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“Erdoğan’s Long Arm” was caught red handed in Belgium. The Belgian Police detected that the IP address, where threat messages were sent to Turkish journalists via some social media, belongs to the Turkish Embassy in Brussels.

The headline news of Het Laatste Nieuws (HLN,) one of the bestselling newspaper in Belgium, on Friday has reported that The IP addresses of the threat messages indicates the Turkish Embassy in Brussels. The prosecutor’s office carrying out the investigation also confirmed the information.

The Brussels’ Bureau Chief of the closed newspaper Zaman; Selçuk Gültaşlı and other correspondents were pointed as a target after the controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016 by twitter users named ‘Veysel Filiz’ and ‘Selim Güzel.’ Veysel Filiz was the Press Consultant of the Turkish Embassy for that time.

Turkish journalist R. filed a criminal complaint about the Twitter accounts, which sent posts to be in scope of hate crimes. The investigation has been going on for one and a half year. The Belgian Police’s inquiry focused on the accounts named Selim Güzel (@selimguzel_FC) and Veysel Filiz, the Press Consultant of the Embassy.

According to the news of HLN, Zaventem Police informed R. a few weeks ago and said that they detected that one of the IP addresses who was threatening him belonged to the Turkish Embassy. R. took the record as an official report.

It is also stated that the prosecutor’s office had a difficult time as the investigation gained a diplomatic character. Therefore, the paper has reported that, the investigation has proceeded very slowly for the last few months because of its political and diplomatic sensitivity. The former press official of the Turkish Embassy was also in a diplomatic status.

Jeroen Bosaert, the journalist who signed the news report, called the Turkish Embassy and asked for information. He asked the Embassy officials if they knew anyone called Selim Güzel. But he received a reply that they didn’t know anyone with that name, and that person didn’t work for the embassy either.

Nevertheless, Bosaert kept on his search and revealed Selim Güzel’s previous posts on twitter as he was someone working for the Embassy. For instance, on July 27, 2016 he posted “We attended Europe Islamophobia Summit in Sarajevo. We were with Volkan Kocagül from our Ministry of the EU. The topic is dimensional, I will write about it.” And Volkan Kocagül was a high ranking diplomat at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Journalist Bosaert has reported the contradiction in the Turkish Embassy’s statements, and he highlighted that the twitter user Selim Güzel was occasionally with Turkish ministers and diplomats.

R. filed his first complaint about the threats on social media on the next day of the controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016. The reason was, Veysel Filiz @veysel_FILIZ tagged R. and posted “Do not rejoice so soon, we are marking your lairs.”

Journalist filed his second complaint in September 2016 for Selim Güzel. The reason for that was, Güzel mentioned R. and posted “the Belgium Media Hitman of FETÖ” the same tweet included a list of other Turkish journalists who were targeted, too. The investigation about Güzel’s social media posts was in process since then.

“FETÖ” is a pejorative acronym that Turkey’s political Islamist government has been using to defame the Gülen movement.

It was also stated in the report that R. was secretly taken in police protection for six months. Journalist told the Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) that he had just learned this information, too. This information was in the investigation file. After his complaint, the Belgian police in disguise had taken security precautions around his house for six months. Local police had checked out around his house, too. He felt himself more secure then. “This is something good. It is a substantial feeling,” he said and added that he felt he was leaving in democratically and lawfully developed country.

R. has also talked about his complaints and stated that they were journalists in Brussels following the agenda of Belgium and Turkey’s EU relations. He said that “We were not related to and interested in the local events in Turkey. We were shaken when the Zaman daily in Turkey was seized. We lost our jobs. A few months later the coup attempt occurred. We began to be threatened here. Therefore, I customarily went to the police. I felt it as a security issue. Because, physical assaults had already started here.”

R. has also commented on the stage of the investigation process and stated that “The prosecutor’s office might have been incapacitated. Because the suspects have diplomatic immunity. Legal intervention to the Embassy may not be possible. They will wait and see how far the investigation could go.”

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

What does the article say about Turkish Embassy activities in Belgium?

answer: Turkish journalists in Belgium are being targeted with threatening messages on social media. The Belgian Police detected that the IP address used to send the messages belongs to the Turkish Embassy in Brussels. The threats came from twitter users "Veysel Filiz" and "Selim Güzel". Filiz was the Press Consultant of the Turkish Embassy at the time, and Güzel worked for the Embassy in the past, a fact which Embassy staff denied despite evidence to the contrary.

answer: Selçuk Gültaşlı and other correspondents were accused of being a part of the dispatch behind the controversial coup attempt in 2016 by social media users. One of the social media threat-makers an embassy staffer named Selim Güzel along with Veysel Filiz who used to be the Press Consultant for the Turkish Embassy for a short time before activities relating to this.

text: The response includes extraneous information not useful for the task.

refinement: One of the social media threat-makers an embassy staffer named Selim Güzel along with Veysel Filiz who used to be the Press Consultant for the Turkish Embassy for a short time before activities relating to this.

text: grammatical errors in the response. changes for more coherence.

refinement: One of the social media threat-makers is an embassy staffer named Selim Güzel along with Veysel Filiz who used to be the Press Consultant for the Turkish Embassy for a short time before activities relating to this.

text: The response misses to mention that Turkish journalists in Brussels were the ones being threatened and that the IP addresses were coming from the Turkish Embassy.

refinement: Turkish journalists in Brussels were being threatened on social media and the IP addresses were coming from the Turkish Embassy in Brussels. One of the social media threat-makers is an embassy staffer named Selim Güzel along with Veysel Filiz who used to be the Press Consultant for the Turkish Embassy for a short time before activities relating to this.

answer: The article reports that the IP address where threatening messages against Turkish journalists were sent via social media, belongs to the Turkish Embassy in Brussels. The Prosecutor's office confirmed this information. The Turkish Embassy has denied any connection, but evidence suggests that one of the IP addresses in question belongs to the Embassy. The investigation process has been frustratingingly slow due to its political and diplomatic sensitivity.

answer: The article states that the IP address where threat messages were sent to Turkish journalists is from the Turkish Embassy in Brussels, Belgium. Strangely, when questioned about this, the Turkish Embassy denied knowing anyone with the name Selim Güzel, and Mr. Gültaslı’s social media posts as Press Consultant of the embassy indicated otherwise. The investigation into the threats made has been very slow due to the diplomatic and political sensitivity.

text: The response inaccurately mentions Mr. Gültasli as the Press Consultant of the embassy, however it was Veysel Filiz.

refinement: The article states that the IP address where threat messages were sent to Turkish journalists is from the Turkish Embassy in Brussels, Belgium. Strangely, when questioned about this, the Turkish Embassy denied knowing anyone with the name Selim Güzel. However, Veysel Filiz's social media posts as Press Consultant of the embassy indicated otherwise. The investigation into the threats made has been very slow due to the diplomatic and political sensitivity.

answer: The Turkish Embassy in Belgium was censured by the Belgian police after they found that they were the source of threats to a Turkish journalist in Belgium.

text: The response misses to mention that the threats came from social media account with IP addresses from the embassy in Brussels.

refinement: The Turkish Embassy in Belgium was censured by the Belgian police after they found that they were the source of threats to a Turkish journalist in Belgium. The threats were being sent from social media accounts with IP addresses linked to the Turkish Embassy in Brussels.

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

What does the article say about Jeroen Bosaert?

answer: Jeroen Bosaert is the journalist who signed the news report about the story. He started by calling the Turkish Embassy for information about Selim Güzel. The embassy didn't have any of the information. Bosaert then continued his search and found posts from Güzel on Twitter that showed that he was with high-ranking diplomats from the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bosaert reported this inconsistency in Embassy statements.

answer: Bosaert is a reporter for the Belgian newspaper HLN. He investigated the threats to Turkish journalists in Belgium and found that the Turkish Embassy was involved. Bosaert asked the Embassy for information but received a statement that no person with the name Selim Güzel worked there or was involved in the threats. However, further investigation revealed that Selim Güzel had previously worked as a consultant for the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and some of his tweets matched the timeline of the threats against Turkish journalists in Belgium. Bosaert has also reported that he was taken into police protection for six months following his complaint.

text: There is no evidence in the text to suggest that Güzel had worked as a consultant for the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The text only mentions him as working for the Turkish Embassy.

refinement: Bosaert is a reporter for the Belgian newspaper HLN. He investigated the threats to Turkish journalists in Belgium and found that the Turkish Embassy was involved. Bosaert asked the Embassy for information but received a statement that no person with the name Selim Güzel worked there or was involved in the threats. However, further investigation revealed that Selim Güzel had previously worked for the Turkish Embassy and some of his tweets matched the timeline of the threats against Turkish journalists in Belgium. Bosaert has also reported that he was taken into police protection for six months following his complaint.

text: The response inaccurately mentions that Bosaert was taken into police protection, however it was Turkish journalist R.

refinement: Bosaert is a reporter for the Belgian newspaper HLN. He investigated the threats to Turkish journalists in Belgium and found that the Turkish Embassy was involved. Bosaert asked the Embassy for information but received a statement that no person with the name Selim Güzel worked there or was involved in the threats. However, further investigation revealed that Selim Güzel had previously worked for the Turkish Embassy and some of his tweets matched the timeline of the threats against Turkish journalists in Belgium. Turkish journalist R. has also reported that he was taken into police protection for six months following his complaint.

answer: Jeroen Bosaert is a journalist at HLN. He has contacts with Turkish journalists, including R. Bosaert has a background in journalism.

text: The response includes repeated information not useful for the task.

refinement: Jeroen Bosaert is a journalist at HLN. He has contacts with Turkish journalists, including R.

text: The response misses to mention that Bosaert was the journalist who called the Turkish Embassy asking for information on Güzel and reported inconsistencies with their statements when he found out that Güzel was in fact working for the embassy.

refinement: Jeroen Bosaert is a journalist at HLN. He has contacts with Turkish journalists, including R. Bosaert had requested information from the Turkish Embassy about Selim Güzel. He continued his investigation when the Embassy denied knowing Güzel. Once Bosaert uncovered that Güzel was actually working for the Embassy, he reported the inconsistencies.

answer: Bosaert was the journalist who signed the news report, called the Turkish Embassy, and asked for information. He was the one who asked the Embassy if they knew Selim Güzel. The Turkish Embassy told him they didn't know anyone with that name and Güzel didn't work for them. Bosaert continued to dig and found Güzel's old twitter posts proving that he worked for the Embassy.

answer: Jeroen Bosaert is a Belgian reporter who was able to pinpoint that one of the IP addresses associated with the threatening messages in question belonged to the Turkish Embassy in Brussels. The news article cites Bosaert as the source of this information, and his coverage of the story has been detailed and thorough.

text: The response incorrectly mentions that Bosaert was the one who detected the IP addresses associated with the threats, however it was the Belgian police. Bosaert was actually the one who called the Embassy to ask about Güzel, one of the threat-makers. The embassy denied knowing him but Bosaert continued digging, uncovering inconsistencies and revealing that Güzel was in fact working for the embassy.

refinement: Jeroen Bosaert is a Belgian journalist who signed the news report and called the Turkish Embassy to ask about Güzel, one of the threat-makers. The embassy denied knowing him but Bosaert continued digging, uncovering inconsistencies and revealing that Güzel was in fact working for the embassy. The news article cites Bosaert as the source of this information, and his coverage of the story has been detailed and thorough.

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

What does the article say about Turkish journalist "R."?

answer: The article says that Turkish journalist R. filed a complaint about social media threats of murder, hate crimes, and other threats received from Veysel Filiz and Selim Güzel a few weeks after Veysel Pliz tagged R. and posted "Do not rejoice so soon, we are marking your lairs."

text: The response misses to mention that weeks after the complaint, police informed of the IP addresses belong to the Turkish Embassy and R. was taken into police protection.

refinement: The article says that Turkish journalist R. filed a complaint about social media threats of murder, hate crimes, and other threats received from Veysel Filiz and Selim Güzel. A few weeks after the complaint, police informed him that the IP addresses of the threats belonged to the Turkish Embassy. R. was then taken into police protection for six months.

answer: R. was threatened by twitter users associated with the Turkish embassy and the investigation pinpointed that the IP address associated with the threats belonged to the Turkish Embassy. R. has reported the contradiction in the Turkish Embassy's statements, and has stated that he is a journalist following the situation of Belgium and Turkey's EU relations. The police have also taken security precautions around R. since his complaint. The prosecutor's office might have been incapacitated as the suspects have diplomatic immunity, and they will likely wait and see how far the investigation into the matter can go.

text: The response inaccurately mentions that R. reported the contradictions in the Turkish Embassy's statements, it was actually Bosaert that reported it.

refinement: R. was threatened by twitter users associated with the Turkish embassy and the investigation pinpointed that the IP address associated with the threats belonged to the Turkish Embassy. R. stated that he is a journalist following the situation of Belgium and Turkey's EU relations. The police have also taken security precautions around R. since his complaint. The prosecutor's office might have been incapacitated as the suspects have diplomatic immunity, and they will likely wait and see how far the investigation into the matter can go.

answer: R. has been threatened via social media and has filed complaints with the police. One of the IP addresses where the threats were sent belongs to the Turkish Embassy in Brussels. While the Turkish Embassy denies knowing any person named Selim Güzel, journalist Bosaert has uncovered Güzel's connection to the Embassy. The investigation has been proceeding slowly due to its political and diplomatic sensitivity. It is unclear whether legal intervention with the Embassy will be possible. R. feels safer now because he is under police protection.

text: The response includes extraneous information not useful for the task.

refinement: R. has been threatened via social media and has filed complaints with the police. One of the IP addresses where the threats were sent belongs to the Turkish Embassy in Brussels. R. feels safer now because he is under police protection.

answer: Suıı was a journalist who worked in Brussels and was a correspondent for a closed Turkish newspaper, who received threats by Twitter accounts named "Veysel Filiz" and "Selim Güzel". While being interrogated by the police after his complaint, he found out that the Belgian police assumed that one of the IP addresses that threatened him belonged to the Turkish Embassy. The Belgian police began to take security precautions around the journalists house for six months.

text: The response incorrectly mentions "Suii" instead of journalist R.

refinement: R. was a journalist who worked in Brussels and was a correspondent for a closed Turkish newspaper, who received threats by Twitter accounts named "Veysel Filiz" and "Selim Güzel". While being interrogated by the police after his complaint, he found out that the Belgian police assumed that one of the IP addresses that threatened him belonged to the Turkish Embassy. The Belgian police began to take security precautions around the journalists house for six months.

text: The response incorrectly mentions that R. was interrogated, he wasn't actually interrogated. Also, the police did not assume the IP address belong to the Turkish Embassy, police detected it.

refinement: R. was a journalist who worked in Brussels and was a correspondent for a closed Turkish newspaper, who received threats by Twitter accounts named "Veysel Filiz" and "Selim Güzel". After he filed a complaint with the police, he found out that the Belgian police detected that one of the IP addresses that threatened him belonged to the Turkish Embassy. The Belgian police began to take security precautions around the journalists house for six months.

answer: R. was the Turkish journalist who filed a criminal complaint against the Twitter accounts that posted content that falls within the scope of hate crimes. R. first filed his complaint about the threats on social media the day after the controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016. R. worries that legal intervention will go nowhere because the suspects have diplomatic immunity.


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Under the heading, “be careful what you wish for, you might just get it,” the satisfaction Democrats, other leftist organizations and their media allies derived from President Donald Trump’s decision to disband the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, led by Vice President Mike Pence and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, may be short-lived.

Not that they get it — yet. Thus, the reliably feverish Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) reiterated the Left’s tiresome tropes that ensuring the integrity of American elections constitutes “a front to suppress the vote” and an effort to “perpetrate dangerous and baseless claims.” Schumer further insisted the Committee’s disbandment demonstrates that “ill-founded proposals that just appeal to a narrow group of people won’t work, and we hope they’ll learn this lesson elsewhere.”

Schumer’s assertion that protecting elections resonates solely with a “narrow group” is laughable. A 2015 CBS News poll revealed a majority of Americans considered voter fraud to be fairly widespread, and a 2016 Gallup poll revealed a whopping 80% of Americans favor requiring voters to provide _photo ID_ to cast a ballot. Moreover, a 2007 Gallup poll _and_ a 2012 Washington Post poll both revealed more Americans are concerned with voter fraud than voter suppression.

So why did Trump shut down the Commission? “Despite substantial evidence of voter fraud, many states have refused to provide the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity with basic information relevant to its inquiry,” Trump said in a brief statement last Wednesday. “Rather than engage in endless legal battles at taxpayer expense, today I signed an executive order to dissolve the Commission, and have asked the Department of Homeland Security to review these issues and determine next courses of action.”

Leftists will likely regret the shift and fittingly, they have only themselves to blame. As columnist Thomas Lifson explains, Democrats made so-called Russian hacking of the election “a national security issue. This opens the door for DHS — armed with far more investigatory power than any commission might exercise — to go full bore at election fraud,” he writes. “President Trump tried it the nice way, only to encounter obstruction. Now it is time for Plan B, and I am pretty sure that Democrats will not like it at all.”

Kobach, who led the Commission along with Pence, was equally explicit. “What’s happening is a tactical shift where the mission of the commission is being handed off to Homeland Security without the stonewalling by Democrats,” he stated. Kobach also hammered reliably leftist organizations like the ACLU and the NAACP, along with congressional Democrats and their Commission members, who attempted undermine its work at every turn. “They have absolutely no interest in stopping voter fraud,” Kobach declared. “It’s truly extraordinary that one party in our system has made clear that they don’t care.”

The most critical aspect of the change? Leftists who often use the courts to get what they want (or prevent that which they don’t) will no longer have that option. “The investigation will continue. And it will continue more efficiently and more effectively,” Kobach warned. “By throwing their food in the air, [Democrats] just lost their seat at the table.”

At least eight lawsuits have been filed against the Commission, largely based on accusations that asking for state voter data, much of which is on the public record, violated open-records laws, or breached privacy protections. Moreover, Democrat Commission member and Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap filed his own lawsuit, accusing the commission of hiding information from him. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly partially agreed, saying the panel should provide him the requested documents.

Despite the commission being disbanded, Dunlap insists it still has to honor the judge’s decision. “I didn’t want to go to court,” he told The Daily Signal. “All I wanted, honest to God, was to participate and get an answer to all of my questions.”

Dunlap was also concerned about the change of course. “How many driver’s licenses has Homeland Security issued?” he asked rhetorically. “None. How many elections has Homeland Security run? None.”

Despite Dunlap’s take, DHS’s outsider status is a _good_ thing. Driver’s licenses? Twelve states — California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Vermont and Washington, plus the District of Columbia — allow _illegal aliens_ to obtain driver’s licenses. Of those 12, only Utah favored Trump in the 2016 election. Only three — Washington, Nevada and Hawaii — were willing to provide the Commission with any information.

As for running an election, Americans might be shocked to discover that at least 38 states currently or will soon allow voters to register online, and 14 currently or will soon permit voters to register on Election Day. Moreover, according to Ballotpedia, 34% of the states have no ID requirement to vote, 24% have non-strict, non-photo voter ID laws, 20% have non-strict, photo ID laws, 6% have strict, non-photo ID laws, and 16% have strict, photo ID laws.

In other words, there is ample opportunity to commit voter fraud.

Nonetheless, Democrats would have Americans believe lax registration and voting procedures, coupled with wholesale resistance to investigations, has a non-existent or marginal impact on the integrity of elections. Moreover, they insist any effort to conduct an investigation that would either reveal fraud — or the lack thereof that would _validate_ their assertions — amounts to “a wild-goose chase for voter fraud, demonizing the very American voters whom we should all be helping to participate — with the not-so-secret goal of making voting harder with unnecessary barriers,” according to Dale Ho, director of the ACLU Voting Rights Project.

That would be the same ACLU whose executive director, Anthony D. Romero, called for the DOJ “to appoint a special prosecutor to independently investigate the Trump campaign’s ties to Russian interference in November’s election and for Congress to create a select committee, akin to the Watergate select committee, to ensure an adequate and public resolution of this crisis” — to “preserve our constitutional values.”

Thus, some allegations of voter fraud are “more equal than others.” And despite Democrat denials, the Commission did document 8,471 cases of double-voting in elections in 21 states, and 938 voter fraud convictions since 2000. Moreover, the same Democrats who have issues with the DHS’s current effort to supersede their resistance, had no problem when Obama administration DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson determined that state election systems were “critical infrastructure,” requiring federal oversight due to “hacking” concerns — despite no evidence of hacking.

Again for leftists, hacking by extra-national entities is highly problematic, but “hacking” by thousands of potentially ineligible or double voting individuals, including “extra-nationals” (read: illegals), is no problem at all.

In short, the Democrat Party’s stance on investigations of voter fraud is highly selective. Any DHS investigations that might prove inimical to their interests amounts to “disenfranchisement,” while any investigation that even hints at delegitimizing the current president — courtesy of a Special Counsel armed with extra-constitutional power — must be pursued with unrelenting vigor.

How Democrats miss the searing irony that the special counsel’s investigation provides a powerful justification for the DHS’s investigation is anyone’s guess.

Let the proverbial chips fall where they may.

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

Summarize what the article has to say about voter fraud.

answer: Schumer asserts that combating voter fraud is a means to suppress the vote. However, voter fraud is considered to be reasonably widespread by the majority of Americans. The DHS has comparatively more investigatory power than the commission, so the investigation will be more efficiently handled.

text: DHS should not be abbreviated since it's used only once in the text.

refinement: Schumer asserts that combating voter fraud is a means to suppress the vote. However, voter fraud is considered to be reasonably widespread by the majority of Americans. The Department of Homeland Security has comparatively more investigatory power than the commission, so the investigation will be more efficiently handled.

answer: The article discusses the disbandment of President Trump's election integrity commission. It indicates that voter fraud is a widespread concern in the American population, with more people concerned than not. Although an overwhelming majority of Americans consider voter fraud to be widespread, some leftists insist that voter fraud is not a problem, and argue that efforts to examine the issue are "disenfranchisement." As such, despite the disbandment of the Commission, the Department of Homeland Security is likely to step in and pursue investigations of voter fraud.

text: The Department of Homeland Security isn't "likely" to step in, it is asked to do so.

refinement: The article discusses the disbandment of President Trump's election integrity commission. It indicates that voter fraud is a widespread concern in the American population, with more people concerned than not. Although an overwhelming majority of Americans consider voter fraud to be widespread, some leftists insist that voter fraud is not a problem, and argue that efforts to examine the issue are "disenfranchisement." As such, despite the disbandment of the Commission, the Department of Homeland Security is asked to step in and pursue investigations of voter fraud.

answer: Voter fraud to be a problem, with estimates placing it over 2 million cases.

text: The answer is both too brief, inaccurate, and useless. It should be re-written.

refinement: Schumer asserts that combating voter fraud is a means to suppress the vote. However, voter fraud is considered to be reasonably widespread by the majority of Americans. The Department of Homeland Security has comparatively more investigatory power than the commission, so the investigation will be more efficiently handled.

answer: The article discusses the disbandment of Trump's election integrity commission amid Democratic criticism and reluctance to cooperate with investigations into potential voter fraud. It notes that despite some evidence of voter fraud, Democrats are opposed to attempts to investigate or remedy potential issues. Republicans dissolved the commission due to the resistance from Democrats and potential ineffectiveness, but argue that the investigation will continue through DHS. The article also highlights several possible avenues for voter fraud, including online registration, voter ID laws and hacking concerns.

text: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shouldn't be abbreviated since it's used only once.

refinement: The article discusses the disbandment of Trump's election integrity commission amid Democratic criticism and reluctance to cooperate with investigations into potential voter fraud. It notes that despite some evidence of voter fraud, Democrats are opposed to attempts to investigate or remedy potential issues. Republicans dissolved the commission due to the resistance from Democrats and potential ineffectiveness, but argue that the investigation will continue through the Department of Homeland Security. The article also highlights several possible avenues for voter fraud, including online registration, voter ID laws and hacking concerns.

answer: The author submits and maintains that voter fraud is a possibility in many states for reasons that the author largely attributes to Democrat policies. Factors like allowing immigrants who don't yet have a legal status in this country to obtain driver's licenses contribute to voter fraud, according to the author. This is because one can vote online in a whopping 38 states.

text: 38 states allow or will allow soon for registering to vote, not online voting.

refinement: The author submits and maintains that voter fraud is a possibility in many states for reasons that the author largely attributes to Democrat policies. Factors like allowing immigrants who don't yet have a legal status in this country to obtain driver's licenses contribute to voter fraud, according to the author. The issue is further problematic because 38 states allow or will allow soon for registering online to vote.

text: The answer misses the main topic of the article, which is the disbandment of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity.

refinement: The article's main topic is the dissolution of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity after roadblocks from the Democrats. The author thinks the idea is absurd, and the Democrats will regret their decision because the Department of Homeland Security, which has far more investigative power, is asked to intervene. The author submits and maintains that voter fraud is a possibility in many states for reasons that the author largely attributes to Democrat policies. Factors like allowing immigrants who don't yet have a legal status in this country to obtain driver's licenses contribute to voter fraud, according to the author. The issue is further problematic because 38 states allow or will allow soon for registering online to vote.

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

Summarize why Democrats think their policies on voting procedures are right, according to the author.

answer: The author posits that because Democrats hold a view of reduced responsibility, they believe voter fraud doesn't actually happen very often. They are certain their more relaxed policies on registration and procedures does not affect the outcome of elections. Democrats do not want to risk demonizing and alienating voters by cracking down on policies with stricter voter regulations.

text: The first and last sentences are inaccurate and half made-up. The answer should instead talk about how the Democrats think the investigation on election fraud is to suppress voters, etc.

refinement: They are certain their more relaxed policies on registration and procedures does not affect the outcome of elections. The Democrats think the potential hacking by Russians needs a special committee for investigation while asserting that the Republicans are trying to make voting harder. The author posits that the Democrats support all investigations that could discredit their opposition while opposing any that would be inimical to their interests.

answer: The author presents evidence on double voting and voter fraud stats (8,471 cases of double voting in 21 states). The Democrats state that there is no need for an investigation of the extent of voter fraud because there is no evidence and such investigations are discriminating Americans who are trying to vote. They also state that there is a danger of disenfranchisement if DHS and other government come to check fraudulent voting. The author feels that such fears of investigations are unfounded and selective.

text: The Democrats don't claim that there's no evidence of voting fraud. They claim the final results aren't affected, that the scale of the problem is small.

refinement: The author presents evidence on double voting and voter fraud stats (8,471 cases of double voting in 21 states). The Democrats state that such investigations are discriminating Americans who are trying to vote and that final results aren't affected. They also state that there is a danger of disenfranchisement if DHS and other government come to check fraudulent voting. The author feels that such fears of investigations are unfounded and selective.

text: Two grammar mistakes: "discriminating Americans" should be "discriminating against Americans" and "other government come" should be "other government agencies"

refinement: The author presents evidence on double voting and voter fraud stats (8,471 cases of double voting in 21 states). The Democrats state that such investigations are discriminating against Americans who are trying to vote and that final results aren't affected. They also state that there is a danger of disenfranchisement if DHS and other government agencies come to check fraudulent voting. The author feels that such fears of investigations are unfounded and selective.

text: The answer should mention the desired investigation by the Democrats about Trump's ties to Russia

refinement: The author presents evidence on double voting and voter fraud stats (8,471 cases of double voting in 21 states). The Democrats state that such investigations are discriminating against Americans who are trying to vote and that final results aren't affected. They also state that there is a danger of disenfranchisement if DHS and other government agencies come to check fraudulent voting. The author feels that such fears of investigations are unfounded and selective, citing the Democrats' desire for a special committee to investigate Trump's ties to Russia.

answer: Democrats believe that it's wrong to have citizens have to show IDs to partake in the voting process. They claim that, as it may discourage voters from voting as IDs are expensive for many people. The author rebuts this argument by stating that any voter fraud is a form of disenfranchisement and that the information being asked for is publicly available and has only been spoiled by Democrats trying to have the Commission disbanded.

text: The entire answer is either misleading or confusing. It should be re-written.

refinement: They are certain their more relaxed policies on registration and procedures does not affect the outcome of elections. The Democrats think the potential hacking by Russians needs a special committee for investigation while asserting that the Republicans are trying to make voting harder. The author posits that the Democrats support all investigations that could discredit their opposition while opposing any that would be inimical to their interests.

answer: Democrat politicians and organizations contend their policies on voting procedures are right because they favor more access to the ballot and protections for voters, as compared to ensuring the integrity of the voting process by investigating possible cases of voter fraud. In contrast, Republicans advocate investigating possible cases of voter fraud in order to deter fraud and protect the integrity of elections. The disbanding of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, due to resistance from Democrats and leftist organizations, in no way indicates the need for the DHS to slack on investigating voter fraud.

text: "The disbanding of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, due to resistance from Democrats and leftist organizations, in no way indicates the need for the DHS to slack on investigating voter fraud." This sentence is irrelevant and should be removed.

refinement: Democrat politicians and organizations contend their policies on voting procedures are right because they favor more access to the ballot and protections for voters, as compared to ensuring the integrity of the voting process by investigating possible cases of voter fraud. In contrast, Republicans advocate investigating possible cases of voter fraud in order to deter fraud and protect the integrity of elections.

text: The Republicans' desire to deter fraud is irrelevant to the question.

refinement: Democrat politicians and organizations contend their policies on voting procedures are right because they favor more access to the ballot and protections for voters, as compared to ensuring the integrity of the voting process by investigating possible cases of voter fraud.

text: The answer should mention the Democrats' argument that investigations of voter fraud are a way to disenfranchise voters.

refinement: Democrat politicians and organizations contend their policies on voting procedures are right because they favor more access to the ballot and protections for voters, as compared to ensuring the integrity of the voting process by investigating possible cases of voter fraud. The Democrats argue that investigations of voter fraud are a way to disenfranchise voters.

answer: According to the author, Democrats believe their policies on voting procedures are right because they are concerned primarily with preventing voter suppression, not fraud. Thus, any attempt by Homeland Security to investigate voter fraud, even though such fraud has been documented, would be seen as disenfranchisement by Democrats. Furthermore, Democrats want a Special Counsel to probe Trump's alleged collusion with Russia - despite no evidence to support those claims - and see that investigation as a justification for DHS not to investigate voter fraud.

text: The Democrats don't see the investigation about Russia as a justification for DHS to not investigate voter fraud. That part is made up. However, the answer can mention that the author thinks the Democrats are being selective in their desire to investigate elections.

refinement: According to the author, Democrats believe their policies on voting procedures are right because they are concerned primarily with preventing voter suppression, not fraud. Thus, any attempt by Homeland Security to investigate voter fraud, even though such fraud has been documented, would be seen as disenfranchisement by Democrats. Furthermore, Democrats want a Special Counsel to probe Trump's alleged collusion with Russia, and the author finds the Democrats' desire of investigating election integrity to be selective.

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

Explain how leftists previously used the courts to get what they want, according to the author.

answer: Leftists use legal actions when it suits them for any positive gain. For example, leftists use the courts as a method of acquiring power and advantage. This can also look like fighting tooth and nail against every obstructionist detail, no matter how arbitrary, but only when someone else does something wrong. It can also look like disregarding rights when used by the other person and favoring rights when they personally benefit. Leftists had no trouble with eventually upholding voting duties.

text: The entire answer is either wrong or off-topic. It needs a re-write.

refinement: The Democrats sued the Commission that was to investigate voter fraud, mostly about privacy breaches or violating open records laws. In one case, Democrat Dunlap accused the commission of hiding information from him and sued them for it. The author says leftists used courts to stymie their opposition or to get something they want in general.

answer: The author thinks that the leftists who wanted Trump ousted for having colluded with Russia will regret their influence on his decision to dissolve the Presidential Advisory Committee on Election Integrity. Democrats called for the disbandment because they say it suppressed voters' rights; however, it also utilized probes to investigate the then-President's activities, some of which are said to have been unconstitutional in colluding with Russia to bolster his presidential campaign. Now it will be handed to Homeland Security, and there will be crackdowns on immigrants.

text: The entire answer is irrelevant to the question. It needs to be re-written.

refinement: The Democrats sued the Commission that was to investigate voter fraud, mostly about privacy breaches or violating open records laws. In one case, Democrat Dunlap accused the commission of hiding information from him and sued them for it. The author says leftists used courts to stymie their opposition or to get something they want in general.

answer: The author suggests that leftists routinely relied on the courts to get what they wanted, despite the legality of their desired outcome. For example, leftist organizations filed lawsuits against the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity and its requests for voter data, but were more than happy when the Obama administration DHS Secretary deemed election systems "critical infrastructure," requiring federal oversight due to "hacking" concerns despite no evidence of hacking. Leftists are selective in what kind of investigation they consider to violate the rights of voters, the author argues, while pushing investigations into Trump's possible collusion with Russia to ensure a "resolution of this crisis." The author concludes that whatever the DHS deems necessary to investigate, leftists will oppose unless it fit their narrative.

answer: According to the author, leftists often used the courts to get what they want.

text: The answer omits the details of what specific actions were taken by the leftists to use the courts for their advantage.

refinement: According to the author, leftists often used the courts to get what they want. The Democrats sued the Commission that was to investigate voter fraud, mostly about privacy breaches or violating open records laws. In one case, Democrat Dunlap accused the commission of hiding information from him and sued them for it.

answer: Leftists typically rely on the courts to get what they want by launching lawsuits, most of which are baseless. This allows leftist organizations and their allied politicians time to obstruct investigations while they effectively derail progress or action. With the disbandment of the Commission on Election Integrity, however, leftists no longer have this option. Only time will tell if they regret their obstructionism.


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MARY EGGERS TENDLER (née EGGERS) is a volleyball coach and former volleyball player. She is the head volleyball coach at Elon University[1] and played collegiately for Illinois where she was a First-Team All-American and winner of the Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) in 1989 as the nation's top collegiate female volleyball player.[2]

Early life

Eggers was born to Warren and Shirley Eggers and grew up in Aurora, Illinois with four older brothers and sisters. She shot basketballs in her driveway in the evening, and when her older sisters would return home with a date, she would challenge the dates to a hoop contest. Even though she was ten years old, she would challenge them in her pyjamas and usually beat them, picking up a little pocket change.[3] She started playing volleyball in eighth grade, when her pastor persuaded her to join a team.[4][5] She attended West Aurora High School, where she played both basketball and volleyball, but she improved her volleyball skills and was named a high school All-American. In her senior year, she helped lead the team to the state supersectionals.[6]

While at high school, she played basketball and volleyball for her first three years, but then decided to concentrate on volleyball, and only played volleyball as a senior.[7] In her senior year, the was named the Chicago Sun-Times Girls Volleyball Players of the Year.[8] She considered several schools in the area, including Northwestern, Illinois State, Western Michigan and Illinois. However, while all three schools other than Illinois were ranked in the top 20 in the nation, she decided to go to Illinois.[9] It wasn't because of their strength as a program, the team was 15–18 the year before she arrived, and 5–25 the year before, but she felt Illinois was a “team on the rise” and she wanted to be part of it.[10][11]

College

Eggers led the nation in hitting percentage in her sophomore and senior years, 1986, and 1988. She was named to the First-Team All-Big Ten team all four years of school, and was named an All-American three times.[12] Her career hitting percentage, .420, was tops in the nation and stood as the top mark until 1993.[13] She helped lead the team to their first ever NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament in 1985, and helped the team reach the final four in 1987 and 1988.[14][15] In 1989, her senior year, she won the Honda Broderick Award as the nation's top collegiate female volleyball player.[16][17]

Professional

Eggers played a year and a half with the Olympic team, then played professionally for two years in Germany and France.[18]

Coaching

She began her coaching career as an assistant coach at Illinois State, Drake and James Madison.[19] She became the head coach at Elon University in 2002.[20] In 2010, she was named the SoCon Coach of the Year as the best coach in the Southern Conference.[21]

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title: Mary Eggers Tendler

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

What would have happened if Eggers did not join Illinois?

answer: While other schools were ranked in the top 20, she chose Illinois. She did not choose it for their program seeing as the team was 15-18 the year before she came, and 5-25 year before that. The other schools she considered were ranked higher than Illinois.

text: Replace the statistics in this response with hypotheticals based on the question.

refinement: If she had not joined Illinois, she may not have been named an All-American three times, and may not have won the Broderick Award. Without her, the team possibly would not have gone on to their first ever NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament in 1985 and reached the final four in 1987 and 1988.

answer: While other schools were ranked in the top 20, she chose Illinois. She did not choose it for their program seeing as the team was 15-18 the year before she came, and 5-25 year before that.

answer: She would not have become the nation's top collegiate female volleyball player and she would not have won the Honda Broderick Award.


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Many people assume that they can recycle pizza boxes. In fact, most pizza boxes have recycling symbols on them and are traditionally made from corrugated cardboard. They are, in and of themselves, recyclable before they are used.

However, what makes parts of them non-recyclable is the hot, tasty treat that comes inside them, specifically, the oily crust, savory sauce, and greasy toppings and cheese that make the pizza great. They all soil the cardboard.

A pizza box — or any paper product — that is stained with grease or food is not recyclable unless you remove all of the soiled portions.

But why is this? And what are the implications for the general, pizza-loving public?

How Pizza Boxes Get Recycled

Food is one of the worst contaminants in the paper recycling process. Grease and oil are not as big of a problem in plastic, metal, and glass recycling, as those materials are processed using a heat process. But when paper products, such as cardboard, are recycled, they are mixed with water and turned into a slurry. We all know that water and oil don’t mix, so what are the implications for paper recycling?

Grease from soiled paper products causes oil to form at the top of the slurry, and paper fibers cannot separate from oils during the pulping process. Essentially, the oily contaminant ruins the entire batch of paper fibers. This is also why other food-related items are non-recyclable (such as used paper plates, used napkins, and used paper towels).

“The oil gets in when you’re doing your process of making paper,” said Terry Gellenbeck, a solid waste administrative analyst for the City of Phoenix. “The oil causes great problems for the quality of the paper, especially the binding of the fibers. It puts in contaminants, so when they do squeeze the water out, it has spots and holes.”

But what about other things regularly found on paper products, like ink? “Most inks are not petroleum-based, so they break down fast. Food is a big problem,” said Gellenbeck.

When recycling, do be mindful of adhesives that may be on the pizza box (like coupons and other stickers), as those are also contaminants. Known as “pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs),” these can ruin a batch of recyclable paper just like as oil or food remains.

Don’t Be a Recycling Sneak

Many people admit to “sneaking” their pizza boxes into their recycling bin along with cardboard boxes and other recyclable products. Unfortunately, this does more harm than good as the contaminated cardboard could ruin the whole recycling batch.

In fact, recycling contamination is a big problem in the United States. The high rate of contamination in our recyclable materials is why, in January 2018, China stopped accepting most of the recyclables the U.S. had been exporting there for decades. Now, communities are scurrying to find enough U.S. recyclers to handle the extra load. In some cases, the materials that people are faithfully placing in their recycling bins are ending up in landfills.

So, What Do I Do?

The easiest remedy for your pizza box quandary is to cut or tear out the soiled portions of the box and trash them. If the entire box is grease-free, the whole box can be recycled with a clean conscience. But make sure it really is clean, without grease, food, or stickers; you don’t want to contaminate a whole load of recycling!

Instead of recycling, you may want to compost the pizza box, although the grease is still problematic.

“Even with oils, you shouldn’t compost [greased cardboard]. It causes rotting, you get more bugs and smell and it’s just not good for the plants,” said Gellenbeck. Note that some communities accept food-contaminated pizza boxes in curbside compost bins. Check with your provider if you’re not sure.

Most importantly, make sure you understand clearly what your local recycling provider accepts so that you avoid contamination in your recycling.

“It all depends on where your processor sends your paper, too,” said Gellenbeck. “If you can keep a particular thing like the food out, the plastics out, all those things that really shouldn’t be there, it would help.”

Find a cardboard recycling solution near you.

Share the info, pin the image below.

[Can pizza boxes be recycled? The answer might surprise you.]

_EDITOR’S NOTE:_ _Originally published on June 15, 2016, this article was updated in July 2018._

_Feature photo courtesy of_ _Marc Wathieu_ _under Creative Commons license_

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

Why aren't pizza boxes recyclable?

answer: Pizza boxes are not recyclable because oily residuals that come from pizza's toppings and cheese contamination. Pizza is one of the worst content contaminants.

answer: Pizza boxes are not recyclable because they are stained with grease and oil, which prevents the fibers in paper from being able to separate properly during the pulping process. This causes the paper to become contaminated, ruining the whole batch of recyclable materials. Grease and oil are considered contaminants in recycled paper and must be removed prior to recycling.

answer: Pizza boxes are not recyclable because they are soiled with grease and oil. These contaminants cause paper recycling to become ineffective or even ruined.

answer: Because when they are recycled; grease from the pizza and food residue stains contaminate the cardboard, making the contaminated cardboard unusable.

text: Change the semicolon to a comma

refinement: Because when they are recycled, grease from the pizza and food residue stains contaminate the cardboard, making the contaminated cardboard unusable.

answer: Pizza boxes cannot be recycled because of the grease and oil on the box.

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

What would happen if we tried recycling pizza boxes?

answer: Pizza boxes cannot be recycled if they are contaminated by grease or excess food, as this causes paper fibers to deteriorate at a higher rate during the paper recycling process. Any grease or food residue must be removed before the pizza box can be recycled. Otherwise, the contaminated paper products will ruin the whole recycling batch. In addition, adhesive materials such as coupons and stickers are also contaminants which render the pizza box unsalvageable for recycling purposes.

answer: Pizza boxes should not be recycled if they are contaminated with grease and oils. The grease causes paper fibers to stick together during the pulping process and results in defective paper that cannot be recycled. Instead of recycling, cut or tear out any soiled portions of the pizza box and discard them. If the entire box is grease-free, the whole box can be recycled.

answer: The oily parts of the pizza box that soiled the cardboard would spoil the entire batch of recyclable cardboard, meaning that the recyclable cardboard will be disposed as waste, and the businesses that are pressed to recycle their cardboard more efficiently will be in trouble.

answer: The grease and oil on the pizza boxes harm the recycling process. Paper products are recycled using water and turned into a slurry. Oil and water do not mix and hence the whole batch of recycling becomes useless.

answer: The oils, toppings, and sauces would contaminate the recyclable paper. This would ruin countless other products specially designed to be recyclable.

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

Which other items are non-recyclable?

answer: Paper plates, used napkins, used paper towels, pizza boxes, etc.

answer: Food-related items such as used napkins, paper plates, and used paper towels are also non-recyclable.

answer: Other items that are non-recyclable include used paper plates, used napkins, and used paper towels, since they all contain food or oil as contaminants.

answer: It is implied to be paper plates, napkins, and paper towels.

text: It's not just implied; it's explicitly stated

refinement: Paper plates, napkins, and paper towels.

answer: The passage mentions other non-recyclable food-related items, including used paper plates, used napkins, and used paper towels.

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

How can pizza boxes be recycled?

answer: By cutting out the stained parts.

answer: Pizza boxes must be cleaned first. They shouldn't have greasy strips, food particles or stickers. That includes stickers on other products like napkin or prewrapped food like hotdogs.

text: Remove the last sentence

refinement: Pizza boxes must be cleaned first. They shouldn't have greasy strips, food particles or stickers.

answer: Boxes can be recycled if they are grease-free, but they cannot be recycled if they are contaminated with grease or oily food remains. In order to recycle them, cut or tear out the soiled portions of the box, and discard those pieces.

answer: The best way to recycle pizza boxes would be to cut out all the greasy parts from the box and send the remaining box for recycling.

answer: If the pizza box is grease-free, the whole box can be recycled. However, the grease and food inside the box makes it unusable for paper recycling, which can cause contamination. Therefore, it's important to remove any soiled portions of the pizza box before recycling.

question: Write a ~6 sentence summary.

answer: Most sources indicate that pizza boxes can be recycled, but only before they have been used to carry pizza. This is due to the possibility of contamination from oil and grease on the food inside the box. Grease from food soiled cardboard can ruin an entire batch of recyclable paper. Make sure to cut or tear out the soiled portions before recycling the rest of the box. Some communities accept food contaminated pizza boxes in curbside compost bins, however it is best to consult with your local recycling provider if unsure.

answer:
Pizza boxes are generally recyclable but the grease and oil on the box make them non-recyclable. These substances do not mix with water which is essential for recycling. Contaminated cardboard could ruin a whole batch of recycling. The remedy to this is to cut out the greasy portion of the box and send the remaining for recycling.
Terry Gellenback suggests using these boxes as compost, but the grease would still be problematic. Oil causes rotting and bring more bugs to your plants.

answer: Most people believe that they can recycle their pizza boxes. However, pizza boxes usually contain elements that make them non-recyclable. Specifically, greasy elements from the pizza inside of the box ruin the cardboard. To recycle the box, it must be free of grease and food. If the box is clean, it can be recycled. However, composting might be a better option for your food-smeared pizza box, since greasy cardboard does more harm than good in the recycling process. To avoid ruining loads of recycled material, be mindful of any contaminants, such as grease, food, and stickers on your pizza box. Also, check with your recycling provider to know what materials they accept.

answer: This article explains what happens when you put a pizza box in your recycling bin and how it affects the process of reducing trash. Some people sneak pizza boxes into their recycling bins to recycle it and cause an environmental issue. Food is one of the worst contaminants. In the recycling process, the oil contaminates the batch of paper fibers and causes great problems for the quality of the paper. The solution is cutting or tearing out the soiled portions of the boxes and trash them.

answer:
The narrator persuades people to be wise about recycled pizza boxes. They say that because pizza boxes are made of corrugated cardboard, they are recyclable. The reason some pizza boxes are not recyclable is that the juicy toppings and cheese stick to the pizza box. Once they are caked with oil or grease, they are difficult to recycle.

Additionally, pizza boxes usually have moisture, which could harbor mold and bacteria if composted. One way to avoid such events is to ensure the pizza box is pest free. Properly disposing them will be helpful, too.

text: The oil is what causes problems when composting too, and "properly disposing them" is the subject of the article

refinement: The narrator persuades people to be wise about recycled pizza boxes. They say that because pizza boxes are made of corrugated cardboard, they are recyclable. The reason some pizza boxes are not recyclable is that the juicy toppings and cheese stick to the pizza box. Once they are caked with oil or grease, they are difficult to recycle.

text: Summarize what the author says about composting

refinement: The narrator persuades people to be wise about recycled pizza boxes. They say that because pizza boxes are made of corrugated cardboard, they are recyclable. The reason some pizza boxes are not recyclable is that the juicy toppings and cheese stick to the pizza box. Once they are caked with oil or grease, they are difficult to recycle. Composting greased cardboard can also be problematic, as it causes rotting.


text:
It was a chilly spring day in Vancouver. “Hurry up we have to get going to the town center soon, breakfast is downstairs,” Adams wife stood at the bedroom door. She had dark black hair that drooped down her face and pale white skin much like Adam. He got up out of bed to change into his black jumpsuit; the same jumpsuit that everyone wore except his had a unique number, it read 77689. Towards the bathroom, he walked with a slouched back and a slight limp following a factory accident he had a month ago. A feeling of anger came over him but quickly subsided; he remembered the doctor telling him to control his thoughts and emotions.

“Breakfast looks good,” he said with a cold smile, it was a hot metal bowl of oatmeal and honey. The same food everyone got for their rations, the government provided the food, everyone got equal treatment. At the table sat Adams only son Tim, a gaunt ghoulish boy with razor-sharp cheekbones and hollow eyes.

“I hate this food,” Tim said spinning his spoon around the bowl, making a horrid screeching sound.

“Stop that,” his mum groaned looking as equally fed up of the cuisine.

“Don’t complain about the food, we should be thankful that we’re eating a hot meal,” Adam insisted, something inside of him didn’t feel right but he carried on slurping up the oatmeal. He looked past the drab and grey walls into the window where the sun stood far out of reach. “Let's get going, we don’t want to miss the news,” Adam sighed, as he got up the old wooden chair screamed being dragged across the wood floor.

The door creaked open as the family stepped out, the smoke-filled air heated up Adams throat drying it up like an Arabian desert. His lungs now used to the air no longer rejected it instead suffered from every burning breath. The taste was like burning hair which dried up the mouth. Stark houses stood only meters apart to accommodate the growing population. Now at the Town Center, he looked at the posters which hung up on telephone poles ‘Vote for Venessa Cooper 2078’, the same burning anger from earlier crept up his insides but like a fire extinguisher was put out by an irrational wave of fear. The endless sea of people stood around them, a flowing river of bodies. EEEEEEE the siren screeched, and silence quickly came to take its place. The silence hung in the air like a heavy fog but was disturbed by a flash.

“This is not your daily news broadcast, we call ourselves M0XERS,” the huge screen which usually displayed the news now projected a man with a deep monotone voice. He looked different as his face was not gaunt but was instead colourful and round, he had a dark brown beard that resembled a rainforest, his bare head scrunched up when he spoke. “We are here to liberate you from the prison you live in,” he declared, his tone so serious but warming. All eyes were on the screen then a group of dark masked figures abseiled down the screen. As people watched in curiosity the red paint quickly made out the word ‘freedom’.

The heavy silence was pierced by the yelling and hissing of people chanting “This is the hate of the old age!” The man on the screen looked in horror, suddenly the door behind him opened with a loud bang. Flashing white was followed by the sound of gunshots and screams. Silence once again covered the town center like a blanket of fog, when the dust cleared all that was left were bodies. A soldier dressed in all white appeared on screen then all went blank.

“We need to get out of here,” Adam said as he pulled his family away from the sea of people. Gunshots could be heard as a large military truck the size of two school buses plowed through the group of masked individuals. Gas was thrown at the crowd to disperse them. Everything slowed down, it felt as if someone stabbed him and pulled out his stomach. People were running and screaming as people began getting caught in the crossfire, he looked back and froze.

Breaths began coming to him but only in slow rattling gasps. His breathing would stop only to emerge like a drowning victim coming up for their last breath. His family still life clawed out of them into the cold hands of death. He looked at the word freedom now barely visible, covered in blood like a 1st graders painting.

“Go home or you will be shot!” the speaker blasted; this startled all the people still frozen in place to run like birds from a rock. Adam ran to in fear of his life, was he a coward to do so he thought. Nausea clawed at his throat he felt a strong contraction in his stomach, a vile acidic taste filled his mouth as he looked down only to see vivid yellow bile with chunks of oats.

The door creaked open and the coldness from the house felt like nails down his spine. His crying was both ferocious and noisy. He blinked briny tears from bloodshot eyes, his thick lashes stuck together in clumps as if he'd been swimming. The tears made wet tracks down his face and dripped from his stubbled, wobbling chin. He lay down needles sliced through every inch of his body the pain was too much, his eyes felt heavy like warm blankets.  He let his consciousness ebb away into the escape which was the darkness.

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

Summarize the feelings the characters in the text have about the food served to them.

answer: Throughout the story, the characters are unhappy and frustrated with the bland and monotonous food that is served to them. They view the food as an unfair ration provided by the government which they are grateful to be receiving nevertheless.

answer:
Adam's reaction to the food is ironically the "same" as his son's. He notes the food tastes the same as his son's complaints make it out to be (burning hair and dried up mouth). Adam's wife, who is also not pleased with the food, seems beset by an air of futility as she exclaims that they should be grateful they are eating hot food.

Everyone suffered from the smoke-filled air and dry mouths.

text: The last sentence has nothing to do with the answer.

refinement: Adam's reaction to the food is ironically the "same" as his son's. He notes the food tastes the same as his son's complaints make it out to be (burning hair and dried up mouth). Adam's wife, who is also not pleased with the food, seems beset by an air of futility as she exclaims that they should be grateful they are eating hot food.

text: Adam did not think the food tasted like burning hair, at least according to the story.

refinement: Adam's reaction to the food is ironically the "same" as his son's - it tastes bland. Adam's wife, who is also not pleased with the food, seems beset by an air of futility as she exclaims that they should be grateful they are eating hot food.

answer: The overall consensus of the feeling the characters have towards the food served to them is negative. Tim states that he hates the food given to him. Tim's mum also looks fed up of the food given. Ada tries to be thankful for having a hot meal in front of them. The food served to them was the same food everyone received for their rations.

answer: Adams wife is fed up of the food, and Adams son complains about the food. Adam's lungs stopped rejecting inhaling the air and his appetite was along way from healthy. Parts of the story suggest that the food is from the government which is how everyone gets food. People are unhappy about the food, it is not appetizing.

text: Some of the words are lacking appropriate punctuation - "Adams son" instead of Adam's son. Also, I would substitute "and" for "but" in the second sentence.

refinement: Adam's wife is fed up of the food, and Adam's son complains about the food. Adam's lungs stopped rejecting inhaling the air and his appetite was along way from healthy. Parts of the story suggest that the food is from the government which is how everyone gets food. People are unhappy about the food, it is not appetizing.

answer: The characters feel frustration and anger about the food they receive, though they understand that they should be grateful to receive sustenance at all.

text: The gratitude sentiment is not shared by every character in the story.

refinement: Adam's son feels frustration and anger about eating the same food every day. Adam's wife admonished the family to be grateful for having access to a hot meal.

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

Summarize the emotions of the people once they heard the message the MOXERS gave out.

answer: Adam and some people around him look horrified when they heard the message the MOXERS were giving out. Most people present slowly started to dissipate, while a group of people chanted, "This is the hate of the old age!" The people's fear is palpable when they were shifting in the place watching the MOXERS. The government is the one to calm down the people, telling the people that they should go home or they will be shot. Adam and the other peoples' fear is palpable as they are running away.

text: It is not clear that the government was calming people down as there were masked men from both sides shooting at each other.

refinement: Adam and some people around him look horrified when they heard the message the MOXERS were giving out. Most people present slowly started to dissipate, while a group of people chanted, "This is the hate of the old age!" The people's fear is palpable when they were shifting in the place watching the MOXERS. Someone on the speaker warns the crowd to leave or they will be shot. Adam and the other peoples' fear is palpable as they are running away.

answer: The people were initially curious but then quickly felt fear as they watched the MOXERS wreak havoc in the town center. The feeling turned to anger as the gunshots and screams made their way through the crowd. In the end, many people were left with overwhelming grief at the loss of loved ones.

text: It is not clear from the story that the masked gunmen were MOXERS.

refinement: The people were initially curious but then quickly felt fear as they watched the masked gunmen wreak havoc in the town center. The feeling turned to anger as the gunshots and screams made their way through the crowd. In the end, many people were left with overwhelming grief at the loss of loved ones.

answer: Everyone was in a frenzy and in the disorder that ensued people were screaming and running about. The two lenses in the form of "power" and "order" were slowly following the victims. The death toll was very high, there were bodies lying all over, some dying out and others already dead.

text: - I could not find lenses with written words like "power" and "order" slowly following the characters in the story.

refinement: Everyone was in a frenzy and in the disorder that ensued people were screaming and running about. Masked soldiers threw gas into the crowd with loud gunshots being heard above the confusion that ensued. The death toll was very high, there were bodies lying all over, some dying out and others already dead.

text: The response did not address the emotions of the people involved, which is the core of the question asked.

refinement: Everyone was in a frenzy and in the disorder that ensued people were screaming and running about. Masked soldiers threw gas into the crowd with loud gunshots being heard above the confusion that ensued. The death toll was very high, there were bodies lying all over, some dying out and others already dead. There was panic and fear - the main character ran away in terror, vomiting up his breakfast in nausea.

category_text: The response fails to address the question.

answer: There were many emotions, which lead to chaos, when the people heard that the MOXERS were here to liberate them from the prison they lived in. Some people started chanting that this "was the hate of the old age" and gunshots and screams started. Adam was frantic and wanted to get out of where they were. People were running and it was a full chaos of emotions, of dread and fear.

answer: When the MOXERS gave out a message of revolution its effects were an increase in embodied fear and a feeling of powerlessness in the face of violence. The people were horrified by the violence, feeling both fear and deep sadness for those that lost their lives.

text: The feeling of fear and powerlessness felt by the people were not just from the MoXERS' message.

refinement: The MoXERS' revolution message alongside the violence wreaked by the masked soldiers fueled fear and a feeling of powerlessness in the people present. They were all horrified by the violence, feeling both fear and deep sadness for those that lost their lives.

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

If the MOXERS had not come to free the prisoners, how would Adam and his family's life look?

answer: They would have died that day.

text: They would not die.

refinement: Adam's family would have carried on living the same lives, eating the same food every day, discontented about their existence.

answer: From how Adam is thankful for receiving a hot meal, he would have made him and his family stay in the same situation as they were in, as prisoners. Adam seemed to be a man of habit, as he urged his family to move so they wouldn't miss the news. Adam would also hope to provide his son with the most sense of security that he could. Adam's first reaction to when the MOXERS came was to get his family away from the sea of people before the gunshots started.

text: Much of the response is irrelevant to the question.

refinement: From how Adam is thankful for receiving a hot meal, he would have made him and his family stay in the same situation as they were in, as prisoners.

answer: Adam and his family likely would have continued to eke out an existence in their drab and grey lives. They would go about their days in relative silence with only the news to remind them there was something in their world outside of this monotonous routine. There would likely be less bloodshed but their lives would still be in danger due to crime and other dangers which would still exist in their lives.

answer: He probably would have died after food poisoning of some kind.

text: While that is likely, it does not seem (from the story) like the government wants to poison its citizens.

refinement: He would have continued to live his boring existence - eating the same food and not knowing what the future holds.

answer: Well, if the MOXERS had not come to free the prisoners, Adam and his family would live a life consisting of unsatisfying oatmeal meals and an ever-growing feeling of discontent and dread. The danger of the military sniper is ever-present and could lead to their untimely deaths. Without the need for the government to keep track of the population or to keep them under control, the fate of Adam and his family would likely be to dwindle in poverty and suffering


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[paris exercise ban]

France’s capital has banned daytime outdoor exercise while the rest of the country can continue (Picture: AFP)
All outdoor exercise between 10am and 7pm is now banned in the French capital after officials lost their patience with people ignoring social distancing rules.

Parisians were seen walking and jogging in groups in the city’s parks over the sunny weekend despite the threat of on-the-spot fines upwards of €135 (£120) for violating lockdown rules.

France has been under one of Europe’s strictest lockdowns for nearly a month, requiring everyone to have a printed form stating their reason for being outside every time they leave the home.

The rest of the country is still allowed out to exercise within half a mile of their address, shop for essentials, or see a doctor.

[French judoka (-66 kg category) Kilian Le Blouch (L) and his girlfriend French judoka Sarah Harachi train in the living room of their apartment on April 3, 2020, in Chatenay-Malabry, near Paris, on the 18th day of a lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus). (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP) (Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images)]

A couple, both Olympic judo wrestlers, shared their home workouts in Paris (Picture: AFP)
The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, said the new rules would make people exercise ‘when the streets are generally at their quietest’.

France’s death toll has passed 10,000, the fourth-highest officially-reported figure after Italy, Spain and the US.

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The government’s health minister, Olivier Véran, said on Tuesday that the country is still in a ‘worsening phase of the epidemic’.

Spain, the second-worst hit country in Europe after Italy, has had an outright ban on outdoor exercise since its lockdown was introduced.

[A woman excercises on a bench on Pont des Arts in central Paris, early on April 8, 2020, as a new regulation is put into place asking people to practice their sports before 10:00 and after 19:00, on the 23thrd day of a lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus. - The city of Paris decided to regulate the hours of outdoors sports following a sunny and warm weekend that saw many citizens flouting the social distancing requirements put into place to curb the spread of the COVID-19. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP) (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)]

The daytime ban is intended to spread people’s outdoor time more evenly throughout the day (Picture:AFP)
An exception was granted for people walking their dogs, which led to a black market of pet-owners renting their animals out to others so they could go outside.

Parisians might now take inspiration from some of the viral social media clips showing the creative ways Spaniards have tried to maintain their fitness – such as gym classes delivered by an instructor on his roof to rows of people on balconies across the street.

Many countries in Europe are now plotting a course to end their lockdowns, and some have started easing restrictions.

People in the Czech Republic have had to wear facemasks outside at all times by law, but can from today leave home without one.

Some sports facilities such as tennis courts are now allowed to reopen as long as no more than two people play in a group, and shops selling certain non-essential goods will open from Thursday.

[Fitness instructor runs class from the middle of housing complex in Spain https://www.instagram.com/ursullinetv/ Picture: ursullinetv]

A fitness instructor in Spain ran classes from a rooftop (Picture: @sanosevillabermejales)
Denmark and Austria, which were two of the first European countries to go into lockdown, will start a slow exit from next week.

Denmark will reopen nurseries and primary schools from April 15, while Austria will allow small shops, DIY stores and garden centres to open from April 14.

The German government has drawn up an action plan to phase in a step-by-step return to normality, including mandatory mask-wearing in public, limits on gatherings and the rapid tracing of infection chains, according to Reuters.

However, the plan assumes the pandemic will last through to 2021.

Disease experts in a number of countries have warned that, until a vaccine is developed, there may be no way to end the lockdown without the virus spreading again.

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

What does the article say about the motivation behind the exercise ban?

answer: The motivation behind the exercise ban is to make people exercise when the streets are generally at their quietest. The ban is intended to spread people's outdoor time more evenly throughout the day. The ban is also an attempt to curb the spread of the virus.

text: The second and third sentences should be combined for better flow.

refinement: The motivation behind the exercise ban is to make people exercise when the streets are generally at their quietest. The ban is intended to spread people's outdoor time more evenly throughout the day to curb the spread of the virus.

text: The answer should be explicit about which virus is being talked about.

refinement: The motivation behind the exercise ban is to make people exercise when the streets are generally at their quietest. The ban is intended to spread people's outdoor time more evenly throughout the day to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

answer: The motivation behind the exercise ban is to make people exercise when the streets are generally at their quietest. The ban is intended to spread people's outdoor time more evenly throughout the day.

answer: According to the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, the rules are meant to allow people to exercise when the streets are quieter. The ban was also implemented after officials lost patience with people who are ignoring social distancing rules.

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

What does the article say about the response to the pandemic in nations besides France?

answer: Spain is the second-worst hit country in Europe after Italy, and has had an outright ban on outdoor exercise since its lockdown was introduced. The Czech Republic has had to wear facemasks outside at all times by law, but can from today leave home without one. Some sports facilities such as tennis courts are now allowed to reopen as long as no more than two people play in a group, and shops selling certain non-essential goods will open from Thursday. Denmark and Austria, which were two of the first European countries to go into lockdown, will start a slow exit from next week. Denmark will reopen nurseries and primary schools from April 15, while Austria will allow small shops, DIY stores and garden centers to open from April 14. The German government has drawn up an action plan to phase in a step-by-step return to normality, including mandatory mask-wearing in public, limits on gatherings and the rapid tracing of infection chains. However, the plan assumes the pandemic will last through to 2021.

answer: Spain was the second-worst hit country in Europe behind Italy. Spain has an outright ban on outdoor exercise since its lockdown was introduced. Paris banned outdoor exercise between 10am and 7pm. Spain has had to wear facemasks outside at all times by law, but can from today leave home without one. Denmark and Austria, which were two of the first European countries to go into lockdown, will start a slow exit from next week. Denmark will reopen nurseries and primary schools from April 15, while Austria will allow small shops, DIY stores and garden centers to open from April 14. The German government has drawn up an action plan to phase in a step-by-step return to normality, including mandatory mask-wearing in public, limits on gatherings and the rapid tracing of infection chains.

answer: Spain was the second-worst hit country in Europe behind Italy. Spain has an outright ban on outdoor exercise since its lockdown was introduced. Paris banned outdoor exercise between 10am and 7pm. Spain has had to wear facemasks outside at all times by law, but can from today leave home without one. Denmark and Austria, which were two of the first European countries to go into lockdown, will start a slow exit from next week. Denmark will reopen nurseries and primary schools from April 15, while Austria will allow small shops, DIY stores and garden centers to open from April 14. The German government has drawn up an action plan to phase in a step-by-step return to normality, including mandatory mask-wearing in public, limits on gatherings and the rapid tracing of infection chains.

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Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the article say about the response to the pandemic in North American countries?

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