken to support the shaft.", "essay": "This is a story about a young boy who was helping his father in the fields and fell down a well. It was too narrow for an adult to go down so it took them four days to get to him. When they found him, he was dead. This is horrifying. I can't imagine how this boy felt being stuck in the well and how his family felt while trying to get to him."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "China: Boy trapped in well found dead after 4 days \u2014  A young boy stuck in a well in northern China since Sunday has been found dead, according to local media.   Rescue crews found the boy's body Thursday in a narrow, abandoned well in the province of Hebei, bringing an end to an almost five-day search involving more than 500 responders. He fell down the well -- just one foot (30 centimeters) wide -- while helping his father harvest vegetables, state news agency Xinhua reported. Too narrow for adults to climb into, rescuers began digging out the 40-meter deep well. Aerial shots of the scene showed excavators working on soft sandy soil around the dry well. Xinhua said the earth was prone to collapse and measures had been taken to support the shaft.", "essay": "After reading the article, you just can't help but feel really sad for the boy and his family. It's so sad because he was just doing his family a favor by harvesting crops when he fell. It's so unfortunate as well because he was so young and he had his whole life ahead of him. Hopefully his parents are able to move on with life peacefully."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "The World Economic Forum's annual gender gap report is out and it doesn't look good \u2014  The World Economic Forum (WEF) revealed its annual global gender gap report today, and the results are depressing.   The US slipped down to 45th on their ranking of countries by gender equality, behind four African countries and all major European countries (all of which are in the top 20), and down from 28th last year.    This dramatic fall is partly because women's participation in the labor force has declined over the past year and the number of women in senior positions is shrinking.   On a more positive note, the US closed its education gender gap in 2016. This means there is a large pool of educated female talent, even though fewer women are actually working, as can be seen in the table showing the United States' scores below. The annual report looks at progress towards equality between men and women in four key areas: educational attainment, health and survival, economic opportunity, and political empowerment.   Progress towards economic equality in 2016 has slowed globally, with the economic participation and opportunity sub-index dipping to 59% \u2014 worse than any point since 2008.  According to the report, the global economic gender gap is not forecasted to close until the year 2196.    That slowdown is partly due to imbalances in salaries, with women around the world on average earning just half of what men earn despite working longer hours, as well as a drop in women's labor force participation, with the global average for women standing at 54% compared to 81% for men. This is  despite the fact that women attend university in equal or higher numbers than men in 95 countries.    The number of women in senior positions also continues to be low, with only four countries in the world having equal numbers of male and female legislators, senior officials and managers.    \"The world is facing an acute misuse of talent by not acting faster to tackle gender inequality, which could put economic growth at risk and deprive economies of the opportunity to develop,\" according to a statement issued by the WEF.   More progress has been made in the education sub-index, with the gender gap there having closed 95%. Similarly, the health and survival sub-index has also improved, with that gap having closed 96%.   The slow rate of economic progress for women poses a particular risk because many of the jobs that usually employ women are \"likely to be hit the hardest by the coming age of technological disruption\" says the report.   \"This 'hollowing out' of female livelihoods could deprive economies further of women\u2019s talents and increases the urgency for more women to enter high-growth fields such as those demanding STEM skills.\" STEM refers to a high education skill set consisting of science, technology, engineering and math.    The top four nations that lead the WEF's report are all Scandinavian countries, with Iceland taking the lead, followed by Finland, Norway, and Sweden. The next highest are Rwanda, Ireland, the Philippines, Slovenia and new Zealand. Rounding out the top 10 is Nicaragua.    The Global Gender Gap Index ranks 144 countries to understand whether countries are distributing their resources equally between women and men, irrespective of their overall income levels. The variables used to create the index come from publicly available data from international organizations like the International Labor Organization, the United Nations Development Programme and the World Health Organization among others, and from perception surveys conducted by the WEF.", "essay": "As a father of three women, I hate that the gender gap is nowhere close to closing. I feel like it should be simple, equal pay for equal work. The world is a complex place and I'm glad that some nations are getting it and that they are closing the gender gap. I do still think there are some jobs are require more males than females and that it just because of physical strength."}
{"user_id": "ec_p073", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "The World Economic Forum's annual gender gap report is out and it doesn't look good \u2014  The World Economic Forum (WEF) revealed its annual global gender gap report today, and the results are depressing.   The US slipped down to 45th on their ranking of countries by gender equality, behind four African countries and all major European countries (all of which are in the top 20), and down from 28th last year.    This dramatic fall is partly because women's participation in the labor force has declined over the past year and the number of women in senior positions is shrinking.   On a more positive note, the US closed its education gender gap in 2016. This means there is a large pool of educated female talent, even though fewer women are actually working, as can be seen in the table showing the United States' scores below. The annual report looks at progress towards equality between men and women in four key areas: educational attainment, health and survival, economic opportunity, and political empowerment.   Progress towards economic equality in 2016 has slowed globally, with the economic participation and opportunity sub-index dipping to 59% \u2014 worse than any point since 2008.  According to the report, the global economic gender gap is not forecasted to close until the year 2196.    That slowdown is partly due to imbalances in salaries, with women around the world on average earning just half of what men earn despite working longer hours, as well as a drop in women's labor force participation, with the global average for women standing at 54% compared to 81% for men. This is  despite the fact that women attend university in equal or higher numbers than men in 95 countries.    The number of women in senior positions also continues to be low, with only four countries in the world having equal numbers of male and female legislators, senior officials and managers.    \"The world is facing an acute misuse of talent by not acting faster to tackle gender inequality, which could put economic growth at risk and deprive economies of the opportunity to develop,\" according to a statement issued by the WEF.   More progress has been made in the education sub-index, with the gender gap there having closed 95%. Similarly, the health and survival sub-index has also improved, with that gap having closed 96%.   The slow rate of economic progress for women poses a particular risk because many of the jobs that usually employ women are \"likely to be hit the hardest by the coming age of technological disruption\" says the report.   \"This 'hollowing out' of female livelihoods could deprive economies further of women\u2019s talents and increases the urgency for more women to enter high-growth fields such as those demanding STEM skills.\" STEM refers to a high education skill set consisting of science, technology, engineering and math.    The top four nations that lead the WEF's report are all Scandinavian countries, with Iceland taking the lead, followed by Finland, Norway, and Sweden. The next highest are Rwanda, Ireland, the Philippines, Slovenia and new Zealand. Rounding out the top 10 is Nicaragua.    The Global Gender Gap Index ranks 144 countries to understand whether countries are distributing their resources equally between women and men, irrespective of their overall income levels. The variables used to create the index come from publicly available data from international organizations like the International Labor Organization, the United Nations Development Programme and the World Health Organization among others, and from perception surveys conducted by the WEF.", "essay": "This article was about gender gaps worldwide and especially in the US. It said that the gender gap in the United States is getting worse and is 45th in the rankings. The article didn't say anything about why the gender gap might be getting worse, like possibly more women wanting to stay home and raise families."}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "The World Economic Forum's annual gender gap report is out and it doesn't look good \u2014  The World Economic Forum (WEF) revealed its annual global gender gap report today, and the results are depressing.   The US slipped down to 45th on their ranking of countries by gender equality, behind four African countries and all major European countries (all of which are in the top 20), and down from 28th last year.    This dramatic fall is partly because women's participation in the labor force has declined over the past year and the number of women in senior positions is shrinking.   On a more positive note, the US closed its education gender gap in 2016. This means there is a large pool of educated female talent, even though fewer women are actually working, as can be seen in the table showing the United States' scores below. The annual report looks at progress towards equality between men and women in four key areas: educational attainment, health and survival, economic opportunity, and political empowerment.   Progress towards economic equality in 2016 has slowed globally, with the economic participation and opportunity sub-index dipping to 59% \u2014 worse than any point since 2008.  According to the report, the global economic gender gap is not forecasted to close until the year 2196.    That slowdown is partly due to imbalances in salaries, with women around the world on average earning just half of what men earn despite working longer hours, as well as a drop in women's labor force participation, with the global average for women standing at 54% compared to 81% for men. This is  despite the fact that women attend university in equal or higher numbers than men in 95 countries.    The number of women in senior positions also continues to be low, with only four countries in the world having equal numbers of male and female legislators, senior officials and managers.    \"The world is facing an acute misuse of talent by not acting faster to tackle gender inequality, which could put economic growth at risk and deprive economies of the opportunity to develop,\" according to a statement issued by the WEF.   More progress has been made in the education sub-index, with the gender gap there having closed 95%. Similarly, the health and survival sub-index has also improved, with that gap having closed 96%.   The slow rate of economic progress for women poses a particular risk because many of the jobs that usually employ women are \"likely to be hit the hardest by the coming age of technological disruption\" says the report.   \"This 'hollowing out' of female livelihoods could deprive economies further of women\u2019s talents and increases the urgency for more women to enter high-growth fields such as those demanding STEM skills.\" STEM refers to a high education skill set consisting of science, technology, engineering and math.    The top four nations that lead the WEF's report are all Scandinavian countries, with Iceland taking the lead, followed by Finland, Norway, and Sweden. The next highest are Rwanda, Ireland, the Philippines, Slovenia and new Zealand. Rounding out the top 10 is Nicaragua.    The Global Gender Gap Index ranks 144 countries to understand whether countries are distributing their resources equally between women and men, irrespective of their overall income levels. The variables used to create the index come from publicly available data from international organizations like the International Labor Organization, the United Nations Development Programme and the World Health Organization among others, and from perception surveys conducted by the WEF.", "essay": "This is a topic that never seems to get any better for women.   Pay inequality has dropped to 45 for the United States.  This is an embarrassing statistic.   Fewer women are in the workforce and fewer women hold prestigious jobs.   The misuse of women's education and value is so disheartening.  US Stem Skills professions are not in a good place. Scandinavian countries hold the top 4 spots.  The disparity in salaries is what it was in 2008.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "The World Economic Forum's annual gender gap report is out and it doesn't look good \u2014  The World Economic Forum (WEF) revealed its annual global gender gap report today, and the results are depressing.   The US slipped down to 45th on their ranking of countries by gender equality, behind four African countries and all major European countries (all of which are in the top 20), and down from 28th last year.    This dramatic fall is partly because women's participation in the labor force has declined over the past year and the number of women in senior positions is shrinking.   On a more positive note, the US closed its education gender gap in 2016. This means there is a large pool of educated female talent, even though fewer women are actually working, as can be seen in the table showing the United States' scores below. The annual report looks at progress towards equality between men and women in four key areas: educational attainment, health and survival, economic opportunity, and political empowerment.   Progress towards economic equality in 2016 has slowed globally, with the economic participation and opportunity sub-index dipping to 59% \u2014 worse than any point since 2008.  According to the report, the global economic gender gap is not forecasted to close until the year 2196.    That slowdown is partly due to imbalances in salaries, with women around the world on average earning just half of what men earn despite working longer hours, as well as a drop in women's labor force participation, with the global average for women standing at 54% compared to 81% for men. This is  despite the fact that women attend university in equal or higher numbers than men in 95 countries.    The number of women in senior positions also continues to be low, with only four countries in the world having equal numbers of male and female legislators, senior officials and managers.    \"The world is facing an acute misuse of talent by not acting faster to tackle gender inequality, which could put economic growth at risk and deprive economies of the opportunity to develop,\" according to a statement issued by the WEF.   More progress has been made in the education sub-index, with the gender gap there having closed 95%. Similarly, the health and survival sub-index has also improved, with that gap having closed 96%.   The slow rate of economic progress for women poses a particular risk because many of the jobs that usually employ women are \"likely to be hit the hardest by the coming age of technological disruption\" says the report.   \"This 'hollowing out' of female livelihoods could deprive economies further of women\u2019s talents and increases the urgency for more women to enter high-growth fields such as those demanding STEM skills.\" STEM refers to a high education skill set consisting of science, technology, engineering and math.    The top four nations that lead the WEF's report are all Scandinavian countries, with Iceland taking the lead, followed by Finland, Norway, and Sweden. The next highest are Rwanda, Ireland, the Philippines, Slovenia and new Zealand. Rounding out the top 10 is Nicaragua.    The Global Gender Gap Index ranks 144 countries to understand whether countries are distributing their resources equally between women and men, irrespective of their overall income levels. The variables used to create the index come from publicly available data from international organizations like the International Labor Organization, the United Nations Development Programme and the World Health Organization among others, and from perception surveys conducted by the WEF.", "essay": "I'm really not sure why men are so afraid of women in positions of power. My boss is a woman and she does her job effectively and interacts with people with good nature and aplomb. I think that breaking centuries old social norms and structures takes a lot of work that most humans are unwilling to do. It's like self help for an entire species."}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "The World Economic Forum's annual gender gap report is out and it doesn't look good \u2014  The World Economic Forum (WEF) revealed its annual global gender gap report today, and the results are depressing.   The US slipped down to 45th on their ranking of countries by gender equality, behind four African countries and all major European countries (all of which are in the top 20), and down from 28th last year.    This dramatic fall is partly because women's participation in the labor force has declined over the past year and the number of women in senior positions is shrinking.   On a more positive note, the US closed its education gender gap in 2016. This means there is a large pool of educated female talent, even though fewer women are actually working, as can be seen in the table showing the United States' scores below. The annual report looks at progress towards equality between men and women in four key areas: educational attainment, health and survival, economic opportunity, and political empowerment.   Progress towards economic equality in 2016 has slowed globally, with the economic participation and opportunity sub-index dipping to 59% \u2014 worse than any point since 2008.  According to the report, the global economic gender gap is not forecasted to close until the year 2196.    That slowdown is partly due to imbalances in salaries, with women around the world on average earning just half of what men earn despite working longer hours, as well as a drop in women's labor force participation, with the global average for women standing at 54% compared to 81% for men. This is  despite the fact that women attend university in equal or higher numbers than men in 95 countries.    The number of women in senior positions also continues to be low, with only four countries in the world having equal numbers of male and female legislators, senior officials and managers.    \"The world is facing an acute misuse of talent by not acting faster to tackle gender inequality, which could put economic growth at risk and deprive economies of the opportunity to develop,\" according to a statement issued by the WEF.   More progress has been made in the education sub-index, with the gender gap there having closed 95%. Similarly, the health and survival sub-index has also improved, with that gap having closed 96%.   The slow rate of economic progress for women poses a particular risk because many of the jobs that usually employ women are \"likely to be hit the hardest by the coming age of technological disruption\" says the report.   \"This 'hollowing out' of female livelihoods could deprive economies further of women\u2019s talents and increases the urgency for more women to enter high-growth fields such as those demanding STEM skills.\" STEM refers to a high education skill set consisting of science, technology, engineering and math.    The top four nations that lead the WEF's report are all Scandinavian countries, with Iceland taking the lead, followed by Finland, Norway, and Sweden. The next highest are Rwanda, Ireland, the Philippines, Slovenia and new Zealand. Rounding out the top 10 is Nicaragua.    The Global Gender Gap Index ranks 144 countries to understand whether countries are distributing their resources equally between women and men, irrespective of their overall income levels. The variables used to create the index come from publicly available data from international organizations like the International Labor Organization, the United Nations Development Programme and the World Health Organization among others, and from perception surveys conducted by the WEF.", "essay": "So who cares about women not getting paid as much as men they have to take into account the amount of time women waste getting their periods and being bitches during the month also they have babies and need to take time off to take care of the babies honestly they should just stay home and get me a beer."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Endangered Wildlife Are At Risk After 200,000 Liters Of Fuel Leak Into British Colombia\u2019s Coastal Waters \u2014  Ten days ago, diesel fuel was leaked into Heiltsuk First Nation water near Bella Bella, British Colombia. The leak was caused by a tugboat which crashed in a remote region off British Columbia\u2019s Central Coast.   Following the oil leak, underwater dive images revealed endangered wildlife including abalone, amidst the fuel spill area. Efforts are being made by the Heiltsuk to help recover this protected species. Divers also discovered schools of juvenile herring around the sunken Nathan E. Stewart tugboat.   The outer boom which was put in place to contain the spilled oil had broke free on Friday causing the oil to spread and bad weather had prevented clean up crews from working on the spill for four consecutive days. By Saturday, salvage crews had recovered more than 40 percent of the 200,000 liters of fuel estimated to be in the vessel, but the damage had already been done.   Mike Reid, the Heiltsuk Aquatics Manager said that there is an increased concern about the marine life in the Gale Passage. This is an extremely sensitive ecological and marine rescue area and there is a crucial herring spawning area which is located at the south end of the passage.   \u201cIn the first week of the spill, we had the largest tides of the month at 17.4 feet,\u201d he said in a release. \u201cEven without bad weather, the speed of tides rushing through the spill site are likely to flush diesel into the area.\u201d   The local clam fishery has been shut down and BC NDP leader John Horgan criticized the spill response.   \u201cIt was tragic to see the sheen of diesel on the water,\u201d Horgan said, adding. \u201cYou couldn\u2019t have picked a worse place to drop this boat into the bottom of the ocean.\u201d   The company that owns the tugboat, Kirby Offshore Marine has made their apologies to the Heiltsuk First Nation and gave thanks to the agencies involved in the spill cleanup.   According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), diesel is one of the most toxic types of oil for marine creatures.   Depending weather conditions in the area, 1500 feet of kepner boom will be placed around the primary and secondary containment boom for additional protection.", "essay": "After reading the article, i feel so bad for all the wildlife and fishes that are in the body of water that were affected by the spill. We are already harming the earth and it's inhabitants already by polluting the air but this just adds on to it. I really hope we can come to a day where we will be able to help animals instead of harming them."}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Endangered Wildlife Are At Risk After 200,000 Liters Of Fuel Leak Into British Colombia\u2019s Coastal Waters \u2014  Ten days ago, diesel fuel was leaked into Heiltsuk First Nation water near Bella Bella, British Colombia. The leak was caused by a tugboat which crashed in a remote region off British Columbia\u2019s Central Coast.   Following the oil leak, underwater dive images revealed endangered wildlife including abalone, amidst the fuel spill area. Efforts are being made by the Heiltsuk to help recover this protected species. Divers also discovered schools of juvenile herring around the sunken Nathan E. Stewart tugboat.   The outer boom which was put in place to contain the spilled oil had broke free on Friday causing the oil to spread and bad weather had prevented clean up crews from working on the spill for four consecutive days. By Saturday, salvage crews had recovered more than 40 percent of the 200,000 liters of fuel estimated to be in the vessel, but the damage had already been done.   Mike Reid, the Heiltsuk Aquatics Manager said that there is an increased concern about the marine life in the Gale Passage. This is an extremely sensitive ecological and marine rescue area and there is a crucial herring spawning area which is located at the south end of the passage.   \u201cIn the first week of the spill, we had the largest tides of the month at 17.4 feet,\u201d he said in a release. \u201cEven without bad weather, the speed of tides rushing through the spill site are likely to flush diesel into the area.\u201d   The local clam fishery has been shut down and BC NDP leader John Horgan criticized the spill response.   \u201cIt was tragic to see the sheen of diesel on the water,\u201d Horgan said, adding. \u201cYou couldn\u2019t have picked a worse place to drop this boat into the bottom of the ocean.\u201d   The company that owns the tugboat, Kirby Offshore Marine has made their apologies to the Heiltsuk First Nation and gave thanks to the agencies involved in the spill cleanup.   According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), diesel is one of the most toxic types of oil for marine creatures.   Depending weather conditions in the area, 1500 feet of kepner boom will be placed around the primary and secondary containment boom for additional protection.", "essay": "It seems like we hear about this sort of thing all the time! It's becoming way to common. When will he stop ruining our oceans and oceanlife! When will a measure be put in place to prevent this or to diminish the occurance of it. It seems like we hear abuout it all the time, but we never hear about the punishment or what is being done to fix it. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p064", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 55000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 55000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Endangered Wildlife Are At Risk After 200,000 Liters Of Fuel Leak Into British Colombia\u2019s Coastal Waters \u2014  Ten days ago, diesel fuel was leaked into Heiltsuk First Nation water near Bella Bella, British Colombia. The leak was caused by a tugboat which crashed in a remote region off British Columbia\u2019s Central Coast.   Following the oil leak, underwater dive images revealed endangered wildlife including abalone, amidst the fuel spill area. Efforts are being made by the Heiltsuk to help recover this protected species. Divers also discovered schools of juvenile herring around the sunken Nathan E. Stewart tugboat.   The outer boom which was put in place to contain the spilled oil had broke free on Friday causing the oil to spread and bad weather had prevented clean up crews from working on the spill for four consecutive days. By Saturday, salvage crews had recovered more than 40 percent of the 200,000 liters of fuel estimated to be in the vessel, but the damage had already been done.   Mike Reid, the Heiltsuk Aquatics Manager said that there is an increased concern about the marine life in the Gale Passage. This is an extremely sensitive ecological and marine rescue area and there is a crucial herring spawning area which is located at the south end of the passage.   \u201cIn the first week of the spill, we had the largest tides of the month at 17.4 feet,\u201d he said in a release. \u201cEven without bad weather, the speed of tides rushing through the spill site are likely to flush diesel into the area.\u201d   The local clam fishery has been shut down and BC NDP leader John Horgan criticized the spill response.   \u201cIt was tragic to see the sheen of diesel on the water,\u201d Horgan said, adding. \u201cYou couldn\u2019t have picked a worse place to drop this boat into the bottom of the ocean.\u201d   The company that owns the tugboat, Kirby Offshore Marine has made their apologies to the Heiltsuk First Nation and gave thanks to the agencies involved in the spill cleanup.   According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), diesel is one of the most toxic types of oil for marine creatures.   Depending weather conditions in the area, 1500 feet of kepner boom will be placed around the primary and secondary containment boom for additional protection.", "essay": "How unfortunate that the sea creatures that were already endangered in this area got harmed because of the diesel spill, it is great that it was cleaned up so quickly but it looks like the damaged is already done from the bad weather. Hopefully the company that was responsible for this got fined, these spills need to stop happening. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p009", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 29 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 44000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 29, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 44000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Endangered Wildlife Are At Risk After 200,000 Liters Of Fuel Leak Into British Colombia\u2019s Coastal Waters \u2014  Ten days ago, diesel fuel was leaked into Heiltsuk First Nation water near Bella Bella, British Colombia. The leak was caused by a tugboat which crashed in a remote region off British Columbia\u2019s Central Coast.   Following the oil leak, underwater dive images revealed endangered wildlife including abalone, amidst the fuel spill area. Efforts are being made by the Heiltsuk to help recover this protected species. Divers also discovered schools of juvenile herring around the sunken Nathan E. Stewart tugboat.   The outer boom which was put in place to contain the spilled oil had broke free on Friday causing the oil to spread and bad weather had prevented clean up crews from working on the spill for four consecutive days. By Saturday, salvage crews had recovered more than 40 percent of the 200,000 liters of fuel estimated to be in the vessel, but the damage had already been done.   Mike Reid, the Heiltsuk Aquatics Manager said that there is an increased concern about the marine life in the Gale Passage. This is an extremely sensitive ecological and marine rescue area and there is a crucial herring spawning area which is located at the south end of the passage.   \u201cIn the first week of the spill, we had the largest tides of the month at 17.4 feet,\u201d he said in a release. \u201cEven without bad weather, the speed of tides rushing through the spill site are likely to flush diesel into the area.\u201d   The local clam fishery has been shut down and BC NDP leader John Horgan criticized the spill response.   \u201cIt was tragic to see the sheen of diesel on the water,\u201d Horgan said, adding. \u201cYou couldn\u2019t have picked a worse place to drop this boat into the bottom of the ocean.\u201d   The company that owns the tugboat, Kirby Offshore Marine has made their apologies to the Heiltsuk First Nation and gave thanks to the agencies involved in the spill cleanup.   According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), diesel is one of the most toxic types of oil for marine creatures.   Depending weather conditions in the area, 1500 feet of kepner boom will be placed around the primary and secondary containment boom for additional protection.", "essay": "Dear friend,                                                                                                     I have just read an article about a massive fuel leak in British Colombia. It is threatening all of the wildlife in the area, as well as the water. I am worried about this and hope there is a way to stop it before it gets out of hand."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Endangered Wildlife Are At Risk After 200,000 Liters Of Fuel Leak Into British Colombia\u2019s Coastal Waters \u2014  Ten days ago, diesel fuel was leaked into Heiltsuk First Nation water near Bella Bella, British Colombia. The leak was caused by a tugboat which crashed in a remote region off British Columbia\u2019s Central Coast.   Following the oil leak, underwater dive images revealed endangered wildlife including abalone, amidst the fuel spill area. Efforts are being made by the Heiltsuk to help recover this protected species. Divers also discovered schools of juvenile herring around the sunken Nathan E. Stewart tugboat.   The outer boom which was put in place to contain the spilled oil had broke free on Friday causing the oil to spread and bad weather had prevented clean up crews from working on the spill for four consecutive days. By Saturday, salvage crews had recovered more than 40 percent of the 200,000 liters of fuel estimated to be in the vessel, but the damage had already been done.   Mike Reid, the Heiltsuk Aquatics Manager said that there is an increased concern about the marine life in the Gale Passage. This is an extremely sensitive ecological and marine rescue area and there is a crucial herring spawning area which is located at the south end of the passage.   \u201cIn the first week of the spill, we had the largest tides of the month at 17.4 feet,\u201d he said in a release. \u201cEven without bad weather, the speed of tides rushing through the spill site are likely to flush diesel into the area.\u201d   The local clam fishery has been shut down and BC NDP leader John Horgan criticized the spill response.   \u201cIt was tragic to see the sheen of diesel on the water,\u201d Horgan said, adding. \u201cYou couldn\u2019t have picked a worse place to drop this boat into the bottom of the ocean.\u201d   The company that owns the tugboat, Kirby Offshore Marine has made their apologies to the Heiltsuk First Nation and gave thanks to the agencies involved in the spill cleanup.   According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), diesel is one of the most toxic types of oil for marine creatures.   Depending weather conditions in the area, 1500 feet of kepner boom will be placed around the primary and secondary containment boom for additional protection.", "essay": "After reading the article, i couldn't help but feel disturbed at the fact that humans can do things like this to animals. Humans should be more aware of what they are doing and the fact that they can harm animals unintentionally. Humans should do more to help other living things on Earth because we are not the only things living here."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Study: More toddlers and preschoolers are overdosing on opioids \u2014  In recent years, rates of toddlers and preschoolers hospitalized for opioid overdoses more than doubled, according to a new study.   In fact, overdoses rose more than 100% over a 16-year period among all children, the study published in JAMA Pediatrics Oct. 31 showed.   Researchers from Yale School of Medicine analyzed national data from the Kids\u2019 Inpatient Database on children admitted to U.S. hospitals for opioid poisoning. The study focused on more than 13,000 records from patients ages 1 to 19 between 1997 to 2012.   What's to blame? Possibly the increase of prescribed pain killers, including OxyContin and Vicodin. Research from 1999 to 2010 show retail sales of prescription opioids quadrupled.\"Even in children younger than 6 years, opioids, followed closely by benzodiazepines, now account for most of the drug poisonings in this age group; in nearly all these poisonings, the child was exposed to a prescription intended for an adult in the household,\" the study states.   Young children found a pill on the floor, got into their mother's purse or simply figured out how to open a bottle.   While more current data isn't yet available, study author Julie Gaither said the upward trend is likely to remain a problem among young children.   \u201cIt\u2019s a simple message for parents that we can limit so many of these exposures to keep these medications out of these little hands,\" Gaither said.   She also said companies must improve packaging because young children are finding ways to get into \"child-proof\" bottles. Lastly, she said there needs to be more conversations about young overdoses in the pediatrics community, a topic that's largely underreported.   Prescription opioids accounted for most poisonings in the Yale study, but heroin poisonings also increased 161%. In August, more than 225 heroin overdoses occured in four counties in four states within one week. The batch of heroin was most-likely supercharged with another substance, but still drew attention to the popularity of the drug.", "essay": "This is highly alarming and so unacceptable.  Not only is it terrible that adults are using these ridiculous medications, but now they are allowing their babies to get into them and harm themselves.  It's just outrageous, and they need to have stronger penalties for these people who are letting this happen.  There is simply no excuse.  Your drugs should be up in a cabinet locked far away from your children IF you choose to have drugs like that, which you really shouldn't be taking around a child anyway.  Shame on these people."}
{"user_id": "ec_p016", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 60000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 60000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Study: More toddlers and preschoolers are overdosing on opioids \u2014  In recent years, rates of toddlers and preschoolers hospitalized for opioid overdoses more than doubled, according to a new study.   In fact, overdoses rose more than 100% over a 16-year period among all children, the study published in JAMA Pediatrics Oct. 31 showed.   Researchers from Yale School of Medicine analyzed national data from the Kids\u2019 Inpatient Database on children admitted to U.S. hospitals for opioid poisoning. The study focused on more than 13,000 records from patients ages 1 to 19 between 1997 to 2012.   What's to blame? Possibly the increase of prescribed pain killers, including OxyContin and Vicodin. Research from 1999 to 2010 show retail sales of prescription opioids quadrupled.\"Even in children younger than 6 years, opioids, followed closely by benzodiazepines, now account for most of the drug poisonings in this age group; in nearly all these poisonings, the child was exposed to a prescription intended for an adult in the household,\" the study states.   Young children found a pill on the floor, got into their mother's purse or simply figured out how to open a bottle.   While more current data isn't yet available, study author Julie Gaither said the upward trend is likely to remain a problem among young children.   \u201cIt\u2019s a simple message for parents that we can limit so many of these exposures to keep these medications out of these little hands,\" Gaither said.   She also said companies must improve packaging because young children are finding ways to get into \"child-proof\" bottles. Lastly, she said there needs to be more conversations about young overdoses in the pediatrics community, a topic that's largely underreported.   Prescription opioids accounted for most poisonings in the Yale study, but heroin poisonings also increased 161%. In August, more than 225 heroin overdoses occured in four counties in four states within one week. The batch of heroin was most-likely supercharged with another substance, but still drew attention to the popularity of the drug.", "essay": "I've heard a lot of about the opioid crisis, but it's usually been in regards to older people being prescribed poorly and getting addicted, so this came as a bit of a shock. It's so sad to think of a little kid getting ahold of something and having no idea what it is, and then they're just... gone. I feel so bad for their families."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Study: More toddlers and preschoolers are overdosing on opioids \u2014  In recent years, rates of toddlers and preschoolers hospitalized for opioid overdoses more than doubled, according to a new study.   In fact, overdoses rose more than 100% over a 16-year period among all children, the study published in JAMA Pediatrics Oct. 31 showed.   Researchers from Yale School of Medicine analyzed national data from the Kids\u2019 Inpatient Database on children admitted to U.S. hospitals for opioid poisoning. The study focused on more than 13,000 records from patients ages 1 to 19 between 1997 to 2012.   What's to blame? Possibly the increase of prescribed pain killers, including OxyContin and Vicodin. Research from 1999 to 2010 show retail sales of prescription opioids quadrupled.\"Even in children younger than 6 years, opioids, followed closely by benzodiazepines, now account for most of the drug poisonings in this age group; in nearly all these poisonings, the child was exposed to a prescription intended for an adult in the household,\" the study states.   Young children found a pill on the floor, got into their mother's purse or simply figured out how to open a bottle.   While more current data isn't yet available, study author Julie Gaither said the upward trend is likely to remain a problem among young children.   \u201cIt\u2019s a simple message for parents that we can limit so many of these exposures to keep these medications out of these little hands,\" Gaither said.   She also said companies must improve packaging because young children are finding ways to get into \"child-proof\" bottles. Lastly, she said there needs to be more conversations about young overdoses in the pediatrics community, a topic that's largely underreported.   Prescription opioids accounted for most poisonings in the Yale study, but heroin poisonings also increased 161%. In August, more than 225 heroin overdoses occured in four counties in four states within one week. The batch of heroin was most-likely supercharged with another substance, but still drew attention to the popularity of the drug.", "essay": "The whole drug topic really makes me sad as I had a mother who I saw unravel from being addicted to pain killers. I do wish they were prescriped less in our society and someone just made stronger doses of ibeuprofen. It is alarming how many people become addicted to these medicines. I thin there should be a something in place like a drug counselor to everyone who is prescribed so they can understand the signs of when it becomes addiction. The bottles should be better made now if children are being able to open them or they dont close all the way maybe a key or locking system can be made up. I have definitly seen way more about heroin overdose in my own suburbia it isnt disciminating agianst anyone it is sad it is ruining peoples lives."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Study: More toddlers and preschoolers are overdosing on opioids \u2014  In recent years, rates of toddlers and preschoolers hospitalized for opioid overdoses more than doubled, according to a new study.   In fact, overdoses rose more than 100% over a 16-year period among all children, the study published in JAMA Pediatrics Oct. 31 showed.   Researchers from Yale School of Medicine analyzed national data from the Kids\u2019 Inpatient Database on children admitted to U.S. hospitals for opioid poisoning. The study focused on more than 13,000 records from patients ages 1 to 19 between 1997 to 2012.   What's to blame? Possibly the increase of prescribed pain killers, including OxyContin and Vicodin. Research from 1999 to 2010 show retail sales of prescription opioids quadrupled.\"Even in children younger than 6 years, opioids, followed closely by benzodiazepines, now account for most of the drug poisonings in this age group; in nearly all these poisonings, the child was exposed to a prescription intended for an adult in the household,\" the study states.   Young children found a pill on the floor, got into their mother's purse or simply figured out how to open a bottle.   While more current data isn't yet available, study author Julie Gaither said the upward trend is likely to remain a problem among young children.   \u201cIt\u2019s a simple message for parents that we can limit so many of these exposures to keep these medications out of these little hands,\" Gaither said.   She also said companies must improve packaging because young children are finding ways to get into \"child-proof\" bottles. Lastly, she said there needs to be more conversations about young overdoses in the pediatrics community, a topic that's largely underreported.   Prescription opioids accounted for most poisonings in the Yale study, but heroin poisonings also increased 161%. In August, more than 225 heroin overdoses occured in four counties in four states within one week. The batch of heroin was most-likely supercharged with another substance, but still drew attention to the popularity of the drug.", "essay": "I had to read this article over twice because toddlers overdosing on opioids is mind boggling! I wonder how and why they have access to this. I know its because sometimes parents drop these pills but if parents are that bad, why are they having kids in the first place? We need laws that test people before they have children in order to make sure they will be good parents."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Study: More toddlers and preschoolers are overdosing on opioids \u2014  In recent years, rates of toddlers and preschoolers hospitalized for opioid overdoses more than doubled, according to a new study.   In fact, overdoses rose more than 100% over a 16-year period among all children, the study published in JAMA Pediatrics Oct. 31 showed.   Researchers from Yale School of Medicine analyzed national data from the Kids\u2019 Inpatient Database on children admitted to U.S. hospitals for opioid poisoning. The study focused on more than 13,000 records from patients ages 1 to 19 between 1997 to 2012.   What's to blame? Possibly the increase of prescribed pain killers, including OxyContin and Vicodin. Research from 1999 to 2010 show retail sales of prescription opioids quadrupled.\"Even in children younger than 6 years, opioids, followed closely by benzodiazepines, now account for most of the drug poisonings in this age group; in nearly all these poisonings, the child was exposed to a prescription intended for an adult in the household,\" the study states.   Young children found a pill on the floor, got into their mother's purse or simply figured out how to open a bottle.   While more current data isn't yet available, study author Julie Gaither said the upward trend is likely to remain a problem among young children.   \u201cIt\u2019s a simple message for parents that we can limit so many of these exposures to keep these medications out of these little hands,\" Gaither said.   She also said companies must improve packaging because young children are finding ways to get into \"child-proof\" bottles. Lastly, she said there needs to be more conversations about young overdoses in the pediatrics community, a topic that's largely underreported.   Prescription opioids accounted for most poisonings in the Yale study, but heroin poisonings also increased 161%. In August, more than 225 heroin overdoses occured in four counties in four states within one week. The batch of heroin was most-likely supercharged with another substance, but still drew attention to the popularity of the drug.", "essay": "This article was so disturbing to read through. I feel like theres so many different levels to these happenings and something has to be done on each to prevent little children from getting these pills in there hands. On the level of the manufactorers we need to have way better packaging like codes the kids cant get into. Doctors prescribing these should ask if they have kids and tell them preventetive measures that should be taken to reduce the risk of exposure. Parents need to have a better understanding how easy it is for kids to get into these and die. So senseless dying of something so easy to prevent."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Flamingo Dead After Busch Gardens Visitor Allegedly Threw Her To The Ground \u2014  A beloved flamingo at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida, had to be euthanized Tuesday after police say a park visitor attacked her. Pinky, a female Chilean flamingo known for a distinctive style of walking that became known as the \u201cFlamingo Flamenco,\u201d was 19 years old, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Joseph Anthony Corrao was at the park with his family around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday when he allegedly reached into Pinky\u2019s pen, grabbed her and threw her to the ground. The zoo had to euthanize her because of her injuries, according to a Busch Gardens statement.  \u201cPinky was a beloved member of the Busch Gardens Tampa Bay family and made many appearances on behalf of the park\u2019s conservation and education efforts,\u201d the statement read. \u201cShe will be sorely missed.\u201d Witnesses said that before picking up Pinky, Corrao picked up a different flamingo but put it down unharmed, according to local news station WFLA. Zoo personnel say they never trained Pinky to perform her circular dance, but that she just started doing it on her own. \u201cWhile making an appearance with Jack Hanna, the team noticed that she was dancing on her own to get attention,\u201d Busch Gardens spokeswoman Karen Varga-Sinka told the Orlando Sentinel. \u201cSince then, she has danced for countless guests, school groups, media appearances and national television shows.\u201d Corrao was charged with animal cruelty and jailed on $2,000 bond. At his first court appearance on Wednesday, Judge John Conrad said that the act \u201cborders on depraved,\u201d ABC Action News reports. \u201cI don\u2019t know if you have other issues, but I don\u2019t know who does that,\u201d Conrad said.", "essay": "Wow this is unbelievable, who on earth would do something like this to a harmless flamingo for no reason?  This guy is obviously depraved and has serious issues.  They need to punish him to the full extent of the law so he does not harm other animals or people.  I can't believe someone would do this to a living creature without provocation and just for the sick thrill of it apparently.  How very tragic and sad this is."}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Flamingo Dead After Busch Gardens Visitor Allegedly Threw Her To The Ground \u2014  A beloved flamingo at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida, had to be euthanized Tuesday after police say a park visitor attacked her. Pinky, a female Chilean flamingo known for a distinctive style of walking that became known as the \u201cFlamingo Flamenco,\u201d was 19 years old, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Joseph Anthony Corrao was at the park with his family around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday when he allegedly reached into Pinky\u2019s pen, grabbed her and threw her to the ground. The zoo had to euthanize her because of her injuries, according to a Busch Gardens statement.  \u201cPinky was a beloved member of the Busch Gardens Tampa Bay family and made many appearances on behalf of the park\u2019s conservation and education efforts,\u201d the statement read. \u201cShe will be sorely missed.\u201d Witnesses said that before picking up Pinky, Corrao picked up a different flamingo but put it down unharmed, according to local news station WFLA. Zoo personnel say they never trained Pinky to perform her circular dance, but that she just started doing it on her own. \u201cWhile making an appearance with Jack Hanna, the team noticed that she was dancing on her own to get attention,\u201d Busch Gardens spokeswoman Karen Varga-Sinka told the Orlando Sentinel. \u201cSince then, she has danced for countless guests, school groups, media appearances and national television shows.\u201d Corrao was charged with animal cruelty and jailed on $2,000 bond. At his first court appearance on Wednesday, Judge John Conrad said that the act \u201cborders on depraved,\u201d ABC Action News reports. \u201cI don\u2019t know if you have other issues, but I don\u2019t know who does that,\u201d Conrad said.", "essay": "I don't get why people think it's ok to act this way? Why would you hurt any sort of animal? It makes me wonder this guys mental state and what else he has done, because if he thinks this is ok to do to a flamingo out in the public, then what does he think it's ok to do to another animal or even a human behind closed doors? "}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "Flamingo Dead After Busch Gardens Visitor Allegedly Threw Her To The Ground \u2014  A beloved flamingo at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida, had to be euthanized Tuesday after police say a park visitor attacked her. Pinky, a female Chilean flamingo known for a distinctive style of walking that became known as the \u201cFlamingo Flamenco,\u201d was 19 years old, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Joseph Anthony Corrao was at the park with his family around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday when he allegedly reached into Pinky\u2019s pen, grabbed her and threw her to the ground. The zoo had to euthanize her because of her injuries, according to a Busch Gardens statement.  \u201cPinky was a beloved member of the Busch Gardens Tampa Bay family and made many appearances on behalf of the park\u2019s conservation and education efforts,\u201d the statement read. \u201cShe will be sorely missed.\u201d Witnesses said that before picking up Pinky, Corrao picked up a different flamingo but put it down unharmed, according to local news station WFLA. Zoo personnel say they never trained Pinky to perform her circular dance, but that she just started doing it on her own. \u201cWhile making an appearance with Jack Hanna, the team noticed that she was dancing on her own to get attention,\u201d Busch Gardens spokeswoman Karen Varga-Sinka told the Orlando Sentinel. \u201cSince then, she has danced for countless guests, school groups, media appearances and national television shows.\u201d Corrao was charged with animal cruelty and jailed on $2,000 bond. At his first court appearance on Wednesday, Judge John Conrad said that the act \u201cborders on depraved,\u201d ABC Action News reports. \u201cI don\u2019t know if you have other issues, but I don\u2019t know who does that,\u201d Conrad said.", "essay": "The depravity that goes on in this world is alarming at best.   At Busch Gardens, Joseph Anthony Corrao, picked up a flamingo named Pinky and threw her to the ground.   Her injuries were so bad that she was euthanized.   Pinky was famous for a dance she just did on her own and welcomed visitors sometimes.   "}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "Flamingo Dead After Busch Gardens Visitor Allegedly Threw Her To The Ground \u2014  A beloved flamingo at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida, had to be euthanized Tuesday after police say a park visitor attacked her. Pinky, a female Chilean flamingo known for a distinctive style of walking that became known as the \u201cFlamingo Flamenco,\u201d was 19 years old, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Joseph Anthony Corrao was at the park with his family around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday when he allegedly reached into Pinky\u2019s pen, grabbed her and threw her to the ground. The zoo had to euthanize her because of her injuries, according to a Busch Gardens statement.  \u201cPinky was a beloved member of the Busch Gardens Tampa Bay family and made many appearances on behalf of the park\u2019s conservation and education efforts,\u201d the statement read. \u201cShe will be sorely missed.\u201d Witnesses said that before picking up Pinky, Corrao picked up a different flamingo but put it down unharmed, according to local news station WFLA. Zoo personnel say they never trained Pinky to perform her circular dance, but that she just started doing it on her own. \u201cWhile making an appearance with Jack Hanna, the team noticed that she was dancing on her own to get attention,\u201d Busch Gardens spokeswoman Karen Varga-Sinka told the Orlando Sentinel. \u201cSince then, she has danced for countless guests, school groups, media appearances and national television shows.\u201d Corrao was charged with animal cruelty and jailed on $2,000 bond. At his first court appearance on Wednesday, Judge John Conrad said that the act \u201cborders on depraved,\u201d ABC Action News reports. \u201cI don\u2019t know if you have other issues, but I don\u2019t know who does that,\u201d Conrad said.", "essay": "What is human nature coming to?   Zoo visitors attacking the wildlife and inflicting such horrendous injuries that she had to be put down.   I can't imagine what in the world that would cause a human being to do that.   His bond was too low.   It should be very high.   Laws are so ridiculous.   We do the laws that should not be on the books.   "}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Wildlife Dying En Masse as South American River Runs Dry \u2014  The Pilcomayo River in Paraguay is littered with dead caiman and fish carcasses as the government scrambles to find a solution. Vultures rest in the tree\u2019s upper branches, their black bodies in stark contrast to the blanched wood beneath their feet. Below them, caimans and capybaras crawl in sucking mud through the Agropil lagoon, seeking water that is unlikely to arrive for many months. The river has dried up, and there is nowhere for them to go. The lagoon, located in the western Paraguayan province of Boquer\u00f3n, is just one of many stretches of the Pilcomayo River suffering an extensive die-off of caiman, fish, and other river creatures. There have not been any official estimates from the Ministry of the Environment, but Roque Gonz\u00e1lez Vera, a journalist for ABC Color in Paraguay, reports utter devastation in some places: Up to 98 percent of caimans (Caiman yacare) are suspected dead, and 80 percent of the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) population has died. Paraguay is in the midst of an ecological crisis. The crisis stems from a combination of drought and mismanagement that has left the Pilcomayo River dry for nearly 435 miles (700 kilometers), according to Vera. On June 24, Paraguay declared an environmental emergency, but little has been done, or can be done, to provide relief for the imperiled animals until the wet season returns. The dry season typically lasts through October, and the annual recharge does not generally occur until January. So, what went wrong? A Perfect Storm of Drought and Mismanagement The Pilcomayo River originates in the Bolivian Highlands, which form the upper basin of the river. The lower reaches run through the Gran Chaco\u2014a hot, semiarid lowland also known as the Chaco Plain\u2014and form a 518-mile (834-kilometer) international border between Argentina and Paraguay. This stretch of the river relies on an annual, three-month pulse of water from the upper basin during its rainy season (roughly January to March). Quite simply, this past year did not deliver. View Images  According to the Ministry of Public Works and Communication (MOPC), the drought is the second worst in the past 30 years, and the paucity of rain has not been seen since 1996-97. Alone, the drought posed a threat to wildlife and agriculture, but the crisis has been exacerbated by the mismanagement of water resources and infrastructure by the Paraguayan government, according to Vera. In a recent article, the reporter argues that the government is complicit in the wildlife die-off, alleging laziness, inefficiency, and irresponsibility in the rehabilitation of the Paraguayan channel. To some extent, the government agrees. The MOPC concluded that the National Commission of the Pilcomayo did an insufficient job of maintaining the river\u2019s channels and canals and recently fired the head of the commission, Daniel Garay. Garay was also charged for the alleged irregularities. However, the mismanagement also extends across the border to Paraguay\u2019s neighbor, Argentina. In 1991, the two countries signed a water distribution agreement for the Pilcomayo, but they have struggled to maintain a fair distribution of water. In any given year, the river largely flows in one country and not the other. A recent review of the river proposed that the country that gets the water is either lucky the river shifted to them, and/or they were more diligent in canal work. Both countries have built up artificial canals outside the agreement\u2014ample mistrust between the nations fuels the construction\u2014but Argentina appears to have done a better job managing theirs, while also adding some reservoirs to hold water surpluses. In recent years, they were luckier and more diligent: Argentina has the water now. How long Argentina keeps the water is largely dependent on a third factor: the natural characteristics of the Pilcomayo River. Natural Phenomenon? Oscar Orfeo, an Argentinean geologist at the Center for Applied Coastal Ecology, believes the lack of water is simply a natural result of the river\u2019s morphology; the river simply does what it wants. The artificial canals cannot control the slope of the plain or the river\u2019s shaping capacity, he says. Orfeo also believes that the current environmental emergency cannot be attributed to a period of extreme drought but is really due to the \u201cwandering\u201d behavior of the river. This wandering is largely related to the significant amounts of sediment the Pilcomayo transports downstream\u2014some 140 million tons of sediment every year, one of the highest amounts in the world. The sediment, in combination with wood debris carried downstream, has created a blockage that disperses the river outside the channel into the surrounding land. As the blockage moves farther upstream every year, the dry river channel grows. It has now been nearly a hundred years since the Pilcomayo\u2019s main channel connected with the Paraguay River in Asunci\u00f3n. With both human and natural forces at play, scientists in Paraguay worry the current crisis could easily become an annual occurrence. Seeking a Solution In the face of public pressure, the Minister of Public Works and Communication, Ram\u00f3n Jim\u00e9nez Gaona, announced that the government is working with local authorities, indigenous groups, and residents to remedy the situation. Yet, despite the claims of the government, so far there has been little action to address the situation, says Vera. At the time of this publishing, National Geographic had not received a response from the Ministry of the Environment or the National Commission of the Pilcomayo, which is housed in the MOPC. In reality, it is hard to see a clear solution right now; there is no water to release or divert. Existing options to rehabilitate the Pilcomayo mostly center on cleaning and updating the canals that are filled with sediment, but it is neither quick nor easy to do so. To restore a consistent flow on both sides of the border, Paraguay and Argentina must commit to sharing water, but cooperation has been hard to come by. Until the infrastructure is developed and maintained, observers can only watch and wait, hoping that it rains enough next year to save the animals, or that the river shifts back into its Paraguayan channel. Politics, water, and wildlife: Welcome to 21st-century river management. Rachel Brown contributed reporting for this story.       Article Title:Will Zimbabwe Sell Off Its Rare \u2018Painted Dogs\u2019?   Article URL:http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/160512-zimbabwe-selling-wildlife-wild-dogs-conservation-elephants-lions/   Article author(s)Carly Nairn   Article date: MAY 12, 2016   News source: nationalgeographic    Zimbabwe\u2019s plan to sell its wildlife could hasten the decline of Africa\u2019s endangered wild dogs. Last week Zimbabwe announced that because of the drought that\u2019s ravaging the country\u2014and leaving four million Zimbabweans in need of food aid\u2014it will \u201cdestock\u201d its national parks and reserves by selling off wildlife. The announcement by the Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (also known as Zimparks) doesn\u2019t say when the sales would begin, nor does it specify which species would be offered and at what prices. Some of the country\u2019s animals can\u2019t be sold off\u2014those already protected against sale or hunting under the Parks and Wildlife Act, dating back to 1975. These include pangolins, pythons, and rhinos. Elephants and lions aren\u2019t protected under the act, and elephants in particular, given their high value, would likely be priorities for sale. Surprisingly, African wild dogs, which are endangered continent-wide, aren\u2019t on Zimbabwe\u2019s no-sale list. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which sets the conservation status of species, these elusive canids are critically endangered and number only 3,000 to 5,500 continent-wide. Zimbabwe claims it must sell wildlife to replenish its coffers in the face of cash shortages so extreme that ATMs can\u2019t be refilled, a scorching drought that\u2019s causing the country\u2019s exports of tobacco and maize to plummet, and a recent bid by the European Union to ban trophy hunting imports, which the government says would deprive the country of additional crucial revenue. (The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service banned the import of elephant hunting trophies from Zimbabwe in 2014, on grounds that killing elephants for trophies there would not enhance the population\u2019s survival, a requirement under the Endangered Species Act.) But Ross Harvey, a senior researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs, says that if Zimbabwe had been governed responsibly, there would be no need reason for it to put its wild animals up for sale. \u201cZimbabwe's economy has been intensively mismanaged since the late 1990s, and the recent drought has had a more devastating effect than it otherwise would have if the economy was in fact being run properly.\u201d According to Harvey, \u201cthe idea that the sale of elephants would help to assuage the country's economic woes is unworkable.\u201d He notes that there\u2019s no assurance that any money the government acquires from wildlife sales would be earmarked for conservation or drought relief. \u201cIn a system where lack of accountability has been baked in over a long time,\u201d Harvey says, \u201cthere\u2019s no guarantee that the money would be directed towards those who need it most.\u201d Zimbabwe has been criticized by wildlife and animal rights advocates for its previous arrangements to use animals as financial leverage. In July 2015 the country exported 24 wild elephants to China. How the money from the sale has been allocated remains an open question. And the killing last year of Cecil the lion by Walter Palmer, an American dentist and trophy hunter, in a private reserve bordering Hwange National Park caused a furor that primed animal advocates to keep a critical eye on Zimbabwe. But so far Zimparks has escaped widespread criticism for its new wildlife sale plan. Will Wild Dogs Take a Hit? One of the continent\u2019s largest populations of wild dogs\u2014also called painted dogs for the splotches of black, tan, and gold on their coats\u2014is in Hwange National Park. Although their exact numbers are unknown, experts believe that the park holds about 150. Zimbabwe as a whole may have around 700. Even without a crippling drought, survival is hard for wild dogs\u2014they get caught in snares set by poachers seeking other animals, and many have been roadkill victims. At the news of the Zimparks proposal to sell wildlife, Peter Blinston, the managing director of the Painted Dog Conservation, a nonprofit based in Hwange, said he didn\u2019t believe that wild dogs would be put up for sale. \u201cPainted Dog Conservation has very good relations with Zimparks,\" he said. \u201cThus our standing carries some weight, and if there was talk of dogs being on the for sale list, we would fight hard, and I suspect we would win.\u201d Speculating on what animals Zimparks would find attractive to sell, Blinston said there was a \u201cperceived abundance\u201d of elephants, yet their exact numbers, like those of wild dogs, are unknown. Estimates vary from a low of 60,000 to a high of 100,000. He also pointed out that \u201cin some areas impala are over-represented. I don\u2019t think anything else is.\u201d If numbers play into the decision about which animals to sell, elephants and impalas would be high on the list. If impalas, an important food source for wild dogs, are sold and suffer drought losses as well, that would be a double whammy of deprivation for Zimbabwe\u2019s already troubled painted dogs. Zimparks and Zimbabwe's Ministry of Environment, Water, and Climate did not respond to requests for comment.   Article Title:South Australia belted by second storm in 24 hours with winds of up to 140km/h   Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/29/south-australia-on-alert-again-as-adelaide-braces-for-strongest-storm-on-record   Article author(s)   Article date:Thursday 29 September 2016 05.51 EDTLast modified on Thursday 29 September 2016 14.11 EDT   News source: theguardian    Intense low-pressure system sweeps across state, causing heavy rain, flooding and major damage after emergency services tell Adelaide workers to go home   South Australia has copped another belting with a destructive storm lashing the state just 24 hours after super cell thunderstorms knocked out the state\u2019s entire power network. The intense low pressure system raged across Adelaide and parts of SouthAustralia late on Thursday. The storm packed winds of up to 140km/h, among the strongest the city has experienced, prompting an unprecedented warning from police for workers to head home early and stay home amid concerns emergency services might not be able to cope. The winds brought down trees across a wide area, causing major damage, and ripped some mid-north buildings apart. Heavy rain caused widespread flooding, from the Patawalonga River in Adelaide, through to the Barossa and Clare valleys, which copped 54mm of rain.   In Clare, a caravan park was under threat and in the Barossa, a dam burst, prompting an emergency flood warning for the town of Greenock. Storm surges and huge waves also inundated some communities along the Spencer and St Vincent gulf coasts with the worst centres affected including Port Pirie, Port Broughton and Moonta. The State Emergency Service responded to more than 660 calls for help, taking the tally to well over 1,000 in the past 36 hours. The police commissioner, Grant Stevens, said extra police could be brought in from interstate to help cope with the crisis. The SES chief officer, Chris Beattie, warned the service was at risk of being stretched beyond capacity. The latest emergency came after Wednesday\u2019s blackout when ferocious winds ripped up more than 20 transmission towers in the mid-north, taking out three of the state\u2019s four major transmission lines. The premier, Jay Weatherill, described the storm as \u201ccatastrophic\u201d and said it had involved weather events not seen before in South Australia, \u201csuch as twin tornadoes, which ripped through the northern parts of our state\u201d. By late on Thursday, 30,000 properties remained without power, some because of Wednesday\u2019s statewide blackout and others as a result of new damage caused by the continued wild weather. Weatherill warned some households, particularly in northern areas, could remain without power for at least a couple of days. At the height of the drama on Wednesday, super cell storms with destructive winds and tornadoes ripped more than 20 transmission towers in South Australia\u2019s north out of the ground, bringing down three major transmission lines. Lightning also damaged energy infrastructure, with 80,000 strikes hitting the state over a short period. It caused a state-wide blackout that plunged South Australia into darkness. South Australian power transmission company ElectraNet will bring in temporary towers from interstate to repair the transmission lines. ElectraNet executive manager of network service, Simon Emms, said the company hoped to have one of the three backbone circuits restored by Sunday and would build on that as fast as possible. Emms said the company continued to work on restoring power to those areas of the state still without electricity but establishing a timeline was difficult. \u201cThat\u2019s a very fair question but very hard to answer at the moment,\u201d he said. \u201cObviously, the current wind conditions are hampering restoration efforts. Access to the sites is very difficult and we haven\u2019t finished fully patrolling all the lines yet to ensure we can safely energise them. \u201cWhen we\u2019ve finished the patrols, then we\u2019ll safely energise. We\u2019ll then restore the assets with emergency towers.\u201d Emms said he was not aware of any power system in the world that could handle losing as much energy so quickly without going into blackout. He said such events were not common but were not unheard of.   Meanwhile, parts of New South Wales were being hit by the tail of the storm cell as it moved on from South Australia. The weather bureau had warnings in place for damaging winds and potential flash flooding for much of the state, but had revised down warnings for heavy rains. Broken Hill has borne the brunt of the destructive winds, with gusts reaching up to 90km/h. Thunderstorms were hitting towns in the north of the state along the Queensland border. The Riverina, central and south tablelands and parts of the Hunter, Snowy Mountains and mid-north coastal regions were all on alert. Towns in flood-ravaged central NSW were also being told to prepare for potential flash flooding and further flooding in the next few days. The central west community of Forbes could be inundated by a second peak of the Lachlan River at the same time the town\u2019s weekend floodwaters reach downstream Condobolin. The SES predicts the high water marks would occur sometime next week, with 30mm of rain expected on Thursday and up to 20mm on Friday. At least 50,000 sandbags had been transported into the towns from Maitland in the Hunter Valley and extra crews brought in from around the state. About 100 properties remained subject to an evacuation order while sittings at courthouses in Forbes, Condobolin and Lake Cargelligo had been cancelled for next week. The SES was calling on those going to the Deni Ute Muster or travelling inland to check for potential road closures.", "essay": "After reading the article, my heart just breaks for all the wildlife that was affected. I believe it is mostly human fault that this is happening in the first place. The animals as well as wildlife needs to affected because of the bad decisions we make. It is terrible and i feel like it's time for humans to make a change to really help other living things."}
{"user_id": "ec_p016", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 60000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 60000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Wildlife Dying En Masse as South American River Runs Dry \u2014  The Pilcomayo River in Paraguay is littered with dead caiman and fish carcasses as the government scrambles to find a solution. Vultures rest in the tree\u2019s upper branches, their black bodies in stark contrast to the blanched wood beneath their feet. Below them, caimans and capybaras crawl in sucking mud through the Agropil lagoon, seeking water that is unlikely to arrive for many months. The river has dried up, and there is nowhere for them to go. The lagoon, located in the western Paraguayan province of Boquer\u00f3n, is just one of many stretches of the Pilcomayo River suffering an extensive die-off of caiman, fish, and other river creatures. There have not been any official estimates from the Ministry of the Environment, but Roque Gonz\u00e1lez Vera, a journalist for ABC Color in Paraguay, reports utter devastation in some places: Up to 98 percent of caimans (Caiman yacare) are suspected dead, and 80 percent of the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) population has died. Paraguay is in the midst of an ecological crisis. The crisis stems from a combination of drought and mismanagement that has left the Pilcomayo River dry for nearly 435 miles (700 kilometers), according to Vera. On June 24, Paraguay declared an environmental emergency, but little has been done, or can be done, to provide relief for the imperiled animals until the wet season returns. The dry season typically lasts through October, and the annual recharge does not generally occur until January. So, what went wrong? A Perfect Storm of Drought and Mismanagement The Pilcomayo River originates in the Bolivian Highlands, which form the upper basin of the river. The lower reaches run through the Gran Chaco\u2014a hot, semiarid lowland also known as the Chaco Plain\u2014and form a 518-mile (834-kilometer) international border between Argentina and Paraguay. This stretch of the river relies on an annual, three-month pulse of water from the upper basin during its rainy season (roughly January to March). Quite simply, this past year did not deliver. View Images  According to the Ministry of Public Works and Communication (MOPC), the drought is the second worst in the past 30 years, and the paucity of rain has not been seen since 1996-97. Alone, the drought posed a threat to wildlife and agriculture, but the crisis has been exacerbated by the mismanagement of water resources and infrastructure by the Paraguayan government, according to Vera. In a recent article, the reporter argues that the government is complicit in the wildlife die-off, alleging laziness, inefficiency, and irresponsibility in the rehabilitation of the Paraguayan channel. To some extent, the government agrees. The MOPC concluded that the National Commission of the Pilcomayo did an insufficient job of maintaining the river\u2019s channels and canals and recently fired the head of the commission, Daniel Garay. Garay was also charged for the alleged irregularities. However, the mismanagement also extends across the border to Paraguay\u2019s neighbor, Argentina. In 1991, the two countries signed a water distribution agreement for the Pilcomayo, but they have struggled to maintain a fair distribution of water. In any given year, the river largely flows in one country and not the other. A recent review of the river proposed that the country that gets the water is either lucky the river shifted to them, and/or they were more diligent in canal work. Both countries have built up artificial canals outside the agreement\u2014ample mistrust between the nations fuels the construction\u2014but Argentina appears to have done a better job managing theirs, while also adding some reservoirs to hold water surpluses. In recent years, they were luckier and more diligent: Argentina has the water now. How long Argentina keeps the water is largely dependent on a third factor: the natural characteristics of the Pilcomayo River. Natural Phenomenon? Oscar Orfeo, an Argentinean geologist at the Center for Applied Coastal Ecology, believes the lack of water is simply a natural result of the river\u2019s morphology; the river simply does what it wants. The artificial canals cannot control the slope of the plain or the river\u2019s shaping capacity, he says. Orfeo also believes that the current environmental emergency cannot be attributed to a period of extreme drought but is really due to the \u201cwandering\u201d behavior of the river. This wandering is largely related to the significant amounts of sediment the Pilcomayo transports downstream\u2014some 140 million tons of sediment every year, one of the highest amounts in the world. The sediment, in combination with wood debris carried downstream, has created a blockage that disperses the river outside the channel into the surrounding land. As the blockage moves farther upstream every year, the dry river channel grows. It has now been nearly a hundred years since the Pilcomayo\u2019s main channel connected with the Paraguay River in Asunci\u00f3n. With both human and natural forces at play, scientists in Paraguay worry the current crisis could easily become an annual occurrence. Seeking a Solution In the face of public pressure, the Minister of Public Works and Communication, Ram\u00f3n Jim\u00e9nez Gaona, announced that the government is working with local authorities, indigenous groups, and residents to remedy the situation. Yet, despite the claims of the government, so far there has been little action to address the situation, says Vera. At the time of this publishing, National Geographic had not received a response from the Ministry of the Environment or the National Commission of the Pilcomayo, which is housed in the MOPC. In reality, it is hard to see a clear solution right now; there is no water to release or divert. Existing options to rehabilitate the Pilcomayo mostly center on cleaning and updating the canals that are filled with sediment, but it is neither quick nor easy to do so. To restore a consistent flow on both sides of the border, Paraguay and Argentina must commit to sharing water, but cooperation has been hard to come by. Until the infrastructure is developed and maintained, observers can only watch and wait, hoping that it rains enough next year to save the animals, or that the river shifts back into its Paraguayan channel. Politics, water, and wildlife: Welcome to 21st-century river management. Rachel Brown contributed reporting for this story.       Article Title:Will Zimbabwe Sell Off Its Rare \u2018Painted Dogs\u2019?   Article URL:http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/160512-zimbabwe-selling-wildlife-wild-dogs-conservation-elephants-lions/   Article author(s)Carly Nairn   Article date: MAY 12, 2016   News source: nationalgeographic    Zimbabwe\u2019s plan to sell its wildlife could hasten the decline of Africa\u2019s endangered wild dogs. Last week Zimbabwe announced that because of the drought that\u2019s ravaging the country\u2014and leaving four million Zimbabweans in need of food aid\u2014it will \u201cdestock\u201d its national parks and reserves by selling off wildlife. The announcement by the Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (also known as Zimparks) doesn\u2019t say when the sales would begin, nor does it specify which species would be offered and at what prices. Some of the country\u2019s animals can\u2019t be sold off\u2014those already protected against sale or hunting under the Parks and Wildlife Act, dating back to 1975. These include pangolins, pythons, and rhinos. Elephants and lions aren\u2019t protected under the act, and elephants in particular, given their high value, would likely be priorities for sale. Surprisingly, African wild dogs, which are endangered continent-wide, aren\u2019t on Zimbabwe\u2019s no-sale list. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which sets the conservation status of species, these elusive canids are critically endangered and number only 3,000 to 5,500 continent-wide. Zimbabwe claims it must sell wildlife to replenish its coffers in the face of cash shortages so extreme that ATMs can\u2019t be refilled, a scorching drought that\u2019s causing the country\u2019s exports of tobacco and maize to plummet, and a recent bid by the European Union to ban trophy hunting imports, which the government says would deprive the country of additional crucial revenue. (The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service banned the import of elephant hunting trophies from Zimbabwe in 2014, on grounds that killing elephants for trophies there would not enhance the population\u2019s survival, a requirement under the Endangered Species Act.) But Ross Harvey, a senior researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs, says that if Zimbabwe had been governed responsibly, there would be no need reason for it to put its wild animals up for sale. \u201cZimbabwe's economy has been intensively mismanaged since the late 1990s, and the recent drought has had a more devastating effect than it otherwise would have if the economy was in fact being run properly.\u201d According to Harvey, \u201cthe idea that the sale of elephants would help to assuage the country's economic woes is unworkable.\u201d He notes that there\u2019s no assurance that any money the government acquires from wildlife sales would be earmarked for conservation or drought relief. \u201cIn a system where lack of accountability has been baked in over a long time,\u201d Harvey says, \u201cthere\u2019s no guarantee that the money would be directed towards those who need it most.\u201d Zimbabwe has been criticized by wildlife and animal rights advocates for its previous arrangements to use animals as financial leverage. In July 2015 the country exported 24 wild elephants to China. How the money from the sale has been allocated remains an open question. And the killing last year of Cecil the lion by Walter Palmer, an American dentist and trophy hunter, in a private reserve bordering Hwange National Park caused a furor that primed animal advocates to keep a critical eye on Zimbabwe. But so far Zimparks has escaped widespread criticism for its new wildlife sale plan. Will Wild Dogs Take a Hit? One of the continent\u2019s largest populations of wild dogs\u2014also called painted dogs for the splotches of black, tan, and gold on their coats\u2014is in Hwange National Park. Although their exact numbers are unknown, experts believe that the park holds about 150. Zimbabwe as a whole may have around 700. Even without a crippling drought, survival is hard for wild dogs\u2014they get caught in snares set by poachers seeking other animals, and many have been roadkill victims. At the news of the Zimparks proposal to sell wildlife, Peter Blinston, the managing director of the Painted Dog Conservation, a nonprofit based in Hwange, said he didn\u2019t believe that wild dogs would be put up for sale. \u201cPainted Dog Conservation has very good relations with Zimparks,\" he said. \u201cThus our standing carries some weight, and if there was talk of dogs being on the for sale list, we would fight hard, and I suspect we would win.\u201d Speculating on what animals Zimparks would find attractive to sell, Blinston said there was a \u201cperceived abundance\u201d of elephants, yet their exact numbers, like those of wild dogs, are unknown. Estimates vary from a low of 60,000 to a high of 100,000. He also pointed out that \u201cin some areas impala are over-represented. I don\u2019t think anything else is.\u201d If numbers play into the decision about which animals to sell, elephants and impalas would be high on the list. If impalas, an important food source for wild dogs, are sold and suffer drought losses as well, that would be a double whammy of deprivation for Zimbabwe\u2019s already troubled painted dogs. Zimparks and Zimbabwe's Ministry of Environment, Water, and Climate did not respond to requests for comment.   Article Title:South Australia belted by second storm in 24 hours with winds of up to 140km/h   Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/29/south-australia-on-alert-again-as-adelaide-braces-for-strongest-storm-on-record   Article author(s)   Article date:Thursday 29 September 2016 05.51 EDTLast modified on Thursday 29 September 2016 14.11 EDT   News source: theguardian    Intense low-pressure system sweeps across state, causing heavy rain, flooding and major damage after emergency services tell Adelaide workers to go home   South Australia has copped another belting with a destructive storm lashing the state just 24 hours after super cell thunderstorms knocked out the state\u2019s entire power network. The intense low pressure system raged across Adelaide and parts of SouthAustralia late on Thursday. The storm packed winds of up to 140km/h, among the strongest the city has experienced, prompting an unprecedented warning from police for workers to head home early and stay home amid concerns emergency services might not be able to cope. The winds brought down trees across a wide area, causing major damage, and ripped some mid-north buildings apart. Heavy rain caused widespread flooding, from the Patawalonga River in Adelaide, through to the Barossa and Clare valleys, which copped 54mm of rain.   In Clare, a caravan park was under threat and in the Barossa, a dam burst, prompting an emergency flood warning for the town of Greenock. Storm surges and huge waves also inundated some communities along the Spencer and St Vincent gulf coasts with the worst centres affected including Port Pirie, Port Broughton and Moonta. The State Emergency Service responded to more than 660 calls for help, taking the tally to well over 1,000 in the past 36 hours. The police commissioner, Grant Stevens, said extra police could be brought in from interstate to help cope with the crisis. The SES chief officer, Chris Beattie, warned the service was at risk of being stretched beyond capacity. The latest emergency came after Wednesday\u2019s blackout when ferocious winds ripped up more than 20 transmission towers in the mid-north, taking out three of the state\u2019s four major transmission lines. The premier, Jay Weatherill, described the storm as \u201ccatastrophic\u201d and said it had involved weather events not seen before in South Australia, \u201csuch as twin tornadoes, which ripped through the northern parts of our state\u201d. By late on Thursday, 30,000 properties remained without power, some because of Wednesday\u2019s statewide blackout and others as a result of new damage caused by the continued wild weather. Weatherill warned some households, particularly in northern areas, could remain without power for at least a couple of days. At the height of the drama on Wednesday, super cell storms with destructive winds and tornadoes ripped more than 20 transmission towers in South Australia\u2019s north out of the ground, bringing down three major transmission lines. Lightning also damaged energy infrastructure, with 80,000 strikes hitting the state over a short period. It caused a state-wide blackout that plunged South Australia into darkness. South Australian power transmission company ElectraNet will bring in temporary towers from interstate to repair the transmission lines. ElectraNet executive manager of network service, Simon Emms, said the company hoped to have one of the three backbone circuits restored by Sunday and would build on that as fast as possible. Emms said the company continued to work on restoring power to those areas of the state still without electricity but establishing a timeline was difficult. \u201cThat\u2019s a very fair question but very hard to answer at the moment,\u201d he said. \u201cObviously, the current wind conditions are hampering restoration efforts. Access to the sites is very difficult and we haven\u2019t finished fully patrolling all the lines yet to ensure we can safely energise them. \u201cWhen we\u2019ve finished the patrols, then we\u2019ll safely energise. We\u2019ll then restore the assets with emergency towers.\u201d Emms said he was not aware of any power system in the world that could handle losing as much energy so quickly without going into blackout. He said such events were not common but were not unheard of.   Meanwhile, parts of New South Wales were being hit by the tail of the storm cell as it moved on from South Australia. The weather bureau had warnings in place for damaging winds and potential flash flooding for much of the state, but had revised down warnings for heavy rains. Broken Hill has borne the brunt of the destructive winds, with gusts reaching up to 90km/h. Thunderstorms were hitting towns in the north of the state along the Queensland border. The Riverina, central and south tablelands and parts of the Hunter, Snowy Mountains and mid-north coastal regions were all on alert. Towns in flood-ravaged central NSW were also being told to prepare for potential flash flooding and further flooding in the next few days. The central west community of Forbes could be inundated by a second peak of the Lachlan River at the same time the town\u2019s weekend floodwaters reach downstream Condobolin. The SES predicts the high water marks would occur sometime next week, with 30mm of rain expected on Thursday and up to 20mm on Friday. At least 50,000 sandbags had been transported into the towns from Maitland in the Hunter Valley and extra crews brought in from around the state. About 100 properties remained subject to an evacuation order while sittings at courthouses in Forbes, Condobolin and Lake Cargelligo had been cancelled for next week. The SES was calling on those going to the Deni Ute Muster or travelling inland to check for potential road closures.", "essay": "It's crazy how many creatures are dying from the river drying up, but it just goes to show you how important water is. I think we often take water for granted in the US (or at least, in parts of the US), so we don't think about how precious it is. It's insane that that one species was almost entirely gone because of it."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Wildlife Dying En Masse as South American River Runs Dry \u2014  The Pilcomayo River in Paraguay is littered with dead caiman and fish carcasses as the government scrambles to find a solution. Vultures rest in the tree\u2019s upper branches, their black bodies in stark contrast to the blanched wood beneath their feet. Below them, caimans and capybaras crawl in sucking mud through the Agropil lagoon, seeking water that is unlikely to arrive for many months. The river has dried up, and there is nowhere for them to go. The lagoon, located in the western Paraguayan province of Boquer\u00f3n, is just one of many stretches of the Pilcomayo River suffering an extensive die-off of caiman, fish, and other river creatures. There have not been any official estimates from the Ministry of the Environment, but Roque Gonz\u00e1lez Vera, a journalist for ABC Color in Paraguay, reports utter devastation in some places: Up to 98 percent of caimans (Caiman yacare) are suspected dead, and 80 percent of the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) population has died. Paraguay is in the midst of an ecological crisis. The crisis stems from a combination of drought and mismanagement that has left the Pilcomayo River dry for nearly 435 miles (700 kilometers), according to Vera. On June 24, Paraguay declared an environmental emergency, but little has been done, or can be done, to provide relief for the imperiled animals until the wet season returns. The dry season typically lasts through October, and the annual recharge does not generally occur until January. So, what went wrong? A Perfect Storm of Drought and Mismanagement The Pilcomayo River originates in the Bolivian Highlands, which form the upper basin of the river. The lower reaches run through the Gran Chaco\u2014a hot, semiarid lowland also known as the Chaco Plain\u2014and form a 518-mile (834-kilometer) international border between Argentina and Paraguay. This stretch of the river relies on an annual, three-month pulse of water from the upper basin during its rainy season (roughly January to March). Quite simply, this past year did not deliver. View Images  According to the Ministry of Public Works and Communication (MOPC), the drought is the second worst in the past 30 years, and the paucity of rain has not been seen since 1996-97. Alone, the drought posed a threat to wildlife and agriculture, but the crisis has been exacerbated by the mismanagement of water resources and infrastructure by the Paraguayan government, according to Vera. In a recent article, the reporter argues that the government is complicit in the wildlife die-off, alleging laziness, inefficiency, and irresponsibility in the rehabilitation of the Paraguayan channel. To some extent, the government agrees. The MOPC concluded that the National Commission of the Pilcomayo did an insufficient job of maintaining the river\u2019s channels and canals and recently fired the head of the commission, Daniel Garay. Garay was also charged for the alleged irregularities. However, the mismanagement also extends across the border to Paraguay\u2019s neighbor, Argentina. In 1991, the two countries signed a water distribution agreement for the Pilcomayo, but they have struggled to maintain a fair distribution of water. In any given year, the river largely flows in one country and not the other. A recent review of the river proposed that the country that gets the water is either lucky the river shifted to them, and/or they were more diligent in canal work. Both countries have built up artificial canals outside the agreement\u2014ample mistrust between the nations fuels the construction\u2014but Argentina appears to have done a better job managing theirs, while also adding some reservoirs to hold water surpluses. In recent years, they were luckier and more diligent: Argentina has the water now. How long Argentina keeps the water is largely dependent on a third factor: the natural characteristics of the Pilcomayo River. Natural Phenomenon? Oscar Orfeo, an Argentinean geologist at the Center for Applied Coastal Ecology, believes the lack of water is simply a natural result of the river\u2019s morphology; the river simply does what it wants. The artificial canals cannot control the slope of the plain or the river\u2019s shaping capacity, he says. Orfeo also believes that the current environmental emergency cannot be attributed to a period of extreme drought but is really due to the \u201cwandering\u201d behavior of the river. This wandering is largely related to the significant amounts of sediment the Pilcomayo transports downstream\u2014some 140 million tons of sediment every year, one of the highest amounts in the world. The sediment, in combination with wood debris carried downstream, has created a blockage that disperses the river outside the channel into the surrounding land. As the blockage moves farther upstream every year, the dry river channel grows. It has now been nearly a hundred years since the Pilcomayo\u2019s main channel connected with the Paraguay River in Asunci\u00f3n. With both human and natural forces at play, scientists in Paraguay worry the current crisis could easily become an annual occurrence. Seeking a Solution In the face of public pressure, the Minister of Public Works and Communication, Ram\u00f3n Jim\u00e9nez Gaona, announced that the government is working with local authorities, indigenous groups, and residents to remedy the situation. Yet, despite the claims of the government, so far there has been little action to address the situation, says Vera. At the time of this publishing, National Geographic had not received a response from the Ministry of the Environment or the National Commission of the Pilcomayo, which is housed in the MOPC. In reality, it is hard to see a clear solution right now; there is no water to release or divert. Existing options to rehabilitate the Pilcomayo mostly center on cleaning and updating the canals that are filled with sediment, but it is neither quick nor easy to do so. To restore a consistent flow on both sides of the border, Paraguay and Argentina must commit to sharing water, but cooperation has been hard to come by. Until the infrastructure is developed and maintained, observers can only watch and wait, hoping that it rains enough next year to save the animals, or that the river shifts back into its Paraguayan channel. Politics, water, and wildlife: Welcome to 21st-century river management. Rachel Brown contributed reporting for this story.       Article Title:Will Zimbabwe Sell Off Its Rare \u2018Painted Dogs\u2019?   Article URL:http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/160512-zimbabwe-selling-wildlife-wild-dogs-conservation-elephants-lions/   Article author(s)Carly Nairn   Article date: MAY 12, 2016   News source: nationalgeographic    Zimbabwe\u2019s plan to sell its wildlife could hasten the decline of Africa\u2019s endangered wild dogs. Last week Zimbabwe announced that because of the drought that\u2019s ravaging the country\u2014and leaving four million Zimbabweans in need of food aid\u2014it will \u201cdestock\u201d its national parks and reserves by selling off wildlife. The announcement by the Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (also known as Zimparks) doesn\u2019t say when the sales would begin, nor does it specify which species would be offered and at what prices. Some of the country\u2019s animals can\u2019t be sold off\u2014those already protected against sale or hunting under the Parks and Wildlife Act, dating back to 1975. These include pangolins, pythons, and rhinos. Elephants and lions aren\u2019t protected under the act, and elephants in particular, given their high value, would likely be priorities for sale. Surprisingly, African wild dogs, which are endangered continent-wide, aren\u2019t on Zimbabwe\u2019s no-sale list. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which sets the conservation status of species, these elusive canids are critically endangered and number only 3,000 to 5,500 continent-wide. Zimbabwe claims it must sell wildlife to replenish its coffers in the face of cash shortages so extreme that ATMs can\u2019t be refilled, a scorching drought that\u2019s causing the country\u2019s exports of tobacco and maize to plummet, and a recent bid by the European Union to ban trophy hunting imports, which the government says would deprive the country of additional crucial revenue. (The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service banned the import of elephant hunting trophies from Zimbabwe in 2014, on grounds that killing elephants for trophies there would not enhance the population\u2019s survival, a requirement under the Endangered Species Act.) But Ross Harvey, a senior researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs, says that if Zimbabwe had been governed responsibly, there would be no need reason for it to put its wild animals up for sale. \u201cZimbabwe's economy has been intensively mismanaged since the late 1990s, and the recent drought has had a more devastating effect than it otherwise would have if the economy was in fact being run properly.\u201d According to Harvey, \u201cthe idea that the sale of elephants would help to assuage the country's economic woes is unworkable.\u201d He notes that there\u2019s no assurance that any money the government acquires from wildlife sales would be earmarked for conservation or drought relief. \u201cIn a system where lack of accountability has been baked in over a long time,\u201d Harvey says, \u201cthere\u2019s no guarantee that the money would be directed towards those who need it most.\u201d Zimbabwe has been criticized by wildlife and animal rights advocates for its previous arrangements to use animals as financial leverage. In July 2015 the country exported 24 wild elephants to China. How the money from the sale has been allocated remains an open question. And the killing last year of Cecil the lion by Walter Palmer, an American dentist and trophy hunter, in a private reserve bordering Hwange National Park caused a furor that primed animal advocates to keep a critical eye on Zimbabwe. But so far Zimparks has escaped widespread criticism for its new wildlife sale plan. Will Wild Dogs Take a Hit? One of the continent\u2019s largest populations of wild dogs\u2014also called painted dogs for the splotches of black, tan, and gold on their coats\u2014is in Hwange National Park. Although their exact numbers are unknown, experts believe that the park holds about 150. Zimbabwe as a whole may have around 700. Even without a crippling drought, survival is hard for wild dogs\u2014they get caught in snares set by poachers seeking other animals, and many have been roadkill victims. At the news of the Zimparks proposal to sell wildlife, Peter Blinston, the managing director of the Painted Dog Conservation, a nonprofit based in Hwange, said he didn\u2019t believe that wild dogs would be put up for sale. \u201cPainted Dog Conservation has very good relations with Zimparks,\" he said. \u201cThus our standing carries some weight, and if there was talk of dogs being on the for sale list, we would fight hard, and I suspect we would win.\u201d Speculating on what animals Zimparks would find attractive to sell, Blinston said there was a \u201cperceived abundance\u201d of elephants, yet their exact numbers, like those of wild dogs, are unknown. Estimates vary from a low of 60,000 to a high of 100,000. He also pointed out that \u201cin some areas impala are over-represented. I don\u2019t think anything else is.\u201d If numbers play into the decision about which animals to sell, elephants and impalas would be high on the list. If impalas, an important food source for wild dogs, are sold and suffer drought losses as well, that would be a double whammy of deprivation for Zimbabwe\u2019s already troubled painted dogs. Zimparks and Zimbabwe's Ministry of Environment, Water, and Climate did not respond to requests for comment.   Article Title:South Australia belted by second storm in 24 hours with winds of up to 140km/h   Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/29/south-australia-on-alert-again-as-adelaide-braces-for-strongest-storm-on-record   Article author(s)   Article date:Thursday 29 September 2016 05.51 EDTLast modified on Thursday 29 September 2016 14.11 EDT   News source: theguardian    Intense low-pressure system sweeps across state, causing heavy rain, flooding and major damage after emergency services tell Adelaide workers to go home   South Australia has copped another belting with a destructive storm lashing the state just 24 hours after super cell thunderstorms knocked out the state\u2019s entire power network. The intense low pressure system raged across Adelaide and parts of SouthAustralia late on Thursday. The storm packed winds of up to 140km/h, among the strongest the city has experienced, prompting an unprecedented warning from police for workers to head home early and stay home amid concerns emergency services might not be able to cope. The winds brought down trees across a wide area, causing major damage, and ripped some mid-north buildings apart. Heavy rain caused widespread flooding, from the Patawalonga River in Adelaide, through to the Barossa and Clare valleys, which copped 54mm of rain.   In Clare, a caravan park was under threat and in the Barossa, a dam burst, prompting an emergency flood warning for the town of Greenock. Storm surges and huge waves also inundated some communities along the Spencer and St Vincent gulf coasts with the worst centres affected including Port Pirie, Port Broughton and Moonta. The State Emergency Service responded to more than 660 calls for help, taking the tally to well over 1,000 in the past 36 hours. The police commissioner, Grant Stevens, said extra police could be brought in from interstate to help cope with the crisis. The SES chief officer, Chris Beattie, warned the service was at risk of being stretched beyond capacity. The latest emergency came after Wednesday\u2019s blackout when ferocious winds ripped up more than 20 transmission towers in the mid-north, taking out three of the state\u2019s four major transmission lines. The premier, Jay Weatherill, described the storm as \u201ccatastrophic\u201d and said it had involved weather events not seen before in South Australia, \u201csuch as twin tornadoes, which ripped through the northern parts of our state\u201d. By late on Thursday, 30,000 properties remained without power, some because of Wednesday\u2019s statewide blackout and others as a result of new damage caused by the continued wild weather. Weatherill warned some households, particularly in northern areas, could remain without power for at least a couple of days. At the height of the drama on Wednesday, super cell storms with destructive winds and tornadoes ripped more than 20 transmission towers in South Australia\u2019s north out of the ground, bringing down three major transmission lines. Lightning also damaged energy infrastructure, with 80,000 strikes hitting the state over a short period. It caused a state-wide blackout that plunged South Australia into darkness. South Australian power transmission company ElectraNet will bring in temporary towers from interstate to repair the transmission lines. ElectraNet executive manager of network service, Simon Emms, said the company hoped to have one of the three backbone circuits restored by Sunday and would build on that as fast as possible. Emms said the company continued to work on restoring power to those areas of the state still without electricity but establishing a timeline was difficult. \u201cThat\u2019s a very fair question but very hard to answer at the moment,\u201d he said. \u201cObviously, the current wind conditions are hampering restoration efforts. Access to the sites is very difficult and we haven\u2019t finished fully patrolling all the lines yet to ensure we can safely energise them. \u201cWhen we\u2019ve finished the patrols, then we\u2019ll safely energise. We\u2019ll then restore the assets with emergency towers.\u201d Emms said he was not aware of any power system in the world that could handle losing as much energy so quickly without going into blackout. He said such events were not common but were not unheard of.   Meanwhile, parts of New South Wales were being hit by the tail of the storm cell as it moved on from South Australia. The weather bureau had warnings in place for damaging winds and potential flash flooding for much of the state, but had revised down warnings for heavy rains. Broken Hill has borne the brunt of the destructive winds, with gusts reaching up to 90km/h. Thunderstorms were hitting towns in the north of the state along the Queensland border. The Riverina, central and south tablelands and parts of the Hunter, Snowy Mountains and mid-north coastal regions were all on alert. Towns in flood-ravaged central NSW were also being told to prepare for potential flash flooding and further flooding in the next few days. The central west community of Forbes could be inundated by a second peak of the Lachlan River at the same time the town\u2019s weekend floodwaters reach downstream Condobolin. The SES predicts the high water marks would occur sometime next week, with 30mm of rain expected on Thursday and up to 20mm on Friday. At least 50,000 sandbags had been transported into the towns from Maitland in the Hunter Valley and extra crews brought in from around the state. About 100 properties remained subject to an evacuation order while sittings at courthouses in Forbes, Condobolin and Lake Cargelligo had been cancelled for next week. The SES was calling on those going to the Deni Ute Muster or travelling inland to check for potential road closures.", "essay": "We need to do more to protect the wildlife in this world. The fact that we let rivers and land go so littered with these carcasses but do nothing to try and help alleviate the situation. We need to do better. I think with time we might improve on this but I won't get my hopes up. We as humans are not the most caring species it seems."}
{"user_id": "ec_p073", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Wildlife Dying En Masse as South American River Runs Dry \u2014  The Pilcomayo River in Paraguay is littered with dead caiman and fish carcasses as the government scrambles to find a solution. Vultures rest in the tree\u2019s upper branches, their black bodies in stark contrast to the blanched wood beneath their feet. Below them, caimans and capybaras crawl in sucking mud through the Agropil lagoon, seeking water that is unlikely to arrive for many months. The river has dried up, and there is nowhere for them to go. The lagoon, located in the western Paraguayan province of Boquer\u00f3n, is just one of many stretches of the Pilcomayo River suffering an extensive die-off of caiman, fish, and other river creatures. There have not been any official estimates from the Ministry of the Environment, but Roque Gonz\u00e1lez Vera, a journalist for ABC Color in Paraguay, reports utter devastation in some places: Up to 98 percent of caimans (Caiman yacare) are suspected dead, and 80 percent of the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) population has died. Paraguay is in the midst of an ecological crisis. The crisis stems from a combination of drought and mismanagement that has left the Pilcomayo River dry for nearly 435 miles (700 kilometers), according to Vera. On June 24, Paraguay declared an environmental emergency, but little has been done, or can be done, to provide relief for the imperiled animals until the wet season returns. The dry season typically lasts through October, and the annual recharge does not generally occur until January. So, what went wrong? A Perfect Storm of Drought and Mismanagement The Pilcomayo River originates in the Bolivian Highlands, which form the upper basin of the river. The lower reaches run through the Gran Chaco\u2014a hot, semiarid lowland also known as the Chaco Plain\u2014and form a 518-mile (834-kilometer) international border between Argentina and Paraguay. This stretch of the river relies on an annual, three-month pulse of water from the upper basin during its rainy season (roughly January to March). Quite simply, this past year did not deliver. View Images  According to the Ministry of Public Works and Communication (MOPC), the drought is the second worst in the past 30 years, and the paucity of rain has not been seen since 1996-97. Alone, the drought posed a threat to wildlife and agriculture, but the crisis has been exacerbated by the mismanagement of water resources and infrastructure by the Paraguayan government, according to Vera. In a recent article, the reporter argues that the government is complicit in the wildlife die-off, alleging laziness, inefficiency, and irresponsibility in the rehabilitation of the Paraguayan channel. To some extent, the government agrees. The MOPC concluded that the National Commission of the Pilcomayo did an insufficient job of maintaining the river\u2019s channels and canals and recently fired the head of the commission, Daniel Garay. Garay was also charged for the alleged irregularities. However, the mismanagement also extends across the border to Paraguay\u2019s neighbor, Argentina. In 1991, the two countries signed a water distribution agreement for the Pilcomayo, but they have struggled to maintain a fair distribution of water. In any given year, the river largely flows in one country and not the other. A recent review of the river proposed that the country that gets the water is either lucky the river shifted to them, and/or they were more diligent in canal work. Both countries have built up artificial canals outside the agreement\u2014ample mistrust between the nations fuels the construction\u2014but Argentina appears to have done a better job managing theirs, while also adding some reservoirs to hold water surpluses. In recent years, they were luckier and more diligent: Argentina has the water now. How long Argentina keeps the water is largely dependent on a third factor: the natural characteristics of the Pilcomayo River. Natural Phenomenon? Oscar Orfeo, an Argentinean geologist at the Center for Applied Coastal Ecology, believes the lack of water is simply a natural result of the river\u2019s morphology; the river simply does what it wants. The artificial canals cannot control the slope of the plain or the river\u2019s shaping capacity, he says. Orfeo also believes that the current environmental emergency cannot be attributed to a period of extreme drought but is really due to the \u201cwandering\u201d behavior of the river. This wandering is largely related to the significant amounts of sediment the Pilcomayo transports downstream\u2014some 140 million tons of sediment every year, one of the highest amounts in the world. The sediment, in combination with wood debris carried downstream, has created a blockage that disperses the river outside the channel into the surrounding land. As the blockage moves farther upstream every year, the dry river channel grows. It has now been nearly a hundred years since the Pilcomayo\u2019s main channel connected with the Paraguay River in Asunci\u00f3n. With both human and natural forces at play, scientists in Paraguay worry the current crisis could easily become an annual occurrence. Seeking a Solution In the face of public pressure, the Minister of Public Works and Communication, Ram\u00f3n Jim\u00e9nez Gaona, announced that the government is working with local authorities, indigenous groups, and residents to remedy the situation. Yet, despite the claims of the government, so far there has been little action to address the situation, says Vera. At the time of this publishing, National Geographic had not received a response from the Ministry of the Environment or the National Commission of the Pilcomayo, which is housed in the MOPC. In reality, it is hard to see a clear solution right now; there is no water to release or divert. Existing options to rehabilitate the Pilcomayo mostly center on cleaning and updating the canals that are filled with sediment, but it is neither quick nor easy to do so. To restore a consistent flow on both sides of the border, Paraguay and Argentina must commit to sharing water, but cooperation has been hard to come by. Until the infrastructure is developed and maintained, observers can only watch and wait, hoping that it rains enough next year to save the animals, or that the river shifts back into its Paraguayan channel. Politics, water, and wildlife: Welcome to 21st-century river management. Rachel Brown contributed reporting for this story.       Article Title:Will Zimbabwe Sell Off Its Rare \u2018Painted Dogs\u2019?   Article URL:http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/160512-zimbabwe-selling-wildlife-wild-dogs-conservation-elephants-lions/   Article author(s)Carly Nairn   Article date: MAY 12, 2016   News source: nationalgeographic    Zimbabwe\u2019s plan to sell its wildlife could hasten the decline of Africa\u2019s endangered wild dogs. Last week Zimbabwe announced that because of the drought that\u2019s ravaging the country\u2014and leaving four million Zimbabweans in need of food aid\u2014it will \u201cdestock\u201d its national parks and reserves by selling off wildlife. The announcement by the Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (also known as Zimparks) doesn\u2019t say when the sales would begin, nor does it specify which species would be offered and at what prices. Some of the country\u2019s animals can\u2019t be sold off\u2014those already protected against sale or hunting under the Parks and Wildlife Act, dating back to 1975. These include pangolins, pythons, and rhinos. Elephants and lions aren\u2019t protected under the act, and elephants in particular, given their high value, would likely be priorities for sale. Surprisingly, African wild dogs, which are endangered continent-wide, aren\u2019t on Zimbabwe\u2019s no-sale list. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which sets the conservation status of species, these elusive canids are critically endangered and number only 3,000 to 5,500 continent-wide. Zimbabwe claims it must sell wildlife to replenish its coffers in the face of cash shortages so extreme that ATMs can\u2019t be refilled, a scorching drought that\u2019s causing the country\u2019s exports of tobacco and maize to plummet, and a recent bid by the European Union to ban trophy hunting imports, which the government says would deprive the country of additional crucial revenue. (The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service banned the import of elephant hunting trophies from Zimbabwe in 2014, on grounds that killing elephants for trophies there would not enhance the population\u2019s survival, a requirement under the Endangered Species Act.) But Ross Harvey, a senior researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs, says that if Zimbabwe had been governed responsibly, there would be no need reason for it to put its wild animals up for sale. \u201cZimbabwe's economy has been intensively mismanaged since the late 1990s, and the recent drought has had a more devastating effect than it otherwise would have if the economy was in fact being run properly.\u201d According to Harvey, \u201cthe idea that the sale of elephants would help to assuage the country's economic woes is unworkable.\u201d He notes that there\u2019s no assurance that any money the government acquires from wildlife sales would be earmarked for conservation or drought relief. \u201cIn a system where lack of accountability has been baked in over a long time,\u201d Harvey says, \u201cthere\u2019s no guarantee that the money would be directed towards those who need it most.\u201d Zimbabwe has been criticized by wildlife and animal rights advocates for its previous arrangements to use animals as financial leverage. In July 2015 the country exported 24 wild elephants to China. How the money from the sale has been allocated remains an open question. And the killing last year of Cecil the lion by Walter Palmer, an American dentist and trophy hunter, in a private reserve bordering Hwange National Park caused a furor that primed animal advocates to keep a critical eye on Zimbabwe. But so far Zimparks has escaped widespread criticism for its new wildlife sale plan. Will Wild Dogs Take a Hit? One of the continent\u2019s largest populations of wild dogs\u2014also called painted dogs for the splotches of black, tan, and gold on their coats\u2014is in Hwange National Park. Although their exact numbers are unknown, experts believe that the park holds about 150. Zimbabwe as a whole may have around 700. Even without a crippling drought, survival is hard for wild dogs\u2014they get caught in snares set by poachers seeking other animals, and many have been roadkill victims. At the news of the Zimparks proposal to sell wildlife, Peter Blinston, the managing director of the Painted Dog Conservation, a nonprofit based in Hwange, said he didn\u2019t believe that wild dogs would be put up for sale. \u201cPainted Dog Conservation has very good relations with Zimparks,\" he said. \u201cThus our standing carries some weight, and if there was talk of dogs being on the for sale list, we would fight hard, and I suspect we would win.\u201d Speculating on what animals Zimparks would find attractive to sell, Blinston said there was a \u201cperceived abundance\u201d of elephants, yet their exact numbers, like those of wild dogs, are unknown. Estimates vary from a low of 60,000 to a high of 100,000. He also pointed out that \u201cin some areas impala are over-represented. I don\u2019t think anything else is.\u201d If numbers play into the decision about which animals to sell, elephants and impalas would be high on the list. If impalas, an important food source for wild dogs, are sold and suffer drought losses as well, that would be a double whammy of deprivation for Zimbabwe\u2019s already troubled painted dogs. Zimparks and Zimbabwe's Ministry of Environment, Water, and Climate did not respond to requests for comment.   Article Title:South Australia belted by second storm in 24 hours with winds of up to 140km/h   Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/29/south-australia-on-alert-again-as-adelaide-braces-for-strongest-storm-on-record   Article author(s)   Article date:Thursday 29 September 2016 05.51 EDTLast modified on Thursday 29 September 2016 14.11 EDT   News source: theguardian    Intense low-pressure system sweeps across state, causing heavy rain, flooding and major damage after emergency services tell Adelaide workers to go home   South Australia has copped another belting with a destructive storm lashing the state just 24 hours after super cell thunderstorms knocked out the state\u2019s entire power network. The intense low pressure system raged across Adelaide and parts of SouthAustralia late on Thursday. The storm packed winds of up to 140km/h, among the strongest the city has experienced, prompting an unprecedented warning from police for workers to head home early and stay home amid concerns emergency services might not be able to cope. The winds brought down trees across a wide area, causing major damage, and ripped some mid-north buildings apart. Heavy rain caused widespread flooding, from the Patawalonga River in Adelaide, through to the Barossa and Clare valleys, which copped 54mm of rain.   In Clare, a caravan park was under threat and in the Barossa, a dam burst, prompting an emergency flood warning for the town of Greenock. Storm surges and huge waves also inundated some communities along the Spencer and St Vincent gulf coasts with the worst centres affected including Port Pirie, Port Broughton and Moonta. The State Emergency Service responded to more than 660 calls for help, taking the tally to well over 1,000 in the past 36 hours. The police commissioner, Grant Stevens, said extra police could be brought in from interstate to help cope with the crisis. The SES chief officer, Chris Beattie, warned the service was at risk of being stretched beyond capacity. The latest emergency came after Wednesday\u2019s blackout when ferocious winds ripped up more than 20 transmission towers in the mid-north, taking out three of the state\u2019s four major transmission lines. The premier, Jay Weatherill, described the storm as \u201ccatastrophic\u201d and said it had involved weather events not seen before in South Australia, \u201csuch as twin tornadoes, which ripped through the northern parts of our state\u201d. By late on Thursday, 30,000 properties remained without power, some because of Wednesday\u2019s statewide blackout and others as a result of new damage caused by the continued wild weather. Weatherill warned some households, particularly in northern areas, could remain without power for at least a couple of days. At the height of the drama on Wednesday, super cell storms with destructive winds and tornadoes ripped more than 20 transmission towers in South Australia\u2019s north out of the ground, bringing down three major transmission lines. Lightning also damaged energy infrastructure, with 80,000 strikes hitting the state over a short period. It caused a state-wide blackout that plunged South Australia into darkness. South Australian power transmission company ElectraNet will bring in temporary towers from interstate to repair the transmission lines. ElectraNet executive manager of network service, Simon Emms, said the company hoped to have one of the three backbone circuits restored by Sunday and would build on that as fast as possible. Emms said the company continued to work on restoring power to those areas of the state still without electricity but establishing a timeline was difficult. \u201cThat\u2019s a very fair question but very hard to answer at the moment,\u201d he said. \u201cObviously, the current wind conditions are hampering restoration efforts. Access to the sites is very difficult and we haven\u2019t finished fully patrolling all the lines yet to ensure we can safely energise them. \u201cWhen we\u2019ve finished the patrols, then we\u2019ll safely energise. We\u2019ll then restore the assets with emergency towers.\u201d Emms said he was not aware of any power system in the world that could handle losing as much energy so quickly without going into blackout. He said such events were not common but were not unheard of.   Meanwhile, parts of New South Wales were being hit by the tail of the storm cell as it moved on from South Australia. The weather bureau had warnings in place for damaging winds and potential flash flooding for much of the state, but had revised down warnings for heavy rains. Broken Hill has borne the brunt of the destructive winds, with gusts reaching up to 90km/h. Thunderstorms were hitting towns in the north of the state along the Queensland border. The Riverina, central and south tablelands and parts of the Hunter, Snowy Mountains and mid-north coastal regions were all on alert. Towns in flood-ravaged central NSW were also being told to prepare for potential flash flooding and further flooding in the next few days. The central west community of Forbes could be inundated by a second peak of the Lachlan River at the same time the town\u2019s weekend floodwaters reach downstream Condobolin. The SES predicts the high water marks would occur sometime next week, with 30mm of rain expected on Thursday and up to 20mm on Friday. At least 50,000 sandbags had been transported into the towns from Maitland in the Hunter Valley and extra crews brought in from around the state. About 100 properties remained subject to an evacuation order while sittings at courthouses in Forbes, Condobolin and Lake Cargelligo had been cancelled for next week. The SES was calling on those going to the Deni Ute Muster or travelling inland to check for potential road closures.", "essay": "This is an article about wildlife dying in Paraguay because of drought and mismanagement of the water resources. The area doesn't get water year round so they have to find ways to save water for the dry months. The dry area is between Argentina and Paraguay and currently Argentina has figured out ways to make the water last for them and is essentially taking the water and leaving the other side dry. I think it's sad and scary for the wildlife in the area."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Wildlife Dying En Masse as South American River Runs Dry \u2014  The Pilcomayo River in Paraguay is littered with dead caiman and fish carcasses as the government scrambles to find a solution. Vultures rest in the tree\u2019s upper branches, their black bodies in stark contrast to the blanched wood beneath their feet. Below them, caimans and capybaras crawl in sucking mud through the Agropil lagoon, seeking water that is unlikely to arrive for many months. The river has dried up, and there is nowhere for them to go. The lagoon, located in the western Paraguayan province of Boquer\u00f3n, is just one of many stretches of the Pilcomayo River suffering an extensive die-off of caiman, fish, and other river creatures. There have not been any official estimates from the Ministry of the Environment, but Roque Gonz\u00e1lez Vera, a journalist for ABC Color in Paraguay, reports utter devastation in some places: Up to 98 percent of caimans (Caiman yacare) are suspected dead, and 80 percent of the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) population has died. Paraguay is in the midst of an ecological crisis. The crisis stems from a combination of drought and mismanagement that has left the Pilcomayo River dry for nearly 435 miles (700 kilometers), according to Vera. On June 24, Paraguay declared an environmental emergency, but little has been done, or can be done, to provide relief for the imperiled animals until the wet season returns. The dry season typically lasts through October, and the annual recharge does not generally occur until January. So, what went wrong? A Perfect Storm of Drought and Mismanagement The Pilcomayo River originates in the Bolivian Highlands, which form the upper basin of the river. The lower reaches run through the Gran Chaco\u2014a hot, semiarid lowland also known as the Chaco Plain\u2014and form a 518-mile (834-kilometer) international border between Argentina and Paraguay. This stretch of the river relies on an annual, three-month pulse of water from the upper basin during its rainy season (roughly January to March). Quite simply, this past year did not deliver. View Images  According to the Ministry of Public Works and Communication (MOPC), the drought is the second worst in the past 30 years, and the paucity of rain has not been seen since 1996-97. Alone, the drought posed a threat to wildlife and agriculture, but the crisis has been exacerbated by the mismanagement of water resources and infrastructure by the Paraguayan government, according to Vera. In a recent article, the reporter argues that the government is complicit in the wildlife die-off, alleging laziness, inefficiency, and irresponsibility in the rehabilitation of the Paraguayan channel. To some extent, the government agrees. The MOPC concluded that the National Commission of the Pilcomayo did an insufficient job of maintaining the river\u2019s channels and canals and recently fired the head of the commission, Daniel Garay. Garay was also charged for the alleged irregularities. However, the mismanagement also extends across the border to Paraguay\u2019s neighbor, Argentina. In 1991, the two countries signed a water distribution agreement for the Pilcomayo, but they have struggled to maintain a fair distribution of water. In any given year, the river largely flows in one country and not the other. A recent review of the river proposed that the country that gets the water is either lucky the river shifted to them, and/or they were more diligent in canal work. Both countries have built up artificial canals outside the agreement\u2014ample mistrust between the nations fuels the construction\u2014but Argentina appears to have done a better job managing theirs, while also adding some reservoirs to hold water surpluses. In recent years, they were luckier and more diligent: Argentina has the water now. How long Argentina keeps the water is largely dependent on a third factor: the natural characteristics of the Pilcomayo River. Natural Phenomenon? Oscar Orfeo, an Argentinean geologist at the Center for Applied Coastal Ecology, believes the lack of water is simply a natural result of the river\u2019s morphology; the river simply does what it wants. The artificial canals cannot control the slope of the plain or the river\u2019s shaping capacity, he says. Orfeo also believes that the current environmental emergency cannot be attributed to a period of extreme drought but is really due to the \u201cwandering\u201d behavior of the river. This wandering is largely related to the significant amounts of sediment the Pilcomayo transports downstream\u2014some 140 million tons of sediment every year, one of the highest amounts in the world. The sediment, in combination with wood debris carried downstream, has created a blockage that disperses the river outside the channel into the surrounding land. As the blockage moves farther upstream every year, the dry river channel grows. It has now been nearly a hundred years since the Pilcomayo\u2019s main channel connected with the Paraguay River in Asunci\u00f3n. With both human and natural forces at play, scientists in Paraguay worry the current crisis could easily become an annual occurrence. Seeking a Solution In the face of public pressure, the Minister of Public Works and Communication, Ram\u00f3n Jim\u00e9nez Gaona, announced that the government is working with local authorities, indigenous groups, and residents to remedy the situation. Yet, despite the claims of the government, so far there has been little action to address the situation, says Vera. At the time of this publishing, National Geographic had not received a response from the Ministry of the Environment or the National Commission of the Pilcomayo, which is housed in the MOPC. In reality, it is hard to see a clear solution right now; there is no water to release or divert. Existing options to rehabilitate the Pilcomayo mostly center on cleaning and updating the canals that are filled with sediment, but it is neither quick nor easy to do so. To restore a consistent flow on both sides of the border, Paraguay and Argentina must commit to sharing water, but cooperation has been hard to come by. Until the infrastructure is developed and maintained, observers can only watch and wait, hoping that it rains enough next year to save the animals, or that the river shifts back into its Paraguayan channel. Politics, water, and wildlife: Welcome to 21st-century river management. Rachel Brown contributed reporting for this story.       Article Title:Will Zimbabwe Sell Off Its Rare \u2018Painted Dogs\u2019?   Article URL:http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/160512-zimbabwe-selling-wildlife-wild-dogs-conservation-elephants-lions/   Article author(s)Carly Nairn   Article date: MAY 12, 2016   News source: nationalgeographic    Zimbabwe\u2019s plan to sell its wildlife could hasten the decline of Africa\u2019s endangered wild dogs. Last week Zimbabwe announced that because of the drought that\u2019s ravaging the country\u2014and leaving four million Zimbabweans in need of food aid\u2014it will \u201cdestock\u201d its national parks and reserves by selling off wildlife. The announcement by the Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (also known as Zimparks) doesn\u2019t say when the sales would begin, nor does it specify which species would be offered and at what prices. Some of the country\u2019s animals can\u2019t be sold off\u2014those already protected against sale or hunting under the Parks and Wildlife Act, dating back to 1975. These include pangolins, pythons, and rhinos. Elephants and lions aren\u2019t protected under the act, and elephants in particular, given their high value, would likely be priorities for sale. Surprisingly, African wild dogs, which are endangered continent-wide, aren\u2019t on Zimbabwe\u2019s no-sale list. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which sets the conservation status of species, these elusive canids are critically endangered and number only 3,000 to 5,500 continent-wide. Zimbabwe claims it must sell wildlife to replenish its coffers in the face of cash shortages so extreme that ATMs can\u2019t be refilled, a scorching drought that\u2019s causing the country\u2019s exports of tobacco and maize to plummet, and a recent bid by the European Union to ban trophy hunting imports, which the government says would deprive the country of additional crucial revenue. (The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service banned the import of elephant hunting trophies from Zimbabwe in 2014, on grounds that killing elephants for trophies there would not enhance the population\u2019s survival, a requirement under the Endangered Species Act.) But Ross Harvey, a senior researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs, says that if Zimbabwe had been governed responsibly, there would be no need reason for it to put its wild animals up for sale. \u201cZimbabwe's economy has been intensively mismanaged since the late 1990s, and the recent drought has had a more devastating effect than it otherwise would have if the economy was in fact being run properly.\u201d According to Harvey, \u201cthe idea that the sale of elephants would help to assuage the country's economic woes is unworkable.\u201d He notes that there\u2019s no assurance that any money the government acquires from wildlife sales would be earmarked for conservation or drought relief. \u201cIn a system where lack of accountability has been baked in over a long time,\u201d Harvey says, \u201cthere\u2019s no guarantee that the money would be directed towards those who need it most.\u201d Zimbabwe has been criticized by wildlife and animal rights advocates for its previous arrangements to use animals as financial leverage. In July 2015 the country exported 24 wild elephants to China. How the money from the sale has been allocated remains an open question. And the killing last year of Cecil the lion by Walter Palmer, an American dentist and trophy hunter, in a private reserve bordering Hwange National Park caused a furor that primed animal advocates to keep a critical eye on Zimbabwe. But so far Zimparks has escaped widespread criticism for its new wildlife sale plan. Will Wild Dogs Take a Hit? One of the continent\u2019s largest populations of wild dogs\u2014also called painted dogs for the splotches of black, tan, and gold on their coats\u2014is in Hwange National Park. Although their exact numbers are unknown, experts believe that the park holds about 150. Zimbabwe as a whole may have around 700. Even without a crippling drought, survival is hard for wild dogs\u2014they get caught in snares set by poachers seeking other animals, and many have been roadkill victims. At the news of the Zimparks proposal to sell wildlife, Peter Blinston, the managing director of the Painted Dog Conservation, a nonprofit based in Hwange, said he didn\u2019t believe that wild dogs would be put up for sale. \u201cPainted Dog Conservation has very good relations with Zimparks,\" he said. \u201cThus our standing carries some weight, and if there was talk of dogs being on the for sale list, we would fight hard, and I suspect we would win.\u201d Speculating on what animals Zimparks would find attractive to sell, Blinston said there was a \u201cperceived abundance\u201d of elephants, yet their exact numbers, like those of wild dogs, are unknown. Estimates vary from a low of 60,000 to a high of 100,000. He also pointed out that \u201cin some areas impala are over-represented. I don\u2019t think anything else is.\u201d If numbers play into the decision about which animals to sell, elephants and impalas would be high on the list. If impalas, an important food source for wild dogs, are sold and suffer drought losses as well, that would be a double whammy of deprivation for Zimbabwe\u2019s already troubled painted dogs. Zimparks and Zimbabwe's Ministry of Environment, Water, and Climate did not respond to requests for comment.   Article Title:South Australia belted by second storm in 24 hours with winds of up to 140km/h   Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/29/south-australia-on-alert-again-as-adelaide-braces-for-strongest-storm-on-record   Article author(s)   Article date:Thursday 29 September 2016 05.51 EDTLast modified on Thursday 29 September 2016 14.11 EDT   News source: theguardian    Intense low-pressure system sweeps across state, causing heavy rain, flooding and major damage after emergency services tell Adelaide workers to go home   South Australia has copped another belting with a destructive storm lashing the state just 24 hours after super cell thunderstorms knocked out the state\u2019s entire power network. The intense low pressure system raged across Adelaide and parts of SouthAustralia late on Thursday. The storm packed winds of up to 140km/h, among the strongest the city has experienced, prompting an unprecedented warning from police for workers to head home early and stay home amid concerns emergency services might not be able to cope. The winds brought down trees across a wide area, causing major damage, and ripped some mid-north buildings apart. Heavy rain caused widespread flooding, from the Patawalonga River in Adelaide, through to the Barossa and Clare valleys, which copped 54mm of rain.   In Clare, a caravan park was under threat and in the Barossa, a dam burst, prompting an emergency flood warning for the town of Greenock. Storm surges and huge waves also inundated some communities along the Spencer and St Vincent gulf coasts with the worst centres affected including Port Pirie, Port Broughton and Moonta. The State Emergency Service responded to more than 660 calls for help, taking the tally to well over 1,000 in the past 36 hours. The police commissioner, Grant Stevens, said extra police could be brought in from interstate to help cope with the crisis. The SES chief officer, Chris Beattie, warned the service was at risk of being stretched beyond capacity. The latest emergency came after Wednesday\u2019s blackout when ferocious winds ripped up more than 20 transmission towers in the mid-north, taking out three of the state\u2019s four major transmission lines. The premier, Jay Weatherill, described the storm as \u201ccatastrophic\u201d and said it had involved weather events not seen before in South Australia, \u201csuch as twin tornadoes, which ripped through the northern parts of our state\u201d. By late on Thursday, 30,000 properties remained without power, some because of Wednesday\u2019s statewide blackout and others as a result of new damage caused by the continued wild weather. Weatherill warned some households, particularly in northern areas, could remain without power for at least a couple of days. At the height of the drama on Wednesday, super cell storms with destructive winds and tornadoes ripped more than 20 transmission towers in South Australia\u2019s north out of the ground, bringing down three major transmission lines. Lightning also damaged energy infrastructure, with 80,000 strikes hitting the state over a short period. It caused a state-wide blackout that plunged South Australia into darkness. South Australian power transmission company ElectraNet will bring in temporary towers from interstate to repair the transmission lines. ElectraNet executive manager of network service, Simon Emms, said the company hoped to have one of the three backbone circuits restored by Sunday and would build on that as fast as possible. Emms said the company continued to work on restoring power to those areas of the state still without electricity but establishing a timeline was difficult. \u201cThat\u2019s a very fair question but very hard to answer at the moment,\u201d he said. \u201cObviously, the current wind conditions are hampering restoration efforts. Access to the sites is very difficult and we haven\u2019t finished fully patrolling all the lines yet to ensure we can safely energise them. \u201cWhen we\u2019ve finished the patrols, then we\u2019ll safely energise. We\u2019ll then restore the assets with emergency towers.\u201d Emms said he was not aware of any power system in the world that could handle losing as much energy so quickly without going into blackout. He said such events were not common but were not unheard of.   Meanwhile, parts of New South Wales were being hit by the tail of the storm cell as it moved on from South Australia. The weather bureau had warnings in place for damaging winds and potential flash flooding for much of the state, but had revised down warnings for heavy rains. Broken Hill has borne the brunt of the destructive winds, with gusts reaching up to 90km/h. Thunderstorms were hitting towns in the north of the state along the Queensland border. The Riverina, central and south tablelands and parts of the Hunter, Snowy Mountains and mid-north coastal regions were all on alert. Towns in flood-ravaged central NSW were also being told to prepare for potential flash flooding and further flooding in the next few days. The central west community of Forbes could be inundated by a second peak of the Lachlan River at the same time the town\u2019s weekend floodwaters reach downstream Condobolin. The SES predicts the high water marks would occur sometime next week, with 30mm of rain expected on Thursday and up to 20mm on Friday. At least 50,000 sandbags had been transported into the towns from Maitland in the Hunter Valley and extra crews brought in from around the state. About 100 properties remained subject to an evacuation order while sittings at courthouses in Forbes, Condobolin and Lake Cargelligo had been cancelled for next week. The SES was calling on those going to the Deni Ute Muster or travelling inland to check for potential road closures.", "essay": "This was sad and I hope they can do something about it.  I hate that the wildlife is suffering since it is so innocent.  Maybe the government should make more efforts to fix this situation or at least improve it.  I get that it takes resources to do things but maybe they could find some small way to make a difference.  It seems like the ecosystem is in serious danger if nothing is done so someone needs to act fast for the sake of the animals who are helpless victims of this situation."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "2 U.S. troops killed fighting Taliban in Afghanistan; civilians hit by airstrike \u2014  KABUL \u2014 At least 26 Afghan civilians were killed and many others injured in airstrikes early Thursday while NATO and \u00adAfghan forces were battling \u00adTaliban fighters in northern Kunduz province, Afghan officials and witnesses said. Two American service members also died in ground clashes there, U.S. military officials confirmed. Details of the incidents were murky, with conflicting reports on the number of casualties and no official account of the airstrikes. Some local officials claimed that up to 100 civilians were killed or wounded in a series of airstrikes around Kunduz city. [NATO and government forces are increasingly responsible for Afghan civilian deaths] A portion of the strategic provincial capital was briefly overrun by insurgents last month, and Afghan troops assisted by U.S. forces have been trying to clear them from the area. The confusing and deadly \u00addrama recalled the tragic events in Kunduz just over a year ago, when the Taliban overran the city and Afghan and NATO forces were trying to beat them back. In the chaos, a U.S. airstrike mistakenly targeted an emergency hospital operated by Doctors Without Borders, killing 42 patients and staff members.  As of late Thursday, NATO officials had not confirmed or commented on the reported deaths of the civilians, who were said to be members of several families living in a neighborhood near the city. Photographs published on the Internet showed the bodies of small children crumpled on a blanket and being carried in a cart by weeping adults.  Angry relatives of the victims attempted to parade their bodies through the city to the provincial governor\u2019s residence in a protest caravan, but they were stopped by security forces, Amruddin Wali, a member of the provincial council, said in a telephone interview.  A security official in Kunduz said an \u201coperation against the opponents\u201d resulted in the deaths of more than 20 civilians from \u201cvarious families.\u201d Ghulam Rabbani, another provincial council member, said 36 people were killed. Other officials said homes in various locations were destroyed by the strikes. [Kabul not spared Taliban strikes] U.S. military officials in Kabul confirmed that two U.S. service members were killed and two others wounded when they came under insurgent fire. \u201cDespite today\u2019s tragic event, we are steadfast in our commitment to help our Afghan partners defend their nation,\u201d said Gen. John W. Nicholson, the senior U.S. military commander here, referring to the deaths of the U.S. troops.  Late Thursday afternoon, Brig. Gen. Charles Cleveland, the chief spokesman for Resolute Support, the U.S.-led NATO mission in Afghanistan, issued a statement that referred to airstrikes by \u201cfriendly forces\u201d but did not confirm any civilian casualties. It said all information on that matter should come from Afghan officials. The NATO mission\u2019s mandate is to assist, advise and train Afghan defense forces in their war against insurgents. Almost all foreign combat troops withdrew at the end of 2014, leaving Afghan troops facing an aggressive Taliban militia. \u201cAs part of an Afghan operation, friendly forces received direct fire and airstrikes were conducted to defend themselves,\u201d Cleveland\u2019s statement said. \u201cWe take all allegations of civilian casualties very seriously. As this was an Afghan operation, we\u2019ll work with our partners to investigate but refer you to them for additional details in the near term. We\u2019ll provide updates as we have them.\u201d The senior Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman, Brig. Gen. Dawlat Waziri, said three Afghan special forces members were killed in fighting with the Taliban. He said he had no information on civilian deaths.  A spokesman for the Taliban, Zabiullah Mujahid, said three Taliban fighters were targeted by the Afghan and foreign forces and were then killed in a firefight in which Afghan and American troops also died. He said a large number of civilians also were killed. Pajhwok Afghan News quoted a farmer in Kunduz named Taza Gul as saying: \u201cI was working on my farm when the bombardment started. On coming home, I saw seven members of my family, including women and children, killed in the raids.\u201d  After the deadly 2015 airstrike in Kunduz, a U.S. military investigation led to the disciplining of 16 military members who were said to have made mistakes leading to the strike. Doctors Without Borders called the attack a war crime.", "essay": "It seems like every other day you hear about a drone attack in the middle east that has killed innocent people. Frankly, I could care less about the number of American soldiers who are killed in conflicts overseas. They knew what they signed up for and they paid the ultimate price in service of their country. These entire families that are being killed and maimed did absolutely nothing to deserve this kind of treatment."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "2 U.S. troops killed fighting Taliban in Afghanistan; civilians hit by airstrike \u2014  KABUL \u2014 At least 26 Afghan civilians were killed and many others injured in airstrikes early Thursday while NATO and \u00adAfghan forces were battling \u00adTaliban fighters in northern Kunduz province, Afghan officials and witnesses said. Two American service members also died in ground clashes there, U.S. military officials confirmed. Details of the incidents were murky, with conflicting reports on the number of casualties and no official account of the airstrikes. Some local officials claimed that up to 100 civilians were killed or wounded in a series of airstrikes around Kunduz city. [NATO and government forces are increasingly responsible for Afghan civilian deaths] A portion of the strategic provincial capital was briefly overrun by insurgents last month, and Afghan troops assisted by U.S. forces have been trying to clear them from the area. The confusing and deadly \u00addrama recalled the tragic events in Kunduz just over a year ago, when the Taliban overran the city and Afghan and NATO forces were trying to beat them back. In the chaos, a U.S. airstrike mistakenly targeted an emergency hospital operated by Doctors Without Borders, killing 42 patients and staff members.  As of late Thursday, NATO officials had not confirmed or commented on the reported deaths of the civilians, who were said to be members of several families living in a neighborhood near the city. Photographs published on the Internet showed the bodies of small children crumpled on a blanket and being carried in a cart by weeping adults.  Angry relatives of the victims attempted to parade their bodies through the city to the provincial governor\u2019s residence in a protest caravan, but they were stopped by security forces, Amruddin Wali, a member of the provincial council, said in a telephone interview.  A security official in Kunduz said an \u201coperation against the opponents\u201d resulted in the deaths of more than 20 civilians from \u201cvarious families.\u201d Ghulam Rabbani, another provincial council member, said 36 people were killed. Other officials said homes in various locations were destroyed by the strikes. [Kabul not spared Taliban strikes] U.S. military officials in Kabul confirmed that two U.S. service members were killed and two others wounded when they came under insurgent fire. \u201cDespite today\u2019s tragic event, we are steadfast in our commitment to help our Afghan partners defend their nation,\u201d said Gen. John W. Nicholson, the senior U.S. military commander here, referring to the deaths of the U.S. troops.  Late Thursday afternoon, Brig. Gen. Charles Cleveland, the chief spokesman for Resolute Support, the U.S.-led NATO mission in Afghanistan, issued a statement that referred to airstrikes by \u201cfriendly forces\u201d but did not confirm any civilian casualties. It said all information on that matter should come from Afghan officials. The NATO mission\u2019s mandate is to assist, advise and train Afghan defense forces in their war against insurgents. Almost all foreign combat troops withdrew at the end of 2014, leaving Afghan troops facing an aggressive Taliban militia. \u201cAs part of an Afghan operation, friendly forces received direct fire and airstrikes were conducted to defend themselves,\u201d Cleveland\u2019s statement said. \u201cWe take all allegations of civilian casualties very seriously. As this was an Afghan operation, we\u2019ll work with our partners to investigate but refer you to them for additional details in the near term. We\u2019ll provide updates as we have them.\u201d The senior Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman, Brig. Gen. Dawlat Waziri, said three Afghan special forces members were killed in fighting with the Taliban. He said he had no information on civilian deaths.  A spokesman for the Taliban, Zabiullah Mujahid, said three Taliban fighters were targeted by the Afghan and foreign forces and were then killed in a firefight in which Afghan and American troops also died. He said a large number of civilians also were killed. Pajhwok Afghan News quoted a farmer in Kunduz named Taza Gul as saying: \u201cI was working on my farm when the bombardment started. On coming home, I saw seven members of my family, including women and children, killed in the raids.\u201d  After the deadly 2015 airstrike in Kunduz, a U.S. military investigation led to the disciplining of 16 military members who were said to have made mistakes leading to the strike. Doctors Without Borders called the attack a war crime.", "essay": "I think that this whole war situation just needs to stop. People are dying left and right. There are innocent bystanders that are getting killed as well because of the actions of others. It is not fair and it is not right that innocent people need to be killed. It is also sad for the fmailies of these American soldiers as well having to see this news."}
{"user_id": "ec_p020", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 50000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 50000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "2 U.S. troops killed fighting Taliban in Afghanistan; civilians hit by airstrike \u2014  KABUL \u2014 At least 26 Afghan civilians were killed and many others injured in airstrikes early Thursday while NATO and \u00adAfghan forces were battling \u00adTaliban fighters in northern Kunduz province, Afghan officials and witnesses said. Two American service members also died in ground clashes there, U.S. military officials confirmed. Details of the incidents were murky, with conflicting reports on the number of casualties and no official account of the airstrikes. Some local officials claimed that up to 100 civilians were killed or wounded in a series of airstrikes around Kunduz city. [NATO and government forces are increasingly responsible for Afghan civilian deaths] A portion of the strategic provincial capital was briefly overrun by insurgents last month, and Afghan troops assisted by U.S. forces have been trying to clear them from the area. The confusing and deadly \u00addrama recalled the tragic events in Kunduz just over a year ago, when the Taliban overran the city and Afghan and NATO forces were trying to beat them back. In the chaos, a U.S. airstrike mistakenly targeted an emergency hospital operated by Doctors Without Borders, killing 42 patients and staff members.  As of late Thursday, NATO officials had not confirmed or commented on the reported deaths of the civilians, who were said to be members of several families living in a neighborhood near the city. Photographs published on the Internet showed the bodies of small children crumpled on a blanket and being carried in a cart by weeping adults.  Angry relatives of the victims attempted to parade their bodies through the city to the provincial governor\u2019s residence in a protest caravan, but they were stopped by security forces, Amruddin Wali, a member of the provincial council, said in a telephone interview.  A security official in Kunduz said an \u201coperation against the opponents\u201d resulted in the deaths of more than 20 civilians from \u201cvarious families.\u201d Ghulam Rabbani, another provincial council member, said 36 people were killed. Other officials said homes in various locations were destroyed by the strikes. [Kabul not spared Taliban strikes] U.S. military officials in Kabul confirmed that two U.S. service members were killed and two others wounded when they came under insurgent fire. \u201cDespite today\u2019s tragic event, we are steadfast in our commitment to help our Afghan partners defend their nation,\u201d said Gen. John W. Nicholson, the senior U.S. military commander here, referring to the deaths of the U.S. troops.  Late Thursday afternoon, Brig. Gen. Charles Cleveland, the chief spokesman for Resolute Support, the U.S.-led NATO mission in Afghanistan, issued a statement that referred to airstrikes by \u201cfriendly forces\u201d but did not confirm any civilian casualties. It said all information on that matter should come from Afghan officials. The NATO mission\u2019s mandate is to assist, advise and train Afghan defense forces in their war against insurgents. Almost all foreign combat troops withdrew at the end of 2014, leaving Afghan troops facing an aggressive Taliban militia. \u201cAs part of an Afghan operation, friendly forces received direct fire and airstrikes were conducted to defend themselves,\u201d Cleveland\u2019s statement said. \u201cWe take all allegations of civilian casualties very seriously. As this was an Afghan operation, we\u2019ll work with our partners to investigate but refer you to them for additional details in the near term. We\u2019ll provide updates as we have them.\u201d The senior Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman, Brig. Gen. Dawlat Waziri, said three Afghan special forces members were killed in fighting with the Taliban. He said he had no information on civilian deaths.  A spokesman for the Taliban, Zabiullah Mujahid, said three Taliban fighters were targeted by the Afghan and foreign forces and were then killed in a firefight in which Afghan and American troops also died. He said a large number of civilians also were killed. Pajhwok Afghan News quoted a farmer in Kunduz named Taza Gul as saying: \u201cI was working on my farm when the bombardment started. On coming home, I saw seven members of my family, including women and children, killed in the raids.\u201d  After the deadly 2015 airstrike in Kunduz, a U.S. military investigation led to the disciplining of 16 military members who were said to have made mistakes leading to the strike. Doctors Without Borders called the attack a war crime.", "essay": "It id very troubling how many innocent people are dying from events that did not need to happen. The air stroke that struck the wrong area and accidentlally hit a hospital killing dozens really seems sketchy. There is no regard for human life and that is truly scary. We never hear about this in the new and it is just a normal occurrence there."}
{"user_id": "ec_p063", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 31 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 82000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 3.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 31, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 82000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 3.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "2 U.S. troops killed fighting Taliban in Afghanistan; civilians hit by airstrike \u2014  KABUL \u2014 At least 26 Afghan civilians were killed and many others injured in airstrikes early Thursday while NATO and \u00adAfghan forces were battling \u00adTaliban fighters in northern Kunduz province, Afghan officials and witnesses said. Two American service members also died in ground clashes there, U.S. military officials confirmed. Details of the incidents were murky, with conflicting reports on the number of casualties and no official account of the airstrikes. Some local officials claimed that up to 100 civilians were killed or wounded in a series of airstrikes around Kunduz city. [NATO and government forces are increasingly responsible for Afghan civilian deaths] A portion of the strategic provincial capital was briefly overrun by insurgents last month, and Afghan troops assisted by U.S. forces have been trying to clear them from the area. The confusing and deadly \u00addrama recalled the tragic events in Kunduz just over a year ago, when the Taliban overran the city and Afghan and NATO forces were trying to beat them back. In the chaos, a U.S. airstrike mistakenly targeted an emergency hospital operated by Doctors Without Borders, killing 42 patients and staff members.  As of late Thursday, NATO officials had not confirmed or commented on the reported deaths of the civilians, who were said to be members of several families living in a neighborhood near the city. Photographs published on the Internet showed the bodies of small children crumpled on a blanket and being carried in a cart by weeping adults.  Angry relatives of the victims attempted to parade their bodies through the city to the provincial governor\u2019s residence in a protest caravan, but they were stopped by security forces, Amruddin Wali, a member of the provincial council, said in a telephone interview.  A security official in Kunduz said an \u201coperation against the opponents\u201d resulted in the deaths of more than 20 civilians from \u201cvarious families.\u201d Ghulam Rabbani, another provincial council member, said 36 people were killed. Other officials said homes in various locations were destroyed by the strikes. [Kabul not spared Taliban strikes] U.S. military officials in Kabul confirmed that two U.S. service members were killed and two others wounded when they came under insurgent fire. \u201cDespite today\u2019s tragic event, we are steadfast in our commitment to help our Afghan partners defend their nation,\u201d said Gen. John W. Nicholson, the senior U.S. military commander here, referring to the deaths of the U.S. troops.  Late Thursday afternoon, Brig. Gen. Charles Cleveland, the chief spokesman for Resolute Support, the U.S.-led NATO mission in Afghanistan, issued a statement that referred to airstrikes by \u201cfriendly forces\u201d but did not confirm any civilian casualties. It said all information on that matter should come from Afghan officials. The NATO mission\u2019s mandate is to assist, advise and train Afghan defense forces in their war against insurgents. Almost all foreign combat troops withdrew at the end of 2014, leaving Afghan troops facing an aggressive Taliban militia. \u201cAs part of an Afghan operation, friendly forces received direct fire and airstrikes were conducted to defend themselves,\u201d Cleveland\u2019s statement said. \u201cWe take all allegations of civilian casualties very seriously. As this was an Afghan operation, we\u2019ll work with our partners to investigate but refer you to them for additional details in the near term. We\u2019ll provide updates as we have them.\u201d The senior Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman, Brig. Gen. Dawlat Waziri, said three Afghan special forces members were killed in fighting with the Taliban. He said he had no information on civilian deaths.  A spokesman for the Taliban, Zabiullah Mujahid, said three Taliban fighters were targeted by the Afghan and foreign forces and were then killed in a firefight in which Afghan and American troops also died. He said a large number of civilians also were killed. Pajhwok Afghan News quoted a farmer in Kunduz named Taza Gul as saying: \u201cI was working on my farm when the bombardment started. On coming home, I saw seven members of my family, including women and children, killed in the raids.\u201d  After the deadly 2015 airstrike in Kunduz, a U.S. military investigation led to the disciplining of 16 military members who were said to have made mistakes leading to the strike. Doctors Without Borders called the attack a war crime.", "essay": "I can't bleieve we're still dealing with this shit in Afghanistan.  I also really don't blame the peope there for developing a hatred of the US and the Western Powers.  With all these strikes ending up with their civilians dead, I would probably have animosity towards the invaders who only want my oil money, too."}
{"user_id": "ec_p054", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "2 U.S. troops killed fighting Taliban in Afghanistan; civilians hit by airstrike \u2014  KABUL \u2014 At least 26 Afghan civilians were killed and many others injured in airstrikes early Thursday while NATO and \u00adAfghan forces were battling \u00adTaliban fighters in northern Kunduz province, Afghan officials and witnesses said. Two American service members also died in ground clashes there, U.S. military officials confirmed. Details of the incidents were murky, with conflicting reports on the number of casualties and no official account of the airstrikes. Some local officials claimed that up to 100 civilians were killed or wounded in a series of airstrikes around Kunduz city. [NATO and government forces are increasingly responsible for Afghan civilian deaths] A portion of the strategic provincial capital was briefly overrun by insurgents last month, and Afghan troops assisted by U.S. forces have been trying to clear them from the area. The confusing and deadly \u00addrama recalled the tragic events in Kunduz just over a year ago, when the Taliban overran the city and Afghan and NATO forces were trying to beat them back. In the chaos, a U.S. airstrike mistakenly targeted an emergency hospital operated by Doctors Without Borders, killing 42 patients and staff members.  As of late Thursday, NATO officials had not confirmed or commented on the reported deaths of the civilians, who were said to be members of several families living in a neighborhood near the city. Photographs published on the Internet showed the bodies of small children crumpled on a blanket and being carried in a cart by weeping adults.  Angry relatives of the victims attempted to parade their bodies through the city to the provincial governor\u2019s residence in a protest caravan, but they were stopped by security forces, Amruddin Wali, a member of the provincial council, said in a telephone interview.  A security official in Kunduz said an \u201coperation against the opponents\u201d resulted in the deaths of more than 20 civilians from \u201cvarious families.\u201d Ghulam Rabbani, another provincial council member, said 36 people were killed. Other officials said homes in various locations were destroyed by the strikes. [Kabul not spared Taliban strikes] U.S. military officials in Kabul confirmed that two U.S. service members were killed and two others wounded when they came under insurgent fire. \u201cDespite today\u2019s tragic event, we are steadfast in our commitment to help our Afghan partners defend their nation,\u201d said Gen. John W. Nicholson, the senior U.S. military commander here, referring to the deaths of the U.S. troops.  Late Thursday afternoon, Brig. Gen. Charles Cleveland, the chief spokesman for Resolute Support, the U.S.-led NATO mission in Afghanistan, issued a statement that referred to airstrikes by \u201cfriendly forces\u201d but did not confirm any civilian casualties. It said all information on that matter should come from Afghan officials. The NATO mission\u2019s mandate is to assist, advise and train Afghan defense forces in their war against insurgents. Almost all foreign combat troops withdrew at the end of 2014, leaving Afghan troops facing an aggressive Taliban militia. \u201cAs part of an Afghan operation, friendly forces received direct fire and airstrikes were conducted to defend themselves,\u201d Cleveland\u2019s statement said. \u201cWe take all allegations of civilian casualties very seriously. As this was an Afghan operation, we\u2019ll work with our partners to investigate but refer you to them for additional details in the near term. We\u2019ll provide updates as we have them.\u201d The senior Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman, Brig. Gen. Dawlat Waziri, said three Afghan special forces members were killed in fighting with the Taliban. He said he had no information on civilian deaths.  A spokesman for the Taliban, Zabiullah Mujahid, said three Taliban fighters were targeted by the Afghan and foreign forces and were then killed in a firefight in which Afghan and American troops also died. He said a large number of civilians also were killed. Pajhwok Afghan News quoted a farmer in Kunduz named Taza Gul as saying: \u201cI was working on my farm when the bombardment started. On coming home, I saw seven members of my family, including women and children, killed in the raids.\u201d  After the deadly 2015 airstrike in Kunduz, a U.S. military investigation led to the disciplining of 16 military members who were said to have made mistakes leading to the strike. Doctors Without Borders called the attack a war crime.", "essay": "Two US troops and twenty six Afghan civilians were killed and many others were injured following an airstrike that occurred early on Thursday while NATO and afghan forces were battling Taliban fighters in the northern Kunduz province. The capital had recently been overrun with insurgents last month from nearby areas."}
{"user_id": "ec_p067", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 5000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 3.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 3.5 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 5000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 3.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 3.5, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "Surprise! British Red Squirrels Carry Leprosy \u2014  Some of them harbor strains that infected medieval Europeans, but that have been eradicated on the U.K. mainland for centuries. In 2006, Anna Meredith came across a dead red squirrel with a weird skin disorder. Its ears lacked the characteristic red tufts, and were instead swollen, smooth, and shiny, like the cauliflower ears of boxers and rugby players. Its nose, muzzle, and eyelids were similarly swollen and hairless. Meredith, a professor of conservation medicine at the University of Edinburgh, had never seen anything like this before. But she soon saw the same problems again\u2014in six more squirrels over the next six years. She and her colleagues analyzed tissue samples from the dead animals. And to their surprise, they discovered that the squirrels had leprosy. That\u2019s astonishing for two reasons. First, even though leprosy still affects at least 385,000 people around the world (including a few hundred in the U.S.), the disease was eradicated from Britain several centuries ago. Second, squirrels aren\u2019t meant to get leprosy. The disease is mainly caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium leprae, which attacks the skin and peripheral nerves. Chimps and some monkeys can occasionally catch it from people, but until now, scientists knew of only two species that naturally harbor the disease: humans, and nine-banded armadillos in the southern United States. The latter actually acquired the disease from the former; European settlers brought leprosy to the New World and then passed it onto armadillos several centuries ago. Meredith\u2019s discovery generated enough publicity that members of the public started sending her pictures of squirrels from their own backyards, some of whom had the same lesions. Most of the shots came from Scotland, but one was from Brownsea Island\u2014an island off the southern coast of England, and some 480 miles away from Edinburgh. \u201cSomeone had done a day trip there, seen a squirrel, and said: Is this leprosy?\u201d says Meredith. \u201cI looked at it and said: Wow, it\u2019s identical!\u201d Working with Stewart Cole, from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Meredith analyzed the cadavers of 110 red squirrels from Great Britain and Ireland, and found that almost a third of them had leprosy, including several without any clinical signs. Those in Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Wight were infected with Mycobacterium lepromatosis\u2014a second species of leprosy bacterium that was only identified in humans in 2008. By contrast, all the squirrels from Brownsea Island had M. leprae, the more traditional leprosy microbe. By comparing the microbes\u2019 genomes, the team showed that the M. leprae strains currently infecting the Brownsea squirrels are almost identical to those recovered from a medieval human skeleton buried in the nearby city of Winchester some 730 years ago. So it\u2019s possible that humans passed M. leprae to red squirrels several centuries ago, and that the Brownsea individuals have harbored the microbe long after its eradication on the mainland. Could the squirrels ever pass the disease back to us? Armadillos certainly do in the United States, but for the moment, there\u2019s no evidence of squirrel-to-human transmission in Britain. \u201cIt\u2019s not impossible, but there\u2019s no evidence that we\u2019re at risk,\u201d says Meredith. \u201cWe\u2019re more concerned about the squirrels.\u201d Red squirrels are an endangered species in Britain. Once common, they\u2019ve had to contend with the introduction of gray squirrels from the Americas, which outcompeted them and infected them with squirrelpox\u2014an often fatal disease. As a result, the country is currently home to more than 2.5 million grays but just 140,000 reds, most of which live in Scotland. Those that get leprosy can live for many years with the condition, but Meredith wants to see if their health suffers in the long run. They might eventually die because they\u2019re unable to feed properly, or because leprosy makes them more vulnerable to other infections. (Contrary to stigma, leprosy doesn\u2019t make body parts fall off; instead, deadened peripheral nerves sometimes stop people from noticing injuries or infections in their extremities, leading to eventual amputations.)   Why did the squirrels become infected in the first place? They belong to a different order of mammals than either humans or nine-banded armadillos, and all three species are separated by around 100 million years of evolution. And yet the three of us, out of all the mammals in the world, are the only ones know to harbor M. leprae. And for that matter, why does the red squirrel get infected when the closely related grey squirrel doesn\u2019t seem to? No one knows. Meredith\u2019s team looked at an immune gene called TLR1. A few mutations in this gene have been linked to either a greater or lower risk of leprosy in humans, but none of these specific mutations are found in either armadillos or squirrels. Some squirrels did seem to have their own TLR1 mutations that reduced their risk of infection, but with such a small sample, it\u2019s hard to say for sure. Perhaps the weird troika of host species simply reflects our ignorance about where leprosy hides. It may be lurking in more animals than we realize. \u201cWe need to look more closely at the possibility of a wildlife reservoir,\u201d says Meredith. And \u201cthere is circumstantial evidence that M. leprae has an environmental reservoir,\u201d says Helen Donoghue, from University College London. That is, the microbe might hide out in water, soil, vegetation, or something else. Perhaps that\u2019s how the red squirrels originally became infected, she adds. The idea of an environmental reservoir has been long disputed, but perhaps needs to be revisited in light of the squirrel discovery. \u201cAlthough leprosy has been known since biblical times, and still remains a major public health problem in many parts of the world, our understanding of how this infection transmits and causes disease is very limited,\u201d says Anura Rambukkana from the University of Edinburgh. And since the infected squirrels develop symptoms that \u201csomewhat resemble human leprosy\u201d, he adds, they may help us to understand how the disease manifests in humans, and how it spreads between us.", "essay": "Wow, I had no idea squirrels had leprosy. That's crazy. And it's the same type that afflicts humans? I didn't think it was a very big problem or something worth paying attention to though. I wonder if this article is really true. It probably is. Leprosy is a pretty sad disease since it makes people nto feel pain and injure themselves."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Surprise! British Red Squirrels Carry Leprosy \u2014  Some of them harbor strains that infected medieval Europeans, but that have been eradicated on the U.K. mainland for centuries. In 2006, Anna Meredith came across a dead red squirrel with a weird skin disorder. Its ears lacked the characteristic red tufts, and were instead swollen, smooth, and shiny, like the cauliflower ears of boxers and rugby players. Its nose, muzzle, and eyelids were similarly swollen and hairless. Meredith, a professor of conservation medicine at the University of Edinburgh, had never seen anything like this before. But she soon saw the same problems again\u2014in six more squirrels over the next six years. She and her colleagues analyzed tissue samples from the dead animals. And to their surprise, they discovered that the squirrels had leprosy. That\u2019s astonishing for two reasons. First, even though leprosy still affects at least 385,000 people around the world (including a few hundred in the U.S.), the disease was eradicated from Britain several centuries ago. Second, squirrels aren\u2019t meant to get leprosy. The disease is mainly caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium leprae, which attacks the skin and peripheral nerves. Chimps and some monkeys can occasionally catch it from people, but until now, scientists knew of only two species that naturally harbor the disease: humans, and nine-banded armadillos in the southern United States. The latter actually acquired the disease from the former; European settlers brought leprosy to the New World and then passed it onto armadillos several centuries ago. Meredith\u2019s discovery generated enough publicity that members of the public started sending her pictures of squirrels from their own backyards, some of whom had the same lesions. Most of the shots came from Scotland, but one was from Brownsea Island\u2014an island off the southern coast of England, and some 480 miles away from Edinburgh. \u201cSomeone had done a day trip there, seen a squirrel, and said: Is this leprosy?\u201d says Meredith. \u201cI looked at it and said: Wow, it\u2019s identical!\u201d Working with Stewart Cole, from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Meredith analyzed the cadavers of 110 red squirrels from Great Britain and Ireland, and found that almost a third of them had leprosy, including several without any clinical signs. Those in Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Wight were infected with Mycobacterium lepromatosis\u2014a second species of leprosy bacterium that was only identified in humans in 2008. By contrast, all the squirrels from Brownsea Island had M. leprae, the more traditional leprosy microbe. By comparing the microbes\u2019 genomes, the team showed that the M. leprae strains currently infecting the Brownsea squirrels are almost identical to those recovered from a medieval human skeleton buried in the nearby city of Winchester some 730 years ago. So it\u2019s possible that humans passed M. leprae to red squirrels several centuries ago, and that the Brownsea individuals have harbored the microbe long after its eradication on the mainland. Could the squirrels ever pass the disease back to us? Armadillos certainly do in the United States, but for the moment, there\u2019s no evidence of squirrel-to-human transmission in Britain. \u201cIt\u2019s not impossible, but there\u2019s no evidence that we\u2019re at risk,\u201d says Meredith. \u201cWe\u2019re more concerned about the squirrels.\u201d Red squirrels are an endangered species in Britain. Once common, they\u2019ve had to contend with the introduction of gray squirrels from the Americas, which outcompeted them and infected them with squirrelpox\u2014an often fatal disease. As a result, the country is currently home to more than 2.5 million grays but just 140,000 reds, most of which live in Scotland. Those that get leprosy can live for many years with the condition, but Meredith wants to see if their health suffers in the long run. They might eventually die because they\u2019re unable to feed properly, or because leprosy makes them more vulnerable to other infections. (Contrary to stigma, leprosy doesn\u2019t make body parts fall off; instead, deadened peripheral nerves sometimes stop people from noticing injuries or infections in their extremities, leading to eventual amputations.)   Why did the squirrels become infected in the first place? They belong to a different order of mammals than either humans or nine-banded armadillos, and all three species are separated by around 100 million years of evolution. And yet the three of us, out of all the mammals in the world, are the only ones know to harbor M. leprae. And for that matter, why does the red squirrel get infected when the closely related grey squirrel doesn\u2019t seem to? No one knows. Meredith\u2019s team looked at an immune gene called TLR1. A few mutations in this gene have been linked to either a greater or lower risk of leprosy in humans, but none of these specific mutations are found in either armadillos or squirrels. Some squirrels did seem to have their own TLR1 mutations that reduced their risk of infection, but with such a small sample, it\u2019s hard to say for sure. Perhaps the weird troika of host species simply reflects our ignorance about where leprosy hides. It may be lurking in more animals than we realize. \u201cWe need to look more closely at the possibility of a wildlife reservoir,\u201d says Meredith. And \u201cthere is circumstantial evidence that M. leprae has an environmental reservoir,\u201d says Helen Donoghue, from University College London. That is, the microbe might hide out in water, soil, vegetation, or something else. Perhaps that\u2019s how the red squirrels originally became infected, she adds. The idea of an environmental reservoir has been long disputed, but perhaps needs to be revisited in light of the squirrel discovery. \u201cAlthough leprosy has been known since biblical times, and still remains a major public health problem in many parts of the world, our understanding of how this infection transmits and causes disease is very limited,\u201d says Anura Rambukkana from the University of Edinburgh. And since the infected squirrels develop symptoms that \u201csomewhat resemble human leprosy\u201d, he adds, they may help us to understand how the disease manifests in humans, and how it spreads between us.", "essay": "This article really brings you back down to earth. It shows everything in science is not correct and there is still much for us to learn. It is scary that these animals were never known to carry this disease and now they do and I wonder if somewhere someone mutated there genes and now there are many out there spreading the disease. It is so sad these little guys much be in so much pain at the end and theres nothing they can do to alleviate it. I hope somehow they do more research to find some way to stop the spread of it before the whole species goes extinct. I feel grateful this conservationist is the one who noticed and gained more attention for the cause as other people came forward witht the same concerns."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Surprise! British Red Squirrels Carry Leprosy \u2014  Some of them harbor strains that infected medieval Europeans, but that have been eradicated on the U.K. mainland for centuries. In 2006, Anna Meredith came across a dead red squirrel with a weird skin disorder. Its ears lacked the characteristic red tufts, and were instead swollen, smooth, and shiny, like the cauliflower ears of boxers and rugby players. Its nose, muzzle, and eyelids were similarly swollen and hairless. Meredith, a professor of conservation medicine at the University of Edinburgh, had never seen anything like this before. But she soon saw the same problems again\u2014in six more squirrels over the next six years. She and her colleagues analyzed tissue samples from the dead animals. And to their surprise, they discovered that the squirrels had leprosy. That\u2019s astonishing for two reasons. First, even though leprosy still affects at least 385,000 people around the world (including a few hundred in the U.S.), the disease was eradicated from Britain several centuries ago. Second, squirrels aren\u2019t meant to get leprosy. The disease is mainly caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium leprae, which attacks the skin and peripheral nerves. Chimps and some monkeys can occasionally catch it from people, but until now, scientists knew of only two species that naturally harbor the disease: humans, and nine-banded armadillos in the southern United States. The latter actually acquired the disease from the former; European settlers brought leprosy to the New World and then passed it onto armadillos several centuries ago. Meredith\u2019s discovery generated enough publicity that members of the public started sending her pictures of squirrels from their own backyards, some of whom had the same lesions. Most of the shots came from Scotland, but one was from Brownsea Island\u2014an island off the southern coast of England, and some 480 miles away from Edinburgh. \u201cSomeone had done a day trip there, seen a squirrel, and said: Is this leprosy?\u201d says Meredith. \u201cI looked at it and said: Wow, it\u2019s identical!\u201d Working with Stewart Cole, from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Meredith analyzed the cadavers of 110 red squirrels from Great Britain and Ireland, and found that almost a third of them had leprosy, including several without any clinical signs. Those in Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Wight were infected with Mycobacterium lepromatosis\u2014a second species of leprosy bacterium that was only identified in humans in 2008. By contrast, all the squirrels from Brownsea Island had M. leprae, the more traditional leprosy microbe. By comparing the microbes\u2019 genomes, the team showed that the M. leprae strains currently infecting the Brownsea squirrels are almost identical to those recovered from a medieval human skeleton buried in the nearby city of Winchester some 730 years ago. So it\u2019s possible that humans passed M. leprae to red squirrels several centuries ago, and that the Brownsea individuals have harbored the microbe long after its eradication on the mainland. Could the squirrels ever pass the disease back to us? Armadillos certainly do in the United States, but for the moment, there\u2019s no evidence of squirrel-to-human transmission in Britain. \u201cIt\u2019s not impossible, but there\u2019s no evidence that we\u2019re at risk,\u201d says Meredith. \u201cWe\u2019re more concerned about the squirrels.\u201d Red squirrels are an endangered species in Britain. Once common, they\u2019ve had to contend with the introduction of gray squirrels from the Americas, which outcompeted them and infected them with squirrelpox\u2014an often fatal disease. As a result, the country is currently home to more than 2.5 million grays but just 140,000 reds, most of which live in Scotland. Those that get leprosy can live for many years with the condition, but Meredith wants to see if their health suffers in the long run. They might eventually die because they\u2019re unable to feed properly, or because leprosy makes them more vulnerable to other infections. (Contrary to stigma, leprosy doesn\u2019t make body parts fall off; instead, deadened peripheral nerves sometimes stop people from noticing injuries or infections in their extremities, leading to eventual amputations.)   Why did the squirrels become infected in the first place? They belong to a different order of mammals than either humans or nine-banded armadillos, and all three species are separated by around 100 million years of evolution. And yet the three of us, out of all the mammals in the world, are the only ones know to harbor M. leprae. And for that matter, why does the red squirrel get infected when the closely related grey squirrel doesn\u2019t seem to? No one knows. Meredith\u2019s team looked at an immune gene called TLR1. A few mutations in this gene have been linked to either a greater or lower risk of leprosy in humans, but none of these specific mutations are found in either armadillos or squirrels. Some squirrels did seem to have their own TLR1 mutations that reduced their risk of infection, but with such a small sample, it\u2019s hard to say for sure. Perhaps the weird troika of host species simply reflects our ignorance about where leprosy hides. It may be lurking in more animals than we realize. \u201cWe need to look more closely at the possibility of a wildlife reservoir,\u201d says Meredith. And \u201cthere is circumstantial evidence that M. leprae has an environmental reservoir,\u201d says Helen Donoghue, from University College London. That is, the microbe might hide out in water, soil, vegetation, or something else. Perhaps that\u2019s how the red squirrels originally became infected, she adds. The idea of an environmental reservoir has been long disputed, but perhaps needs to be revisited in light of the squirrel discovery. \u201cAlthough leprosy has been known since biblical times, and still remains a major public health problem in many parts of the world, our understanding of how this infection transmits and causes disease is very limited,\u201d says Anura Rambukkana from the University of Edinburgh. And since the infected squirrels develop symptoms that \u201csomewhat resemble human leprosy\u201d, he adds, they may help us to understand how the disease manifests in humans, and how it spreads between us.", "essay": "We need to run more tests on other animals and see what they carry as well. I think the fact that we are just barely now finding this out is troublesome. With the millions of different animal species around the world there is a guarantee that they carry more diseases that we are not aware of as well."}
{"user_id": "ec_p063", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 31 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 82000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 3.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 31, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 82000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 3.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Surprise! British Red Squirrels Carry Leprosy \u2014  Some of them harbor strains that infected medieval Europeans, but that have been eradicated on the U.K. mainland for centuries. In 2006, Anna Meredith came across a dead red squirrel with a weird skin disorder. Its ears lacked the characteristic red tufts, and were instead swollen, smooth, and shiny, like the cauliflower ears of boxers and rugby players. Its nose, muzzle, and eyelids were similarly swollen and hairless. Meredith, a professor of conservation medicine at the University of Edinburgh, had never seen anything like this before. But she soon saw the same problems again\u2014in six more squirrels over the next six years. She and her colleagues analyzed tissue samples from the dead animals. And to their surprise, they discovered that the squirrels had leprosy. That\u2019s astonishing for two reasons. First, even though leprosy still affects at least 385,000 people around the world (including a few hundred in the U.S.), the disease was eradicated from Britain several centuries ago. Second, squirrels aren\u2019t meant to get leprosy. The disease is mainly caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium leprae, which attacks the skin and peripheral nerves. Chimps and some monkeys can occasionally catch it from people, but until now, scientists knew of only two species that naturally harbor the disease: humans, and nine-banded armadillos in the southern United States. The latter actually acquired the disease from the former; European settlers brought leprosy to the New World and then passed it onto armadillos several centuries ago. Meredith\u2019s discovery generated enough publicity that members of the public started sending her pictures of squirrels from their own backyards, some of whom had the same lesions. Most of the shots came from Scotland, but one was from Brownsea Island\u2014an island off the southern coast of England, and some 480 miles away from Edinburgh. \u201cSomeone had done a day trip there, seen a squirrel, and said: Is this leprosy?\u201d says Meredith. \u201cI looked at it and said: Wow, it\u2019s identical!\u201d Working with Stewart Cole, from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Meredith analyzed the cadavers of 110 red squirrels from Great Britain and Ireland, and found that almost a third of them had leprosy, including several without any clinical signs. Those in Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Wight were infected with Mycobacterium lepromatosis\u2014a second species of leprosy bacterium that was only identified in humans in 2008. By contrast, all the squirrels from Brownsea Island had M. leprae, the more traditional leprosy microbe. By comparing the microbes\u2019 genomes, the team showed that the M. leprae strains currently infecting the Brownsea squirrels are almost identical to those recovered from a medieval human skeleton buried in the nearby city of Winchester some 730 years ago. So it\u2019s possible that humans passed M. leprae to red squirrels several centuries ago, and that the Brownsea individuals have harbored the microbe long after its eradication on the mainland. Could the squirrels ever pass the disease back to us? Armadillos certainly do in the United States, but for the moment, there\u2019s no evidence of squirrel-to-human transmission in Britain. \u201cIt\u2019s not impossible, but there\u2019s no evidence that we\u2019re at risk,\u201d says Meredith. \u201cWe\u2019re more concerned about the squirrels.\u201d Red squirrels are an endangered species in Britain. Once common, they\u2019ve had to contend with the introduction of gray squirrels from the Americas, which outcompeted them and infected them with squirrelpox\u2014an often fatal disease. As a result, the country is currently home to more than 2.5 million grays but just 140,000 reds, most of which live in Scotland. Those that get leprosy can live for many years with the condition, but Meredith wants to see if their health suffers in the long run. They might eventually die because they\u2019re unable to feed properly, or because leprosy makes them more vulnerable to other infections. (Contrary to stigma, leprosy doesn\u2019t make body parts fall off; instead, deadened peripheral nerves sometimes stop people from noticing injuries or infections in their extremities, leading to eventual amputations.)   Why did the squirrels become infected in the first place? They belong to a different order of mammals than either humans or nine-banded armadillos, and all three species are separated by around 100 million years of evolution. And yet the three of us, out of all the mammals in the world, are the only ones know to harbor M. leprae. And for that matter, why does the red squirrel get infected when the closely related grey squirrel doesn\u2019t seem to? No one knows. Meredith\u2019s team looked at an immune gene called TLR1. A few mutations in this gene have been linked to either a greater or lower risk of leprosy in humans, but none of these specific mutations are found in either armadillos or squirrels. Some squirrels did seem to have their own TLR1 mutations that reduced their risk of infection, but with such a small sample, it\u2019s hard to say for sure. Perhaps the weird troika of host species simply reflects our ignorance about where leprosy hides. It may be lurking in more animals than we realize. \u201cWe need to look more closely at the possibility of a wildlife reservoir,\u201d says Meredith. And \u201cthere is circumstantial evidence that M. leprae has an environmental reservoir,\u201d says Helen Donoghue, from University College London. That is, the microbe might hide out in water, soil, vegetation, or something else. Perhaps that\u2019s how the red squirrels originally became infected, she adds. The idea of an environmental reservoir has been long disputed, but perhaps needs to be revisited in light of the squirrel discovery. \u201cAlthough leprosy has been known since biblical times, and still remains a major public health problem in many parts of the world, our understanding of how this infection transmits and causes disease is very limited,\u201d says Anura Rambukkana from the University of Edinburgh. And since the infected squirrels develop symptoms that \u201csomewhat resemble human leprosy\u201d, he adds, they may help us to understand how the disease manifests in humans, and how it spreads between us.", "essay": "I guess i hope those red squireels are going to be ok.  to be honest, i don't reallllyyy care thaaaat much, but I don't want to see them go.  I like keeping as many species of animals around as possible for our future generations to be in awe of.  It's unfortunate that humans keep fucking it up for native species."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Surprise! British Red Squirrels Carry Leprosy \u2014  Some of them harbor strains that infected medieval Europeans, but that have been eradicated on the U.K. mainland for centuries. In 2006, Anna Meredith came across a dead red squirrel with a weird skin disorder. Its ears lacked the characteristic red tufts, and were instead swollen, smooth, and shiny, like the cauliflower ears of boxers and rugby players. Its nose, muzzle, and eyelids were similarly swollen and hairless. Meredith, a professor of conservation medicine at the University of Edinburgh, had never seen anything like this before. But she soon saw the same problems again\u2014in six more squirrels over the next six years. She and her colleagues analyzed tissue samples from the dead animals. And to their surprise, they discovered that the squirrels had leprosy. That\u2019s astonishing for two reasons. First, even though leprosy still affects at least 385,000 people around the world (including a few hundred in the U.S.), the disease was eradicated from Britain several centuries ago. Second, squirrels aren\u2019t meant to get leprosy. The disease is mainly caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium leprae, which attacks the skin and peripheral nerves. Chimps and some monkeys can occasionally catch it from people, but until now, scientists knew of only two species that naturally harbor the disease: humans, and nine-banded armadillos in the southern United States. The latter actually acquired the disease from the former; European settlers brought leprosy to the New World and then passed it onto armadillos several centuries ago. Meredith\u2019s discovery generated enough publicity that members of the public started sending her pictures of squirrels from their own backyards, some of whom had the same lesions. Most of the shots came from Scotland, but one was from Brownsea Island\u2014an island off the southern coast of England, and some 480 miles away from Edinburgh. \u201cSomeone had done a day trip there, seen a squirrel, and said: Is this leprosy?\u201d says Meredith. \u201cI looked at it and said: Wow, it\u2019s identical!\u201d Working with Stewart Cole, from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Meredith analyzed the cadavers of 110 red squirrels from Great Britain and Ireland, and found that almost a third of them had leprosy, including several without any clinical signs. Those in Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Wight were infected with Mycobacterium lepromatosis\u2014a second species of leprosy bacterium that was only identified in humans in 2008. By contrast, all the squirrels from Brownsea Island had M. leprae, the more traditional leprosy microbe. By comparing the microbes\u2019 genomes, the team showed that the M. leprae strains currently infecting the Brownsea squirrels are almost identical to those recovered from a medieval human skeleton buried in the nearby city of Winchester some 730 years ago. So it\u2019s possible that humans passed M. leprae to red squirrels several centuries ago, and that the Brownsea individuals have harbored the microbe long after its eradication on the mainland. Could the squirrels ever pass the disease back to us? Armadillos certainly do in the United States, but for the moment, there\u2019s no evidence of squirrel-to-human transmission in Britain. \u201cIt\u2019s not impossible, but there\u2019s no evidence that we\u2019re at risk,\u201d says Meredith. \u201cWe\u2019re more concerned about the squirrels.\u201d Red squirrels are an endangered species in Britain. Once common, they\u2019ve had to contend with the introduction of gray squirrels from the Americas, which outcompeted them and infected them with squirrelpox\u2014an often fatal disease. As a result, the country is currently home to more than 2.5 million grays but just 140,000 reds, most of which live in Scotland. Those that get leprosy can live for many years with the condition, but Meredith wants to see if their health suffers in the long run. They might eventually die because they\u2019re unable to feed properly, or because leprosy makes them more vulnerable to other infections. (Contrary to stigma, leprosy doesn\u2019t make body parts fall off; instead, deadened peripheral nerves sometimes stop people from noticing injuries or infections in their extremities, leading to eventual amputations.)   Why did the squirrels become infected in the first place? They belong to a different order of mammals than either humans or nine-banded armadillos, and all three species are separated by around 100 million years of evolution. And yet the three of us, out of all the mammals in the world, are the only ones know to harbor M. leprae. And for that matter, why does the red squirrel get infected when the closely related grey squirrel doesn\u2019t seem to? No one knows. Meredith\u2019s team looked at an immune gene called TLR1. A few mutations in this gene have been linked to either a greater or lower risk of leprosy in humans, but none of these specific mutations are found in either armadillos or squirrels. Some squirrels did seem to have their own TLR1 mutations that reduced their risk of infection, but with such a small sample, it\u2019s hard to say for sure. Perhaps the weird troika of host species simply reflects our ignorance about where leprosy hides. It may be lurking in more animals than we realize. \u201cWe need to look more closely at the possibility of a wildlife reservoir,\u201d says Meredith. And \u201cthere is circumstantial evidence that M. leprae has an environmental reservoir,\u201d says Helen Donoghue, from University College London. That is, the microbe might hide out in water, soil, vegetation, or something else. Perhaps that\u2019s how the red squirrels originally became infected, she adds. The idea of an environmental reservoir has been long disputed, but perhaps needs to be revisited in light of the squirrel discovery. \u201cAlthough leprosy has been known since biblical times, and still remains a major public health problem in many parts of the world, our understanding of how this infection transmits and causes disease is very limited,\u201d says Anura Rambukkana from the University of Edinburgh. And since the infected squirrels develop symptoms that \u201csomewhat resemble human leprosy\u201d, he adds, they may help us to understand how the disease manifests in humans, and how it spreads between us.", "essay": "Articles like this really scare me. You have a disease that spreads with so much mystery behind it that it is hard to contain or stop it. So many poor little creatures are at risk for this and that makes me feel so sad. They die such a painful death or have a very bad quality of life. More should be done to aid these animals and get help, more protocal if you see an animal like this to help stop it from spreading the disease."}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "'This isn't Pompeii, this is Aleppo' \u2014  As 200 airstrikes hammered Aleppo last weekend, activists and aid workers posted dozens of pictures and videos online. Each of them heartbreaking, each helping to convey the horror of the besieged Syrian city. On Friday afternoon, a photo emerged of Brahim Sawas and his 10-year old son, Mahmoud, who had fallen victim to the war. They were covered in blood and dust, the pressure of the rubble holding their final postures in place. \"This isn't Pompeii, this is Aleppo,\" one social media user wrote. A family devastated   The tragedy of this family doesn't end there. Another image shows Sawas' 8-month-old baby, Muhammad, buried under rubble in a separate room as Syrian Civil Defense workers try to recover the child's body from the dirt and dust. Um Mahmoud, Sawas' wife and the mother of the two dead boys, survived the airstrike along with her daughter. The mother and daughter were sleeping in the same room with the 8-month-old baby. Weekend of horror Sawas and the two boys were among more than 300 people killed last weekend in a new wave of violence. The deadly strike that hit the family home at 5 a.m. Friday in eastern Aleppo's rebel-held neighborhood of Qaterji was the first of a series of hundred. One activist from Aleppo described to CNN a level of bombing never seen before in a conflict that began more five years ago. In response to the surge in airstrikes, activists took to Twitter, using an Arabic hashtag that translates to #HolocaustAleppo and sharing pictures and videos from the city. Some had mistakenly described the photo of the father and son as that of a mother clutching her baby.", "essay": "After reading the article, my heart just breaks for the people that are affected by this. Not only are innocent people being killed daily but also little children as well as babies. These children do not deserve this and it's sad because they have their whole lives ahead of them. I really hope that war will end one day although it is looking unlikely."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "'This isn't Pompeii, this is Aleppo' \u2014  As 200 airstrikes hammered Aleppo last weekend, activists and aid workers posted dozens of pictures and videos online. Each of them heartbreaking, each helping to convey the horror of the besieged Syrian city. On Friday afternoon, a photo emerged of Brahim Sawas and his 10-year old son, Mahmoud, who had fallen victim to the war. They were covered in blood and dust, the pressure of the rubble holding their final postures in place. \"This isn't Pompeii, this is Aleppo,\" one social media user wrote. A family devastated   The tragedy of this family doesn't end there. Another image shows Sawas' 8-month-old baby, Muhammad, buried under rubble in a separate room as Syrian Civil Defense workers try to recover the child's body from the dirt and dust. Um Mahmoud, Sawas' wife and the mother of the two dead boys, survived the airstrike along with her daughter. The mother and daughter were sleeping in the same room with the 8-month-old baby. Weekend of horror Sawas and the two boys were among more than 300 people killed last weekend in a new wave of violence. The deadly strike that hit the family home at 5 a.m. Friday in eastern Aleppo's rebel-held neighborhood of Qaterji was the first of a series of hundred. One activist from Aleppo described to CNN a level of bombing never seen before in a conflict that began more five years ago. In response to the surge in airstrikes, activists took to Twitter, using an Arabic hashtag that translates to #HolocaustAleppo and sharing pictures and videos from the city. Some had mistakenly described the photo of the father and son as that of a mother clutching her baby.", "essay": "This  is terribly disturbing.  It is horribly clear that the military actions in this area are directly affecting families and children which is just horrifying.  These are innocent victims who have nothing to do with this whole conflict and it is totally unfair that they should have to suffer as a result.  I think that something desperately needs to be done here, but what to do is the big question.  This area is always full of conflict thanks to terrorist forces and groups.  We have been there trying to help for so many years and it seems like nothing ever gets any better."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "'This isn't Pompeii, this is Aleppo' \u2014  As 200 airstrikes hammered Aleppo last weekend, activists and aid workers posted dozens of pictures and videos online. Each of them heartbreaking, each helping to convey the horror of the besieged Syrian city. On Friday afternoon, a photo emerged of Brahim Sawas and his 10-year old son, Mahmoud, who had fallen victim to the war. They were covered in blood and dust, the pressure of the rubble holding their final postures in place. \"This isn't Pompeii, this is Aleppo,\" one social media user wrote. A family devastated   The tragedy of this family doesn't end there. Another image shows Sawas' 8-month-old baby, Muhammad, buried under rubble in a separate room as Syrian Civil Defense workers try to recover the child's body from the dirt and dust. Um Mahmoud, Sawas' wife and the mother of the two dead boys, survived the airstrike along with her daughter. The mother and daughter were sleeping in the same room with the 8-month-old baby. Weekend of horror Sawas and the two boys were among more than 300 people killed last weekend in a new wave of violence. The deadly strike that hit the family home at 5 a.m. Friday in eastern Aleppo's rebel-held neighborhood of Qaterji was the first of a series of hundred. One activist from Aleppo described to CNN a level of bombing never seen before in a conflict that began more five years ago. In response to the surge in airstrikes, activists took to Twitter, using an Arabic hashtag that translates to #HolocaustAleppo and sharing pictures and videos from the city. Some had mistakenly described the photo of the father and son as that of a mother clutching her baby.", "essay": "Living in a war tore country must be horrible. I feel the pain of all the lost. Having air strikes hit your home has to be horrible and seeing love ones buried under what is left from your home is also horrible. I do not wish this on anybody. I hope that the country can find peace and the people can return to a normal life."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "'This isn't Pompeii, this is Aleppo' \u2014  As 200 airstrikes hammered Aleppo last weekend, activists and aid workers posted dozens of pictures and videos online. Each of them heartbreaking, each helping to convey the horror of the besieged Syrian city. On Friday afternoon, a photo emerged of Brahim Sawas and his 10-year old son, Mahmoud, who had fallen victim to the war. They were covered in blood and dust, the pressure of the rubble holding their final postures in place. \"This isn't Pompeii, this is Aleppo,\" one social media user wrote. A family devastated   The tragedy of this family doesn't end there. Another image shows Sawas' 8-month-old baby, Muhammad, buried under rubble in a separate room as Syrian Civil Defense workers try to recover the child's body from the dirt and dust. Um Mahmoud, Sawas' wife and the mother of the two dead boys, survived the airstrike along with her daughter. The mother and daughter were sleeping in the same room with the 8-month-old baby. Weekend of horror Sawas and the two boys were among more than 300 people killed last weekend in a new wave of violence. The deadly strike that hit the family home at 5 a.m. Friday in eastern Aleppo's rebel-held neighborhood of Qaterji was the first of a series of hundred. One activist from Aleppo described to CNN a level of bombing never seen before in a conflict that began more five years ago. In response to the surge in airstrikes, activists took to Twitter, using an Arabic hashtag that translates to #HolocaustAleppo and sharing pictures and videos from the city. Some had mistakenly described the photo of the father and son as that of a mother clutching her baby.", "essay": "This is such a hard read. I cant imagine living in a war torn place where everyday you fear for your life. How sad these people died such a horrible hard death. The mother and sister have to live and rebuild there life without the kids and husband. How do you even go on after such a thing. There needs to be more aid and relief and stop all the bombing and violence. It is such a silly way to die over nothing. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "'This isn't Pompeii, this is Aleppo' \u2014  As 200 airstrikes hammered Aleppo last weekend, activists and aid workers posted dozens of pictures and videos online. Each of them heartbreaking, each helping to convey the horror of the besieged Syrian city. On Friday afternoon, a photo emerged of Brahim Sawas and his 10-year old son, Mahmoud, who had fallen victim to the war. They were covered in blood and dust, the pressure of the rubble holding their final postures in place. \"This isn't Pompeii, this is Aleppo,\" one social media user wrote. A family devastated   The tragedy of this family doesn't end there. Another image shows Sawas' 8-month-old baby, Muhammad, buried under rubble in a separate room as Syrian Civil Defense workers try to recover the child's body from the dirt and dust. Um Mahmoud, Sawas' wife and the mother of the two dead boys, survived the airstrike along with her daughter. The mother and daughter were sleeping in the same room with the 8-month-old baby. Weekend of horror Sawas and the two boys were among more than 300 people killed last weekend in a new wave of violence. The deadly strike that hit the family home at 5 a.m. Friday in eastern Aleppo's rebel-held neighborhood of Qaterji was the first of a series of hundred. One activist from Aleppo described to CNN a level of bombing never seen before in a conflict that began more five years ago. In response to the surge in airstrikes, activists took to Twitter, using an Arabic hashtag that translates to #HolocaustAleppo and sharing pictures and videos from the city. Some had mistakenly described the photo of the father and son as that of a mother clutching her baby.", "essay": "This kind of this is so so sad to read about! I can't imagine living somewhere like that, where destruction can just happen so suddenly. It would be nerve wracking. I can't imagine trying to recover after devestation like that either... it would be so hard. Those people are strong willed I will give them that! "}
{"user_id": "ec_p016", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 25 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 60000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 25, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 60000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "13 civilians killed by cross-border shelling in Kashmir, say India, Pakistan \u2014  India and Pakistan say 13 civilians have been killed in cross-border shelling from both sides of the Line of Control, the de facto border between the two countries in the disputed region of Kashmir.   At least seven civilians on the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC) were killed Tuesday and 15 others injured in shelling that came from the Pakistani side, according to local Indian authorities. Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that six civilians on the Pakistani side had been killed by shelling from India Monday, and eight injured. Could India and Pakistan go to war? Women killed 'inside their homes' The casualties on the Pakistani side were in the Nikial and Jandrot areas, the statement said, adding that Pakistan's Director General had summoned India's Deputy High Chief Commissioner on Tuesday to strongly condemn the \"unprovoked ceasefire violations.\" Of the Indian casualties, five civilians were killed in heavy shelling in the Ramgrah sector of India's Samba district, Sheetal Nanda, Samba's district magistrate, told CNN. Nine others were injured in the area. Two women were also killed in shelling in the Manjakote area of Rajouri district, according to Johnny Williams, deputy inspector general of police in the district. \"The two ladies were inside their homes when shells landed there. They died on the spot,\" he said, adding that three others were injured in the strikes. Three civilians were also injured in India's Poonch district, police chief J.S. Johar told CNN. Neither side has responded to the allegations of ceasefire violations. The latest clashes come at a time of heightened tension between the neighbors over Kashmir, a Muslim-majority region that has been disputed territory between India and Pakistan for the past 70 years. Both of the nuclear-armed countries hold separate parts of the region and have fought two wars, in 1947 and 1965, over their claims. They came close to a third, in 1999. Tensions have flared since 19 Indian soldiers were killed in September in an attack by armed militants on an army base in Uri, about 63 miles (102 kilometers) from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. In the aftermath, India launched what it described as a \"surgical strike\" across the Line of Control to attack what it said was a terrorist launching pad. Pakistan denied that the target was a terrorist base, pointing out that two of its soldiers were killed. Amid the continuing fallout, India has relocated more than 10,000 people from around the disputed border area, and a top Bollywood director has refused to hire Pakistani actors.", "essay": "I hate senseless violence like this so much, when the people that are dying aren't even the ones involved in the conflicts and are just minding their own business. Like, these are people just walking home or making bread or getting water for their families and then they're just... gone. It isn't fair."}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "13 civilians killed by cross-border shelling in Kashmir, say India, Pakistan \u2014  India and Pakistan say 13 civilians have been killed in cross-border shelling from both sides of the Line of Control, the de facto border between the two countries in the disputed region of Kashmir.   At least seven civilians on the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC) were killed Tuesday and 15 others injured in shelling that came from the Pakistani side, according to local Indian authorities. Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that six civilians on the Pakistani side had been killed by shelling from India Monday, and eight injured. Could India and Pakistan go to war? Women killed 'inside their homes' The casualties on the Pakistani side were in the Nikial and Jandrot areas, the statement said, adding that Pakistan's Director General had summoned India's Deputy High Chief Commissioner on Tuesday to strongly condemn the \"unprovoked ceasefire violations.\" Of the Indian casualties, five civilians were killed in heavy shelling in the Ramgrah sector of India's Samba district, Sheetal Nanda, Samba's district magistrate, told CNN. Nine others were injured in the area. Two women were also killed in shelling in the Manjakote area of Rajouri district, according to Johnny Williams, deputy inspector general of police in the district. \"The two ladies were inside their homes when shells landed there. They died on the spot,\" he said, adding that three others were injured in the strikes. Three civilians were also injured in India's Poonch district, police chief J.S. Johar told CNN. Neither side has responded to the allegations of ceasefire violations. The latest clashes come at a time of heightened tension between the neighbors over Kashmir, a Muslim-majority region that has been disputed territory between India and Pakistan for the past 70 years. Both of the nuclear-armed countries hold separate parts of the region and have fought two wars, in 1947 and 1965, over their claims. They came close to a third, in 1999. Tensions have flared since 19 Indian soldiers were killed in September in an attack by armed militants on an army base in Uri, about 63 miles (102 kilometers) from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. In the aftermath, India launched what it described as a \"surgical strike\" across the Line of Control to attack what it said was a terrorist launching pad. Pakistan denied that the target was a terrorist base, pointing out that two of its soldiers were killed. Amid the continuing fallout, India has relocated more than 10,000 people from around the disputed border area, and a top Bollywood director has refused to hire Pakistani actors.", "essay": "These people are always bombing each other I say let them nuke each other the planet could use a good depopulation There are too many Indians running around already and we don't need more of them a bonus would be that Pakisatnis are mostly muslim so there would less terrorism if they died in a nuclear war."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "13 civilians killed by cross-border shelling in Kashmir, say India, Pakistan \u2014  India and Pakistan say 13 civilians have been killed in cross-border shelling from both sides of the Line of Control, the de facto border between the two countries in the disputed region of Kashmir.   At least seven civilians on the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC) were killed Tuesday and 15 others injured in shelling that came from the Pakistani side, according to local Indian authorities. Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that six civilians on the Pakistani side had been killed by shelling from India Monday, and eight injured. Could India and Pakistan go to war? Women killed 'inside their homes' The casualties on the Pakistani side were in the Nikial and Jandrot areas, the statement said, adding that Pakistan's Director General had summoned India's Deputy High Chief Commissioner on Tuesday to strongly condemn the \"unprovoked ceasefire violations.\" Of the Indian casualties, five civilians were killed in heavy shelling in the Ramgrah sector of India's Samba district, Sheetal Nanda, Samba's district magistrate, told CNN. Nine others were injured in the area. Two women were also killed in shelling in the Manjakote area of Rajouri district, according to Johnny Williams, deputy inspector general of police in the district. \"The two ladies were inside their homes when shells landed there. They died on the spot,\" he said, adding that three others were injured in the strikes. Three civilians were also injured in India's Poonch district, police chief J.S. Johar told CNN. Neither side has responded to the allegations of ceasefire violations. The latest clashes come at a time of heightened tension between the neighbors over Kashmir, a Muslim-majority region that has been disputed territory between India and Pakistan for the past 70 years. Both of the nuclear-armed countries hold separate parts of the region and have fought two wars, in 1947 and 1965, over their claims. They came close to a third, in 1999. Tensions have flared since 19 Indian soldiers were killed in September in an attack by armed militants on an army base in Uri, about 63 miles (102 kilometers) from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. In the aftermath, India launched what it described as a \"surgical strike\" across the Line of Control to attack what it said was a terrorist launching pad. Pakistan denied that the target was a terrorist base, pointing out that two of its soldiers were killed. Amid the continuing fallout, India has relocated more than 10,000 people from around the disputed border area, and a top Bollywood director has refused to hire Pakistani actors.", "essay": "The fact that 13 civilians were killed shows that this rivalry between India and Pakistan is something that needs to be fixed. They were killed in Pakistan land as well and India should be the one to blame here if what they're saying is true. Surgical strike was also launched and I don't know if that can be justified."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "13 civilians killed by cross-border shelling in Kashmir, say India, Pakistan \u2014  India and Pakistan say 13 civilians have been killed in cross-border shelling from both sides of the Line of Control, the de facto border between the two countries in the disputed region of Kashmir.   At least seven civilians on the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC) were killed Tuesday and 15 others injured in shelling that came from the Pakistani side, according to local Indian authorities. Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that six civilians on the Pakistani side had been killed by shelling from India Monday, and eight injured. Could India and Pakistan go to war? Women killed 'inside their homes' The casualties on the Pakistani side were in the Nikial and Jandrot areas, the statement said, adding that Pakistan's Director General had summoned India's Deputy High Chief Commissioner on Tuesday to strongly condemn the \"unprovoked ceasefire violations.\" Of the Indian casualties, five civilians were killed in heavy shelling in the Ramgrah sector of India's Samba district, Sheetal Nanda, Samba's district magistrate, told CNN. Nine others were injured in the area. Two women were also killed in shelling in the Manjakote area of Rajouri district, according to Johnny Williams, deputy inspector general of police in the district. \"The two ladies were inside their homes when shells landed there. They died on the spot,\" he said, adding that three others were injured in the strikes. Three civilians were also injured in India's Poonch district, police chief J.S. Johar told CNN. Neither side has responded to the allegations of ceasefire violations. The latest clashes come at a time of heightened tension between the neighbors over Kashmir, a Muslim-majority region that has been disputed territory between India and Pakistan for the past 70 years. Both of the nuclear-armed countries hold separate parts of the region and have fought two wars, in 1947 and 1965, over their claims. They came close to a third, in 1999. Tensions have flared since 19 Indian soldiers were killed in September in an attack by armed militants on an army base in Uri, about 63 miles (102 kilometers) from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. In the aftermath, India launched what it described as a \"surgical strike\" across the Line of Control to attack what it said was a terrorist launching pad. Pakistan denied that the target was a terrorist base, pointing out that two of its soldiers were killed. Amid the continuing fallout, India has relocated more than 10,000 people from around the disputed border area, and a top Bollywood director has refused to hire Pakistani actors.", "essay": "Living in a war tore country must be horrible. I feel the pain of all the lost. Having air strikes hit your home has to be horrible and seeing love ones buried under what is left from your home is also horrible. I do not wish this on anybody. I hope that the country can find peace and the people can return to a normal life."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "13 civilians killed by cross-border shelling in Kashmir, say India, Pakistan \u2014  India and Pakistan say 13 civilians have been killed in cross-border shelling from both sides of the Line of Control, the de facto border between the two countries in the disputed region of Kashmir.   At least seven civilians on the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC) were killed Tuesday and 15 others injured in shelling that came from the Pakistani side, according to local Indian authorities. Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that six civilians on the Pakistani side had been killed by shelling from India Monday, and eight injured. Could India and Pakistan go to war? Women killed 'inside their homes' The casualties on the Pakistani side were in the Nikial and Jandrot areas, the statement said, adding that Pakistan's Director General had summoned India's Deputy High Chief Commissioner on Tuesday to strongly condemn the \"unprovoked ceasefire violations.\" Of the Indian casualties, five civilians were killed in heavy shelling in the Ramgrah sector of India's Samba district, Sheetal Nanda, Samba's district magistrate, told CNN. Nine others were injured in the area. Two women were also killed in shelling in the Manjakote area of Rajouri district, according to Johnny Williams, deputy inspector general of police in the district. \"The two ladies were inside their homes when shells landed there. They died on the spot,\" he said, adding that three others were injured in the strikes. Three civilians were also injured in India's Poonch district, police chief J.S. Johar told CNN. Neither side has responded to the allegations of ceasefire violations. The latest clashes come at a time of heightened tension between the neighbors over Kashmir, a Muslim-majority region that has been disputed territory between India and Pakistan for the past 70 years. Both of the nuclear-armed countries hold separate parts of the region and have fought two wars, in 1947 and 1965, over their claims. They came close to a third, in 1999. Tensions have flared since 19 Indian soldiers were killed in September in an attack by armed militants on an army base in Uri, about 63 miles (102 kilometers) from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. In the aftermath, India launched what it described as a \"surgical strike\" across the Line of Control to attack what it said was a terrorist launching pad. Pakistan denied that the target was a terrorist base, pointing out that two of its soldiers were killed. Amid the continuing fallout, India has relocated more than 10,000 people from around the disputed border area, and a top Bollywood director has refused to hire Pakistani actors.", "essay": "It is so sad the uprest that is happening in the middle east right now. I dont understand how cultures that rely on peace and light like india are involved in such violence. They need to have a meeting with leaders and figure things out diplomatically. I think war is just to tossed around over there when you have innocent victims and civilians being killed. They need to do things like trump be firm and have sanctions build walls but dont rely on iolence to get your way. The fact that the cease fire was broken and both sides have nuclear weapons scares me, that there is no line that they can not cross or break."}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Justice For Disturbing Case Of Kitten Strangled To Death in Spokane, Washington \u2014  Last month, a man named Wesley O\u2019Dell and his wife, were walking around their neighborhood in Spokane, Washington and found something that changed their lives and opened their eyes to the cruelty that humanity can possess. *The real image of the kitten they found was too graphic and disturbing to display. The couple spotted a baby kitten on the side of the road completely wrapped in phone and electrical chargers and dumped like a piece of garbage on the sidewalk. When they approached the helpless kitten, they noticed that it was methodically wrapped so tightly around the kitten\u2019s little body, from its tiny neck, to its small tail and back legs so that so that the poor things appendages were tied up next to its face. When O\u2019Dell began to cut the cords off the the kittens small body, he felt that rigor mortis had already set in and it was hard for him to seperate the wires from its stiff figure. He also saw that the kitten\u2019s jaw was ripped down, with a cord running through its mouth and around its neck. O\u2019Dell was absolutely disgusted with this sight and is now determined to take action and find the culprit accountable for the horrendous crime. This act of cruelty is inhumane, disgusting and it is truly unthinkable that someone would do such a thing to a kitten who had barely even opened its eyes. The couple is now standing up and fighting for animal rights and animal welfare until justice and equality is received by all beings living on this earth. O\u2019Dell is making a point to voice his story so that everyone is aware of the animal abuse that happened in Spokane, Washington and the lack of empathy that his local governing body has over the gruesome death of a helpless baby kitten. \u201cCan you imagine how that would feel? What you would think, the fear in your heart, to be completely helpless at the hands of something much bigger and more poweful than you. Try to feel the pain and sadness this infant feline would have felt. Imagine what you would be thinking as the terror welled up in your swelling throat? The darkness that you would experience as you took your last breath, while someone laughed at you. Think how it would feel to be snuffed out in a cold dark street, scared and alone.\u201d This act happened just two blocks from the couples home while their local police and animal shelters have done nothing about it. O\u2019Dell says that this horrific situation must be remedied and he will try his hardest to ensure justice is served. Since this occurrence, O\u2019Dell has spoken to people throughout the nation who would like to help, including the group \u201cGaurdians of the Rescue\u201d. The rescue group has sent him flyers to be posted around his neighborhood as well as in local veterinarian hospitals and emergency pet clinics. He is hopeful that by distributing these flyers around town, someone will come forward with information on this crime and possibly who is at fault. O\u2019Dell is asking for the public to repost this tragic story on social media and to talk about the kitten with friends and neighbors, not allowing for the kitten\u2019s death to be in vein. Raising awareness of this story is one of the most important things we as animal lovers can do at this point.", "essay": "I can't imagine the kind of person that would do this to a sweet cute innocent kitten. Not only did they dump it on the side of the road, which is one kind of evil, but they tortured it in the process. Who ties up a kitten like that? It's so easy now a days if you don't want a kitten, put it on facebook or cragslist to get rid of it. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Justice For Disturbing Case Of Kitten Strangled To Death in Spokane, Washington \u2014  Last month, a man named Wesley O\u2019Dell and his wife, were walking around their neighborhood in Spokane, Washington and found something that changed their lives and opened their eyes to the cruelty that humanity can possess. *The real image of the kitten they found was too graphic and disturbing to display. The couple spotted a baby kitten on the side of the road completely wrapped in phone and electrical chargers and dumped like a piece of garbage on the sidewalk. When they approached the helpless kitten, they noticed that it was methodically wrapped so tightly around the kitten\u2019s little body, from its tiny neck, to its small tail and back legs so that so that the poor things appendages were tied up next to its face. When O\u2019Dell began to cut the cords off the the kittens small body, he felt that rigor mortis had already set in and it was hard for him to seperate the wires from its stiff figure. He also saw that the kitten\u2019s jaw was ripped down, with a cord running through its mouth and around its neck. O\u2019Dell was absolutely disgusted with this sight and is now determined to take action and find the culprit accountable for the horrendous crime. This act of cruelty is inhumane, disgusting and it is truly unthinkable that someone would do such a thing to a kitten who had barely even opened its eyes. The couple is now standing up and fighting for animal rights and animal welfare until justice and equality is received by all beings living on this earth. O\u2019Dell is making a point to voice his story so that everyone is aware of the animal abuse that happened in Spokane, Washington and the lack of empathy that his local governing body has over the gruesome death of a helpless baby kitten. \u201cCan you imagine how that would feel? What you would think, the fear in your heart, to be completely helpless at the hands of something much bigger and more poweful than you. Try to feel the pain and sadness this infant feline would have felt. Imagine what you would be thinking as the terror welled up in your swelling throat? The darkness that you would experience as you took your last breath, while someone laughed at you. Think how it would feel to be snuffed out in a cold dark street, scared and alone.\u201d This act happened just two blocks from the couples home while their local police and animal shelters have done nothing about it. O\u2019Dell says that this horrific situation must be remedied and he will try his hardest to ensure justice is served. Since this occurrence, O\u2019Dell has spoken to people throughout the nation who would like to help, including the group \u201cGaurdians of the Rescue\u201d. The rescue group has sent him flyers to be posted around his neighborhood as well as in local veterinarian hospitals and emergency pet clinics. He is hopeful that by distributing these flyers around town, someone will come forward with information on this crime and possibly who is at fault. O\u2019Dell is asking for the public to repost this tragic story on social media and to talk about the kitten with friends and neighbors, not allowing for the kitten\u2019s death to be in vein. Raising awareness of this story is one of the most important things we as animal lovers can do at this point.", "essay": "This is a disturbing story and I feel badly for the kitten who was obviously abused and presumably tortured.  I assume this was done by a psychopath who likes sadistic things.  Those people exist and aren't all that rare, so this type of thing doesn't totally surprise me, although it's still disturbing and chilling.  However, the tone of this article and these people is absurd.  They want equality for all living things.  So, what, that means I'll be charged with murder if I swat a fly?  If a dog kills a child they'll be arrested, read their Miranda rights and be appointed an attorney?  People are stupid.  It reduces the empathy and sympathy I feel when I read a story like this."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Justice For Disturbing Case Of Kitten Strangled To Death in Spokane, Washington \u2014  Last month, a man named Wesley O\u2019Dell and his wife, were walking around their neighborhood in Spokane, Washington and found something that changed their lives and opened their eyes to the cruelty that humanity can possess. *The real image of the kitten they found was too graphic and disturbing to display. The couple spotted a baby kitten on the side of the road completely wrapped in phone and electrical chargers and dumped like a piece of garbage on the sidewalk. When they approached the helpless kitten, they noticed that it was methodically wrapped so tightly around the kitten\u2019s little body, from its tiny neck, to its small tail and back legs so that so that the poor things appendages were tied up next to its face. When O\u2019Dell began to cut the cords off the the kittens small body, he felt that rigor mortis had already set in and it was hard for him to seperate the wires from its stiff figure. He also saw that the kitten\u2019s jaw was ripped down, with a cord running through its mouth and around its neck. O\u2019Dell was absolutely disgusted with this sight and is now determined to take action and find the culprit accountable for the horrendous crime. This act of cruelty is inhumane, disgusting and it is truly unthinkable that someone would do such a thing to a kitten who had barely even opened its eyes. The couple is now standing up and fighting for animal rights and animal welfare until justice and equality is received by all beings living on this earth. O\u2019Dell is making a point to voice his story so that everyone is aware of the animal abuse that happened in Spokane, Washington and the lack of empathy that his local governing body has over the gruesome death of a helpless baby kitten. \u201cCan you imagine how that would feel? What you would think, the fear in your heart, to be completely helpless at the hands of something much bigger and more poweful than you. Try to feel the pain and sadness this infant feline would have felt. Imagine what you would be thinking as the terror welled up in your swelling throat? The darkness that you would experience as you took your last breath, while someone laughed at you. Think how it would feel to be snuffed out in a cold dark street, scared and alone.\u201d This act happened just two blocks from the couples home while their local police and animal shelters have done nothing about it. O\u2019Dell says that this horrific situation must be remedied and he will try his hardest to ensure justice is served. Since this occurrence, O\u2019Dell has spoken to people throughout the nation who would like to help, including the group \u201cGaurdians of the Rescue\u201d. The rescue group has sent him flyers to be posted around his neighborhood as well as in local veterinarian hospitals and emergency pet clinics. He is hopeful that by distributing these flyers around town, someone will come forward with information on this crime and possibly who is at fault. O\u2019Dell is asking for the public to repost this tragic story on social media and to talk about the kitten with friends and neighbors, not allowing for the kitten\u2019s death to be in vein. Raising awareness of this story is one of the most important things we as animal lovers can do at this point.", "essay": "This story really just hit me in the gut I did not want to even read any further. These stories disturb me for months I can't stand animal abuse. It is scary to think of the lack of remorse people like this have while doing it they are purely evil and should not be allowed to live in society. This poor kitten suffered so much before it's death. It was so deliberate to not only get rid of the animal but to hurt it also. They were right by a shelter if they did not want the animal they could have brought it there. I can't imagine the pain that animal felt as it took its last breath and that truly hurts my heart. There needs to be more actions taken against animal abusers so they dont do this to more animals."}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Justice For Disturbing Case Of Kitten Strangled To Death in Spokane, Washington \u2014  Last month, a man named Wesley O\u2019Dell and his wife, were walking around their neighborhood in Spokane, Washington and found something that changed their lives and opened their eyes to the cruelty that humanity can possess. *The real image of the kitten they found was too graphic and disturbing to display. The couple spotted a baby kitten on the side of the road completely wrapped in phone and electrical chargers and dumped like a piece of garbage on the sidewalk. When they approached the helpless kitten, they noticed that it was methodically wrapped so tightly around the kitten\u2019s little body, from its tiny neck, to its small tail and back legs so that so that the poor things appendages were tied up next to its face. When O\u2019Dell began to cut the cords off the the kittens small body, he felt that rigor mortis had already set in and it was hard for him to seperate the wires from its stiff figure. He also saw that the kitten\u2019s jaw was ripped down, with a cord running through its mouth and around its neck. O\u2019Dell was absolutely disgusted with this sight and is now determined to take action and find the culprit accountable for the horrendous crime. This act of cruelty is inhumane, disgusting and it is truly unthinkable that someone would do such a thing to a kitten who had barely even opened its eyes. The couple is now standing up and fighting for animal rights and animal welfare until justice and equality is received by all beings living on this earth. O\u2019Dell is making a point to voice his story so that everyone is aware of the animal abuse that happened in Spokane, Washington and the lack of empathy that his local governing body has over the gruesome death of a helpless baby kitten. \u201cCan you imagine how that would feel? What you would think, the fear in your heart, to be completely helpless at the hands of something much bigger and more poweful than you. Try to feel the pain and sadness this infant feline would have felt. Imagine what you would be thinking as the terror welled up in your swelling throat? The darkness that you would experience as you took your last breath, while someone laughed at you. Think how it would feel to be snuffed out in a cold dark street, scared and alone.\u201d This act happened just two blocks from the couples home while their local police and animal shelters have done nothing about it. O\u2019Dell says that this horrific situation must be remedied and he will try his hardest to ensure justice is served. Since this occurrence, O\u2019Dell has spoken to people throughout the nation who would like to help, including the group \u201cGaurdians of the Rescue\u201d. The rescue group has sent him flyers to be posted around his neighborhood as well as in local veterinarian hospitals and emergency pet clinics. He is hopeful that by distributing these flyers around town, someone will come forward with information on this crime and possibly who is at fault. O\u2019Dell is asking for the public to repost this tragic story on social media and to talk about the kitten with friends and neighbors, not allowing for the kitten\u2019s death to be in vein. Raising awareness of this story is one of the most important things we as animal lovers can do at this point.", "essay": "Wow, this is unbelievable!!!  Who would do something like this to a tiny harmless kitten?  I'm shocked and thoroughly disgusted that someone would even be able to go through the actions to harm a kitten like this.  It is just sickening and hopefully they can find this person and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law, this is just outrageous and ridiculous.  It sounds like a precursor to serial killer behavior, honestly, because who does something like that except an extremely depraved person?"}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Justice For Disturbing Case Of Kitten Strangled To Death in Spokane, Washington \u2014  Last month, a man named Wesley O\u2019Dell and his wife, were walking around their neighborhood in Spokane, Washington and found something that changed their lives and opened their eyes to the cruelty that humanity can possess. *The real image of the kitten they found was too graphic and disturbing to display. The couple spotted a baby kitten on the side of the road completely wrapped in phone and electrical chargers and dumped like a piece of garbage on the sidewalk. When they approached the helpless kitten, they noticed that it was methodically wrapped so tightly around the kitten\u2019s little body, from its tiny neck, to its small tail and back legs so that so that the poor things appendages were tied up next to its face. When O\u2019Dell began to cut the cords off the the kittens small body, he felt that rigor mortis had already set in and it was hard for him to seperate the wires from its stiff figure. He also saw that the kitten\u2019s jaw was ripped down, with a cord running through its mouth and around its neck. O\u2019Dell was absolutely disgusted with this sight and is now determined to take action and find the culprit accountable for the horrendous crime. This act of cruelty is inhumane, disgusting and it is truly unthinkable that someone would do such a thing to a kitten who had barely even opened its eyes. The couple is now standing up and fighting for animal rights and animal welfare until justice and equality is received by all beings living on this earth. O\u2019Dell is making a point to voice his story so that everyone is aware of the animal abuse that happened in Spokane, Washington and the lack of empathy that his local governing body has over the gruesome death of a helpless baby kitten. \u201cCan you imagine how that would feel? What you would think, the fear in your heart, to be completely helpless at the hands of something much bigger and more poweful than you. Try to feel the pain and sadness this infant feline would have felt. Imagine what you would be thinking as the terror welled up in your swelling throat? The darkness that you would experience as you took your last breath, while someone laughed at you. Think how it would feel to be snuffed out in a cold dark street, scared and alone.\u201d This act happened just two blocks from the couples home while their local police and animal shelters have done nothing about it. O\u2019Dell says that this horrific situation must be remedied and he will try his hardest to ensure justice is served. Since this occurrence, O\u2019Dell has spoken to people throughout the nation who would like to help, including the group \u201cGaurdians of the Rescue\u201d. The rescue group has sent him flyers to be posted around his neighborhood as well as in local veterinarian hospitals and emergency pet clinics. He is hopeful that by distributing these flyers around town, someone will come forward with information on this crime and possibly who is at fault. O\u2019Dell is asking for the public to repost this tragic story on social media and to talk about the kitten with friends and neighbors, not allowing for the kitten\u2019s death to be in vein. Raising awareness of this story is one of the most important things we as animal lovers can do at this point.", "essay": "I hate reading stories like this... I don't get how there are still people in the world that can do this to an innocent animal... And not even just dumping it on the side of the road, that's one thing, but tying it up just to make it suffer? That is some pretty sick stuff. This person obviously is not mentally sound"}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Video Shows Cop Punching Woman In The Face, But She\u2019s The One Arrested For \u2018Assault\u2019 \u2014  A uniformed Arizona police officer who was filmed punching a woman has been placed on administrative leave while the incident is investigated.   \u201cOur agency is very concerned by what is depicted in this video,\u201d police in Flagstaff, Arizona, said in a Wednesday evening press release.   The footage, shot and posted to Facebook on Wednesday, shows a woman struggling with two officers who apparently believe there is an outstanding warrant for her arrest. She can be heard on video saying the issue has already been resolved.   \u201cYou cannot arrest me until I know I have a warrant,\u201d she tells the officers as she struggles with them.   Suddenly, one of them strikes her in the face with a closed fist.   Authorities have identified that officer as Jeff Bonar. They haven\u2019t released the name of the woman, but she identifies herself in the video as Marissa Morris. \u201cYou just fucking punched me in the face,\u201d Morris can be heard yelling after Bonar hits her.   A number of people appear to be watching the scene from a porch. The man who filmed the confrontation \u2014 identified by The Arizona Republic as Danny Paredes \u2014 can be also heard shouting, \u201cHey, you can\u2019t hit a girl like that.\u201d   Bonar cuffs Morris and the two other officers lead her away and place her in the back of a patrol car while a man \u2015 presumably Paredes \u2015 can be heard saying, \u201cI got it on video, Marissa.\u201d   Morris\u2019 boyfriend, Jimmy Sedillo, told The Arizona Republic he and his children, ages 3 and 9, witnessed the incident.   \u201cShe had a warrant a few weeks ago,\u201d Sedillo said. \u201cHe still assumed she had a warrant.\u201d Sedillo told Phoenix\u2019s KTVK his girlfriend was ultimately charged with assaulting an officer and resisting arrest.Morris, who reportedly remains behind bars, could not be reached for comment.   \u201cAn internal affairs investigation is being initiated,\u201d Flagstaff police said. \u201cFurther details will be released as the investigation progresses.\u201d", "essay": "Another story about police brutality... I'm not surprised. While it does sound like this individual was giving the police a harder time than was needed, they are the professionals here and need to act like it. I don't think what she was doing warranted getting punched in the face. That is not a professional measure to subdue someone. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "Video Shows Cop Punching Woman In The Face, But She\u2019s The One Arrested For \u2018Assault\u2019 \u2014  A uniformed Arizona police officer who was filmed punching a woman has been placed on administrative leave while the incident is investigated.   \u201cOur agency is very concerned by what is depicted in this video,\u201d police in Flagstaff, Arizona, said in a Wednesday evening press release.   The footage, shot and posted to Facebook on Wednesday, shows a woman struggling with two officers who apparently believe there is an outstanding warrant for her arrest. She can be heard on video saying the issue has already been resolved.   \u201cYou cannot arrest me until I know I have a warrant,\u201d she tells the officers as she struggles with them.   Suddenly, one of them strikes her in the face with a closed fist.   Authorities have identified that officer as Jeff Bonar. They haven\u2019t released the name of the woman, but she identifies herself in the video as Marissa Morris. \u201cYou just fucking punched me in the face,\u201d Morris can be heard yelling after Bonar hits her.   A number of people appear to be watching the scene from a porch. The man who filmed the confrontation \u2014 identified by The Arizona Republic as Danny Paredes \u2014 can be also heard shouting, \u201cHey, you can\u2019t hit a girl like that.\u201d   Bonar cuffs Morris and the two other officers lead her away and place her in the back of a patrol car while a man \u2015 presumably Paredes \u2015 can be heard saying, \u201cI got it on video, Marissa.\u201d   Morris\u2019 boyfriend, Jimmy Sedillo, told The Arizona Republic he and his children, ages 3 and 9, witnessed the incident.   \u201cShe had a warrant a few weeks ago,\u201d Sedillo said. \u201cHe still assumed she had a warrant.\u201d Sedillo told Phoenix\u2019s KTVK his girlfriend was ultimately charged with assaulting an officer and resisting arrest.Morris, who reportedly remains behind bars, could not be reached for comment.   \u201cAn internal affairs investigation is being initiated,\u201d Flagstaff police said. \u201cFurther details will be released as the investigation progresses.\u201d", "essay": "cops can do and say whatever they want with impunity they have a serious problem with power and most are stupid with very low iq also they are on steroids so that makes them even more aggresive add to that most people hate them they should really be trained better they are so dumb and idiotic I hate them"}
{"user_id": "ec_p029", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 42000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 6.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 42000, "personality": {"openness": 3.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 6.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Video Shows Cop Punching Woman In The Face, But She\u2019s The One Arrested For \u2018Assault\u2019 \u2014  A uniformed Arizona police officer who was filmed punching a woman has been placed on administrative leave while the incident is investigated.   \u201cOur agency is very concerned by what is depicted in this video,\u201d police in Flagstaff, Arizona, said in a Wednesday evening press release.   The footage, shot and posted to Facebook on Wednesday, shows a woman struggling with two officers who apparently believe there is an outstanding warrant for her arrest. She can be heard on video saying the issue has already been resolved.   \u201cYou cannot arrest me until I know I have a warrant,\u201d she tells the officers as she struggles with them.   Suddenly, one of them strikes her in the face with a closed fist.   Authorities have identified that officer as Jeff Bonar. They haven\u2019t released the name of the woman, but she identifies herself in the video as Marissa Morris. \u201cYou just fucking punched me in the face,\u201d Morris can be heard yelling after Bonar hits her.   A number of people appear to be watching the scene from a porch. The man who filmed the confrontation \u2014 identified by The Arizona Republic as Danny Paredes \u2014 can be also heard shouting, \u201cHey, you can\u2019t hit a girl like that.\u201d   Bonar cuffs Morris and the two other officers lead her away and place her in the back of a patrol car while a man \u2015 presumably Paredes \u2015 can be heard saying, \u201cI got it on video, Marissa.\u201d   Morris\u2019 boyfriend, Jimmy Sedillo, told The Arizona Republic he and his children, ages 3 and 9, witnessed the incident.   \u201cShe had a warrant a few weeks ago,\u201d Sedillo said. \u201cHe still assumed she had a warrant.\u201d Sedillo told Phoenix\u2019s KTVK his girlfriend was ultimately charged with assaulting an officer and resisting arrest.Morris, who reportedly remains behind bars, could not be reached for comment.   \u201cAn internal affairs investigation is being initiated,\u201d Flagstaff police said. \u201cFurther details will be released as the investigation progresses.\u201d", "essay": "I feel like there is more to this story.  Apparently the officer was trying to protect himself because she was punching and kicking him to try to resist arrest.  That doesn't make it okay for him to punch her in the face, though, he should have been more professional.  But he is human and it might have been his first instinct, who knows.  I saw that she is suing the city for a million dollars, I bet she is trying to bank on this whole incident.  I don't know how I feel about this really.  I don't feel much sympathy for the woman."}
{"user_id": "ec_p036", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 38 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 96000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 4.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 38, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 96000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 4.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Video Shows Cop Punching Woman In The Face, But She\u2019s The One Arrested For \u2018Assault\u2019 \u2014  A uniformed Arizona police officer who was filmed punching a woman has been placed on administrative leave while the incident is investigated.   \u201cOur agency is very concerned by what is depicted in this video,\u201d police in Flagstaff, Arizona, said in a Wednesday evening press release.   The footage, shot and posted to Facebook on Wednesday, shows a woman struggling with two officers who apparently believe there is an outstanding warrant for her arrest. She can be heard on video saying the issue has already been resolved.   \u201cYou cannot arrest me until I know I have a warrant,\u201d she tells the officers as she struggles with them.   Suddenly, one of them strikes her in the face with a closed fist.   Authorities have identified that officer as Jeff Bonar. They haven\u2019t released the name of the woman, but she identifies herself in the video as Marissa Morris. \u201cYou just fucking punched me in the face,\u201d Morris can be heard yelling after Bonar hits her.   A number of people appear to be watching the scene from a porch. The man who filmed the confrontation \u2014 identified by The Arizona Republic as Danny Paredes \u2014 can be also heard shouting, \u201cHey, you can\u2019t hit a girl like that.\u201d   Bonar cuffs Morris and the two other officers lead her away and place her in the back of a patrol car while a man \u2015 presumably Paredes \u2015 can be heard saying, \u201cI got it on video, Marissa.\u201d   Morris\u2019 boyfriend, Jimmy Sedillo, told The Arizona Republic he and his children, ages 3 and 9, witnessed the incident.   \u201cShe had a warrant a few weeks ago,\u201d Sedillo said. \u201cHe still assumed she had a warrant.\u201d Sedillo told Phoenix\u2019s KTVK his girlfriend was ultimately charged with assaulting an officer and resisting arrest.Morris, who reportedly remains behind bars, could not be reached for comment.   \u201cAn internal affairs investigation is being initiated,\u201d Flagstaff police said. \u201cFurther details will be released as the investigation progresses.\u201d", "essay": "A woman was arrested for assault, and during the arrest, the officer punches her in the face. The police department acknowledges this and it was captured on camera by several onlookers for the incident. Even the children witnessed the incident occur. It isn't clear if they even had a legitimate reason to arrest her."}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Video Shows Cop Punching Woman In The Face, But She\u2019s The One Arrested For \u2018Assault\u2019 \u2014  A uniformed Arizona police officer who was filmed punching a woman has been placed on administrative leave while the incident is investigated.   \u201cOur agency is very concerned by what is depicted in this video,\u201d police in Flagstaff, Arizona, said in a Wednesday evening press release.   The footage, shot and posted to Facebook on Wednesday, shows a woman struggling with two officers who apparently believe there is an outstanding warrant for her arrest. She can be heard on video saying the issue has already been resolved.   \u201cYou cannot arrest me until I know I have a warrant,\u201d she tells the officers as she struggles with them.   Suddenly, one of them strikes her in the face with a closed fist.   Authorities have identified that officer as Jeff Bonar. They haven\u2019t released the name of the woman, but she identifies herself in the video as Marissa Morris. \u201cYou just fucking punched me in the face,\u201d Morris can be heard yelling after Bonar hits her.   A number of people appear to be watching the scene from a porch. The man who filmed the confrontation \u2014 identified by The Arizona Republic as Danny Paredes \u2014 can be also heard shouting, \u201cHey, you can\u2019t hit a girl like that.\u201d   Bonar cuffs Morris and the two other officers lead her away and place her in the back of a patrol car while a man \u2015 presumably Paredes \u2015 can be heard saying, \u201cI got it on video, Marissa.\u201d   Morris\u2019 boyfriend, Jimmy Sedillo, told The Arizona Republic he and his children, ages 3 and 9, witnessed the incident.   \u201cShe had a warrant a few weeks ago,\u201d Sedillo said. \u201cHe still assumed she had a warrant.\u201d Sedillo told Phoenix\u2019s KTVK his girlfriend was ultimately charged with assaulting an officer and resisting arrest.Morris, who reportedly remains behind bars, could not be reached for comment.   \u201cAn internal affairs investigation is being initiated,\u201d Flagstaff police said. \u201cFurther details will be released as the investigation progresses.\u201d", "essay": "I feel like this is another example of why the police need to be better trained! It is as important as drinking water everyday to live that a cop be trained to the best of ways possible. There is no way a cop should be punching a woman in the face! I feel like a parrot repeating this over and over throughout the years but enough is enough."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "3 U.S. military trainers killed in gunfire by security units at Jordan base \u2014  At least three U.S. military trainers in Jordan were fatally shot by security forces Friday when their vehicle failed to stop at the gate of a military base, Jordanian and U.S. officials said.   The U.S. military service members \u201ccame under fire\u201d as they approached a Jordanian training facility, said Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook. Few other details about the incident were given. Cook said U.S. and Jordanian authorities were investigating the cause.   Earlier, Jordan\u2019s military said there was \u201can exchange of gunfire\u201d after the vehicle\u2019s driver ignored demands to stop outside an air base in southern Jordan. A Jordanian officer was injured, the statement said.   Other details of the incident at the King Faisal Air Base were not immediately clear. Investigators were trying to piece together the events, including whether a possible miscommunication was to blame.   The U.S. official said two of the service members died later in Jordan\u2019s capital, Amman, where they were airlifted for treatment.   Jordan is a close ally of the United States, and military training by U.S. personnel is common. Jordan is also part of the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State in neighboring Syria.   [Prominent Jordanian writer gunned down]   The U.S. Embassy in Amman said in a statement it was \u201cin contact with the appropriate Jordanian authorities, who have offered their full support.\u201d   A U.S. diplomat in Amman, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief reporters, said American and Jordanian officials \u201cdo not believe\u201d the incident was terrorism-related, but he offered no further details.   The King Faisal base, about 150 miles southeast of Amman and near the border with Saudi Arabia, has long been used for joint exercises between Jordan and its various allies, including the United States, Britain and Saudi Arabia. The base is also part of the network in Jordan to train Western-backed Syrian rebels.   According to U.S. diplomats and Jordanian officials, there are more than 1,000 U.S. military personnel based in Jordan, the majority serving as advisers to Jordan\u2019s armed forces and Syrian rebel factions.   Jordan\u2019s military has been on high alert since June, when a suicide attacker driving a bomb-rigged truck barreled through Syria\u2019s border with Jordan, setting off a blast outside a Syrian refugee camp that killed seven Jordanian troops. It was the deadliest attack along the tense border, which hundreds of thousands of Syrians have crossed during the more than five-year conflict in their homeland.   In November 2015, a Jordanian police officer opened fire at a police training academy south of Amman, killing two U.S. contractors.", "essay": "I really feel for these soldiers on both side american and jordanian. It seems like it was a tough call because we are there allies and the us soldiers should have followed protocol by stopping.If it was a miscommunication I hope they take steps to make sure this doesnt happen again as fighting and killing eachother is a waste that needs to be for the bad guys. I can understand with the jordian people being on high alert with syrian suicide bombers attacking them earlier. I wonder if it was a miscommunication or somehow the soldiers flipped into that bad guys. Either way I hope a full investigaton is done to try and prevent anything of this nature from happening in the future. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "3 U.S. military trainers killed in gunfire by security units at Jordan base \u2014  At least three U.S. military trainers in Jordan were fatally shot by security forces Friday when their vehicle failed to stop at the gate of a military base, Jordanian and U.S. officials said.   The U.S. military service members \u201ccame under fire\u201d as they approached a Jordanian training facility, said Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook. Few other details about the incident were given. Cook said U.S. and Jordanian authorities were investigating the cause.   Earlier, Jordan\u2019s military said there was \u201can exchange of gunfire\u201d after the vehicle\u2019s driver ignored demands to stop outside an air base in southern Jordan. A Jordanian officer was injured, the statement said.   Other details of the incident at the King Faisal Air Base were not immediately clear. Investigators were trying to piece together the events, including whether a possible miscommunication was to blame.   The U.S. official said two of the service members died later in Jordan\u2019s capital, Amman, where they were airlifted for treatment.   Jordan is a close ally of the United States, and military training by U.S. personnel is common. Jordan is also part of the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State in neighboring Syria.   [Prominent Jordanian writer gunned down]   The U.S. Embassy in Amman said in a statement it was \u201cin contact with the appropriate Jordanian authorities, who have offered their full support.\u201d   A U.S. diplomat in Amman, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief reporters, said American and Jordanian officials \u201cdo not believe\u201d the incident was terrorism-related, but he offered no further details.   The King Faisal base, about 150 miles southeast of Amman and near the border with Saudi Arabia, has long been used for joint exercises between Jordan and its various allies, including the United States, Britain and Saudi Arabia. The base is also part of the network in Jordan to train Western-backed Syrian rebels.   According to U.S. diplomats and Jordanian officials, there are more than 1,000 U.S. military personnel based in Jordan, the majority serving as advisers to Jordan\u2019s armed forces and Syrian rebel factions.   Jordan\u2019s military has been on high alert since June, when a suicide attacker driving a bomb-rigged truck barreled through Syria\u2019s border with Jordan, setting off a blast outside a Syrian refugee camp that killed seven Jordanian troops. It was the deadliest attack along the tense border, which hundreds of thousands of Syrians have crossed during the more than five-year conflict in their homeland.   In November 2015, a Jordanian police officer opened fire at a police training academy south of Amman, killing two U.S. contractors.", "essay": "I think things like this are terrifying, especially because it seems like things are just starting to heat up in Syria and we haven't even started sending that many troops over there. It makes me nervous that it's going to be another long war and one that will will fight for seemingly no real benefit of our own. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p024", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is hispanic / latino. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 35000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 2.0 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Hispanic / Latino", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 35000, "personality": {"openness": 5.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 2.0, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "3 U.S. military trainers killed in gunfire by security units at Jordan base \u2014  At least three U.S. military trainers in Jordan were fatally shot by security forces Friday when their vehicle failed to stop at the gate of a military base, Jordanian and U.S. officials said.   The U.S. military service members \u201ccame under fire\u201d as they approached a Jordanian training facility, said Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook. Few other details about the incident were given. Cook said U.S. and Jordanian authorities were investigating the cause.   Earlier, Jordan\u2019s military said there was \u201can exchange of gunfire\u201d after the vehicle\u2019s driver ignored demands to stop outside an air base in southern Jordan. A Jordanian officer was injured, the statement said.   Other details of the incident at the King Faisal Air Base were not immediately clear. Investigators were trying to piece together the events, including whether a possible miscommunication was to blame.   The U.S. official said two of the service members died later in Jordan\u2019s capital, Amman, where they were airlifted for treatment.   Jordan is a close ally of the United States, and military training by U.S. personnel is common. Jordan is also part of the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State in neighboring Syria.   [Prominent Jordanian writer gunned down]   The U.S. Embassy in Amman said in a statement it was \u201cin contact with the appropriate Jordanian authorities, who have offered their full support.\u201d   A U.S. diplomat in Amman, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief reporters, said American and Jordanian officials \u201cdo not believe\u201d the incident was terrorism-related, but he offered no further details.   The King Faisal base, about 150 miles southeast of Amman and near the border with Saudi Arabia, has long been used for joint exercises between Jordan and its various allies, including the United States, Britain and Saudi Arabia. The base is also part of the network in Jordan to train Western-backed Syrian rebels.   According to U.S. diplomats and Jordanian officials, there are more than 1,000 U.S. military personnel based in Jordan, the majority serving as advisers to Jordan\u2019s armed forces and Syrian rebel factions.   Jordan\u2019s military has been on high alert since June, when a suicide attacker driving a bomb-rigged truck barreled through Syria\u2019s border with Jordan, setting off a blast outside a Syrian refugee camp that killed seven Jordanian troops. It was the deadliest attack along the tense border, which hundreds of thousands of Syrians have crossed during the more than five-year conflict in their homeland.   In November 2015, a Jordanian police officer opened fire at a police training academy south of Amman, killing two U.S. contractors.", "essay": "I think anytime somebody dies because of gunfire it is terrible. This case in particular is interesting because the deaths happened at some security units. They failed to stop at the gate and were shot. I believe maybe it was a mistake on their part and this happened unfortunately. It is quite bad but these things happen."}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "3 U.S. military trainers killed in gunfire by security units at Jordan base \u2014  At least three U.S. military trainers in Jordan were fatally shot by security forces Friday when their vehicle failed to stop at the gate of a military base, Jordanian and U.S. officials said.   The U.S. military service members \u201ccame under fire\u201d as they approached a Jordanian training facility, said Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook. Few other details about the incident were given. Cook said U.S. and Jordanian authorities were investigating the cause.   Earlier, Jordan\u2019s military said there was \u201can exchange of gunfire\u201d after the vehicle\u2019s driver ignored demands to stop outside an air base in southern Jordan. A Jordanian officer was injured, the statement said.   Other details of the incident at the King Faisal Air Base were not immediately clear. Investigators were trying to piece together the events, including whether a possible miscommunication was to blame.   The U.S. official said two of the service members died later in Jordan\u2019s capital, Amman, where they were airlifted for treatment.   Jordan is a close ally of the United States, and military training by U.S. personnel is common. Jordan is also part of the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State in neighboring Syria.   [Prominent Jordanian writer gunned down]   The U.S. Embassy in Amman said in a statement it was \u201cin contact with the appropriate Jordanian authorities, who have offered their full support.\u201d   A U.S. diplomat in Amman, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief reporters, said American and Jordanian officials \u201cdo not believe\u201d the incident was terrorism-related, but he offered no further details.   The King Faisal base, about 150 miles southeast of Amman and near the border with Saudi Arabia, has long been used for joint exercises between Jordan and its various allies, including the United States, Britain and Saudi Arabia. The base is also part of the network in Jordan to train Western-backed Syrian rebels.   According to U.S. diplomats and Jordanian officials, there are more than 1,000 U.S. military personnel based in Jordan, the majority serving as advisers to Jordan\u2019s armed forces and Syrian rebel factions.   Jordan\u2019s military has been on high alert since June, when a suicide attacker driving a bomb-rigged truck barreled through Syria\u2019s border with Jordan, setting off a blast outside a Syrian refugee camp that killed seven Jordanian troops. It was the deadliest attack along the tense border, which hundreds of thousands of Syrians have crossed during the more than five-year conflict in their homeland.   In November 2015, a Jordanian police officer opened fire at a police training academy south of Amman, killing two U.S. contractors.", "essay": "I don't know why we have a need to put our troops in all these different countries our army should be used to protect our borders and defend against enemy attacks on the homeland the time for us to be the policemen of the world is over there are places here that look like its a third world country bring all our troops home"}
{"user_id": "ec_p064", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 55000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 55000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "3 U.S. military trainers killed in gunfire by security units at Jordan base \u2014  At least three U.S. military trainers in Jordan were fatally shot by security forces Friday when their vehicle failed to stop at the gate of a military base, Jordanian and U.S. officials said.   The U.S. military service members \u201ccame under fire\u201d as they approached a Jordanian training facility, said Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook. Few other details about the incident were given. Cook said U.S. and Jordanian authorities were investigating the cause.   Earlier, Jordan\u2019s military said there was \u201can exchange of gunfire\u201d after the vehicle\u2019s driver ignored demands to stop outside an air base in southern Jordan. A Jordanian officer was injured, the statement said.   Other details of the incident at the King Faisal Air Base were not immediately clear. Investigators were trying to piece together the events, including whether a possible miscommunication was to blame.   The U.S. official said two of the service members died later in Jordan\u2019s capital, Amman, where they were airlifted for treatment.   Jordan is a close ally of the United States, and military training by U.S. personnel is common. Jordan is also part of the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State in neighboring Syria.   [Prominent Jordanian writer gunned down]   The U.S. Embassy in Amman said in a statement it was \u201cin contact with the appropriate Jordanian authorities, who have offered their full support.\u201d   A U.S. diplomat in Amman, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief reporters, said American and Jordanian officials \u201cdo not believe\u201d the incident was terrorism-related, but he offered no further details.   The King Faisal base, about 150 miles southeast of Amman and near the border with Saudi Arabia, has long been used for joint exercises between Jordan and its various allies, including the United States, Britain and Saudi Arabia. The base is also part of the network in Jordan to train Western-backed Syrian rebels.   According to U.S. diplomats and Jordanian officials, there are more than 1,000 U.S. military personnel based in Jordan, the majority serving as advisers to Jordan\u2019s armed forces and Syrian rebel factions.   Jordan\u2019s military has been on high alert since June, when a suicide attacker driving a bomb-rigged truck barreled through Syria\u2019s border with Jordan, setting off a blast outside a Syrian refugee camp that killed seven Jordanian troops. It was the deadliest attack along the tense border, which hundreds of thousands of Syrians have crossed during the more than five-year conflict in their homeland.   In November 2015, a Jordanian police officer opened fire at a police training academy south of Amman, killing two U.S. contractors.", "essay": "It is pretty alarming that an accident like this could happen, to me it seems like an accident but you never know. It's so sad that three soldiers lost their life due to a miscommunication, US is doing a favor to them by helping and they do not seem to fully appreciate that, they need to be more careful with their allies. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p039", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 36000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.25 in openness, 4.25 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 4.25 in agreeableness, and 3.75 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 33, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 36000, "personality": {"openness": 4.25, "conscientiousness": 4.25, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 4.25, "stability": 3.75}}, "article": "The Jewish Struggle to Understand Trump's Election \u2014  Synagogues hosted prayer and healing services on Wednesday for congregants grappling with the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. PHILADELPHIA\u2014On November 8, 1938, Nazi paramilitary soldiers and German civilians looted and vandalized thousands of Jewish businesses and synagogues. Jews were murdered. Up to 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and taken to concentration camps. On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. The next day, a man discovered that someone had painted swastikas on an abandoned storefront in South Philly, placing the symbols next to Trump\u2019s name and the words \u201cSieg Heil,\u201d a salute used by Nazis during World War II. Maybe it was an anti-Trump protester. Maybe it was an anti-Semite. Either way, it underscored the ways in which Trump\u2019s election has evoked the persistent Jewish nightmare: That America will become like Germany in 1938. Jews, who have a keen eye for the repetition of history, might be forgiven for worrying about the fragility of American democracy. This is the scale of fear, grief, and anger about Trump in some Jewish communities across America. In Philadelphia, at least three synagogues held prayer services on Wednesday; congregations in a number of other cities, including Durham, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C., held similar events. \u201cNo matter who we voted for and how we are feeling this morning, we all know that we and our country are in desperate need of healing,\u201d read the Facebook invite for an event at the Germantown Jewish Centre in north Philly. \u201cWe will sit together, sing together, pray together, and have a chance to share what is on our hearts with the support of the community.\u201d A woman was crying when I walked into the cavernous sanctuary of GJC on Wednesday night. Roughly 100 people were gathered in a circle of chairs toward the front of the room; the cream ceiling and warmly brown furniture gave the space a living-room feel. In the center of the gathering, a single candle sat burning on a small round table. The space was still except for the occasional baby squeal or patter of toddler feet at the side of the room; people had brought their children because, as someone on Facebook observed, they need to heal, too. Trump\u2019s daughter Ivanka came up\u2014whether Jews would be safe because one of the president\u2019s children is an Orthodox convert. The congregants were concerned about the racism and sexism revealed during the campaign, and discussed the stages of grief. They talked of making aliyah, or emigrating to Israel\u2014not as a plausible possibility, but as a back-of-mind option in case things get really bad. And yes, people brought up Nazi Germany. Unlike Muslims, Mexicans, African Americans, the disabled, and women, Jews have not been directly insulted by Donald Trump during this election. Anti-Semites have arguably been empowered by his campaign: Jewish journalists have been consistently threatened and harassed on Twitter since the election got underway, often by people who self-identify as Trump supporters. But the fear seems to be less that Trump will specifically persecute Jews than the sense that America under Trump will become an increasingly hostile space for Jews and other minority groups. Trump doesn\u2019t have to be an anti-Semite to bear responsibility for anti-Semitism. While exit polls suggest that roughly 25 percent of American Jews voted for Trump\u2014fewer than voted for Mitt Romney in 2012, but more than voted for John McCain in 2008\u2014the group as a whole is overwhelmingly liberal and Democratic. Adam Zeff, the rabbi at GJC, said in an interview that the synagogue\u2019s neighborhood, Mt. Airy, is so left-wing that it\u2019s almost \u201cself-parody.\u201d Most Jews live in cities or stay concentrated in \u201clittle enclaves,\u201d as Zeff called them\u2014he pointed out that on the map of the election results, there are tiny blue spots even deep in Trump country. \u201cThat\u2019s where Jews live,\u201d he said, along with other minority groups. It wasn\u2019t Jews Trump promised to ban some 13 months ago. It was Muslims. This clustering creates a dual challenge for Jewish communities. People at GJC spoke about Trump\u2019s election like they might about a death in the family\u2014with a sense of real and personal loss, and a staggering alienation from their fellow Americans. \u201cIt is kind of shattering to people to feel like, wow, there\u2019s such a difference,\u201d said Zeff. \u201cTo think that racism, anti-immigrant sentiment, and misogyny could be given a pass by so many people makes Jews feel like anti-Semitism could also be given a pass.\u201d And yet the congregants also spoke about the need for understanding. \u201cThe people for whom this is a happy day\u2014we have to think about them, too,\u201d Zeff said during the prayer service. Mt. Airy is about a half hour drive from Bucks County, a swing area in Pennsylvania where nearly half of voters went for Trump this year. But even within such a short distance, it\u2019s difficult to imagine how the liberal Jews of Philadelphia and the Trump supporters one county up would start to know one another or be in community. The other challenge for Jews who are scared is putting that fear into context. Other groups are hurting just as much as Jews are right now, and in some cases, their fears are more tangible. It wasn\u2019t Jews Trump promised to ban from entering the country some 13 months ago\u2014it was Muslims. It wasn\u2019t Jewish neighborhoods Trump described in apocalyptic terms in the presidential debates\u2014it was black neighborhoods. At times, Jews have struggled or declined to find solidarity with both of those groups, often over the issue of Israel. \u201cWhen disaster strikes, the Jewish impulse is to look inward, to say, \u2018What t\u2019shuva,\u2019\u201d or repentance, \u201cdo I need to do?\u201d Zeff said. If his community looked inward and asked what kind of allies they have been to African Americans, Latinos, and other groups in Philadelphia, Zeff said, \u201cI know what [those groups\u2019] answer is, which is: not very good ones.\u201d For Jews, as for other groups who feel threatened by Trump, this new era has begun with a struggle of contradictions: to understand Trump supporters while maintaining their value commitments; to experience their particular and unique pain while finding solidarity with others. When Zeff sent out a note to his synagogue about the election, \u201cI got a response back from a congregant that said, \u2018This is very nice, rabbi, but you\u2019re asking us to do two contradictory things: You\u2019re asking us to reach out, and you\u2019re asking us to stand up,\u2019\u201d Zeff told me. He wrote back, \u201c\u2018Yes, and isn\u2019t that the lot of the Jew?\u2019\u201d", "essay": "I think it is very funny that the Jews did not want Trump. I think this is a lie I think they are very happy that Trump won the presidency they talk out of both sides of their mouth all day they are permitted to lie to non jews and that is perfectly acceptable according to the Torah they are cheaters"}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "The Jewish Struggle to Understand Trump's Election \u2014  Synagogues hosted prayer and healing services on Wednesday for congregants grappling with the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. PHILADELPHIA\u2014On November 8, 1938, Nazi paramilitary soldiers and German civilians looted and vandalized thousands of Jewish businesses and synagogues. Jews were murdered. Up to 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and taken to concentration camps. On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. The next day, a man discovered that someone had painted swastikas on an abandoned storefront in South Philly, placing the symbols next to Trump\u2019s name and the words \u201cSieg Heil,\u201d a salute used by Nazis during World War II. Maybe it was an anti-Trump protester. Maybe it was an anti-Semite. Either way, it underscored the ways in which Trump\u2019s election has evoked the persistent Jewish nightmare: That America will become like Germany in 1938. Jews, who have a keen eye for the repetition of history, might be forgiven for worrying about the fragility of American democracy. This is the scale of fear, grief, and anger about Trump in some Jewish communities across America. In Philadelphia, at least three synagogues held prayer services on Wednesday; congregations in a number of other cities, including Durham, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C., held similar events. \u201cNo matter who we voted for and how we are feeling this morning, we all know that we and our country are in desperate need of healing,\u201d read the Facebook invite for an event at the Germantown Jewish Centre in north Philly. \u201cWe will sit together, sing together, pray together, and have a chance to share what is on our hearts with the support of the community.\u201d A woman was crying when I walked into the cavernous sanctuary of GJC on Wednesday night. Roughly 100 people were gathered in a circle of chairs toward the front of the room; the cream ceiling and warmly brown furniture gave the space a living-room feel. In the center of the gathering, a single candle sat burning on a small round table. The space was still except for the occasional baby squeal or patter of toddler feet at the side of the room; people had brought their children because, as someone on Facebook observed, they need to heal, too. Trump\u2019s daughter Ivanka came up\u2014whether Jews would be safe because one of the president\u2019s children is an Orthodox convert. The congregants were concerned about the racism and sexism revealed during the campaign, and discussed the stages of grief. They talked of making aliyah, or emigrating to Israel\u2014not as a plausible possibility, but as a back-of-mind option in case things get really bad. And yes, people brought up Nazi Germany. Unlike Muslims, Mexicans, African Americans, the disabled, and women, Jews have not been directly insulted by Donald Trump during this election. Anti-Semites have arguably been empowered by his campaign: Jewish journalists have been consistently threatened and harassed on Twitter since the election got underway, often by people who self-identify as Trump supporters. But the fear seems to be less that Trump will specifically persecute Jews than the sense that America under Trump will become an increasingly hostile space for Jews and other minority groups. Trump doesn\u2019t have to be an anti-Semite to bear responsibility for anti-Semitism. While exit polls suggest that roughly 25 percent of American Jews voted for Trump\u2014fewer than voted for Mitt Romney in 2012, but more than voted for John McCain in 2008\u2014the group as a whole is overwhelmingly liberal and Democratic. Adam Zeff, the rabbi at GJC, said in an interview that the synagogue\u2019s neighborhood, Mt. Airy, is so left-wing that it\u2019s almost \u201cself-parody.\u201d Most Jews live in cities or stay concentrated in \u201clittle enclaves,\u201d as Zeff called them\u2014he pointed out that on the map of the election results, there are tiny blue spots even deep in Trump country. \u201cThat\u2019s where Jews live,\u201d he said, along with other minority groups. It wasn\u2019t Jews Trump promised to ban some 13 months ago. It was Muslims. This clustering creates a dual challenge for Jewish communities. People at GJC spoke about Trump\u2019s election like they might about a death in the family\u2014with a sense of real and personal loss, and a staggering alienation from their fellow Americans. \u201cIt is kind of shattering to people to feel like, wow, there\u2019s such a difference,\u201d said Zeff. \u201cTo think that racism, anti-immigrant sentiment, and misogyny could be given a pass by so many people makes Jews feel like anti-Semitism could also be given a pass.\u201d And yet the congregants also spoke about the need for understanding. \u201cThe people for whom this is a happy day\u2014we have to think about them, too,\u201d Zeff said during the prayer service. Mt. Airy is about a half hour drive from Bucks County, a swing area in Pennsylvania where nearly half of voters went for Trump this year. But even within such a short distance, it\u2019s difficult to imagine how the liberal Jews of Philadelphia and the Trump supporters one county up would start to know one another or be in community. The other challenge for Jews who are scared is putting that fear into context. Other groups are hurting just as much as Jews are right now, and in some cases, their fears are more tangible. It wasn\u2019t Jews Trump promised to ban from entering the country some 13 months ago\u2014it was Muslims. It wasn\u2019t Jewish neighborhoods Trump described in apocalyptic terms in the presidential debates\u2014it was black neighborhoods. At times, Jews have struggled or declined to find solidarity with both of those groups, often over the issue of Israel. \u201cWhen disaster strikes, the Jewish impulse is to look inward, to say, \u2018What t\u2019shuva,\u2019\u201d or repentance, \u201cdo I need to do?\u201d Zeff said. If his community looked inward and asked what kind of allies they have been to African Americans, Latinos, and other groups in Philadelphia, Zeff said, \u201cI know what [those groups\u2019] answer is, which is: not very good ones.\u201d For Jews, as for other groups who feel threatened by Trump, this new era has begun with a struggle of contradictions: to understand Trump supporters while maintaining their value commitments; to experience their particular and unique pain while finding solidarity with others. When Zeff sent out a note to his synagogue about the election, \u201cI got a response back from a congregant that said, \u2018This is very nice, rabbi, but you\u2019re asking us to do two contradictory things: You\u2019re asking us to reach out, and you\u2019re asking us to stand up,\u2019\u201d Zeff told me. He wrote back, \u201c\u2018Yes, and isn\u2019t that the lot of the Jew?\u2019\u201d", "essay": "I did not know that the Trump election hit the Jewish community that hard. I guess if my family went through what happened during world war 2, I would also be on the look out for history to repeat it self. I wish that all the communities that were mentioned in the article would band together to support each other. "}
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PHILADELPHIA\u2014On November 8, 1938, Nazi paramilitary soldiers and German civilians looted and vandalized thousands of Jewish businesses and synagogues. Jews were murdered. Up to 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and taken to concentration camps. On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. The next day, a man discovered that someone had painted swastikas on an abandoned storefront in South Philly, placing the symbols next to Trump\u2019s name and the words \u201cSieg Heil,\u201d a salute used by Nazis during World War II. Maybe it was an anti-Trump protester. Maybe it was an anti-Semite. Either way, it underscored the ways in which Trump\u2019s election has evoked the persistent Jewish nightmare: That America will become like Germany in 1938. Jews, who have a keen eye for the repetition of history, might be forgiven for worrying about the fragility of American democracy. This is the scale of fear, grief, and anger about Trump in some Jewish communities across America. In Philadelphia, at least three synagogues held prayer services on Wednesday; congregations in a number of other cities, including Durham, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C., held similar events. \u201cNo matter who we voted for and how we are feeling this morning, we all know that we and our country are in desperate need of healing,\u201d read the Facebook invite for an event at the Germantown Jewish Centre in north Philly. \u201cWe will sit together, sing together, pray together, and have a chance to share what is on our hearts with the support of the community.\u201d A woman was crying when I walked into the cavernous sanctuary of GJC on Wednesday night. Roughly 100 people were gathered in a circle of chairs toward the front of the room; the cream ceiling and warmly brown furniture gave the space a living-room feel. In the center of the gathering, a single candle sat burning on a small round table. The space was still except for the occasional baby squeal or patter of toddler feet at the side of the room; people had brought their children because, as someone on Facebook observed, they need to heal, too. Trump\u2019s daughter Ivanka came up\u2014whether Jews would be safe because one of the president\u2019s children is an Orthodox convert. The congregants were concerned about the racism and sexism revealed during the campaign, and discussed the stages of grief. They talked of making aliyah, or emigrating to Israel\u2014not as a plausible possibility, but as a back-of-mind option in case things get really bad. And yes, people brought up Nazi Germany. Unlike Muslims, Mexicans, African Americans, the disabled, and women, Jews have not been directly insulted by Donald Trump during this election. Anti-Semites have arguably been empowered by his campaign: Jewish journalists have been consistently threatened and harassed on Twitter since the election got underway, often by people who self-identify as Trump supporters. But the fear seems to be less that Trump will specifically persecute Jews than the sense that America under Trump will become an increasingly hostile space for Jews and other minority groups. Trump doesn\u2019t have to be an anti-Semite to bear responsibility for anti-Semitism. While exit polls suggest that roughly 25 percent of American Jews voted for Trump\u2014fewer than voted for Mitt Romney in 2012, but more than voted for John McCain in 2008\u2014the group as a whole is overwhelmingly liberal and Democratic. Adam Zeff, the rabbi at GJC, said in an interview that the synagogue\u2019s neighborhood, Mt. Airy, is so left-wing that it\u2019s almost \u201cself-parody.\u201d Most Jews live in cities or stay concentrated in \u201clittle enclaves,\u201d as Zeff called them\u2014he pointed out that on the map of the election results, there are tiny blue spots even deep in Trump country. \u201cThat\u2019s where Jews live,\u201d he said, along with other minority groups. It wasn\u2019t Jews Trump promised to ban some 13 months ago. It was Muslims. This clustering creates a dual challenge for Jewish communities. People at GJC spoke about Trump\u2019s election like they might about a death in the family\u2014with a sense of real and personal loss, and a staggering alienation from their fellow Americans. \u201cIt is kind of shattering to people to feel like, wow, there\u2019s such a difference,\u201d said Zeff. \u201cTo think that racism, anti-immigrant sentiment, and misogyny could be given a pass by so many people makes Jews feel like anti-Semitism could also be given a pass.\u201d And yet the congregants also spoke about the need for understanding. \u201cThe people for whom this is a happy day\u2014we have to think about them, too,\u201d Zeff said during the prayer service. Mt. Airy is about a half hour drive from Bucks County, a swing area in Pennsylvania where nearly half of voters went for Trump this year. But even within such a short distance, it\u2019s difficult to imagine how the liberal Jews of Philadelphia and the Trump supporters one county up would start to know one another or be in community. The other challenge for Jews who are scared is putting that fear into context. Other groups are hurting just as much as Jews are right now, and in some cases, their fears are more tangible. It wasn\u2019t Jews Trump promised to ban from entering the country some 13 months ago\u2014it was Muslims. It wasn\u2019t Jewish neighborhoods Trump described in apocalyptic terms in the presidential debates\u2014it was black neighborhoods. At times, Jews have struggled or declined to find solidarity with both of those groups, often over the issue of Israel. \u201cWhen disaster strikes, the Jewish impulse is to look inward, to say, \u2018What t\u2019shuva,\u2019\u201d or repentance, \u201cdo I need to do?\u201d Zeff said. If his community looked inward and asked what kind of allies they have been to African Americans, Latinos, and other groups in Philadelphia, Zeff said, \u201cI know what [those groups\u2019] answer is, which is: not very good ones.\u201d For Jews, as for other groups who feel threatened by Trump, this new era has begun with a struggle of contradictions: to understand Trump supporters while maintaining their value commitments; to experience their particular and unique pain while finding solidarity with others. When Zeff sent out a note to his synagogue about the election, \u201cI got a response back from a congregant that said, \u2018This is very nice, rabbi, but you\u2019re asking us to do two contradictory things: You\u2019re asking us to reach out, and you\u2019re asking us to stand up,\u2019\u201d Zeff told me. He wrote back, \u201c\u2018Yes, and isn\u2019t that the lot of the Jew?\u2019\u201d", "essay": "After reading the article, it's easy to  understand the anger and confusion for the Jewish people towards electing Trump as president. They are still thinking about their history and what happened to them back then. It's easy to understand why they don't believe in some of the same principals as others. I think Jewish people still need to be helped in the future."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "The Jewish Struggle to Understand Trump's Election \u2014  Synagogues hosted prayer and healing services on Wednesday for congregants grappling with the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. PHILADELPHIA\u2014On November 8, 1938, Nazi paramilitary soldiers and German civilians looted and vandalized thousands of Jewish businesses and synagogues. Jews were murdered. Up to 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and taken to concentration camps. On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. The next day, a man discovered that someone had painted swastikas on an abandoned storefront in South Philly, placing the symbols next to Trump\u2019s name and the words \u201cSieg Heil,\u201d a salute used by Nazis during World War II. Maybe it was an anti-Trump protester. Maybe it was an anti-Semite. Either way, it underscored the ways in which Trump\u2019s election has evoked the persistent Jewish nightmare: That America will become like Germany in 1938. Jews, who have a keen eye for the repetition of history, might be forgiven for worrying about the fragility of American democracy. This is the scale of fear, grief, and anger about Trump in some Jewish communities across America. In Philadelphia, at least three synagogues held prayer services on Wednesday; congregations in a number of other cities, including Durham, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C., held similar events. \u201cNo matter who we voted for and how we are feeling this morning, we all know that we and our country are in desperate need of healing,\u201d read the Facebook invite for an event at the Germantown Jewish Centre in north Philly. \u201cWe will sit together, sing together, pray together, and have a chance to share what is on our hearts with the support of the community.\u201d A woman was crying when I walked into the cavernous sanctuary of GJC on Wednesday night. Roughly 100 people were gathered in a circle of chairs toward the front of the room; the cream ceiling and warmly brown furniture gave the space a living-room feel. In the center of the gathering, a single candle sat burning on a small round table. The space was still except for the occasional baby squeal or patter of toddler feet at the side of the room; people had brought their children because, as someone on Facebook observed, they need to heal, too. Trump\u2019s daughter Ivanka came up\u2014whether Jews would be safe because one of the president\u2019s children is an Orthodox convert. The congregants were concerned about the racism and sexism revealed during the campaign, and discussed the stages of grief. They talked of making aliyah, or emigrating to Israel\u2014not as a plausible possibility, but as a back-of-mind option in case things get really bad. And yes, people brought up Nazi Germany. Unlike Muslims, Mexicans, African Americans, the disabled, and women, Jews have not been directly insulted by Donald Trump during this election. Anti-Semites have arguably been empowered by his campaign: Jewish journalists have been consistently threatened and harassed on Twitter since the election got underway, often by people who self-identify as Trump supporters. But the fear seems to be less that Trump will specifically persecute Jews than the sense that America under Trump will become an increasingly hostile space for Jews and other minority groups. Trump doesn\u2019t have to be an anti-Semite to bear responsibility for anti-Semitism. While exit polls suggest that roughly 25 percent of American Jews voted for Trump\u2014fewer than voted for Mitt Romney in 2012, but more than voted for John McCain in 2008\u2014the group as a whole is overwhelmingly liberal and Democratic. Adam Zeff, the rabbi at GJC, said in an interview that the synagogue\u2019s neighborhood, Mt. Airy, is so left-wing that it\u2019s almost \u201cself-parody.\u201d Most Jews live in cities or stay concentrated in \u201clittle enclaves,\u201d as Zeff called them\u2014he pointed out that on the map of the election results, there are tiny blue spots even deep in Trump country. \u201cThat\u2019s where Jews live,\u201d he said, along with other minority groups. It wasn\u2019t Jews Trump promised to ban some 13 months ago. It was Muslims. This clustering creates a dual challenge for Jewish communities. People at GJC spoke about Trump\u2019s election like they might about a death in the family\u2014with a sense of real and personal loss, and a staggering alienation from their fellow Americans. \u201cIt is kind of shattering to people to feel like, wow, there\u2019s such a difference,\u201d said Zeff. \u201cTo think that racism, anti-immigrant sentiment, and misogyny could be given a pass by so many people makes Jews feel like anti-Semitism could also be given a pass.\u201d And yet the congregants also spoke about the need for understanding. \u201cThe people for whom this is a happy day\u2014we have to think about them, too,\u201d Zeff said during the prayer service. Mt. Airy is about a half hour drive from Bucks County, a swing area in Pennsylvania where nearly half of voters went for Trump this year. But even within such a short distance, it\u2019s difficult to imagine how the liberal Jews of Philadelphia and the Trump supporters one county up would start to know one another or be in community. The other challenge for Jews who are scared is putting that fear into context. Other groups are hurting just as much as Jews are right now, and in some cases, their fears are more tangible. It wasn\u2019t Jews Trump promised to ban from entering the country some 13 months ago\u2014it was Muslims. It wasn\u2019t Jewish neighborhoods Trump described in apocalyptic terms in the presidential debates\u2014it was black neighborhoods. At times, Jews have struggled or declined to find solidarity with both of those groups, often over the issue of Israel. \u201cWhen disaster strikes, the Jewish impulse is to look inward, to say, \u2018What t\u2019shuva,\u2019\u201d or repentance, \u201cdo I need to do?\u201d Zeff said. If his community looked inward and asked what kind of allies they have been to African Americans, Latinos, and other groups in Philadelphia, Zeff said, \u201cI know what [those groups\u2019] answer is, which is: not very good ones.\u201d For Jews, as for other groups who feel threatened by Trump, this new era has begun with a struggle of contradictions: to understand Trump supporters while maintaining their value commitments; to experience their particular and unique pain while finding solidarity with others. When Zeff sent out a note to his synagogue about the election, \u201cI got a response back from a congregant that said, \u2018This is very nice, rabbi, but you\u2019re asking us to do two contradictory things: You\u2019re asking us to reach out, and you\u2019re asking us to stand up,\u2019\u201d Zeff told me. He wrote back, \u201c\u2018Yes, and isn\u2019t that the lot of the Jew?\u2019\u201d", "essay": "I feel for anyone feeling targeted or unsafe under this president in office. I find that alot of worries are just fear mongering from liberal media. I think this happens with any president I know many whites were afraid of obama being in office and only serving african americans and same here they believe trump only will help out upper white class. But this just is not the case people need to be open and see he is actually helping many diverse communities and make us be one instead of dividing and hating. Also, I think it is right that more of the illigal immigrants should be worried as he directly said he is going after them which is just since they are breaking out us laws. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p010", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 62 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 2.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 62, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 2.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 2.0}}, "article": "The Jewish Struggle to Understand Trump's Election \u2014  Synagogues hosted prayer and healing services on Wednesday for congregants grappling with the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. PHILADELPHIA\u2014On November 8, 1938, Nazi paramilitary soldiers and German civilians looted and vandalized thousands of Jewish businesses and synagogues. Jews were murdered. Up to 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and taken to concentration camps. On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. The next day, a man discovered that someone had painted swastikas on an abandoned storefront in South Philly, placing the symbols next to Trump\u2019s name and the words \u201cSieg Heil,\u201d a salute used by Nazis during World War II. Maybe it was an anti-Trump protester. Maybe it was an anti-Semite. Either way, it underscored the ways in which Trump\u2019s election has evoked the persistent Jewish nightmare: That America will become like Germany in 1938. Jews, who have a keen eye for the repetition of history, might be forgiven for worrying about the fragility of American democracy. This is the scale of fear, grief, and anger about Trump in some Jewish communities across America. In Philadelphia, at least three synagogues held prayer services on Wednesday; congregations in a number of other cities, including Durham, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C., held similar events. \u201cNo matter who we voted for and how we are feeling this morning, we all know that we and our country are in desperate need of healing,\u201d read the Facebook invite for an event at the Germantown Jewish Centre in north Philly. \u201cWe will sit together, sing together, pray together, and have a chance to share what is on our hearts with the support of the community.\u201d A woman was crying when I walked into the cavernous sanctuary of GJC on Wednesday night. Roughly 100 people were gathered in a circle of chairs toward the front of the room; the cream ceiling and warmly brown furniture gave the space a living-room feel. In the center of the gathering, a single candle sat burning on a small round table. The space was still except for the occasional baby squeal or patter of toddler feet at the side of the room; people had brought their children because, as someone on Facebook observed, they need to heal, too. Trump\u2019s daughter Ivanka came up\u2014whether Jews would be safe because one of the president\u2019s children is an Orthodox convert. The congregants were concerned about the racism and sexism revealed during the campaign, and discussed the stages of grief. They talked of making aliyah, or emigrating to Israel\u2014not as a plausible possibility, but as a back-of-mind option in case things get really bad. And yes, people brought up Nazi Germany. Unlike Muslims, Mexicans, African Americans, the disabled, and women, Jews have not been directly insulted by Donald Trump during this election. Anti-Semites have arguably been empowered by his campaign: Jewish journalists have been consistently threatened and harassed on Twitter since the election got underway, often by people who self-identify as Trump supporters. But the fear seems to be less that Trump will specifically persecute Jews than the sense that America under Trump will become an increasingly hostile space for Jews and other minority groups. Trump doesn\u2019t have to be an anti-Semite to bear responsibility for anti-Semitism. While exit polls suggest that roughly 25 percent of American Jews voted for Trump\u2014fewer than voted for Mitt Romney in 2012, but more than voted for John McCain in 2008\u2014the group as a whole is overwhelmingly liberal and Democratic. Adam Zeff, the rabbi at GJC, said in an interview that the synagogue\u2019s neighborhood, Mt. Airy, is so left-wing that it\u2019s almost \u201cself-parody.\u201d Most Jews live in cities or stay concentrated in \u201clittle enclaves,\u201d as Zeff called them\u2014he pointed out that on the map of the election results, there are tiny blue spots even deep in Trump country. \u201cThat\u2019s where Jews live,\u201d he said, along with other minority groups. It wasn\u2019t Jews Trump promised to ban some 13 months ago. It was Muslims. This clustering creates a dual challenge for Jewish communities. People at GJC spoke about Trump\u2019s election like they might about a death in the family\u2014with a sense of real and personal loss, and a staggering alienation from their fellow Americans. \u201cIt is kind of shattering to people to feel like, wow, there\u2019s such a difference,\u201d said Zeff. \u201cTo think that racism, anti-immigrant sentiment, and misogyny could be given a pass by so many people makes Jews feel like anti-Semitism could also be given a pass.\u201d And yet the congregants also spoke about the need for understanding. \u201cThe people for whom this is a happy day\u2014we have to think about them, too,\u201d Zeff said during the prayer service. Mt. Airy is about a half hour drive from Bucks County, a swing area in Pennsylvania where nearly half of voters went for Trump this year. But even within such a short distance, it\u2019s difficult to imagine how the liberal Jews of Philadelphia and the Trump supporters one county up would start to know one another or be in community. The other challenge for Jews who are scared is putting that fear into context. Other groups are hurting just as much as Jews are right now, and in some cases, their fears are more tangible. It wasn\u2019t Jews Trump promised to ban from entering the country some 13 months ago\u2014it was Muslims. It wasn\u2019t Jewish neighborhoods Trump described in apocalyptic terms in the presidential debates\u2014it was black neighborhoods. At times, Jews have struggled or declined to find solidarity with both of those groups, often over the issue of Israel. \u201cWhen disaster strikes, the Jewish impulse is to look inward, to say, \u2018What t\u2019shuva,\u2019\u201d or repentance, \u201cdo I need to do?\u201d Zeff said. If his community looked inward and asked what kind of allies they have been to African Americans, Latinos, and other groups in Philadelphia, Zeff said, \u201cI know what [those groups\u2019] answer is, which is: not very good ones.\u201d For Jews, as for other groups who feel threatened by Trump, this new era has begun with a struggle of contradictions: to understand Trump supporters while maintaining their value commitments; to experience their particular and unique pain while finding solidarity with others. When Zeff sent out a note to his synagogue about the election, \u201cI got a response back from a congregant that said, \u2018This is very nice, rabbi, but you\u2019re asking us to do two contradictory things: You\u2019re asking us to reach out, and you\u2019re asking us to stand up,\u2019\u201d Zeff told me. He wrote back, \u201c\u2018Yes, and isn\u2019t that the lot of the Jew?\u2019\u201d", "essay": "Another article about politics slamming one side or the other.   The article refers to America has to heal.   The only way it can heal is people have to quit thinking about me, me, me, and look out for the nation and others.   It seems it just comes down to what vitriol will be posted to some social media site.  People are numb to all of it yet all the national media continues to support one side or the other and not see it as what it is.  "}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Spain\u2019s Deadly Train Crash \u2014  A train crash in Spain has killed at least four people and injured nearly 50 others after it derailed in the northwest region of the country.   About 65 people rode the Portugal-bound train, including crew, when it crashed just before 9:30 a.m. local time. Photos of the wreck showed the train\u2019s carriage flipped on its side and smashed from where it likely hit part of a bridge near the tracks. It crashed just 20 minutes after leaving the Spanish city of Vigo, in Galicia, and was headed for Porto, Portugal.   It\u2019s not clear what caused the wreck, but passengers said the train began to rock. As the BBC reported:   A passenger in a video posted by local daily La Voz de Galicia said the train had suddenly started swaying from one side to the other.   \"It wouldn't stop,\" she said. \"I was sitting down and I fell to the ground. And then the train stopped. It was that quick.\"   A witness woman told Spanish television about hearing a \"very strong bang\" before seeing billowing black smoke. Friday\u2019s crash is near the site of a 2013 train crash, one of the country\u2019s worst in recent decades. In that crash, a high-speed train derailed and hit a wall near Santiago de Compostela, about a 30-minute drive northeast from Friday\u2019s wreck.", "essay": "After reading the article, you can't help but feel bad for the people that were involved in the train crash. IT was a freak accident and something you can't control. It 's just sad because they had to leave all of their family behind and their lives will most likely never be the same. While reading it, i felt really worried because it could happen to anyone."}
{"user_id": "ec_p026", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 37 years old. The person has a postgraduate / professional degree. The person earns 30000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 7.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 4.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 37, "education": "Postgraduate / professional degree", "income": 30000, "personality": {"openness": 7.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 4.0}}, "article": "Spain\u2019s Deadly Train Crash \u2014  A train crash in Spain has killed at least four people and injured nearly 50 others after it derailed in the northwest region of the country.   About 65 people rode the Portugal-bound train, including crew, when it crashed just before 9:30 a.m. local time. Photos of the wreck showed the train\u2019s carriage flipped on its side and smashed from where it likely hit part of a bridge near the tracks. It crashed just 20 minutes after leaving the Spanish city of Vigo, in Galicia, and was headed for Porto, Portugal.   It\u2019s not clear what caused the wreck, but passengers said the train began to rock. As the BBC reported:   A passenger in a video posted by local daily La Voz de Galicia said the train had suddenly started swaying from one side to the other.   \"It wouldn't stop,\" she said. \"I was sitting down and I fell to the ground. And then the train stopped. It was that quick.\"   A witness woman told Spanish television about hearing a \"very strong bang\" before seeing billowing black smoke. Friday\u2019s crash is near the site of a 2013 train crash, one of the country\u2019s worst in recent decades. In that crash, a high-speed train derailed and hit a wall near Santiago de Compostela, about a 30-minute drive northeast from Friday\u2019s wreck.", "essay": "I just read this article about a train crash. They don't know what caused it, but several people were killed and many more were injured. There was an interview with one of the people on the train and they said that the train started to rock back and forth and it wouldn't stop. That must have been terrifying. It makes me not want to travel by train, even though I now these types of events are rare. I wish there were better regulations about transportation safety."}
{"user_id": "ec_p069", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 32 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 50000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.0 in openness, 4.5 in conscientiousness, 4.0 in extraversion, 5.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 32, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 50000, "personality": {"openness": 4.0, "conscientiousness": 4.5, "extraversion": 4.0, "agreeableness": 5.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Spain\u2019s Deadly Train Crash \u2014  A train crash in Spain has killed at least four people and injured nearly 50 others after it derailed in the northwest region of the country.   About 65 people rode the Portugal-bound train, including crew, when it crashed just before 9:30 a.m. local time. Photos of the wreck showed the train\u2019s carriage flipped on its side and smashed from where it likely hit part of a bridge near the tracks. It crashed just 20 minutes after leaving the Spanish city of Vigo, in Galicia, and was headed for Porto, Portugal.   It\u2019s not clear what caused the wreck, but passengers said the train began to rock. As the BBC reported:   A passenger in a video posted by local daily La Voz de Galicia said the train had suddenly started swaying from one side to the other.   \"It wouldn't stop,\" she said. \"I was sitting down and I fell to the ground. And then the train stopped. It was that quick.\"   A witness woman told Spanish television about hearing a \"very strong bang\" before seeing billowing black smoke. Friday\u2019s crash is near the site of a 2013 train crash, one of the country\u2019s worst in recent decades. In that crash, a high-speed train derailed and hit a wall near Santiago de Compostela, about a 30-minute drive northeast from Friday\u2019s wreck.", "essay": "This is a very bad tragic all the people that that was on that train died families was lost cause of this. I know how the mother's fathers aunt sisters etc... must feel to lose there loved ones to never kiss them goodnight. Husband and wife split apart cause this wreck and for the survivors, I know they must have been scared after this happen my heart goes out to everyone affected."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Spain\u2019s Deadly Train Crash \u2014  A train crash in Spain has killed at least four people and injured nearly 50 others after it derailed in the northwest region of the country.   About 65 people rode the Portugal-bound train, including crew, when it crashed just before 9:30 a.m. local time. Photos of the wreck showed the train\u2019s carriage flipped on its side and smashed from where it likely hit part of a bridge near the tracks. It crashed just 20 minutes after leaving the Spanish city of Vigo, in Galicia, and was headed for Porto, Portugal.   It\u2019s not clear what caused the wreck, but passengers said the train began to rock. As the BBC reported:   A passenger in a video posted by local daily La Voz de Galicia said the train had suddenly started swaying from one side to the other.   \"It wouldn't stop,\" she said. \"I was sitting down and I fell to the ground. And then the train stopped. It was that quick.\"   A witness woman told Spanish television about hearing a \"very strong bang\" before seeing billowing black smoke. Friday\u2019s crash is near the site of a 2013 train crash, one of the country\u2019s worst in recent decades. In that crash, a high-speed train derailed and hit a wall near Santiago de Compostela, about a 30-minute drive northeast from Friday\u2019s wreck.", "essay": "It's amazing to me that you hear more about train crashes than you do about plane crashes. I just read about a train derailment in Spain that killed 50 people. The way it was described is that the train started swaying and just didn't stop until it was on its side. I can't imagine the dread that must have come over people as each sway became more pronounced. Terrifying."}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Spain\u2019s Deadly Train Crash \u2014  A train crash in Spain has killed at least four people and injured nearly 50 others after it derailed in the northwest region of the country.   About 65 people rode the Portugal-bound train, including crew, when it crashed just before 9:30 a.m. local time. Photos of the wreck showed the train\u2019s carriage flipped on its side and smashed from where it likely hit part of a bridge near the tracks. It crashed just 20 minutes after leaving the Spanish city of Vigo, in Galicia, and was headed for Porto, Portugal.   It\u2019s not clear what caused the wreck, but passengers said the train began to rock. As the BBC reported:   A passenger in a video posted by local daily La Voz de Galicia said the train had suddenly started swaying from one side to the other.   \"It wouldn't stop,\" she said. \"I was sitting down and I fell to the ground. And then the train stopped. It was that quick.\"   A witness woman told Spanish television about hearing a \"very strong bang\" before seeing billowing black smoke. Friday\u2019s crash is near the site of a 2013 train crash, one of the country\u2019s worst in recent decades. In that crash, a high-speed train derailed and hit a wall near Santiago de Compostela, about a 30-minute drive northeast from Friday\u2019s wreck.", "essay": "It must be terrifying to be in a trail derailment like that.  Every mode of transportation is dangerous in some way, but I think trains feel particularly safe.  And yet they're these enormous things with tremendous momentum and when they get off the tracks the result can be devastating.   They use plenty of trains though in europe so eventually something like that will happen.  I just never quite understand why trains derail nowadays.  Sort of seems strange that they're capable of going fast enough to derail themselves.  I guess if the tracks get damaged maybe that could do it.  But I still don't understand it.  Train derailments always puzzle me and seem shocking because they seem like they should never happen."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Americans feel guilty about wasting too much food, but still do it \u2014  Americans eat a lot, also throw a lot of food. That is the main point worth underlining in the new study published at Plos One, a peer-reviewed journal. Surprisingly, it is just one of the two large-scale papers about food waste.   In 2010, the study says that about one-hundred and thirty-three billion pounds of edible food both at the retail and consumer levels went uneaten. That\u2019s about one-thousand two-hundred and forty-nine calories per person per day. Two-thirds of which were attributed to consumers, meaning people in homes that waste the food that they purchase.   In addition to the significant waste of resources, the paper says that this behavior of consumers has a substantial negative impact to the environment as about ninety-five percent of food waste enter the United States landfills.   In a press release, Ohio State University professor Brian Roe explains that the results provide the data required to develop targeted efforts to reduce waste of food each year. \u201cIf we can increase awareness of the problem, consumers are more likely to increase purposeful action to reduce food waste,\u201d he said. \u201cYou don\u2019t change your behavior if you don\u2019t realize there\u2019s a problem in the first place.\u201d   The team of researchers has developed a national survey to identify the awareness and attitudes of Americans regarding food waste. Last year, it was administered to five-hundred people representative of the country\u2019s population.   The study has found that about fifty-three percent of American respondents said that they\u2019re aware that it is a problem; that\u2019s about ten percent higher than the related research published by Johns Hopkins last year.   Doctoral student Danyi Qi, one of the authors of the research, says that they\u2019ve found three things that people consider regarding food waste: First, about sixty-eight percent of respondents believe that throwing away edible food after the package date has passed is reducing the chance of food-linked diseases and illnesses. Meanwhile, about fifty-nine percent believe that some food waste is \u2018necessary\u2019 for freshness and flavorful certainty.   Second, seventy-seven percent said they feel a \u201cgeneral sense of guilt\u201d when throwing food away. Also, about fifty-eight percent claimed to understand that throwing away of food is bad for the environment. Meanwhile, only forty-two percent said they believe wasted food is a \u201cmajor source of wasted money.\u201d   And third, which is perhaps the most interesting, is that fifty-one percent of respondents believe it would be difficult to reduce home food waste. Plus, about forty-two percent said they don\u2019t have enough time to worry about it. For the economic perspective, fifty-three percent admit that they waste a lot of food but still buy more in bulk or in large quantities during store sales.   For the throwing-the-blame perspective, about eighty-seven percent believed that they waste less food than other similar households.   The research in full is available at the PLOS One website, and it is titled \u2018Household Food Waste: Multivariate Regression and Principal Components Analyses of Awareness and Attitudes among U.S. Consumers.\u2019", "essay": "This article is very interesting to me. I think alot of consumers have a lack of education when it comes to food, food safety, labeling, and disposal. If it was more well know what expiration dates and use by dates mean im sure more people would throw less away. People need to figure out proper ways of handling food instead of thinking everything will give them a food borne illness. More compost piles should be put into place instead of throwing food into landfills. I have seen many more ads on tv for food waste and think this is a great step for awareness. I think most people are just ignorant to it because they thin its natural it wont cause any harm to the enviroment to throw it away."}
{"user_id": "ec_p064", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 30 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 55000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 2.5 in extraversion, 5.5 in agreeableness, and 4.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 30, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 55000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 2.5, "agreeableness": 5.5, "stability": 4.5}}, "article": "Americans feel guilty about wasting too much food, but still do it \u2014  Americans eat a lot, also throw a lot of food. That is the main point worth underlining in the new study published at Plos One, a peer-reviewed journal. Surprisingly, it is just one of the two large-scale papers about food waste.   In 2010, the study says that about one-hundred and thirty-three billion pounds of edible food both at the retail and consumer levels went uneaten. That\u2019s about one-thousand two-hundred and forty-nine calories per person per day. Two-thirds of which were attributed to consumers, meaning people in homes that waste the food that they purchase.   In addition to the significant waste of resources, the paper says that this behavior of consumers has a substantial negative impact to the environment as about ninety-five percent of food waste enter the United States landfills.   In a press release, Ohio State University professor Brian Roe explains that the results provide the data required to develop targeted efforts to reduce waste of food each year. \u201cIf we can increase awareness of the problem, consumers are more likely to increase purposeful action to reduce food waste,\u201d he said. \u201cYou don\u2019t change your behavior if you don\u2019t realize there\u2019s a problem in the first place.\u201d   The team of researchers has developed a national survey to identify the awareness and attitudes of Americans regarding food waste. Last year, it was administered to five-hundred people representative of the country\u2019s population.   The study has found that about fifty-three percent of American respondents said that they\u2019re aware that it is a problem; that\u2019s about ten percent higher than the related research published by Johns Hopkins last year.   Doctoral student Danyi Qi, one of the authors of the research, says that they\u2019ve found three things that people consider regarding food waste: First, about sixty-eight percent of respondents believe that throwing away edible food after the package date has passed is reducing the chance of food-linked diseases and illnesses. Meanwhile, about fifty-nine percent believe that some food waste is \u2018necessary\u2019 for freshness and flavorful certainty.   Second, seventy-seven percent said they feel a \u201cgeneral sense of guilt\u201d when throwing food away. Also, about fifty-eight percent claimed to understand that throwing away of food is bad for the environment. Meanwhile, only forty-two percent said they believe wasted food is a \u201cmajor source of wasted money.\u201d   And third, which is perhaps the most interesting, is that fifty-one percent of respondents believe it would be difficult to reduce home food waste. Plus, about forty-two percent said they don\u2019t have enough time to worry about it. For the economic perspective, fifty-three percent admit that they waste a lot of food but still buy more in bulk or in large quantities during store sales.   For the throwing-the-blame perspective, about eighty-seven percent believed that they waste less food than other similar households.   The research in full is available at the PLOS One website, and it is titled \u2018Household Food Waste: Multivariate Regression and Principal Components Analyses of Awareness and Attitudes among U.S. Consumers.\u2019", "essay": "I think that it is shocking that people waste so much food yet think that everybody is wasting more food than them. I go to the grocery store and see how much stuff people have in their carts and how much money they spend so it's no shock to me that people waste so much food, there is no way they can eat it all. Maybe they are not aware that they are wasting so much food and how bad it is for the environment. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Americans feel guilty about wasting too much food, but still do it \u2014  Americans eat a lot, also throw a lot of food. That is the main point worth underlining in the new study published at Plos One, a peer-reviewed journal. Surprisingly, it is just one of the two large-scale papers about food waste.   In 2010, the study says that about one-hundred and thirty-three billion pounds of edible food both at the retail and consumer levels went uneaten. That\u2019s about one-thousand two-hundred and forty-nine calories per person per day. Two-thirds of which were attributed to consumers, meaning people in homes that waste the food that they purchase.   In addition to the significant waste of resources, the paper says that this behavior of consumers has a substantial negative impact to the environment as about ninety-five percent of food waste enter the United States landfills.   In a press release, Ohio State University professor Brian Roe explains that the results provide the data required to develop targeted efforts to reduce waste of food each year. \u201cIf we can increase awareness of the problem, consumers are more likely to increase purposeful action to reduce food waste,\u201d he said. \u201cYou don\u2019t change your behavior if you don\u2019t realize there\u2019s a problem in the first place.\u201d   The team of researchers has developed a national survey to identify the awareness and attitudes of Americans regarding food waste. Last year, it was administered to five-hundred people representative of the country\u2019s population.   The study has found that about fifty-three percent of American respondents said that they\u2019re aware that it is a problem; that\u2019s about ten percent higher than the related research published by Johns Hopkins last year.   Doctoral student Danyi Qi, one of the authors of the research, says that they\u2019ve found three things that people consider regarding food waste: First, about sixty-eight percent of respondents believe that throwing away edible food after the package date has passed is reducing the chance of food-linked diseases and illnesses. Meanwhile, about fifty-nine percent believe that some food waste is \u2018necessary\u2019 for freshness and flavorful certainty.   Second, seventy-seven percent said they feel a \u201cgeneral sense of guilt\u201d when throwing food away. Also, about fifty-eight percent claimed to understand that throwing away of food is bad for the environment. Meanwhile, only forty-two percent said they believe wasted food is a \u201cmajor source of wasted money.\u201d   And third, which is perhaps the most interesting, is that fifty-one percent of respondents believe it would be difficult to reduce home food waste. Plus, about forty-two percent said they don\u2019t have enough time to worry about it. For the economic perspective, fifty-three percent admit that they waste a lot of food but still buy more in bulk or in large quantities during store sales.   For the throwing-the-blame perspective, about eighty-seven percent believed that they waste less food than other similar households.   The research in full is available at the PLOS One website, and it is titled \u2018Household Food Waste: Multivariate Regression and Principal Components Analyses of Awareness and Attitudes among U.S. Consumers.\u2019", "essay": "I am definiltly guilty of wasting food. I buy it all with the best of intentions, but either don't use as much as I need, or end up eating out and not cooking at home a night or two  a week, thus wasting all the food I bought for those specific meals. It's definitly sad how much money and resources we was on this, where there really is very little reason forit. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Americans feel guilty about wasting too much food, but still do it \u2014  Americans eat a lot, also throw a lot of food. That is the main point worth underlining in the new study published at Plos One, a peer-reviewed journal. Surprisingly, it is just one of the two large-scale papers about food waste.   In 2010, the study says that about one-hundred and thirty-three billion pounds of edible food both at the retail and consumer levels went uneaten. That\u2019s about one-thousand two-hundred and forty-nine calories per person per day. Two-thirds of which were attributed to consumers, meaning people in homes that waste the food that they purchase.   In addition to the significant waste of resources, the paper says that this behavior of consumers has a substantial negative impact to the environment as about ninety-five percent of food waste enter the United States landfills.   In a press release, Ohio State University professor Brian Roe explains that the results provide the data required to develop targeted efforts to reduce waste of food each year. \u201cIf we can increase awareness of the problem, consumers are more likely to increase purposeful action to reduce food waste,\u201d he said. \u201cYou don\u2019t change your behavior if you don\u2019t realize there\u2019s a problem in the first place.\u201d   The team of researchers has developed a national survey to identify the awareness and attitudes of Americans regarding food waste. Last year, it was administered to five-hundred people representative of the country\u2019s population.   The study has found that about fifty-three percent of American respondents said that they\u2019re aware that it is a problem; that\u2019s about ten percent higher than the related research published by Johns Hopkins last year.   Doctoral student Danyi Qi, one of the authors of the research, says that they\u2019ve found three things that people consider regarding food waste: First, about sixty-eight percent of respondents believe that throwing away edible food after the package date has passed is reducing the chance of food-linked diseases and illnesses. Meanwhile, about fifty-nine percent believe that some food waste is \u2018necessary\u2019 for freshness and flavorful certainty.   Second, seventy-seven percent said they feel a \u201cgeneral sense of guilt\u201d when throwing food away. Also, about fifty-eight percent claimed to understand that throwing away of food is bad for the environment. Meanwhile, only forty-two percent said they believe wasted food is a \u201cmajor source of wasted money.\u201d   And third, which is perhaps the most interesting, is that fifty-one percent of respondents believe it would be difficult to reduce home food waste. Plus, about forty-two percent said they don\u2019t have enough time to worry about it. For the economic perspective, fifty-three percent admit that they waste a lot of food but still buy more in bulk or in large quantities during store sales.   For the throwing-the-blame perspective, about eighty-seven percent believed that they waste less food than other similar households.   The research in full is available at the PLOS One website, and it is titled \u2018Household Food Waste: Multivariate Regression and Principal Components Analyses of Awareness and Attitudes among U.S. Consumers.\u2019", "essay": "I just read an article about the amount of food that Americans waste. I knew that it was high, but I never imagined the numbers that people have been putting up for the last few years. Did you know there are people who refuse to eat leftovers? What kind of first world dystopia do we live in where people won't eat food that isn't straight out of the kitchen?"}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Americans feel guilty about wasting too much food, but still do it \u2014  Americans eat a lot, also throw a lot of food. That is the main point worth underlining in the new study published at Plos One, a peer-reviewed journal. Surprisingly, it is just one of the two large-scale papers about food waste.   In 2010, the study says that about one-hundred and thirty-three billion pounds of edible food both at the retail and consumer levels went uneaten. That\u2019s about one-thousand two-hundred and forty-nine calories per person per day. Two-thirds of which were attributed to consumers, meaning people in homes that waste the food that they purchase.   In addition to the significant waste of resources, the paper says that this behavior of consumers has a substantial negative impact to the environment as about ninety-five percent of food waste enter the United States landfills.   In a press release, Ohio State University professor Brian Roe explains that the results provide the data required to develop targeted efforts to reduce waste of food each year. \u201cIf we can increase awareness of the problem, consumers are more likely to increase purposeful action to reduce food waste,\u201d he said. \u201cYou don\u2019t change your behavior if you don\u2019t realize there\u2019s a problem in the first place.\u201d   The team of researchers has developed a national survey to identify the awareness and attitudes of Americans regarding food waste. Last year, it was administered to five-hundred people representative of the country\u2019s population.   The study has found that about fifty-three percent of American respondents said that they\u2019re aware that it is a problem; that\u2019s about ten percent higher than the related research published by Johns Hopkins last year.   Doctoral student Danyi Qi, one of the authors of the research, says that they\u2019ve found three things that people consider regarding food waste: First, about sixty-eight percent of respondents believe that throwing away edible food after the package date has passed is reducing the chance of food-linked diseases and illnesses. Meanwhile, about fifty-nine percent believe that some food waste is \u2018necessary\u2019 for freshness and flavorful certainty.   Second, seventy-seven percent said they feel a \u201cgeneral sense of guilt\u201d when throwing food away. Also, about fifty-eight percent claimed to understand that throwing away of food is bad for the environment. Meanwhile, only forty-two percent said they believe wasted food is a \u201cmajor source of wasted money.\u201d   And third, which is perhaps the most interesting, is that fifty-one percent of respondents believe it would be difficult to reduce home food waste. Plus, about forty-two percent said they don\u2019t have enough time to worry about it. For the economic perspective, fifty-three percent admit that they waste a lot of food but still buy more in bulk or in large quantities during store sales.   For the throwing-the-blame perspective, about eighty-seven percent believed that they waste less food than other similar households.   The research in full is available at the PLOS One website, and it is titled \u2018Household Food Waste: Multivariate Regression and Principal Components Analyses of Awareness and Attitudes among U.S. Consumers.\u2019", "essay": "I think that food waste is a large problem.  I think that American's are lucky to be in position of  having more food than they need, but we do need to start thinking about the environment.  I was surprised that the wasted money factor did not get more people to monitor the amount of food waste that they generated. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Shooting Occurs Near California Polling Station \u2014  Police have rushed to the scene in Azusa on the night of the election. The person who opened fire earlier this afternoon is dead. Police identified him as a Hispanic male. Police found the suspect dead when they entered the home he had barricaded himself in. It is unclear if he killed himself or whether he died from police fire. The suspect had an assault-style rifle. Police are now searching the area to make sure there are no other suspects and there are no victims. Officials also confirmed the shooting was not related to the election. Previous reports the suspect was a woman were false, police say. Shooting Victim Identified The one fatality from the shooting Tuesday afternoon was a man in his 70s, police say. He was killed after an assailant with an assault-style weapon opened fire. The shooter is still surrounded by police, barricaded in a nearby home.", "essay": "I know it is odd but I always feel a sense of compassion for these shooters. Yes they are evil and need to be punished but thinking of what lead them to try and kill innocent people they must have had something horrible in there life happen or been in a very toxic enviroment. There should be more talks of mental health and treatment for people instead of banning guns. There should be training for people who sell guns to ask questions or maybe just assess mental health a bit before people can buy the guns. This was also odd because he was older 70 years old,and hispanic I wonder if the tension and state of the US made him angered and want to carry out this act."}
{"user_id": "ec_p031", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 47 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 29000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 7.0 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 47, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 29000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 7.0, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Shooting Occurs Near California Polling Station \u2014  Police have rushed to the scene in Azusa on the night of the election. The person who opened fire earlier this afternoon is dead. Police identified him as a Hispanic male. Police found the suspect dead when they entered the home he had barricaded himself in. It is unclear if he killed himself or whether he died from police fire. The suspect had an assault-style rifle. Police are now searching the area to make sure there are no other suspects and there are no victims. Officials also confirmed the shooting was not related to the election. Previous reports the suspect was a woman were false, police say. Shooting Victim Identified The one fatality from the shooting Tuesday afternoon was a man in his 70s, police say. He was killed after an assailant with an assault-style weapon opened fire. The shooter is still surrounded by police, barricaded in a nearby home.", "essay": "It's amazing that people still debate the issue of gun rights. If someone had a gun at that station, they would have taken out the crazy lunatic who opened fire. Instead, there was one tragic fatality, a 70-year old man, an innocent life taken out so suddenly and he did not deserve this end, I'm sure. People need to stop this political correctness and resort back to logic: we need to protect ourselves and our families, no ifs or buts! There is no time to rely on the police or the government to bail us out-our sefty is in our own hands people!"}
{"user_id": "ec_p062", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 41 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 28000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 2.0 in openness, 2.5 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 2.0 in agreeableness, and 1.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 41, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 28000, "personality": {"openness": 2.0, "conscientiousness": 2.5, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 2.0, "stability": 1.0}}, "article": "Shooting Occurs Near California Polling Station \u2014  Police have rushed to the scene in Azusa on the night of the election. The person who opened fire earlier this afternoon is dead. Police identified him as a Hispanic male. Police found the suspect dead when they entered the home he had barricaded himself in. It is unclear if he killed himself or whether he died from police fire. The suspect had an assault-style rifle. Police are now searching the area to make sure there are no other suspects and there are no victims. Officials also confirmed the shooting was not related to the election. Previous reports the suspect was a woman were false, police say. Shooting Victim Identified The one fatality from the shooting Tuesday afternoon was a man in his 70s, police say. He was killed after an assailant with an assault-style weapon opened fire. The shooter is still surrounded by police, barricaded in a nearby home.", "essay": "This story basically didn't bother me at all, except for the fact that the media seemed to unnecessarily conflate the shooting with the election, even when they later admit that the shooting had nothing to do with the election. There weren't many details in the story about why the shooter did what he did.  Was he targeting someone in particular?  Or did the old guy who died just get unlucky?  I guess the implication is that this was, or was supposed to be, a mass shooting.  Then again, i don't trust the media to report accurately on these things, or truthfully.  Not that they outright lie.  But they imply and conflate and do all sorts of disingenuous things.  I have no idea what this shooting was and honestly do not care."}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Shooting Occurs Near California Polling Station \u2014  Police have rushed to the scene in Azusa on the night of the election. The person who opened fire earlier this afternoon is dead. Police identified him as a Hispanic male. Police found the suspect dead when they entered the home he had barricaded himself in. It is unclear if he killed himself or whether he died from police fire. The suspect had an assault-style rifle. Police are now searching the area to make sure there are no other suspects and there are no victims. Officials also confirmed the shooting was not related to the election. Previous reports the suspect was a woman were false, police say. Shooting Victim Identified The one fatality from the shooting Tuesday afternoon was a man in his 70s, police say. He was killed after an assailant with an assault-style weapon opened fire. The shooter is still surrounded by police, barricaded in a nearby home.", "essay": "I wish this article had given us more info. Were there any people hurt? Where did this shooting take place exactly? I'm honestly a bit glad the guy killed himself, one because he can't hurt anyone else that way.  And two because that way a police officer does not have to deal with the trauma of killing someone. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Shooting Occurs Near California Polling Station \u2014  Police have rushed to the scene in Azusa on the night of the election. The person who opened fire earlier this afternoon is dead. Police identified him as a Hispanic male. Police found the suspect dead when they entered the home he had barricaded himself in. It is unclear if he killed himself or whether he died from police fire. The suspect had an assault-style rifle. Police are now searching the area to make sure there are no other suspects and there are no victims. Officials also confirmed the shooting was not related to the election. Previous reports the suspect was a woman were false, police say. Shooting Victim Identified The one fatality from the shooting Tuesday afternoon was a man in his 70s, police say. He was killed after an assailant with an assault-style weapon opened fire. The shooter is still surrounded by police, barricaded in a nearby home.", "essay": "After reading the article,  i couldn't help but feel a bit nervous about the whole situation. I find that it's terrible that people are okay with shooting police now. I feel like people should see the police as more of help instead of the enemies. I also feel bad for police because they are just doing their jobs but they are getting killed for it."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Wife Who Died Alongside Husband, Children in Murder-Suicide Alleged Abuse, Had Plans to Leave \u2014  Megan Short, who died alongside her husband, Mark, and the couple's three children in an apparent murder-suicide over the weekend, had been planning to leave her husband, according to Mark Short's relatives. Mark Short's cousin and aunt told NBC10/Telemundo62 reporter Andrea Cruz that Megan and Mark Short had been going through a tough separation recently, and that Mark had been trying to keep the family together. \"He was a family, family guy. He was all family. He worked himself to death to try and keep his family together,\" James Short, Mark Short's cousin, said. \"It was just work, work, work and family. That was it.\" Megan Short, though, alleged on Facebook that her husband was abusive, a friend told the Reading Eagle. She posted about her desire to leave the marriage on her Facebook profile, the friend said. Mark Short's relatives, who live in Folcroft, Delaware County, where he grew up, said that he took his wife and their children, 2-year-old Willow, 5-year-old Mark Jr. and 8-year-old Liana, to Disney World in February in hopes of improving his relationship with his wife and convincing her to stay together. That didn't help, though, the relatives said, and Megan Short still planned to leave. Police have said their investigation revealed the couple had \"domestic issues,\" but they have not provided additional details. On Saturday, police found 40-year-old Mark and Megan Short, 33, along with their three children and the family's dog, all dead of gunshot wounds in the living room of their home in the Berks County Borough of Sinking Spring. Officers paid a visit to the stately single home where the family lived on Winding Brook Drive when one of Megan Short's relatives called them, concerned after she failed to show up for a planned lunch, authorities said. Police have not yet said who they believe did the shooting, but said investigators did find a \"murder-suicide note\" in the home, along with a handgun near one of the adults' bodies. Authorities called the family's deaths \"an apparent tragic domestic incident.\" Mark Short's relatives described him as a laid-back man who worked in the real-estate industry and would do anything for anyone, particularly his family. \"He was just a really good guy. You wouldn't think he would do this kind of thing, but in the situation he's in right now, you never can tell with people,\" James Short said of his cousin. \"Don't think any less of him, because he's a really, really good guy. He would do anything for anybody,\" James Short continued. \"You don't know the situation, so don't try to judge.\" James Short and other relatives said that Megan Short began dating Mark, who was seven years her senior, when she was just 17 years old, and that the couple had a child and married not long after that.  The family struggled with serious health issues in their youngest child, Willow, who was born with a congenital heart defect that required her to have a heart transplant when she was just days old. Articles in both the New York Times and the Reading Eagle chronicled the Shorts' struggles with Willow's health problems. Megan Short also recently wrote about the post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety she suffers due to dealing with her young daughter's illness in a blog post on the Philly at Heart blog. \"There are very few moments when you can clearly see your life as separated into the before and after,\" Megan Short wrote. \"Having a child born with a severe congenital heart defect has been the most significant shift of my life.\" She wrote that she began taking medication and going to therapy for her PTSD in the blog post, which was published in April. Despite the family's struggles, their Facebook pages seem to tell a different part of the story. Mark and Megan Short's profiles both show dozens of photos of them together and with their blond-haired children, smiling. On a photo of Mark Short and Megan posted on his page in December, he wrote, \"She's still the most beautiful girl I've ever met ... I'm the luckiest guy in the world to have her as my wife and the mother of my three amazing children.\" Mark Short's relatives said they expected his body to be released Monday afternoon following an autopsy, and that they plan to have his funeral in Delaware County. They said Megan Short's family is handling arrangements for her and the children.", "essay": "This article just really hits you in the gut. How horrible is it that many families look perfect online but struggle in silence behidn closed doors. It seems the mom was going through alot of mental health issues and health issues with the baby that it took a tole on the relationship and maybe he was trying to hold onto something that was over with. She was married at such a young age i can see that being a reason to want something new we all grow. He seemed like if he couldnt have them he didnt want anyone else to. I feel so bad for the children who has nothing to do with this lost there lives so young. The police must have been traumatized by the scene they walked into."}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Wife Who Died Alongside Husband, Children in Murder-Suicide Alleged Abuse, Had Plans to Leave \u2014  Megan Short, who died alongside her husband, Mark, and the couple's three children in an apparent murder-suicide over the weekend, had been planning to leave her husband, according to Mark Short's relatives. Mark Short's cousin and aunt told NBC10/Telemundo62 reporter Andrea Cruz that Megan and Mark Short had been going through a tough separation recently, and that Mark had been trying to keep the family together. \"He was a family, family guy. He was all family. He worked himself to death to try and keep his family together,\" James Short, Mark Short's cousin, said. \"It was just work, work, work and family. That was it.\" Megan Short, though, alleged on Facebook that her husband was abusive, a friend told the Reading Eagle. She posted about her desire to leave the marriage on her Facebook profile, the friend said. Mark Short's relatives, who live in Folcroft, Delaware County, where he grew up, said that he took his wife and their children, 2-year-old Willow, 5-year-old Mark Jr. and 8-year-old Liana, to Disney World in February in hopes of improving his relationship with his wife and convincing her to stay together. That didn't help, though, the relatives said, and Megan Short still planned to leave. Police have said their investigation revealed the couple had \"domestic issues,\" but they have not provided additional details. On Saturday, police found 40-year-old Mark and Megan Short, 33, along with their three children and the family's dog, all dead of gunshot wounds in the living room of their home in the Berks County Borough of Sinking Spring. Officers paid a visit to the stately single home where the family lived on Winding Brook Drive when one of Megan Short's relatives called them, concerned after she failed to show up for a planned lunch, authorities said. Police have not yet said who they believe did the shooting, but said investigators did find a \"murder-suicide note\" in the home, along with a handgun near one of the adults' bodies. Authorities called the family's deaths \"an apparent tragic domestic incident.\" Mark Short's relatives described him as a laid-back man who worked in the real-estate industry and would do anything for anyone, particularly his family. \"He was just a really good guy. You wouldn't think he would do this kind of thing, but in the situation he's in right now, you never can tell with people,\" James Short said of his cousin. \"Don't think any less of him, because he's a really, really good guy. He would do anything for anybody,\" James Short continued. \"You don't know the situation, so don't try to judge.\" James Short and other relatives said that Megan Short began dating Mark, who was seven years her senior, when she was just 17 years old, and that the couple had a child and married not long after that.  The family struggled with serious health issues in their youngest child, Willow, who was born with a congenital heart defect that required her to have a heart transplant when she was just days old. Articles in both the New York Times and the Reading Eagle chronicled the Shorts' struggles with Willow's health problems. Megan Short also recently wrote about the post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety she suffers due to dealing with her young daughter's illness in a blog post on the Philly at Heart blog. \"There are very few moments when you can clearly see your life as separated into the before and after,\" Megan Short wrote. \"Having a child born with a severe congenital heart defect has been the most significant shift of my life.\" She wrote that she began taking medication and going to therapy for her PTSD in the blog post, which was published in April. Despite the family's struggles, their Facebook pages seem to tell a different part of the story. Mark and Megan Short's profiles both show dozens of photos of them together and with their blond-haired children, smiling. On a photo of Mark Short and Megan posted on his page in December, he wrote, \"She's still the most beautiful girl I've ever met ... I'm the luckiest guy in the world to have her as my wife and the mother of my three amazing children.\" Mark Short's relatives said they expected his body to be released Monday afternoon following an autopsy, and that they plan to have his funeral in Delaware County. They said Megan Short's family is handling arrangements for her and the children.", "essay": "I know that the cousin said not to judge Mark, but he did wrong. No matter how he felt he should have not killed his wife and children.  As a father myself, I feel my job is to protect my children at all times. I wish he would have seen a bright future of his children even if he was not married to his wife. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Wife Who Died Alongside Husband, Children in Murder-Suicide Alleged Abuse, Had Plans to Leave \u2014  Megan Short, who died alongside her husband, Mark, and the couple's three children in an apparent murder-suicide over the weekend, had been planning to leave her husband, according to Mark Short's relatives. Mark Short's cousin and aunt told NBC10/Telemundo62 reporter Andrea Cruz that Megan and Mark Short had been going through a tough separation recently, and that Mark had been trying to keep the family together. \"He was a family, family guy. He was all family. He worked himself to death to try and keep his family together,\" James Short, Mark Short's cousin, said. \"It was just work, work, work and family. That was it.\" Megan Short, though, alleged on Facebook that her husband was abusive, a friend told the Reading Eagle. She posted about her desire to leave the marriage on her Facebook profile, the friend said. Mark Short's relatives, who live in Folcroft, Delaware County, where he grew up, said that he took his wife and their children, 2-year-old Willow, 5-year-old Mark Jr. and 8-year-old Liana, to Disney World in February in hopes of improving his relationship with his wife and convincing her to stay together. That didn't help, though, the relatives said, and Megan Short still planned to leave. Police have said their investigation revealed the couple had \"domestic issues,\" but they have not provided additional details. On Saturday, police found 40-year-old Mark and Megan Short, 33, along with their three children and the family's dog, all dead of gunshot wounds in the living room of their home in the Berks County Borough of Sinking Spring. Officers paid a visit to the stately single home where the family lived on Winding Brook Drive when one of Megan Short's relatives called them, concerned after she failed to show up for a planned lunch, authorities said. Police have not yet said who they believe did the shooting, but said investigators did find a \"murder-suicide note\" in the home, along with a handgun near one of the adults' bodies. Authorities called the family's deaths \"an apparent tragic domestic incident.\" Mark Short's relatives described him as a laid-back man who worked in the real-estate industry and would do anything for anyone, particularly his family. \"He was just a really good guy. You wouldn't think he would do this kind of thing, but in the situation he's in right now, you never can tell with people,\" James Short said of his cousin. \"Don't think any less of him, because he's a really, really good guy. He would do anything for anybody,\" James Short continued. \"You don't know the situation, so don't try to judge.\" James Short and other relatives said that Megan Short began dating Mark, who was seven years her senior, when she was just 17 years old, and that the couple had a child and married not long after that.  The family struggled with serious health issues in their youngest child, Willow, who was born with a congenital heart defect that required her to have a heart transplant when she was just days old. Articles in both the New York Times and the Reading Eagle chronicled the Shorts' struggles with Willow's health problems. Megan Short also recently wrote about the post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety she suffers due to dealing with her young daughter's illness in a blog post on the Philly at Heart blog. \"There are very few moments when you can clearly see your life as separated into the before and after,\" Megan Short wrote. \"Having a child born with a severe congenital heart defect has been the most significant shift of my life.\" She wrote that she began taking medication and going to therapy for her PTSD in the blog post, which was published in April. Despite the family's struggles, their Facebook pages seem to tell a different part of the story. Mark and Megan Short's profiles both show dozens of photos of them together and with their blond-haired children, smiling. On a photo of Mark Short and Megan posted on his page in December, he wrote, \"She's still the most beautiful girl I've ever met ... I'm the luckiest guy in the world to have her as my wife and the mother of my three amazing children.\" Mark Short's relatives said they expected his body to be released Monday afternoon following an autopsy, and that they plan to have his funeral in Delaware County. They said Megan Short's family is handling arrangements for her and the children.", "essay": "I just read a story about an apparent murder suicide in which the husband of a family of five killed his wife, three children and their dog. Their marriage was apparently going through a rough spot after having a child with a congenital heart defect and the husband just couldn't bear the thought of living without his wife. They seemed relatively happy on the exterior. It just goes to show that you can never really know what is going on behind the scenes."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Wife Who Died Alongside Husband, Children in Murder-Suicide Alleged Abuse, Had Plans to Leave \u2014  Megan Short, who died alongside her husband, Mark, and the couple's three children in an apparent murder-suicide over the weekend, had been planning to leave her husband, according to Mark Short's relatives. Mark Short's cousin and aunt told NBC10/Telemundo62 reporter Andrea Cruz that Megan and Mark Short had been going through a tough separation recently, and that Mark had been trying to keep the family together. \"He was a family, family guy. He was all family. He worked himself to death to try and keep his family together,\" James Short, Mark Short's cousin, said. \"It was just work, work, work and family. That was it.\" Megan Short, though, alleged on Facebook that her husband was abusive, a friend told the Reading Eagle. She posted about her desire to leave the marriage on her Facebook profile, the friend said. Mark Short's relatives, who live in Folcroft, Delaware County, where he grew up, said that he took his wife and their children, 2-year-old Willow, 5-year-old Mark Jr. and 8-year-old Liana, to Disney World in February in hopes of improving his relationship with his wife and convincing her to stay together. That didn't help, though, the relatives said, and Megan Short still planned to leave. Police have said their investigation revealed the couple had \"domestic issues,\" but they have not provided additional details. On Saturday, police found 40-year-old Mark and Megan Short, 33, along with their three children and the family's dog, all dead of gunshot wounds in the living room of their home in the Berks County Borough of Sinking Spring. Officers paid a visit to the stately single home where the family lived on Winding Brook Drive when one of Megan Short's relatives called them, concerned after she failed to show up for a planned lunch, authorities said. Police have not yet said who they believe did the shooting, but said investigators did find a \"murder-suicide note\" in the home, along with a handgun near one of the adults' bodies. Authorities called the family's deaths \"an apparent tragic domestic incident.\" Mark Short's relatives described him as a laid-back man who worked in the real-estate industry and would do anything for anyone, particularly his family. \"He was just a really good guy. You wouldn't think he would do this kind of thing, but in the situation he's in right now, you never can tell with people,\" James Short said of his cousin. \"Don't think any less of him, because he's a really, really good guy. He would do anything for anybody,\" James Short continued. \"You don't know the situation, so don't try to judge.\" James Short and other relatives said that Megan Short began dating Mark, who was seven years her senior, when she was just 17 years old, and that the couple had a child and married not long after that.  The family struggled with serious health issues in their youngest child, Willow, who was born with a congenital heart defect that required her to have a heart transplant when she was just days old. Articles in both the New York Times and the Reading Eagle chronicled the Shorts' struggles with Willow's health problems. Megan Short also recently wrote about the post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety she suffers due to dealing with her young daughter's illness in a blog post on the Philly at Heart blog. \"There are very few moments when you can clearly see your life as separated into the before and after,\" Megan Short wrote. \"Having a child born with a severe congenital heart defect has been the most significant shift of my life.\" She wrote that she began taking medication and going to therapy for her PTSD in the blog post, which was published in April. Despite the family's struggles, their Facebook pages seem to tell a different part of the story. Mark and Megan Short's profiles both show dozens of photos of them together and with their blond-haired children, smiling. On a photo of Mark Short and Megan posted on his page in December, he wrote, \"She's still the most beautiful girl I've ever met ... I'm the luckiest guy in the world to have her as my wife and the mother of my three amazing children.\" Mark Short's relatives said they expected his body to be released Monday afternoon following an autopsy, and that they plan to have his funeral in Delaware County. They said Megan Short's family is handling arrangements for her and the children.", "essay": "Anything like what is in this article is so horrifying to me. How could a parent take the life of there child. How could a husband take the life of there wife. I can undertand people who commit sucide but to kill the whole family even the dog that is just evil. I think more help and mental reach out should be offered in communities to men. They bottle things up and this is what happens. Men are not allowed to show emotions and then they let it out in violence. I wish this woman had been able to escape sooner her and her children would still be around. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p022", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 85000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.75 in openness, 6.75 in conscientiousness, 6.75 in extraversion, 6.75 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 85000, "personality": {"openness": 6.75, "conscientiousness": 6.75, "extraversion": 6.75, "agreeableness": 6.75, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Wife Who Died Alongside Husband, Children in Murder-Suicide Alleged Abuse, Had Plans to Leave \u2014  Megan Short, who died alongside her husband, Mark, and the couple's three children in an apparent murder-suicide over the weekend, had been planning to leave her husband, according to Mark Short's relatives. Mark Short's cousin and aunt told NBC10/Telemundo62 reporter Andrea Cruz that Megan and Mark Short had been going through a tough separation recently, and that Mark had been trying to keep the family together. \"He was a family, family guy. He was all family. He worked himself to death to try and keep his family together,\" James Short, Mark Short's cousin, said. \"It was just work, work, work and family. That was it.\" Megan Short, though, alleged on Facebook that her husband was abusive, a friend told the Reading Eagle. She posted about her desire to leave the marriage on her Facebook profile, the friend said. Mark Short's relatives, who live in Folcroft, Delaware County, where he grew up, said that he took his wife and their children, 2-year-old Willow, 5-year-old Mark Jr. and 8-year-old Liana, to Disney World in February in hopes of improving his relationship with his wife and convincing her to stay together. That didn't help, though, the relatives said, and Megan Short still planned to leave. Police have said their investigation revealed the couple had \"domestic issues,\" but they have not provided additional details. On Saturday, police found 40-year-old Mark and Megan Short, 33, along with their three children and the family's dog, all dead of gunshot wounds in the living room of their home in the Berks County Borough of Sinking Spring. Officers paid a visit to the stately single home where the family lived on Winding Brook Drive when one of Megan Short's relatives called them, concerned after she failed to show up for a planned lunch, authorities said. Police have not yet said who they believe did the shooting, but said investigators did find a \"murder-suicide note\" in the home, along with a handgun near one of the adults' bodies. Authorities called the family's deaths \"an apparent tragic domestic incident.\" Mark Short's relatives described him as a laid-back man who worked in the real-estate industry and would do anything for anyone, particularly his family. \"He was just a really good guy. You wouldn't think he would do this kind of thing, but in the situation he's in right now, you never can tell with people,\" James Short said of his cousin. \"Don't think any less of him, because he's a really, really good guy. He would do anything for anybody,\" James Short continued. \"You don't know the situation, so don't try to judge.\" James Short and other relatives said that Megan Short began dating Mark, who was seven years her senior, when she was just 17 years old, and that the couple had a child and married not long after that.  The family struggled with serious health issues in their youngest child, Willow, who was born with a congenital heart defect that required her to have a heart transplant when she was just days old. Articles in both the New York Times and the Reading Eagle chronicled the Shorts' struggles with Willow's health problems. Megan Short also recently wrote about the post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety she suffers due to dealing with her young daughter's illness in a blog post on the Philly at Heart blog. \"There are very few moments when you can clearly see your life as separated into the before and after,\" Megan Short wrote. \"Having a child born with a severe congenital heart defect has been the most significant shift of my life.\" She wrote that she began taking medication and going to therapy for her PTSD in the blog post, which was published in April. Despite the family's struggles, their Facebook pages seem to tell a different part of the story. Mark and Megan Short's profiles both show dozens of photos of them together and with their blond-haired children, smiling. On a photo of Mark Short and Megan posted on his page in December, he wrote, \"She's still the most beautiful girl I've ever met ... I'm the luckiest guy in the world to have her as my wife and the mother of my three amazing children.\" Mark Short's relatives said they expected his body to be released Monday afternoon following an autopsy, and that they plan to have his funeral in Delaware County. They said Megan Short's family is handling arrangements for her and the children.", "essay": "After reading the article, i couldn't help but feel really disturbed. I can't believe that anyone can kill their whole family like that including their own dog. I feel that people like that are really messed up in the head. If you are willing to kill yourself, you should probably leave your family alone because killing them really does nothing. It's very and disturbing."}
{"user_id": "ec_p030", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 29 years old. The person has a went to college but did not get a degree. The person earns 39000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.5 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 29, "education": "went to college but did not get a degree", "income": 39000, "personality": {"openness": 6.5, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.5}}, "article": "Millions exposed to dangerous lead levels in US drinking water, report finds \u2014  More than 18 million Americans are served drinking water by providers that have violated federal laws concerning lead in water, with only a tiny proportion of offenses resulting in any penalty, a new report has found. The toxic water crisis in Flint, Michigan, is \u201cnot anomalous\u201d, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) report states, with widespread violations of national rules designed to protect people from lead, a known neurotoxin that is harmful even in small doses. NRDC\u2019s analysis of US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data shows that 5,363 water systems, which provide water to more than 18 million people, breached the federal Lead and Copper Rule last year. These violations include the failure to properly test water for lead or inadequate treatment of water to prevent lead from leeching from old pipes into the drinking supply. Instructions provided varied greatly, ranging from those that contained protocols the EPA advised against a decade ago to those that were periodically updated Read more The violations occurred across virtually every US state last year. Most seriously, 1,110 community water utilities provided water that exceeded the EPA\u2019s actionable limit for lead in water. This means that more than 3.9 million Americans were exposed to dangerously high levels of lead in 2015. Despite the widespread failure of water suppliers across the US, very few were punished by the EPA last year. Of more than 8,000 violations of federal laws, enforcement action was only taken against 11% of cases. Penalties were sought for just 3% of violations, meaning there is \u201cno cop on the beat\u201d, according to the NRDC. In a statement, the EPA said it recognized there are \u201congoing challenges in compliance with the Lead and Copper Rule\u201d. \u201cThe agency has intensified work with state drinking water programs with a priority focus on implementation of the rule, including engagement with every state drinking water program across the country to ensure they are addressing any high lead levels and fully implementing the current rule,\u201d the regulator said. The EPA said that many water systems that violated the rules in 2015 have already resolved their problems. A revised Lead and Copper rule won\u2019t appear until 2017 at the earliest, despite the widespread problems in Flint and beyond. \u201cFlint symbolizes how disastrous the gaps are in the system and there really is a much broader problem across America,\u201d said Erik Olson, director of NRDC\u2019s health program. \u201cAmericans take for granted that the water flowing from their taps is clean and safe but that assumption is often false. \u201cProviding safe drinking water to citizens is a fundamental government service. If you\u2019re not doing that, you\u2019re not doing your job. Unsafe drinking water is a national problem and it needs a national solution.\u201d Flint residents hold bottles of contaminated water after attending a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the water crisis. Photograph: Mark Wilson/Getty Images Olson said that water utilities are routinely \u201cgaming the system\u201d to underplay the amount of lead found in water. The Guardian has revealed that at least 33 US cities have used various methods that can mask the true level of lead when conducting tests. In the wake of the Flint water crisis several schools have shut off their drinking water due to high levels of lead, raising the question: \u2018How big is this issue?\u2019 Read more The failure of the system to pick up violations is underscored by the fact that Flint wasn\u2019t among the places considered in violation of the Lead and Copper Rule last year. The city, which has a poverty rate of around 40%, failed to treat drinking water to prevent lead corrosion when it switched its supply from Lake Huron to the Flint river. According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released this week, lead levels in the blood of Flint children aged under six were \u201csignificantly higher\u201d once the supply change was made. The chances of a child having dangerously high lead levels increased by nearly 50% after the switch, the CDC found, risking developmental, behavioral and learning problems for thousands of children in Flint. Flint\u2019s water is now considered by the EPA to be safe to drink if a filter is used. However, some lawmakers have voiced concerns that more needs to be done to avoid a repeat of the disaster that befell the Michigan city. \u201cFlint wasn\u2019t an isolated example,\u201d said Dick Durbin, a Democrat senator. \u201cWe need a coordinated effort at all levels, we need people in communities to speak up so they don\u2019t become the next Flint.\u201d", "essay": "I just read an article about the amount of lead in American water. Apparently. the problem goes beyond the situation in Flint, Michigan. I think that in the coming years the availability of clean water is going to be severely restricted. People are going to be migrating from all over just to get closer to untainted aquifers."}
{"user_id": "ec_p025", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is white. The person is 33 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 58000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 6.5 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "White", "age": 33, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 58000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 6.5, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.5}}, "article": "Millions exposed to dangerous lead levels in US drinking water, report finds \u2014  More than 18 million Americans are served drinking water by providers that have violated federal laws concerning lead in water, with only a tiny proportion of offenses resulting in any penalty, a new report has found. The toxic water crisis in Flint, Michigan, is \u201cnot anomalous\u201d, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) report states, with widespread violations of national rules designed to protect people from lead, a known neurotoxin that is harmful even in small doses. NRDC\u2019s analysis of US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data shows that 5,363 water systems, which provide water to more than 18 million people, breached the federal Lead and Copper Rule last year. These violations include the failure to properly test water for lead or inadequate treatment of water to prevent lead from leeching from old pipes into the drinking supply. Instructions provided varied greatly, ranging from those that contained protocols the EPA advised against a decade ago to those that were periodically updated Read more The violations occurred across virtually every US state last year. Most seriously, 1,110 community water utilities provided water that exceeded the EPA\u2019s actionable limit for lead in water. This means that more than 3.9 million Americans were exposed to dangerously high levels of lead in 2015. Despite the widespread failure of water suppliers across the US, very few were punished by the EPA last year. Of more than 8,000 violations of federal laws, enforcement action was only taken against 11% of cases. Penalties were sought for just 3% of violations, meaning there is \u201cno cop on the beat\u201d, according to the NRDC. In a statement, the EPA said it recognized there are \u201congoing challenges in compliance with the Lead and Copper Rule\u201d. \u201cThe agency has intensified work with state drinking water programs with a priority focus on implementation of the rule, including engagement with every state drinking water program across the country to ensure they are addressing any high lead levels and fully implementing the current rule,\u201d the regulator said. The EPA said that many water systems that violated the rules in 2015 have already resolved their problems. A revised Lead and Copper rule won\u2019t appear until 2017 at the earliest, despite the widespread problems in Flint and beyond. \u201cFlint symbolizes how disastrous the gaps are in the system and there really is a much broader problem across America,\u201d said Erik Olson, director of NRDC\u2019s health program. \u201cAmericans take for granted that the water flowing from their taps is clean and safe but that assumption is often false. \u201cProviding safe drinking water to citizens is a fundamental government service. If you\u2019re not doing that, you\u2019re not doing your job. Unsafe drinking water is a national problem and it needs a national solution.\u201d Flint residents hold bottles of contaminated water after attending a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the water crisis. Photograph: Mark Wilson/Getty Images Olson said that water utilities are routinely \u201cgaming the system\u201d to underplay the amount of lead found in water. The Guardian has revealed that at least 33 US cities have used various methods that can mask the true level of lead when conducting tests. In the wake of the Flint water crisis several schools have shut off their drinking water due to high levels of lead, raising the question: \u2018How big is this issue?\u2019 Read more The failure of the system to pick up violations is underscored by the fact that Flint wasn\u2019t among the places considered in violation of the Lead and Copper Rule last year. The city, which has a poverty rate of around 40%, failed to treat drinking water to prevent lead corrosion when it switched its supply from Lake Huron to the Flint river. According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released this week, lead levels in the blood of Flint children aged under six were \u201csignificantly higher\u201d once the supply change was made. The chances of a child having dangerously high lead levels increased by nearly 50% after the switch, the CDC found, risking developmental, behavioral and learning problems for thousands of children in Flint. Flint\u2019s water is now considered by the EPA to be safe to drink if a filter is used. However, some lawmakers have voiced concerns that more needs to be done to avoid a repeat of the disaster that befell the Michigan city. \u201cFlint wasn\u2019t an isolated example,\u201d said Dick Durbin, a Democrat senator. \u201cWe need a coordinated effort at all levels, we need people in communities to speak up so they don\u2019t become the next Flint.\u201d", "essay": "I just read an article about lead levels in water. I had thought that the water crisis in Flint was just some one off incident. It turns out that it isn't just a one off incident and that it is much worse than the government is leading us to believe. A report recently done shows that more than 18 million Americans are served drinking water by providers that have violated federal laws concerning lead in water. You might ask what the government is doing about these violations. The answer is that they are not doing much. Out of all of these violations only 3% were ever made to pay any sort of retribution for their carelessness. Something needs to be done and it needs to be done soon. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p009", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is asian / pacific islander. The person is 29 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 44000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 5.5 in conscientiousness, 4.5 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 5.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Asian / Pacific Islander", "age": 29, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 44000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 5.5, "extraversion": 4.5, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 5.0}}, "article": "Millions exposed to dangerous lead levels in US drinking water, report finds \u2014  More than 18 million Americans are served drinking water by providers that have violated federal laws concerning lead in water, with only a tiny proportion of offenses resulting in any penalty, a new report has found. The toxic water crisis in Flint, Michigan, is \u201cnot anomalous\u201d, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) report states, with widespread violations of national rules designed to protect people from lead, a known neurotoxin that is harmful even in small doses. NRDC\u2019s analysis of US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data shows that 5,363 water systems, which provide water to more than 18 million people, breached the federal Lead and Copper Rule last year. These violations include the failure to properly test water for lead or inadequate treatment of water to prevent lead from leeching from old pipes into the drinking supply. Instructions provided varied greatly, ranging from those that contained protocols the EPA advised against a decade ago to those that were periodically updated Read more The violations occurred across virtually every US state last year. Most seriously, 1,110 community water utilities provided water that exceeded the EPA\u2019s actionable limit for lead in water. This means that more than 3.9 million Americans were exposed to dangerously high levels of lead in 2015. Despite the widespread failure of water suppliers across the US, very few were punished by the EPA last year. Of more than 8,000 violations of federal laws, enforcement action was only taken against 11% of cases. Penalties were sought for just 3% of violations, meaning there is \u201cno cop on the beat\u201d, according to the NRDC. In a statement, the EPA said it recognized there are \u201congoing challenges in compliance with the Lead and Copper Rule\u201d. \u201cThe agency has intensified work with state drinking water programs with a priority focus on implementation of the rule, including engagement with every state drinking water program across the country to ensure they are addressing any high lead levels and fully implementing the current rule,\u201d the regulator said. The EPA said that many water systems that violated the rules in 2015 have already resolved their problems. A revised Lead and Copper rule won\u2019t appear until 2017 at the earliest, despite the widespread problems in Flint and beyond. \u201cFlint symbolizes how disastrous the gaps are in the system and there really is a much broader problem across America,\u201d said Erik Olson, director of NRDC\u2019s health program. \u201cAmericans take for granted that the water flowing from their taps is clean and safe but that assumption is often false. \u201cProviding safe drinking water to citizens is a fundamental government service. If you\u2019re not doing that, you\u2019re not doing your job. Unsafe drinking water is a national problem and it needs a national solution.\u201d Flint residents hold bottles of contaminated water after attending a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the water crisis. Photograph: Mark Wilson/Getty Images Olson said that water utilities are routinely \u201cgaming the system\u201d to underplay the amount of lead found in water. The Guardian has revealed that at least 33 US cities have used various methods that can mask the true level of lead when conducting tests. In the wake of the Flint water crisis several schools have shut off their drinking water due to high levels of lead, raising the question: \u2018How big is this issue?\u2019 Read more The failure of the system to pick up violations is underscored by the fact that Flint wasn\u2019t among the places considered in violation of the Lead and Copper Rule last year. The city, which has a poverty rate of around 40%, failed to treat drinking water to prevent lead corrosion when it switched its supply from Lake Huron to the Flint river. According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released this week, lead levels in the blood of Flint children aged under six were \u201csignificantly higher\u201d once the supply change was made. The chances of a child having dangerously high lead levels increased by nearly 50% after the switch, the CDC found, risking developmental, behavioral and learning problems for thousands of children in Flint. Flint\u2019s water is now considered by the EPA to be safe to drink if a filter is used. However, some lawmakers have voiced concerns that more needs to be done to avoid a repeat of the disaster that befell the Michigan city. \u201cFlint wasn\u2019t an isolated example,\u201d said Dick Durbin, a Democrat senator. \u201cWe need a coordinated effort at all levels, we need people in communities to speak up so they don\u2019t become the next Flint.\u201d", "essay": "Dear friend,     I have just read an article about something that has disturbed me. It is about the water crisis going on in Flint and other places in America. I could not imagine not having access to clean water.                                                                                                                                                 "}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Millions exposed to dangerous lead levels in US drinking water, report finds \u2014  More than 18 million Americans are served drinking water by providers that have violated federal laws concerning lead in water, with only a tiny proportion of offenses resulting in any penalty, a new report has found. The toxic water crisis in Flint, Michigan, is \u201cnot anomalous\u201d, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) report states, with widespread violations of national rules designed to protect people from lead, a known neurotoxin that is harmful even in small doses. NRDC\u2019s analysis of US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data shows that 5,363 water systems, which provide water to more than 18 million people, breached the federal Lead and Copper Rule last year. These violations include the failure to properly test water for lead or inadequate treatment of water to prevent lead from leeching from old pipes into the drinking supply. Instructions provided varied greatly, ranging from those that contained protocols the EPA advised against a decade ago to those that were periodically updated Read more The violations occurred across virtually every US state last year. Most seriously, 1,110 community water utilities provided water that exceeded the EPA\u2019s actionable limit for lead in water. This means that more than 3.9 million Americans were exposed to dangerously high levels of lead in 2015. Despite the widespread failure of water suppliers across the US, very few were punished by the EPA last year. Of more than 8,000 violations of federal laws, enforcement action was only taken against 11% of cases. Penalties were sought for just 3% of violations, meaning there is \u201cno cop on the beat\u201d, according to the NRDC. In a statement, the EPA said it recognized there are \u201congoing challenges in compliance with the Lead and Copper Rule\u201d. \u201cThe agency has intensified work with state drinking water programs with a priority focus on implementation of the rule, including engagement with every state drinking water program across the country to ensure they are addressing any high lead levels and fully implementing the current rule,\u201d the regulator said. The EPA said that many water systems that violated the rules in 2015 have already resolved their problems. A revised Lead and Copper rule won\u2019t appear until 2017 at the earliest, despite the widespread problems in Flint and beyond. \u201cFlint symbolizes how disastrous the gaps are in the system and there really is a much broader problem across America,\u201d said Erik Olson, director of NRDC\u2019s health program. \u201cAmericans take for granted that the water flowing from their taps is clean and safe but that assumption is often false. \u201cProviding safe drinking water to citizens is a fundamental government service. If you\u2019re not doing that, you\u2019re not doing your job. Unsafe drinking water is a national problem and it needs a national solution.\u201d Flint residents hold bottles of contaminated water after attending a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the water crisis. Photograph: Mark Wilson/Getty Images Olson said that water utilities are routinely \u201cgaming the system\u201d to underplay the amount of lead found in water. The Guardian has revealed that at least 33 US cities have used various methods that can mask the true level of lead when conducting tests. In the wake of the Flint water crisis several schools have shut off their drinking water due to high levels of lead, raising the question: \u2018How big is this issue?\u2019 Read more The failure of the system to pick up violations is underscored by the fact that Flint wasn\u2019t among the places considered in violation of the Lead and Copper Rule last year. The city, which has a poverty rate of around 40%, failed to treat drinking water to prevent lead corrosion when it switched its supply from Lake Huron to the Flint river. According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released this week, lead levels in the blood of Flint children aged under six were \u201csignificantly higher\u201d once the supply change was made. The chances of a child having dangerously high lead levels increased by nearly 50% after the switch, the CDC found, risking developmental, behavioral and learning problems for thousands of children in Flint. Flint\u2019s water is now considered by the EPA to be safe to drink if a filter is used. However, some lawmakers have voiced concerns that more needs to be done to avoid a repeat of the disaster that befell the Michigan city. \u201cFlint wasn\u2019t an isolated example,\u201d said Dick Durbin, a Democrat senator. \u201cWe need a coordinated effort at all levels, we need people in communities to speak up so they don\u2019t become the next Flint.\u201d", "essay": "This story is really horrifying to me. Knowing how bad lead is for people especially children this article is suprising. The fact that this seems so hush hish i scary. I am very glad I have been drinking bottled water for my family. I do not trust the government and this shows why. How could levels be so high and nothing be done and consumers not know. We are poisoning ourselves and familys and not even know. Something needs to be done to fix this issue!"}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Millions exposed to dangerous lead levels in US drinking water, report finds \u2014  More than 18 million Americans are served drinking water by providers that have violated federal laws concerning lead in water, with only a tiny proportion of offenses resulting in any penalty, a new report has found. The toxic water crisis in Flint, Michigan, is \u201cnot anomalous\u201d, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) report states, with widespread violations of national rules designed to protect people from lead, a known neurotoxin that is harmful even in small doses. NRDC\u2019s analysis of US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data shows that 5,363 water systems, which provide water to more than 18 million people, breached the federal Lead and Copper Rule last year. These violations include the failure to properly test water for lead or inadequate treatment of water to prevent lead from leeching from old pipes into the drinking supply. Instructions provided varied greatly, ranging from those that contained protocols the EPA advised against a decade ago to those that were periodically updated Read more The violations occurred across virtually every US state last year. Most seriously, 1,110 community water utilities provided water that exceeded the EPA\u2019s actionable limit for lead in water. This means that more than 3.9 million Americans were exposed to dangerously high levels of lead in 2015. Despite the widespread failure of water suppliers across the US, very few were punished by the EPA last year. Of more than 8,000 violations of federal laws, enforcement action was only taken against 11% of cases. Penalties were sought for just 3% of violations, meaning there is \u201cno cop on the beat\u201d, according to the NRDC. In a statement, the EPA said it recognized there are \u201congoing challenges in compliance with the Lead and Copper Rule\u201d. \u201cThe agency has intensified work with state drinking water programs with a priority focus on implementation of the rule, including engagement with every state drinking water program across the country to ensure they are addressing any high lead levels and fully implementing the current rule,\u201d the regulator said. The EPA said that many water systems that violated the rules in 2015 have already resolved their problems. A revised Lead and Copper rule won\u2019t appear until 2017 at the earliest, despite the widespread problems in Flint and beyond. \u201cFlint symbolizes how disastrous the gaps are in the system and there really is a much broader problem across America,\u201d said Erik Olson, director of NRDC\u2019s health program. \u201cAmericans take for granted that the water flowing from their taps is clean and safe but that assumption is often false. \u201cProviding safe drinking water to citizens is a fundamental government service. If you\u2019re not doing that, you\u2019re not doing your job. Unsafe drinking water is a national problem and it needs a national solution.\u201d Flint residents hold bottles of contaminated water after attending a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the water crisis. Photograph: Mark Wilson/Getty Images Olson said that water utilities are routinely \u201cgaming the system\u201d to underplay the amount of lead found in water. The Guardian has revealed that at least 33 US cities have used various methods that can mask the true level of lead when conducting tests. In the wake of the Flint water crisis several schools have shut off their drinking water due to high levels of lead, raising the question: \u2018How big is this issue?\u2019 Read more The failure of the system to pick up violations is underscored by the fact that Flint wasn\u2019t among the places considered in violation of the Lead and Copper Rule last year. The city, which has a poverty rate of around 40%, failed to treat drinking water to prevent lead corrosion when it switched its supply from Lake Huron to the Flint river. According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released this week, lead levels in the blood of Flint children aged under six were \u201csignificantly higher\u201d once the supply change was made. The chances of a child having dangerously high lead levels increased by nearly 50% after the switch, the CDC found, risking developmental, behavioral and learning problems for thousands of children in Flint. Flint\u2019s water is now considered by the EPA to be safe to drink if a filter is used. However, some lawmakers have voiced concerns that more needs to be done to avoid a repeat of the disaster that befell the Michigan city. \u201cFlint wasn\u2019t an isolated example,\u201d said Dick Durbin, a Democrat senator. \u201cWe need a coordinated effort at all levels, we need people in communities to speak up so they don\u2019t become the next Flint.\u201d", "essay": "I feel that this will become a national problem soon. I feel that the pipes that built America are getting old and that many cities will suffer the same issues as Flint Michigan. I hope that the people in charge of these cities will be punished for their crimes in my opinion. I believe they knew it was wrong and turned a blind eye."}
{"user_id": "ec_p020", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 28 years old. The person has a two year associate degree. The person earns 50000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.5 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 28, "education": "Two year associate degree", "income": 50000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.5, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Death of former Putin aide at D.C. hotel is ruled accidental \u2014  A onetime aide of Russian President Vladi\u00admir Putin whose body was found last year in a D.C. hotel room died of head injuries suffered in accidental falls after days of \u201cexcessive\u201d drinking, authorities in Washington said Friday as they closed the death investigation. Mikhail Y. Lesin, 57, a former Russian advertising executive who helped create the Kremlin\u2019s global English-language Russia Today television network, was found dead Nov. 5 in the upscale Dupont Circle Hotel, and for much of a year, the manner of death was ruled \u201cundetermined.\u201d [Former Putin aide found dead in D.C. hotel] The manner has been amended to an accident with \u201cacute ethanol intoxication\u201d as a contributing cause, the office of U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips said Friday. Lesin was alone in his hotel room at the time of the falls, the statement said. The new ruling was made by the office of the D.C. chief medical examiner. Shortly after Lesin\u2019s body was found, his family said he died as the result of a heart attack. More than four months later, the chief medical examiner\u2019s office and D.C. police set off worldwide speculation when they said Lesin had suffered blunt-force injuries to his head and elsewhere on his body, although not explicitly declaring his death a criminal act. [Death investigation remains mystery] The statement Friday said that the investigation determined from video footage, interviews and other evidence that Lesin entered his room for the final time about 10:45 a.m. Nov. 4 after days of excessive alcohol consumption and was found dead the next morning. He \u201csustained the injuries that resulted in his death while alone in his hotel room,\u201d the statement said. [Former aide died of blunt force trauma, medical examiner says] Lesin died of blunt-force injuries to his head, the statement said, and also suffered injuries to his neck, torso, arms and legs caused by falls. In describing the investigation, the statement referred to \u201cnew evidence\u201d developed in the nearly year-long investigation. Asked about that reference, Bill Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney\u2019s office, said, \u201cWe typically do not comment on specifics of our investigation and have no further comment on this particular matter.\u201d On Friday, interim D.C. police chief Peter Newsham said, \u201cI am comfortable with the ruling being an accidental death.\u201d The investigation of Lesin\u2019s death was conducted by D.C. police and the U.S. attorney\u2019s office with assistance from the FBI, the statement said. Lesin, who made his fortune in the advertising business in the 1990s, was an architect of the Kremlin-dominated media landscape under Putin. As minister of the press during Putin\u2019s first term as president from 2000 to 2004, Lesin orchestrated the takeover of the independent television network NTV and oversaw government propaganda and censorship laws during the war in Chechnya. In 2005, he helped launch Russia Today, now RT, a government-funded channel that broadcasts news with a pro-Moscow slant around the world. Known for his volatile temper, Lesin was reported to have antagonized powerful media interests, and an investigation by the anti-Putin whistleblower Alexei Navalny in 2014 revealed that Lesin owned real estate in the United States worth millions of dollars. He resigned later that year as head of Gazprom-Media, a holding company that owns several prominent pro-Kremlin TV networks, and kept a low profile until his death. Two days before his body was found, Lesin failed to appear as expected at a $10,000-a-table fundraiser in Washington organized by the Woodrow Wilson Center\u2019s Kennan Institute, whose honorees included a philanthropist and chief executive of the largest private bank in Russia. Kremlin critics earlier this year theorized that Lesin may have been killed because officials feared that he was about to cut a deal with federal authorities investigating his land dealings in California. However, a longtime friend and business associate of Lesin\u2019s, Sergey Vasiliev, said in March that he believed that Lesin died after a bout of heavy drinking, an account he said he formed after speaking to the Russian Foreign Ministry and others familiar with the sequence of events. Andrew Roth and Peter Hermann contributed to this report.", "essay": "The whole situation is sketchy. The wavering rulings of death is weird. From blunt force trauma to heart attack and alcohol poisonoing. It just does not make any sense this totally look like a cover up in my opinion. There have been known instances where Russia has attempted to kill people they did not want to release information."}
{"user_id": "ec_p019", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 21 years old. The person has a high school degree or diploma. The person earns 20000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 3.0 in openness, 5.0 in conscientiousness, 5.0 in extraversion, 4.0 in agreeableness, and 3.5 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 21, "education": "High school degree or diploma", "income": 20000, "personality": {"openness": 3.0, "conscientiousness": 5.0, "extraversion": 5.0, "agreeableness": 4.0, "stability": 3.5}}, "article": "Death of former Putin aide at D.C. hotel is ruled accidental \u2014  A onetime aide of Russian President Vladi\u00admir Putin whose body was found last year in a D.C. hotel room died of head injuries suffered in accidental falls after days of \u201cexcessive\u201d drinking, authorities in Washington said Friday as they closed the death investigation. Mikhail Y. Lesin, 57, a former Russian advertising executive who helped create the Kremlin\u2019s global English-language Russia Today television network, was found dead Nov. 5 in the upscale Dupont Circle Hotel, and for much of a year, the manner of death was ruled \u201cundetermined.\u201d [Former Putin aide found dead in D.C. hotel] The manner has been amended to an accident with \u201cacute ethanol intoxication\u201d as a contributing cause, the office of U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips said Friday. Lesin was alone in his hotel room at the time of the falls, the statement said. The new ruling was made by the office of the D.C. chief medical examiner. Shortly after Lesin\u2019s body was found, his family said he died as the result of a heart attack. More than four months later, the chief medical examiner\u2019s office and D.C. police set off worldwide speculation when they said Lesin had suffered blunt-force injuries to his head and elsewhere on his body, although not explicitly declaring his death a criminal act. [Death investigation remains mystery] The statement Friday said that the investigation determined from video footage, interviews and other evidence that Lesin entered his room for the final time about 10:45 a.m. Nov. 4 after days of excessive alcohol consumption and was found dead the next morning. He \u201csustained the injuries that resulted in his death while alone in his hotel room,\u201d the statement said. [Former aide died of blunt force trauma, medical examiner says] Lesin died of blunt-force injuries to his head, the statement said, and also suffered injuries to his neck, torso, arms and legs caused by falls. In describing the investigation, the statement referred to \u201cnew evidence\u201d developed in the nearly year-long investigation. Asked about that reference, Bill Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney\u2019s office, said, \u201cWe typically do not comment on specifics of our investigation and have no further comment on this particular matter.\u201d On Friday, interim D.C. police chief Peter Newsham said, \u201cI am comfortable with the ruling being an accidental death.\u201d The investigation of Lesin\u2019s death was conducted by D.C. police and the U.S. attorney\u2019s office with assistance from the FBI, the statement said. Lesin, who made his fortune in the advertising business in the 1990s, was an architect of the Kremlin-dominated media landscape under Putin. As minister of the press during Putin\u2019s first term as president from 2000 to 2004, Lesin orchestrated the takeover of the independent television network NTV and oversaw government propaganda and censorship laws during the war in Chechnya. In 2005, he helped launch Russia Today, now RT, a government-funded channel that broadcasts news with a pro-Moscow slant around the world. Known for his volatile temper, Lesin was reported to have antagonized powerful media interests, and an investigation by the anti-Putin whistleblower Alexei Navalny in 2014 revealed that Lesin owned real estate in the United States worth millions of dollars. He resigned later that year as head of Gazprom-Media, a holding company that owns several prominent pro-Kremlin TV networks, and kept a low profile until his death. Two days before his body was found, Lesin failed to appear as expected at a $10,000-a-table fundraiser in Washington organized by the Woodrow Wilson Center\u2019s Kennan Institute, whose honorees included a philanthropist and chief executive of the largest private bank in Russia. Kremlin critics earlier this year theorized that Lesin may have been killed because officials feared that he was about to cut a deal with federal authorities investigating his land dealings in California. However, a longtime friend and business associate of Lesin\u2019s, Sergey Vasiliev, said in March that he believed that Lesin died after a bout of heavy drinking, an account he said he formed after speaking to the Russian Foreign Ministry and others familiar with the sequence of events. Andrew Roth and Peter Hermann contributed to this report.", "essay": "An option for this very well may be that the man was so drunk, and he was so out of it, that he went into his hotel room and banged around/fell or did something stupid to accidentally kill himself. He also could have very well done this on purpose too. Or the other option is that someone killed him. Either way, it's a sad waste of life. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p054", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 33 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 110000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 4.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.5 in extraversion, 7.0 in agreeableness, and 7.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 33, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 110000, "personality": {"openness": 4.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.5, "agreeableness": 7.0, "stability": 7.0}}, "article": "Death of former Putin aide at D.C. hotel is ruled accidental \u2014  A onetime aide of Russian President Vladi\u00admir Putin whose body was found last year in a D.C. hotel room died of head injuries suffered in accidental falls after days of \u201cexcessive\u201d drinking, authorities in Washington said Friday as they closed the death investigation. Mikhail Y. Lesin, 57, a former Russian advertising executive who helped create the Kremlin\u2019s global English-language Russia Today television network, was found dead Nov. 5 in the upscale Dupont Circle Hotel, and for much of a year, the manner of death was ruled \u201cundetermined.\u201d [Former Putin aide found dead in D.C. hotel] The manner has been amended to an accident with \u201cacute ethanol intoxication\u201d as a contributing cause, the office of U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips said Friday. Lesin was alone in his hotel room at the time of the falls, the statement said. The new ruling was made by the office of the D.C. chief medical examiner. Shortly after Lesin\u2019s body was found, his family said he died as the result of a heart attack. More than four months later, the chief medical examiner\u2019s office and D.C. police set off worldwide speculation when they said Lesin had suffered blunt-force injuries to his head and elsewhere on his body, although not explicitly declaring his death a criminal act. [Death investigation remains mystery] The statement Friday said that the investigation determined from video footage, interviews and other evidence that Lesin entered his room for the final time about 10:45 a.m. Nov. 4 after days of excessive alcohol consumption and was found dead the next morning. He \u201csustained the injuries that resulted in his death while alone in his hotel room,\u201d the statement said. [Former aide died of blunt force trauma, medical examiner says] Lesin died of blunt-force injuries to his head, the statement said, and also suffered injuries to his neck, torso, arms and legs caused by falls. In describing the investigation, the statement referred to \u201cnew evidence\u201d developed in the nearly year-long investigation. Asked about that reference, Bill Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney\u2019s office, said, \u201cWe typically do not comment on specifics of our investigation and have no further comment on this particular matter.\u201d On Friday, interim D.C. police chief Peter Newsham said, \u201cI am comfortable with the ruling being an accidental death.\u201d The investigation of Lesin\u2019s death was conducted by D.C. police and the U.S. attorney\u2019s office with assistance from the FBI, the statement said. Lesin, who made his fortune in the advertising business in the 1990s, was an architect of the Kremlin-dominated media landscape under Putin. As minister of the press during Putin\u2019s first term as president from 2000 to 2004, Lesin orchestrated the takeover of the independent television network NTV and oversaw government propaganda and censorship laws during the war in Chechnya. In 2005, he helped launch Russia Today, now RT, a government-funded channel that broadcasts news with a pro-Moscow slant around the world. Known for his volatile temper, Lesin was reported to have antagonized powerful media interests, and an investigation by the anti-Putin whistleblower Alexei Navalny in 2014 revealed that Lesin owned real estate in the United States worth millions of dollars. He resigned later that year as head of Gazprom-Media, a holding company that owns several prominent pro-Kremlin TV networks, and kept a low profile until his death. Two days before his body was found, Lesin failed to appear as expected at a $10,000-a-table fundraiser in Washington organized by the Woodrow Wilson Center\u2019s Kennan Institute, whose honorees included a philanthropist and chief executive of the largest private bank in Russia. Kremlin critics earlier this year theorized that Lesin may have been killed because officials feared that he was about to cut a deal with federal authorities investigating his land dealings in California. However, a longtime friend and business associate of Lesin\u2019s, Sergey Vasiliev, said in March that he believed that Lesin died after a bout of heavy drinking, an account he said he formed after speaking to the Russian Foreign Ministry and others familiar with the sequence of events. Andrew Roth and Peter Hermann contributed to this report.", "essay": "The death of a former aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin was recently ruled accidental. The aide was found in a hotel room in Washington DC and had suffered head injuries related to an accidental fall following days of heavy and excessive drinking. The hotel was the Dupont Circle Hotel which is an upscale hotel."}
{"user_id": "ec_p068", "profile_text": "The person is female. Racially, the person is white. The person is 27 years old. The person has a went to technical / vocational school. The person earns 25000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 6.0 in openness, 6.0 in conscientiousness, 6.0 in extraversion, 6.0 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Female", "race": "White", "age": 27, "education": "went to Technical / Vocational School", "income": 25000, "personality": {"openness": 6.0, "conscientiousness": 6.0, "extraversion": 6.0, "agreeableness": 6.0, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Death of former Putin aide at D.C. hotel is ruled accidental \u2014  A onetime aide of Russian President Vladi\u00admir Putin whose body was found last year in a D.C. hotel room died of head injuries suffered in accidental falls after days of \u201cexcessive\u201d drinking, authorities in Washington said Friday as they closed the death investigation. Mikhail Y. Lesin, 57, a former Russian advertising executive who helped create the Kremlin\u2019s global English-language Russia Today television network, was found dead Nov. 5 in the upscale Dupont Circle Hotel, and for much of a year, the manner of death was ruled \u201cundetermined.\u201d [Former Putin aide found dead in D.C. hotel] The manner has been amended to an accident with \u201cacute ethanol intoxication\u201d as a contributing cause, the office of U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips said Friday. Lesin was alone in his hotel room at the time of the falls, the statement said. The new ruling was made by the office of the D.C. chief medical examiner. Shortly after Lesin\u2019s body was found, his family said he died as the result of a heart attack. More than four months later, the chief medical examiner\u2019s office and D.C. police set off worldwide speculation when they said Lesin had suffered blunt-force injuries to his head and elsewhere on his body, although not explicitly declaring his death a criminal act. [Death investigation remains mystery] The statement Friday said that the investigation determined from video footage, interviews and other evidence that Lesin entered his room for the final time about 10:45 a.m. Nov. 4 after days of excessive alcohol consumption and was found dead the next morning. He \u201csustained the injuries that resulted in his death while alone in his hotel room,\u201d the statement said. [Former aide died of blunt force trauma, medical examiner says] Lesin died of blunt-force injuries to his head, the statement said, and also suffered injuries to his neck, torso, arms and legs caused by falls. In describing the investigation, the statement referred to \u201cnew evidence\u201d developed in the nearly year-long investigation. Asked about that reference, Bill Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney\u2019s office, said, \u201cWe typically do not comment on specifics of our investigation and have no further comment on this particular matter.\u201d On Friday, interim D.C. police chief Peter Newsham said, \u201cI am comfortable with the ruling being an accidental death.\u201d The investigation of Lesin\u2019s death was conducted by D.C. police and the U.S. attorney\u2019s office with assistance from the FBI, the statement said. Lesin, who made his fortune in the advertising business in the 1990s, was an architect of the Kremlin-dominated media landscape under Putin. As minister of the press during Putin\u2019s first term as president from 2000 to 2004, Lesin orchestrated the takeover of the independent television network NTV and oversaw government propaganda and censorship laws during the war in Chechnya. In 2005, he helped launch Russia Today, now RT, a government-funded channel that broadcasts news with a pro-Moscow slant around the world. Known for his volatile temper, Lesin was reported to have antagonized powerful media interests, and an investigation by the anti-Putin whistleblower Alexei Navalny in 2014 revealed that Lesin owned real estate in the United States worth millions of dollars. He resigned later that year as head of Gazprom-Media, a holding company that owns several prominent pro-Kremlin TV networks, and kept a low profile until his death. Two days before his body was found, Lesin failed to appear as expected at a $10,000-a-table fundraiser in Washington organized by the Woodrow Wilson Center\u2019s Kennan Institute, whose honorees included a philanthropist and chief executive of the largest private bank in Russia. Kremlin critics earlier this year theorized that Lesin may have been killed because officials feared that he was about to cut a deal with federal authorities investigating his land dealings in California. However, a longtime friend and business associate of Lesin\u2019s, Sergey Vasiliev, said in March that he believed that Lesin died after a bout of heavy drinking, an account he said he formed after speaking to the Russian Foreign Ministry and others familiar with the sequence of events. Andrew Roth and Peter Hermann contributed to this report.", "essay": "Everything about Russia really freaks me out. I think this country really needs to be cut off until they can be a more peaceful society. It is scary that dictators with such control can still be in power in twenty nineteen. Putin is so evil, and I am guessing so many people were threatened to do this cover up. People should not be able to just take someone out just because they go against a governing power. If he can do this to his own people I fear what he could do to the world. He has way to much power in my belief and needs to be over thrown. "}
{"user_id": "ec_p035", "profile_text": "The person is male. Racially, the person is black / african american. The person is 37 years old. The person has a college or university degree. The person earns 40000 dollar per year. According to the Big Five personality test, on a scale of 10, the person has scored 5.5 in openness, 7.0 in conscientiousness, 1.0 in extraversion, 6.5 in agreeableness, and 6.0 in stability.", "profile": {"gender": "Male", "race": "Black / African American", "age": 37, "education": "College or university degree", "income": 40000, "personality": {"openness": 5.5, "conscientiousness": 7.0, "extraversion": 1.0, "agreeableness": 6.5, "stability": 6.0}}, "article": "Death of former Putin aide at D.C. hotel is ruled accidental \u2014  A onetime aide of Russian President Vladi\u00admir Putin whose body was found last year in a D.C. hotel room died of head injuries suffered in accidental falls after days of \u201cexcessive\u201d drinking, authorities in Washington said Friday as they closed the death investigation. Mikhail Y. Lesin, 57, a former Russian advertising executive who helped create the Kremlin\u2019s global English-language Russia Today television network, was found dead Nov. 5 in the upscale Dupont Circle Hotel, and for much of a year, the manner of death was ruled \u201cundetermined.\u201d [Former Putin aide found dead in D.C. hotel] The manner has been amended to an accident with \u201cacute ethanol intoxication\u201d as a contributing cause, the office of U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips said Friday. Lesin was alone in his hotel room at the time of the falls, the statement said. The new ruling was made by the office of the D.C. chief medical examiner. Shortly after Lesin\u2019s body was found, his family said he died as the result of a heart attack. More than four months later, the chief medical examiner\u2019s office and D.C. police set off worldwide speculation when they said Lesin had suffered blunt-force injuries to his head and elsewhere on his body, although not explicitly declaring his death a criminal act. [Death investigation remains mystery] The statement Friday said that the investigation determined from video footage, interviews and other evidence that Lesin entered his room for the final time about 10:45 a.m. Nov. 4 after days of excessive alcohol consumption and was found dead the next morning. He \u201csustained the injuries that resulted in his death while alone in his hotel room,\u201d the statement said. [Former aide died of blunt force trauma, medical examiner says] Lesin died of blunt-force injuries to his head, the statement said, and also suffered injuries to his neck, torso, arms and legs caused by falls. In describing the investigation, the statement referred to \u201cnew evidence\u201d developed in the nearly year-long investigation. Asked about that reference, Bill Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney\u2019s office, said, \u201cWe typically do not comment on specifics of our investigation and have no further comment on this particular matter.\u201d On Friday, interim D.C. police chief Peter Newsham said, \u201cI am comfortable with the ruling being an accidental death.\u201d The investigation of Lesin\u2019s death was conducted by D.C. police and the U.S. attorney\u2019s office with assistance from the FBI, the statement said. Lesin, who made his fortune in the advertising business in the 1990s, was an architect of the Kremlin-dominated media landscape under Putin. As minister of the press during Putin\u2019s first term as president from 2000 to 2004, Lesin orchestrated the takeover of the independent television network NTV and oversaw government propaganda and censorship laws during the war in Chechnya. In 2005, he helped launch Russia Today, now RT, a government-funded channel that broadcasts news with a pro-Moscow slant around the world. Known for his volatile temper, Lesin was reported to have antagonized powerful media interests, and an investigation by the anti-Putin whistleblower Alexei Navalny in 2014 revealed that Lesin owned real estate in the United States worth millions of dollars. He resigned later that year as head of Gazprom-Media, a holding company that owns several prominent pro-Kremlin TV networks, and kept a low profile until his death. Two days before his body was found, Lesin failed to appear as expected at a $10,000-a-table fundraiser in Washington organized by the Woodrow Wilson Center\u2019s Kennan Institute, whose honorees included a philanthropist and chief executive of the largest private bank in Russia. Kremlin critics earlier this year theorized that Lesin may have been killed because officials feared that he was about to cut a deal with federal authorities investigating his land dealings in California. However, a longtime friend and business associate of Lesin\u2019s, Sergey Vasiliev, said in March that he believed that Lesin died after a bout of heavy drinking, an account he said he formed after speaking to the Russian Foreign Ministry and others familiar with the sequence of events. Andrew Roth and Peter Hermann contributed to this report.", "essay": "Whenever Russia and Putin are involved  I do not trust what is being said. The story about him being drunk and drinking all day sounds weird. I do not see how he falls and hits his head and then falls over and over causing harm all over his body. I think they was killed, but I do not know why. I feel bad for his family."}