text:
“Where am I? Who are these people around me?” I thought to myself when I first woke up. I slowly lifted myself up and rubbed my eyes thoroughly as if there was something in them, but nothing was. I looked over; a lady kindly greeted me and handed me a folder. As soon as the folder was within my possession I knew what must be done; it was pure instinct. I immediately opened it up and read all of the information.
I remembered that my name was Bob Lamron. I am 23 years old, have neither children nor a wife; they were only given to you if you had proven yourself faithful and intelligent enough. I asked the women who handed me the folder where I was and what events had occurred that left me in this situation. She just looked at me and smiled.
Two rather large males, who appeared to be body guards disguised as physicians, led me out the front door. As soon as I walked out, a car appeared out of nowhere. From the car came a robotic voice; it addressed me by name and commanded me to enter the automobile. As I got in the car, the voice spoke again. It asked me what my home address was. I had no clue; I could not even remember if I had children 10 minutes ago. How was I supposed to answer the voice with details of my forget life? The women who had presented me with the folder, a nurse, that I had woken up next to, ran out of the building and handed me the same folder that I had left behind in the room. I opened it up and aloud, “2534 Egareva Rd.” As soon as the words had left my mouth, the taxi immediately sped off, presumably to the address.
As I saw the things I passed by I started to remember details, like I had never forgotten them at all. Trees, Birds, people, restaurants, fountains, everything! It was all flooding in as if there was a dam in my brain and it had just been ruptured without notice. We arrived at my house and I opened the front door. I walked into my room and sat down. I could not recall the events that had occurred before I woke up. It was like the dam of knowledge in my mind had been concealed. My mind had locked away any memories of the events and I could not do anything about it. The more I thought, the more my head hurt.
It felt like one of those moments when you are mid conversation with someone and another person, uninvolved in the conversation, calls your name. You stop talking in order to address the interjection of your name, but when you try to come back into the original conversation, you can’t remember what you were talking about no matter how hard you try. I sat there on my couch and tried as hard as I could to recall what had happened.
I then positioned myself so that I could see out of the window. I saw a grey, bleak world. Everything was so average, so normal. The only color people were given permission to wear were different shades of grey. The lighter your color, the higher up your social class was. I was just an average grey.
As I was thinking through all of this, my eyes were fixed upon a section of peeling paint in the right corner of my peripheral vision. For some reason I knew I was supposed to go over to it; it was like I had some kind of cosmic urge. My hand lifted from my side and I started to peel the paint. It came off fairly easily, far too easier than any paint should have, for that matter. Suddenly, I saw something concealed under the peeling paint. I knew I had to uncover it. As I tore the paint off a fit overcame me. Next thing I knew, I was tearing, ripping, and enjoying this more than anything I had enjoyed before. I was ripping everything in sight off the wall.
I stepped back and looked at my wall and there was writing everywhere. The memories started flooding back into my head of what had happened. I had uncovered something big. The government had been spiking everyone. Now they wouldn’t just bug a room, or a camera in a park to see what was going on, they were putting microphones in you. They had put chips in your brain so that they could see, think, hear, and smell everything you have ever come in contact with. Knowing I had just remembered this I knew they would be after me. I shut the blinds and closed the door in my room.
I lightly lifted a blind cover and looked out the window. I saw a slim, black, shiny car pulled up to the front of my building. The same two men who had accompanied me out of the hospital got out of the black car. I sat there shaking, wondering what I could do. The second I saw them barge in through the front door, I jumped out of my second story bedroom and landed on the pavement. My ankle buckled and I felt a sharp pain but I knew I had to get out of here and tell someone what is going on. I screamed names but no one would listen to me. I was living in a selfish world where people only cared about themselves. I gave up. I fell to the floor, my ankle throbbing, and looked at the door to my building, expecting the two men to walk through. I was doomed.
The two men eventually came out of my building and grabbed me. They didn’t say a word; all they would do is stare straight forward. Then they put me in the back of the car and drove off. It was the exact same route that led back to my house. I had only been out for an hour, at most and here I was, being dragged back.
When I got there the female nurse was sitting there with a needle filled with what appeared to be a sedative. As she inserted it in my vein, two doctors walked into the room. The first said, “Okay, begin sedation and we’ll get ready for the micro-chip reset.”
The other doctor responded, “Looks like this one didn’t turn out to well again like the last time.”
	As they finished their sentences I realized something. They have been resetting everyone until they get every single one of us to be perfect for their society. They don’t want people to have character or personality; they are just looking to create the most generic human being, like emotionless robots. As I thought this, I started to black out.
“Where am I? Who are these people around me?” I thought to myself when I first woke up. I slowly lifted myself up and rubbed my eyes thoroughly as if there was something in them, but nothing was. I looked over; a lady kindly greeted me and handed me a folder.

Criticism is why I'm here. Wrote for a creative writing class and would love some help.

title: Deja Vu

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

What did the folder contain?

answer: Information on his name, age etc. This is important so he is able to respond to the robotic voice. It also contained an address for how to find his home.

answer: The folder contained information about the events that had led up to the protagonist waking up. It showed the protagonist his name, that he's 23 years old, has neither children nor a wife, and where he lives. It was also revealed that the government spies on citizens through chips implanted in people's brains.

text: It incorrectly mentions that the folder container information on the events that led to him waking up and that the government spies on citizens.

refinement: It showed the protagonist his name, that he's 23 years old, has neither children nor a wife, and where he lives.

answer: The folder contains information on the protagonist and instructions for what was next to come. The protagonist was being unknowingly prepared for a micro-chip reset.

text: It incorrectly mentions that the folder contains instructions for what comes next

refinement: The folder contains information on the protagonist, such as name, age, address.. etc.

answer: The folder contained Bob's life details.

answer: The folder contained all of the narrator's personal details.

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

Was the narrator dreaming?

answer: No, the narrator was not dreaming

answer: If so, the part of the dream about tearing his wall open might represent the narrator's mental state. In the world of the story, people's thoughts were being written on their walls, and the narrator likes to peel things off.

text: There is no evidence to suggest that the narrator is dreaming, so the assumption is that he is not.

answer: No, the narrator was not dreaming. He wakes up in a strange place and is deeply confused about his current situation. He soon remembers who he is but has difficulty figuring out where he is and what is going on. He ultimately remembers that his home had been wired with microphones and chips to allow the government to see, hear, and perceive everything. He narrowly escapes being recaptured by two men and is given a sedative. Though he blacked out before he could ascertain what was going on, it seems likely that the narrator is not dreaming but is truly in danger.

answer: No, the narrator is not dreaming. The events that occur after the character wakes up are real.

answer: That is unclear.

text: There is no evidence to suggest that the narrator is dreaming, so the assumption is that he is not.

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

Where is the narrator going in the car?

answer: The narrator is being taken back to their house. The reason for this is that the characters in charge of society discovered the narrator had uncovered information about their covert activities. To prevent the narrator from revealing anymore details, they sedated them and were going to "reset" their microchip.

text: Extra details strays from the main question being asked.

refinement: The narrator is being taken back to their house.

answer: It seems the narrator is going back home.

text: "As I got in the car, the voice spoke again. It asked me what my home address was" is evidence that the narrator was being taken back home.

answer: The narrator is being taken back to their house after being sedated by a nurse. The two men accompanying the narrator have arrived back with the purpose of performing a micro-chip reset.

text: Extra details strays from the main question being asked.

refinement: The narrator is being taken back to their house after being sedated by a nurse.

answer: The narrator was heading to his house.

text: "As I got in the car, the voice spoke again. It asked me what my home address was" is evidence that the narrator was being taken back home.

answer: Back to his house

text: "As I got in the car, the voice spoke again. It asked me what my home address was" is evidence that the narrator was being taken back home.

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

Who were the two men accompanying him?

answer: The two men were likely government agents, sent to retrieve Bob Lamron after his memory was reset.

text: It misses to mention that the guards were disguised as physicians.

refinement: The two men were likely government agents/guards disguised as physicians, sent to retrieve Bob Lamron after his memory was reset.

answer: It is likely that they were one of the physicians disguised as prison guard bodyguards

text: There's no evidence to suggest they were disguised as 'prison guard bodyguards'. They were guards disguised as physicians.

refinement: It is likely that they were bodyguards disguised as physicians.

answer: The two men were bodyguards/possible government officials who have been resetting everyone until they are perfect for society.

text: It misses to mention that the guards were disguised as physicians.

refinement: The two men were bodyguards/possible government officials disguised as physicians who have been resetting everyone until they are perfect for society.

answer: The two men accompanying him were bodyguards disguised as physicians.

text: "Two rather large males, who appeared to be body guards disguised as physicians" is evidence of who the two men were.

answer: The two men were bodyguards disguised as physicians.

text: "Two rather large males, who appeared to be body guards disguised as physicians" is evidence of who the two men were.

question: Write a ~7 sentence summary.

answer:
Bob wakes up with no recollection of his past. He is handed a folder with all his personal details. On his way home he starts recollecting everything he sees.

He reaches home and discovers that the government has been trying to change people by putting chips in them. At that moment, two men walk up towards him and take him back to the hospital.

At the hospital, the doctors get ready for his micro-chip reset by sedating him.
Bob wakes up again with no recollection of the past.

answer: When Bob wakes up in a hospital, he doesn't know where he is or how he got there. After being given a folder, it all starts to come back to him. The government had been injecting people with microphones and chips for spying purposes. After realizing this, the government catches him and injects him with a sedative. It is revealed that the government is retrying people until they are perfect for society.

text: It misses to mention that Bob is taken home but then brought back to the hospital.

refinement: When Bob wakes up in a hospital, he doesn't know where he is or how he got there. After being given a folder, it all starts to come back to him. He is taken home and begins to realize that the government had been injecting people with microphones and chips for spying purposes. After realizing this, the government catches him and takes him back to the hospital. It is revealed that the government is retrying people until they are perfect for society.

text: it misses to mention that they begin to do a micro-chip reset on Bob

refinement: When Bob wakes up in a hospital, he doesn't know where he is or how he got there. After being given a folder, it all starts to come back to him. He is taken home and begins to realize that the government had been injecting people with microphones and chips for spying purposes. After realizing this, the government catches him and takes him back to the hospital. It is revealed that the government is reseting people until they are perfect for society. Bob is sedated and his micro-chip is reset. He wakes up in the hospital without knowing how he got there.

answer: Bob gets out of a hospital bed and the book launches into a critical exam of a society that values blandness in its individuals. The society employs people who have not been around long to teach others and then adjust them all by brain implants. It turns out Bob is one of the teachers. While out for dinner Bob comes face to face with a computer screen, which talks to him, and asks for personal details. He cannot remember any and tells it he lives on Egareva Road. It drives him home, and he enters his current home, which looks the same from the outside. However, he caught a glimpse of a teetering corpse and goes to look out the window. When he looks the two "doctors" are in his place preparing him for another implant, also a file called "Bob Lamron_Information_0929" is on his body with personal details. He cannot hide the fact that he is trying to piece it all together and they gently inject him with a syringe. Bob wakes up with a confused mind and stumbles around the dark.

text: The theme of the summary is correct, however all the details are inaccurate and misleading

refinement: Bob wakes up in a hospital with no recollection of his past or how he got there. He is handed a folder with all his personal details. On his way home he starts recollecting everything he sees. He reaches home and discovers that the government has been spiking people by putting chips in them. At that moment, two men walk up towards him and take him back to the hospital. At the hospital, the doctors get ready for his micro-chip reset by sedating him. Bob wakes up again with no recollection of the past.

answer: Bob wakes up with no memory and realizes that he has been abducted by the government for experimentation. The female nurse inserts a sedative while two doctors discuss their routine of resetting people until they reach a bland sameness. As they sedate him, he starts to black out and realizes that he is a victim of erasure of individualism.

text: It misses to mention that Bob wakes up in the hospital with no recollection of his life or how he got there.

refinement: Bob wakes up in a hospital with no memory of who he is and how he got there. He realizes that he has been abducted by the government for experimentation. The female nurse inserts a sedative while two doctors discuss their routine of resetting people until they reach a bland sameness. As they sedate him, he starts to black out and realizes that he is a victim of erasure of individualism.

text: It misses to mention that he is taken home where he realizes what the government had been doing.

refinement: Bob wakes up in a hospital with no memory of who he is and how he got there. He is taken home where he begins to regain his memory and realizes that the government has been spiking people and inserting microchips. The female nurse inserts a sedative while two doctors discuss their routine of resetting people until they reach a bland sameness. As they sedate him, he starts to black out and realizes that he is a victim of erasure of individualism.

text: It misses to include the details leading up to Bob's reset.

refinement: Bob wakes up in a hospital with no memory of who he is and how he got there. He is taken home where he begins to regain his memory and realizes that the government has been spiking people and inserting microchips. Two men walk up towards him and take him back to the hospital. At the hospital, the doctors get ready for his micro-chip reset by sedating him. It is revealed that the government is reseting people until they are perfect for society. Bob wakes up again with no recollection of the past.

answer: The main character wakes up with no recollection of who he is or where he is. A nurse gives him a folder with all of his information inside. When the characters arrives home, Bob starts to feel memories flooding back upon looking out his window. The government has been spiking everyone. Bob doesn't know what to do and various things trigger his memories of what happened: ripping photos off the wall and having a fit. He's unsuccessful in figuring out how to stop the chip install. The drugs make him unable to act.

text: It inaccurately suggests there are multiple characters arriving back at home, however it is only the main character, Bob.

refinement: The main character wakes up with no recollection of who he is or where he is. A nurse gives him a folder with all of his information inside. When Bob arrives home, he starts to feel memories flooding back upon looking out his window. The government has been spiking everyone. Bob doesn't know what to do and various things trigger his memories of what happened: ripping photos off the wall and having a fit. He's unsuccessful in figuring out how to stop the chip install. The drugs make him unable to act.

text: It misses to mention important details of Bob being taken back to the hospital for his reset.

refinement: The main character wakes up with no recollection of who he is or where he is. A nurse gives him a folder with all of his information inside. When Bob arrives home, he starts to feel memories flooding back upon looking out his window. The government has been spiking everyone and inserting micro-chips. After realizing this, the government catches him and takes him back to the hospital. It is revealed that the government is reseting people until they are perfect for society. Bob is sedated, his micro-chip is reset and he wakes up in the hospital without knowing how he got there.


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text:
"All this bulls--t about the industry and politics and stuff like that, that's secondary to the importance of the connection [artists] have with our fans," JoJo tells _Billboard_ backstage before her May 4 show at New York City's Irving Plaza. "It's really amazing to be in these positions where I’m around the world, really deeply in America going to these different towns and cities."

Below, see an edited transcript of JoJo's discussion with _Billboard_ in which she shared her takeaways from being back out on the road and why it's the most gratifying experience she's had in years.

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THIS [TOUR] BRINGS ME A GRATIFICATION that I haven’t had in a long time, which is that shared experience of singing with the audience, these new songs that I’ve written and compiled that they’ve made a part of their lives. So it’s particularly special because I relate more to these songs, naturally, than I do to songs from when I was 12 years old. It’s great to move forward and I feel that momentum.

It’s the most meaningful tour for a variety of reasons. It’s 70 dates: I've never done a tour this extensive. To be able to have a majority of these dates sell out, even in towns that I’ve never been to before, and with not having a hit on the radio in years, just speaks to the passion that my supporters have shown me. I’m the most aware during this tour, so it’s meaningful because of the growth that I’ve gone through during it.

What’s particularly special with people who’ve been there with me from the beginning is that a lot of people have followed the journey. A lot of people haven’t -- they’re just like, “Oh, JoJo, she’s still alive. Cool, we’ll go to the show and hear ‘Leave (Get Out).’” I want to draw them in further with the show. But the ones who’ve been there since the beginning, we literally grew up together. They kept me going, knowing that I wasn’t alone in this fight, and gave me the courage to keep going. So it’s very meaningful, but it’s deeper. It feels like we’re holding hands.

The most emotional moment on this tour was definitely in Boston. The rest of my family was there, and there’s this lyric in my song “Music,” the first song on _Mad Love_, where I say, “Went on the road to make my daddy proud/ But I lost him and so I sang to the crowd/ My only hope is that he's looking down thinking/ ‘Oh my God, my daughter's doing it now,’” and I couldn’t even look at my family who was up to the left, because I knew that they were going to be crying, which was going to make me cry even more. But when I felt that the audience was there with me -- it’s just hard for me to not think of how much I miss my dad. I felt like they knew that, so I just lost it. I cannot cry on queue, crying is not part of my repertoire. But I wasn’t embarrassed, I felt comfortable, I felt like I was among friends and family.

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I knew coming into the tour that I wanted this to be the best show that I put on yet in my career. I didn’t do a lot of touring as a teenage artist because my mom wanted me to focus on school, so I felt like this was my opportunity to get in my 10,000 hours -- to start chipping away at that, and to become the performing live artist that I want to be and kind of develop myself in that way. I’m also practicing living in this moment and soaking it up, because it is such an interesting time for me and it feels really good.

Were my expectations met? I feel like I’ve learned a lot about balance and pacing, because with this schedule there’s a lot of, like, three nights in a row. And I’m doing an hour and fifteen [minutes] singing the entire show live, of course, and then there’s a meet-and-greet before the show with 50 people, and I do an acoustic song for them first. I realized how everything affects my voice -- I’ve learned to truly live for my voice on the road, and every decision I make is around that. So, like I said, it was just a lesson in balance and pacing and shutting the f--k up.

I’m never satisfied with myself, and I’m never impressed by myself. But I’m really thankful and thrilled about the audience’s reaction, what I’ve seen on social media, and how people have felt leaving my show. That’s what I want -- I want to leave an impression on you and I want you to feel good about yourself. And that’s what me and my band pray about before we go out on stage, is that people receive exactly what they wanted to receive, they leave feeling good about themselves, and that they experience what _Mad Love_ is about: passion and giving it your all.

I’m going to continue to chip away at myself and continue to expand in becoming the musician I want to be. I want to be a multi-instrumentalist, and I want to be able to feel proficient on the keys out there. But I’m not going to put myself in that position until I’m ready. So no, I still haven’t measured up to what I want to be, but I’m on my way.

_Additional reporting from Kristin Corpuz._

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

What is the subject of the article?

answer: The subject of the article is JoJo's return to the road and her takeaways from touring and performing.

answer: The subject of the article is JoJo's thoughts about her current tour and her experience with her fans.

answer: JoJo's 70 date musical tour.

text: Grammar: add a hyphen after '70' for clarity

answer: Jo-Jo

text: Add that it's specifically about her return to touring.

text: Remove the hyphen from her name.

answer: The subject of the article is the interview of JoJo by Billboard.

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

Why did JoJo cry on stage?

answer: She felt connected to her family and misses her father.

answer: Because she was singing about how much she missed her dad who passed away and her family was all there off stage; she felt comfortable with the crowd as if surrounded by friends and family.

answer: JoJo cried on stage in Boston, as she was missing her father and thought of the support of her longtime fans. Her goal for the tour was to create an emotional connection with the audience and she succeeded in this goal.

answer: She was thinking about how much she misses her dad; she can't help but think about his absence when she's onstage because her fans have been with her since the beginning of her career. Because they helped her when it was most difficult for her, she feels like they are closer friends and family than just supporters. The more people feel connected to her, the more she thinks of him. She's not embarrassed to be weak in front of them because they are sending her good energy and making her feel confident.

answer: JoJo cried at her show in Boston because she was thinking of her late father and letting the emotion of the moment take her over. The emotion was heightened by the fact that she could feel the support of her fans in that moment.

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

Why is the tour meaningful for JoJo?

answer: The tour brought her a satisfaction she hasn't had in a long time. It reconnected her to fans around the world.

answer: Because she's never done such an extensive tour, and it's touching to see her shows sell out even in places she's never been before in spite of not having a radio hit in years.

answer: JoJo finds touring meaningful because it brings her gratification and a sense of shared experience. She feels a deep connection to her fans and her songs, in addition to an immense longing for her deceased father. Touring allows JoJo to practice living in the moment and fulfilling her potential as a performing artist. She is continually working to improve her skills and capitalize on her opportunities.

answer: The tour is meaningful for JoJo because it allows her to share her music with longtime supporters who have helped her through hard times. It also allows her to reflect on her growth as an artist and performer. Finally, the tour allows her to practice balancing her commitments so that she can play her best possible show each night.

answer: It was the first time JoJo toured with a band, she started playing a wider range of instruments always wants to get better at it. She wants to impact the audience.

text: Inaccuracy: there's no mention of this being the first she's toured with a band, which is an illogical assumption. Omit this detail.

refinement: She started playing a wider range of instruments always wants to get better at it. She wants to impact the audience.

text: Add 'and' between clauses: 'She started playing a wider range of instruments always wants to get better at it'

refinement: She started playing a wider range of instruments and always wants to get better at it. She wants to impact the audience.

text: It would be more accurate to say she feels she has impacted the audience, rather than just that she wants to; from the full context of, 'But I’m really thankful and thrilled about the audience’s reaction, what I’ve seen on social media, and how people have felt leaving my show. That’s what I want -- I want to leave an impression on you and I want you to feel good about yourself.'

refinement: She started playing a wider range of instruments and always wants to get better at it. She wants to impact the audience.

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

How does JoJo feel about the audience's reaction to her shows?

answer: She feels appreciated.

answer: JoJo feels extremely gratified by the audience's reaction to her shows and is thankful for how they have responded. She specifically notes that she wants them to feel good about themselves and leave her shows feeling positive.

answer: JoJo feels thrilled that the audience has reacted well to her shows and that they have left having felt good about themselves.

answer: She's really thankful and thrilled.

answer: Jojo is thankful and thrilled about the audience's reaction.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: JoJo reflects on her recent tour and how being back out on the road has brought her a deep sense of gratification. She discusses her emotional moment at a show in Boston, where she was joined by her family and struggled to contain her tears. She acknowledges that she still has a ways to go in her journey of becoming a better performer, but she is thankful both for the audience's support and for the lessons learned along the way.

text: Too short, add a sentence about her father being the cause of the emotional moment.

refinement: JoJo reflects on her recent tour and how being back out on the road has brought her a deep sense of gratification. She discusses her emotional moment at a show in Boston, where she was joined by her family and struggled to contain her tears. The moment came as she was singing about missing her late father, hoping she's made him proud. She acknowledges that she still has a ways to go in her journey of becoming a better performer, but she is thankful both for the audience's support and for the lessons learned along the way.

text: Still one sentence short, add her goal of becoming a multi-instrumentalist.

refinement: JoJo reflects on her recent tour and how being back out on the road has brought her a deep sense of gratification. She discusses her emotional moment at a show in Boston, where she was joined by her family and struggled to contain her tears. The moment came as she was singing about missing her late father, hoping she's made him proud. She acknowledges that she still has a ways to go in her journey of becoming a better performer, but she is thankful both for the audience's support and for the lessons learned along the way. She aspires to become a multi-instrumentalist.

answer:
When JoJo's interview with Billboard is originally published, it makes JoJo feel gratified. She says this is one of the most satisfying experiences of her career so far and that she is soaking it up because it is a time of growth for her. JoJo's most emotional moment on this tour is in Boston. She dedicates a song to her late father and she can't look at her family because of it.

JoJo feels she hasn't met her expectations yet, and she knows she still has to stretch into multiple instruments. Her goal is to live right in the moment to feel and give it her all.

text: Alter the first sentence to change the meaning from the interview being gratifying to the interview being about how touring is gratifying.

refinement:
When JoJo's interview with Billboard is originally published, it is about how touring makes JoJo feel gratified. She says this is one of the most satisfying experiences of her career so far and that she is soaking it up because it is a time of growth for her. JoJo's most emotional moment on this tour is in Boston. She dedicates a song to her late father and she can't look at her family because of it.

JoJo feels she hasn't met her expectations yet, and she knows she still has to stretch into multiple instruments. Her goal is to live right in the moment to feel and give it her all.

text: Split the second sentence into two sentences to meet the length requirement.

refinement:
When JoJo's interview with Billboard is originally published, it is about how touring makes JoJo feel gratified. She says this is one of the most satisfying experiences of her career so far. She is soaking it up because it is a time of growth for her. JoJo's most emotional moment on this tour is in Boston. She dedicates a song to her late father and she can't look at her family because of it.

JoJo feels she hasn't met her expectations yet, and she knows she still has to stretch into multiple instruments. Her goal is to live right in the moment to feel and give it her all.

answer: JoJo is in the midst of a 70 date tour showcasing her album "Mad Love." She's never done such an extensive tour, and given that she hasn't had a hit on the radio in years, it's especially touching that her shows are selling out across America. She feels connected to the audience, like she's surrounded by friends and family. So much so, in fact, that she felt comfortable being vulnerable and crying about her deceased father. She's taking the opportunity to get in her 10,000 hours and becoming a proficient tourer.

answer: JoJo is known for her 1997 debut album “JoJo”. She has gone on a sold-out 70-date tour for her new album called “Mad Love”. She knows her audience is most important and she thinks 70 shows so far are sold-out is evidence of that. She thinks one of the most emotional moments from the tour was in Boston. She thinks the audience knows she misses her dad because she can't hold back her emotions.

answer: JoJo discussed her experience on the road during her tour, and how meaningful it was for her both because of her reconnection with the songs she is singing and because of her reconnection with her fans. She also discussed how this tour helped her to hone and evolve her performance skills, as she practices for balance and pacing. Despite not feeling satisfied with herself, JoJo is still grateful for the positive reactions of her fans and looks forward to continuing to grow as an artist.

text: Omit 'reconnection with the songs she is singing' (with surrounding syntax) - the phrasing is repetitive and the detail is not accurate enough to be useful.

refinement: JoJo discussed her experience on the road during her tour, and how meaningful it was for her because of her reconnection with her fans. She also discussed how this tour helped her to hone and evolve her performance skills, as she practices for balance and pacing. Despite not feeling satisfied with herself, JoJo is still grateful for the positive reactions of her fans and looks forward to continuing to grow as an artist.

text: Split the first sentence into two sentences to increase the number of sentences to the question's requirements.

refinement: JoJo discussed her experience on the road during her tour. It was meaningful for her because of her reconnection with her fans. She also discussed how this tour helped her to hone and evolve her performance skills, as she practices for balance and pacing. Despite not feeling satisfied with herself, JoJo is still grateful for the positive reactions of her fans and looks forward to continuing to grow as an artist.

text: Add a sentence to reach 5 sentences; include the emotional moment about her father.

refinement: JoJo discussed her experience on the road during her tour. It was meaningful for her because of her reconnection with her fans. She had an emotional moment during a Boston show, while singing about her late father, and says she felt comfortable rather than embarrassed. She also discussed how this tour helped her to hone and evolve her performance skills, as she practices for balance and pacing. Despite not feeling satisfied with herself, JoJo is still grateful for the positive reactions of her fans and looks forward to continuing to grow as an artist.


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Those trailblazing Romans!

They gave us law, roads, aqueducts, agricultural irrigation, plumbing and more.  But would you guess they also paved the way for what has evolved into show stopping wedding cakes, worthy of their own hit television shows?

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Before we even get to think about formal towering cakes and painterly cascading gum paste flowers, we have to go way back in time to the Roman Empire.  It all started with the Romans breaking wheat or barley bread over a bride’s or the couples’ head(s) and sprinkling them with the crumbs.  The symbolism of this custom ranged from the groom’s dominance over the bride to wishes for the couple’s fertility and abundance.  Medieval nuptials weren’t much more glamorous, and were consecrated with unadorned biscuits.

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Fast forward a couple of centuries, and people had started stacking up those biscuits.  If a bride could stretch over the biscuit pile to bestow a kiss upon her new husband, the fortunes would smile upon their union.  Croquembouche (that delightful pièce montée of cream puffs, wrapped in a gossamer web of caramelized spun sugar) eventually morphed out of this tradition when some French pastry chef’s muse was working overtime.

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Around the 1600’s, sugar was becoming more readily available, albeit still quite costly. Because the more refined the sugar, the whiter (and more expensive) it was, a very white wedding cake bespoke the family’s affluence, as well as the bride’s innocence.  To economize on the little bit of sugar that they could afford, the less affluent decorated their slightly-sweetened cakes with a paste fashioned out of almonds and sugar – the forerunner of fondant, which has actually been around for centuries.  Prior to the days of refrigeration, fondant was used to cover dense wedding fruit cakes as they aged (sometimes for as long as 6 months).  Upon serving, the fondant was usually discarded.  (Even now, many people love the look, but don’t actually eat it.)  Similarly, the traditional delectable and aromatic fruit and rum/wine delicacy Jamaican/Caribbean Black Cake is still covered in fondant or royal icing.

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Starting around the Victorian era in Europe, cakes grew increasingly elaborate and came to resemble today’s wedding cake masterpieces.  Starting with Queen Victoria’s cake and continuing with cakes for Charles and Diana, and Fergie and Andrew, Saudi and Swedish royal wedding cakes have become the stuff of legend.

More modernly, here in the American South, the groom’s cake was born.  It has since morphed into sometimes elaborately detailed nods to the groom’s interest, on a day that can seem to center around showcasing the bride.  Typically, it’s meant to serve about a quarter of the guests or fewer.  (Depending on the complexity of design and the labor involved, a groom’s cake can potentially get to be quite costly, despite being so much smaller than the wedding cake.)

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Today, the English still favor wedding cakes made of a dense fruitcake, and covered in a thin layer of apricot jam and marzipan, then covered in fondant or royal icing for an exceptionally flawless finish.  Europeans used to opt for smaller wedding cakes, but are catching up with us in the trend of preferring a showpiece.

Contemporary wedding cake can tell guests a lot about the couple joining their lives.  It can reflect the couple’s personal style or design sensibility.  For instance, some brides are all about the “bling belts” around the tiers, and the Swarovski crystal monogram as a cake topper.  Then there are the weddings where a beautiful, simple buttercream cake with fresh organic flowers is the only thing that will do.  But no matter the design or ingredients, the newlyweds’ first act as husband and wife is a nurturing one: feeding each other wedding cake.  This custom symbolizes taking care of each other, as well as joining lives and sharing abundance with each other, and loved ones.

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Plain or elaborate, the wedding cake will always be a sweetly integral part of the first day of a married couple’s new life together.  On no other day of their lives will there be an occasion for so meaningful a cake.

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

What does the text say about the symbolism of wedding cakes?

answer: The decorated cakes and the traditions surrounding them may be used to signify a variety of things. The earliest cakes were used to signify the groom's dominance over the bride, as guests may have seen the wedding cake as a way to stay a part of their new family. Another belief attributed to the invention of the wedding cake is that the ritual was thought to increase the couple's fertility and abundance. The more affluent and pure the sugar, the more purified and wealthy the union. In other instances, ornamental icing and cake decoration can showcase guests' style or sensibility. Regardless of what practices are used, the true symbolism of the wedding cake is the first act of nurturing that a newlywed couple has with each other. They feed each other cake- and this act symbolizes taking care of each other and joining their lives together.

text: The model's answer incorrectly stated that the icing and cake decoration showcases guests' style or sensibility. This statement is not according to the text and should be removed or rewritten.

refinement: The decorated cakes and the traditions surrounding them may be used to signify a variety of things. The earliest cakes were used to indicate the groom's dominance over the bride, as guests may have seen the wedding cake as a way to stay a part of their new family. Another belief attributed to the invention of the wedding cake is that the ritual was thought to increase the couple's fertility and abundance. Also, the more affluent and pure the sugar, the more purified and wealthy the union. In other instances, ornamental icing and cake decoration can showcase the couple's style or sensibility. Regardless of what practices are used, the true symbolism of the wedding cake is the first act of nurturing that a newlywed couple has with each other. They feed each other cake- and this act symbolizes taking care of each other and joining their lives together.

answer: The symbolism of wedding cake started with Roman influence. The symbolism ranged from the groom's dominance over the bride to wishes for the couple's fertility and abundance. Later on, the white color of the wedding cake represents the family's affluence and the bride's innocence.

answer: Wedding cakes have been used as a symbolic gesture for centuries. They represent wishes for fertility and abundance, honoring a couple's new union. Additionally, wedding cakes now symbolize the responsibility for caring for each other and joining lives after marriage.

answer: Wedding cakes have various symbolic meanings associated primarily with good luck and fertility. The role of the cake is also seen as an opportunity for newly married couples to nurture each other by feeding each other cake. Wedding cakes also symbolize the joining of marital lives and sharing of abundance.

answer: The symbolism of wedding cakes began with the Romans breaking bread over a bride or couple symbolizing the groom's dominance over his bride and wishes for their fertility and abundance. Centuries later, if the bride could stretch over the cake and kiss her husband, it symbolized the fortunes that would bestow on them. In the 17th century white sugar was available but expensive and a very white cake symbolized the family's affluence and bride's innocence. Contemporary cakes reflect the couple's style or design preferences and the act of feeding each other cake symbolizes taking care of each other and sharing abundance.


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[W. Craig Fugate, the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, got his start as a volunteer firefighter.]

Credit...Brendan Hoffman for The New York Times

-   Nov. 3, 2012
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WASHINGTON — America may know W. Craig Fugate as the slightly weary-looking guy on CNN explaining the ins and outs of flood insurance. But in the world of emergency management, he is known for his Waffle House matrix.

Mr. Fugate, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, learned in his many years of battling natural disasters that fully operational Waffle Houses mean that a community is doing O.K. But if those same restaurants are serving half menus, it means that power has been lost. And if their doors are closed, it signifies that things are really bad.

“It’s a shorthand for us to get in there and quickly get a snapshot,” Mr. Fugate said Friday in an interview at FEMA headquarters in Washington. “Is the Waffle House open? Everything normal there?”

Mr. Fugate acknowledges that the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy poses a challenge to the Waffle House matrix because the chain, popular in the South, has so few restaurants in the Northeast. In place of Waffle Houses, he said, he has looked to Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts as bellwethers, but he said he did not believe that they had the same philosophies about reopening quickly.

“Waffle House has a very simple operational philosophy: get open. They never close. They run 24 hours a day,” he said. “They have a corporate philosophy that if there is a hurricane or a storm, they try and get their stores open. It don’t matter if they don’t have power, it don’t matter if you don’t have gas. They have procedures that if they can get a generator in there, they’ll get going. They’ll make coffee with bottled water.”

After the agency’s poor handling of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, FEMA was the Homer Simpson of federal agencies, a symbol of pitiful incompetence. The storm even created a national punch line after President George W. Bush said at a news conference that his FEMA director, Michael D. Brown, was doing a “heck of a job” even as the agency was bungling its response.

While FEMA is still viewed with caution — and in some places in New York City in the last week, with continued scorn — Mr. Fugate has done much to shore up its image. That is in part simply through self-flagellation, as he races around storm-savaged regions, ticks off statistics about water levels and procures baby formula for a mother in need.

Mr. Fugate — or Mr. Emergency Management, as President Obama referred to him last week — is a straightforward, honey-toned former director of Florida emergency operations who judges the post-storm condition of communities by the viability of their local economic activity. His hyper-focus on local preparation long before disasters hit has been the key to his success, according to several people who have worked with him.

“He speaks the language of first responders because he was one of them,” said Alan Rubin, who oversaw Florida’s economic recovery after Hurricane Andrew. “He doesn’t have to be brought up to speed on what FEMA can do and when they can do it.”

In an administration long on Ivy League degrees and Washington pedigrees, Mr. Fugate, who wears cowboy boots, stands out. Both of his parents died before he graduated from high school. He never finished college, started out as a paramedic and spent most of his career in Florida.

“He is very down to earth, and that always helped him out a lot,” said Dwayne Phillips, an information technology expert who worked at FEMA when Mr. Fugate was the director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, a job he held until 2009, when Mr. Obama appointed him to run FEMA. Citing Mr. Fugate’s Waffle House theory, Mr. Phillips said: “He would talk about stuff like that, and had this ‘O.K., that’s a problem, let’s address it and move on forward’ way about him. He doesn’t get caught up in the weeds.”

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Mr. Fugate is known for his “lightning bolt” drills, in which he surprises employees midday with a fake disaster and forces them to respond. He peppers each day with a short phrase to keep responders focused. On Friday, he was pushing “People, Power and Pumps.” He is known in the field for positioning equipment ahead of time so that states know immediately how many cots and water bottles are needed when a disaster hits, which proved a huge problem during Hurricane Katrina.

As people in New York and New Jersey on Thursday and Friday remained without power and struggled to find fuel to fill their cars and generators, reports emerged that some were angrily denouncing FEMA as responding too slowly in the aftermath of the hurricane.

“It’s part of how people cope,” Mr. Fugate said of the anger toward FEMA. “I don’t care that they don’t understand FEMA, and I’m not going to defend it and say you shouldn’t be mad at us. It’s a natural part of it. They get frustrated, and they are going to get angry. I need to acknowledge that, but I need to focus on what are their needs and are we taking care of their needs longer term.”

FEMA’s programs, Mr. Fugate said, were really designed to deal with a disaster several days after it occurred and to provide the local authorities and first responders with capabilities and equipment that they did not have. The agency may provide financial aid, water removal specialists and advanced search and rescue teams.

“Because we always talk about FEMA so much,” he said, “I think the general public assumes we are part of the response team that will be there the first couple of days.”

While a vast majority of Obama appointees have drawn sharp criticism from Republicans in Congress, Mr. Fugate has managed to impress members of the committees that oversee FEMA, who say he testifies without notes and worked his way from the ground up in Florida, a state well versed in disasters.

“I would call him apolitical,” said one aide to the House Appropriations Committee who is not permitted to speak to the news media, pointing to an absence of criticism of the agency in Alabama, a deeply conservative state, after tornadoes hit there last year. “He can be very direct, but our members respect him, bottom line.”

Mr. Fugate, 52, got his start in emergency response as a volunteer firefighter and paramedic in Alachua County, Fla., and then made his way through the administrative ranks, becoming the director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management in 2001. He has won several awards in the field and was named to the National Guard Association of Florida Hall of Fame in 2006.

At the end of the Bush administration, he was interviewed to be the head of FEMA — the acting director, R. David Paulison, ended up getting the job — and he said later in an interview that it was a post he would ponder with trepidation. He told a reporter, “A lot of people are looking at what Mike Brown went through” and believed it was “not a good encouragement for people to put their professional careers on the line.”

Mr. Fugate has said several times that he is not satisfied with FEMA’s response in New York and New Jersey and would not be until all residents had power, water and a means of transportation.

But he did allow himself a tad of self-defense last week when Mr. Brown, his predecessor, criticized the administration for predetermining states as disaster areas. “Better to be fast than to be late,” Mr. Fugate told an NPR reporter in an interview.

At a conference for emergency workers, Mr. Fugate said, “If you know me, I don’t sound like many people from Washington,” and emphasized the importance of strong building codes and risk management before disasters strike. “Mitigation of natural disasters took a back seat to the threat of another terrorist attack” in recent years, he said.

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

What business does the FEMA director check after a national emergency?

answer: The FEMA director looks to see if the Waffle House is open, as it is an indication of whether a community is doing alright after a natural disaster. He also looks for indications of need in communities, such as whether they lack power, water, or transportation.

text: Mr. Fugate, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, learned in his many years of battling natural disasters that fully operational Waffle Houses mean that a community is doing O.K.

answer: The answer is the Waffle House.

text: Mr. Fugate, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, learned in his many years of battling natural disasters that fully operational Waffle Houses mean that a community is doing O.K.

answer: Waffle House.

text: Mr. Fugate, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, learned in his many years of battling natural disasters that fully operational Waffle Houses mean that a community is doing O.K.

answer: The Waffle House, specifically the availability of its menu.

text: The Director checks more than just the menu.

text: Mr. Fugate, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, learned in his many years of battling natural disasters that fully operational Waffle Houses mean that a community is doing O.K.

answer: The FEMA director uses the Waffle House matrix to gauge the well-being of a community after a natural disaster. The Waffle House restaurants serve as bellwethers to indicate how well-managed the community is. The FEMA director also emphasizes the importance of mitigating natural disasters prior to strikes.

text: Mr. Fugate, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, learned in his many years of battling natural disasters that fully operational Waffle Houses mean that a community is doing O.K.

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

Who appointed the head of FEMA?

answer: President Obama.

text: 2009, when Mr. Obama appointed him to run FEMA.

answer: Barack Obama.

text: 2009, when Mr. Obama appointed him to run FEMA.

answer: President Obama.

text: 2009, when Mr. Obama appointed him to run FEMA.

answer: President Obama appointed the head of FEMA.

text: 2009, when Mr. Obama appointed him to run FEMA.

answer: President Obama appointed the head of FEMA.

text: 2009, when Mr. Obama appointed him to run FEMA.

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

What is the name of the FEMA director?

answer: W. Craig Fugate

text: W. Craig Fugate, the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency

answer: W. Craig Fugate.

text: W. Craig Fugate, the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency

answer: W. Craig Fugate

text: W. Craig Fugate, the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency

answer: W. Craig Fugate.

text: W. Craig Fugate, the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency

answer: W. Craig Fugate

text: W. Craig Fugate, the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency

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

Why did FEMA gain a bad reputation?

answer: FEMA became notorious in 2005 following its response to Hurricane Katrina, in which it was criticized for its lackluster efforts and mishandling of relief efforts. These failings led to scathing criticism of the agency, from both politicians and members of the general public.

text: After the agency’s poor handling of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, FEMA was the Homer Simpson of federal agencies, a symbol of pitiful incompetence

answer: Their poor handling of Hurricane Katrina in 2005

text: After the agency’s poor handling of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, FEMA was the Homer Simpson of federal agencies, a symbol of pitiful incompetence

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FEMA gained a bad reputation in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The agency was perceived to be incompetent, and George W. Bush's FEMA director Michael D. Brown was mocked as doing a "heck of a job" while the agency bungled its response.

Mr. Fugate, the current head of FEMA, has worked to improve FEMA's image since taking over. He stresses the importance of disaster readiness and responds with promptness when a disaster strikes. Some criticize FEMA for being slow to respond in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, but Mr. Fugate takes the criticism in stride.

text: After the agency’s poor handling of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, FEMA was the Homer Simpson of federal agencies, a symbol of pitiful incompetence

answer: Helping recovery after Hurricane Katrina was their biggest failure.

text: Answer does not convey the negative aspects of the FEMA response which resulted in the bad reputation. Can be interpreted as FEMA helped recovery, which is a contradictory answer to the question.

refinement: Poor handling of and response to Hurricane Katrina was their biggest failure.

text: After the agency’s poor handling of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, FEMA was the Homer Simpson of federal agencies, a symbol of pitiful incompetence

answer: How they handled New Orleans.

text: New Orleans is a location, not a crisis. The crisis needs to be identified. Also, "handling" by itself is neutral and does not warrant a bad reputation.

refinement: The agency’s poor handling of Hurricane Katrina in 2005

text: After the agency’s poor handling of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, FEMA was the Homer Simpson of federal agencies,

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: W. Craig Fugate, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has worked his way up from volunteer firefighter to head of FEMA. Fugate's most notable characteristic is his attention to local conditions before disasters, which stems from his experience as director in Florida. Fugate is often praised for his ability to analyze the condition of a community based on the status of local businesses, such as the Waffle House. Despite criticism of FEMA's response in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Fugate maintains that the agency should be judged on whether disaster victims' needs are being met and not solely on response time.

text: Over the sentence limit.

refinement: W. Craig Fugate, head of FEMA, gives his attention to local conditions before disasters, which stems from his experience as director in Florida. Fugate is often praised for his ability to analyze the condition of a community based on the status of local businesses, such as the Waffle House.

text: W. Craig Fugate, the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, got his start as a volunteer firefighter

text: he is known for his Waffle House matrix.

text: fully operational Waffle Houses mean that a community is doing O.K. But if those same restaurants are serving half menus, it means that power has been lost. And if their doors are closed, it signifies that things are really bad.

answer: The article is a profile of one of Mr. Obama's appointees to the head of FEMA, W. Craig Fugate. It discusses the reputation of the agency in the past and Fugate's strategy for meeting natural disasters as they come and restoring the agency's reputation.

text: 2009, when Mr. Obama appointed him to run FEMA

text: in the world of emergency management, he is known for his Waffle House matrix.

text: While FEMA is still viewed with caution — and in some places in New York City in the last week, with continued scorn — Mr. Fugate has done much to shore up its image.

answer: In the world of emergency management, W. Craig Fugate is known for his Waffle House matrix: when Waffle Houses are operational, it means that the community is doing ok. Fugate is straightforward and down-to-earth, and is criticized by some after Hurricane Sandy's impact in the Northeast. To mitigate disasters, Fugate emphasizes strong building codes and risk management.

text: Over the 2 sentence limit.

refinement: In the world of emergency management, W. Craig Fugate is known for his Waffle House matrix: when Waffle Houses are operational, it means that the community is doing ok. Fugate, known to be is straightforward, down-to-earth, Fugate emphasizes strong building codes and risk management to mitigate disasters.

text: But in the world of emergency management, he is known for his Waffle House matrix.

text: “He is very down to earth, and that always helped him out a lot,”

text: emphasized the importance of strong building codes and risk management before disasters strike.

answer: The article is a profile of W. Craig Fugate, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the Obama administration.  While the previous leaders of FEMA since 2005 have drawn much criticism when their response to natural disasters has been inadequate, Fugate was received much more positively.

text: W. Craig Fugate, the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, got his start as a volunteer firefighter

text: While FEMA is still viewed with caution — and in some places in New York City in the last week, with continued scorn — Mr. Fugate has done much to shore up its image.

answer: W. Craig Fugate, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, made a mark by learning from Hurricane 2004 the importance of finding that all Waffle House restaurants are operational after a natural disaster in order to know if the community can replenish itself. It has now become a note of hope for him, and it was reported that Fugate reported that he likes working with the public restaurants because they are there for the community, unlike companies such as Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts which stop trading in times of emergency.

text: The phrasing of the second sentence appears to criticize company owned establishments like Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts in lieu of public restaurants.

refinement: W. Craig Fugate, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, made a mark by learning from Hurricane 2004 the importance of finding that all Waffle House restaurants are operational after a natural disaster in order to know if the community can replenish itself. It has now become a note of hope for him, and it was reported that Fugate reported that he likes using Wafflehouse as a bellwether as other businesses such as Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts which do not share the same corporate philosophy which is to remain open.

text: Mr. Fugate, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, learned in his many years of battling natural disasters that fully operational Waffle Houses mean that a community is doing O.K.


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[Apple Has Reportedly Forced Banks To Stop “Taxing” Mobile Payments]

When Apple reportedly struck deals with Visa, MasterCard, and American Express, I pointed out that those alone weren’t enough to put the iPhone maker in the retail payments business.

Now Tom Noyes, a former Citi executive, says that Apple has struck deals with the five largest card-issuing banks—JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, Capital One, and American Express.

Remarkably, Apple has not only gotten these banks to agree to accept iPhone-linked payments, but it has gotten them to offer rebates of up to 0.25% of the amount of a transaction on the credit- and debit-card fees, known as “interchange,” that Apple must pay. (Those rates vary widely, but you can think of them as averaging 1.5–1.75% of a transaction.)

  SEE ALSO: APPLE IS WALKING INTO PAYMENTS NAKED

In return, Apple will assume some of the risk of fraudulent transactions, using its TouchID biometric sensors, NFC, and geolocation data to assure itself and its bank partners that a customer really is the one conducting a transaction.

Apple Makes The Banks Cry Uncle

Apple has done a remarkable thing here: It has overturned a longtime tax on e-commerce transactions laid by the banks and shouldered by online merchants (and thus, ultimately, consumers).

Visa, MasterCard, and the rest of the financial establishment have long treated online purchases as “card not present” transactions, just because consumers type in their credit-card numbers rather than swipe the magnetic stripe. And those transactions carry higher interchange fees than regular retail transactions, ostensibly to cover a higher risk of credit-card fraud.

That system has persisted, even as e-commerce and mobile payments are increasingly showing themselves to be more resilient against fraud than traditional retail payments, as the massive hacks of Target and Home Depot stores have shown.

  SEE ALSO: HOME DEPOT’S MASSIVE CARD BREACH IS AN OPENING FOR PAYPAL, APPLE AND GOOGLE

Bill Ready, the CEO of Braintree, has long made the argument to me that banks should treat mobile transactions as more secure, not less secure, than retail payments. That’s particularly true given all the information you can gather about a consumer from his or her device. But that hasn’t gotten his company, now a subsidiary of eBay’s PayPal, a break on rates.

“We have a strong argument for why our rates should be lower, and the card networks have been a bit intransigent on that,” Ready recently told me.

By negotiating rebates with the big banks, as Noyes claims it has, Apple has essentially bypassed Visa and MasterCard. Or, put another way, it has found a way for Visa and MasterCard to save face and maintain the integrity of their rate structure, while cutting a side deal with their largest card issuers. (American Express, as both a bank and a payments network, has more freedom to maneuver with partners like Apple—though it usually sets even higher interchange rates.)

By getting a break on interchange, Apple at the very least won’t lose money on its payments business. It may be able to attract merchants by passing on these lower rates.

Breaking The Digital-Payments Logjam

And Apple could pull off something even bigger. By setting a precedent that the banks are willing to cut deals with mobile payments players, it may pave the way for PayPal, Google, and Amazon to strike similar rebate agreements—provided they’re willing to shoulder some of the costs of fraud, as Apple reportedly is. That may test those companies’ confidence in their fraud-detection algorithms and their software and hardware protections.

Apple may want to reflect a bit more on whether it’s really ready to shoulder that risk. Events over the past week have revealed security holes in its iCloud backup service. It may also have to take on some of the burden of customer service in exchange for the rebates it’s getting.

  SEE ALSO: HOW APPLE MADE ITS USERS VULNERABLE TO ICLOUD THEFT

Apple still has to persuade thousands of other banks to go along with its iPhone payments scheme. It must also sign up merchants—and sell lots of TouchID-enabled iPhones. On that last bit, at least, it has a proven track record of success.

_Photo by The Consumerist_

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question: Who did Apple reportedly strike deals with?

answer: Apple reportedly struck deals with Visa, MasterCard, and American Express.

text: Apple also made deals with other companies.

refinement: Apple reportedly struck deals with Visa, MasterCard, and American Express, as well as JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, Capital One, and American Express.

text: Apple had "reportedly struck deals with Visa, MasterCard, and American Express."

answer: According to the passage, Apple reportedly struck deals with Visa, MasterCard, American Express, JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, and Capital One.

text: Apple had "reportedly struck deals with Visa, MasterCard, and American Express."

text: Apple also "struck deals with the five largest card-issuing banks—JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, Capital One, and American Express."

answer: Visa, MasterCard, and American Express.

text: The answer could be phrased as a complete sentence.

refinement: Apple made deals with Visa, MasterCard, and American Express.

text: Apple also made deals with other companies.

refinement: Apple made deals with Visa, MasterCard, and American Express, as well as JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, Capital One, and American Express.

text: Apple had "reportedly struck deals with Visa, MasterCard, and American Express."

answer: Apple reportedly struck deals with Visa, MasterCard, and American Express.

text: Apple also made deals with other companies.

refinement: Apple reportedly struck deals with Visa, MasterCard, and American Express, as well as JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, Capital One, and American Express.

text: Apple had "reportedly struck deals with Visa, MasterCard, and American Express."

question: Which additional card-issuing banks did Apple strike deals with?

answer: JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, Capital One, and American Express.

text: The answer could be phrased as a complete sentence.

refinement: Apple made deals with JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, Capital One, and American Express.

text: Apple "struck deals with the five largest card-issuing banks—JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, Capital One, and American Express."

answer: JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, Capital One, and American Express

text: The answer could be phrased as a complete sentence.

refinement: Apple struck deals with JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, Capital One, and American Express.

text: Apple "struck deals with the five largest card-issuing banks—JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, Capital One, and American Express."

answer: Apple struck deals with JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, Capital One, and American Express.

text: Apple "struck deals with the five largest card-issuing banks—JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, Capital One, and American Express."

answer: According to the passage, Apple has struck deals with JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, Capital One, and American Express.

text: Apple "struck deals with the five largest card-issuing banks—JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, Capital One, and American Express."

question: How has Apple made it secure to avoid risk of fraudulent transactions?

answer: Apple has used its TouchID biometric sensors, NFC, and geolocation data to assure itself and its bank partners that a customer really is the one conducting a transaction.

text: Apple minimizes fraudulent transaction risks by "using its TouchID biometric sensors, NFC, and geolocation data."

answer: Apple has done a remarkable thing here: It has overturned a longtime tax on e-commerce transactions laid by the banks and shouldered by online merchants (and thus, ultimately, consumers).

text: The answer does not relate to the question.

refinement: Apple has used its TouchID biometric sensors, NFC, and geolocation data to assure itself and its bank partners that a customer really is the one conducting a transaction.

answer: According to the passage, Apple has reportedly struck deals with the five largest card-issuing banks, and in return, Apple will assume some of the risk of fraudulent transactions. This is done by using TouchID biometric sensors, NFC, and geolocation data to assure itself and its bank partners that a customer is the one conducting a transaction.

text: The answer contains lots of unnecessary information.

refinement: Apple will assume some of the risk of fraudulent transactions by using TouchID biometric sensors, NFC, and geolocation data to assure itself and its bank partners that a customer is the one conducting a transaction.

text: Apple minimizes fraudulent transaction risks by "using its TouchID biometric sensors, NFC, and geolocation data."

answer: Apple has included the use of TouchID, biometric sensors, NFC, and geolocation data to assure itself and its bank partners.

text: The answer could include more details for clarity.

refinement: Apple has included the use of TouchID, biometric sensors, NFC, and geolocation data to assure itself and its bank partners that the customer is the one completing the transaction.

text: Apple minimizes fraudulent transaction risks by "using its TouchID biometric sensors, NFC, and geolocation data."

question: What is the remarkable feat Apple has done in regards to banks?

answer: Apple has managed to get banks to offer rebates on credit card fees.

text: The answer does describe something Apple did, but not the most remarkable thing they have done regarding banks.

refinement: Apple has managed to get banks to offer rebates on credit card fees, and has overturned a longtime tax on e-commerce transactions.

text: Apple has gotten banks "to offer rebates of up to 0.25% of the amount of a transaction on the credit- and debit-card fees."

answer: Apple has reportedly managed to negotiate rebates with the five largest card-issuing banks, which will allow Apple to accept payments on the iPhone without losing money on transaction fees. This is a significant step in breaking the logjam that has existed in the digital payments industry, as it may pave the way for other companies like PayPal and Google to do the same.

text: The answer does describe something Apple did, but not the most remarkable thing they have done regarding banks.

refinement: Apple has reportedly managed to negotiate rebates with the five largest card-issuing banks, which will allow Apple to accept payments on the iPhone without losing money on transaction fees. This is a significant step in breaking the logjam that has existed in the digital payments industry, as it may pave the way for other companies like PayPal and Google to do the same. Apple has also overturned a longtime tax on e-commerce transactions.

text: The answer contains lots of unnecessary information.

refinement: Apple has reportedly managed to negotiate rebates with the five largest card-issuing banks, which is a significant step in breaking the logjam that has existed in the digital payments industry. Apple has also overturned a longtime tax on e-commerce transactions.

text: Apple has gotten banks "to offer rebates of up to 0.25% of the amount of a transaction on the credit- and debit-card fees."

answer: Apple has overturned a longtime tax on e-commerce transactions laid by the banks and shouldered by online merchants.

text: Apple has "overturned a longtime tax on e-commerce transactions laid by the banks and shouldered by online merchants."

answer: Apple has overturned a longtime tax on e-commerce transactions laid by the banks and shouldered by online merchants.

text: Apple has "overturned a longtime tax on e-commerce transactions laid by the banks and shouldered by online merchants."

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: With various card-issuing banks, Apple has struck a deal with them all. Apple has a secure system of transactions and has overturned a longtime tax on e-commerce transactions that were set by banks. Apple also takes most of the responsibility with risks and frauds, and incentivizes other companies and banks to join them.

text: Apple has not struck deals will all of the banks.

refinement: Apple has struck deals with various card-issuing banks. Apple has a secure system of transactions and has overturned a longtime tax on e-commerce transactions that were set by banks. Apple also takes most of the responsibility with risks and frauds, and incentivizes other companies and banks to join them.

text: Apple may have paved the way for other companies, but is not incentivizing them.

refinement: Apple has struck deals with various card-issuing banks. Apple has a secure system of transactions and has overturned a longtime tax on e-commerce transactions that were set by banks. Apple also takes most of the responsibility with risks and frauds, and is paving the way for other companies and banks to do the same.

text: Apple has "struck deals with the five largest card-issuing banks."

text: Apple has "overturned a longtime tax on e-commerce transactions."

text: Apple will "assume some of the risk of fraudulent transactions."

text: Apple "may pave the way for PayPal, Google, and Amazon to strike similar rebate agreements."

answer: Apple has reportedly struck deals with the five largest card-issuing banks. The banks will offer rebates of up to 0.25% of the amount of a transaction on the credit- and debit-card fees, known as “interchange,” that Apple must pay. In return, Apple will assume some of the risk of fraudulent transactions, using its TouchID biometric sensors, NFC, and geolocation data to assure itself and its bank partners that a customer really is the one conducting a transaction.

text: Apple has "struck deals with the five largest card-issuing banks."

text: Apple has "overturned a longtime tax on e-commerce transactions."

text: Apple "will assume some of the risk of fraudulent transactions, using its TouchID biometric sensors, NFC, and geolocation data to assure itself and its bank partners that a customer really is the one conducting a transaction."

answer: Apple has reportedly convinced banks to offer rebates on credit card transaction fees in order to accept payments made through the iPhone. This could pave the way for other mobile payment providers to do the same, and could lead to lower transaction fees for consumers.

text: The rebate on transaction fees does not cause iPhone payments to be accepted.

refinement: Apple has reportedly convinced banks to offer rebates on credit card transaction fees as well as accept payments made through the iPhone. This could pave the way for other mobile payment providers to do the same, and could lead to lower transaction fees for consumers.

text: An important stipulation to the deal was that Apple  will assume some of the risk of fraudulent transactions.

refinement: Apple has reportedly convinced banks to offer rebates on credit card transaction fees as well as accept payments made through the iPhone. In exchange, Apple  will assume some of the risk of fraudulent transactions. These deals could pave the way for other mobile payment providers to do the same, and could lead to lower transaction fees for consumers.

text: The text never mentions a lower transaction fees for consumers.

refinement: Apple has reportedly convinced banks to offer rebates on credit card transaction fees as well as accept payments made through the iPhone. In exchange, Apple  will assume some of the risk of fraudulent transactions. These deals could pave the way for other mobile payment providers to do the same.

text: Apple has "struck deals with the five largest card-issuing banks."

text: Apple has "overturned a longtime tax on e-commerce transactions."

text: Apple "may pave the way for PayPal, Google, and Amazon to strike similar rebate agreements."

answer: Apple has reportedly forced banks to stop "taxing" mobile payments. Apple has reportedly struck deals with the five largest card-issuing banks—JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, Capital One, and American Express. In return, Apple will assume some of the risk of fraudulent transactions, using its TouchID biometric sensors, NFC, and geolocation data to assure itself and its bank partners that a customer really is the one conducting a transaction.

text: Apple did not force banks into anything, they made a deal.

refinement: Apple has reportedly struck deals with the five largest card-issuing banks—JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, Capital One, and American Express, to stop "taxing" mobile payments. In return, Apple will assume some of the risk of fraudulent transactions, using its TouchID biometric sensors, NFC, and geolocation data to assure itself and its bank partners that a customer really is the one conducting a transaction.

text: Apple has "struck deals with the five largest card-issuing banks."

text: Apple has "overturned a longtime tax on e-commerce transactions."


text:
Avanya beckons from the darkness. "Come quickly, there is much to learn and we haven't much time."

Only a faint glow, a dancing shadow of the distant flames from
their homeland illuminate their path, only vengeance fuels their spirits to push forward, and only the Goddesses know why they they have been given this task.  Ans so they push onwards, leaving their air of their countrymen in search of the knowledge that will set them free. Three souls hang in the balance, driven by a promise they have sworn their lives to keep.

title: "Come, let us seek out the children of the Afterlife...That we may learn legends we have forgotten, and legends we should not remember,"

question: What is the character's name in this text?

text: Answer missing.

answer: Avanya

answer: Avanya

answer: The character's name is Avanya.

question: How many people are traveling forward?

answer: Three people are traveling forward.

answer: There are three people traveling forward in the passage.

answer: Three.

answer: Three souls

question: What illuminates the path described?

answer: The only light that illuminates the path described is the faint glow of the distant flames from their homeland.

text: Answer missing.

refinement: A faint glow of distant flames from their homeland illuminates their path.

answer: The distant flames from their homeland.

answer: A faint glow, a dancing shadow of the distant flames

text: It is omitted that the glow is from their homeland.

refinement: Their path is illuminated by a faint glow, a dancing shadow of the distant flames from their homeland.

question: Who knows why they have been given the task?

answer: The Goddesses

answer: Only the Goddesses know why they have been given the task.

answer: Only the Goddesses know why they have been given this task.

answer: Only the Goddesses know why

text: Missing full-stop.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: Three souls travel onwards to complete a task given to them.

answer: The three characters in the passage are on a quest to find the children of the afterlife in order to learn forgotten legends.

text: There is no evidence that the characters are out to find the children of the afterlife.

refinement: The three characters in the passage are on a quest to complete a task that they have sworn their lives on.

answer: The passage is about three souls who are driven by a promise they have sworn their lives to keep.

answer: The text is a short story about three souls who are driven by a promise they have sworn their lives to keep.


text:
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June 22 - 24, 2018

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- We're Adding an Extra Day! -

Because Saturday SOLD OUT last year and the site has limited capacity, we are adding Sunday for 2018!

— About the Festival —

[Toronto Craft Beer Festival Location Map]
What is the Toronto Craft Beer Festival?

Thanks to all that joined Toronto Craft Beer Festival [TCBF] at our great new venue in 2017! Join us June 22, 23, and 24 to celebrate independent craft brewers. The festival will feature a wide variety of finely made craft beers and ciders, as well as delicious food, fun activities, and live music for 19+ festivalgoers.

Where is the festival located?

Toronto Craft Beer Festival 2018 is conveniently located downtown on the West Island of Ontario Place (955 Lake Shore Blvd West). It will be a mostly outdoor event, just minutes from the CNE, GO, and TTC stops and yes, there should be plenty of parking.

Ontario place — Google Maps Link

— 2018 Craft Brewers —

Ace Hill Beer

Anderson Craft Ales

Barnstormer Brewing Company

Beau's Brewing Company

Big Rock Brewing

Broadhead Brewing Company

Cowbell Brewing Co.

Georgian Bay Spirit Co.

Haliburton Highlands Brewing

Hometown Brew Co.

Hill Street Beverage Co.

Left Field Brewery

Maclean's Ales

Market Brewing Co.

Muskoka Brewery

Nickel Brook Brewing Co.

No Boats on Sunday Cider

Northern Maverick Brewing Co.

Powerhouse Brewing Co.

Red Thread Brewing Co.

Saulter Street Brewery

Shawn & Ed Brewing Co.

Shiny Apple Cider

Side Launch Brewing Company

Society of Beer Drinking Ladies

Thornbury Village Craft Beer & Cider

Tobermory Brewing Company

Waterloo Brewing

— 2018 Food Vendors —

TDot's Naansense

CRAFT Beer Market

The Colossal Onion

The Food Dudes

Rebozos Truck

6SpiceRack

Sausage Party

Mustache Burger

Chicken Tenders

Ontario Corn Roasters

— 2018 Live Music —

-   [The Hot Karls] The Hot Karls

    Friday June 22, 2:30-6:30pm

-   [Community Soul Project] Community Soul Project

    Friday June 22, 7:00-10:00pm

-   [Jumple] Jumple

    Saturday June 23, 12:00-2:30pm

-   [Butch Haller and His Chesterfield Ramblers] Butch Haller and His Chesterfield Ramblers

    Saturday June 23, 3:00-6:00pm

-   [Wing Night] Wing Night

    Saturday June 23, 6:30-10:00pm

-   [Born in the Eighties] Born in the Eighties

    Sunday June 24, 12:00-3:00pm

-   [The Killin' Time Band] The Killin' Time Band

    Sunday June 24, 3:30-7:00pm

— Purchase Tickets —

Friday June 22, 2018 Saturday June 23, 2018 Sunday June 24, 2018

— Avoid the Token Line-Ups —

GO CASHLESS!

TCBF was proud to be the first beer festival in Canada to use the Token Mobile event payment app in 2017. View and connect with vendors and pay right from your mobile device. Also get event alerts and promo offers.

What is the Token Mobile App?

Track which beers you have tried right from the App.

No need to stand in line to buy tokens. Give it a try. It's FREE!

For more info or Customer Support please visit tokenmobile.ca

Download the app in advance for Android and iPhone:

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

What does the article say about the attendees of the Toronto Craft Beer Festival?

answer: The Toronto Craft Beer Festival is a festival for 19+ festivalgoers.

answer: The Toronto Craft Beer Festival is for those who love to drink beer listen to live music. Attendees can join fun activities, eat delicious foods, and enjoy fine beers and ciders. There is an early-bird ticket sale, and attendees can pay cashless using Token Mobile.

answer: As a 19+ festival, attendees are restricted to that age?

text: The response is more of a question than an answer.

refinement: The Toronto Craft Beer Festival is a festival for 19+ festival goers.

answer: The Toronto Craft Beer Festival is designed for adult drinkers who enjoy independent craft beers.

text: The response is not totally accurate.

refinement: The Toronto Craft Beer Festival is designed for adult and young adult drinkers (19+) who enjoy independent craft beers.

answer: The Toronto Craft Beer Festival 2018 will be located in downtown Toronto, Ontario Place. The festival will feature a variety of craft beers, live music and activities. Anyone over the age of 19 may attend the festival. Attendees can purchase their tickets online. The beer festival was the first in Toronto to allow the use of the Token Mobile app.


text:
FEYISETAN FAYOSE former first lady of Ekiti State and wife of Ayo Fayose.[1] [2] She's also a philanthropist and a human right activist. [3]

Feyisetan Fayose was born January 8, 1964. She is also the grand patron of Ekiti state chapter of National Union of Female Journalists.[4]

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

title: Feyisetan Fayose

question: What is Feyisetan Fayose's occupation?

answer: She is a philanthropist and a human right activist.

text: Another occupation of Fayose is her being the "grand patron of Ekiti state chapter of National Union of Female Journalists".

refinement: She is a philanthropist and a human right activist. She's also the grand patron of the Ekiti state chapter of the National Union of Female Journalists.

text: "Human rights" is misspelled.

refinement: She is a philanthropist and a human rights activist. She's also the grand patron of the Ekiti state chapter of the National Union of Female Journalists.

text: "She's also a philanthropist and a human right activist."

answer: No official occupation is listed in the article.

text: The article mentions her occupation to be a philanthropist and a human rights activist as well as a grand patron.

refinement: She's a philanthropist and a human rights activist. She's also the grand patron of the Ekiti state chapter of the National Union of Female Journalists.

answer: Feyisetan Fayose is a philanthropist and human rights activist.

text: Another occupation of Fayose is her being the "grand patron of Ekiti state chapter of National Union of Female Journalists".

refinement: Feyisetan Fayose is a philanthropist and human rights activist. She's also the grand patron of the Ekiti state chapter of the National Union of Female Journalists.

text: "She's also a philanthropist and a human right activist."

answer: Feyisetan Fayose is a philanthropist and a human right activist.

text: Another occupation of Fayose is her being the "grand patron of Ekiti state chapter of National Union of Female Journalists".

refinement: Feyisetan Fayose is a philanthropist and a human right activist. She's also the grand patron of the Ekiti state chapter of the National Union of Female Journalists.

text: "Human rights" is misspelled.

refinement: Feyisetan Fayose is a philanthropist and a human rights activist. She's also the grand patron of the Ekiti state chapter of the National Union of Female Journalists.

text: "She's also a philanthropist and a human right activist."

question: What non-commercial activities does she partake in?

answer: Feyisetan Fayose is a philanthropist and a human rights activist.

text: She's also a grand patron.

refinement: Feyisetan Fayose is a philanthropist and a human rights activist. She's also the grand patron of the Ekiti state chapter of the National Union of Female Journalists.

text: "She's also a philanthropist and a human right activist."

answer: She's a philanthropist and a human rights activist.

text: She's also a grand patron.

refinement: She's a philanthropist and a human rights activist. She's also the grand patron of the Ekiti state chapter of the National Union of Female Journalists.

text: "She's also a philanthropist and a human right activist."

answer: She is a philanthropist and a human rights activist.

text: She's also a grand patron.

refinement: She is a philanthropist and a human rights activist. She's also the grand patron of the Ekiti state chapter of the National Union of Female Journalists.

text: "She's also a philanthropist and a human right activist."

answer: She is a philanthropist and a human right activist.

text: She's also a grand patron.

refinement: She is a philanthropist and a human right activist. She's also the grand patron of the Ekiti state chapter of the National Union of Female Journalists.

text: "She's also a philanthropist and a human right activist."

question: What is Feyisetan Fayose's claim to fame?

answer: Feyisetan Fayose is a philanthropist and a human right activist.

text: Fayose's claim to fame is being the former first lady of Ekiti State. Her philanthropy isn't.

refinement: She's the former first lady of Ekiti State.

text: "She's also a philanthropist and a human right activist."

answer: She is the former first lady of Ekiti State and wife of Ayo Fayose.

text: "FEYISETAN FAYOSE former first lady of Ekiti State and wife of Ayo Fayose."

answer: She's a former first lady of the Ekiti State and wife of Ayo Fayose. She's also the grand patron of the Ekiti State Chapter of the National Union of Female Journalists.

text: Former first lady: "FEYISETAN FAYOSE former first lady of Ekiti State and wife of Ayo Fayose."

text: Grand patron: "She is also the grand patron of Ekiti state chapter of National Union of Female Journalists."

answer: Feyisetan Fayose is known as the former first lady of Ekiti State and a philanthropist and human rights activist.

text: "FEYISETAN FAYOSE former first lady of Ekiti State and wife of Ayo Fayose.[1] [2] She's also a philanthropist and a human right activist."

question: When was she born?

answer: January 8, 1964.

text: "Feyisetan Fayose was born January 8, 1964."

answer: Feyisetan Fayose was born on January 8, 1964.

text: "Feyisetan Fayose was born January 8, 1964."

answer: January 8, 1964

text: "Feyisetan Fayose was born January 8, 1964."

answer: January 8, 1964

text: "Feyisetan Fayose was born January 8, 1964."

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: Feyisetan Fayose is a former first lady of Ekiti State and wife of Ayo Fayose. She is also a philanthropist and a human right activist. She was born on January 8, 1964. She is also the grand patron of Ekiti state chapter of National Union of Female Journalists.

answer: Feyisetan Fayose is a philanthropist and human rights activist, as well as the former first lady of Ekiti State. She was born in 1964 and is also the grand patron of the National Union of Female Journalists in Ekiti State.

answer: Feyisetan Fayose, the former first lady of Ekiti State and wife of Ayo Fayose. She's also a philanthropist and human rights activist. She was born on January 8, 1964. She's the grand patron of the Ekiti State chapter of the National Union of Female Journalists.

answer: Feyisetan Fayose is a philanthropist and human rights activist. She is also the grand patron of Ekiti state chapter of National Union of Female Journalists.