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_By Annie Aggarwal_

_Photography: Courtesy World Wide Web_

_READ TIME: 1 MIN 30 SECS_

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Have your needs outdone your space? Or are you just plain bored with the way your spaces look and feel? Basically, do you feel the strong urge to redecorate but don’t know how? Check out what we have in store for you…

‘Uplift the humdrum areas of your home into enriching everyday spaces’ is no longer easier said than done. Whilst choices are aplenty, especially with internet baffling you with supposedly ‘new’ designs, a little pragmatic assistance can go a long way in picking furniture, floors and walls to create spaces that reflect individual aesthetic sensibilities.

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We are surrounded by countless choices - some chic, some rustic, some pop and yet others subtle and elegant! Here’s how we can narrow them down:

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COLOUR: Throw a splash of colour using accent pieces, pillows, or paint on a wall, amidst subtle investment furniture. And you have a room fresh as new. __

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TEXTURE adds to the feel of a space. An exterior surface finish can give an organic feel to your interiors, while adding sleek, smooth-finish metallic furniture can lend that touch of sophistication. Mixing a variety of materials – glass and acrylic with exotic woods, can give the space a dimension of eclectic.

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You can always count on FABRICS to add the warmth and comfort you crave in your rooms.  A plush oversized chair or a restful couch can account for a functional makeover of a space. Play with rich drapes and luxurious upholstery to create a more formal setting.

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LIGHTING can effectively highlight or understate. With the variety of lighting options available, the fixtures themselves may act as central focal pieces or they may be subtle, drawing attention to a particularly interesting corner.

The smallest details have the potential to add significant character. A traveller’s home can be an ode to his adventures, a collector’s passion may reflect on his walls, adorned with rare pieces, and a nature enthusiast’s living space can sport a fresh green tinge and flowers changing with the seasons.

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A piece of ART here, a bit of ACCESSORY there, can add intrigue and interest to an otherwise mundane space.

All these elements in harmony with each other can create inspired areas. Possibilities are endless. The best path to choose is the one that leads you to a space you would be delighted to call your own.

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

Summarize how you can narrow down a style.

answer: At first, there are limitless choices. In simplifying your choices, trim down your options to organic and geometric styles, and then something in for colour.

text: The article suggests trimming down your choices by considering color, texture, fabrics and lighting. A last suggestion is art or an accessory. The best path to choose is the one that leads you to a space you would be delighted to call your own. Change the last portion of the answer to reflect these recommendations and add the purpose of the redecoration as creating a space you can call your own.

refinement: At first, there are limitless choices. In simplifying your choices consider color, texture, fabrics and lighting, as well as well-placed art and accessories. The best path to choose is the one that leads you to a space you would be delighted to call your own.

answer: According to the narrator, you can add colour via accent pieces, pillows or paint on a wall. A twist on the look can be added by blending textures, while fabric at home can add the warmth and comfort you crave. A traveller's home can be an ode to his adventures, while a collector's passion can be revealed on his walls. There is plenty one can choose from to set a space to suit their personality.

text: Include lighting and well-placed art in the list of things that can be used to narrow down a style.

refinement: According to the narrator, you can add colour via accent pieces, pillows or paint on a wall. A twist on the look can be added by blending textures, while fabric at home can add the warmth and comfort you crave. Lighting can be used to highlight or understate and art can add intrigue to a space. A traveller's home can be an ode to his adventures, while a collector's passion can be revealed on his walls. There is plenty one can choose from to set a space to suit their personality.

text: Correct spelling mistakes 'traveller' to 'traveler' and 'colour' to 'color'.

refinement: According to the narrator, you can add color via accent pieces, pillows or paint on a wall. A twist on the look can be added by blending textures, while fabric at home can add the warmth and comfort you crave. Lighting can be used to highlight or understate and art can add intrigue to a space. A traveler's home can be an ode to his adventures, while a collector's passion can be revealed on his walls. There is plenty one can choose from to set a space to suit their personality.

answer: You should aim to feel like you can do something great in the room. You can start with the amount of light, accent pieces, coloring, textures, styles, and fabrics. There is no wrong or right way when it comes to the style of the home. You can choose from a variety of great options. Pick what will bring you the most joy in your home.

text: The article recommends considering the following aspects in narrowing down a style: Color, texture, fabrics, lighting and art. Change the wording of the response to reflect that not only in the amount of lighting critical, but also its purpose within the larger space and within the context of the other elements.

refinement: You should aim to feel like you can do something great in the room. You can consider lighting, color, textures, art, and fabrics in narrowing down a style. There is no wrong or right way when it comes to the style of the home. You can choose from a variety of great options. Pick what will bring you the most joy in your home.

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

Summarize everything relating to furniture.

answer:
Practical assistance in picking furniture, floors, and walls is recommended. Colours and textures add to the richness of a space. Throw a splash of color using accent pieces, pillows, or painted walls, alongside investment furniture. Materials like glass and acrylic with exotic woods, combined with textures like glass, fabric, metal, and other natural elements like wood can be mixed to give a space a particular dimension.
Fixtures themselves can either be central focal pieces or subtle, drawing attention to a particularly interesting corner.
Bright light can enhance or de-emphasize elements of a space. A traveller's home could be an ode to their adventures and a collector's passion could reflect on the walls. Environmental green-tinting and flowers could be used to reflect a nature person's likings. A bit of art here, a piece of accessory there, can also add a unique character. Pick and choose what fits you best and reflects your taste.
A template for a house can be found in any area with some effort and ingenuity.

text: A little practical assistance can go a long way in picking furniture to create spaces that reflect your individual aesthetic sensibilities. Change the first sentence of the response to include your individual aesthetic sensibilities.

refinement:
Practical assistance in picking furniture, floors, and walls is recommended to create a space that reflects your individual aesthetic sensibilities. Colours and textures add to the richness of a space. Throw a splash of color using accent pieces, pillows, or painted walls, alongside investment furniture. Materials like glass and acrylic with exotic woods, combined with textures like glass, fabric, metal, and other natural elements like wood can be mixed to give a space a particular dimension.
Fixtures themselves can either be central focal pieces or subtle, drawing attention to a particularly interesting corner.
Bright light can enhance or de-emphasize elements of a space. A traveller's home could be an ode to their adventures and a collector's passion could reflect on the walls. Environmental green-tinting and flowers could be used to reflect a nature person's likings. A bit of art here, a piece of accessory there, can also add a unique character. Pick and choose what fits you best and reflects your taste.
A template for a house can be found in any area with some effort and ingenuity.

text: The article recommends using subtle investment furniture along with accent pieces. Remove the second sentence and change the third sentence to include 'subtle'.

refinement:
Practical assistance in picking furniture, floors, and walls is recommended to create a space that reflects your individual aesthetic sensibilities. Throw a splash of color using accent pieces alongside subtle investment furniture. Materials like glass and acrylic with exotic woods, combined with textures like glass, fabric, metal, and other natural elements like wood can be mixed to give a space a particular dimension.
Fixtures themselves can either be central focal pieces or subtle, drawing attention to a particularly interesting corner.
Bright light can enhance or de-emphasize elements of a space. A traveller's home could be an ode to their adventures and a collector's passion could reflect on the walls. Environmental green-tinting and flowers could be used to reflect a nature person's likings. A bit of art here, a piece of accessory there, can also add a unique character. Pick and choose what fits you best and reflects your taste.
A template for a house can be found in any area with some effort and ingenuity.

text: Furniture with a smooth metallic-looking finish can lend a touch of sophistication, while mixing a variety of materials leads to a dimension of eclectic. Change the third sentence to include a description of sophistication as well as eclectic styles.

refinement:
Practical assistance in picking furniture, floors, and walls is recommended to create a space that reflects your individual aesthetic sensibilities. Throw a splash of color using accent pieces alongside subtle investment furniture. Furniture with a smooth metallic-looking finish can lend a touch of sophistication, while mixing a variety of materials like glass and acrylic and exotic woods lead to a dimension of eclectic.
Fixtures themselves can either be central focal pieces or subtle, drawing attention to a particularly interesting corner.
Bright light can enhance or de-emphasize elements of a space. A traveller's home could be an ode to their adventures and a collector's passion could reflect on the walls. Environmental green-tinting and flowers could be used to reflect a nature person's likings. A bit of art here, a piece of accessory there, can also add a unique character. Pick and choose what fits you best and reflects your taste.
A template for a house can be found in any area with some effort and ingenuity.

text: Remove the information in the response regarding lighting, accessories and specific tastes. It does not address the question.

refinement: Practical assistance in picking furniture, floors, and walls is recommended to create a space that reflects your individual aesthetic sensibilities. Throw a splash of color using accent pieces alongside subtle investment furniture. Furniture with a smooth metallic-looking finish can lend a touch of sophistication, while mixing a variety of materials like glass and acrylic and exotic woods lead to a dimension of eclectic.

text: Include how furniture can contribute to fabric considerations in a space by referring to a plush oversized arm chair or restful couch, as well as to luxurious upholstery.

refinement: Practical assistance in picking furniture, floors, and walls is recommended to create a space that reflects your individual aesthetic sensibilities. Throw a splash of color using accent pieces alongside subtle investment furniture. Furniture with a smooth metallic-looking finish can lend a touch of sophistication, while mixing a variety of materials like glass and acrylic and exotic woods lead to a dimension of eclectic. A plush oversized arm chair or a restful couch can account for a functional makeover of a space, while luxurious upholstery can create a more formal setting.

answer: The text implies that furniture is the final stage after you make all of your other decisions. It references the importance of accent pieces like pillows, decorative items and furniture in a nice location in your room. "Acutely practical" describes how you should match up the furniture. Other materials are mentioned like polished metallic furniture, glass and acrylic and exotic woods.

text: The text does not imply that furniture is the final stage of redecoration. Remove the first sentence of the response.

refinement: It references the importance of accent pieces like pillows, decorative items and furniture in a nice location in your room. "Acutely practical" describes how you should match up the furniture. Other materials are mentioned like polished metallic furniture, glass and acrylic and exotic woods.

text: The text recommends combining splashes of color in accent pieces and subtle investment furniture. Change the first sentence of the response to reflect this.

refinement: The text recommends using accent pieces like pillows to add a pop of color in combination with subtle investment furniture. "Acutely practical" describes how you should match up the furniture. Other materials are mentioned like polished metallic furniture, glass and acrylic and exotic woods.

text: The article states that a little pragmatic assistance can go a long way in picking furniture to create a space that reflects your individual aesthetic sensibilities, it does not make reference to 'acutely practical' at all. Change the second sentence of the response to better address the question.

refinement: The text recommends using accent pieces like pillows to add a pop of color in combination with subtle investment furniture. A little assistance could be required to pick furniture that reflects your individual aesthetic sensibilities. Other materials are mentioned like polished metallic furniture, glass and acrylic and exotic woods.

text: Include the furniture to be included when looking for a sophisticated or eclectic style.

refinement: The text recommends using accent pieces like pillows to add a pop of color in combination with subtle investment furniture. A little assistance could be required to pick furniture that reflects your individual aesthetic sensibilities. Polished metallic furniture can be included for a sophisticated style and a mixture of glass and acrylic and exotic woods for an eclectic style.

text: Furniture can greatly contribute to the style of a room through fabric choice. Luxurious upholstery can create a more formal setting, whereas a plush oversized chair or a restful couch create a more informal space. Include these considerations in the response as well.

refinement: The text recommends using accent pieces like pillows to add a pop of color in combination with subtle investment furniture. A little assistance could be required to pick furniture that reflects your individual aesthetic sensibilities. Polished metallic furniture can be included for a sophisticated style and a mixture of glass and acrylic and exotic woods for an eclectic style. Furniture can greatly contribute to the style of a room through fabric choice. Luxurious upholstery can create a more formal setting, whereas a plush oversized chair or a restful couch create a more informal space

answer: The text implies that furniture is the final stage after you make all of your other decisions. It references the importance of accent pieces like pillows, decorative items, and furniture in a nice location in your room. "Acutely practical" describes how you should match up the furniture. Other materials are mentioned like polished metallic furniture, glass and acrylic, and exotic woods.

answer: The article details several design styles for furniture, noting that the color, fabric and how furniture appears are three key elements to consider when furnishing a space. Throw a splash of color through accent pieces and pillows, while adding exotic woods, exotic metals, and glass and acrylic with finishes ranging from sleek, smooth finishes to more organic textures like fabric.

text: The article suggests styles to redecorate a space with and provides some guidance on furniture selection to create a space that reflects individual aesthetic sensibilities. Change the first sentence to reflect this.

refinement: The article details several design styles for redecorating a space and provides some guidance on furniture selection. Throw a splash of color through accent pieces and pillows, while adding exotic woods, exotic metals, and glass and acrylic with finishes ranging from sleek, smooth finishes to more organic textures like fabric.

text: A splash of color is recommended to be paired with subtle investment furniture. Include this guidance on furniture selection in the response as well.

refinement: The article details several design styles for redecorating a space and provides some guidance on furniture selection. Throw a splash of color through accent pieces and pillows amidst subtle investment furniture, while adding exotic woods, exotic metals, and glass and acrylic with finishes ranging from sleek, smooth finishes to more organic textures like fabric.

text: Sleek, smooth-finish metallic furniture can contribute to a sophisticated style, while using a mixed variety of materials can give the space an eclectic style. Change the response to reflect this.

refinement: The article details several design styles for redecorating a space and provides some guidance on furniture selection. Throw a splash of color through accent pieces and pillows amidst subtle investment furniture. Exotic woods, glass and acrylic can give the space an eclectic style, while sleek, smooth finishes lends itself to a sophisticated style.

text: Luxurious upholstery creates a formal setting, while a plush oversized chair or a restful couch creates a calm place. Include these considerations on furniture selection in the response.

refinement: The article details several design styles for redecorating a space and provides some guidance on furniture selection. Throw a splash of color through accent pieces and pillows amidst subtle investment furniture. Exotic woods, glass and acrylic can give the space an eclectic style, while sleek, smooth finishes lends itself to a sophisticated style. Luxurious upholstery creates a formal setting, while a plush oversized chair or a restful couch creates a calm place.

answer: The article details several design styles for furniture, noting that the color, fabric and the materials furniture is made of are three key elements to consider when furnishing a space. Throw a splash of color through accent pieces and pillows, while adding exotic woods, exotic metals, and glass and acrylic with finishes ranging from sleek, smooth finishes to more organic textures like fabric.

text: A splash of color is recommended to be paired with subtle investment furniture. Include this guidance on furniture selection in the response as well.

refinement: The article details several design styles for furniture, noting that the color, fabric and the materials furniture is made of are three key elements to consider when furnishing a space. Throw a splash of color through accent pieces and pillows amid subtle investment furniture, while adding exotic woods, exotic metals, and glass and acrylic with finishes ranging from sleek, smooth finishes to more organic textures like fabric.

text: Sleek, smooth-finish metallic furniture can contribute to a sophisticated style, while using a mixed variety of materials can give the space an eclectic style. Change the response to reflect this.

refinement: The article details several design styles for furniture, noting that the color, fabric and the materials furniture is made of are three key elements to consider when furnishing a space. Throw a splash of color through accent pieces and pillows amid subtle investment furniture. Mixing furniture pieces with exotic woods glass and acrylic creates an eclectic style, while furniture with sleek, smooth finishes lends itself to a more sophisticated style.

text: Luxurious upholstery creates a formal setting, while a plush oversized chair or a restful couch creates a calm place. Include these considerations on furniture selection in the response.

refinement: The article details several design styles for furniture, noting that the color, fabric and the materials furniture is made of are three key elements to consider when furnishing a space. Throw a splash of color through accent pieces and pillows amid subtle investment furniture. Mixing furniture pieces with exotic woods glass and acrylic creates an eclectic style, while furniture with sleek, smooth finishes lends itself to a more sophisticated style. Luxurious upholstery creates a formal setting, while a plush oversized chair or a restful couch creates a calm place.

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

Summarize everything relating to color.

answer: Choose a color that contrasts with the accent walls, if you are trying to make an impact. Choose a color for your accessories such as pillows, that compliments the main color scheme of your room. Bring in a splash of color using accent pieces or painting accessories. You can also invest in metallic furniture to give a room a sophisticated feel.

text: The first two sentences are not derived from the article, remove it from the response.

refinement: Bring in a splash of color using accent pieces or painting accessories. You can also invest in metallic furniture to give a room a sophisticated feel.

text: The article suggests throwing a splash of color into a space while redecorating to make the room fresh. This can be done by using accent pieces, pillows or paint on a wall amid subtle investment furniture. Expand on the first sentence in the response.

refinement: Bring in a splash of color using accent pieces, pillows or paint on a wall to refresh a room while redecorating. You can also invest in metallic furniture to give a room a sophisticated feel.

text: It is suggested in the article that the nature enthusiast's living space have a green tinge and flowers changing with the seasons. Include this specific color recommendation in the response as well.

refinement: Bring in a splash of color using accent pieces, pillows or paint on a wall to refresh a room while redecorating. You can also invest in metallic furniture to give a room a sophisticated feel. It is suggested in the article that the nature enthusiast's living space have a green tinge and flowers changing with the seasons.

answer:
Below is a list of things that should be avoided color-wise:
- Black on blue spaces if your furniture or accent color
- Colors in the pastel and floral categories if the main color of the room is blue, - Red rooms don't go well with prints, rugs, and black
- Fluorescent-bright shade in rooms with natural light
- Change your flooring fuchsia to white/gold.
- Choose a sunny yellow shade vs. coral if the main color of the room is blue

text: Remove the current response, it does not contain information from the article.

text: The article suggests throwing a splash of color into a space while redecorating to make the room fresh. This can be done by using accent pieces, pillows or paint on a wall amid subtle investment furniture. It is suggested in the article that the nature enthusiast's living space have a green tinge and flowers changing with the seasons. Include this specific color recommendations in the response.

refinement: The article suggests throwing a splash of color into a space while redecorating to make the room fresh. This can be done by using accent pieces, pillows or paint on a wall amid subtle investment furniture. It is suggested in the article that the nature enthusiast's living space have a green tinge and flowers changing with the seasons.

answer: Color can set a particular mood. Throw a splash of color using accent pieces or pillows.

text: Remove the first sentence of the response, it contains information that is not in the article.

refinement: Throw a splash of color using accent pieces or pillows.

text: A room can be freshened up by adding a splash of color using accent pieces, pillows or paint on a wall amidst subtle investment furniture. Green, specifically, can be used in a nature enthusiast's living space. Include these remarks surrounding color in the response as well.

refinement: A room can be freshened up by adding a splash of color using accent pieces, pillows or paint on a wall amidst subtle investment furniture. Green, specifically, can be used in a nature enthusiast's living space.

answer: Lighting can bring attention to a particularly interesting corner. A traveler's home can be an ode to his adventures, a collector's passion may reflect on his walls, adorned with rare pieces, and a nature enthusiast's living space can sport a fresh green tinge. Color can set a particular mood. You can throw a splash color. Throw a splash of color using accent pieces or pillows.

text: Combine the final two sentences, they contain the same information.

refinement: Lighting can bring attention to a particularly interesting corner. A traveler's home can be an ode to his adventures, a collector's passion may reflect on his walls, adorned with rare pieces, and a nature enthusiast's living space can sport a fresh green tinge. Color can set a particular mood. You can throw a splash of color using accent pieces or pillows.

answer:
Below is a list of things that should be avoided colorwise:
- Black on blue spaces if your furniture or accent color

text: Remove the current response, it does not reflect the information in the article.

text: The article suggests throwing a splash of color into a space while redecorating to make the room fresh. This can be done by using accent pieces, pillows or paint on a wall amid subtle investment furniture. It is suggested in the article that the nature enthusiast's living space have a green tinge and flowers changing with the seasons. Include this specific color recommendations in the response.

refinement: The article suggests throwing a splash of color into a space while redecorating to make the room fresh. This can be done by using accent pieces, pillows or paint on a wall amid subtle investment furniture. It is suggested in the article that the nature enthusiast's living space have a green tinge and flowers changing with the seasons.

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

What does the text say about rugs?

answer: No answer

answer: Nothing in the article explicitly mentions the use of a rug, but it may be implied to be a backdrop tool used to add effect to a room and can play with light and color.

text: Remove the second part of the response.

refinement: Nothing in the article explicitly mentions the use of a rug.

answer: Rugs can help with texture, but in an abstract way.

text: Remove the current response and replace with 'No answer'.

answer: No answer


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_HYDROMORPHUS_ is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae.[1]

Geographic range

The genus _Hydromorphus_ is endemic to Central America.[2]

Species

Two species are recognized as being valid.[3]

-   _Hydromorphus concolor_
-   _Hydromorphus dunni_

Etymology

The specific name, _dunni_, is in honor of American herpetologist Emmett Reid Dunn.[4]

[1] .

[2]

[3]

[4] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). _The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles_. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (_Hydromorphus dunni_, p. 77).

title: Hydromorphus

question: What is hydromophus?

answer: Hydromophus is a genus of snakes that are endemic to Central America. There are two recognized species within the genus.

text:
HYDROMORPHUS_ is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae.[1]

Geographic range

The genus _Hydromorphus_ is endemic to Central America.[2]

Species

Two species are recognized as being valid.[3]

- _Hydromorphus concolor_
- _Hydromorphus dunni_

answer: Hydromophus is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae.

text:
HYDROMORPHUS_ is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae.[1]

Geographic range

The genus _Hydromorphus_ is endemic to Central America.[2]

Species

Two species are recognized as being valid.[3]

- _Hydromorphus concolor_
- _Hydromorphus dunni_

answer: It is a genus of snakes.

text: _HYDROMORPHUS_ is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae.

answer: A genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae.

text: _HYDROMORPHUS_ is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae.

question: What is the geographic range of hydromophus?

answer: The genus is endemic to Central America.

text: The genus Hydromorphus is endemic to Central America.

answer: This genus is endemic to Central America.

text: The genus Hydromorphus is endemic to Central America.

answer: The genus Hydromorphus is endemic to Central America.

text: The genus Hydromorphus is endemic to Central America.

answer: The genus Hydromorphus is endemic to Central America.

text: The genus Hydromorphus is endemic to Central America.

question: List two species of hydromophus.

answer: Hydromorphus concolor and Hydromorphus dunni.

text:
Two species are recognized as being valid:

-Hydromorphus concolor
-Hydromorphus dunni

answer: Hydromophus concolor and Hydromophus dunni.

text:
Two species are recognized as being valid:

-Hydromorphus concolor
-Hydromorphus dunni

answer:
_Hydromorphus concolor_
_Hydromorphus dunni_

text: The formatting is copied/pasted from the article.

refinement: They are hydromorphus concolor and hydromorphus dunni.

text:
Two species are recognized as being valid:

-Hydromorphus concolor
-Hydromorphus dunni

answer: _Hydromorphus concolor_ and _Hydromorphus dunni_.

text: This is a direct copy/paste with weird formatting.

refinement: They are hydromorphus concolor and hydromorphus dunni.

question: What is the etymology of Hydromorphus dunni?

answer: It was named in honor of American herpetologist Emmett Reid Dunn.

text: The specific name, dunni, is in honor of American herpetologist Emmett Reid Dunn.

answer: It is named after American herpetologist Emmett Reid Dunn.

text: The specific name, dunni, is in honor of American herpetologist Emmett Reid Dunn.

answer: The specific name, _dunni_, is in honor of American herpetologist Emmett Reid Dunn.

text: The copy/paste formatting is still there.

refinement: The specific name, dunni, is in honor of American herpetologist Emmett Reid Dunn.

text: The specific name, dunni, is in honor of American herpetologist Emmett Reid Dunn.

answer: The specific name of the species _Hydromorphus dunni_ is in honor of American herpetologist Emmett Reid Dunn.

text: The formatting from copying/pasting is still there.

refinement: The specific name of the species hydromorphus dunni is in honor of American herpetologist Emmett Reid Dunn.

text: The specific name, dunni, is in honor of American herpetologist Emmett Reid Dunn.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: A short article on the hydromophu, a genus of snakes.

text: This needs an opening and one word needs another letter.

refinement: This is a short article on the hydromophus, a genus of snakes.

answer: _Hydromorphus_ is a genus of snakes endemic to Central America, with two recognized species: _Hydromorphus concolor_ and _Hydromorphus dunni_.

text: The formatting is incorrect.

refinement: Hydromorphus is a genus of snakes endemic to Central America, with two recognized species: Hydromorphus concolor and Hydromorphus dunni_.

answer: Hydromorphus is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae.

answer: Hydromorphus is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae endemic to Central America.


text:
You are under attack.

Period.

Let that sink in for a second. Let all your doubts and reasons to not attack you fade out and just acknowledge that maybe, you are under attack.

I'm going to be a specifically vague as possible, but as you walk through life maybe you've stepped on a bug. Imagine for a second if that bug could have alerted you to it's presence so small and out of your immediate vision. Would you still have stepped on it, had it asked you not to?

So don't immediately take whatever is going on personally.

However, in my experience, the above example is very rare. You don't need theory right now you need practical application and I've wasted almost three parts on describing your environment.

You already know your environment.

So on to application.

The year is 2013 and if you live in the Americas there is a 90% chance that whatever is happening to you is technological. This is actually good news but where you are right now you don't believe it and here's why:

  If it's technological that means someone (or something) is controlling a device that makes you miserable and it is intentional.

Don't try and rationalize why anyone would do this anymore then you would try and rationalize why a child might burn an ant with a magnifying glass.

When mankind uncovered the secret of nuclear energy the first thing they did was make a bomb, not a reactor.

Calm your tits.

This is a fight taking place in your mind, and on your home turf, you have the advantage. Believe that. You have to know that.

Do you know that yet? Tough shit, here's how we're going to shut those voices up.

 Technological assault usually occurs in one of two ways: Passively and actively.

Passive attacks resemble a continuous loop. You can't talk to it, you can't reason with it, it's just a voice in your head repeating something over and over. This usually starts quietly and over time the volume is gradually increased until the voices are deafening in your mind. You might even notice it fading in and out. This is the tuning process. These are the last quiet moments your going to know for awhile and I'm sorry. Once they know they have you tuned they may increase the volume and number of voices and loops almost infinitely. If you need an example imagine your father saying "Your a piece of shit" over and over, every second of every day, playing just for you in your mind. Then add a friends voice "He's such a pathetic mess" over and over, layered on top of your fathers voice. Continue until either you collapse mentally via a nervous breakdown or in a more extreme case, kill yourself.

Most likely the voice will be recognizable as someone close to you, someone whom you respect and or desire respect or attention from. Use of family members is not out of the question, but it's not them. This voice is not them. This is a recording used out of context and played over and over again on a machine. If you are religious in any sense it is not out of the question that looped voices will be implied to be Gods or Devils depending on the contexts of your faith. Read the above line again and again and again. Come to terms with that line.

Show a cellphone to someone who's never seen it before and they'll believe you. Tell someone about a cellphone who's never seen one before and most likely they won't.

That's how this works you see. What you don't know can hurt you and you've been kept in the dark on purpose.

But seriously, calm you tits cause we're getting through this.

Assuming this is all they're up to at this time you can literally adjust your receiver. Seriously. Imagine the voices like a radio transmission (which they basically are) and your antennae is tuned to that frequency. Take your little imaginary hand and start working dials in your head. Try turning the volume down. Perfect, but that won't last for long they can increase the volume.

But now you know you can change the volume, so why not the channel? Reach your little imaginary hand into your head and change the channel, maybe even try to turn it off, but don't ever convince yourself it's off. Whether you like it or not you are always on. You don't know it yet but your exercising the parts of your brain your going to need to shut these voices down on the permanent. Patience.

This also will only be temporary. The silence provided by changing the channel will allow you to live your life. When they acknowledge that you are being successful, or achieving goals, or being social again they'll know they've lost the connection and they'll look for another. If your lucky, perhaps, they'll just move on to someone else. Keep tabs of your friends, because they exist in your social sphere and therefor anyone testing gear on you will also be aware of who your with and who your around and it's easier to start over locally then to find whole new test subjects.

Hopefully you found this guide at this time in your life, it'll take some of the surprise out of what may be happening next.

This also ends basics. From here on out we're getting complicated and there's no net, seat-belts, or ejector seat.

I tried to warn you.

I told you this wasn't for beginners.

title: This is Not a Guide for Beginners (Part 2)

question: In what time period does the story take place?

answer: The year is 2013.

answer: 2013

answer: The story takes place in the present day.

text: no content

question: Who is attacking?

answer: The attacker is someone or something using technology to inflict mental or emotional pain on the reader.

answer: The author describes the attack to be a technological attack on the people.

answer: The person who is attacking is the person who is doing the voice looping.

text: Not general enough, they do more than just voice loop

answer: The author doesn't say.

text: It can be inferred.

question: How does the author describe the attack?

text: No content

refinement: Author describes the attack as a technological assault done either Passively or Actively.

answer: The author describes the attack as a technological assault that usually occurs in one of two ways: passively or actively. Passive attacks are described as a continuous loop that can't be reasoned with, while active attacks are described as voices that are played over and over again on a machine.

answer: The author describes the attack as a technological assault.

answer: Author describes the attack to be either Passively or Actively.

text: Does not give a subject for adverbs

refinement: Author describes the attack as a technological assault done either Passively or Actively.

question: What type of technological attack does the author explain?

answer: The author explains that a technological attack usually occurs in one of two ways: passively or actively. Passive attacks are described as a continuous loop of voices repeating something over and over, which can eventually become deafening. Active attacks are described as a voice or voices that are recognizable as someone close to the victim, repeating something over and over again on a machine.

answer: Someone or something is controlling a device that makes the reader intentionally miserable.

text: Does not answer question

refinement: The author explains that there are two types of technological attacks: passive and active. Passive attacks are when a voice in your head repeats something over and over. Active attacks are when a voice in your head is layered on top of another voice.

text: No content

refinement: The author explains that there are two types of technological attacks: passive and active. Passive attacks are when a voice in your head repeats something over and over. Active attacks are when a voice in your head is layered on top of another voice.

answer: The author explains that there are two types of technological attacks: passive and active. Passive attacks are when a voice in your head repeats something over and over. Active attacks are when a voice in your head is layered on top of another voice.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator is under attack. The narrator explains that the attack is technological. The narrator explains how to defend against the attack.

answer: The author explains that the text is a guide, not for beginners. Author explains the scenario where the reader is under attack. The attack is likely a technological one if the scenario is in the Americas in the year 2013.

answer: The author explains that technological attacks can come in two forms: passive and active. Passive attacks are usually a continuous loop of negative thoughts that can eventually lead to a breakdown or suicide. Active attacks are more complex and involve a machine playing recordings of someone close to the victim, often repeating negative thoughts. The author advises readers to change the channel of the attack in order to regain control of their lives.

answer: This is Not a Guide for Beginners (Part 2) is a guide to help you understand that you are under attack.

text: Contains no story content

refinement: The narrator is under attack. The narrator explains that the attack is technological. The narrator explains how to defend against the attack.


text:
I heard about SUNY Maritime through ambush. I was woken early one Saturday morning at an insulting time by my mother. She told to get up because we’re going to see a college. I hadn’t visited any schools yet and this was October of my senior year. I didn’t even ask where I was so sleepy. I simply put on a heavy coat, took a blanket and pillow and lay my six foot wide frame in the back seat and slept. At some point in the five hour ride from D.C. to New York I remember waking up and asking where we were going, she might have said more but all I caught was New York. I remember thinking, “cool, that’s perfect, far enough, close enough,” and then falling asleep again. She woke me just as we approached the Throggs Neck exit.
I recall being bewildered by the unfamiliar street and having to ask somebody for directions from his car. We weren’t to far, and lowering the window after all that time let in the sea air – it was fantastic even if it was the Hudson. We took the turn down a long narrow back street, the only way in or out for that matter. When we finally came to a small round about with a giant stone wall opposite us with a connecting lever gate. At the entrance stood a guy in uniform, dress blues (how I know thee well). I had neither the heart nor the will to tell my mother after such a long drive I wasn’t going to do military school. But we still drove down the street, which ran along the northern side of the peninsula. At its widest it couldn’t be more than a hundred yards wide save a narrow strip the stretches out called the point. What I then thought to be a mile but later would learn was about half was the road we traveled on, a strait drive to the back of the school then back around again in a circle. From there it was your standard college open house, lots of bewildered and shy highschoolers shadowed by there parents. As a black kid I instantly noticed how few of me there were. We crowded into an auditorium to hear them ejaculate onto us and then tell us how it was the best ejaculate because it was a maritime ejaculate. I expected as much, then they asked us to divide into groups for the first half of the day, I remember thinking, I could do that in an hour (I actually would, often). We were taken through boring halls and standard classrooms. Two things of note and the only positives of that place: The Fort Schuler and the waterfront estate, damn I loved that water (never got in it though.). Then we were told to divide into our interest, I picked naval architecture. I loved to draw then and wanted something similar to my interest, but almost picked something else when m mom suggested it. Glad I did though, I walked into one of the classrooms in the science wing of the S & E (science and engineering). I saw a girl there with the last name Porshe, I don’t know why but she stuck with me, not particularly hot, little bit of a flat face and a sharp chin but it played well to me.  After they made jokes about the courses they basically said you don’t have to be in regiment to take this major. Regiment being the uniformed students, there was a minority of non-regimental ‘civilians’ that attended the school with out the hassle of regiment. But Porshe was regiment. We left the room and I recall wanting to make friends with the one guy who spoke up in there for the highschoolers just to be like “hey, you’re not the only fearless one among us,” but I couldn’t think of a reason to start a conversation when he was in front of me when they were filing out. We followed this with lunch, where I interacted with another prospect who was a total meat-head lax-bro who made vast proclamations about himself and what he’d do if he came there. (He did, and he sorta held true to the work out goals; what else do you do when you have a cheating gf, only weekend leave, and near no attractive girls. Not to say the girls aren’t talented, but they can’t help there anatomy. Another lesson I learned after enrolling). We separated from our parents at this point, they said they wanted to separate us like we inevitably would be on the day. Just champion stuff these guys, eh? This is when they drove home that the regiment is tough, fair, and easily manageable. I already lived most of the lifestyle, save the working out part, with all the private schooling I was ready. By then it was time to either tour the ship or leave, I was tired from all forced ejaculate they kept pinching my nose to give me so we left. My mother and I still left that place with an overall good view. Sadly fo future me, I knew that was to be my school the moment I saw the water.

title: This is a true story excerpt from the auto-biographic novel I'm working up. I wonder if you'll like the first draft (unspell-checked). Names are changed for here. This is Titled: Intro to SUNY.

question: What is the setting of this passage?

answer: The passage is set at SUNY Maritime College

text: It's missing a period.

refinement: The passage is set at SUNY Maritime College.

text: "I walked into one of the classrooms in the science wing of the S & E (science and engineering)" is evidence that the passage is set at SUNY Maritime College.

text: The answer is empty.

refinement: The passage is set in SUNY Maritime College.

answer: This passage starts off describing the morning of the protagonist's visit to the SUNY Maritime College. Details about the setting are vague until the passage reaches the college where the majority of the passage takes place. The college is located on the Throggs Neck peninsula and it's called Point Nicolet.

text: " and it's called Point Nicolet." isn't mentioned in the passage.

refinement: This passage starts off describing the morning of the protagonist's visit to the SUNY Maritime College. Details about the setting are vague until the passage reaches the college where the majority of the passage takes place. The college is located on the Throggs Neck peninsula.

text: The answer is missing a preposition "by".

refinement: This passage starts off by describing the morning of the protagonist's visit to the SUNY Maritime College. Details about the setting are vague until the passage reaches the college where the majority of the passage takes place. The college is located on the Throggs Neck peninsula.

text: "She woke me just as we approached the Throggs Neck exit" is probable evidence that the answer is correct.

text: "At some point in the five hour ride from D.C. to New York I remember waking up and asking where we were going, she might have said more but all I caught was New York" is evidence that the details about the setting are vague at the beginning of the passage.

question: What is the regiment?

answer: The regiment is the name for the students who live on campus and are part of an intricate system where the students are separated into "crew" and "officer" students. The ones that are part of the crew have more physical training than the officers so when they do hose boarding and land skills for the naval architecture majors, the female officers have an easier time than the male crew members who are the physical training's "meatheads".

text: Nowhere is it mentioned that the students are separated into crew and officers.

refinement: The regiment is the name for the uniformed students living on the campus. The ones that are part of the crew have more physical training than the officers so when they do hose boarding and land skills for the naval architecture majors, the female officers have an easier time than the male crew members who are the physical training's "meatheads".

text: It's not mentioned that female officers have an easier time than males.

refinement: The regiment is the name for the uniformed students living on the campus. The ones that are part of the crew have more physical training than the officers so when they do hose boarding and land skills for the naval architecture majors.

text: It's not mentioned that the crew has more training than the officers.

refinement: The regiment is the name for the uniformed students living on the campus.

text: "Regiment being the uniformed students" is evidence that regiment is the name of students who live on the campus.

text: "there was a minority of non-regimental ‘civilians’ that attended the school with out the hassle of regiment" is evidence that it's the name given to students living on the campus.

answer: There seems to be military activities that certain students must participate in while attending SUNY Maritime. Those students involved in such activities seem to be called the "regiment."

text: SUNY Maritime is a college, but that's not mentioned.

refinement: There seems to be military activities that certain students must participate in while attending SUNY Maritime College. Those students involved in such activities seem to be called the "regiment."

text: The word "seems" needs to be in plural as it refers to "activities".

refinement: There seem to be military activities that certain students must participate in while attending SUNY Maritime College. Those students involved in such activities seem to be called the "regiment."

text: "But Porshe was regiment." is evidence that the regiment includes students.

text: "Regiment being the uniformed students" indicates that some students are involved in military activities.

text: "here was a minority of non-regimental ‘civilians’ that attended the school with out the hassle of regiment" is evidence that non-regimental students weren't involved in military activities.

answer: The regiment is a college training and housing for maritieme service offered by SUNY Maritime.

text: It's not mentioned that the regiment involves housing.

refinement: The regiment is a college training for maritieme service offered by SUNY Maritime.

text: Maritime's spelling is incorrect.

refinement: The regiment is a college training for maritime service offered by SUNY Maritime.

text: It's not mentioned that SUNY Maritime is a college.

refinement: The regiment is a college training for maritime service offered by SUNY Maritime College.

text: "there was a minority of non-regimental ‘civilians’ that attended the school with out the hassle of regiment" is evidence that regiment had some training involved.

question: What kind of classes does the narrator take?

answer: According to the passage, the narrator chose to take naval architecture classes at SUNY Maritime.

text: "I picked naval architecture" is proof that the answer is correct.

answer: The narrator takes naval architecture classes while attending SUNY Maritime.

text: "I picked naval architecture" is evidence that the narrator takes naval architecture classes at SUNY Maritime.

answer: The narrator seems to have selected naval architecture as their area of interest.

text: It's clear that the narrator has chosen naval architecture as their area of interest.

refinement: The narrator has selected naval architecture as their area of interest.

text: "I picked naval architecture" is evidence that the narrator has chosen naval architecture classes.

question: Describe the narrator.

answer: The narrator is a high school age boy who is visiting the SUNY Maritime College campus with his mother.

answer: The narrator is a black high school student considering attending SUNY Maritime. In the passage, he is described as intelligent but uninterested in attending military school.

text: There is no mention that SUNY Maritime is a college.

refinement: The narrator is a black high school student considering attending SUNY Maritime College. In the passage, he is described as intelligent but uninterested in attending military school.

text: There is no evidence that the passage describes him as intelligent.

refinement: The narrator is a black high school student considering attending SUNY Maritime College. In the passage, he is described as uninterested in attending military school.

answer:
Give details as to his personality, attitudes, and traits.

My personality is undeveloped and straightforward, coming from my upbringing as the only son, the oldest of three children. I have no close friends but want to be sure I'm liked by anyone who wants to be like me. I've been overheard talking about the irony that often I only befriend someone because they "like" doing something I don't, so I can feel less alone without any extra effort.

text: This response is not related.

text: Missing refinement.

refinement: The narrator is a high school student who is visiting SUNY Maritime College with his mother.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This excerpt covers the protagonist's visit to SUNY Maritime, where he learns that the school is regimented and sees a girl he's interested in. He ultimately leaves feeling optimistic about his decision to enroll, despite knowing that life at the school would be difficult.

text: The school is not only regimented.

refinement: This excerpt covers the protagonist's visit to SUNY Maritime, where he learns that the school is regimented and non-regiment. He sees a girl he's interested in. He ultimately leaves feeling optimistic about his decision to enroll, despite knowing that life at the school would be difficult.

text: "My mother and I still left that place with an overall good view. Sadly for future me, I knew that was to be my school the moment I saw the water." This is evidence that he knew he was going to enroll in the college despite knowing that life there would be difficult.

answer: The main character describes their experience on a tour of SUNY Maritime, describing it as a regiment-focused college out on a peninsula near the water. They say they enjoyed looking at the water, but ultimately decided that it was not the right school for them.

text: Wrong use of the plural - They.

refinement: The main character describes their experience on a tour of SUNY Maritime, describing it as a regiment-focused college out on a peninsula near the water. He says that he enjoyed looking at the water, but ultimately decided that it was not the right school for him.

text: It is wrongly stated that he decides that it isn't the school for him.

refinement: The main character describes their experience on a tour of SUNY Maritime, describing it as a regiment-focused college out on a peninsula near the water. He says that he enjoyed looking at the water, and ultimately decided that it was the school he would go to.

text: "lowering the window after all that time let in the sea air – it was fantastic even if it was the Hudson." makes it evident that the college is near the water.

answer: The narrator is woken by his mother to visit the SUNY Maritime College campus as a prospective student. The facilitators of the orientation explain the ins and outs of life at the school.

answer: The narrator is recounting their first visit to SUNY Maritime, where they found out that it is a military-based college that offers a naval architecture major. The experience was somewhat underwhelming, but the narrator still left with a good impression of the college.

answer: This is a first-person account of the time the author visited the SUNY Maritime College in New York on a college tour. The author was dismayed to learn that the school was mainly regimented (meaning students must adhere to a strict code of conduct), but had a positive experience overall and ultimately decided that it was the perfect college for them.

answer: This excerpt describes the author's initial feelings on SUNY Maritime following a tour and open house, as well as impressions of other students. The author decided to pursue a naval architecture major.


text:
Quite often prospective clients, and developers thinking of learning Xojo, ask my opinion of Xojo.  They are about to embark on a journey spending tens of thousands of dollars on a cross-platform tool and they want to know if Xojo is a right for them.  It’s a good question and I’ll share some of what I share with them in no particular order.

Xojo is pronounced “Zo Jo”.  I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard it pronounced “Ex Oh Jay Oh” or something else.  They just don’t know and I think it spooks a lot of people as it doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue.  Xojo has been around under various names (REALbasic and Real Studio) for twenty years – all with the same company.  At that point it’s easy to name a dozen languages/development environments that were popular twenty years ago that either don’t exist today or been sold so many times that they’re now obscure tools.

This isn’t your fathers BASIC.  Xojo uses the BASIC syntax but this isn’t like the venerable Visual Basic or even older GWBasic or QBasic.  Xojo apps are NOT interpreted at runtime – they compile down into native code for each of the platforms.  The language itself is a modern object-oriented language that happens to use the BASIC syntax.  Xojo is updated three to four times a year and has undergone a lot of upgrades in the past two decades.  It first supported 68000 code, then PowerPC and Fat applications, Carbon, and now finally Cocoa on the Mac side.  They’ve added Windows, Linux, Raspberry Pi (Linux ARM), desktop and console application targets.  In the mobile space they’ve added iOS, and by the end of the year Android.  They’re also in the middle of the transition from 32-bit only applications to 64-bit applications.  For the most part things ‘just work’ and developers don’t experience too many issues (bugs happen but think about how many targets they’re supporting!).

Xojo applications are self-contained.  Take a compiled Xojo application and (with very few exceptions) literally copy the files to another computer and the application will just work.  Even Windows applications don’t need an official installer, however, it is recommended since most Windows users are comfortable and familiar with using them.  Most Mac applications are installed via drag-and-drop from a disk image but an installer can be used on the Mac as well.  This ease-of-installation is huge and it’s rare to have “DLL Hell” issue since all required libraries and resources are bundled together.  This does make the resulting output larger than some other development tools that depend on system libraries but I’ve rarely seen this an issue.

Xojo provides nearly everything you need in one tool (with some caveats).  The Xojo IDE has Code, Form, Menubar, Database, and Report editors (to name some of the big ones) in one tool so you never have to use another tool.  We’ve found the database editor to not be powerful enough so we prefer external database editors.  The built-in reporting tool also isn’t very powerful so we created our own reporting tool (Shorts) which has served us well in our consulting projects.  The nice thing is that all of the built-in tools work seamlessly with each other so the tools that are powerful enough for you ‘just work’ with few hassles.  The editors try really hard to protect your from hurting yourself while other tools are just a big text file that must be in an exact format.

The Xojo community is incredibly helpful.  The Xojo Forums are filled with some of the most helpful people I’ve ever met.  Some of the Xojo engineers respond to questions, but usually the community answers before they get to it.  Many other support forums are rude and condescending to newcomers to their language/tool.  The Xojo forum has even been known to answer questions about other tools.

Xojo is a cross-platform tool and because of this it has some compromises.  Controls are often the lowest- common denominator.  Grids especially aren’t as powerful as some are used to in the Windows world.  This is mainly because complex grids are not common in Linux and Mac environments.  Other controls have similar issues.  Things like automatic spell checking in TextArea’s are platform specific as on the Mac.  At times it is disappointing that there aren’t more control options for Xojo right out of the box (think date and calendar controls) but thankfully there is a third-party market for controls and libraries for Xojo that can often help.  Even though much is provided for you, it’s possible for a developer to use OS API’s using Declares that can significantly modify the appearance and functionality for some applications.

Xojo is a Rapid Application Development (RAD) environment.  Between the all-in-one IDE and the language creating applications in Xojo is fast.  This means that an initial investment can get your app developed faster and cheaper than many other languages.  Obviously some of this depends on the developers doing the work but it can make a huge difference.  We’ve always told clients that if they’re not happy with Xojo performance after the initial release they can use our code as the proof of concept to the developer in whatever language they choose.  There have only been a handful of clients that have ever switched languages after release and that’s usually been switching from desktop apps to web app.

The cost of Xojo isn’t very high compared to some tools.  For $699 per year per developer you can create web, console, and desktop apps for Mac, Windows, Linux, and Linux ARM plus iOS apps.  That’s all in the same environment and same language and with the exception of iOS applications (which requires a Mac) you can use Mac, Windows, or Linux to create everything.  Many developers use third party controls and libraries and even those are relatively inexpensive.  Plus, there are no royalty fees for your Xojo made applications.  All-in-All it can be a relatively inexpensive tool.

What considerations have I missed?

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question: What is Xojo?

answer: It's a computer cross-platform programming language tool.

text: Xojo itself is a programming language that comes with an IDE.

refinement: It's a computer cross-platform programming language that comes with its own Xojo IDE.

text: The flow and wording can be improved.

refinement: It's a cross-platform computer programming language that comes with its own Xojo IDE.

text: Cross-platform: "Xojo is a cross-platform tool"

text: Programming language: "The language itself is a modern object-oriented language that happens to use the BASIC syntax."

answer: Xojo is a program that is used to make apps for multiple computers.

text: Xojo is a programming language, not a regular program.

refinement: Xojo is a programming language that is used to make apps for multiple computers.

text: Xojo is a cross-platform language, so it can be used to make apps for different platforms.

refinement: Xojo is a programming language that is used to make apps for multiple platforms.

answer: A cross-platform tool for creating applications

text: The answer should clarify that Xojo is a programming language, not a generic tool.

refinement: A cross-platform programming language for creating applications

text: The period is missing.

refinement: A cross-platform programming language for creating applications.

text: Cross-platform: "Xojo is a cross-platform tool"

question: How expensive is it to get the Xojo program?

answer: The annual cost for Xojo is $699 per developer. This is relatively inexpensive in comparison to other development programs.

text: The answer should clarify that the relative cheapness of Xojo is alleged in the article.

refinement: The annual cost for Xojo is $699 per developer. This is claimed to be relatively inexpensive in comparison to other development programs.

text: Pricing: "For $699 per year per developer you can create web, console, and desktop apps for Mac, Windows, Linux, and Linux ARM plus iOS apps."

text: Relatively inexpensive: "All-in-All it can be a relatively inexpensive tool."

answer: According to the author, relatively inexpensive.

text: The article has the price of Xojo explicitly. The answer should reflect that.

refinement: According to the author, relatively inexpensive. It costs $699 per developer annually.

text: Relatively inexpensive: "All-in-All it can be a relatively inexpensive tool."

answer: According to the passage, Xojo costs approximately $699 a year per developer to use.

text: The claim for relative inexpensiveness is relevant here.

refinement: According to the passage, Xojo costs approximately $699 a year per developer to use. The author claims it's relatively inexpensive compared to similar programming suites.

text: Pricing: "For $699 per year per developer you can create web, console, and desktop apps for Mac, Windows, Linux, and Linux ARM plus iOS apps."

question: How supportive are the Xojo customer support?

answer: According to the author, they are accommodating.

text: The article doesn't talk about customer support.

refinement: The article doesn't mention anything about customer support.

text: The article mentions the support forums and community support. That information is relevant to this question.

refinement: The article doesn't mention anything about customer support. However, the community support forums are excellent according to the author.

text: The Xojo engineers also contribute to the forums.

refinement: The article doesn't mention anything about customer support. However, the community support forums are excellent according to the author. It's also noted that Xojo engineers sometimes answer questions too.

answer: Based on the passage, the Xojo customer support is quite supportive, with members of the Xojo community often answering questions before they are addressed by the Xojo engineers. In general, the community is very helpful for newcomers to the tool.

text: The answer should clarify that the article doesn't talk about official customer support.

refinement: The official customer support isn't mentioned. Based on the passage, the Xojo customer support is quite supportive, with members of the Xojo community often answering questions before they are addressed by the Xojo engineers. In general, the community is very helpful for newcomers to the tool.

text: The supportive community and participating engineers: "The Xojo Forums are filled with some of the most helpful people I’ve ever met.  Some of the Xojo engineers respond to questions, but usually the community answers before they get to it."

text: Helpful to newcomers: "Many other support forums are rude and condescending to newcomers to their language/tool.  The Xojo forum has even been known to answer questions about other tools."

answer: The Xojo community is considered to be incredibly supportive, and Xojo's customer support is largely responsible for this reputation. They are quick to offer assistance to any developer who might be struggling with any issue they are experiencing.

text: The article doesn't talk about customer support.

refinement: The Xojo community is considered to be incredibly supportive.

text: The answer should clarify that the article doesn't talk about official customer support.

refinement: The official customer support isn't mentioned. The Xojo community is considered to be incredibly supportive.

text: The supportive community: "The Xojo Forums are filled with some of the most helpful people I’ve ever met."

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Xojo is a powerful cross-platform development environment with high-quality support and low cost. Its main caveats are simple controls and limited scalability for more complex features.

text: Xojo is a programming language that comes with its own development environment.

refinement: Xojo is a powerful cross-platform programming language that comes with its own development environment with high-quality support and low cost. Its main caveats are simple controls and limited scalability for more complex features.

text: The article doesn't mention anything about scalability.

refinement: Xojo is a powerful cross-platform programming language that comes with its own development environment with high-quality support and low cost. Its main caveats are simple controls.

text: The summary should clarify that high-quality support comes from the community.

refinement: Xojo is a powerful cross-platform programming language that comes with its own development environment with high-quality support courtesy of its community and low cost. Its main caveats are simple controls.

text: The low cost is relative to similar other suites.

refinement: Xojo is a powerful cross-platform programming language that comes with its own development environment with high-quality support courtesy of its community and relatively low cost. Its main caveats are simple controls.

text: Flow can be better.

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text: Cross-platform: "Xojo is a cross-platform tool"

text: Simple controls: "Controls are often the lowest- common denominator."

answer: Xojo is an easy to use, cross-platform development tool that requires minimal initial investment. It is also relatively inexpensive, and its community of users is highly helpful.

text: Xojo is a programming language with a development environment.

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text: The initial investment is relatively inexpensive, just like the rest of it. Hence, that part should just be removed.

refinement: Xojo is an easy to use, cross-platform programming language and development environment. It is also relatively inexpensive, and its community of users is highly helpful.

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refinement: Xojo is an easy-to-use, cross-platform programming language and development environment. It is also relatively inexpensive, and its community of users is highly helpful.

text: Relatively inexpensive: "All-in-All it can be a relatively inexpensive tool."

text: Cross-platform: "Xojo is a cross-platform tool"

text: The supportive community: "The Xojo Forums are filled with some of the most helpful people I’ve ever met."

answer: Xojo is an easy-to-use cross-platform tool with a helpful community and reasonable price tag. Developers can create applications at a faster and cheaper rate than with other tools, coming with all the necessary tools included in the price.

text: Xojo isn't a generic tool. It's a programming language that comes with its own IDE.

refinement: Xojo is an easy-to-use cross-platform programming language that comes with its own IDE with a helpful community and reasonable price tag. Developers can create applications at a faster and cheaper rate than with other tools, coming with all the necessary tools included in the price.

text: Grammar can be improved.

refinement: Xojo is an easy-to-use cross-platform programming language that comes with its own IDE, a helpful community, and a reasonable price tag. Developers can create applications at a faster and cheaper rate compared to other tools, and it comes with all the necessary tools included in the price.

text: Relatively inexpensive: "All-in-All it can be a relatively inexpensive tool."

text: Cross-platform: "Xojo is a cross-platform tool"

text: The supportive community: "The Xojo Forums are filled with some of the most helpful people I’ve ever met."

answer: Xojo is a cross-platform IDE for developing native applications, with a focus on rapid application development. It is reasonably priced, and users have access to helpful forums and community support. Overall, it has some trade-offs, but these are relatively minimal in comparison to competing tools.

text: The trade-off should be specifically mentioned.

refinement: Xojo is a cross-platform IDE for developing native applications, with a focus on rapid application development. It is reasonably priced, and users have access to helpful forums and community support. Overall, it has some trade-offs like the rather simple controls, but these are relatively minimal in comparison to competing tools.

text: Relatively inexpensive: "All-in-All it can be a relatively inexpensive tool."

text: Cross-platform: "Xojo is a cross-platform tool"

text: The supportive community: "The Xojo Forums are filled with some of the most helpful people I’ve ever met."

answer: This article talks about Xojo, a cross-platform computer programming language designed to create native applications for operating systems such as Mac, Linux, Windows, IOS, etc. According to the author, the software program is relatively inexpensive and has a constructive forum, especially for newcomers with questions about other tools.

text: The Xojo forum is for Xojo. It's not especially helpful for other tools, just friendly enough to help even in that case.

refinement: This article talks about Xojo, a cross-platform computer programming language designed to create native applications for operating systems such as Mac, Linux, Windows, IOS, etc. According to the author, the software program is relatively inexpensive and has a constructive forum, even for newcomers with questions about other tools.

text: Relatively inexpensive: "All-in-All it can be a relatively inexpensive tool."

text: Cross-platform: "Xojo is a cross-platform tool"

text: The supportive community: "The Xojo Forums are filled with some of the most helpful people I’ve ever met."

answer: Xojo is a cross-platform development tool that is easy to use and relatively inexpensive. In addition, its community is one of the most helpful around, and its 'Rapid Application Development' capabilities mean development projects often come to fruition faster and cheaper than comparable tools.

text: Xojo is a programming language that comes with its own development environment, not a generic developmental tool.

refinement: Xojo is a cross-platform programming language with its own development environment that is easy to use and relatively inexpensive. In addition, its community is one of the most helpful around, and its 'Rapid Application Development' capabilities mean development projects often come to fruition faster and cheaper than comparable tools.

text: Grammar can be improved.

refinement: Xojo is a cross-platform programming language with its own development environment that is easy to use and relatively inexpensive. In addition, its community is one of the most helpful around, and its Rapid Application Development capabilities mean development projects often come to fruition faster and cheaper than comparable tools.

text: Relatively inexpensive: "All-in-All it can be a relatively inexpensive tool."

text: Cross-platform: "Xojo is a cross-platform tool"

text: The supportive community: "The Xojo Forums are filled with some of the most helpful people I’ve ever met."


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Since 1991, CIA ACTIVITIES IN SOMALIA have included funding anti-Islamist warlords, extraordinary renditions and most recently operating black sites.[1]

In November of 2020, MICHAEL GOODBOE, a senior CIA paramilitary officer, died of injuries sustained in a terrorist attack in Mogadishu, Somalia. Goodboe was a former member of the Navy’s SEAL Team 6 and belonged to the CIA's Special Activities Center. Goodboe's death will add another star on the memorial wall located inside the CIA’s headquarters in Virginia. The U.S. had around 700 troops in Somalia, assisting and working with local forces to defeat al-Shabaab the al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group. Al-Shabaab had an estimated 9,000 fighters. The terrorist organization has vowed to overthrow the Somali government, which is supported by some 20,000 troops from the African Union. [2][3]

Funding anti-Islamist warlords

The C.I.A. began a covert operation to arm and finance the warlords, who had united under the banner of the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counterterrorism. Operated from the intelligence agency’s station in Nairobi, Kenya, the effort involved frequent trips to Mogadishu by case officers from the agency and paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to the warlords. When the payments to the warlords shifted the military balance of the country in their favor, the Islamists started a strike against the American-backed coalition and ran it out of Mogadishu.[4] Although the ICU was locally supported for having restored a relative level of peace[5] to the volatile region after having defeated the CIA-funded Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism in the Second Battle of Mogadishu, concerns about the growth and popular support for an Islamic country during the United States' War on Terror led to a new approach of the intervention of CIA, the United States military and Ethiopia's dominantly Christian government.

Using local militias was seen as a way to avoid sending US troops. State Department officers, however, disapproved of the CIA effort, with one source saying “They were fully aware that they were doing so without any strategic framework,” the official said. “And they realized that there might be negative implications to what they are doing.” In 2006, Leslie Rowe, the deputy Chief of Mission in Kenya, signed off on a cable back to State Department headquarters that detailed grave concerns throughout the region about American efforts in Somalia. Around that time, State Department political officer, Michael Zorick, who had been based in Nairobi, was reassigned to Chad after he criticized, inside the government, Washington's policy of paying Somali warlords. The details of the American effort in Somalia are classified.

Somalia's interim president, Abdullahi Yusuf of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), criticized American support for nongovernmental actors in May 2006, “We really oppose American aid that goes outside the government,” he said, arguing that the best way to hunt members of Al Qaeda in Somalia was to strengthen the country's government. Prendergast agrees the approach had some success, According his organization, militiamen loyal to warlord Mohammed Deere, a powerful figure in Mogadishu, caught a suspected Qaeda operative, Suleiman Abdalla Salim Hemed, in April 2003 and turned him over to American officials. Prendergast said “I've talked to people inside the Defense Department and State Department who said that this was not a comprehensive policy,” he said. “It was being conducted in a vacuum, and they were largely shut out.”

The official US position is to urge a return to peace talks by warring Somali factions, but some officials have also said an Ethiopian invasion could be the only factor to prevent the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) complete takeover of Somalia.[6] According to the ICG, Ethiopia only broke up only the most visible part of the ICU: the regional administrative authority in south central Somalia (including Mogadishu), which served essentially as a political platform for Hawiye clan interests. The militant Shabaab leadership, scattered throughout the country, threatening to wage a long war. A U.S. air strike on 8 January 2007 apparently wounded Aden Hashi ‘Ayro, a prominent Shabaab commander, and killed some of his guards but failed to destroy any top targets.

Drone strikes

In early January 2011, it was reported that the US, probably the CIA, hit its first target in Somalia with a drone strike. Recently, reporting from OSGEOINT suggests that this drone probably originated from Camp Lemmonier, Djibouti where engineers at the base constructed a dedicated drone support apron during the 2010-2011 period. The first strike in Somalia coincided with the confirmed deployment of a predator combat air patrol and a predator primary satellite link suggesting local command and control.[7]

Black sites

Jeremy Scahill in the August 2011 edition of the _Nation_ magazine reported on the CIA's compound at Mogadishu's Aden Adde International Airport. According to Scahill, “the facility looks like a small gated community, with more than a dozen buildings behind large protective walls and secured by guard towers at each of its four corners...At the facility, the CIA runs a counterterrorism training program for Somali intelligence agents and operatives aimed at building an indigenous strike force capable of snatch operations and targeted “combat” operations against members of Al Shabab.”[8] According to OSGEOINT, the construction of the CIA facility seems highly probable due to the other changes that have occurred around the airport since its reported construction. Open source satellite imagery shows wall-secured areas added, including a wall surrounding the entire airport as well as hardened access control points (ACPs). Between 20 July 2010 and 22 August 2011, AAIA has had much of the vegetation cleared off from the perimeter, guard towers added every quarter mile on the Northeast boundary (--more frequent on the Northwest), a towed artillery element deployed, as well as additional structures erected throughout the secured sections of the airfield. It also appears that an unknown donor (probably the US) is in the process of adding a parallel taxi-way to the main aircraft apron further enhancing the capacity of the airfield.[9]

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[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/us/politics/cia-officer-somalia-death.html

[3] https://sofrep.com/news/senior-cia-officer-killed-during-combat-in-somalia/

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title: CIA activities in Somalia

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

According to the US State Department and other local African sources, what the implications of the CIA strategy of giving money to Somlai warlords who are against Islamists?

answer: May of 2006, the Somali interim president criticized the American warlords, saying they undermined government.

text: The response is lacking in relevant information and currently it stands ambiguous as to what question it is answering.

refinement: CIA has been working alongside Somali warlords since 1991. The aim was to find warlords who are anti-Islamists and fund them to fight against al-Shabaab and al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist groups. However, there are reports that the US State Department as well as some key personnel in Kenya are worried about the effect of these actions on the region. Some believe this funding might strengthen the warlords to the extent of fracturing any hope of a long-term peace in Somalia.

answer: CIA has been working alongside Somali warlords since 1991. The aim was to find warlords who are anti-Islamists and fund them to fight against al-Shabaab and al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist groups. However, there are reports that the US State Department as well as some key personnel in Kenya are worried about the effect of these actions on the region. Some believe this funding might strengthen the warlords to the extent of fracturing any hope of a long-term peace in Somalia.

answer: This strategy of giving money to warlords seeking to overthrow the local government has fueled the conflict by making the Somalia government weaker. These warlords have also been trying to fund terrorism through their methods of domination and power over the terrorists who have been on the terrorist list.

text: The response could be fuller, and clearer, as currently it stands ambiguous.

refinement: CIA has been working alongside Somali warlords since 1991. The aim was to find warlords who are anti-Islamists and fund them to fight against al-Shabaab and al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist groups. However, there are reports that the US State Department as well as some key personnel in Kenya are worried about the effect of these actions on the region. Some believe this funding might strengthen the warlords to the extent of fracturing any hope of a long-term peace in Somalia.

answer: The implications of the CIA giving money to Somalian warlords who are against Islamists include an unstable, volatile country and battle between Muslim extremists and US-backed coalition forces. This strategy also increases the risk of Somalia falling under Islamic rule due to the warlords being more effective in battle and causing a greater imbalance in the military. There are also concerns that this strategy will prove ineffective due to lack of strategic framework and follow-through by the CIA. Lastly, the increased risk and number of terrorist groups fighting in Somalia heightens the possibility of drone strikes in the region.

answer: One possible implication of the CIA strategy of giving money to Somalii warlords who are against Islamists is that it could make the region less peaceful. Additionally, this strategy may create or strengthen regional alliances that are in opposition to the US. In some cases, this could result in US enemies being strengthened or emboldened. It is possible that CIA funding of these warlords may lead to a negative impact on the US's reputation around the world. Finally, there could be serious unintended consequences for the stability of Somalia.

text: Change 'Somalii' to 'Somali'

refinement: One possible implication of the CIA strategy of giving money to Somali warlords who are against Islamists is that it could make the region less peaceful. Additionally, this strategy may create or strengthen regional alliances that are in opposition to the US. In some cases, this could result in US enemies being strengthened or emboldened. It is possible that CIA funding of these warlords may lead to a negative impact on the US's reputation around the world. Finally, there could be serious unintended consequences for the stability of Somalia.