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OTTAWA—The marathon election campaign will be a test of more than voters’ patience and attention span.

It will be a test of the Fair Elections Act, the controversial and sweeping legislation that has introduced changes to how Canadians prove they are eligible to vote, the way elections are financed and how voting shenanigans are investigated.

It puts more money in the pockets of political parties for a longer campaign, while capping how much third parties can spend on election advertising.

To its boosters, the changes are a necessary update, motivated in part by the need to guard against voting fraud.

“I think we have a reasonable package that enables everyone to vote while protecting the integrity of the system,” Pierre Poilievre, Conservative candidate and democratic reform minister, told the Star in an interview.

However, critics of the legislation fear some of the changes will leave people in some particular groups — such as students, the homeless and First Nations — unable to vote. Critics argue that many of the changes were deliberately designed to skew the advantage in favour of the Conservatives on Election Day.

“There’s no question it will have an impact in the current election,” said Garry Neil, executive director of the Council of Canadians.

Even Marc Mayrand, the chief electoral officer, has warned that some of the changes “will not serve Canadians well.”

The so-called Fair Elections Act stirred controversy from the moment it was introduced in February 2014. At the time, Poilievre said the law would put “special interests on the sidelines and rule-breakers out of business.”

But academics, students and other concerned groups came forward to warn that the changes would actually make it harder for some Canadians to cast a ballot.

For example, the law prohibits the use of the voter information card as a document that can be used as proof of residency. This has sparked concerns that some voters — notably students living away from home, seniors in long-term care homes and aboriginals — may lack the necessary identification, which must show their address, to vote.

There have also been changes to vouching, where one voter with proper identification could vouch for the identity of another voter at the polling station. An estimated 120,000 Canadians used vouching to vote in 2011.

“We can expect that a significant proportion of them would not be able to vote under the rules proposed,” Mayrand told a parliamentary committee in March 2014.

Mayrand noted that the worry around Canadian elections wasn’t fraud, but declining turnout.

“It is essential to understand that the main challenge for our electoral democracy is not voter fraud, but voter participation,” Mayrand told MPs.

Eliminating vouching and the information card would do little to improve the integrity of the voting process but “have taken away the ability of many qualified electors to vote,” he said.

That concern is echoed by Bilan Arte, national chairwoman of the Canadian Federation of Students, who said young people may lack the necessary ID that shows their identity and address.

That’s because they can find themselves living in two or three locations over the course of a year as they go between home, school and a job.

“The proof of address is particularly a challenge for young people,” Arte said.

In a pilot project in the last election, some 400,000 voters used the voter information card as valid ID. “It’s a very significant piece of ID that is utilized by a lot of Canadians, notably young people,” she told the Star.

Removing the information card as a valid form of ID will make it “significantly more difficult . . . for young people and for those other demographics to be able to participate in the electoral process,” she said.

“The arguments that the government is making is really just smoke and mirrors for an agenda that is about suppressing the votes of young people,” Arte said.

Arte said this is especially worrisome at a time when overall voter turnout is declining — it was 61 per cent in the 2011 election — and is even worse among younger voters.

The students federation and the Council of Canadians went to court seeking an injunction on two key elements of the act — disallowing the use of the voter information card as proof of identification to vote and the removal of vouching.

The legal bid failed but the applicants say they intend to continue their court challenge of the law after the election.

Neil, of the Council of Canadians, said that evidence produced at the injunction hearing suggested that tens of thousands of Canadians could be barred from voting because of the changes introduced by the act.

The groups most vulnerable are youth, First Nations, marginalized people like the homeless and seniors, he said. With the exception of seniors, the others are “far more likely to vote non-Conservative,” he said.

“It is the government of the day, with a majority, which is trying to write election rules that are going to favour that party and their candidates. There’s no question about it,” Neil said.

Neil is also concerned that the new legislation restricts the ability of Elections Canada and the chief electoral officer to speak out on election issues, either to encourage turnout or alert voters to potential troubles, like the misdirecting robocalls of the 2011 vote.

Poilievre downplayed the concerns and said he has no worries that a voter will be left unable to cast a ballot in the coming vote.

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“I’m not troubled. I haven’t met anybody who says they’re going to have a problem voting. I’m pretty confident that everybody has some shred of paper with their name on it,” he said.

A driver’s licence alone will suffice. For those lacking a licence, there are more than 40 other possible ways to prove ID — a voter would have to show two pieces of accepted ID and one must show his or her current address.

“I think we’re in good shape,” Poilievre said.

He also defended the restrictions on Elections Canada’s ability to speak out.

“I think it’s probably in the interests of the agency to focus its communications on the nuts and bolts of voting and leave the rest to civil society and political parties. The role of Elections Canada is to inform and the role of political actors is to motivate the voter,” Poilievre said.

Arte said the student federation, which represents more than 500,000 people nationwide, is working to boost student participation in the upcoming vote by hosting candidates’ debates on campuses and pressing the political parties to engage on issues important to young people, like post-secondary education.

She said the federation is working to improve awareness among students on how they can vote.

“We’re doing our best to ensure that young people are getting to the polls and are able to navigate a system that has thus far been designed to make it harder for them to vote,” Arte said.

ELECTION DAY BY THE NUMBERS

60,000: Number of ballot boxes

20,000: Number of polling locations

120,000: Minimum number of polling station staff, with 250,000 staff retained for the election.

$375 million: Elections Canada’s budget for the election, based on 37-day campaign. The actual cost will be higher.

5 CONCERNS ABOUT THE FAIR ELECTIONS ACT

1. Voter information card: The law prohibits the use of the voter information card as a document that can be used as proof of residency. This has sparked concerns that some voters — notably students living away from home, seniors in long-term care homes and aboriginals — may lack the necessary ID showing their address needed to vote.

2. Vouching: Previously, one voter with proper identification could vouch for the identity of another at the polling station. The Conservatives had originally wanted to ban the practice outright but softened their stance after criticism the move would prevent some Canadians — an estimated 120,000, according to Elections Canada — from voting. Now voters will still require some ID to prove their identity but can have another elector vouch for their address.

3. Advance polls: Canadians will have an extra day to vote in advance polls. The act sets out four advance polling days — 10, nine, eight and seven days in advance of Election Day. That means Canadians can vote on Thanksgiving weekend.

4. Elections Canada: Critics say the law limits what the independent agency can publicly say about elections, such as efforts to encourage voter turnout. In the face of criticism, the Conservatives loosened the leash a bit but the head of Elections Canada is still limited to speaking on five topics: how to become a candidate; how to get on the list of electors; how to vote; what is needed to vote; and the services available to assist voters with disabilities.

5. Finances: The act allows political parties to spend more if campaigns go longer than 37 days, a big factor in the current 78-day campaign. That means the political parties running candidates in all 338 federal ridings could spend up to $54.5 million, up from $25 million allowed in a 37-day campaign. That gives an advantage to the deep-pocketed Conservatives. At the same time, the act imposes spending limits on third parties on election advertising — in this longer campaign, the third-party limits are $439,410 and $8,788 per riding.

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_—BRUCE CAMPION-SMITH_

question: Summarize the main news event.

text: The response should add that some sectors including students, seniors, and aboriginals are concerned about the law against using the voter information card.

text: "vouchers" - this is incorrect. The proper term is "vouching"

text: "One voter with proper identification can now vouch for the identity and address of another voter at the polling station." - this is incorrect. This was the old method of vouching. Now, voters need to present some ID to prove their identity but can have another voter vouch for their address.

answer: The Fair Elections Act is controversial and sweeping legislation that introduced changes to how Canadians prove they are eligible to vote, the way elections are financed, and how voting shenanigans are investigated. It puts more money in the pockets of political parties for a longer campaign while capping how much third parties can spend on election advertising. The law prohibits the use of the voter information card as a document that can be used as proof of residency. The law also changes the rules on vouchers. One voter with proper identification can now vouch for the identity and address of another voter at the polling station. The act added an extra day to vote in advance polls while limiting what independent agencies can say about the elections.

answer: Canada is holding a marathon 78-day campaign for the election. The Fair Elections Act, the controversial and sweeping legislation has introduced changes to how Canadians prove they are eligible to vote, the way elections are financed and how voting shenanigans are investigated. It puts more money in the pockets of political parties for a longer campaign while capping how much third parties can spend on election advertising. The Fair Elections Act was introduced in February 2014 and stirred controversy. It was introduced to guard against voting fraud.

text: The answer should state that the marathon election campaign will be a test of more than voters’ patience and attention span.

answer: The Fair Elections Act is controversial and sweeping legislation that introduced changes to how Canadians prove they are eligible to vote, the way elections are financed, and how voting shenanigans are investigated. It puts more money in the pockets of political parties for a longer campaign while capping how much third parties can spend on election advertising. The law prohibits the use of the voter information card as a document that can be used as proof of residency, sparking concern among some sectors including students living away from home, seniors in assisted care, and aboriginals who lack proper identification. The law also changes the rules on vouching, where one voter with proper identification could vouch for the identity and address of another voter at the polling station. Now, voters need to present some ID to prove their identity but can have another voter vouch for their address. The act added an extra day to vote in advance polls while limiting what independent agencies can say about the elections.

text: The answer should mention the concerns about the Fair Elections Act.

text: The last sentence is unnecessary.

text: The last sentence is not relevant.

text: The answer omits that the Fair Elections Act also restricts the ability of Elections Canada and the chief electoral officer to speak out on election issues. The answer should mention this.

text: The final two sentences are unnecessary and should be omitted.

text: The Fair Election Act does not allow the use of the information card as proof of residency, but it prohibits the use of the voter information card as proof of residency. They are the same in the answer, but different concepts in the article.

answer: Canada is holding a marathon 78-day campaign for the election. The Fair Elections Act, the controversial and sweeping legislation has introduced changes to how Canadians prove they are eligible to vote, the way elections are financed and how voting shenanigans are investigated. It puts more money in the pockets of political parties for a longer campaign while capping how much third parties can spend on election advertising. The Fair Elections Act was introduced in February 2014 and stirred controversy. It was introduced to guard against voting fraud.

text: The answer can mention the concerns with the Fair Elections Act.

text: The article doesn't mention that the campaign is 78 days.

text: The summary should mention the criticisms of the act.

answer: The Fair Elections Act is controversial and sweeping legislation that introduced changes to how Canadians prove they are eligible to vote, the way elections are financed, and how voting shenanigans are investigated. It puts more money in the pockets of political parties for a longer campaign while capping how much third parties can spend on election advertising. The law prohibits the use of the voter information card as a document that can be used as proof of residency. The law also changes the rules on vouchers. One voter with proper identification can now vouch for the identity and address of another voter at the polling station. The act added an extra day to vote in advance polls while limiting what independent agencies can say about the elections.

text: The last sentence is inaccurate. The Fair Elections Act did not add an extra day to vote in advance polls.

text: The last sentence is not relevant to the question.

text: The answer omits that the Fair Elections Act is criticized for making it harder for some Canadians to vote.

text: The last sentence is inaccurate. The act does not add an extra day to vote in advance polls. It adds an extra day to vote in advance polls.

text: The last sentence is not correct. The article says the opposite: "the act sets out four advance polling days — 10, nine, eight and seven days in advance of Election Day."

text: This is not really the main event

answer: The Fair Elections Act is controversial and sweeping legislation that introduced changes to how Canadians prove they are eligible to vote, the way elections are financed, and how voting shenanigans are investigated. It puts more money in the pockets of political parties for a longer campaign while capping how much third parties can spend on election advertising. The law prohibits the use of the voter information card as a document that can be used as proof of residency, sparking concern among some sectors including students living away from home, seniors in assisted care, and aboriginals who lack proper identification. The law also changes the rules on vouching, where one voter with proper identification could vouch for the identity and address of another voter at the polling station. Now, voters need to present some ID to prove their identity but can have another voter vouch for their address. The act added an extra day to vote in advance polls while limiting what independent agencies can say about the elections.


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Foreword: I used to consider writing a novel, but I always got distracted wanting to write about side-quests and secondary characters, and couldn't keep myself to just the one path I wanted to focus on. So I thought, instead, I would try this. I will be (hopefully) writing a series of short stories, such as this one, about several people, whose lives will intertwine. The story will be about these select individuals developing extroadinary abilities, super powers, and how they come to terms with them. The story will revolve around them discovering their abilities, and trying to learn how to use them, where they come from, and what to do with them. I hope that by being able to make several short stories, all linked together, I will be able to write a story I've been trying to write in novel form, because now I can explore all those side quests. Please, give me any and all feedback you may have. This is a first for me, and I hope that some of you enjoy it.

Nate, Part 1

It was hot. Far to hot to be stuck outside on the bleachers, watching the stupid football team strutting around. However, Nate was left with no other choice than to sit in the stands and cheer for his school team, just like everyone else. School spirit was mandatory, even if they had to force it from him. So there he sat, wishing he could be at home, playing video games, or reading a good book, or really anything outside of this damned heat.

Suddenly the stands around him erupted in cheers. Nate forced himself to check back into reality, to see what was going on. His guess was his team had just scored a base, or a basket, or a touchdown, or whatever the goal of football was. He thought about trying to sneak out, but being caught ditching out on a game was worse then ditching a class.

"God, what a stupid school" he thought to himself. "They care more about the football team than they do about the students grades. I can't wait to get out of this stupid school, and this stupid town."

Nate had been born and raised in this small rural town of Chesterville, in the prairie's of Alberta, Canada. In his eighteen years, he had never left. He dreamed of the day he could graduate from the High School, and go off to College in the big city. Somewhere were football wasn't the only thing the town cared about. He started mentally checking off everything he had to do that night.

"Ok, the English paper is due tomorrow, but I'm almost done that" he thought. "I'll just give it one more quick re-read before I hand it in. The science homework won't take too long, so I'll have time to study for that math test tomorrow. Ah, crap, I almost forgot. I have to work tonight. Well, I guess it'll be another long night then".

As the crowds erupted in cheers around him again, he didn't even bother to try and zone back. He just stared blindly forward, lost in his own world.

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A few hours later, he had just gotten home. He looked at the clock, trying to see if he'd have time for a fast shower before work. He felt gross and sweaty from sitting in the heat all day, but there was nothing to be done about it. He grabbed his uniform and ran back out the door.

Without a car, he had to peddle his bike back through the heat all the way across town to the Wendy's. By the time he finally got to work, he was panting, and sweat was pouring down his back. He went straight to the employee bathroom and did what he could to wipe himself down with a wad of cool, wet paper towel. Putting his uniform on, he entered the always sweltering hot kitchen and swiped into work.

He hated his job, every minute he was there. It was hot, it was uncomfortable, it was boring and routine. Every night he worked he went home stinking of grease and hamburger. The shirts were made of some terrible plasticy feeling material that just felt awful whenever it touched your sweaty skin. But, if he wanted any hope of ever leaving this god-forsaken town, he had no choice. He was saving every penny he could for a college fund. His parent's weren't able to help much, being barely able to make ends meet as it was. At least he knew that graduation wasn't very far away now, and then one last summer of working in this dump to save up the money and he could move. Move far away. He could go to college and make something of himself. He was already accepted to a first year Engineering degree, and he had big plans for his life. Get a good job. Make a lot of money. Buy a big house. Find a wife, kids, picket fence. Be able to afford a vacation. Travel. Be able to give his kids a vehicle when they turned 16, and not have them need to worry about every cent for any chance to go to college.

He went through his shift on auto pilot, dreaming of the future. They were short staffed, again, as some of his fellow schoolmates hadn't bothered showing up for their shifts. Undoubtedly off celebrating their football win. Didn't even have the respect to phone in ahead of time. He was ran off his feet until almost closing time, trying to do the work of three people, with an overbearing, overweight, power-tripping asshole of a manager breathing down his neck the entire night.

As ten o'clock rolled around, Nate got ready to lock the doors. Once they were locked up and the dinning room was cleaned, he could go home. If he got out by ten thirty, he could be home for eleven, which would give him a few hours to study if he was ok with only five hours sleep. He locked the first door, but then heard the second entrance open up. He turned around to face a group of at least twenty to twenty-five of his fellow classmates. All cheering and high fiving each other, being very loud and obnoxious.

"Hey guys, sorry, you're too late" he told the teenagers. "We're closed up for the night."

"Well, it doesn't seem that way to me," said one of the group, whom Nate recognized as Mike, the quarterback of the football team. "See, the door was open."

"Well, I was just on my way to lock it. If you wanted anything, you should have come sooner" Nate replied, trying not to show his irritation.

"Well, we're here know, and we're hungry, so how about you hop back behind that counter and flip some burgers" Mike said, with a grin on his face. Even at the distance, Nate could smell the scent of alcohol coming from the group.

Just then, the manager came out of his office. Nate was sure he was going to throw them out, but when he saw the group, he ordered Nate to get back behind the counter and serve them.

"But I need to go home!" Nate cried out indignantly. "I have homework, and studying, and I'm only scheduled to 10 as it is!"

"Well, I don't care. We have customers, and you have a job to do, Nate. That is, if you want a job."

Nate couldn't believe the unfairness of the situation. After all, a few of the guys in the crowd were the same as the ones who didn't show up for work, and yet he was the one whose job was being threatened. However, he couldn't afford to lose his job, so he returned to the counter.

"Welcome to Wendy's, can I take your order please"

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It was almost half past eleven before the crowd had finally left the restaurant. Nate barely wiped down each table, didn't bother sweeping at all, and took off for home. He was pissed off. He wouldn't get the time to study, after all, and could only hope to bullshit his way through enough of the test to maintain his A average.

He was peddling down the sidewalk, trying to rush home as quick as possible. Down the road, a single pair of headlights was growing larger. Even at a couple blocks away, he could hear the loud music, and the cheering voices that let him know it was more of his asshole classmates, still out celebrating. They obviously didn't care about homework, or studying. Whatever, that was their problem. They would grow up to be good for nothing losers, looking for any scraps, like most of the lowlifes who lived here. He tried to put them out of his mind.

As he continued down the street, the headlights before him getting brighter and brighter, he noticed they were swerving slightly across both lanes of the road. Now they were even driving drunk, on top of everything. Nate seriously hopes they would get pulled over. That would serve them right. If he had owned a cell phone, he would have called the police right then, and made sure these idiots got what was coming for them.

He was so preoccupied by picturing them getting in trouble, he never thought to pay attention to the vehicle. When the vehicle was just a few feet from him, it swerved, hit the curb, and bounced right up onto the sidewalk. Nate had no time to react. He saw the bright headlights rushing straight for him. He could hear the squealing of the tires as someone inside the vehicle tried to stop, but reacted far too late. All he could see was those bright headlights, rushing up to meet him. As the vehicle rushed towards him, his entire body went stiff, rigid, clenched up solid as metal. The last thing he sensed was a loud metallic clang, and those bright lights, before everything went dark.

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title: Nate, Part 1

question: Summarize various issues Nate has with living in Chesterville and its residents.

text: Nate's colleagues never leave work without informing anyone.

category: accuracy

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Nate finds the town quite hot, sometimes too hot to be outside wearing bleachers. He also does not like his school where it seems sports are prioritized over academics. The school would force students out to cheer for the school teams. Ditching the cheering carries more punishment than ditching class.
Nate also dislikes his workplace where his colleagues sometimes ditch work without the courtesy of phoning ahead, leaving him with the bulk of the work. He hates his manager who is overweight, bossy, and overbearing.

answer_source: Human

text: The answer omits Nate's issues with his classmates.

text: The answer omits Nate's issue with his classmates' drunken driving.

text: The answer omits that Nate is also upset that his classmates are driving drunk.

text: The answer omits Nate's issue with his classmates who are loud and obnoxious.

text: The answer omits Nate's annoyance with his classmates celebrating their football win while he is working.

text: Add that Nate thinks his peers are losers and good for nothing.

text: The grammatical error ("wearing bleachers") can be corrected.

category: coverage

answer: Nate is tired of living in a small town where the only thing people care about is football. He feels like the school doesn't care about the students' grades. He is also tired of his job at Wendy's, where he is overworked and underappreciated. He is also upset that his classmates are drunk and driving.

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text: The answer omits Nate's annoyance with his classmates' lack of respect for his time.

text: The answer should mention the incident with the drunk classmates.

text: The answer should mention the incident with the football players.

text: The answer omits Nate's resentment towards his classmates for being privileged, arrogant jerks.

text: Nate's classmates are not drunk and driving. They are drunk and in the car.

text: This is redundant as it's already mentioned in the response that Nate is tired of his job at Wendy's. This should be omitted.

text: The answer should also mention the classmates' poorly prioritized concerns, leading to Nate being called in the evening to cover the shift.

answer:
Nate finds the town quite hot, sometimes too hot to be outside wearing bleachers. He also does not like his school where it seems sports are prioritized over academics. The school would force students out to cheer for the school teams. Ditching the cheering carries more punishment than ditching class.
Nate also dislikes his workplace where his colleagues sometimes leave work without the courtesy of informing anyone, leaving him with the bulk of the work. He hates his manager who is overweight, bossy, and overbearing.

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text: The answer omits Nate's issues with the residents of the town.

text: The answer should mention that Nate is not fond of the people in the town.

text: The last sentence is inaccurate. Nate's coworkers don't show up for work, and the manager is an asshole.

text: The response does not mention how Nate feels about the town and its residents.

text: The first sentence is misleading and doesn't add anything of value.

text: The heat isn't necessarily an overarching issue Nate has with the town. This would be better omitted.

category: coherence

text: It would be more accurate to say  "ditching out on a game" instead of "cheering".

text: This should mention that overall what he dislikes about his town is that every person who lives there prioritizes football and celebrating it over everything.

text: It would make more sense to say that his coworkers skip work to celebrate the games. This would tie in the information about his dislike for work more efficiently.

text: The part about the manager is irrelevant and should be omitted.

answer:
Nate finds the town quite hot, sometimes too hot to be outside wearing bleachers. He also does not like his school where it seems sports are prioritized over academics. The school would force students out to cheer for the school teams. Ditching the cheering carries more punishment than ditching class.
Nate also dislikes his workplace where his colleagues sometimes ditch work without the courtesy of phoning ahead, leaving him with the bulk of the work. He hates his manager who is overweight, bossy, and overbearing.

text: The response inaccurately mentions wearing bleachers, however it should say that it is too hot to be outside on bleachers.

answer:
Nate finds the town quite hot, sometimes too hot to be outside wearing bleachers. He also does not like his school where it seems sports are prioritized over academics. The school would force students out to cheer for the school teams. Ditching the cheering carries more punishment than ditching class.
Nate also dislikes his workplace where his colleagues sometimes leave work without the courtesy of informing anyone, leaving him with the bulk of the work. He hates his manager who is overweight, bossy, and overbearing.

answer: Nate is tired of living in a small town where the only thing people care about is football. He feels like the school doesn't care about the students' grades. He is also tired of his job at Wendy's, where he is overworked and underappreciated. He is also upset that his classmates are drunk and driving.


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Trion has announced the 5th calling for RIFT known as the PRIMALIST in a new Dev Diary video which you can check out here.

THE PRIMALIST

The Primalist is the 5th calling in RIFT. From the Dev Diary video, a few things have been revealed about the Primalist.

[UPDATE] PRIMALIST LIVESTREAM. Trion has now also held a Primalist livestream, revealing more about the new calling including a whole bunch of tooltips and all soul trees. Check out the summary and tooltip compilation here!

NEW FOCUS BAR

[Primalist Focus Bar Pre-Release]

The Primalist makes use of a new focus bar that moves between Fury (bear) and Cunning (Eagle) as you use different abilities. The further you go in either direction, the more effective or powerful the abilities you use become.

SIX SOULS (+4 FUTURE)

[Primalist Soul Icons]

Primalist will be releasing with 6 souls at the beginning, with 4 more added in the future. It’s unknown what the 4 future souls are.

-   VULCANIST: Ranged ST DPS. Fire + Earth abilities.
-   BERSERKER: Melee AoE DPS.
-   TYPHOON: Ranged AoE DPS. Water + Air abilities.
-   TITAN: Tank.
-   DERVISH: Melee ST DPS.
-   PRESERVER: Healer. Uses blossoms and seeds.

Each soul has 31 points (compared to existing Callings’ 61 points) so the Primalist’s soul tree differs a bit from existing ones. This has been confirmed by Lead Systems Designer Vladd.

A few interesting tidbits were garnered from the video.

TYPHOON STORM VFX

It seems that Typhoon has some new vfx assets:

[RIFT Primalist Typhoon Screencap]

RIFT Primalist Typhoon

It’s not an ‘entirely’ new idea, but the storm vfx looks unique compared to the existing ones in-game. It’s not too surprising that the Primalist would have new vfx though.

TITAN TOTEM

What’s even more interesting is that the Titan seems to make use of some kind of pulsing stone totem:

[RIFT Primalist Titan Screencap]

RIFT Primalist Titan

Will it act kind of like the Beacon of Despair from Cleric’s Defiler soul, generating threat on targets and perhaps making the Titan take a percentage of damage? Who knows at this point. At the very least, the pulsing AoE from the Titan’s totem seems to keep the mobs at bay, acting as a kind of ‘wall’.

PRIMAL AVATARS

Red Hawk mentioned in the video that you will want at least 21 points in your primary soul to obtain the “Primal Avatar” of that soul.

[RIFT Primalist Calling Primal Avatars]

Primalist’s Primal Avatars

Each soul has one Primal Avatar that provides a significant boost to your spec and gives you a vfx on your head of the associated creature. From the video we know that the ‘Primal Avatar: Tiger’ is for the Berserker soul.

BERSERKER SOUL TREE

During the video, Trion briefly showed the Berserker soul tree and hovered over some abilities. This is the Primalist’s Melee AoE DPS soul.

[RIFT Primalist Berserker Soul Tree Preview]

RIFT Primalist Berserker Soul Tree Preview

The abilities are:

-   CONDENSED WRATH. While you have a single stack of Wrath, your single target damage is increased by 5/10/15? %. This bonus is decreased by 5% for each additional stack of Wrath.

-   PRIMAL AVATAR: TIGER (21PT ABILITY). Channels the Primal Spirit of the Tiger. Sets Fury to max and stops focus bar movement. Reduces the cooldown of Corpsefall and Icefall to 0 and applies 3 stacks of Calculated Action and Restrained Fury. Lasts 15s. 2min CD and oGCD.

-   HEART FREEZE. Interrupted and Debilitates up to 10 enemies for 5s. 30sec CD. Instant. 35m range.

It looks like each tree requires 31 points to max out.

PRIMALIST ETA

So what is the Primalist release date?

No exact date, but Lead Engineer Snedhepl has confirmed it has a RIFT 3.4 release:

  It’ll be out in 3.4.

  [Source: Snedhepl]

Remember how Live Content Designer Kerilar mentioned in a tweet that Primalist, Planetouched Wilds and the Assault on Bronze Tomb Warfront will be released at the same time?:

  They all go live at the same time. Wrap your head tight, so it doesnt explode!

  [Source: Kerilar]

With that and what CM Ocho mentioned about the name of the patch in a thread on the forums, it seems we now have confirmation that:

THE 5TH CALLING PRIMALIST, THE NEW ZONE PLANETOUCHED WILDS AND ASSAULT ON BRONZE TOMB WARFRONT WILL BE RELEASED IN RIFT 3.4: INTO THE WILDS!

RIFT 3.4 RELEASE DATE

When is RIFT 3.4? Senior UI Artist Gingers has mentioned Fall 2015. [r] (So between Sept 23rd to Dec 21st).

PRIMALIST COST

THE WILDS PACK

The Primalist is currently available for early purchase from “The Wilds Pack” on the RIFT Store which costs $100.

-   That pack includes the 6 Primalist souls as well as a special mount, portrait, warfront announcer, scaling trinket, 30-day patron, companion pet, minion card and costume + cape.
-   Some items are available instantly whilst others (like the Primalist class) will only be available once 3.4 hits.

You can learn full details about The Wilds Pack here.

PRIMALIST FOR CREDITS

The Primalist class will be available for Credits on the RIFT Store when 3.4 launches.

  Similar to the Storm Souls and Dream Souls Packs, there will also be a Primalist Pack available in game for credit purchase/gifting once 3.4 is live. It will include the calling and initial 6 souls.

  [Source: RIFT Game Director Archonix]

Price of the Primalist Pack is currently unknown.

OTHER INTERESTING TIDBITS

Not exactly about the Primalist, but I’ll mention a few other stuff of interest.

POSSIBLE TETH SCULPTURE

[Possible Teth Stone Monument]

Possible Teth Stone Monument

The statue/sculpture/monument shown at the very beginning of the trailer might actually represent Teth. It wouldn’t be a surprise if some of the inhabitants of the Planetouched Wilds were to worship Teth, who (according to artifacts on the PTS) can change forms. The numerous hands and masks might represent his various forms.

PLANETOUCHED WILDS

[Planetouched Wilds Teaser]

Planetouched Wilds Teaser

Not much, but here’s a screenshot of the brief moment they showed off a very small portion of the Planetouched Wilds. As we’ve garnered from PTS data files and mini-map compilations, there’s a large mass of blue and red crystals in open mining tunnels scattered throughout the area.

The screenshot also shows some cloth in the top-right which is typical of some of the structures in the zone. There’s also two blimps and floating island in the distance at the top of the screenshot.

OVOG CEREMONIAL ROBE

[Ovog Ceremonial Robe]

Ovog Ceremonial Robe

The video also showed off the Ovog Ceremonial Robe wardrobe bundle that we’ll be getting at some point. It’s already on the PTS. Just search for “Ovog” in Wardrobe (with Show Uncollected checked).

[Ovog Ceremonial Wardrobe and Cloak of the Great Wheel PTS]

There’s also a Primalist Cape as seen in the top-right image. Unknown how we’ll obtain this.

RISEN ARAK WALLPAPER

[RIFT Arisen Arak Wallpaper Screenshot]

RIFT Arisen Arak ‘Wallpaper’. Click image for 1920×1200 version.

At the very end of the video is this ‘wallpaper’. The main new things you’ll notice is Arisen Arak, the Primalist in the bottom-right hand corner and a prominent female character in the foreground.

Click the image above for a 1920×1200 version of the ‘wallpaper’ taken from a screenshot of the video. I’m sure Trion will have the actual high-res wallpaper on their site at some point.

The female character will most likely be of some importance to the Planetouched Wilds storyline.

COLOR SCHEME

Notice the color scheme. There’s the blue-ish/green water on the left which possibly represents the Plane of Water; there’s green at the back which represents Nightmare/Lord Arak and then there’s orange to the right.

We know that there’s new Poison, Nightmare and Burning artifact types on the PTS. Could it be possible that the orange ‘water’ to the right is hinting at a Plane of Fire expansion?

Pure speculation of course, and I might just be crazy.

ARISEN ARAK

As for the green golem in the background, that should be Arisen Arak, the guy whose model has been in the data files for a few weeks now.

[Arisen Arak Model]

Arisen Arak Model

He will most likely appear in the Tier 3 “Lord Arak Raid” raid. Unsure if the new ‘wallpaper’ with Arisen Arak means that we’re also getting the new raid in 3.4, but my guess is that with all the things being added to 3.4, they’ll probably hold off on the raid until 3.5 (slated for some time in Fall/Winter).

TRION NEW LOGO

It seems Trion’s logo has changed as well:

[Trion Logo Change 2015]

Interesting little tidbit.

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Look forward to the Primalist calling, Planetouched Wilds zone and Assault on Bronze Tomb warfront in RIFT 3.4: Into the Wilds, coming some time this Fall!

Keep an eye out for other Primalist information that Trion starts posting up in the coming weeks/months until 3.4 hits!

[UPDATE] You can check out the Primalist Livestream Summary for further details on the Primalist calling, including compilations of tooltips for the various souls!

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answer: Primalist will be releasing with 6 souls at the beginning, with 4 more added in the future. It’s unknown what the 4 future souls are. Each soul has 31 points (compared to existing Callings’ 61 points) so the Primalist’s soul tree differs a bit from existing ones.

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[Daulat Beg Oldi shown in the northernmost part of Ladakh (1988 CIA map).]

DAULAT BEG OLDI (also Oldie, DBO) is a historic campsite and current military base located in Ladakh, India on an ancient trade route connecting Ladakh to the Tarim Basin. It is named after Sultan Said Khan (Daulat Beg), who died here on his return journey after the invasion of Ladakh and Kashmir. The Chip Chap River flows just to the south of Daulat Beg Oldi from east to west. Daulat Beg Oldi also has one of the world's highest airstrips which is one of India's Advance Landing Ground (ALG), at an altitude of 5,065 meters (16,614 feet).

DBO is connected by 235 km long Darbuk-Shyok-DBO Road to Leh. It is primarily for use by the Indian Military, and off limits to civilians from Shyok onwards.[1]

Location and physical conditions

Daulat Beg Oldi lies near the easternmost point of the Karakoram Range in a cold desert region in the far north of India, just 8 km south of the Chinese border and 9 km northwest of the Aksai Chin Line of Actual Control between China and India. Other than Siachen Glacier military bases, it is India's northernmost settlement. The nearest civilian town is Murgo to the south, which has a small population of Baltis.[2]

The Indian government first announced plans in 2001 to construct a motorable road from Leh to its destination at Daulat Beg Oldi. The road was completed in 2019. The 255-km is Darbuk-Shyok-DBO Road runs at elevations between 4,000–5,000 metres (13,000–16,000 ft). The travel time is said to be six hours.[3]

The temperature plummets as low as -55 C in the winters. The weather deteriorates frequently with strong icy winds lashing much of DBO. DBO has very little if any vegetation or wildlife. Communication is possible only through INMARSAT (satellite) phones.

History

Expedition of Said Khan (Etymology)

[Map including Daulat Beg Oldi (AMS, 1953)] [Map of the expeditions of Sven Hedin (1906-8) including Daulat Beg Oldi (labeled as Daulat Beguldi) (RGS, early 20th century)] [Map including Daulat Beg Oldi (AMS, 1966)] Daulat Beg Oldi literally means “spot where the great and rich man died”[4] in Turki.[5] There are various folklore about whom this refers to—such as the tale about this place being the location where a large caravan was destroyed,[6] or the tale about this place being the burial site of a rich man and his treasure.[7]

According to British colonial-era surgeon Henry Walter Bellew,[8][9] Daulat Baig Oldi means “the lord of the state died here” and the lord refers to early 16th century Sultan Said Khan of the Yarkent Khanate.[10] Said Khan purportedly died at this place while returning to Yarkent from a campaign in Ladakh.[11][12][13] He is sometime mentioned with title of Ghaza for his military expeditions.[14]

The account of this military expedition was recorded by his general Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, who was the Sultan's first cousin, in the work of history _Tarikh-i-Rashidi_ (تاریخ رشیدی) (_History of Rashid_).[15]

In Autumn of 1531 (Safar 938 AH), the Sultan Said Khan left Yarkand with Haidar and a few thousand men. Upon first time crossing the Karakorum, the Sultan encountered severe altitude sickness, but he managed to recover. In the course of a few months of campaigning, they were able to devastate Nubra Valley. As winter approached, they split forces. The Sultan left for Baltistan; Haidar left for Kashmir. In Baltistan, the Sultan encountered a population of friendly Muslims, but he turned them killing and enslaving them, possibly because they were Shiites which was heretic to orthodox Yarkandi Sunnis. On the way to Kashmir, Haider defeated the Dras near Zoji La. In Kashmir, he and his troops were hosted by the king of Srinagar. In the spring, the two parties met up again in Maryul, the Sultan decided to return to Yarkand, but he instructed Haider to conquer Tibet for Islam before his departure.[16][17]

On his way back to Yarkand in Summer of 1533 (end of 939 AH), the Sultan once again suffered severe altitude sickness. This time he succumbed to his illness near Karakoram Pass. Bellew argues that the location of his death was here at Daulat Beg Oldi. The news of Sultan's death led to a bloody succession which saw the ascension of Abdurashid Khan. Abdurashid Khan recalled the forces in Tibet and exiled Haidar. By then, Haidar had some successes against the Changpa Tibetans of Baryang, but his forces suffered greatly from the altitude and elements. By the time the army returned to Yarkand, of the starting few thousands, less than a dozen were left. The exiled Haidar received the refuge from his maternal aunt in Badakhshan. He eventually joined the ranks of the Mughal Empire where he wrote the _Tarikh-i-Rashidi_.[18][19] [20]

Modern era

The trade route via the Karakoram Pass was used by caravans traveling between Leh and the Tarim Basin. DBO is believed to have been a stopping point for the caravans but not known to have any permanent civilian population. India and China sealed their borders after the 1962 India-China War, ending most of the cross-border trade.

In April 2013, a platoon-sized contingent of the People's Liberation Army established a campsite 30 km southeast of DBO,[21] a location in the Indian military's “DBO sector.” In reference to their own perception of the LAC's location, India initially claimed that the Chinese camp was 10 km on their side, later revising this to a 19 km claim,[22] and claimed that Chinese military helicopters had violated Indian airspace during the incident.[23] In early May, both sides withdrew their units further back.

Advanced Landing Ground

The Indian Army maintains helipads and a gravel airstrip here, the highest airstrip in the world. Routine sorties are carried out using An-32 aircraft to provide relief and supplies to the troops stationed nearby.[24] The base was established during the Sino-Indian conflict in 1962, with the first landing by Squadron Leader C.K.S Raje who set a record for the world's highest aircraft landing at the time. It was operated with American-supplied Fairchild Packets from 1962 to 1966, when it had to be closed down suddenly when an earthquake caused loosening of the surface soil, making the area unsuitable for fixed-wing aircraft.[25] Work was undertaken to make the airfield operational again, and was marked on 31 May 2008, when an Indian Air Force An-32 landed.[26]

The Indian Air Force first landed transports here between 1962 and 1965 and then after a gap for 43 years, the IAF started landing at DBO in 2008. In a significant demonstration of its capabilities, the Indian Air Force landed a C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft in Daulat Beg Oldie on 20 August 2013, thirty kilometers from where the 2013 Daulat Beg Oldi Incident took place in April 2013. This landing could qualify as a world record for a medium-lift aircraft landing at this altitude.[27][28][29]

India-China Border Meeting point

Daulat Beg Oldi – Tianwendian is the highest of the five officially agreed Border Personnel Meeting points between the Indian Army and the People's Liberation Army of China for regular consultations and interactions between the two armies, which helps in defusing stand-offs.[30] The first meeting at this location was held on August 1, 2015 (PLA Day). The events included a Chinese cultural program and other ceremonies meant to improve relations. Later in the month, India hosted a delegation from the PLA on the occasion of Indian Independence Day and celebrated with traditional songs and dances from Indian culture, Gatka martial arts, and motorcycle acrobatics performed by the Indian Army Corps of Signals.[31] The first ceremonial BPM ever held on New Year's Day was here in 2016.[32]

A meeting hut was constructed approximately a year after the meeting point was opened.[33]

[1] [https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/india-completes-vital-ladakh-road-762332#:~:text=Building%20the%20DS%2DDBO%20section,(SSN)%20by%20the%20military.&text=The%20road%20alignment%20was%20too,and%20had%20got%20washed%20away. India completes vital Ladakh road], The Tribune, 23 April 2019.

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answer: Daulat Beg Oldi is located in a cold desert region in the far north of India. In the winter, the temperature plummets to as low as -55 degrees Celsius. The weather deteriorates frequently with strong icy winds. There is very little vegetation or wildlife.

answer: It is located in a cold desert region in the far north of India. The temperature plummets as low as -55 C in the winter. The weather deteriorates frequently with strong icy winds. There is very little vegetation or wildlife. Communication is possible only through INMARSAT (satellite) phones.

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WILLIAM W. POWERS STATE RECREATION AREA is an Illinois state park administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources on in the Hegewisch community area of the City of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States.[1] The area includes of water in Wolf Lake that provides about of shoreline to fishermen.[2] The park hosts about half a million visitors annually.[3] The park contains numerous species, and is one of the most important biological sites in the Chicago region.

History

Wolf Lake in Illinois has a storied history that somehow has lost track of the origins of the name that goes back over 150 years. Part of this history includes visits by Abraham Lincoln in which Mary Todd Lincoln nearly drowned.[4] In 1947, the state acquired a parcel known as the Wolf Lake State Recreation Area. Later acquisitions were added to the property and have increased the area which was known as Wolf Lake Conservation Area. In 1965, the Illinois General Assembly named the area after William W. Powers.[5] Powers had been a Chicago alderman on the Chicago City Council and Illinois General Assembly legislator in the 1920s, and used the site for picnics to feed the needy during the Great Depression.[6]

The park also has a military history. There is a defunct Nike Ajax missile honoring the missile site that occupied the area during the Cold War years. Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Veterans Day ceremonies attract veterans who place flags at markers near a former re-dedication ceremony site that featured the Moving Vietnam Wall.[7]

Unlike the Lake Michigan shoreline which has been reshaped by sand and clay, Wolf Lake has been filled in large part with slag from steel mills.[8]

Wildlife

[Monk parakeets can be found in the park] Wolf Lake contains largemouth bass, northern pike, bluegill, redear sunfish, crappie, bullhead, carp, walleye, hybrid muskie, and yellow perch.[9] There is also an occasional salmon and rainbow trout caught in the lake.[10] Salmon can access the lake via the Calumet River and its Indian Creek tributary.

Native trumpeter (_Cygnus buccinator_) and tundra swans (_Cygnus columbianus_) and non-native mute swans (_Cygnus olor_) may all be found on the lake in winter.[11] Tundra swans are absent in summer as they migrate to the arctic and subarctic to nest, however, the non-native, Eurasian mute swans compete for habitat with the non-migrating trumpeter swan population and is an impediment to restoration of the native trumpeters around the Great Lakes.[12][13][14] Additional native birds hosted by the lake include cardinals, blue jays, finches, orioles, woodpeckers, teal, mallards, resident and migratory Canada geese, and an occasional bald eagle.[15]

Birdwatchers enjoy the non-native monk parakeet, which is a South American parrot, that nests in the park.[16] Hunters enjoy the seasonal waterfowl.[17] The South American monk parakeets arrived at the site in 1999 and have since established two nests with seven or eight birds each. They are presumed to have migrated from the Hyde Park community area.[18]

The park contains many willow and cottonwood trees.[19]

The park also attracts city dwelling mammals such as squirrels, rabbits, raccoons, muskrats, opossums, and the occasional coyote and white-tailed deer.[20] Beaver sign indicates that there are beaver on the lake currently.[21]

On August 23, 2002, Wolf Lake was one of three neighboring regions that hosted the Calumet BioBlitz. This bioblitz convened over 150 expert scientists to identify and record as many living organisms as possible within 24 hours. The purpose was to demonstrate the resilience of the extraordinary range of organisms in nature's battle against the South Side of Chicago's collage of factories, warehouses, forest preserves, residences, and highways as well as its battle of survival against killer pest species. Unofficially, the BioBlitz counted 1,815 species.[22] The BioBlitz included teams of scientists from Eastern Illinois University, Field Museum, Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois Natural History Survey, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, University of Illinois - Champaign, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and U.S. Fish & Wildlife.[23]

Lake sturgeon, endangered in both Indiana and Illinois, as well as banded killifish, threatened in Illinois, are both part of the Wolf Lake ecology.[24] The lake supports the nesting habitat for four species of endangered birds: little blue heron, yellow-crowned night heron, black-crowned night heron, and yellow-headed blackbird.[25]

Conservation

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Illinois Water Survey are studying ways to halt degradation of the lake and the USDA Forest Service is helping with a study of public interests in recreation at Wolf Lake.[26] The Wolf Lake water level determines the drainage to Lake Michigan because the connecting Calumet River flows southward during elevated levels and northward during lowered levels.[27] The water in Wolf Lake was about 18 inches higher until 1998 when the Illinois Department of Natural Resources removed several beavers and their dams that had been built across Indian Creek. The subsequent drop in water depth encouraged weed growth and changed fishing conditions.[28]

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the City of Hammond, IN initiated the Reconnaissance Report in December 1998. It was approved in September 2000. An environmental assessment was held in 2002. The Project Cooperation Agreement commenced in 2005.[29] The Wolf Lake ecosystem degradation problem is multifaceted. It includes exotic plant species proliferation, low diversity of plant and fish species, water depth inadequacy, poor aquatic habitat, contaminant impact, and shoreline erosion. Proposed project features include new aquatic and wetland habitat plantings; shoreline restoration; creating deep holes to locally diversify the lake bottom; herbicidal and biological controls; channels clearing, and dikes and causeways construction to restore natural water levels.[30]

Use

The park offers stoves and has shelters available by reservation for picnicking. Two of the shelters each have capacity for 50 people, and two others each have capacity for 100 people. Fishing and hunting is permitted in accordance with regulations, but camping is not allowed.[31] Ice fishing is permitted in the winter and motorboats are permitted during the summer.[32] The lake has several dikes that temper the wave height.[33] There are 25 hunting blinds to hunt waterfowl. These sites are awarded in yearly lotteries held in late July. During the season, daily drawings are held to allocate blinds of absentee blind holders.[34]

The use of the park is protected by several types of volunteers. For example, at the 14th Annual Earth Day Wolf Lake Cleanup on April 21, 2001, more than 350 volunteers, including Hammond, IN Mayor Duane Dedelow, Jr., helped clean up and remove an estimated of waste.[35] A week later, Friends of Wolf Lake and associates collected more than 3,000 discarded tires from the lake and its shoreline.[36] Semi-annual cleanups are organized by the Southeast Sportsmen's Club and the Wolf Lake Rod and Gun Club who work with the scouts, community organizations and the Hegewisch Chamber of Commerce.[37]

Geography

Wolf Lake extends across the Illinois and Indiana State line between 120th and 134th streets.[38] It is an lake that has within the city of Chicago and the remainder in the city of Hammond.[39] Its maximum depth is .[40] Wetlands adjacent to the lake include the Eggers Woods Forest Preserve, Powderhorn Lake Prairie, and Hyde Lake Wetland.[41] William W. Powers State Recreation Area is on Chicago's far southeast side, off highways 94, 90, and 41. The main park entrance is at 12949 South Avenue O.[42]

At one time, the Wolf lake was connected to Lake Michigan by a creek running through Hammond on the Indiana side, but the creek has long since been blocked by development. On the Illinois side, Wolf Lake empties into Indian Creek, which feeds into the Calumet River. The Illinois and Indiana are separated by State Line Road, which is a road elsewhere along the border, but it is only represented by a rock-and-gravel dike that passes through the lake. State Line Road ends in foot bridges where water enters from the Indiana side.[43]

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title: William W. Powers State Recreation Area

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answer: The park offers stoves and shelters available by reservation for picnicking. Two of the shelters each have the capacity for 50 people, and two others each have the capacity for 100 people. Fishing and hunting are permitted following regulations, but camping is not allowed. Also, ice fishing is permitted in the winter, and motorboats are permitted during the summer. The lake has several dikes that temper the wave height. For hunters, the park offers 25 hunting blinds to hunt waterfowl. These sites are awarded in yearly lotteries held in late July.

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answer: There are four shelters available by reservation for picnicking. All have stoves. Fishing and hunting are allowed. There are no camping sites.

text: The response should mention that ice fishing is permitted in the winter and motorboats are permitted during the summer.

answer: The park offers stoves and shelters available by reservation for picnicking. Two of the shelters each have a capacity for 100 people. Fishing and camping are permitted under regulations, but any form of hunting is not allowed. Ice fishing is permitted in the winter, and motorboats are permitted during the summer. The lake has several dikes that temper the wave height.

text: The answer should mention birdwatching

text: It is omitted that, besides the two mentioned in the answer, two others each have the capacity for 50 people.

answer: The park offers stoves and shelters available by reservation for picnicking. Two of the shelters each have the capacity for 50 people, and two others each have the capacity for 100 people. Fishing and hunting are permitted following regulations, but camping is not allowed. Also, ice fishing is permitted in the winter, and motorboats are permitted during the summer. The lake has several dikes that temper the wave height. For hunters, the park offers 25 hunting blinds to hunt waterfowl. These sites are awarded in yearly lotteries held in late July.

text: The answer should mention the volunteers.

text: The answer should mention the cleanups.

text: "The lake has several dikes that temper the wave height." This sentence is unnecessary.

text: The answer should mention the volunteers who protect the park.

text: The specific capacities of, and other information about, the shelters is not asked in the question and may be removed.

text:
- The question asks about uses, not features.
- Also, the response is more of a copy and paste of some parts of the passage.


text:
f it in a place where there couldn’t be more than two keys twenty-five miles around. He hadn’t found them fit enough or good enough to want to know their names, and believed himself too good to tell them his. They looked at his skin and saw it was as black as theirs, but they knew he had the heart of the white men who came to pick them up in the trucks when they needed anonymous, faceless laborers.

_

Fuck ’em. Who were all these people roaming the world trying to kill him? His own father had tried while he was still in his mother’s stomach. But he’d lived. And he had lived the last year dodging a woman who came every month to kill him, and he had lain just like this, with his arm over his eyes, wide open to whatever she had in her hand. He’d lived through that too. Then a witch had stepped out of his childhood nightmares to grab him, and he’d lived through that. Some bats had driven him out of a cave–and he’d lived through that. And at no time did he have a weapon. Now he walked into a store and asked if somebody could fix his car and a nigger pulled a knife on him. And he still wasn’t dead. Now what did these black Neanderthals think they were going to do? Fuck ’em. My name’s Macon; I’m already dead. He had thought this place, this Shalimar, was going to be home. His original home. His people came from here, his grandfather and his grandmother. All the way down South people had been nice to him, generous, helpful. In Danville they had made him the object of hero worship. In his own home town his name spelled dread and grudging respect. But here, in his “home,” he was unknown, unloved, and damn near killed. These were some of the meanest unhung niggers in the world.

CHAPTER 11

When he was breathing almost normally, he began to wonder what he was doing sitting in the middle of a woods in Blue Ridge country. He had come here to find traces of Pilate’s journey, to find relatives she might have visited, to find anything he could that would either lead him to the gold or convince him that it no longer existed. How had he got himself involved in a hunt, involved in a knife-and-broken-bottle fight in the first place? Ignorance, he thought, and vanity. He hadn’t been alert early enough, hadn’t seen the signs jutting out everywhere around him. Maybe this was a mean bunch of black folk, but he should have guessed it, sensed it, and part of the reason he hadn’t was the easy, good treatment he had received elsewhere. Or had he? Maybe the glow of hero worship (twice removed) that had bathed him in Danville had also blinded him. Perhaps the eyes of the men in Roanoke, Petersburg, Newport News, had not been bright with welcome and admiration. Maybe they were just curious or amused. He hadn’t stayed in any place long enough to find out. A meal here, gas there—the one real contact was the buying of the car, and the seller needing a buyer would naturally be friendly under those circumstances. The same thing held when he’d had to have those elaborate repairs. What kind of savages were these people? Suspicious. Hot-tempered. Eager to find fault and despise any outsider. Touchy. Devious, jealous, traitorous, and evil. He had done nothing to deserve their contempt. Nothing to deserve the explosive hostility that engulfed him when he said he might have to buy a car. Why didn’t they respond the way the man in Roanoke did when he bought the car? Because in Roanoke he did not have a car. Here he had one and wanted another, and perhaps it was that that upset them. Furthermore, he hadn’t even suggested that he would trade the old one in. He had hinted that he would abandon the “broken” one and just get another. But so what? What business was it of theirs what he did with his money? He didn’t deserve …

It sounded old._ Deserve._ Old and tired and beaten to death. Deserve. Now it seemed to him that he was always saying or thinking that he didn’t deserve some bad luck, or some bad treatment from others. He’d told Guitar that he didn’t “deserve” his family’s dependence, hatred, or whatever. That he didn’t even “deserve” to hear all the misery and mutual accusations his parents unloaded on him. Nor did he “deserve” Hagar’s vengeance. But why shouldn’t his parents tell him their personal problems? If not him, then who? And if a stranger could try to kill him, surely Hagar, who knew him and whom he’d thrown away like a wad of chewing gum after the flavor was gone—she had a right to try to kill him too.

Apparently he thought he deserved only to be loved—from a distance, though—and given what he wanted. And in return he would…what? Pleasant? Generous? Maybe all he was really saying was: I am not responsible for your pain; share your happiness with me but not your unhappiness.

CHAPTER 12

Milkman smiled, remembering Pilate. Hundreds of miles away, he was homesick for her, for her house, for the very people he had been hell-bent to leave. His mother’s quiet, crooked, apologetic smile. Her hopeless helplessness in the kitchen. The best years of her life, from age twenty to forty, had been celibate, and aside from the consummation that began his own life, the rest of her life had been the same. He hadn’t thought much of it when she’d told him, but now it seemed to him that such sexual deprivation would affect her, hurt her in precisely the way it would affect and hurt him. If it were possible for somebody to force him to live that way, to tell him, “You may walk and live among women, you may even lust after them, but you will not make love for the next twenty years,” how would he feel? What would he do? Would he continue as he was? And suppose he were married and his wife refused him for fifteen years. His mother had been able to live through that by a long nursing of her son, some occasional visits to a graveyard. What might she have been like had her husband loved her?

And his father. An old man now, who acquired things and used people to acquire more things. As the son of Macon Dead the first, he paid homage to his own father’s life and death by loving what that father had loved: property, good solid property, the bountifulness of life. He loved these things to excess because he loved his father to excess. Owning, building, acquiring–that was his life, his future, his present, and all the history he knew. That he distorted life, bent it, for the sake of gain, was a measure of his loss at his father’s death.

As Milkman watched the children, he began to feel uncomfortable. Hating his parents, his sisters, seemed silly now. And the skim of shame that he had rinsed away in the bathwater after having stolen from Pilate returned. But now it was as thick and as tight as a caul. How could he have broken into that house–the only one he knew that achieved comfort without one article of comfort in it. No soft worn-down chair, not a cushion or a pillow. No light switch, no water running free and clear after a turn of a tap handle. No napkins, no tablecloth. No fluted plates or flowered cups, no circle of blue flame burning in a stove eye. But peace was there, energy, singing, and now his own remembrances.

CHAPTER 13

“You think because he doesn’t love you that you are worthless. You think because he doesn’t want you anymore that he is right–that his judgment and opinion of you are correct. If he throws you out, then you are garbage. You think he belongs to you because you want to belong to him. Hagar, don’t. It’s a bad word, ‘belong.’ Especially when you put it with somebody you love. Love shouldn’t be like that. Did you ever see the way the clouds love a mountain? They circle all around it; sometimes you can’t even see the mountain for the clouds. But you know what? You go up top and what do you see? His head. The clouds never cover the head. His head pokes through, because the clouds let him; they don’t wrap him up. They let him keep his head up high, free, with nothing to hide him or bind him. Hear me, Hagar?” He spoke to her as he would to a very young child. “You can’t own a human being. You can’t lose what you don’t own. Suppose you did own him. Could you really love somebody who was absolutely nobody without you? You really want somebody like that? Somebody who falls apart when you walk out the door? You don’t, do you? And neither does he. You’re turning over your whole life to him. Your whole life, girl. And if it means so little to you that you can just give it away, hand it to him, then why should it mean any more to him? He can’t value you more than you value yourself.”

_

question: Summarize everyone who is trying to kill the narrator.

text: The answer leaves out several people who are trying to kill the narrator.

answer: The narrator's father tried to kill him while he was still in his mother's stomach. A woman tries to kill him every month. A witch tries to kill him. Some bats drive him out of a cave. A black man tries to kill him.

text: The bats are not trying to kill him.

text: It is omitted that the black man is Guitar.

text: The bats are not trying to kill the narrator.

text: The response is missing the part about Hagar trying to kill the narrator.

text: It is not stated that the bats tried to kill him.

text: "The narrator's father tried to kill him while he was still in his mother's stomach." - this is inaccurate. It was the narrator's grandfather who tried to kill his father while he was still in his mother's stomach. Replace with "Hagar, his sister, is trying to kill him."

text: Hagar comes after the narrator for not loving her and reclaiming her.

text: The bats are not trying to kill him.

answer: According to the narrator, his father tried to kill him before he was born, and a witch from his nightmares tried to kill him. A woman tries to kill him every month, and someone pulled a knife at him at a store. Even some bats tried to kill him in a cave.

text: The answer should mention that the narrator is Milkman.

text: It is omitted that Hagar is also trying to kill him.

text: It is omitted that the woman is Hagar.

text: It's omitted that a man named Guitar is also after him.

text: The answer omits the fact that Hagar is also trying to kill the narrator.

text: It is omitted that the man who pulled a knife on Milkman was Guitar.

text: Remove the repetition of 'the narrator'

answer: According to the narrator, his father tried to kill him before he was born, and a witch from his nightmares tried to kill him. Even some bats tried to kill him in a cave.

text: The answer omits Hagar.

text: The answer omits the woman who comes to kill him every month.

text: It is omitted that a woman is trying to kill him every month.

text: The answer omits that Hagar, who is in love with the narrator, is also trying to kill him.

text: The answer omits Hagar, who is also after the narrator.

text: Does not mention Hagar.

text: a woman who came every month to kill him an African pioneer

text: It is omitted that a black man tried to kill him

answer: The narrator's father tried to kill him while he was still in his mother's stomach. A woman tries to kill him every month. A witch tries to kill him. Some bats drive him out of a cave. A black man tries to kill him.


text:
Nameless
“Hey, Green Brown!” A familiar voice called to me from the other side of the door. Quickly, I wiped my teary eyes and shakily stood up from my fetal position. I peered through the peephole. “Wanna let me in?” I recognized the voice as my best friend Blue Orange’s, and the face standing on the other side of the door confirmed it.

Blue Orange and I had first become friends around a year before, when I got a job at the local news station. I was new to the workforce, barely 22. I was the head writer and she was stuck being an assistant, despite having worked at the station for several years more than I had. She was the first person I met, the first person to introduce me.

Oh, and there’s one thing I forgot to mention. I am completely in love with her. We could never happen though, she’s hetero and I’m homo. She knows I’m homo, but she’ll never know my feelings for her.

I opened the door slowly, still sniffling.

“She hurt you pretty bad, huh?” I nodded, not trusting myself to say anything. She caged me in her arms, shushing me. “It’ll be alright. You’ll get through this. We’ll get through this.”

She straightened, placing her hands on my shoulders.

“Hey, how do you feel about a girls’ night out?” She asked. I looked at her dolefully. “Hey, it’ll be fun!” She attempted again. I kept staring. “C’mon! You can’t just stay inside and mope forever.”
“Who says?” I responded, but I knew she had won the fight.

She skipped ahead to my bedroom, pulling me along.

“Ugh, we have got to go shopping together more.” She said, picking out a way-too-big sweater with a cheesy logo beginning to fade. Blue Orange gave me a look of disgust. “Seriously, who let you get this?” I rolled my eyes, smiling slightly.

She picked out a tight red dress from my closet.  “Ooh, I like this one.” She said, wiggling her eyebrows. I let out a giggle.

“Sure, go ahead. I’m too skinny for it anyway.” I shrugged.

“Aww, c’mon hun, you’re gorgeous. You just need to start finishing your Rations.” She smiled.

I rolled my eyes. “We all know those don’t really make you healthier.”

“That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t eat them.” She said, her tone almost motherly.

“Fine.” I sighed.

A few seconds went by as she searched through my closet for something to wear.

“Heey, how about this one?” She pulled out a shimmery golden dress that poofed out at the waist. “I think it’ll look cute!” I took the dress carefully from her hands, shrugging.

“Sure.” I told her.

2 hours later, we were ready. Keep in mind, the whole time we were giggling and messing up each others’ makeup.

Blue Orange was about to open the door when I grabbed her arm.

“I’m not sure I really want to do this. We had enough fun just getting ready, can’t we just order a snack and stay in?”

“C’mon.” She responded and tugged me out the door.

“Okay, so we’re gonna meet Blue Black at the George Fountain and then head to the First Club. Sound good? Okay! Let’s go!” She said enthusiastically.

“I thought you said this was going to be just us.” I said, disappointed for more reasons than she knew.

“C’mon, he wanted to come.” She replied. “He won’t be any bother, I promise.”

“Fine.” I sighed, not really fine, but not wanting to make a big deal of it.

Grabbing my wrist, she tugged me out the door, almost forcefully. We went out into the hallway and rang for the lifter. Of course, being one of the youngest residents of the building, I am on the top floor. “BUSY” A sign flicked on above the elevator, responding to our ring. We would either have to wait for the lifter to climb the 25 floors to reach us, or we’d have to descend manually. Curse you, Age-Elevation system!

Not to be brought down from her happiness, Blue Orange smiled at me.

“Let’s just take the bumpers, okay nerd?” She smiled at me affectionately.

I hated the word nerd. It reminded me of my ex-girlfriend. She used to abhor the word, because she said it was really an insult. She always talked about words and language with such a pretentious tone, like she knew everything. I hated that about her. But that was over now. Nerd was just a word, she was just a person.

Blue Orange saw the flicker of pain in my eyes. She always knew how I really felt. “I’m sorry hon. I forgot-” She put her hand tenderly on my shoulder.

“It’s okay.” I flashed her a small smile. Her hand on my shoulder comforted me.

We took the bumpers to the bottom floor.

The sunlight beamed down on me harshly. I blinked quickly, squinting.

“Not used to the sunlight, huh nerd?” She joked, heading to a-

“Wow! How did you manage to get a Wheeler?” I asked her wonderingly. She grinned.

“I applied, and they said that I had enough activities and places I have to be that are far off that  I needed a more advanced vehicle than a bicycle.” I shrieked excitedly. She opened the Wheeler door for me, bowing. I giggled, climbing in.

“I’m still learning to drive this thing,” she smiled at me, “so watch out!” I laughed, giddiness beginning to set in. Maybe this could be fun. Maybe I could be happy again, even after-

No. I was going to be happy. No more thoughts of her.

Before I knew it, we were at the George Fountain. As usual, there was a tour guide explaining the story of the George Fountain.

George founded our Community, and thus became the last George. He was also the one who founded our One-Name system, in an attempt to eliminate overpopulation. The way it works is that parents have to apply for a name before having their child. They have to have the name approved before they can conceive the child. If not, the child will be killed at birth. Somehow, though, murder wasn’t a big deal. “Cruel But Necessary” goes the slogan.

Blue Orange parked the Wheeler and we got out, searching for Blue Black.

“There he is!” Blue Orange shouted, waving. We headed down to where Blue Black was staring distractedly at Toy-O-Rama, a kids’ toy shop.

“Hey loser.” She said affectionately. He turned his head and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

“Hey love.” He told her. “You ready? Let’s have some fun!” He said, turning to me. I gave him a fake smile and we headed off to the First Club.

We paid the guard at the entrance 20 ent and headed in to the loud, pounding music and masses of people.

“I’ll get us some drinks.” Blue Black told us. I was about to head off with him when Blue Orange pulled her dress down and I got sidetracked by her cleavage.

“O..Ok.” I said.

“C’mon, let’s dance, nerd.” Blue Orange told me, and I snapped out of my brief distraction.

And we danced, and danced, and danced. Feet tiring but never complaining, bodies sweating, but not wanting to stop unless the beat stopped thumping. Drink after drink we consumed, until I couldn’t see straight.

“Okay, we should probably get you out of here now.” Blue Orange giggled. I didn’t have enough brain power to think for myself, so I said yes.

I staggered out, Blue Black and Blue Orange supporting me on either side, and they led me forward, heading towards…

“Wait, this isn’t the right way home?” I slurred.

And we were stopped. In a dark place, that I didn’t recognize.

“Don’t worry, we’re just taking a pit stop. This one’s gotta go.” She made a funny face and gestured toward Blue Black. I giggled.

“Hey, Perfidi, can you- Oh, shit.” Blue Black shouted, realizing his error too late. I giggled again.
“It’s okay; not like I’m gonna steeeaaal your name.” I garbled. “Perfiidiii. That’s a funny name.” I cracked up.

“I’m Ebibi.” Blue Black, well, Ebibi I guess, told me.

“I’m Elise. My mom was like, a psychic, and she like, guessed that the name would be available. It was crazyyyy.” I said to them.

And then I realized my mistake.

Oh no.

They were there, blocking my path. One on each side, each holding a knife.

“No, no, no!” I screamed at this mysterious girl named Perfidi. “I trusted you, I trusted you.”

“I’m sorry, Elise.”

I sprinted, shoving Ebibi out of the way harshly. I thought I heard a thud as he hit the ground, but I couldn’t tell.

And then I was running. Running away, my legs pushing. Faster, faster. I couldn’t afford to look back, I couldn’t slow down. I couldn’t turn around, I couldn’t see the face of my former best friend, the face of the girl I had loved. I should have known. I should have known. She was always talking about pregnancy, getting married, having a kid. I never should’ve told her my name. How did she even know it was a nice name? How could she have known? The questions plagued me, like locusts attacking my brain. But still, I kept running. A fun girls-night-out meant to distract me from my breakup had turned into the worst night of my life.

I should never have trusted her. How could I have trusted her?

I couldn’t stop to breathe, couldn’t stop, couldn’t stop.

Waves of panic came crashing down, panicking, panicking.

Tears poured down my face, pouring, pouring.

Tears, forming little rivers down my face, rivulets cascading down, down, down.

Tears, turning into scars, cutting into my face, cutting into my skin, cutting into my heart.

I was wounded, fragile. But I kept running.

I ran and ran and ran and ran and ran, my lungs pumping, adrenaline rushing, but I could feel myself slowing, tiring.

I couldn’t do it anymore. I couldn’t run. I was still too drunk, my feet still too clumsy. I stopped.

“Fine. Go ahead. Do it.” I cried to them. “Do it.”

“Ebibi-” Began Perfidi

“No. I want you to do it. I want Blue Orange to do it.” I told her.

She began to extend her knife, delicately pointing it outwards from her chest.

“I love you.” I said, stepping forward to kiss her. I felt the knife penetrate my chest, but I didn’t care.

The last thing I saw was her face, crying as she looked down at me.

“I’m sorry.” She said. “I love you too, Elise.”

A single tear dripped down her cheek.

~~~~~

A scream erupted from the Pregnancy Facility.

“What do you mean the name Elise is already taken!?” Screamed a lady, her eyes wide and feverish.

“I-I’m sorry ma’am, but there was a lady here just before you who took the name. She said a fortune teller told her that the name was going to-”

But the crazy lady was gone in a fury of slammed doors and people shoved out of the way.

Outside,  sobbed, her face pressed to the dirt.

“I guess I deserved this. I’m sorry, Elise.”

title: A Short Story I've been working on - Please comment! [MF]

question: Describe the relationship between Green Brown and Blue Orange.

text: The answer incorrectly mentions that Green Brown pursued Blue Orange. She actually knew it wouldn't work out because of their opposing sexual orientations.

answer: Green Brown and Blue Orange are friends who had met recently when Green Brown got a job at a news station. She became the head writer while Green Orange was stuck in her assistant role. Green Brown was secretly in love with her new friend and pursued her until she accepted a date. However, Blue Orange would support Green Brown and help her get over her recent breakup.

answer: They are best friends. Green Brown is in love with Blue Orange, but she is hetero.

text: The response should mention that Green Brown is a lesbian to better explain why they can't be together.

answer: They are best friends. Green Brown is in love with Blue Orange, but she is hetero.

text: "Green Brown is in love with Blue Orange, but she is hetero." - this is irrelevant and should be deleted.

text: The answer should mention that Blue Orange is completely unaware of Green Brown's feelings.

text: It's omitted that Blue Orange is supportive of Green Brown.

text: Add that Blue Orange is unaware of Green Brown's feelings.

text: "Hetero" is not a term Blue Orange uses to describe herself.

text: It's omitted that Blue Orange knows Green Brown is homo.

text: The second sentence is partially true

answer: Green Brown and Blue Orange are friends who had met recently when Green Brown got a job at a news station. She became the head writer while Green Orange was stuck in her assistant role. Green Brown was secretly in love with her new friend but knew it would never work because of their opposing sexual orientations. However, Blue Orange would support Green Brown and help her get over her recent breakup.

text: The second line is not necessary.

answer: Green Brown and Blue Orange are friends who had met recently when Green Brown got a job at a news station. She became the head writer while Green Orange was stuck in her assistant role. Green Brown was secretly in love with her new friend but knew it would never work because of their opposing sexual orientations. However, Blue Orange would support Green Brown and help her get over her recent breakup.

text: "Green Brown and Blue Orange are friends who had met recently when Green Brown got a job at a news station. She became the head writer while Green Orange was stuck in her assistant role. Green Brown was secretly in love with her new friend but knew it would never work because of their opposing sexual orientations. However, Blue Orange would support Green Brown and help her get over her recent breakup." - this is incorrect. Blue Orange is Green Brown's best friend.

text: "Green Orange" should be "Blue Orange".

text: "Green Orange" - replace with "Blue Orange"

text: "Green Brown" - change to "Green"

text: There is no evidence that Green Brown was stuck in her assistant role.

text: "Green Orange" is inaccurate.

text: The answer should mention that Green Brown keeps her feelings secret.

text: "She became the head writer while Green Orange was stuck in her assistant role." - this is incorrect. It was Blue Orange who got stuck in her assistant role.

answer: Green Brown and Blue Orange are friends who had met recently when Green Brown got a job at a news station. She became the head writer while Green Orange was stuck in her assistant role. Green Brown was secretly in love with her new friend and pursued her until she accepted a date. However, Blue Orange would support Green Brown and help her get over her recent breakup.

text: Green Brown is not in love with Blue Orange.

text: "Green Brown was secretly in love with her new friend and pursued her until she accepted a date. However, Blue Orange would support Green Brown and help her get over her recent breakup." - this is incorrect. Green Brown never pursued Blue Orange and Blue Orange never supported Green Brown. This should be removed.

text: Green Brown is not in love with Blue Orange, and Blue Orange is not in love with Green Brown.

text: "Green Brown was secretly in love with her new friend and pursued her until she accepted a date. However, Blue Orange would support Green Brown and help her get over her recent breakup." - this never happened. Green Brown never pursued Blue Orange or asked her out on a date. Blue Orange never helped Green Brown get over her recent breakup. This should be removed.

text: "Green Brown was secretly in love with her new friend and pursued her until she accepted a date. However, Blue Orange would support Green Brown and help her get over her recent breakup." - this is inaccurate. Blue Orange never knew about Green Brown's feelings and Green Brown never pursued her.

text: "Green Brown was secretly in love with her new friend and pursued her until she accepted a date. However, Blue Orange would support Green Brown and help her get over her recent breakup." - this is inaccurate and should be removed.

text: "Green Brown was secretly in love with her new friend and pursued her until she accepted a date. However, Blue Orange would support Green Brown and help her get over her recent breakup." - this is incorrect because Green Brown never pursued Blue Orange for a date and Blue Orange never helped Green Brown get over her recent breakup.

text: The information about the opposite-sex relationship is made up.