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Sales bested 2017’s 17% increase over Labor Day, according to Edison Trends, despite Trump’s protests of the campaign

The Nike ad starring Colin Kaepernick does not appear to have adversely affected sales, an analyst said on Saturday.

According to Edison Trends, a digital commerce research company: “Nike sales grew 31% from Sunday through Tuesday over Labor Day this year, besting 2017’s comparative 17% increase.”

The sportswear giant released the first version of its ad on Monday, the Labor Day holiday. It featured the quarterback and the slogan: “Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything. Just do it.”

Kaepernick, 30, has been without a team since opting out of his San Francisco 49ers contract in March 2017. In 2016 he was an originator of protests by NFL players, targeting racial injustice and police brutality, which often involve kneeling during the pre-game playing of the national anthem.

Donald Trump has made the protests a key part of his appeal to his base, arguing that the players are disrespecting the anthem, the US flag and the military.

On Tuesday, the president told the rightwing website Daily Caller: “I think it’s a terrible message that [Nike] are sending and the purpose of them doing it, maybe there’s a reason for them doing it. But I think as far as sending a message, I think it’s a terrible message and a message that shouldn’t be sent. There’s no reason for it.”

He also said Nike paid him “a lot of rent” in New York and admitted that the protests and the Nike ad were “in another way … what this country is all about, that you have certain freedoms to do things that other people think you shouldn’t do”.

“But I personally am on a different side of it,” Trump said.

In the following days, the president pursued the issue via Twitter. On Wednesday, he wrote: “Just like the NFL, whose ratings have gone WAY DOWN, Nike is getting absolutely killed with anger and boycotts. I wonder if they had any idea that it would be this way? As far as the NFL is concerned, I just find it hard to watch, and always will, until they stand for the FLAG!”

Trump did not supply evidence for his claim of “anger and boycotts” but opposition to the company’s move was expressed widely and in some instances creatively on social media.

On Friday, the morning after the full version of the Nike ad played during the Philadelphia Eagles v Atlanta Falcons NFL season opener, the president asked: “What was Nike thinking?”

Nike releases full ad featuring Colin Kaepernick - video
Edison Trends’ analysis suggested the company will be thinking its gambit has worked, allowing it to surf familiar controversy and create a “Trump bump” all of its own.

“Nike’s 2018 late summer sales show much the same trend as last year’s,” the company wrote, “with order volume decreasing slightly going into late August. The similarity decreases coming out of Labor Day weekend, however, with sales seeing a bigger bump on Monday and Tuesday than in the past.”

Edison Trends said its analysis was based on “anonymised and aggregated e-receipts from more than 3 million consumers”.

The NFL has not resolved how to respond to or govern the protests, which were widely discussed again on Thursday after Eagles defensive end Michael Bennett sat down before the anthem had finished.

In July, in an open letter to league owners, the NBA great and Guardian sports columnist Kareem Abdul Jabbar wrote: “It’s been two years since Colin Kaepernick first took a knee to protest systemic racial injustice, especially police brutality, against people of color.

“The worst thing about that isn’t that two years later we’re still debating whether players have the right to protest, it’s that not much has changed regarding what Kaepernick was protesting.”

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

Summarize the arguments against Kaepernick.

answer: Donald Trump has made the protests a key part of his appeal to his base, arguing that the players are disrespecting the anthem, the US flag, and the military.

text: The article doesn't mention any arguments specifically against Kaepernick.

refinement: Donald Trump has made the protests a key part of his appeal to his base, arguing that the players are disrespecting the anthem, the US flag, and the military. However, the article doesn't mention any arguments specifically against Kaepernick.

answer: Trump states that Kaepernick is disrespecting the anthem, the US flag and the military.

answer: Trump states that Kaepernick is disrespecting the anthem, the US flag and the military by kneeling during the pre-game playing of the national anthem.

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

What does the article say about the effects of Kaepernick's protests?

answer: The article states that Nike sales went up by 31% during Labor Day weekend, despite Trump's protests. The analyst that is quoted believes that Nike's sales will continue to grow. However, Trump believes that Nike has sent a terrible message to the country.

text: The answer is completely irrelevant to the question. The answer should mention Kaepernick's protest and how they developed since then.

refinement: It has been two years since Kaepernick kneeled before a game to protest racial injustice and police brutality. While the protests are ongoing, there's still debate whether the players have a right to do so - even worse, the broader problems didn't improve.

answer: According to Edison Trends, Nike sales went up 31% after their ads featuring Kaepernick. Trump has been critical of the protests, arguing that they are disrespectful towards the anthem, flag, and military. Despite this, Nike's sales have not been negatively affected.

answer: The article states that Nike sales went up by 31% during Labor Day weekend, despite Trump's protests. The analyst that is quoted believes that Nike's sales will continue to grow. However, Trump believes that Nike has sent a terrible message to the country.

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

What does the article say about ways to resolve racial injustice and police brutality?

answer: No answer

answer: No answer


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THE THIRD ARM OF KILIMANJARO

(This concept was originally developed in detail by Marshall T. Savage in his book, "The Millennial Project". By no means am I claiming his works as my own. I respect his creation and wanted to incorporate this part of it into my ongoing tale.)

A public works project had begun in Tanzania on Mt. Kilimanjaro. To the press it had been dubbed a water and energy reclamation experiment, and to the water impoverished nations of Africa they didn't question it too loudly. Why question something that would bring thousands of jobs and clean water to the stricken center of the continent, and let's not forget millions, (perhaps billions if you could really dig into the books and ferret out all the nickels and dimes) of dollars of industry? On the surface, the construct did exactly what it said. There were no lies told. The engineers had built vast sluices to harness and channel the melt from the heavy snows that had been steadily increasing at the peak of the volcano. "This increase in snowfall was an effect of the changing climate brought about by human influence on global temperatures", a few interest groups were shouting at the top of their lungs, "and we should be devoting energies to stem the changes and not just blindly take advantage of them!" They shouted, but no one was listening. Besides, the extra snowfall handled and distributed by what became known as the Kilimanjaro Resource Reclamation Project jointly managed by the central African countries, the US, and after a fashion, the UK, revitalized one of the most impoverished areas on Earth.

The three gargantuan sluices were evenly distributed around the circumference on the mountain's even-sloped rise, and from there each of the three bases branched out to smaller and smaller distribution channels like tree roots, (but moving water in the opposite direction) to the surrounding areas. Using the support pylons for the sluices as foundations, massive turbines were constructed creating wind farms, some classic propeller driven, a few using a new air-compressed turbine technology. With these farms, vast amounts of energy was produced and distributed along the water pipelines. With one well engineered stroke, the project cured much of the strife in Africa bringing water, energy, jobs, and outside interest to the nations. That outside interest being tourism of course, the universal income maker. With the violent rebellions dying down, and much of the varied countries slowly but surely working their way through peace talks and economic summits, the central African countries became a new and fresh tourist destination, bringing even more money to the table.

It was quite a generous act from the First World, again, on the surface. But, does it really matter after that? With all of the good the project had brought to millions of people, did the underlying reasons detract from the gesture? Much of the grand gestures in history had one hand giving and the other taking, and sometimes the price of what was taken was monumental and horrific. From where I sit here in the Salt Flats, I wonder.

You see, two of the sluices were just that: water collectors. They were labeled the  Kilimanjaro First and Second Arms respectively, or K1A and K2A. The third, which happened to be built directly parallel to the equator, was much larger than the other two, (and had an exponentially larger amount of security than the other two), housed a secret. There was indeed a water reclamation facility built there, (there were no overt lies spoken, remember), it just had one more pathway built into it that was never meant to be touched by water,
And just a small fraction of the energy created by the wind farms were diverted to this facility to power it. Knowing that the facility would eventually have to be revealed, the right amount of money had been exchanged to the right hands, (certain heads of the African nations, and as always, the press) to keep the project quiet, but be a loud and positive supporter when the time came for the unveiling.

Housed under this third arm was a thirty mile long set of rails. There was a subtle opening at the peak of the mountain that was the exit for the projected launch vehicle. The passage was essentially a gun, a "rail gun" apparatus first imagined by French inventor Louis Octave Fauchon-Villeplee in 1918.  It was a device that, using two parallel conductive rails that were fed an electromagnetic current in a pulse traveling the length of the barrel, could accelerate an object at extremely high velocity, no chemical propellant required.

The setting of Kilimanjaro had been ideal for a couple of reasons: the long slope stretching up from the flat plain was a perfect platform to build the rail, and it's closeness to the equator. The long slope allowed for minimum construction (and minimum visibility from the outside world) to set the shape of the track. The extra benefit of the height of the mountain meant that the catapulted object would make it quite a ways up in elevation before it even left the track, meaning less energy spent. The location along the equator was ideal in that anything launched would require minimal adjustments once in orbit to attain a geosynchronicity circling the planet, or to orbital trajectories further out, say. It was these outbound trajectories that were important for the second stage of the project. The third stage would change the world.

Once the rail, dubbed the Kilimanjaro Third Arm Launch Facility (or K3ALF for a slightly less unwieldy title) had been finished, there was a massive marketing push to popularize it and as always, it was easier to ask for forgiveness after the fact than for the initial permissions. After a few test runs; the brave astronautical test pilot's proud and triumphant (widely broadcast across the internet and televisions of the world) flight, not to forget his grinning mug, (also widely broadcast) telling the citizens just how beautiful their small blue world was from where he sat and that humanity should get over their petty squabbles, blah blah blah, and the usual insertion or two of new commercial satellites, (to pay for the previous' advertising), the project was much lauded for it's forward thinking and advancement of Mankind. Once the launch facility was fully operational, it was not unusual to hear the distant thunder from a bullet-shaped vehicle hitting multiple times the speed of sound and leaving nothing but a vapor contrail and a wide cloud halo around the peak of the slumbering volcano.

The third phase began with renewed landings on Earth's lonely companion, the Moon. And at the beginning of the new year, a permanent facility had been constructed in the Copernicus crater that utilized the sloping wall along with the relative flatness of it's basin, (in a slightly funhouse mirror image) to build a smaller sister version of the Kilimanjaro launch rail for the benefit of propelling craft on their return trip to Terra Firma. The public was told that the construction in Copernicus, (named the Arthur C. Clarke Platform; it wasn't in Clavius or the Tycho Crater but the name was fitting, and no one objected to honoring the famous co-author of "2001 - A Space Odyssey") would be primarily used to explore the lunar surface, research into the rocky terrain for the possibilities of future mineral prospects, and mainly; mankind's first proper foothold into space proper, where the foundation of exploration to the outer reaches of the solar system would begin.

These things were all true; proper and successful lies are always obfuscated in a web of truth. As it had been since the beginning of the massive project, there were no lies told. It was what went by unsaid that paid for all in the end. Ironically, this venture having been covered up until it was ready at K3ALF by the publics works programs was in turn a cover for the real strategy, a plan that only a handful of people outside the project were aware of.  Even the majority of the crews at the Arthur C. Clarke site were unaware of what they were a part of and if they were told, they probably wouldn't have believed it anyway.

(6/16/16)

title: [SP] The Third Arm of Kilimanjaro

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

What was the main aim of the public works (Kilimanjaro Resource Reclamation) that were set up in Tanzania?

answer: The main aim of the public works was to bring clean water and energy to the center of Africa.

answer: The main aim of the public works was to bring clean water to the center of Africa.

answer: To provide jobs and clean water to the water-poor nations of Africa.


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On Saturday, the University District near Queen’s University was crowded with students as they celebrated St. Patrick’s Day.

In the wake of the COVID-19 spread in Canada, Queen’s, KFL&A Public Health and Kingston Police warned students not to attend the street parties and to stay away from large gatherings in order to stop the spread of the virus.

“We’re hoping that the message we are pushing out through ourselves [Kingston Police], the City of Kingston, Queen’s University and KFL&A Public Health, does get to some of the people — that it is not worth a party on St. Patrick’s Day to put yourself and, even more importantly, others, at risk,” said Sgt. Steve Koopman last week.

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Dr. Kieran Moore, Kingston’s Medical Officer of Health, told Global News on Saturday morning that there are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Kingston area. He said last week that as a collective group, we need to be cautious of the impact St. Patrick’s Day will have on the health-care system.

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“We often see 100 patients extra a day in our emergency departments (related to St. Patrick’s Day). When we are trying to ramp up our services for COVID-19 and prepare the health system for any potential impact, now is not the time to be socially irresponsible,” said Dr. Moore last week.

Queen’s University’s COVID-19 special advisor, Dr. David Walker, told Global News’ Bill Hutchins in a sit-down interview last week that it would be unreasonable to think that there would be no St. Patrick’s Day celebrations but urged students to be thoughtful and very cautious as they may pose a risk to those with respiratory illnesses.

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  Last week, Kingston Police, Public Health and Queen’s University urged students not to attend St. Patricks Day parties. Today, the university district streets are filled with students- many telling me they aren't afraid of COVID-19. @CKWS_TV #ygk pic.twitter.com/5ZPQlUl9fk

  — Kraig Krause (@KrauseKraig) March 14, 2020

KFL&A Public Health posted to social media and on its website that the decisions made by those participating in the St. Patrick’s Day party could have an impact on the limited resources and overwhelming pressures of local emergency rooms during the COVID-19 situation.

“You might end up with more than a hangover. If you over consume or get hurt, you may require emergency care. This threatens to overwhelm our first responders and our emergency rooms during a time of increased screening and testing for COVID-19,” posted to KFL&A Public Healths website.

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Queen’s students asked not to gather for St. Patrick’s Day street parties – Mar 12, 2020

When students and partiers were asked if they are worried that being in a large gathering could potentially spread the virus, many said they were not afraid and were willing to take the risk.

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“I’m from Scotland. I’ve travelled 3,000 miles, and obviously, the fact that the virus is happening is not going to stop me from getting steaming [drunk],” said Cam, who wouldn’t provide his last name.

Not all students were mingling in the large crowd. Sam Levy told Global News that he is taking many of the advised precautions and chose to come down from his dorm to watch the party from a distance with his friends.

“I’m not touching people, staying away from large crowds. I’m not trying to be party pooper — if you want to go out, go out — but it’s better to be safe than sorry in this case,” said Levy.

On Saturday, a COVID-19 assessment centre opened at Hotel Dieu’s St. Joseph ‘s Building. A sign on the front door reads that you will only be tested for the virus if you meet specific testing criteria set by Public Health Ontario.

The list includes:

-   Symptomatic contacts of confirmed cases of COVID-19.
-   Individuals requiring hospital admission with respiratory illness.
-   Healthcare workers with respiratory illness.
-   Residents of long term care or retirement homes who have a new respiratory illness.
-   First Nations Community members living on-reserve with respiratory illness.

The centre is open daily from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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question: What event are people celebrating?

answer: St. Patrick's Day.

answer: St. Patrick's Day

answer: People are celebrating St. Patrick's Day.

answer: People are celebrating St. Patrick's Day.

question: Why are some people worried?

answer: People are worried about spreading COVID-19.

answer: The virus is spread through respiratory contact.

text: This doesn't answer the question. Some people are worried due to the virus.

refinement: Some people are worried because of the virus.

answer: Some people are worried because they are afraid of the virus.

answer: Some people are worried about the spread of COVID-19, as it could overwhelm the health-care system during the current outbreak.

question: Where does this news story take place?

answer: The news story takes place in the University District near Queen's University.

text: Canada should be included in this answer.

refinement: The news story takes place in the University District near Queen's University in Canada.

answer: This news story takes place at Queen's University in Canada.

answer: The University District near Queen's University

text: Canada should be included in the answer.

refinement: The University District near Queen's University in Canada.

answer: The University District near Queen's University.

text: Canada should be included in the answer.

refinement: The University District near Queen's University in Canada.

question: Were most people afraid of spreading the virus?

answer: Most people were not afraid of spreading the virus.

text: It would be more accurate to say "it seems" most people were not afraid because this answer isn't said directly in the article.

refinement: It seems that most people were not afraid of spreading the virus.

answer: Based on the information in the passage, it seems that most people were not afraid of spreading the virus, despite warnings from public health officials. Many students were seen mingling in large crowds and some even said they were not afraid of catching COVID-19.

text: "many said they were not afraid and were willing to take the risk" supports the answer.

answer: No, most people were not afraid and wanted to take the risk.

text: It would be more accurate to say "it seems" most people were not afraid because this answer isn't said directly in the article.

refinement: No, it seems that most people were not afraid and wanted to take the risk.

answer: No, most people were not afraid of spreading the virus.

text: It would be more accurate to say "it seems" most people were not afraid because this answer isn't said directly in the article.

refinement: No, it seems that most people were not afraid of spreading the virus.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This news story covers the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in Queen's University Canada. Many people wanted to go out and party, rather than follow instructions to restrict the spread of the virus.

text: Include St.Patrick's Day, as the article mentions it several times.

refinement: This news story covers the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in Queen's University Canada. Many people wanted to go out and party for St.Patrick's Day, rather than follow instructions to restrict the spread of the virus.

answer: Queen's University and local health officials are urging students to avoid large gatherings on St. Patrick's Day, as the COVID-19 virus continues to spread in Canada. A COVID-19 assessment centre has opened at Hotel Dieu's St. Joseph's Building, where those who meet specific criteria can be tested for the virus.

text: This summary should be in past tense.

refinement: Queen's University and local health officials were urging students to avoid large gatherings on St. Patrick's Day at the time of the article, as the COVID-19 virus continued to spread in Canada. A COVID-19 assessment center had opened at Hotel Dieu's St. Joseph's Building, where those who met specific criteria could be tested for the virus.

text: It would be important to say that many people were saying they weren't afraid of COVID-19, and just wanted to party for the holiday than mention the assessment center.

refinement: Queen's University and local health officials were urging students to avoid large gatherings on St. Patrick's Day at the time of the article, as the COVID-19 virus continued to spread in Canada. However, many people were saying they weren't afraid of COVID-19, and just wanted to party for the holiday.

answer: Queen's University's COVID-19 special advisor, Dr. David Walker, told Global News' Bill Hutchins in a sit-down interview last week that it would be unreasonable to think that there would be no St. Patrick's Day celebrations but urged students to be thoughtful and very cautious as they may pose a risk to those with respiratory illnesses.

text: There should be mention of Canada.

refinement: In Canada, Queen's University's COVID-19 special advisor, Dr. David Walker, told Global News' Bill Hutchins in a sit-down interview last week that it would be unreasonable to think that there would be no St. Patrick's Day celebrations but urged students to be thoughtful and very cautious as they may pose a risk to those with respiratory illnesses.

text: It's omitted that partying is being discouraged due to the virus.

refinement: In Canada, Queen's University's COVID-19 special advisor, Dr. David Walker, told Global News' Bill Hutchins in a sit-down interview last week that it would be unreasonable to think that there would be no St. Patrick's Day celebrations but urged students to be thoughtful and very cautious as they may pose a risk to those with respiratory illnesses. Despite partying being discouraged due to the virus,

text: It's omitted that many are unafraid of the virus and would prefer to party on the holiday.

refinement: In Canada, Queen's University's COVID-19 special advisor, Dr. David Walker, told Global News' Bill Hutchins in a sit-down interview last week that it would be unreasonable to think that there would be no St. Patrick's Day celebrations but urged students to be thoughtful and very cautious as they may pose a risk to those with respiratory illnesses. Despite partying being discouraged due to the virus, many were unafraid of the virus and would prefer to party regardless on the holiday.

text: This summary should be in past tense.

refinement: In Canada, Queen's University's COVID-19 special advisor, Dr. David Walker, told Global News' Bill Hutchins in a sit-down interview around the time of the article that it would be unreasonable to think that there would be no St. Patrick's Day celebrations but urged students to be thoughtful and very cautious as they may pose a risk to those with respiratory illnesses. Despite partying being discouraged due to the virus, many were unafraid of the virus and preferred to party regardless on the holiday.

answer: The article discusses the spread of the COVID-19 virus in Canada and the precautions being taken to prevent its spread. The article also discusses the precautions being taken by Queen's University and Kingston Police to prevent the spread of the virus.

text: The first sentence is redundant, and the article is more about the virus in the University area than Canada as a whole.

refinement: The article also discusses the precautions being taken by Queen's University and Kingston Police to prevent the spread of the virus.

text: It's omitted that the precautions are being discussed due to people wanting to party on St. Patrick's Day.

refinement: The article also discusses the precautions being taken by Queen's University and Kingston Police to prevent the spread of the virus as people were preparing to party for St. Patrick's Day.

text: People's lack of fear and preference to party is omitted.

refinement: The article also discusses the precautions being taken by Queen's University and Kingston Police to prevent the spread of the virus as people were preparing to party for St. Patrick's Day. Despite the risks, many people were unafraid of the virus and preferred to party instead.

text: Canada should be mentioned.

refinement: The article discusses the precautions being taken by Queen's University and Kingston Police in Canada to prevent the spread of the virus as people were preparing to party for St. Patrick's Day. Despite the risks, many people were unafraid of the virus and preferred to party instead.


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At 10 PM Hunter was on his way to another graveyard shift of monitoring the Distant Detection Array as he always does. Tonight started like any other, Hunter was prepared for another uneventful night of watching nothing happen on the monitors. When he showed up at the observation wing of the base, Hunter expressed his disinterest for his assignment to the attending officer as he always does. He thinks his job is a waste of time and resources. He is dresses in full uniform, has to have a special security clearance and works in a secret area of a heavily guarded military facility ... all to look at a wall of monitors that tell him the universe looks normal.

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"Why use the most expensive telescopes humanity has ever built to look for something we don't even think exists?" is his usual complaint. Every officer at the base has heard this at least a dozen times, however they remind Hunter that orders are orders and insist that Hunter shouldn't complain about being given such a simple job. His only responsibility is to report unusual feedback from telescopes and sensors, if anything unusual ever comes through. He knows the Array is really being used to look for signs of an incoming attack from an extraterrestrial race and not to monitor supernova candidate stars, which is what the public is told. "The big wigs have been watching too many space operas" Hunter would say to anyone who would listen.

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At this point humanity has not even found definitive proof of life outside of our solar system, much less signs of intelligence. The closest we have seen is a rocky planet with nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide in its atmosphere. Hunter knew that the atmosphere of this planet was mostly oxygen with relatively small amounts of the other gasses, so if a living creature there tried to use fire the entire planet would ignite. Anything living there would be stuck in the stone age.

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Despite his skepticism, Hunter takes over monitor duty at 11 PM as he always does. At 1:07 PM some of the sensors start to detect something in a pocket of seemingly empty space about 17 light years away. One sensor detects an emission of gamma rays, another one detected x rays. This caught Hunter's attention as it is unusual for an area of empty space to emit such radiation. Hunter decided to take a look at the area with telescopes. He sent instructions an an infrared, visible light, and a radio telescope to survey the area. He was perplexed that both of them showed absolutely nothing even though the radiation levels were reaching levels that were theorized to be the upper limit of what the most powerful stars could emit. Because the telescopes couldn't see anything, Hunter was looking at data that told him a massive amount of radiation was either appearing out of nothing, or leaking into our universe. Hunter decoded that he would restart the sensors and receiving satellites to try and make sure these weren't false readings.

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As he was waiting for the sensors to come back on, the infrared telescope he pointed at the area gave an alert. It had detected a momentary spike and drop to normal of heat in the area, which did not match the ever increasing readings from the other sensors. Hunter hoped the sensors would come back on, show nothing, and he could submit a simple sensor anomaly report to his superiors. These hopes were crushed when the sensors started returning information again. Not only did they pick up the radiation again, they were maxed out. Hunter couldn't believe it. He stared in awe, unable to come up with any explanation for what was going on in front of his eyes. Moments later, all the telescopes started giving alerts. The visible light telescope detected light levels akin to a supernova 100 light years away. The radio telescope was showing what could best be described as trying to broadcast every radio station from one antenna. The infrared telescope was telling him that this area of space, empty a few minutes ago, was engulfed in flames.

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Then it all stopped. Everything observing the anomaly stopped transmitting data. Hunter thought it was an issue with the receiving satellites, however a check revealed they were functioning properly. He tried restarting the sensors and telescopes, but simply could not get any data from them. Hunter decided this was unusual enough to report to the officers and senior scientists at the base.

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He called an emergency meeting, having to wake up generals, astronomers, and physicists in the middle of the night. He thought that his news wouldn't be well received at such a time, however his training told him to go through with the protocol right away. After everyone had been assembled and lots of coffee had been consumed, hunter began to present the data and his recollection of the events. He was surprised as the others began to look horrified.

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One of the generals pointed at Hunter and said "Just to be clear son, you can never tell anyone outside this room what you just told us". He then excused hunter from his post, and told him that he would file his honorable discharge papers immediately if Hunter wished to leave the force. "Did I just detect something from out of this world?" Hunter asked the general, to which one of the physicists replied in a solemn tone "Out of this universe".

title: [SF] Far Sight Lost

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

What does the story say about how Hunter felt about his job?

answer: Hunter expressed his disinterest for his assignment to the attending officer as he always does. He thinks his job is a waste of time and resources. He is dressed in full uniform, has to have a special security clearance and works in a secret area of a heavily guarded military facility.

text: The answer should mention why Hunter thinks his job is a waste of resources.

refinement: Hunter expressed his disinterest for his assignment to the attending officer as he always does. He thinks his job is a waste of time and resources. He is dressed in full uniform, has to have a special security clearance and works in a secret area of a heavily guarded military facility. All that just to look at a series of monitors connected to the most expensive telescopes ever showing nothing.

text: "disinterest for..." should be "disinterest in..."

refinement: Hunter expressed his disinterest in his assignment to the attending officer as he always does. He thinks his job is a waste of time and resources. He is dressed in full uniform, has to have a special security clearance and works in a secret area of a heavily guarded military facility. All that just to look at a series of monitors connected to the most expensive telescopes ever showing nothing.

text: An Oxford comma is missing in the third sentence.

refinement: Hunter expressed his disinterest in his assignment to the attending officer as he always does. He thinks his job is a waste of time and resources. He is dressed in full uniform, has to have a special security clearance, and works in a secret area of a heavily guarded military facility. All that just to look at a series of monitors connected to the most expensive telescopes ever showing nothing.

answer: Hunter expressed his disinterest for his assignment to the attending officer as he always does. He thinks his job is a waste of time and resources. He is dressed in full uniform, has to have a special security clearance and works in a secret area of a heavily guarded military facility. Hunter is skeptical of his job.

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

Summarise what significant incident occurred at work while Hunter skeptically assumed his night duty.

answer:
Hunter was given the night shift at the Distant Detection Array's observation wing at the military base. He was on his way to his post and expressed his disinterest at being assigned the task. His only responsibility is to report unusual feedback from telescopes and sensors, if anything unusual ever comes through. Hunter is convinced that the Array is being used to look for signs of an incoming attack from an extraterrestrial race and not to monitor supernova candidate stars, which is what the public is told.

Hunter started his duty at 11 PM and at 1:07 AM, some sensors at the Array started detecting something in a pocket of seemingly empty space about 17 light years away. One sensor detected an emission of gamma rays, another one detected x rays, which was unusual because an area of empty space is not supposed to emit such radiation. So Hunter decided to take a look with telescopes. He sent instructions to an infrared, visible light, and a radio telescope to survey the area. He was perplexed that both of them showed absolutely nothing even though the radiation levels were reaching the upper limit of what the most powerful stars could emit.

Hunter restarted the sensors and receiving satellites to try to make sure these weren't false readings. As he was waiting for the sensors to come back on, the infrared telescope he pointed at the area gave an alert. It had detected a momentary spike and drop to normal of heat in the area,

text: Hunter's opinions about his job are irrelevant.

refinement:
Hunter started his duty at 11 PM and at 1:07 AM, some sensors at the Array started detecting something in a pocket of seemingly empty space about 17 light years away. One sensor detected an emission of gamma rays, another one detected x rays, which was unusual because an area of empty space is not supposed to emit such radiation. So Hunter decided to take a look with telescopes. He sent instructions to an infrared, visible light, and a radio telescope to survey the area. He was perplexed that both of them showed absolutely nothing even though the radiation levels were reaching the upper limit of what the most powerful stars could emit.

Hunter restarted the sensors and receiving satellites to try to make sure these weren't false readings. As he was waiting for the sensors to come back on, the infrared telescope he pointed at the area gave an alert. It had detected a momentary spike and drop to normal of heat in the area,

text: "light-years" is mistyped, and there's an errant preposition in the last sentence (the "of")

refinement:
Hunter started his duty at 11 PM and at 1:07 AM, some sensors at the Array started detecting something in a pocket of seemingly empty space about 17 light-years away. One sensor detected an emission of gamma rays, another one detected x rays, which was unusual because an area of empty space is not supposed to emit such radiation. So Hunter decided to take a look with telescopes. He sent instructions to an infrared, visible light, and a radio telescope to survey the area. He was perplexed that both of them showed absolutely nothing even though the radiation levels were reaching the upper limit of what the most powerful stars could emit.

Hunter restarted the sensors and receiving satellites to try to make sure these weren't false readings. As he was waiting for the sensors to come back on, the infrared telescope he pointed at the area gave an alert. It had detected a momentary spike and drop to normal heat in the area,

text: "instructions to an infrared..." contains an unnecessary "an"

refinement:
Hunter started his duty at 11 PM and at 1:07 AM, some sensors at the Array started detecting something in a pocket of seemingly empty space about 17 light-years away. One sensor detected an emission of gamma rays, another one detected x rays, which was unusual because an area of empty space is not supposed to emit such radiation. So Hunter decided to take a look with telescopes. He sent instructions to infrared, visible light, and a radio telescope to survey the area. He was perplexed that both of them showed absolutely nothing even though the radiation levels were reaching the upper limit of what the most powerful stars could emit.

Hunter restarted the sensors and receiving satellites to try to make sure these weren't false readings. As he was waiting for the sensors to come back on, the infrared telescope he pointed at the area gave an alert. It had detected a momentary spike and drop to normal heat in the area,

text: The answer quotes the relevant section instead of summarizing.

refinement: Hunter started his duty at 11 PM as usual, and at 1:07 sensors started to detect so much gamma and x-ray radiation that Hunter thought a powerful star must be the source. However, the telescopes he aimed at the are all showed only empty space. He decided to restart the sensors to ensure the data isn't false. While the sensors were coming back online, the infrared telescope reported a momentary spike and drop, unlike the steady increase from other sensors.

text: The answer omits the reveal about what Hunter observed.

refinement: Hunter started his duty at 11 PM as usual, and at 1:07 sensors started to detect so much gamma and x-ray radiation that Hunter thought a powerful star must be the source. However, the telescopes he aimed at the are all showed only empty space. He decided to restart the sensors to ensure the data isn't false. While the sensors were coming back online, the infrared telescope reported a momentary spike and drop, unlike the steady increase from other sensors. The data was so unusual, Hunter called an emergency meeting at night, gathering the generals, astronomers, and physicists. A general forbade him to speak of the events again before one of the physicists confirmed Hunter's suspicions that they observed something out of this universe.

answer:
Hunter was on a night shift at the Distant Detection Array when he started to detect an emission of gamma rays and x rays. He wondered if this was a sign that a massive amount of radiation was appearing out of nowhere or leaking into our universe. Hunter restarted the sensors and receiving satellites to make sure these weren't false readings.

Hunter was then surprised to see that all the telescopes were giving alerts. The visible light telescope had detected light levels akin to a supernova 100 light years away. The radio telescope was showing what could best be described as trying to broadcast every radio station from one antenna. The infrared telescope was telling him that this area of space, empty a few minutes ago, was engulfed in flames.

answer:
Hunter was given the night shift at the Distant Detection Array's observation wing at the military base. He was on his way to his post and expressed his disinterest at being assigned the task. His only responsibility is to report unusual feedback from telescopes and sensors, if anything unusual ever comes through. Hunter is convinced that the Array is being used to look for signs of an incoming attack from an extraterrestrial race and not to monitor supernova candidate stars, which is what the public is told.

Hunter started his duty at 11 PM and at 1:07 AM, some sensors at the Array started detecting something in a pocket of seemingly empty space about 17 light years away. One sensor detected an emission of gamma rays, another one detected x rays, which was unusual because an area of empty space is not supposed to emit such radiation. So Hunter decided to take a look with telescopes. He sent instructions to an infrared, visible light, and a radio telescope to survey the area. He was perplexed that both of them showed absolutely nothing even though the radiation levels were reaching the upper limit of what the most powerful stars could emit.

Hunter restarted the sensors and receiving satellites to try to make sure these weren't false readings. As he was waiting for the sensors to come back on, the infrared telescope he pointed at the area gave an alert. It had detected a momentary spike and drop to normal of heat in the area, which did not match the ever increasing readings from the other sensors. Hunter hoped the sensors would come back on, show nothing, and he could submit a simple sensor anomaly report to his superiors. These hopes were crushed when the sensors started returning information again. Not only did they pick up the radiation again, they were maxed out. Hunter couldn't believe it. Moments later, all the telescopes started giving alerts. The visible light telescope detected light levels akin to a supernova 100 light years away. The radio telescope was showing what could best be described as trying to broadcast every radio station from one antenna. The infrared telescope was telling him that this area of space, empty a few minutes ago, was engulfed in flames. Then it all stopped. Everything observing the anomaly stopped transmitting data. Hunter thought it was an issue with the receiving satellites, however a check revealed they were functioning properly. He tried restarting the sensors and telescopes, but simply could not get any data from them. Hunter decided this was unusual enough to report to the officers and senior scientists at the base.

After everyone had been assembled and lots of coffee had been consumed, Hunter began to present the data and his recollection of the events. He was surprised as the others began to look horrified. One of the generals pointed at Hunter and said "Just to be clear son, you can never tell anyone outside this room what you just told us".


text:
Champagne, chardonnay and second-rate vodka. The descent into Vanity Heights was a perfect contradiction. Darcy’s den was full of promises. The promises of allure, freedom, revelry. The promises of power and powder, regret, addiction. But the promise that Vanity Heights fulfilled best was not Darcy’s own. It was the promise flashed upon the television, upon the computer screen, canonised on the glossed pages of magazines. The expectations of how teenager life should be; the expectations, up until this night, crushed by education and responsibility. This was the promise that led Darcy’s guests down the stairs. Down the stairs into Vanity Heights.

The house had transformed into a delinquent ballroom. The girls dropped as low as their heels would allow; their men watched through the haze. Darcy was a dragon. A pink dragon, breathing about the toxic smoke of his habit. He was perched upon his barstool throne, positioned strategically in the centre of the room, when she arrived.
“Celeste!” he exclaimed, prancing over to her, a stick of addiction in one hand and a glass of hobby in the other. She gave a long hug, a short conversation and an expected question. With a customary smile, Darcy gave to her an expected bottle of answer.

The party raved on, yet the revelry was muted by the brick wall that barricaded Celeste from the action. The rhythmic dripping of the basin tap was the only music Celeste had, yet she chose to reapply her face instead of dancing. She wanted to dance, though, and she knew Darcy would be waiting for her, so she rushed through her routine. She clasped onto her 50mL glass friend, already thrice-used, even though she had been in the bathroom only five minutes.
        The drink was downed within seconds of being poured; the liquid sunk to her stomach. She could feel the warm tendrils, cooing words of friendship, branching through her chest, her stomach and finally, finally, back up to drown her mind; pulling her further from the world and closer to her weekend friends.
        Six doses later, to finish the bottle, and she was ready to join them.

No one ever really knew why she was there. Good school, great grades, aspirations of business and law. Nevertheless, she was soon jiving and twisting and dropping on the floor, with Darcy and other men: around them and in their laps; their hands hoping to get in hers.  Her beholder lay seemingly dormant in her stomach; though its dark tendrils were tightening, strengthening their grip on Celeste, controlling her like a puppet with tangled strings. She thought the overseer a friend, a protector, but her body knew better.

Celeste mapped her escape as soon as she felt it. Up the stairs, out of Vanity Heights, past the kitchen, into the garden bed just by the backdoor. She pushed through the crowd. Darcy saw her leave; he knew why, but he didn’t follow.  He never did. By the time she reached the stairs, the beast had revealed itself. A kraken, furious as red, limbs thrashing about inside of her, fighting desperately for an escape. Tentacles of fear, doubt, regret, disappointment.
‘No,’ she thought once more, ‘I shouldn’t be disappointed.’ She knew she wasn't wasting her life; she was just having a little to drink. She wasn’t reckless and irresponsible; she was just a normal teenager. She was just having fun, she has earned it, she would stop after tonight, leave her alone. Her stomach was having none of that, though. She made a mistake by trying to fly the stairs two at a time. Her feet tangled and she fell, the first wave of expel surging from her, onto the steps above.

Whilst the beast had once been considered friend, it had no more. It escaped her again, covering her hair, clothes, face. She tried to pull herself further up the stairs, but the sickly purple tentacles constricted about her and dragged her down; down, down, down, back into Vanity Heights.
‘Vile guardian’, she cried, ‘noxious saviour, foul beast, nefarious raper; first friend, now foe. Always, foe’.
The stench accompanying her disgrace engulfed her wholly, yet the contents of her stomach continued to emerge, again and again, onto the step where her head now resigned to lay.
‘Never again,’ she sobbed, she promised to herself, her parents, her schoolwork.
‘Never again,’ she promised, but Celeste’s promises were made to be broken and it was already too late. She lay shattered upon the stair case, empress turned peasant; her knight in glass armour had left her and once more she had nothing. The world around her spun, and sank, and faded to black.

title: Vanity Heights

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

What does the story say about what happened to Celeste after she passed out?

answer: No answer

answer: Celeste vomited and passed out.

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

What does the story say about Darcy's parties?

answer: Darcy throws parties at his house and takes pride in the way he prepares. These parties are well-attended by his fellow students and a few adults, who are under the influence of alcohol. He throws his parties on the weekend. Darcy and his guests dance and drink until they crash on the floor. Celeste, who's ambitious and successful, usually comes to these parties and knows to expect Darcy's answer to her question about where the party is.

text: The answer is inaccurate almost entirely. It should be rewritten.

refinement: Darcy throws parties at his house, fulfilling the promise of what a teenage life should be according to the popular media. There are lots of drinks, probably weed, and lots of making out.

answer: Darcy's parties are full of alcohol, drugs, and other vices. The parties are held in his house, and he is the center of attention. The guests are mostly teenagers, and they dance and drink. Darcy is a drug addict.

answer: Darcy throws parties at his house and takes pride in the way he prepares. These parties are well-attended by his fellow students and a few adults, who are under the influence of alcohol. He throws his parties on the weekend and makes sure to stock up on prepaid phone cards, a must-have for a weekend outing. Darcy and his guests dance and drink until they crash on the floor. Celeste, who's ambitious and successful, usually comes to these parties and knows to expect Darcy's answer to her question about where the party is.

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

What does the story say about Celeste?

answer: Celeste is a good student with great grades who wants to be a lawyer or a businesswoman. She's a heavy drinker who parties at Darcy's. The alcohol makes her feel like she's having fun, but it's actually a beast that's controlling her and she can't escape its grasp. She makes a mistake while trying to fly the stairs at Darcy's and falls, vomiting on the steps above. The beast is now her enemy, and she promises it will never happen again.

text: The story doesn't say Celeste is a heavy drinker.

refinement: Celeste is a good student with great grades who wants to be a lawyer or a businesswoman. She likes to party at Darcy's. The alcohol makes her feel like she's having fun, but it's actually a beast that's controlling her and she can't escape its grasp. She makes a mistake while trying to fly the stairs at Darcy's and falls, vomiting on the steps above. The beast is now her enemy, and she promises it will never happen again.

text: The answer should mention that Celeste's "never again"s are ephemeral.

refinement: Celeste is a good student with great grades who wants to be a lawyer or a businesswoman. She likes to party at Darcy's. The alcohol makes her feel like she's having fun, but it's actually a beast that's controlling her and she can't escape its grasp. She makes a mistake while trying to fly the stairs at Darcy's and falls, vomiting on the steps above. The beast is now her enemy, and she promises it will never happen again, knowing that the promise is empty.

answer: Celeste is a good student with great grades. She has aspirations of business and law. She is a normal teenager who is just having fun. She is at Darcy's house for a party. She drinks too much and vomits. She tries to escape the party but falls and dies.

answer: Celeste is a good student with great grades who wants to be a lawyer. She's a heavy drinker who parties at Darcy's. The alcohol makes her feel like she's having fun, but it's actually a beast that's controlling her and she can't escape its grasp. She makes a mistake while trying to fly the stairs at Darcy's and falls, vomiting on the steps above. The beast is now her enemy, and she promises it will never happen again.

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

What does the story say about Celeste's relationship with the drugs and alcohol she took?

answer: Celeste was a good student and had great grades. She was also ambitious and had aspirations of business and law. However, she was a normal teenager who wanted to have fun. She was at a party with her friends and she was having fun. She was drinking and taking drugs. She was having fun until she felt the beast in her stomach. She tried to escape but the beast dragged her back to Vanity Heights.

text: Celeste's personality and life, in general, aren't relevant to the question.

refinement: She was drinking and taking drugs. She was having fun until she felt the beast in her stomach. She tried to escape but the beast dragged her back to Vanity Heights.

text: The story never says or implies that Celeste took drugs.

refinement: She was drinking and having fun until she felt the beast in her stomach. She tried to escape but the beast dragged her back to Vanity Heights.

text: The answer uses the metaphors in the story to express Celeste trying to reach somewhere less crowded to vomit, which makes it confusing. The answer should use simpler language.

refinement: She was drinking and having fun until she felt the ache in her stomach. She tried to reach somewhere private but couldn't, sliding down the stairs while vomiting.

text: The answer should mention that Celeste doesn't take drugs in the story.

refinement: Celeste didn't take any drugs in the story. She was drinking and having fun until she felt the ache in her stomach. She tried to reach somewhere private but couldn't, sliding down the stairs while vomiting.

text: The answer should mention that Celeste, knowing it's futile, often thinks "I'll never do this again"

refinement: Celeste didn't take any drugs in the story. She was drinking and having fun until she felt the ache in her stomach. She tried to reach somewhere private but couldn't, sliding down the stairs while vomiting. Celeste often thinks she'll never do such a thing again but does, and she's aware of that.

answer: Celeste's relationship with drugs and alcohol was very complicated. At first, she took them to have fun and to enjoy the party. She used the alcohol to escape her reality and to have a good time with her friends. However, she ended up drinking too much and it led to a bad situation. The alcohol made her feel like a friend, but in the end, it became her foe.

answer: Celeste was a good student and had great grades. She was also ambitious and had aspirations of business and law. However, she was a normal teenager who wanted to have fun. She was at a party with her friends and she was having fun. She was drinking and taking drugs. She was having fun until she felt the beast in her stomach. She tried to escape but the beast dragged her back to Vanity Heights.


text:
They’re Coming

My name is David Johnson, Sargent Johnson, and I’ll never forget the day it all went down, the day it collided with Earth. We had a century to plan for this one asteroid, barely 100 km wide, but only the rich saved themselves, went off to their ships and left us all here to die. They promised the military refuge, but when the asteroid came sooner than expected, they just turned tails and ran. For the last 2 years, I’ve been searching for survivors along with my squadron and what we found isn’t what we expected nor is it pleasing. The outside world is a wasteland devoid of life… until now.
While patrolling the perimeter we heard a small cry. When we found the source we were surprised by a small girl around 12 who looked confused and scared. We helped her up and took her to our base. Along the ride she started mumbling incomprehensible sounds and when we tried calming her she just blurted “They’re coming” and fell unconscious.
Subsequently, we stabilized her and let sleep overcome her. Then my squad and I started talking, thinking who this girl was, how had she survived, and most importantly what she meant by “They’re coming”. Of course the latter gave us all the creeps, although nobody openly admitted it. That was, after all, what the military was all about; showing strength and hiding weakness no matter what the situation presented.
When she finally woke up, we stared at her with expectant eyes and after an unbearable minute she got the cue and started explaining, to be honest, it’s not what any of us expected.
“They’re coming, we have to run.” She said in a normal fashion.
“Who the hell’s coming!” At that point, I’d lost my temper and started screaming at her.
“The ones who did this to us and the only ones who escaped it,” she exclaimed as she pointed towards the wasteland that lay behind us. Her words stinging and leaving a bitter taste in the back of our mind.
The same people who had promised to save us were the same people who set doom upon us. I was startled and couldn’t believe her words, didn’t want to believe her words. I mean, the scientist said an asteroid was coming, but a little push to it would explain why it came sooner, and according to this girl that little push was made by the rich folks. After a while of trying to explain to myself how it was possible since I couldn’t find any other explanation, she continued to talk:
“There’s a way to stop them,”
“Why would we?” I questioned, “We barely know you and now you’re asking us to stop an imaginary enemy who might or might not come here to destroy what’s left of us.”
“If you don’t believe me look outside,”
Just to prove her wrong, I walked through the door and took a peek outside. In the middle of the wasteland, I saw a single human figure just staring at us as if waiting for something. Then... all hell broke lose. As it came charging towards the encampment at an unnatural speed sirens started blaring to announce the base was on high alert. We grabbed our weapons and prepared for battle. Since we couldn't trust anyone, we started firing when it got within firing range. The bullets clashed against his skin, but it didn’t even flinch.
“I told you so,” I heard from behind me. It was the girl again.
“Would you shut the f-,” I retorted but, before I could finish she proceeded to use her arm as blades that went right through my upper torso, and with a vicious smile she pushed even farther until I could see the blood dripping off her fists.
“They’re coming.”
 Those were the last words I heard before darkness embraced me.

title: [SF] They're Coming

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

Summarize the main conflict.

answer: The main conflict is that aliens sent an asteroid to hit the earth. After that they sent disguised humans, disguised as rich humans, to observe the aftermath and bring them information. Essentially the humans were sent to make sure that humans did not survive the asteroid's passage to cleanse the planet for new inhabitants. David Johnson catches one of the aliens, a woman, and he does not believe her story (or does not want to believe her story) but she is actually the little girl he rescued from the wasteland, a little mutant alien. And she kills him.

answer: The main conflict in this story is that a girl has come to the military encampment and warned them of an impeding attack by other human survivors that devastated the Earth. The military doesn't believe the girl until the attacking group arrives and they realize the girl was right. The main conflict becomes a fight for survival against a seemingly impossible enemy.

answer: On an Earth that's been destroyed and abandoned due to an asteroid, the narrator and his squadron find a scared and small girl around 12 years old. She warns that "they are coming". The narrator is irritated, scared, and confused by this. The conflict comes in the form of anxiety about who she is referring to. The girl hints to the narrator that "they" are the rich people who had left them to die, but this confuses the narrator further.

answer: The main conflict of the story is between the human survivors and an unknown opponent that the human survivors call "they." The unknown opponent has proven themselves to be exceedingly strong and deadly and posed a potential threat to the survival of the human survivors. This unknown enemy keeps coming and attacking the survivors with increasing intensity, and the human survivors must constantly battle them for survival.

answer: The protagonist and his squadmates found a girl, and the girl said that the military people who left them all to die actually left because they knew an asteroid was going to end life on Earth and wanted to be safe. However, none of them could trust her and she went crazy and tried to hurt them in an arm-blades battle situation.

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

Summarize the plot twist.

answer: The narrator and his squadron find a scared and small girl around 12 years old. She warns that "they are coming". She hints to the narrator that "they" are the rich people who had left them to die. Later on, she tells them that there's a way to stop them. She shows them a human figure outside who is totally unaffected by gun shots. The girl then cuts through the narrator with her blade-like arms, and it becomes clear that she was the one who was coming.

answer: The squad discovers an injured girl and brings her back to base where she warns them that an unstoppable force is coming. When that force arrives, it penetrates and pierces David's chest then kills him. The girl reveals that the unstoppable force are the ones who caused the world's destruction.

answer: It turns out the outside world is being terrorized by ruthless creatures from another dimension and the one human who has managed to survive has alerted the military that they are coming for everyone else. When the military fired on the creatures, the little girl showed up and slaughtered the Sargent before mysteriously disappearing again. The creatures are relentless, and so the military must find a way to stop them.

answer: The twist is revealed when the girl who the soldiers found says "They're coming" and so the soldiers prepare for battle. When she says as they prepare to fire bullets at the person below that they should stop, they ignore her. Moments later they are all killed. We do not meet the person below, who ends up killing the soldiers in some way.

answer: The asteroid comes sooner than expected due to being pushed by someone. Large numbers of science fiction creatures come after humanity. The girl is a mutant who wants to help the humans fight.

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

What does the story say about living in a post-apocalyptic state.

answer:
Tens of years prior to the story, some people were warned about the impending collision of an asteroid that was expected to hit Earth. However, only the rich and influential people were saved from this supposed apocalypse.
The main characters encountered a lone survivor of a seeming apocalypse, which implies that the world has been involved in an intense and longtime struggle between parties. Sources had only included the military knowledge that could help people survive an asteroid barrage but none of the main characters made any headway to get lay out an effective plan for the end of the world as we know it. In other words, at least on a global scale, the advanced knowledge of scientists and officials failed to diffuse the impact of such disasters when they occur.
Some people who survived both the asteroid barrage and the landslide that submerged the planet used the excuse of fighting against UFOs and aliens when they start randomly killing people at the end of the days. It seems as though some people have not just been surviving but have been going through this process for a very long time without knowing what to do when the going gets tough. It would suggest that many people have been busy only doing whatever they could to help themselves to survive in a very unforgiving society.

answer: In this post-apocalyptic state, the rich had saved themselves and left every one else to die. The world is now a wasteland that's devoid of life, as the military has been unable to find survivors. The military had been promised refuge, but this didn't happen.

answer: The story tells of how all of Earth has become a wasteland devoid of any life, including its human population. The story also describes how, after a while, a girl shows up and tells the remaining survivors that a group of rich elites survived, despite promising to help the military survive. Then, the group ends up coming under attack by a mysterious and powerful enemy, which is confirmed by the girl. The post-apocalyptic state is one that is devoid of hope, with a constant fear of death and destruction.

answer: According to the story, the end of civilization was signaled by the arrival of an asteroid that was hitting Earth. Several corporate CEOs, including the richest in the world, converted their asteroid-proof bunkers into spaceships in order to evacuate the planet with their riches. The governments didn't have the same resources, so they declared the military should be evacuated from Earth to a safe place. Except that when the asteroid arrived, the rich entered the bunkers and left the military behind, bearing no hope for them. Only a small child survived.

answer: The story describes a state where all of the inhabitants of Earth are in grave danger of being overrun by an enemy force. The population that has survived or has originated in the midst of the destruction seem to be aware that this enemy force is coming for them, and do not look forward to the encounter. In this post-apocalyptic state, humans are primarily focused on protecting themselves from this new threat. This demonstrates how being unprepared for an event can lead to destruction if there is no common goal that unifies the population.


text:
(CNN)President Donald Trump is disputing that former White House chief of staff John Kelly warned the President before he left the White House last year not to hire a replacement who wouldn't tell him the truth or that he would be impeached.

Kelly, a retired Marine Corps general, made the comments during an interview at the Sea Island Summit political conference hosted by the Washington Examiner this weekend.

Kelly said if he had stayed on as chief of staff Trump wouldn't be in the midst of the current impeachment inquiry, implying that White House advisers could have prevented it.

"I said, whatever you do — and we were still in the process of trying to find someone to take my place — I said whatever you do, don't hire a 'yes man,' someone who won't tell you the truth — don't do that," Kelly said. "Because if you do, I believe you will be impeached."

Kelly's comments come after his successor, now acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, brashly confirmed and then deniedearlier this month that Trump froze nearly $400 million in US security aid to Ukraine in part to pressure that country into investigating Democrats.

Trump weighed in Saturday on Kelly's interview with the Washington Examiner, saying in a statement to CNN, "John Kelly never said that, he never said anything like that. If he would have said that I would have thrown him out of the office. He just wants to come back into the action like everybody else does."

White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham added, "I worked with John Kelly, and he was totally unequipped to handle the genius of our great President."

Mulvaney did not immediately respond to CNN's requests for comment.

Kelly also suggested that the Trump administration could have averted the current probe into the president, the Examiner reported.

"Someone has got to be a guide that tells [the president] that you either have the authority or you don't, or Mr. President, don't do it," Kelly said, adding that "the system that should be in place, clearly — the system of advising, bringing in experts in, having these discussions with the president so he can make an informed decision, that clearly is not in place."

Kelly also said that in light of the inquiry, "I feel bad that I left."

"That was almost 11 months ago, and I have an awful lot of, to say the least, second thoughts about leaving," he added. "It pains me to see what's going on because I believe if I was still there or someone like me was there, he would not be kind of, all over the place."

CNN's Jeremy Diamond, Kevin Liptak and Katelyn Polantz contributed to this report.

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

What is President Donald Trump disputing?

answer: He is disputing that the former White House chief of staff, John Kelly, had warned the President to not hire a replacement who wouldn't tell him the truth.

text: (CNN)President Donald Trump is disputing that former White House chief of staff John Kelly warned the President before he left the White House last year not to hire a replacement who wouldn't tell him the truth or that he would be impeached.

answer: President Donald Trump is disputing John Kelly's statement that if he had stayed on as chief of staff Trump would not be in the midst of the current impeachment inquiry.

text: (CNN)President Donald Trump is disputing that former White House chief of staff John Kelly warned the President before he left the White House last year not to hire a replacement who wouldn't tell him the truth or that he would be impeached.

answer: That President Donald Trump was warned by John Kelly not to hire a replacement who wouldn't tell him the truth or that he would be impeached.

text: (CNN)President Donald Trump is disputing that former White House chief of staff John Kelly warned the President before he left the White House last year not to hire a replacement who wouldn't tell him the truth or that he would be impeached.

answer: President Trump is disputing that former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly warned the President before he left the White House that if he hired a replacement that would not tell him the truth or that he could be impeached.

text: (CNN)President Donald Trump is disputing that former White House chief of staff John Kelly warned the President before he left the White House last year not to hire a replacement who wouldn't tell him the truth or that he would be impeached.

answer: Trump is disputing Kelly's claim that Kelly warned the President before he left the White House that he would be impeached if Trump hired a replacement who wouldn't tell him the truth.

text: (CNN)President Donald Trump is disputing that former White House chief of staff John Kelly warned the President before he left the White House last year not to hire a replacement who wouldn't tell him the truth or that he would be impeached.

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

What did White house press secretary, Stephanie Grisham have to say about John Kelly?

answer: He was "unqualified" to handle the President's genius.

text: White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham added, "I worked with John Kelly, and he was totally unequipped to handle the genius of our great President."

answer: She said he was unequipped to handle the genius of our great President.

text: White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham added, "I worked with John Kelly, and he was totally unequipped to handle the genius of our great President."

answer: Grisham said that Kelly never said that and that if he had, she would have thrown him out of the office because he wanted to "come back into the action like everybody else does."

text: No-Trump said that.

refinement: Grisham said Kelly is not equipped to deal with Trump's genius.

text: White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham added, "I worked with John Kelly, and he was totally unequipped to handle the genius of our great President."

answer: Grisham said that Kelly never said that, and if he had said anything like that, Trump would have thrown him out of the office.

text: No-Trump said this quote, not Grisham.

refinement: Grisham said Kelly is not equipped to deal with the President's genius.

answer: She said that Kelly was totally unequipped to handle Donald Trump's genius.

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

How would Trump not have been in the middle of an impeachment inquiry?

answer: If John Kelly had stayed on as chief of staff, Trump would not have been in the middle of an impeachment inquiry, according to Kelly.

text: Kelly said if he had stayed on as chief of staff Trump wouldn't be in the midst of the current impeachment inquiry, implying that White House advisers could have prevented it.

answer: According to John Kelly, the former White House chief of staff, the Trump administration could have averted the current probe into the president by having better advising and guidance in place.

text: This is correct, but perhaps more accurately, Kelly says he could have prevented all this.

refinement: According to John Kelly, the former White House chief of staff, the Trump administration could have averted the current probe into the president by having better advising and guidance in place. Kelly could be that person, if he'd been on staff.

answer: The statement from Kelly implies White House advisers could have prevented it.

text: This is accurate, but a partial answer, because Kelly thinks his presence and employ could have prevented it.

refinement: The statement from Kelly implies White House advisers could have prevented it and, furthermore, he'd have prevented it if he had held this job.

answer: Kelly implied the Trump administration would not be in the midst of an impeachment inquiry if someone who told the truth were advising him. Presumably, Trump would not be in the middle of an impeachment inquiry if someone advising him told him not to do anything to violate the law.

text: This is a lot of words to say the not-quite-right thing. Kelly thinks he himself could have stopped this all.

refinement: Kelly implied the Trump administration would not be in the midst of an impeachment inquiry if someone who told the truth were advising him-preferably, Kelly would have been hired, and all of this would have been prevented.

answer: Kelly suggests it was because Trump was surrounded by staff members who would not tell him the truth.

text: Yes, but Kelly posits he himself could have prevented this.

refinement: Kelly suggests it was because Trump was surrounded by staff members who would not tell him the truth-and that if Kelly himself had been under employ, he would have prevented the impeachment inquiry from proceeding.

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

Who did Kelly say could have averted the current probe into the president?

answer: Kelly suggested that someone could have averted the current probe into the president.

text: "Someone has got to be a guide that tells [the president] that you either have the authority or you don't, or Mr. President, don't do it," Kelly said, adding that "the system that should be in place, clearly — the system of advising, bringing in experts in, having these discussions with the president so he can make an informed decision, that clearly is not in place."

answer: Kelly said that if someone like him had still been in place at the White House, the current probe into the president would not be taking place.

text: "Someone has got to be a guide that tells [the president] that you either have the authority or you don't, or Mr. President, don't do it," Kelly said, adding that "the system that should be in place, clearly — the system of advising, bringing in experts in, having these discussions with the president so he can make an informed decision, that clearly is not in place."

answer: Someone who could guide the POTUS and tell him what to do.

text: "Someone has got to be a guide that tells [the president] that you either have the authority or you don't, or Mr. President, don't do it," Kelly said, adding that "the system that should be in place, clearly — the system of advising, bringing in experts in, having these discussions with the president so he can make an informed decision, that clearly is not in place."

answer: Kelly said that Mulvaney could have averted the probe.

text: "Someone has got to be a guide that tells [the president] that you either have the authority or you don't, or Mr. President, don't do it," Kelly said, adding that "the system that should be in place, clearly — the system of advising, bringing in experts in, having these discussions with the president so he can make an informed decision, that clearly is not in place."

answer: The Trump administration, suggested by Kelly, could have averted the probe into the president.

text: "Someone has got to be a guide that tells [the president] that you either have the authority or you don't, or Mr. President, don't do it," Kelly said, adding that "the system that should be in place, clearly — the system of advising, bringing in experts in, having these discussions with the president so he can make an informed decision, that clearly is not in place."

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly claimed in an interview that he warned Trump before he left the White House to avoid hiring an employee who would not tell the truth. Trump denied these remarks, saying that if Kelly had made them he would have fired him. Kelly also said that the Trump administration could have avoided the current impeachment inquiry.

answer: This article quotes ex-chief of staff to President Trump, John Kelly, who said he could have prevented the impeachment Trump was going thru. Opposing views including Trump and the current press secretary said that Kelly was unequipped to handle the President.

answer: President Donald Trump is disputing that former White House chief of staff John Kelly warned before he left the White House that if the President hires another chief of staff, he can expect to face impeachment. The comments were made at the Sea Island Summit political conference hosted by the Washington Examiner.

answer: White House chief of staff John Kelly suggested that Donald Trump's impeachment would have been prevented if the current White House administration had taken his advice. John Kelly pointed out that he thought Congress needed to be more informed before deciding on impeaching the President, and that Kelly believed that his advice on helping the President make informed decisions.

answer: Former White House chief of staff John Kelly claims in an interview that he warned President Trump not to hire a "yes man" or risk being impeached. Trump disagrees with this claim and says that Kelly never made the comments. Meanwhile, Kelly also said he regrets leaving the administration due to the current investigation.


text:
_"Whenever I'm about to do something, I think, 'Would an idiot do that?' And if they would, I do not do that thing."_

_- Dwight Schrute_

This LEGO Ideas project is based on the hit-comedy TV show _The Office,_ which aired from 2005-2013. As I watched the show over and over again, I began to wonder what it would be like to recreate the actual film set in LEGO form. Back in the fall of 2015, I decided to create a new LDD file and just experiment with the design of it. I originally had no intent on actually purchasing the pieces to build it, let alone submit it to LEGO Ideas. Well, over two years later here we are. Countless hours spent designing and tweaking every little detail, along with placing special orders that would take weeks to arrive. I'm excited to finally get to share this with you, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

THE MODEL:

I wanted to make this set as accurate as possible, so every little detail was important to me. The overall dimensions of this layout measure just a little over 17”x19”. In other words, this is no small-scale set, which gave me much more freedom to add the small details and make it as authentic as I could, within reasonable measures. The total piece count comes in at just under 2,500 pieces (the exact number will come in a later update). Another great feature of this set is found within the structure itself. I designed it with the ability to split apart into 3 sections (see photos above). This makes transporting the set much easier, as well as getting those clean, close-up shots with a larger camera. Although the set is geared more towards adults/young adults, playability was definitely kept in mind as well. The bottom of this set is reinforced to ensure great structure, and the modular aspect of it makes playability much more inviting.

THE MINIFIGURES:

A total of 14 minifigures are currently included with this set. Although I wanted to create every character from _The Office_, I chose the main characters that were consistently featured throughout the entirety of the show on the primary set (i.e. characters like Toby and Kelly aren’t featured YET because their desks reside in the annex). I do, however, have plans to add a couple more characters within the next few months. Below is a list of each character and the accessories that are included with them.

-   Michael Scott: “World’s Best Boss” mug, Dundie, Santa hat
-   Dwight Schrute: Beet, bobblehead, briefcase, elf hat, pumpkin head
-   Ryan Howard: Cellphone
-   Jim Halpert: Briefcase, ring
-   Pam Beesly: Teapot, paintbrush, paint pallet
-   Andy Bernard: Guitar, microphone
-   Phyllis Vance: Knitting needles
-   Stanley Hudson: Crossword, pretzel, pie
-   Oscar Martinez: Computer screen featuring “Cookie Monster Kevin”
-   Angela Martin: Brown cat, black cat, white cat
-   Kevin Malone: Cookie jar, pizza, chili
-   Meredith Palmer: Bottle, bat
-   Creed Bratton: Computer Screen with Solitaire on it, mung beans
-   Darryl Philbin: Briefcase, Dunder Mifflin boxes

I’m very excited to finally be able to share this awesome set with you, and your support is greatly appreciated!

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

What does the article say about the office politics of the LEGO corporation?

answer: No answer

answer: No answer

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

What does the article say about "The Office" set modeled in LEGO?

answer: The proposal is for "The Office" TV show to have a LEGO model set made. The model set will include over 2500 pieces which can split apart into 3 sections. The "The Office" LEGO set also includes a total of 14 minifigures. The LEGO set is accurate to the show, with the dimensions measuring just over 17"x19" and the total piece count coming in at just under 2500.

text: There is no proposal in the article, it's just the author sharing his "The Office" LEGO project.

refinement: The model set will include over 2500 pieces which can split apart into 3 sections. The "The Office" LEGO set also includes a total of 14 minifigures. The LEGO set is accurate to the show, with the dimensions measuring just over 17"x19" and the total piece count coming in at just under 2500.

text: The answer mentions two different figures for the number of pieces, which is confusing. The article states the number as just below 2500, which should be the only number mentioned in the answer.

refinement: The model set includes just under 2500 pieces which can split apart into 3 sections. The "The Office" LEGO set also includes a total of 14 minifigures. The LEGO set is accurate to the show, with the dimensions measuring just over 17"x19".

text: "can split" should be "can be split"

refinement: The model set includes just under 2500 pieces which can be split apart into 3 sections. The "The Office" LEGO set also includes a total of 14 minifigures. The LEGO set is accurate to the show, with the dimensions measuring just over 17"x19".

text: "mini-figures" is written wrongly in the answer.

refinement: The model set includes just under 2500 pieces which can be split apart into 3 sections. The "The Office" LEGO set also includes a total of 14 mini-figures. The LEGO set is accurate to the show, with the dimensions measuring just over 17"x19".

answer: The proposal is for "The Office" TV show to have a LEGO model set made. The model set will include over 2500 pieces which can split apart into 3 sections. The "The Office" LEGO set also includes a total of 14 minifigures.


text:
President Donald Trump responded to several news outlets calling the 2020 election for President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday with an inaccurate and desperate-seeming statement, claiming that his campaign will start “prosecuting our case” in court come Monday — in what would effectively be an attempt to overrule the will of the American people.

“We all know why Joe Biden is rushing to falsely pose as the winner, and why his media allies are trying so hard to help him: they don’t want the truth to be exposed,” the president said in his statement. “Joe Biden has not been certified as the winner in any states, let alone any of the highly contested states headed for mandatory recounts.”

All states will certify their results in the weeks to come; and the projections made by Decision Desk and others who call elections were made based on current counts, which are not expected to significantly change between now and when that certification occurs later in November.

The statement also falsely claimed that election observers were not allowed to observe the vote count in several states. Not only were they, but in some cases these observers disturbed the count; others can be seen watching counters on livestreams.

The president’s words aren’t surprising, as he’d suggested ahead of the election that he would not accept its results. And, true to form, he has not.

In many ways, the official statement is a more formal version of the baseless allegations of voter fraud the president made in a series of tweets Saturday morning, in which he appeared to desperately grasp at any whimsical conspiracy theory necessary to keep power.

In those tweets, Trump lied about votes being “illegally received” in Pennsylvania “and certain other states.” Despite the fact, of course, that all states have counted only ballots submitted according to their guidelines. Some states, like Pennsylvania, allowed mail-in ballots received after Election Day — but with a postmark from Election Day, or earlier — to be counted. There’s nothing illegal about this, however; in fact, states are legally obligated to count ballots that are submitted in accordance with election law.

Trump also lied on Twitter about election observers not being allowed in counting rooms in “numerous states.” As noted above, this is false.

The tweets were flagged by Twitter as “disputed” and potentially “misleading.”

  ....This would ALSO change the Election result in numerous States, including Pennsylvania, which everyone thought was easily won on Election Night, only to see a massive lead disappear, without anyone being allowed to OBSERVE, for long intervals of time, what the happened...

  — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2020

  ....Bad things took place during those hours where LEGAL TRANSPARENCY was viciously & crudely not allowed. Tractors blocked doors & windows were covered with thick cardboard so that observers could not see into the count rooms. BAD THINGS HAPPENED INSIDE. BIG CHANGES TOOK PLACE!

  — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2020

Overall, there is no evidence of voter fraud or tampering with vote counting. As Vox’s Aaron Rupar explained, the Trump campaign is making wild allegations of impropriety now and hoping to find evidence for them later:

  Their strategy is to make allegations first and HOPEFULLY FIND EVIDENCE FOR THEM LATER. This state of affairs was thrown into stark relief late Friday morning during a Fox News interview with RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel. During it, Fox News hosts appeared to be out of patience with her evidence-free insinuations that the election was somehow stolen from Trump.

  “We just haven’t seen it. It hasn’t been presented. There’s all kinds of stuff flying on the internet, but when we look into it, it doesn’t pan out,” anchor Bret Baier told McDaniel, as she failed to explain how her technical gripes about election observers in Michigan could possibly affect the result in a state Biden appears poised to win by well over 100,000 votes.

Trump took these falsehoods to a new level Saturday, concluding his morning tweets with a incorrect statement that he actually won the election, writing “I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!”

  I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!

  — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2020

It’s concerning that the president of the United States is just outright lying about an election he lost, and that he has refused to concede now that it is clear he has lost. Perhaps even worse is that several high level Republican lawmakers have joined in on spreading doubt about the accuracy of the election results. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), along with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, all appeared on Fox News to repeat the false assertion that Trump won the election.

What lawsuits come Monday remain to be seen. But it is clear that Trump expects the courts to save him. However, as Vox’s Ian Millhiser has explained, that’s not a strategy that is likely to bear fruit. And whether he concedes or not, Biden will be sworn in as the next president of the United States in January.

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

What does the text say about Donald Trump's response to the election?

answer: After failing to win the election against Joe Biden, Trump accused the media of falsely calling the elections for Biden. There have been no Voter Fraud or tampering with vote counting. However, Trump and his media friends have expected the courts to save him.

text: The grammar is off here. It should read "has been no voter fraud".

refinement: After failing to win the election against Joe Biden, Trump accused the media of falsely calling the elections for Biden. There has been no voter fraud or tampering with vote counting. However, Trump and his media friends have expected the courts to save him.

text: It should be mentioned that the author finds it concerning that Trump is lying about an election he lost by calling the results fraudulent.

refinement: After failing to win the election against Joe Biden, Trump accused the media of falsely calling the elections for Biden. There has been no voter fraud or tampering with vote counting. However, Trump and his media friends have expected the courts to save him. The author finds it concerning that Trump is lying about an election he lost by calling the results fraudulent.

answer: Donald Trump responded to the news outlets calling the 2020 election for President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday with an inaccurate and desperate-seeming statement. In his statement, Trump claims that his campaign will start "prosecuting their case" in court come Monday, which would effectively be an attempt to overrule the will of the American people. It's concerning that Trump is just outright lying about an election he lost and that he has refused to concede that he lost.

answer: After failing to win the election against Joe Biden, Trump accused the media of falsely calling the elections for Biden. There have been no Voter Fraud or tampering with vote counting. However, Trump and his media friends have expected the courts to save him. Trump also tweeted that the election was stolen from him.