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Justice (C) 2012-2013 Victor D. Lopez
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Time: The all too near future
Place: A courtroom
Setting: Final sentencing for the last remaining capital offense on the books of an apparently kinder, gentler more just world where equality is no longer a mere aspiration.
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Justice

The prisoner stared impassively into the camera. The bright lights causing beads of sweat to form above his eyes and forcing him to squint, his perspiration-soaked thinning hair flattened unflatteringly against his forehead. No sound could be heard other than the faint hum of the air conditioning whose airflow was directed from the high ceiling above the high seats of the three judge panel, towards the three judged, keeping their immediate area comfortably cool. The camera trained on them remained a respectful distance away, and no harsh lights illuminated their somber countenances.

All three judges stared at the camera showing no emotion, their hands folded in front of them on the surface of their capacious bench on top of three equal, neat stacks of paper piled before each judge. Everywhere on earth citizens watched the unfolding drama over the neural net that provided a fully immersive experience indistinguishable from reality, effectively placing every citizen of earth in the courtroom as the Chief Judge began to speak in a deep, resonant, clear voice.

“The evidence against you has been examined. This tribunal finds you guilty of the charges against you by a unanimous vote. Have you anything you would like to add before we pass sentence?”

The camera changed back to the prisoner. The lights brightens around him and the heat rises perceptibly, adding fresh fuel to the trickle of sweat flowing down his flushed face, causing a bead of sweat to form at the end of his nose that he cannot swat away because his wrists are restrained by metal bands at the armrests of his chair, outside the viewing range of the camera which has a tight zoom on his face. “I am guilty of no crime,” the prisoner spoke in a low voice full of palpable weariness and resignation.

“You are guilty of the most heinous of crimes,” the Chief Judge contradicted. "That is not open to debate. This is your final chance to make what amends you may to those whom you have harmed through your selfish, deviant act. It will have no effect on the sentencing by this Court.”

“But I have done nothing wrong,” the man emphatically repeated, the perspiration rolling down his neck deepening the growing ring of sweat absorbed by his bright orange jumper, staining a dark collar of moisture around his neck.

“Silence!” the Chief Judge hissed. “The record will show that the prisoner is unrepentant. This Court finds that the prisoner willfully, maliciously and without justification removed his neural connector with the purpose and effect of disconnecting himself from the Net. We further find that the motivating factor for this egregious, willful and repugnant crime was the attempt to abandon the Common Consciousness and establish his individuality separate and apart from the Communal Mind. We further find that the subject is in full possession of his legal faculties and capable of understanding the criminal nature of his acts, and, perhaps most tragically, that he fails to see the enormity of his crime.” The Chief Justice faltered slightly, delivering the final words of the Courts sentence with a slight tremor in his voice. After stopping a moment to compose himself as his learned colleagues looked on impassively, he continued. “It is, therefore, the judgment of this Court that you will forever remain disconnected from the nets from this day forward.”

Upon hearing the Judge’s words the prisoner’s eyes opened wider, attempting to digest their import. Could it be? Could he finally be allowed the freedom to regain his humanity? The unalienable right to be an individual for the first time in his life? The opportunity to live in a world in which he could have original thoughts, genuine emotions, and the opportunity to be different from everyone else? The joy in these words nearly made him faint with relief and unbridled joy, allowing him for the first time in his life the possibility of hope as tears welled in his eyes. He found he could not speak, could not express even the simple words “thank you” to the Court. It was as though he were emerging from a life-long nightmare, as if . . .

“The prisoner’s IP address, 999.999.999.999, shall be erased from the Nets,” the Judge continued as the prisoner’s tears flowed freely. His existence shall be forever stricken from the Collective Consciousness lest it germinate there and once again grow sedition in our midst.” The prisoner wept openly now while smiling broadly. “The death sentence for this most heinous of crimes is hereby commuted so that the prisoner may be allowed the individuality he craved for the rest of his natural life, devoid of the comfort of humanity or the distracting influences of life.”

The Chief Judge then paused and took a deep breath. “It is further ordered by this Court that the prisoner shall have his eyes, eardrums, tongue and olfactory organs surgically removed that he may not see, hear, taste, or speak with any other human being for the rest of his natural life. thereafter, he is to be remanded to a hospital where he shall be restrained to a bed and tended to by robotic life support aids. The sentence of this Court shall be carried out immediately and shall be witnessed by all Citizens of Earth as partial reparation for this most heinous of crimes against humanity.”

The prisoner’s screams lasted only a few moments as an anesthetic was administered and the cameras were re-arranged in preparation for justice to be carried out.

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Justice - from Book of Dreams 2e: Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction Short Stories (c) 2013 by Victor D. Lopez.

title: Justice

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

What does the text say about the prisoner's punishment?

answer: The prisoner is guilty of removing his neural connector with the purpose and effect of disconnecting himself from the Net. The convict is also in full possession of his legal faculties but fails to see the enormity of his crime. As a result, he has to be removed from natural life and separated from humanity. The Chief Judge orders the prisoner's eyes, eardrums, tongue, and olfactory organs to be surgically removed and the convict will be sentenced to bed rest in hospital. The Chief Justice also orders the prisoner to be disconnected from the Common Consciousness.

text: The highlighted text is irrelevant and should be removed.

refinement: The Chief Judge orders the prisoner's eyes, eardrums, tongue, and olfactory organs to be surgically removed and the convict will be sentenced to bed rest in hospital.

text: The highlighted text is incomplete and inaccurate.

refinement: The Chief Judge orders the prisoner's eyes, eardrums, tongue, and olfactory organs to be surgically removed and the convict will be remanded to a hospital where he shall be restrained to a bed and tended to by robotic life support aids.

answer: The prisoner is in front of a tribunal. The verdict is scream and permanently disconnected from the internet. The prisoner is recored to have removed the neural connector without the common consciousness and have gone against the idea of the collective consciousness. As such, the prisoner is sentenced to have his eyes, olfactory and other organs removed. He will be placed in detention, where he will be allowed to live.

text: "The verdict is scream" - doesn't make any sense, while the rest of the highlighted text is inaccurate and irrelevant. Everything should be removed.

refinement: As such, the prisoner is sentenced to have his eyes, olfactory and other organs removed. He will be placed in detention, where he will be allowed to live.

text: "as such" - doesn't fit and should be removed.

refinement: The prisoner is sentenced to have his eyes, olfactory and other organs removed. He will be placed in detention, where he will be allowed to live.

text: This is inaccurate. The prisoner was sentenced to to live his life in a hospital strapped to a bed and tended to by robotic life support aids.

refinement: The prisoner is sentenced to have his eyes, olfactory and other organs removed. Part of his punishment was to be remanded to a hospital where he shall be strapped to a bed tended to by robotic life support aids.

text: This sounds like his other organs will be removed as well. It also lacks the main point of the punishment (not being able to interact with anyone). A rewrite is required.

refinement: The judge ordered the prisoner's eyes, eardrums, tongue, and olfactory organs surgically removed so that he won't be able to see, hear, taste, or talk with any other human being for the rest of his natural life. Part of his punishment was to be remanded to a hospital where he shall be strapped to a bed tended to by robotic life support aids.

answer: The prisoner screams that he has nothing to say. A successful surgical operation then removes the prisoner's eyesight, hearing, taste, and smell. Without the ability to see, hear, taste, or smell, the prisoner will exist in a world of silence for the remainder of his life.

text: His screams are irrelevant.

refinement: A successful surgical operation then removes the prisoner's eyesight, hearing, taste, and smell. Without the ability to see, hear, taste, or smell, the prisoner will exist in a world of silence for the remainder of his life.

text: This should be replaced with the actual body parts that were removed and that the judge ordered it.

refinement: The judge ordered the prisoner's eyes, eardrums, tongue, and olfactory organs surgically removed. Without the ability to see, hear, taste, or smell, the prisoner will exist in a world of silence for the remainder of his life.

text: The response is missing the other half of the punishment which sees the prisoner remanded to a hospital and strapped to a bed.

refinement: The judge ordered the prisoner's eyes, eardrums, tongue, and olfactory organs surgically removed. Without the ability to see, hear, taste, or smell, the prisoner will exist in a world of silence for the remainder of his life. He was also remanded to a hospital where he was to be restrained to a bed and kept alive by life support robotic aids.

answer: The prisoner is sentenced to forever remain disconnected from the nets from that day forward. The Court also sentences the prisoner to having his eyes, eardrums, tongue, and olfactory organs surgically removed.

text: The response is missing the reason for the punishment and the kicker to the prisoner's sentence.

refinement: The prisoner is sentenced to forever remain disconnected from the nets from that day forward. The Court also sentences the prisoner to having his eyes, eardrums, tongue, and olfactory organs surgically removed so that he may not see, hear, taste, or talk to another human for the rest of his natural life. The prisoner is to be remanded to a hospital where he shall be tied to a bed and kept alive by life support robotic aids.

answer: The prisoner is in front of a tribunal. The verdict is scream. The prisoner is recored to have removed the neural connector without the common consciousness and have gone against the idea of the collective consciousness. As such, the prisoner is sentenced to have his eyes, olfactory and other organs removed. He will be placed in detention, where he will be allowed to live.

answer: The prisoner is guilty of removing his neural connector with the purpose and effect of disconnecting himself from the Net. The convict is also in full possession of his legal faculties but fails to see the enormity of his crime. As a result, he has to be removed from natural life and separated from humanity. The Chief Judge orders the prisoner's eyes, eardrums, tongue, and olfactory organs to be surgically removed and the convict will be sentenced to bed rest in hospital. He will also be disconnected from the Common Consciousness.

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

What does the text say about humanity in the future?

answer:
Justice (C) 2012-2013 Victor D. Lopez

Time: The all too near future

Time: The all too near future

In the Story: People on earth can now be "in" a courtroom as virtual beings.

text: Part of the response is the story's title and author.

refinement: People on earth can now be "in" a courtroom as virtual beings.

text: The response is incomplete.

refinement: People on earth can now be "in" a courtroom as virtual beings because each citizen of the Earth is connected to the Common Consciousness via neural connector. No one is allowed to establish separate individuality apart from the Communal Mind. Humanity doesn't exist anymore as nobody can have original thoughts, genuine emotions, and the opportunity to be different from everyone else. The world is supposedly kinder, gentler, and equality is no longer an aspiration, but no one is truly free.

answer: In the near future, humanity has sobered considerably. Crime is rare and undesirable behaviors are no longer tolerated. All kinds of crimes are punishable by disconnection.

text: The highlighted text is inaccurate and can't be confirmed.

refinement: All kinds of crimes are punishable by disconnection.

text: The response is missing a few details about the future.

refinement: Humanity in the future is a Common Consciousness where everybody is connected to the Net via neural connector. Individuality is not allowed and is non-existent. There is only one Communal Mind and everyone is equal. There are no original thoughts, genuine emotions, and opportunities to be different. All kinds of crimes are punishable by disconnection.

answer: People on earth can now be "in" a courtroom as virtual beings. Additionally, the keystone to the plot of the story is that capital punishment was seen as inhumane, and only one crime was left on the books as a crime to be punishable by death; removing one's neural connector so they could not regulate signals within the universal community.

text: The highlighted text doesn't really say anything about humanity in the future.

refinement: People on earth can now be "in" a courtroom as virtual beings.

text: The response is missing some details about the future of humanity.

refinement: People on earth can now be "in" a courtroom as virtual beings as everyone is connected to the Common Consciousness via neural connector. No one is allowed to establish separate individuality apart from the Communal Mind. Humanity doesn't exist anymore as nobody can have original thoughts, genuine emotions, and the opportunity to be different from everyone else. The world is supposedly kinder, gentler, and equality is no longer an aspiration, but no one is truly free.

answer: The story takes place in the future. Technology has progressed to the point that the justices are sentenced over a neural net, "citizens watch the drama unfold". The Justice system is run by three judges. The judges pass a death sentence for the most heinous of crimes, but the sentencing is changed to allow the prisoner to be disconnected from the nets and have his senses removed from his body. They hope this would allow the convict the individuality he had craved for the rest of his natural life.

text: The response doesn't really say anything about the future.

text: Add the missing aspects of what humanity looks like in the future.

refinement: The story takes place in the future where humans share a Common or Collective Consciousness because everyone is connected to the neural Net. Since consciousness is a shared collective, there is no individuality anymore. Nobody can dare to be different or have original thoughts and feelings. This supposedly makes everyone equal, but all it does is take away the fundamental freedoms of the individual.

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

What does the text say about the prisoner's family?

answer: No answer

answer: No answer

answer: The text doesn't say anything about the prisoner's family.

answer: The prisoner's family receives no mention in the story.

answer: The text doesn't say anything about the prisoner's family.

answer: No answer


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JERI M. MASSI (born 1960 in Levittown, Pennsylvania[1]) is a contract technical writer and an Evangelical Christian author whose novel _Valkyries: Some Through the Fire_ (2003) was nominated for a Christy Award.

Since 2001, Massi has attacked the response of Fundamentalist churches in cases of child molestation committed by members of the clergy in which the leadership (and sometimes the entire congregation) enforced silence on the victims.[2]

In 2005, Massi produced a five-part audio documentary, _The Lambs of Culpeper_,[3] and released it onto the Internet for free download. The documentary addresses alleged abuses against children at Calvary Baptist Church of Culpeper, Virginia, a church then pastored by Charles Shifflett. In 2007, Massi founded the Conference of the Lambs, a two-day conference designed to assist adults who had been molested as children in Fundamentalist churches.[4] In 2008 Massi self-published _Schizophrenic Christianity_, which denounced corruption within Protestant Fundamentalism that had resulted in harm, especially to children.[5] In 2009, Massi conducted interviews of former residents of Hephzibah House in Warsaw, Indiana, a Protestant Fundamentalist Children's home for girls. She then produced _The Lambs of Hephzibah House_,[6] an audio documentary that alleges severe abuse of residents at Hephzibah House. In 2011, Gary Tuchman, a CNN journalist reporting for _Anderson Cooper 360_, interviewed many of the same former residents and produced an episode about Hephzibah House on CNN's “Ungodly Discipline” series.[7]

Works

-   _Derwood Inc._ (June 1986; Peabody Adventure Series, Book 1)
-   _A Dangerous Game_ (June 1986; Peabody Adventure Series, Book 2)
-   _Treasure in the Yukon_ (October 1986; Peabody Adventure Series, Book 3)
-   _The Bridge_ (1986; Bracken Trilogy, Book 1)
-   _Courage by Darkness_ (December 1987; Peabody Adventure Series, Book 4)
-   _Crown and Jewel_ (1987; Bracken Trilogy, Book 2)
-   _The Two Collars_ (April 1988; Bracken Trilogy, Book 3)
-   _Llamas on the Loose_ (June 1988; Peabody Adventure Series, Book 5)
-   _Abandoned_ (1 May 1989; Peabody Adventure Series, Book 6)
-   _Valkyries: Some Through the Fire_ (2003)
-   _Valkyries: All Through the Blood_ (2003)
-   _Schizophrenic Christianity_ (2008)
-   _Hall of Heroes: A Novel Set in Peabody, Wisconsin_ (14 October 2013)

Notes

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[2] Opposition to abusive fundamentalist churches took form with the publication of Vic Nischik, _Wizard of God: My Life with Jack Hyles_ (Buchanan, Mi.: Sychar Publishing, 1990) and gained impetus with the publication of Voyle Glover, _Fundamental Seduction: The Jack Hyles case_ (Schrerville, Indiana: Brevia Publishing, 1990) who marshaled evidence against Jack Hyles and First Baptist Church of Hammond regarding abuses of church office and church doctrine. Massi was further influenced by a 1993 news documentary Preying from the Pulpit, produced by WJBK of Detroit. Audio of this documentary is available at Massi's website . In 2012, Flashrock Films' executive producer Adam Rockoff engaged Massi as associate producer of the independent film, _The Blue Room,_ a documentary examining the abuses at Hephzibah House (unreleased).

[3] http://www.jeriwho.net/tloc.html

[4] The first conference was held in Charlotte, North Carolina, the second in Jacksonville, Florida.

[5] Jeri Massi, _Schizophrenic Christianity: How Christian Fundamentalism Attracts and Protects Sociopaths, Abusive Pastors, and Child Molesters_ (Raleigh, NC.: Jupiter Rising Books, 2008). Massi has also critiqued fundamentalism through the serialised stories _Secret Radio_ and _A Standard Christian_, which chronicle the life of a student at fictional Greater Independent Baptist College.

[6] http://www.jeriwho.net/tlohh.html

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title: Jeri Massi

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

Summarize Jeri Massi's works.

answer:
-   _Valkyries: Some Through the Fire_ (2003) *won an award*
-   _Valkyries: Some Through the Blood_ (2003)
-   _Schizophrenic Christianity_ (2008)
-   _Hall of Heroes: A Novel Set in Peabody, Wisconsin_ (2013)

answer: Jeri Massi is an Evangelical Christian author who has been active since 1986. Her 2003 novel Valkyries: Some Through the Fire was nominated for a Christy Award. She wrote a six book series called the Peabody Adventure Series, and three books in the Bracken Trilogy. She has written several other novels and produced several audio documentaries dealing with corruption in Protestant Fundamentalism.

answer: Her first work was Derwood Inc. in 1986; she then published A Dangerous Game in 1986. From 1986 up to 2001, she published 9 works.

text: The response does not summarize Massi's work effectively. It just stated the number of books published.

refinement: Jeri Massi is an Evangelical Christian author with many works to her name. Her first book was an adventure series called Derwood Inc. (1986); She subsequently published Valkyries: Some Through the Fire (2003), which was nominated for Christy Award, and Schizophrenic Christianity (2008) in which she criticized fundamentalist Christianity for corruption and child molestation.

answer: Massi has written novels and published various audio documentaries that address alleged abuses against children in Fundamentalist churches, particularly in the cases of molestation committed by members of the clergy. These works primarily address corruptions within Protestant Fundamentalism.

answer: Massi is a technical writer and Evangelical Christian author. Her works include novels, documentary audio productions, and critiques of Protestant Fundamentalism. The subject matter of her works usually involves child molestation and abuse in fundamentalist churches.

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

Summarize Jeri Massi's attempts to expose corruption in Protestant Fundamentalist churches.

answer: Starting in 2001, Jeri Massi has attempted to expose corruption and poorly dealt with child molestation in Fundamentalist churches. In 2005 Jeri Massi produced a five part audio documentary addressing child abuse at Calvary Baptist Church of Culpeper, Virginia. In 2007 Massi founded the Conference of the Lambs to try and help adult survivors of child abuse. In 2008 she published a book denouncing corruption in Protestant Fundamentalism. In 2009 Jeri Massi produced an audio documentary telling the stories of former residents of Hephzibah House in Warsaw, Indiana. In 2011 a CNN journalist will produce a show episode based off of those same survivor's accounts.

answer:
In 2005, she produced a five-part audio documentary, called The Lambs of Culpeper, which addresses alleged abuses against children at Calvary Baptist Church of Culpeper, Virginia. In 2007, she founded the Conference of the Lambs, a two-day conference designed to assist adults who had been molested as children in Fundamentalist churches.

In 2008, Massi self-published Schizophrenic Christianity, which denounced corruption within Protestant Fundamentalism that had resulted in harm, especially to children. In 2009, Massi conducted interviews of former residents of Hephzibah House in Warsaw, Indiana, a Protestant Fundamentalist Children's home for girls. She then produced The Lambs of Hephzibah House, an audio documentary that alleges severe abuse of residents at Hephzibah House. In 2011, Gary Tuchman, a CNN journalist reporting for Anderson Cooper 360, interviewed many of the same former residents and produced an episode about Hephzibah House on CNN's “Ungodly Discipline” series.

answer: Massi's attempts to expose corruption in Protestant Fundamentalist churches primarily involve interviews with adults who were abused as children in Fundamentalist churches. She produces audio documentaries detailing the abuses, primarily child molestation, at various churches and fundamental schools. These audio documentaries purpose to expose the corruption within Protestant Fundamentalism which has resulted in harm.

text: Having dates accompany some of the works detailed in the response would have helped.

refinement: Massi's attempts to expose corruption in Protestant Fundamentalist churches primarily involve interviews with adults who were abused as children in Fundamentalist churches. She produces audio documentaries detailing the abuses titled The Lambs of Culpeper in 2005, primarily child molestation, at various churches and fundamental schools. These audio documentaries purpose to expose the corruption within Protestant Fundamentalism which has resulted in harm. Massi also founded the Conference of the Lambs (2007) to assist adults molested in Fundamentalist churches.

answer: Massi has been critical of authority figures and churches in cases of abuse and molestation by members in the clergy. She has released numerous audio documentaries that highlight abuses carried out against children in Fundamentalist churches. Massi seeks to expose corruption in Fundamentalist churches in order to protect children from further harm.

answer: Massi released a five-part audio documentary (The Lambs of Culpeper) and founded the Conference of the Lambs, attempting to address abuse committed by Fundamentalist pastors. She generated an audio documentary on the alleged abuse at Hephzibah House, and interviews many of the former residents on Anderson Cooper 360. She has also published anti-pastor books and stories based on Fundamentalism and abuses she uncovered.

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

Summarize Jeri Massi's relationship to Christianity.

answer: She is an Evangelical Christian author who has criticized Fundamentalist churches. She believes and teaches that true Christianity should not conceal or ignore child molestation.

answer: Jeri Massi seems to have a complicated relationship to Christianity. She is described as an Evangelical Christian author. She denounces wrongdoings of Protestant Fundamentalists, but has included distinctly Evangelical viewpoints in many of her works. Her 2003 novel Valkyries: Some Through the Fire was nominated for a Christy Award, a distinctly Christian establishment.

answer: Jeri Massi is an Evangelical Christian who critiques Fundamentalist churches in cases of child molestation. She has written several works as a response to mistreatment of children within fundamentalist churches. Massi believes that Christianity should encourage personal growth and help those in need.

answer: She studied at the Christian Fellowship School, has started two anti-abuse activist campaigns, and has been critiquing Fundamentalist churches through an audio documentary and books.

text: There is no evidence in the passage to support the fact that Massi studied at the Christian Fellowship School.

refinement: Massi started two anti-abuse activist campaigns, and has been critiquing Fundamentalist churches through an audio documentary and books.

answer: Massi is an Evangelical Christian author and critic of fundamentalist Christianity, specifically in reference to issues of child molestation by members of the clergy. She contends that corruption within fundamentalist Christianity has caused harm, especially to children.


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_HOW TO BE A LATIN LOVER_ is a 2017 American comedy film directed by Ken Marino, written by Chris Spain and Jon Zack and stars Eugenio Derbez, Salma Hayek, Raphael Alejandro, Raquel Welch, Rob Riggle, Rob Huebel, Rob Corddry, Renée Taylor, Linda Lavin, Kristen Bell, and Rob Lowe. The film follows a man who has spent his whole life married to a rich old woman, and must learn to make it on his own when she kicks him out. It was released on April 28, 2017 by Pantelion Films and grossed $62.6 million worldwide.

Plot summary

Having made a career of seducing rich older women, Maximo marries a wealthy woman more than twice his age. 25 years later, spoiled, out of shape and bored from waking up next to his now 80-year-old wife, he gets the surprise of his life when she ends up dumping him for a younger McLaren car salesman.

Forced out of his mansion and desperate for a place to stay, he contacts Rick, another pampered gigolo. He crashes in the upscale playhouse of the woman's granddaughter, which does not go over very well. He soon moves in with his estranged sister, Sara, and her nerdy son, Hugo, in their small apartment. During this time, two things occur:

1.  Anxious to return to the lap of luxury, Maximo uses his nephew's crush on classmate Arden to get to his new target: her grandmother, Celeste (a widowed billionaire that Rick is also targeting). Maximo tries to reignite his charm as a Latin lover, and fails at it miserably. Sara comes to know of Maximo's scamming and kicks him out.
2.  While teaching Hugo some tricks he thinks work on women, Maximo finds himself bonding with his nephew, and this opens his heart to being less selfish and more thoughtful of others.

Eventually, Maximo becomes a gigolo for the woman Rick used to live with, and he patches up the relationship with his sister and nephew.

Cast

-   Eugenio Derbez as Maximo
    -   Noel Carabaza as Young Maximo
    -   Vadhir Derbez as 21 year old Maximo
-   Salma Hayek as Sara, Maximo's estranged sister.
    -   Manelly Zepeda as Young Sara
-   Raphael Alejandro as Hugo, Sara's nerdy and adorable son and Maximo's nephew.
-   Rob Lowe as Rick the Gigolo, Maximo's equally wealthy friend.
-   Kristen Bell as Cindy, a lonely and single woman, who works at a frozen yogurt shop and lives alone with her dozens of cats.
-   Raquel Welch as Celeste Birch, Maximo's target and Arden's grandmother, whom Maximo tries to seduce in order to live a life of luxury once again.
-   Linda Lavin as Millicent Dupont, the wealthy woman whose gigolo Maximo finally becomes.
-   Renée Taylor as Peggy, Maximo's wealthy, but elderly, wife. She leaves Maximo for an unattractive and younger car salesman.
-   Rob Riggle as Scott
-   Rob Huebel as Nick
-   Rob Corddry as Quincy, Celeste's chauffeur.
-   Mckenna Grace as Arden, Hugo's crush.
-   Mather Zickel as James, Sara's neighbor & love interest.
-   Michaela Watkins as Gwen, Sara's boss.
-   Michael Cera as Remy, a sleazebag car salesman.
-   "Weird Al" Yankovic as Weird Al[1]
-   Ben Schwartz as Jimmy
-   Jeffrey Scott Basham as Valet
-   Omar Chaparro as Rafa
-   José Eduardo Derbez as Drink Waiter

Production

On June 5, 2015, it was announced that Eugenio Derbez and Benjamin Odell's Santa Monica-based production shingle 3Pas Studios and Televisa/Lionsgate joint venture Pantelion Films had bought an untitled original comedy script from Chris Spain and Jon Zack, with Lionsgate releasing under its first look deal.[2] On October 26, 2015, Ken Marino was attached to direct the film, starring Derbez.[3][4] On April 28, 2016, Rob Lowe, Kristen Bell, Raquel Welch and Rob Riggle joined the film's cast along with others including Renée Taylor, Rob Huebel, Michaela Watkins and Linda Lavin.[5] On May 11, 2016, Mckenna Grace joined the cast.[6]

Release

The first trailer was released on December 21, 2016.[7] The film was released on April 28, 2017 by Lionsgate's Pantelion Films.[8]

Box office

_How to Be a Latin Lover_ has grossed $32.1 million in the United States and Canada and $30.4 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $62.6 million, against a production budget of $10–13 million.[9][10]

In North America, the film was released alongside _The Circle_, _Sleight_ and _Baahubali 2: The Conclusion_, and was projected to gross about $7 million from 1,118 theaters in its opening weekend.[11] The film ended up grossing $3.9 million on its first day and $12.3 million over the weekend, finishing second at the box office behind _The Fate of the Furious_. 89% of the opening weekend audience was Hispanic.[12][13] The film grossed $5.1 million in its second weekend (a drop of 58%) and $3.9 million in its third (dropping just 25%), finishing 4th and 7th, respectively.[14]

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 39% based on 31 reviews, with an average rating of 4.75/10.[15] On Metacritic the film has a score 54 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating “mixed or average reviews”.[16] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “A” on an A+ to F scale.[17]

Joe Leydon of _Variety_ wrote: “There are some very funny bits and pieces scattered amid the proceedings, along with a few darkly comical gags that appear to belong in a different movie, but are more than welcome here.”[18]

Home media

_How to be a Latin Lover_ was released on Digital HD on August 1, 2017, and was released two weeks later on Blu-ray and DVD on August 15, 2017.[19]

Remake

A French remake entitled __ (_Just a Gigolo_ in French speaking markets) was released in April 2019. The film was directed by Olivier Baroux, co-written by Baroux and Kad Merad, and stars Merad, Anne Charrier, Pascal Elbé and Thierry Lhermitte among others.

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title: How to Be a Latin Lover

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

What is the general plot of "How to Be a Latin Lover?"

answer: The general plot of _How to Be a Latin Lover_ is about a man who gets dumped by a wealthy older woman and must try to make it on his own. He gets involved with a gigolo in order to return to the life of luxury, but later bonds with his nephew and turns over a new leaf. The film grossed $62.6 million worldwide.

answer: The film follows a man who has spent his whole life married to a rich old woman, and must learn to make it on his own when she kicks him out.

answer: The general plot of "How to Be a Latin Lover" is that Maximo is kicked out of the mansion he has shared with a wealthy older woman, and must learn to make it on his own. With his behavior catching up to him, he resorts to scamming wealthy older women, but eventually bonds with his nephew and matures.

answer: The film follows a man who has spent his whole life married to a rich old woman. Content with living an extravagant lifestyle with her, he then realizes she is ending the relationship because she has found someone younger than him. He now must figure out how to earn his own living. The film also follows his relationships with his brother, his nephew, and his wealthy ex-wife.

answer: The story is about a man, Maximo, who has grown up living the life of a millionaire but, in reality, has been a gigolo with multiple wives and lovers. One thing leads to another and Sara, his estranged sister, ends up having to support him. Many of the characters return for the sequel, in which Maximo becomes a gigolo.

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

Why does his 80 year old wife dump Maximo?

answer: Maximo is not able to make it to her younger McLaren salesman lover's bed as she wants.

answer: Maximo's 80 year old wife dumps him because she prefers a younger car salesman.

answer: She leaves him for an unattractive and younger car salesman.

answer: For a younger McLaren car salesman.

answer: The wife dumps Maximo after it becomes clear he's losing his charm that attracted her when they first started dating. She also wants to move on and have a younger lover.

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

Where does Maximo end up?

answer: Maximo ends up in a small apartment with his estranged sister, Sara, and her son, Hugo.

answer: He ends home with his sister and nephew.

answer: Maximo ends up crashing in the apartment of his estranged sister, Sara, and her nerdy son, Hugo.

answer: He ends up with the gigolo gig for Millicent Dupont.

answer: Living with his estranged sister and her son.

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

How was the movie received?

answer:
The film received a normalized score of 54 out of 100 on Metacritic, indicating "mixed or average reviews". It also had a normalized score of 53% on Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film on an average grade of "A".

In the home video market it has been praised for making the average American Hispanic-American character an alpha male, shrewd and resourceful, capable of success. But it has been criticized for pandering to positive ethnic stereotypes. The film's trailer claimed to celebrate Latino culture, but media outlets have said the trailer perpetuates stereotypes instead.

answer: The movie received mixed-to-average reviews, with a Rotten Tomatoes approval rating of 39%. CinemaScore audiences gave the film an average grade.

answer: The movie was received pretty well by critics. The movie had a score of 54 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 11user reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes it had an approval rating of 39% based on it's 31 reviews.

answer: The movie has been met with mixed or average reviews, with an approval rating of 39% on Rotten Tomatoes.

answer: It has a 39% on Rotten Tomatoes, a 54/100 on Metacritic, but audiences gave it an "A."

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: How to Be a Latin Lover is an American comedy directed by Ken Marino, directed by, written by Chris Spain and Jon Zack, and starring Eugenio Derbez, Salma Hayek, Raphael Alejandro, Raquel Welch, Rob Riggle, Rob Huebel, Rob Corddry, Renee Taylor, Linda Lavin, Kristen Bell, and Rob Lowe. The film follows a man who has spent his whole life married to a rich old woman, and must learn to make it on his own when she kicks him out. It grossed $62.6 million worldwide.

answer: The film _How to Be a Latin Lover_ follows Maximo, a man who has spent his whole life with rich elderly women. When Maximo's elderly wife dumps him and he is forced out of his mansion, he moves in with his estranged sister Sara and her nerdy son Hugo. Maximo decides to return to his old gigolo lifestyle, even though it fails miserably. In the process, Maximo begins to deepen his relationship with his nephew and starts to change his ways. The film was a financial success, earning $62.6 million worldwide. The film has received mixed reviews, though many consider it humorous.

answer: Having made a career of seducing rich older women, Maximo marries a wealthy woman more than twice his age. 25 years later, spoiled, out of shape, and bored of waking up to his now 80 year old wife, he gets the surprise of his life when she dumps him for a younger car salesman. He ends up staying with his estranged sister and her son, who teaches him selflessness and opening his heart to others. The film was received poorly by critics, but well by audiences.

answer: How to Be a Latin Lover follows Maximo, a man who has spent his whole life married to an older woman. When the old woman leaves him for a younger car salesman, Maximo must learn to make it on his own. He struggles without the perks of his former life but eventually finds some success with a wealthy woman's gigolo. The movie received mixed reviews but has made $62.6 million worldwide against a budget of $10-13 million.

answer: How to Be a Latin Lover is a 2017 American comedy film written by Chris Spain and Jon Zack and directed by Ken Marino starring Eugenio Derbez, Salma Hayek, and others. The film follows a man who's married to a rich old woman. He's kicked out of his house and forced to live with his sister and nephew. The film grossed $62.6 million worldwide, and a French remake premiered the next year.


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_ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST_ (also known as _AD_) is an award-winning architecture magazine based in Munich, Germany. The magazine is the German edition of the US magazine with the same name. It is the third edition of the magazine after the US and Italian editions.[1]

History and profile

_Architectural Digest_ was established in 1996.[2] The first issue appeared in January 1997.[3] The magazine was started as a bi-monthly publication.[4] The owner of the magazine is Condé Nast.[5][6] It is published by Condé Nast Verlag GmbH[7] ten times a year and covers articles related to architecture and interior design.[8]

The headquarters of _Architectural Digest_ was first in Munich.[9] Then it moved to Berlin, but then its headquarters returned to Munich.[10]

Ulrike Filter was the launching editor-in-chief of _Architectural Digest_.[11][12] Ingrid von Werz replaced her in the post in November 1999.[13] Her term ended in July 2000 and Margit J. Mayer was named the editor-in-chief of the magazine.[14] Oliver Jahn is the editor-in-chief of the magazine.[15]

_Architectural Digest_ is the media partner of the Highlights, an international art fair in Munich.[16]

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title: Architectural Digest (Germany)

question: Where is Architectural Digest based?

answer: The headquarters of Architectural Digest is based in Munich, Germany.

text: To say the "headquarters.... is based" is redundant. The location of the headquarters, and where a company is based, are synonymous.

refinement: Architectural Digest is based in Munich, Germany.

answer: The headquarters of Architectural Digest is based in Munich, Germany.

text: To say the "headquarters.... is based" is redundant. The location of the headquarters, and where a company is based, are synonymous.

refinement: Architectural Digest is based in Munich, Germany.

answer: Architectural Digest is based in Munich, Germany.

question: When was Architectural Digest founded?

answer: Architectural Digest was founded in 1996.

answer: Architectural Digest was founded in 1996.

answer: According to the passage, Architectural Digest was founded in 1996.

text: It's not necessary to signpost "according to the passage".

refinement: Architectural Digest was founded in 1996.

question: Who is the current editor-in-chief of Architectural Digest?

answer: Oliver Jahn

answer: Oliver Jahn

answer: Oliver Jahn is the current editor-in-chief of the magazine.

question: How many readers does Architectural Digest have?

answer: The numbers are not directly given, but it is cited as being a "media partner" of the Highlights art fair in Munich, in which I imagine they stand to promote it to a sizeable audience.

text: total guessing

refinement: The size of the readership of Architectural Digest is not given.

answer: Not answered.

text: do not need capital and period for a sentence fragment

answer: The information can't be found

text: need a period at the end of the sentence

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Architectural Digest (also known as AD) is an architecture magazine based in Munich that covers articles related to architecture and interior design. It is an award-winning publication started in 1996.

answer: Architectural Digest is a highly-successful architecture magazine based in Munich, Germany that is also based on its US counterpart. It was first established in 1997.

text: founded in 1996, not 1997

refinement: Architectural Digest is a highly-successful architecture magazine based in Munich, Germany that is also based on its US counterpart. It was first established in 1996.

text: "Highly-successful" is a vague term; award-winning is more specific, and directly related to the article.

refinement: Architectural Digest is an award-winning architecture magazine based in Munich, Germany that is also based on its US counterpart. It was first established in 1996.

text: It is not "based on" its US counterpart; it is the German edition of the US magazine.

refinement: Architectural Digest is an award-winning architecture magazine based in Munich, Germany. It is the German edition of the US magazine of the same name. It was first established in 1996.

answer: This text, found at Wikipedia, gives a brief history of Architectural Digest and discusses its offerings. Founded in 1996, the magazine is still published today.

text: This answer describes the article, rather than summarizing the article.

refinement: Architectural Digest is an award-winning architecture magazine based in Munich, Germany. Founded in 1996, the magazine is still published today.

answer: Architectural Digest (Germany) is an award-winning architecture magazine based in Munich, Germany. It is the third edition of the magazine after the US and Italian editions.

answer: This article is about the German edition of Architectural Digest, a bi-monthly publication that was started in 1996. The magazine focuses on architecture and interior design.

text: don't need to signpost "this article is about..."

refinement: The German edition of Architectural Digest is a bi-monthly publication started in 1996. The magazine focuses on architecture and interior design.

answer: "Architectural Digest" is an architecture magazine based in Munich, Germany. It was initially founded in 1996 and the first issue appeared in January 1997.


title: How to Be a Latin Lover

question: What is the general plot of "How to Be a Latin Lover?"

answer: The plot follows a man who has spent his whole life married to a rich old woman, and must learn to make it on his own when she decides to kick him out. The film stars Eugenio Derbez, Salma Hayek, Raphael Alejandro, Raquel Welch, Rob Riggle, Rob Huebel, and Rob Corddry.

answer: The film follows a man who has spent his whole life married to a rich old woman, and must learn to make it on his own when she kicks him out.

answer: The main character, Maximo, has spent his life married to a rich older woman and has been kicked out by her. He is forced to move back in with his sister, Sara, and nephew, Hugo, in a small apartment.

question: Why does his 80 year old wife dump Maximo?

answer: Maximo is 80, and after two and a half decades of marriage, his wife gets dumped by him for a younger man.

text: The first clause is inaccurate.

refinement: Maximo seduced her for her money, and after two and a half decades of marriage, his wife gets dumped by him for a younger man.

answer: For a younger McLaren car salesman.

answer: She returns to a McLaren car salesman who is younger than Maximo.

question: Where does Maximo end up?

answer: Living with his estranged sister and her son.

answer: A cottage belonging to a female neighbor.

text: This is not accurate.

answer: He first moves in with his estranged sister, Sara. Hugo takes a liking to Maximo this leads to Maximo bonding with his nephew. Maximo becomes a gigolo for the woman his friend Rick was living with.

question: How was the movie received?

answer: It has a 39% on Rotten Tomatoes, a 54/100 on Metacritic, but audiences gave it an "A."

text: Be more specific about which audiences

refinement: It has a 39% on Rotten Tomatoes, a 54/100 on Metacritic, but audiences polled by Cinema Score gave it an "A."

answer: Critics from Rotten Tomatoes averaged a 4-out-of-10 score when reviewing the film. However, audiences gave the film an average grade of “A” on an A+ to F scale.

text: Be more specific.

refinement: Critics from Rotten Tomatoes averaged a 4-out-of-10 score when reviewing the film. However, audiences polled by Cinema Score gave the film an average grade of “A” on an A+ to F scale.

answer: The reviews were mixed; some said it was funny, while others said it wasn't.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: How to Be a Latin Lover is a 2017 American comedy film directed by Ken Marino and written by Chris Spain and Jon Zack. It starred Eugenio Derbez, Salma Hayek, Raphael Alejandro, Raquel Welch, Rob Riggle, Rob Huebel, Rob Corddry, Renée Taylor, Linda Lavin, Kristen Bell, and Rob Lowe. The film tells the story of a gigolo trying to make it on his own. It had a budget of $10-13 million and grossed $62.6 million worldwide.

answer: Having made a career of seducing rich older women, Maximo marries a wealthy woman more than twice his age. 25 years later, spoiled, out of shape, and bored of waking up to his now 80 year old wife, he gets the surprise of his life when she dumps him for a younger car salesman. He ends up staying with his estranged sister and her son, who teaches him selflessness and opening his heart to others. The film was received poorly by critics, but well by audiences.

answer: The 2017 movie How to Be a Latin Lover is a comedy film, starring Eugenio Derbez. The film follows a man (Maximo) who has spent his whole life with a wealthy old woman, only to be kicked out by her at 80 years old after 25 years of marriage. The film centers around Maximo's move to live with his sister Sara and his nephew Hugo, and his plans to scam his way to luxury, using one of Sara's friends. The movie released on April 28, 2017.

answer: How to be a Latin Lover is a 2017 American comedy film directed by Ken Marino, written by Chris Spain and Jon Zack, and stars Eugenio Derbez, Salma Hayek, Raphael Alejandro, Raquel Welch, Rob Riggle, Rob Huebel, Rob Corddry, Renée Taylor, Linda Lavin, Kristen Bell, and Rob Lowe. The film follows a man who has spent his whole life married to a rich old woman, and must learn to make it on his own when she kicks him out. It was released on April 28, 2017 by Pantelion Films and grossed $62.6 million worldwide.

answer: How to be a Latin Lover is an American comedy film that was released in April 2017. The film stars Eugenio Derbez, Salma Hayek, Raphael Alejandro, Raquel Welch, Rob Riggle, Rob Huebel, Rob Corddry, Renée Taylor, Linda Lavin, Gersten Bell, and Rob Lowe. It follows the travails of a man married to an old rich widow who she dumps for an attractive, younger McLaren car salesman. The film screened to favorable reviews.

answer: How to Be a Latin Lover is a 2017 American comedy film that grossed 62.6 million dollars worldwide. The film follows a man, Maximo, who has spent his life married to a rich, old woman, Peggy, who kicks him out when she's dump for a younger car salesman after 25 years of marriage, and forced to move in with his estranged sister and her nerdy son, Hugo. Then, after marrying her out of wedlock, he finds himself bonding with Hugo, his estranged sister, and his niece, Arden. The two actresses in the film, Raquel Wolver and Salma Hayek, earn 79.5 million dollars in total from the film.


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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The man walked into my hostel. I could see it in him that he was tired, but so were all the travelers that walked El Camino de Santiago.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Hay... habi...habitaciones... para alquilar?" He asks, pulling a wallet from his back pocket.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"There are rooms here," I say "but they are not for rent, they are for the pilgrims." I pick up his pack and start to walk down the hall.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"I'm sorry, I'm not a pilgrim." he says following me down the hall.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Yes you are." I tell him. "You walk El Camino de Santiago."

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"You don't understand. I'm just hiking- excursionismo." He says.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"No, no, I understand, I have seen many pilgrims, very few like you, but I have seen you before." I tell him as we enter his room. All of the rooms are small and they have two bunked beds. I will let him choose his own when he decides to stay so I set his bag down. "Cafe?"

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Uh, yes please, thank you." He says. I gesture down the hall towards the kitchen and we walk. He does not say anything so I put the kettle on to boil.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Please sit, it is getting late and other pilgrims will be coming soon, excuse me. I walk to the front hall and open the door and turn on the light. They will know to come inside to sleep and to eat and prepare for tomorrow.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"The water is boiling." He calls to me from the kitchen.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Then take it off." I say to him as I walk back into the kitchen. "Do not burn your hand. the handle get quite hot." but it is too late, he drops the kettle spilling the hot water on the ground.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Ow, I'm so sorry." he says.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"It is no trouble, now I will have clean floors." I smile at him. "Please, run your hand under the tap." I say getting a dishrag from the drawer I bend down to wipe away the water.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"No please," he says, "let me." taking the rag from my hands and a knee.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"That is why you are here, and that is why you are a pilgrim." I say.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Excuse me?" he says looking up at me.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"I am now a very old man, and I have seen many pilgrims. You are hurt but you will not tend to yourself."

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"It's not that bad." he says, continuing to wipe the floor. the rag and his hands and the water are steaming.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Oh nieto, I understand. This is why you walk alone on this path. There are those who would walk with you but you think you must be alone." I say, putting a hand on his shoulder. "Now go put your hand under cool water." He stands.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"It's late, I don't think I should have any coffee." he says wringing out the rag. He hangs it over the edge of the sink.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Yes, better to turn in, the way is still long for you, for all of us." I say. "I will see you in the morning and then we will have cafe." He turns to leave, "goodnight pilgrim."

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Goodnight, abuelo." he says. I walk into the hall and sit in my chair and wait for the rest to come to my hostel, hot and weary they will stay here for the night on El Camino de Santiago.

title: [Flashfiction] El Camino de Santiago

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

What does the text say about the hiker?

answer: The hiker is a man who walks into the narrator's hostel. He seems tired and worn out, just like all the other pilgrims who walk El Camino de Santiago. He tells the narrator that he is not a pilgrim, but the narrator tells him that he is. The hiker is walking alone and thinks he must walk alone. The hiker is hurt and does not tend to his injury.

text: Add that he does not tend to his injury in favor of cleaning up the spilled water. This shows the significance of the action.

refinement: The hiker is a man who walks into the narrator's hostel. He seems tired and worn out, just like all the other pilgrims who walk El Camino de Santiago. He tells the narrator that he is not a pilgrim, but the narrator tells him that he is. The hiker is walking alone and thinks he must walk alone. The hiker is hurt and does not tend to his injury, instead taking over from the narrator to clean up the spilled hot water.

answer: The hiker is an American man who is walking El Camino de Santiago. He enters the hostel and asks for a room to stay in. The hostel owner offers him a room, but he says he's not a pilgrim. The owner says he is a pilgrim because he is walking El Camino de Santiago. The hiker says that he is just hiking, but the hostel owner says he has seen many pilgrims and the hiker is different. The hiker spills hot water on himself and the hostel owner tells him to put his hand under cool water. The hiker says that it's late and he doesn't want coffee. The hostel owner says that the way is still long for him and the hiker says goodnight.

text: Remove "American" from the first sentence; this detail is not supported by the text.

refinement: The hiker is a man who is walking El Camino de Santiago. He enters the hostel and asks for a room to stay in. The hostel owner offers him a room, but he says he's not a pilgrim. The owner says he is a pilgrim because he is walking El Camino de Santiago. The hiker says that he is just hiking, but the hostel owner says he has seen many pilgrims and the hiker is different. The hiker spills hot water on himself and the hostel owner tells him to put his hand under cool water. The hiker says that it's late and he doesn't want coffee. The hostel owner says that the way is still long for him and the hiker says goodnight.

text: Remove the third sentence; the following sentence says the same thing in a more coherent way, so it's unnecessary.

refinement: The hiker is a man who is walking El Camino de Santiago. He enters the hostel and asks for a room to stay in. The owner says he is a pilgrim because he is walking El Camino de Santiago. The hiker says that he is just hiking, but the hostel owner says he has seen many pilgrims and the hiker is different. The hiker spills hot water on himself and the hostel owner tells him to put his hand under cool water. The hiker says that it's late and he doesn't want coffee. The hostel owner says that the way is still long for him and the hiker says goodnight.

answer: The hiker feels the need to explain himself and his travel plans to the hostel keeper in detail.

text: The one sentence of this response is not accurate, so remove it.

text: No response; add one.

refinement: The hiker is a man who walks into the narrator's hostel. He seems tired and worn out, just like all the other pilgrims who walk El Camino de Santiago. He tells the narrator that he is not a pilgrim, but the narrator tells him that he is. The hiker is walking alone and thinks he must walk alone. The hiker is hurt and does not tend to his injury, instead taking over from the narrator to clean up the spilled hot water.

answer: The hiker stays in the hostel. He stays in a small room with two bunked beds. The hostel keeper serves him tea. The hiker feels the need to explain himself and his travel plans to the hostel keeper in detail.

text: Correct the third sentence: the hostel keeper offers him coffee.

refinement: The hiker stays in the hostel. He stays in a small room with two bunked beds. The hostel keeper offers him coffee. The hiker feels the need to explain himself and his travel plans to the hostel keeper in detail.

text: The last sentence is incorrect and should be removed.

refinement: The hiker stays in the hostel. He stays in a small room with two bunked beds. The hostel keeper offers him coffee.

text: Add details of the hiker getting hurt and cleaning up instead of tending to his injury.

refinement: The hiker stays in the hostel. He stays in a small room with two bunked beds. The hostel keeper offers him coffee. The hiker is burned by hot water and does not tend to his injury, instead taking over from the narrator to clean up the spilled water.

answer: The hiker is an American man who is walking El Camino de Santiago. He enters the hostel and asks for a room to stay in. The hostel owner offers him a room, but he says he's not a pilgrim. The owner says he is a pilgrim because he is walking El Camino de Santiago. The hiker says that he is just hiking, but the hostel owner says he has seen many pilgrims and the hiker is different. The hiker spills hot water on himself and the hostel owner tells him to put his hand under cool water. The hiker says that it's late and he doesn't want coffee. The hostel owner says that the way is still long for him and the hiker says goodnight.

answer: The man walking into the hostel is an inexperienced hiker. He is not a pilgrim. He trails on El Camino de Santiago to protect himself from those who want to harm him. He wants to get away from unwanted companionship because of how far he still had to walk. He did not realize the waters were boiling hot coming out so he only grazed his palm. He did not want to ground rash his hands.

text: Everything except "He is not a pilgrim." is inaccurate and should be removed.

text: Add details of the hiker staying in the hostel, and getting hurt but cleaning up instead of tending to his injury.

refinement: The hiker stays in the hostel. He is not a pilgrim.  He stays in a small room with two bunked beds. The hostel keeper offers him coffee. The hiker is burned by hot water and does not tend to his injury, instead taking over from the narrator to clean up the spilled water.

answer: The hiker is an inexperienced hiker. He is not a pilgrim. He trails on El Camino de Santiago to protect himself from those who want to harm him. He is hurt but he will not tend to himself, which may be why he walks on the Camino alone. He did not realize the waters were boiling hot coming out so he only grazed his palm. He does not want to ground rash his hands.

answer: The hiker is a man who walks into the narrator's hostel. He seems tired and worn out, just like all the other pilgrims who walk El Camino de Santiago. He tells the narrator that he is not a pilgrim, but the narrator tells him that he is. The hiker is walking alone and thinks he must walk alone.

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

What does the text say about the hostel owner?

answer: The hostel owner is an old man watching over people who walked El Camino de Santiago. His hostel is like an open house where people on a pilgrimage can rest and sleep under one roof with many other people on the same journey. The hostel owner knows someone is hurt. He can see this man is a pilgrim because he did not tend to himself.

text: Correct the tense of "walked" to "walk".

refinement: The hostel owner is an old man watching over people who walk El Camino de Santiago. His hostel is like an open house where people on a pilgrimage can rest and sleep under one roof with many other people on the same journey. The hostel owner knows someone is hurt. He can see this man is a pilgrim because he did not tend to himself.

answer: The hostel owner is a man who runs a hostel for pilgrims. He seems to be very old and has seen many pilgrims walk El Camino de Santiago. He seems to be very kind and helpful. He incorrectly believes the man is a pilgrim.

text: Remove "incorrectly" - the man's belief that the hiker is a pilgrim is more nuanced than the hiker realizes at first.

refinement: The hostel owner is a man who runs a hostel for pilgrims. He seems to be very old and has seen many pilgrims walk El Camino de Santiago. He seems to be very kind and helpful. He believes the man is a pilgrim.

answer: The hostel owner is an old man who has seen many pilgrims. He helps the pilgrim who walks in by giving him a room and coffee. He also gives him a hand when the pilgrim burns himself. The hostel owner seems to be a good host and has a good heart.

answer: The hostel owner is an old man that runs a roadside hostel in rural village south of the Camino de Santiago where tourists and pilgrims can rest. He views the pilgrims that walk through in passing as a part of his life, and it is his role to help them get some rest before continuing on the path. He makes sure the pilgrims have the best stay by ensuring the rooms are clean and comfortable. He views the pilgrims at his hostel as people that are a part of his family.

text: Remove everything but the first sentence, which is the only part directly supported by the text.

refinement: The hostel owner is an old man that runs a roadside hostel in rural village south of the Camino de Santiago where tourists and pilgrims can rest.

answer: The hostel owner is a man who runs a hostel for pilgrims. He seems to be very old and has seen many pilgrims walk El Camino de Santiago. He seems to be very kind and helpful.

answer: The hostel owner is an old man that runs a roadside hostel in rural village South of the Camino de Santiago where tourists and pilgrims can rest. He views the pilgrims that walk through in passing as a part of his life, and it is his role to help them get some rest before continuing on the path. He makes sure the pilgrims have the best stay by ensuring the rooms are clean and comfortable. He views the pilgrims at his hostel as people that are a part of his family.

answer: The hostel owner is an old man who has seen many pilgrims. He helps the pilgrim who walks in by giving him a room and coffee. He also gives him a hand when the pilgrim burns himself. The hostel owner seems to be a good host.

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

What does the text say about the town where the hostel is located?

answer: No answer

answer: The town has both farmland and mountains.

text: This is baseless, it would be better to respond with "No answer"

answer: There is no information about the town.

answer: No response

text: "No response" doesn't address the question; rephrase as "That information is not available."

answer: No answer

answer: No answer


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[Orangelo Payne, shown at his family's shoe shine shop, was held for 16 months after an illegal search of his home by an FBI agent and probation officers turned up an antique shotgun, Payne’s lawsuit alleges.]

Orangelo Payne, shown at his family's shoe shine shop, was held for 16 months after an illegal search of his home by an FBI agent and probation officers turned up an antique shotgun, Payne’s lawsuit alleges. (Armando L. Sanchez, Chicago Tribune)

Cook County probation officers conspired with the FBI and Chicago police to conduct illegal and warrantless searches in an unchecked hunt for drugs and guns, according to accusations in a federal civil rights lawsuit.

Orangelo Payne alleges that while he was on probation for a drug offense in 2013, an FBI agent and probation officers found an antique shotgun during an illegal search of his home, which led to his being falsely arrested by Chicago police and imprisoned.

Payne, 35, was held in jail for 16 months before state prosecutors last summer dropped the gun charges against him.

"I did 16 months, and no matter the time you did, you never get that time back. Your freedom is gone," Payne said Tuesday at his father's South Side shoe shine shop.

Payne alleges in his lawsuit that the probation department encouraged misconduct by not investigating or disciplining probation officers who were improperly partnering with law enforcement agencies.

"The actions, omissions, and conduct of the Adult Probation Department Defendants ... were extreme and outrageous," the lawsuit alleges. "These actions were rooted in an abuse of power and authority."

Payne is suing the FBI, Chicago police, the probation department, an FBI agent, and individual police and probation officers. The agencies declined to comment about Payne's allegations.

Payne's suit comes nearly a year after the Chicago Tribune revealed an allegedly rogue unit operating inside the Cook County Circuit Court's probation department.

The Tribune found that for years probation officers improperly worked hand-in-glove with the FBI and others to conduct warrantless and questionable searches, triggering allegations that drugs were planted, money was stolen and probationers were threatened with jail if they did not become informants.

That investigation focused on the probation department's gang unit supervised by Deputy Chief Philippe Loizon.

Loizon, who was placed on desk duty after the Tribune's investigation, is one of 17 individuals Payne is suing. Loizon declined to comment for this story but in the past he has said he did nothing wrong. His supporters have said the probation department's alliances with the FBI and others solved crimes and took illegal guns and drugs off the streets.

Probation officers — unlike police and federal authorities — have the power under the law to conduct surprise searches of probationers' homes without warrants if they have "reasonable suspicion." But the Tribune found that the FBI and police assisted probation officers during searches, gaining access to homes where they might otherwise need a court-ordered warrant.

Eileen O'Connor, Payne's lawyer, said that once probation officers confirmed Payne was home and not in violation of his court-ordered curfew, they should have left.

"There was absolutely no basis to search his home," O'Connor said. "The antique shotgun was the fruit of a warrantless, unlawful search and seizure."

Payne was sentenced to two years of intensive probation in January 2013 after pleading guilty to felony possession of marijuana. Late one night in April, he was in his Bronzeville apartment when probation officers and an FBI agent showed up at his door.

Payne previously told the Tribune that the FBI agent used probation as an excuse to have his apartment searched and to squeeze him for information about the killing of an FBI informant, allegedly by a man who would occasionally stop by the Payne family's business, Mr. P&G Shoe Shine Repair & Apparel.

After officers found a 12-gauge shotgun and shells in a bedroom closet, they charged Payne with illegally possessing a gun and violating terms of his court-ordered probation. As a felon on probation, Payne was not allowed to have weapons or ammunition. He faced the possibility of decades behind bars.

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After more than a year, the state prosecutor's office declined to pursue the most serious charges and Payne pleaded guilty to violating his probation — a lesser charge that led to his release within days.

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

What does the article say about the Cook County Circuit Court's probation department?

answer: The Cook County Circuit Court's probation department has been accused of improper collaboration with law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, during warrantless searches. This collaboration allegedly led to the discovery of an antique shotgun that resulted in Orangelo Payne being falsely arrested.

answer: The Cook County Circuit Court's probation department is accused of improperly working with federal authorities, like the FBI, and Chicago police to conduct illegal and warrantless searches. Probation officers were allegedly encouraged by the department to engage in misconduct and illegally search homes without warrants. These unlawful searches led to Orangelo Payne being falsely arrested and imprisoned in connection to an antique shotgun.

answer: In 2013, an alleged rogue unit in the Cook County Circuit Court's probation department illegally worked with the FBI and conducted "questionable" searches, according to the Chicago Tribune. Unknown sources and information explains that probation officers planted drug in the homes of probationers. Probationers like Orangelo Payne, who was subject to an illegal search and seizure,

text: Grammar of final sentence

refinement: In 2013, an alleged rogue unit in the Cook County Circuit Court's probation department illegally worked with the FBI and conducted "questionable" searches, according to the Chicago Tribune. Unknown sources and information explains that probation officers planted drug in the homes of probationers, such as Orangelo Payne, who was subject to an illegal search and seizure.

answer: There is likely corruption going on within the department. They conspired with the GBI and Chicago police to conduct illegal and warrantless searches, which led to Payne's arrest. A year prior to Payne's arrest, the Chicago Tribune revealed a rogue unit operating inside the department.

answer: The Cook County Circuit Court's probation department was deemed "rogue". The Tribune looked into the details included Payne's lawsuit against the actual department being "extreme and outrageous" in certain situations. The Tribune also looked into a rogue unit operating within the department.

text: Use a participle here because there is no demonstrative pronoun to turn "looked into the details" into a subordinate clause

refinement: The Cook County Circuit Court's probation department was deemed "rogue". The Tribune looked into the details including Payne's lawsuit against the actual department being "extreme and outrageous" in certain situations. The Tribune also looked into a rogue unit operating within the department.

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

Summarize Payne's involvement in illegal activity.

answer: Payne is accusing the FBI and Chicago police of conducting illegal and unwarranted searches for guns and drugs. During an unlawful search of his home, authorities found an antique shotgun, leading to false charges and incarceration for 16 months.

text: Allegedly false charges

refinement: Payne is accusing the FBI and Chicago police of conducting illegal and unwarranted searches for guns and drugs. During an unlawful search of his home, authorities found an antique shotgun, leading to allegedly false charges and incarceration for 16 months.

answer: Payne was sentenced to two years of intensive probation in January 2013 after pleading guilty to felony possession of marijuana.

text: Incomplete information here wrt article

refinement: Payne was sentenced to two years of intensive probation in January 2013 after pleading guilty to felony possession of marijuana. An FBI agent then found a shotgun on his person, which led to him being imprisoned for violating parole.

answer: According to Payne's lawsuit, he was held for 16 months for possessing an antique shotgun that was found during an illegal search after he was held for violating his probation from drug use.

answer: Payne was sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to felony possession of marijuana. He also potentially had information about the killing of an FBI informant.

answer: Payne was wrongfully held in jail for 16 months after an FBI agent and probation officers conducted an illegal search of his home, leading to the discovery of an antique shotgun.

text: Claims he was wrongfully held

refinement: Payne claims he was wrongfully held in jail for 16 months after an FBI agent and probation officers conducted an illegal search of his home, leading to the discovery of an antique shotgun.

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

Summarize Philippe Loizon's role in the news story.

answer: Philippe Loizon is one of the individuals named in the lawsuit, accused of conspiring with FBI agents and police to conduct illegal and warrantless searches. As the Deputy Chief of the Cook County Circuit Court's probation department, Loizon supervised its gang unit. The Tribune investigation from last year found that under his supervision, probation officers improperly partnered with the FBI and police to conduct warrantless searches.

answer: Loizon supervised a probation department's gang unit. After a Chicago Tribune investigation flagged the unit's illegal and unethical practices, Loizon was placed on desk duty. Loizon has not commented on the claims.

answer: Phillipe Loizon was the Deputy Chief of the probation department's gang unit. He was the focus of the investigation into warantless and questionable searches. After the investigation, he was placed on desk duty. Payne has listed him as one of the people he is suing.

answer: According to the passage, Philippe Loizon was part of a group including an FBI agent and probation officers who conducted an unlawful search of Orangelo Payne's home, where they found a shotgun. Because of this, Payne faced the possibility of decades behind bars, but eventually, the state prosecutor's office declined to pursue more serious charges and Payne plead guilty to a lesser charge. Therefore, Philippe Loizon was involved in an improper search of Payne's home.

text: It appears

refinement: According to the passage, Philippe Loizon was part of a group including an FBI agent and probation officers who conducted an unlawful search of Orangelo Payne's home, where they found a shotgun. Because of this, Payne faced the possibility of decades behind bars, but eventually, the state prosecutor's office declined to pursue more serious charges and Payne plead guilty to a lesser charge. Therefore, it appears Philippe Loizon was involved in an improper search of Payne's home.

answer: Philippe Loizon was the supervisor of the Cook County Circuit Court's probation department's gang unit. After the Chicago Tribune revealed an allegedly rogue unit operating inside the probation department, they found Loizon helped to organize the unit. This unit conducted illegal and warrantless searches, triggering allegations that drugs were planted, money was stolen, and probationers were threatened with jail if they did not become informants. Philippe Looxin is one of seventeen officers Payne has sued.


text:
**Seven.**

Anna had just turned seven when she first discovered she had the ability to impose stasis on objects she willed so.

She had received a lava lamp from her father, a thing she had made space for on her study table, to be placed in between her reading lamp and the stuffed bear. She had wanted one since everyone could remember. Cake and ice cream were ignored as she ran up the stairs to her room, two steps at a time.

As Anna pushed her door open, however, she felt the lava lamp slip from her small hands and it began to fall. She quickly understood that her new treasure; her prize and fortune — as children consider things such — was to meet the wooden floor boards and, consequently, break. Her young mind reeled from realization, to the utter horror of it, and to the sheer sadness of losing something that was hers for such a short while.

She could not decide whether to berate herself for her clumsiness or the unnecessary celerity, feeling tears welling up. She watched uselessly as the lamp fell, and fell, and fell some more. She did not mean for it to happen, and she did not think it fair. She did not want the lamp to hit the floor.

Then it stopped.

Anna wiped her eyes as she stared at the lava lamp. She smiled.

She sat before the lamp, and studied it. It hung suspended in the air and flickered, as if a television image that suffered from bad reception. The blobs of blue and red wax within ceased to float around as it should. Amongst the noises of her family downstairs, she could hear the faint drone of static. The flickering and sound disappeared as she plucked the lava lamp from the air. Then the world around her turned black.

Anna had collapsed from fatigue, the doctor said, and for the next two days, she remained in bed.

title: The Story of the Once Called Stasis Girl pt.1

question: What special ability does Anna have?

answer: Anna has the ability to impose stasis (stop things from moving) on objects with her mind.

answer: Anna has the ability to impose stasis on objects.

answer: Anna's special ability is the ability to slow or stop the flow of time around an object that she wills to be in stasis.

text: The input doesn't say she can "slow" "the flow of time," just that she can "impose stasis"

refinement: Anna's special ability impose stasis on objects as she wills.

question: What did Anna want?

answer: From the passage, it seems that Anna wanted the lava lamp.

answer: Anna wanted a lava lamp for her study table.

answer: Anna wanted a lava lamp, which she eventually got. Upon discovering that she could use her ability to impose stasis on the objects she willed, she was able to stop the lava lamp from hitting the floor and break, seemingly making it suspended in mid-air.

text: The description of her ability is not relevant to the question

refinement: Anna wanted a lava lamp, which she eventually got.

question: What happens to the lava lamp?

answer: The lava lamp falls out of Anna's hand and tears start welling up in her eyes. However, the lamp doesn't fall and remains suspended in the air, just above the floor.

text: The part about tears in Anna's eyes is not relevant to the question

refinement: The lava lamp falls out of Anna's hand. However, the lamp doesn't fall and remains suspended in the air, just above the floor.

answer: It starts to fall from her hands and then stops in midair.

answer: It falls against one of the side of the stairs, but it stops on the way down.

text: The lamp never hits the ground

text: Provide a response

refinement: The lamp slips from Anna's hand, but it stops before it hits the floor.

question: What happened to Anna when she touched the hovering lava lamp?

answer: When Anna bent down and picked the hovering lava lamp, the world around her turned black and she collapsed.

text: No need to include "when Anna bent down and picked the hovering lava lamp"

refinement: The world around her turned black and she collapsed.

answer: Anna experienced a temporary stasis effect in which all objects appeared to stop moving.

text: The response is a possible interpretation of what happened, but it is not necessarily so

text: Provide a response

refinement: The world around her turned black, and a doctor later told her she collapsed from fatigue

answer: Anna was subject to a temporary stasis, suspending all activity in her immediate surroundings.

text: The response is a possible interpretation of what happened, but it is not necessarily so

text: Provide a response

refinement: The world around her turned black, and a doctor later told her she collapsed from fatigue

question: Write a ~7 sentence summary.

answer: Anna is jealous at her father when he gives her a lava lamp. The pottery which has liquid wax is made by her father before he left into work for the day. As she runs hurriedly to where the lamp is on a table, the lava lamp falls. Her emotions are between the extreme disapproval to clumsiness that she doesn’t think it should have happened. The lava lamp hits the floor. When Anna wipes her eyes and stares at it, it was fixed.   That evening, Anna collapses due to fatigue and the doctor pronounced it an unexplainable incident.

text: Extremely inaccurate

text: Provide a response

refinement: On her seventh birthday, Anna receives a lava lamp from her father and is very excited. She runs to her room but drops the lamp. As it falls, she is overcome with her emotions and the lamp suddenly stops midair. She grabs the lava lamp and the world turns black. Later, a doctor tells her she collapsed from fatigue.

answer: At the age of 7, Anna had turned her favorite prize, a lava lamp, into a suspended floating piece. Her act had incapacitated her for a few days. She realised that willed objects could be manipulated, although she did not know that 'stasis' was the word for this ability. As the girl grew, the stasis became stronger and stronger. She couldn't tell anyone about it. She stopped aging at the age of 13, although she seemed to be a little younger than her peers.

text: Response looks less like a summary and more like an attempt to continue the story

text: Provide a response

refinement: On her seventh birthday, Anna receives a lava lamp from her father and is very excited. She runs to her room but drops the lamp. As it falls, she is overcome with her emotions and the lamp suddenly stops midair. She grabs the lava lamp and the world turns black. Later, a doctor tells her she collapsed from fatigue.

answer:
Anna's father gifts her a lava lamp that she desperately wanted. While she's taking it to her room, it slips out of her hands and falls. When tears start welling in her eyes, the lamp stops and starts hovering just above the ground. That's how she discovers her ability to cause stasis in objects. She picks the lamp up and the world around her goes black.

The doctor says that she's collapsed due to fatigue. Anna remains in her bed for the next two days.

answer: Anna's parents give her a lava lamp on her seventh birthday. She's too excited to even think about eating cake or ice cream. Unfortunately, she drops the lava lamp just after she gets it. It breaks. Anna hides the broken mess in her room and tries to move the pieces back into place so her parents don't notice; luckily, it seems she's successful. However, she's also very angry about the broken lava lamp. Suddenly, the lamp lifts up and begins to hover; Anna realizes she has the ability to make inanimate objects hover as a kind of 'penance' for her impulsiveness. She uses her power to fix the lamp. Unfortunately, her exertion costs her days in bed; it's her doctor who tells her this. She also realizes she can't share her secret with anyone, so she decides to hide her powers. She successfully manages to hide this from her parents for four years by the time she's eleven.

text: Almost telling a completely different story

text: Provide a response

refinement: On her seventh birthday, Anna receives a lava lamp from her father and is very excited. She runs to her room but drops the lamp. As it falls, she is overcome with her emotions and the lamp suddenly stops midair. She grabs the lava lamp and the world turns black. Later, a doctor tells her she collapsed from fatigue.

answer: Anna's discovery begins the author introduces the character Anna and her age at the time is also given, 7. The text then goes on to describe the time around Anna's 7th birthday. The story of how she discovered her ability of controlling objects starts with a description of a lava lamp she received as a present from her father. As she sets up the lava lamp, it slips from her small hands, she appears to have considered actions to do to stop the lamp from hitting the wooden floor, but is too slow it it falls. It stops right above the ground, she could remember. She looks at it stunned and puzzled, smiles and then collapses with fatigue.

text: Very difficult and confusing to read

text: Provide a response

refinement: On her seventh birthday, Anna receives a lava lamp from her father and is very excited. She runs to her room but drops the lamp. As it falls, she is overcome with her emotions and the lamp suddenly stops midair. She grabs the lava lamp and the world turns black. Later, a doctor tells her she collapsed from fatigue.

answer: Anna gets a lava lamp for her birthday from her father. She runs to her room as her excitement supersedes her coordination. While placing the lava lamp on the study table, its slips out of her hands and falls to the floor. It's only a few centimeters from the ground yet continues to fall. Anna isn't ready for such judgmental thinking and starts crying, partly from her clumsiness and partly from her heartbreak over her new toy being broken. Crying, she sees her lava lamp suspended in the air and starts to think that it's fine since it didn't result in destruction. The blobs of wax aren't floating around, the image isn't flickering. She picks it up. Then Anna collapses from exhaustion and passes out. She wakes up after a few days in bed.

text: "Anna isn't ready for [...] didn't result in destruction" can be removed

refinement: Anna gets a lava lamp for her birthday from her father. She runs to her room as her excitement supersedes her coordination. While placing the lava lamp on the study table, its slips out of her hands and falls to the floor. It's only a few centimeters from the ground yet continues to fall. The blobs of wax aren't floating around, the image isn't flickering. She picks it up. Then Anna collapses from exhaustion and passes out. She wakes up after a few days in bed.

text: The lamp freezes when it is just above the floor

refinement: Anna gets a lava lamp for her birthday from her father. She runs to her room as her excitement supersedes her coordination. While placing the lava lamp on the study table, its slips out of her hands and falls to the floor. It's only a few centimeters from the ground when suddenly it stops midair. The blobs of wax aren't floating around, the image isn't flickering. She picks it up. Then Anna collapses from exhaustion and passes out. She wakes up after a few days in bed.

text: The image *is* flickering

refinement: Anna gets a lava lamp for her birthday from her father. She runs to her room as her excitement supersedes her coordination. While placing the lava lamp on the study table, its slips out of her hands and falls to the floor. It's only a few centimeters from the ground when suddenly it stops midair. The blobs of wax aren't floating around, and the image is flickering. She picks it up. Then Anna collapses from exhaustion and passes out. She wakes up after a few days in bed.

text: She spends the next two days in bed, but she wakes up before that

refinement: Anna gets a lava lamp for her birthday from her father. She runs to her room as her excitement supersedes her coordination. While placing the lava lamp on the study table, its slips out of her hands and falls to the floor. It's only a few centimeters from the ground when suddenly it stops midair. The blobs of wax aren't floating around, and the image is flickering. She picks it up. Then Anna collapses from exhaustion and passes out. She wakes up and spends the next two days in bed.