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MERI UJALA is a short story written by Haseeb Ashraf. It was published in May 2016 in Sialkot on a small level and got huge success. It was also published online by Sohni Digest in November.

Plot summary

Meri Ujala starts with Fahad and Maham, a couple who live in the United Kingdom. They celebrate the birthday of Fahad's sister Ujala, who lives in Pakistan with her parents. Fahad tells her that she was only ten year old when Fahad left Pakistan due to his cousin named Saira. Maham forced him to go back to Pakistan and lived with family whom he missed very much. When they came back to Pakistan they know that Ujala is no more......

Characters

Fahad - Male lead who leaves Pakistan and lived in UK.

Maham - Wife of Fahad who also live in UK.

Ujala - Fahad younger sister who died due to black magic.

Sahir - Brother of Fahad

Mehmood - Father of Fahad,Sahir and Ujala

Fazila - Sister of Mehmood

Saira - Fahad'S Cousin Fazeela's daughter

Maira - Saira's sister and Sahir wife

Publication

Meri Ujala was published in Sialkot on small level by Idrak printers Sialkot and distributed by Haseeb Ashraf Friends Muaaz and Shakeel. According to Our information only 300 copies were printed.

Response

Meri Ujala gets huge response and great praise from its readers. All 300 copies were sold instantly and after that Meri Ujala also published by Sohni digest online. Meri Ujala also got published in Sarguzasht digest in February 2017.

Category:Novelettes Category:Pakistani short stories Category:Urdu-language literature

title: Meri Ujala

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

What is Meri Ujala?

answer: Meri Ujala is a short story written by Haseeb Ashraf. It tells the story of Fahad and Maham who return to Pakistan to celebrate the birthday of Fahad's sister, Ujala. Ujala eventually dies due to black magic, and the story documents the lives of family members involved.

text: The second sentence has some inaccuracies. First, Fahad and Maham were still in the UK when they celebrated Ujala's birthday. Second, Ujala was already dead when they arrived in Pakistan.

refinement: Meri Ujala is a short story written by Haseeb Ashraf. It tells the story of Fahad and Maham who return to Pakistan to find out that Fahad's sister Ujala died due to black magic, and the story documents the lives of family members involved.

text: " the story documents the lives of family members involved" is unnecessary detail.

refinement: Meri Ujala is a short story written by Haseeb Ashraf. It tells the story of Fahad and Maham who return to Pakistan to find out that Fahad's sister Ujala died due to black magic.

answer: a short story written by Haseeb Ashraf

answer: Meri Ujala is a short story written by Haseeb Ashraf about a man returning to Pakistan to visit his younger sister after she had died due to black magic.

text: Fahad did not know about his sister's death until he came back to Pakistan, so her death was not the reason for his return.

refinement: Meri Ujala is a short story written by Haseeb Ashraf about a man returning to Pakistan and finding out that his younger sister had died due to black magic.

answer: An Urdu short story written by Haseeb Ashraf.

answer: A novelette written by Haseeb Ashraf.

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

When was Meri Ujala published?

answer: in May 2016

answer: Meri Ujala was published in May 2016 in Sialkot.

answer: The short story, Meri Ujala, was published in Sialkot in May of 2016.

answer: Meri Ujala was published in Sialkot in May 2016.

answer: Meri Ujala was published in May 2016 in Sialkot.

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

How many copies were printed and sold?

answer: According to the text, only 300 copies. After a success, it moved to print 300 more. Full sales figures are not stated.

text: "After a success, it moved to print 300 more" is inaccurate. It is not stated in the article that an additional 300 copies were printed.

refinement: According to the text, only 300 copies. Full sales figures are not stated.

text: "Full sales figures are not stated" is unnecessary info as it does not answer the question.

text: The sentence is incomplete in thought.

refinement: According to the text, only 300 copies were printed and sold.

answer: 300 copies were printed and sold.

answer: Only 300 copies were printed and all were sold.

answer: 300 copies were printed and sold.

answer: 300 copies were printed and sold.

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

Summarize the plot for Meri Ujala.

answer: Fahad is living in the UK with his wife, Maham. They celebrate the birthday of Fahad's sister, Ujala, who lives with her parents in Pakistan. Fahad reveals to Maham that he left Pakistan due to his cousin, Saira. He promised that he would never come here again but Maham forced him to go back. When they came back to Pakistan, they know that Ujala is not alive.

text: It's not mentioned in the plot summary that Fahad promised never to go back to Pakistan.

refinement: Fahad is living in the UK with his wife, Maham. They celebrate the birthday of Fahad's sister, Ujala, who lives with her parents in Pakistan. Fahad reveals to Maham that he left Pakistan due to his cousin, Saira. Maham forces him to go back to Pakistan. When they came back to Pakistan, they know that Ujala is not alive.

text: It's omitted that the cause of Ujula's death is black magic.

refinement: Fahad is living in the UK with his wife, Maham. They celebrate the birthday of Fahad's sister, Ujala, who lives with her parents in Pakistan. Fahad reveals to Maham that he left Pakistan due to his cousin, Saira. Maham forces him to go back to Pakistan. There they find out that Ujala died because of black magic.

text: The comma is not needed after "cousin."

refinement: Fahad is living in the UK with his wife, Maham. They celebrate the birthday of Fahad's sister, Ujala, who lives with her parents in Pakistan. Fahad reveals to Maham that he left Pakistan due to his cousin Saira. Maham forces him to go back to Pakistan. There they find out that Ujala died because of black magic.

answer: Fahad and Maham are a couple from Pakistan who live in the UK. They are celebrating the birthday of Fahad's younger sister, Ujala, whom dies of black magic.

text: The fact that they celebrated Ujala's birthday is unnecessary to the summarized plot.

refinement: Fahad and Maham are a couple from Pakistan who live in the UK. They return to Pakistan and find out that Fahad's younger sister, Ujala, died of black magic.

answer: The story starts with Fahad and Maham celebrating Fahad's sister Ujala's birthday. Fahad tells Maham how when they were 10, something happened in Pakistan which made Fahad leave. When they return to Pakistan after many years, they can find that Ujala has died due to black magic.

text: It should be clear that the couple is in the UK while Ujala is in Pakistan

refinement: The story starts with Fahad and Maham in the UK, celebrating the birthday of Fahad's sister Ujala, who is in Pakistan. Fahad tells Maham how when they were 10, something happened in Pakistan which made Fahad leave. When they return to Pakistan after many years, they can find that Ujala has died due to black magic.

text: The second sentence is inaccurate. It's Ujala who is 10 when Fahad left Pakistan.

refinement: The story starts with Fahad and Maham in the UK, celebrating the birthday of Fahad's sister Ujala, who is in Pakistan. Fahad tells Maham how when Ujala was just 10, something happened in Pakistan which made Fahad leave. When they return to Pakistan after many years, they can find that Ujala has died due to black magic.

text: The last sentence needs to be rephrased for clarity of meaning.

refinement: The story starts with Fahad and Maham in the UK, celebrating the birthday of Fahad's sister Ujala, who is in Pakistan. Fahad tells Maham how when Ujala was just 10, something happened in Pakistan which made Fahad leave. The couple returns to Pakistan after many years and finds out that Ujala has died due to black magic.

text: "Fahad tells her that she was only ten year old when Fahad left Pakistan due to his cousin named Saira" is evidence that something happened in Pakistan which made Fahad leave.

answer: Meri Ujala is a short story that begins with the main character Fahad and his wife Maham celebrating Ujala's birthday in Pakistan. Fahad explains that as a child, Ujala died due to black magic performed by his cousin Saira. Fahad and Maham decide to visit Pakistan in order to return to their family, and on their return they learn that Ujala is no longer alive.

text: "Fahad explains that as a child, Ujala died due to black magic performed by his cousin Saira" is inaccurate. Fahad did not know that Ujala died until he and his wife returned to Pakistan. It is also not mentioned in the passage that it's his cousin Saira who performed the black magic.

refinement: Meri Ujala is a short story that begins with the main character Fahad and his wife Maham celebrating Ujala's birthday in Pakistan. Fahad and Maham decide to visit Pakistan in order to return to their family, and on their return they learn that Ujala has died due to black magic.

text: In the last sentence, it is omitted that Ujala died because of black magic.

refinement: Meri Ujala is a short story that begins with the main character Fahad and his wife Maham celebrating Ujala's birthday in Pakistan. Fahad and Maham decide to visit Pakistan in order to return to their family, and on their return they learn that Ujala has died due to black magic.

answer: Fahad and his wife, Maham, celebrate the birthday of his little sister, Ujala, who lives in Pakistan with their parents. He falls in love with the way of life in Pakistan and stays there. He loves Ujala very much, and they become sneaky to see her in secret. One day, he comes home and she's gone. His dad says that Ujala died due to black magic  a few years ago.

text: "He falls in love with the way of life in Pakistan and stays there" is inaccurate. The couple lives in the UK.

refinement: Fahad and his wife, Maham, who live in the UK, celebrate the birthday of his little sister, Ujala, who lives in Pakistan with their parents. He loves Ujala very much, and they become sneaky to see her in secret. One day, he comes home and she's gone. His dad says that Ujala died due to black magic a few years ago.

text: Fahad and Maham did not decide to see Ujala in secret. This detail is not in the plot summary provided in the article.

refinement: Fahad and his wife, Maham, who live in the UK, celebrate the birthday of his little sister, Ujala, who lives in Pakistan with their parents. One day, he comes home and she's gone. His dad says that Ujala died due to black magic a few years ago.

text: It's omitted that the couple decide to go back to Pakistan. "Maham forced him to go back to Pakistan and lived with family whom he missed very much" is evidence that the couple from the UK go back Pakistan.

refinement: Fahad and his wife, Maham, who live in the UK, celebrate the birthday of his little sister, Ujala, who lives in Pakistan with their parents. One day, the couple decides to go back to Pakistan and finds out that Ujala is gone. His dad says that Ujala died due to black magic a few years ago.

text: It's not mentioned in the plot summary in the article that it's his dad who said that Ujala is gone.

refinement: Fahad and his wife, Maham, who live in the UK, celebrate the birthday of his little sister, Ujala, who lives in Pakistan with their parents. One day, the couple decides to go back to Pakistan and finds out that Ujala is gone. She died due to black magic a few years ago.

text: "A few years ago" is unattested detail.

refinement: Fahad and his wife, Maham, who live in the UK, celebrate the birthday of his little sister, Ujala, who lives in Pakistan with their parents. One day, the couple decides to go back to Pakistan and finds out that Ujala is gone. She died due to black magic.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Meri Ujala by Haseeb Ashraf is a short story. The novelette is a work of fiction that talks about a woman whose sister dies because of black magic

text: It is a man named Fahad who has a sister who dies because of black magic.

refinement: Meri Ujala by Haseeb Ashraf is a short story. The novelette is a work of fiction that talks about a man named Fahad whose sister dies because of black magic

text: There is a missing period in the end of the last sentence.

refinement: Meri Ujala by Haseeb Ashraf is a short story. The novelette is a work of fiction that talks about a man named Fahad whose sister dies because of black magic.

answer: Haseeb Ashraf writes a short story, "Meri Ujala", and publishes it in 2016 on a small level but it was a huge success. Only 300 copies were printed and all were sold instantly. The story portrays a couple from Pakistan who live in the UK.

text: It is omitted that the male lead's sister dies due to black magic.

refinement: Haseeb Ashraf writes a short story, "Meri Ujala", and publishes it in 2016 on a small level but it was a huge success. Only 300 copies were printed and all were sold instantly. The story portrays a couple from Pakistan who live in the UK. They find out when they return to Pakistan that Fahad's sister died due to black magic.

text: It would make the summary clearer if it mentions that the couples names are Fahad and Maham.

refinement: Haseeb Ashraf writes a short story, "Meri Ujala", and publishes it in 2016 on a small level but it was a huge success. Only 300 copies were printed and all were sold instantly. The story portrays a couple from Pakistan named Fahad and Maham who live in the UK. They find out when they return to Pakistan that Fahad's sister died due to black magic.

answer: Meri Ujala is a short story about a couple who go back to Pakistan to celebrate the birthday of Fahad's sister, who died due to black magic. They realize that she was only 10 years old when Fahad left Pakistan and later reconsidered his decision.

text: The couple found out about the death only when they came back to Pakistan, and they were still in UK when they celebrated her birthday, which is unnecessary detail.

refinement: Meri Ujala is a short story about a couple who go back to Pakistan and find out that Fahad's sister died due to black magic. They realize that she was only 10 years old when Fahad left Pakistan and later reconsidered his decision.

text: "They realize that she was only 10 years old when Fahad left Pakistan and later reconsidered his decision" is unnecessary detail and it is also a bit confusing (it's unclear what decision he's reconsidering).

refinement: Meri Ujala is a short story about a couple who go back to Pakistan and find out that Fahad's sister died due to black magic.

text: It is omitted that the couple's names are Fahad and Maham.

refinement: Meri Ujala is a short story about a couple named Fahad and Maham who go back to Pakistan and find out that Fahad's sister died due to black magic.

text: It is great to mention that the story is published in 2016 and 300 copies were printed and sold instantly.

refinement: Meri Ujala is a short story published in 2016 about a couple named Fahad and Maham who go back to Pakistan and find out that Fahad's sister died due to black magic. Three hundred copies of this short story are printed and sold instantly.

answer: Meri Ujala is a short story following the main character Fahad and his journey home to Pakistan to celebrate his sister Ujala's birthday. Once there, he realizes she died a few years ago due to black magic.

text: Fahad and his wife celebrated Ujala's birthday when they were still in the UK. Also this is unnecessary detail to include in the summary.

refinement: Meri Ujala is a short story following the main character Fahad and his journey home to Pakistan. Once there, he realizes his sister Ujala died a few years ago due to black magic.

text: It's not mentioned in the article that Ujala died a few years ago.

refinement: Meri Ujala is a short story following the main character Fahad and his journey home to Pakistan. Once there, he realizes his sister Ujala died due to black magic.

text: It is great to include some publication details of the short story.

refinement: Meri Ujala is a short story following the main character Fahad and his journey home to Pakistan. Once there, he realizes his sister Ujala died due to black magic. Published in 2016, the short story had 300 copies printed and all were sold instantly.

answer: Haseeb Ashraf wrote Meri Ujala, a short story published in May 2016 by Haseeb Ashraf and distributed by Haseeb Ashraf Friends Muaaz and Shakeel. It was also printed and sold 300 copiess. It was also published online by Sohni Digest, Sarguzasht digest, and by Sialkot's Idrak printers.

text: The author's name is repeated in the first sentence, and "distributed by Haseeb Ashraf Friends Muaaz and Shakeel" is unnecessary information.

refinement: Haseeb Ashraf wrote Meri Ujala, a short story published in May 2016. It was also printed and sold 300 copiess. It was also published online by Sohni Digest, Sarguzasht digest, and by Sialkot's Idrak printers.

text: The second sentence is unnecessary information.

refinement: Haseeb Ashraf wrote Meri Ujala, a short story published in May 2016. It was also printed and sold 300 copiess.

text: The second sentence needs to be rephrased for clarity and correctness of information.

refinement: Haseeb Ashraf wrote Meri Ujala, a short story published in May 2016. Three hundred copies were printed, and all of them were sold instantly.

text: It's not mentioned in the summary what the story is about.

refinement: Haseeb Ashraf wrote Meri Ujala, a short story published in May 2016. Three hundred copies were printed, and all of them were sold instantly. The story is about Fahad who goes back to Pakistan with his wife and finds out that his sister died due to black magic.


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LORRAINE PETER, (née NETRO; May 24, 1956) is a Canadian politician.[1] She represented the electoral district of Vuntut Gwitchin in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2006. She was a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party.[2]

She originally ran for election under her maiden name, but married during her first year in office and used her married name, Peter, for the remainder of her political career.

Political career

Peter was first elected in the 2000 Yukon election in the Old Crow riding of Vuntut Gwitchin on behalf of the New Democrats. She succeeded former New Democrat MLA and Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly, Robert Bruce. The New Democrat government was defeated in that campaign and Peter joined the Official Opposition.

In 2002, Peter was re-elected in Vuntut Gwitchin. During the 31st Legislative Assembly, Peter served as Official Opposition critic for the Departments of Environment and Justice, the Women's Directorate, and for First Nations issues. She was also Caucus Chair.[3]

Peter was defeated by Yukon Liberal Darius Elias in the 2006 Yukon election. It was the first time the Liberals had won the riding of Vuntut Gwitchin.

Personal life

A Gwich'in from Old Crow, Peter later served as a councillor and Deputy Chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation after leaving territorial politics.[4] She is also a former member of the Board of Directors of Gwich'in Council International, a permanent participant of the Arctic Council.[5]

Electoral record

2006 general election

|- | style=“width: 130px” |Liberal |DARIUS ELIAS |align=“right”|65 |align=“right”|45.8% |align=“right”|+22.0% |NDP |Lorraine Peter |align=“right”|40 |align=“right”|28.2% |align=“right”|-19.3% |- bgcolor=“white” !align=“left” colspan=3|Total !align=“right”|142 !align=“right”|100.0% !align=“right”| –

2002 general election

|- |NDP |LORRAINE PETER |align=“right”|68 |align=“right”|47.5% |align=“right”|+9.8% | style=“width: 130px” |Liberal |Joe Tetlichi |align=“right”|34 |align=“right”|23.8% |align=“right”|-9.5% |- bgcolor=“white” !align=“left” colspan=3|Total !align=“right”|143 !align=“right”|100.0% !align=“right”| –

2000 general election

|- |NDP |LORRAINE NETRO |align=“right”|69 |align=“right”|37.7% |align=“right”|-17.3% | style=“width: 130px” |Liberal |Esau Schafer |align=“right”|61 |align=“right”|33.3% |align=“right”| +33.3% |- bgcolor=“white” !align=“left” colspan=3|Total !align=“right”|183 !align=“right”|100.0% !align=“right”| –

[1] 1

[2] Yukon Votes 2006: Vuntut Gwitchin. cbc.ca.

[3] Legislative Reports (Yukon) _Canadian Parliamentary Review_ (vol. 26, no.1), 2003.

[4] Vuntut Gwitchin chief to call it quits Yukon News (Roxanne Stasyszyn), Friday December 2, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2017.

[5] GCI Board of Directors.

title: Lorraine Peter

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

What does the article say about Lorraine Peter's political contemporaries?

answer: She's a member of the New Democrats and served in the Official Opposition after her party was defeated in the 2000 elections. She succeeded former New Democrat Robert Bruce. She was reelected in 2002 and served until 2006 as Official Opposition critic for the Departments of Environment and Justice, the Women's Directorate, and for First Nations issues. She was defeated by Yukon Liberal Darius Elias with the Liberals' first victory ever in Vuntut Gwitchin.

answer: The article mentions that while in office, Lorraine Peter was the opposition critic for the Departments of Environment and Justice, the Women's Directorate, and for First Nations issues. Additionally, she served as Caucus Chair.

text: The answer doesn't reflect any information about her contemporaries.

refinement: She was defeated by the Liberal candidate Darius Elias in the 2006 election, which was also the first time the Liberal party took the area.

text: This response doesn't have anything to do with her contemporaries.

refinement: She was defeated by Yukon Liberal Darius Elias in the 2006 Yukon election. As this was the first time the LIberals had one the particular area, one could say her contemporaries might have been more liberal.

answer: Lorraine Peter was an official member of the Yukon New Democratic Party and has held positions as the party's critic for various departments during the Yukon Legislative Assembly. She was also the caucus chair. Her opponent in the 2006 election was Darius Elias of the Yukon Liberal Party. While the Liberals won the election and Peter was defeated, Elias won by a margin of 22%.

answer: In the Yukon Legislative Assembly, Lorraine Peter succeeded Robert Bruce, who was also a New Democrat MLA and Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly. However, in 2002 she was re-elected and became an Official Opposition critic in the Yukon Legislative Assembly. Lorraine Peter's opponents during her time as a legislator were Darius Elias, Marshal Tetlichi, Kenn Samson, and Esau Schafer from the Yukon Liberals. All the aforementioned people she ran against won their elections in 2002, with Bruce winning under 67% of the vote.

answer: No answer

text: There is no answer.

refinement: She was defeated by Yukon Liberal Darius Elias in the 2006 Yukon election, and this was the first time the Liberals had won in that area.


text:
It was the second week of February 2013 when I first ventured a public opinion that Bitcoin is the real deal. The dollar exchange rate was at $25, on its way toward another run-up and crash that had been the pattern for two years.

How can you create money out of computer code? That struck me as absurd.I had just returned from a conference where some Bitcoiners surrounded me and force-fed me the information I needed to know. It would take another two months before I wrapped my brain around it enough to be able to write an article. But in these early days, it was enough publicly to dispense with incredulity to cause the ceiling to fall in.

To this day, I’ve never faced such a barrage of criticism. Derision, ridicule, outrage, disgust – I saw it on my feed, all of it very personal and hugely inflammatory. It was my first experience with what it is like to feel like that whole world is against you (an illusion social media specializes in creating).

[]Water investments? Michael Burry was one of the first institutional investors to bet against the US subprime mortgage market in the mid-2000s, and today he’s concentrating all of his investment efforts on one commodity: water. Burry’s focus on water has attracted plenty of attention to the commodity in the investment community but trying to profit Read More

And yet I completely understood why. I had been reviewing submissions on Bitcoin since 2009, and I had not been a believer either.

MONEY FOR NOTHING?

How can you create money out of computer code? That struck me as absurd, a techno version of alchemy. Money had to grow out of commodities used in barter – this is what Carl Menger had proven. If Bitcoin had a value, it had to be an error, a result of clever marketing, like any Ponzi scheme. Like many observers at the time (and there weren’t that many), I had no idea about the underlying payment system (the Blockchain) or the complex history of fits and starts that led to its creation in 2008. I had read the original “white paper” but could hardly understand the language.

So, yes, I dismissed it.

BITCOIN DIDN’T CARE ABOUT MY THEORY

Groucho Marx once said: “Who you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?”

The market had outwitted my expertise. After having acquired Bitcoin and used it, I had to deal with something that became profoundly important in my own intellectual life. I had to recognize the reality of something my mind could not explain. I had been writing about money, its history and theory, since college. I thought I knew it all. Now this thing came along that blew up all my understanding. Who was I going to believe, myself or my own eyes?

I finally decided in favor of my eyes. The market had outwitted my expertise. This was a very humbling experience for me, and it taught me a lesson I hope never to forget. Never become so wrapped up in the certainty of your own opinions that you fail to look out the window and walk the streets to discover something that challenges what you think you know. It’s a Hayekian point but one that intellectuals are prone to ignore.

FIRST PUBLIC WRITING

As Bitcoin reaches the age of 7 and is again floating around an exchange rate of 1BTC to $1,000, I decided to look back at myfirst public writing on the topic (April 1, 2013), just to re-experience the lesson. And by the way, all credit to Max Borders (then the editor of FEE) and Lawrence Read (president of FEE) for daring to publish this piece, which defied all conventional wisdom. They were willing to take the risk on this piece, which was probably the first major article in the established free-market opinion world to say: this is real and it matters.

As I look back, I put the most important point up front:

  Understanding Bitcoin requires that we understand the limits of our ability to imagine the future that the market can create for us.

  Thirty years ago, for example, if someone had said that electronic text—digits flying through the air and landing in personalized inboxes owned by us all that we check at will at any time of the day or night—would eventually displace first-class mail, you might have said it was impossible.

  After all, not even the Jetsons had email. Elroy brought notes home from his teacher on pieces of paper. Still, email has largely displaced first-class mail, just as texting, social networking, private messaging, and even digital vmail via voice-over-Internet are replacing the traditional telephone.

  It turns out that the future is really hard to imagine, especially when entrepreneurs specialize in surprising us with innovations. The markets are always outsmarting even the most wild-eyed dreamers, and they are certainly smarter than the intellectual who keeps saying: such and such cannot happen.

  It’s the same today. What if I suggested that digital money could eventually come to replace government paper money?

I then marched through the reasons for my conversion to the cause. The main one was the realization that Bitcoin reproduced a key feature of money that no previous attempt at digital money had achieved: scarcity. The algorithm assigned property rights to the units in question. At that point, this was enough for me to see that it could become money. It would take another year before I discerned its intellectual origins, and another half-year before I could intelligently explain why Bitcoin gained value in the first place.

My first article concluded:

  It’s possible that Bitcoin will flop. Maybe it is just the first generation. Maybe thousands of people will lose their shirts in this first go-round. But is the digitization of money coming? Absolutely. Will there always be skeptics out there? Absolutely. But in this case, they are not in charge. Markets will do what they do, building the future whether we approve or understand it fully or not. The future will not be stopped.

AND YET, THE PRICE DOESN’T MATTER

Money for the digital age, and without the state: the concept has been proven. Like many observers, I became caught up in the exchange rate madness, thinking that a higher rate confirmed my embrace while a lower rate raised doubts. In my mind, I became a cheerleader for the Bitcoin boom and correctly predicted the first price break above $1,000 (December 2013) but failed to predict the bust that followed.

In retrospect, I should have stayed focussed on my main theme that started me off on this journey. The remarkable thing about Bitcoin is not its upward trajectory in valuation, the rate of its adoption, the pace which which it made its march to the mainstream. All that comes in time, and no one is in charge of the process or pace or direction of change. The main insight I had at the time is still the right one. What’s wonderful about Bitcoin is that it exists at all.

Money for the digital age, and without the state: the concept has been proven. That’s what matters. The technology is known. It works. It represents a path for reforming the world’s monetary and legal systems. It points to a bright future.

It is all the more wonderful to consider the glorious way in which Bitcoin has outsmarted the experts, including me. And this is precisely why I adore market forces so much. No one is in charge of them. No one can consistently outthink them. Markets keep us humble. They constantly remind us that even the most astute and prescient observer can be surprised, even shocked.

I like living in such a world, one where the future is not only unknown but unknowable. That will always be true, and this is also why no one will finally gain control of it.

That is the lesson that the astonishing experience with Bitcoin teaches us.

[Jeffrey Tucker]

Jeffrey Tucker

Jeffrey Tucker is Director of Content for the Foundation for Economic Education. He is also Chief Liberty Officer and founder of Liberty.me, Distinguished Honorary Member of Mises Brazil, research fellow at the Acton Institute, policy adviser of the Heartland Institute, founder of the CryptoCurrency Conference, member of the editorial board of the Molinari Review, an advisor to the blockchain application builder Factom, and author of five books. He has written 150 introductions to books and many thousands of articles appearing in the scholarly and popular press.

This article was originally published on FEE.org. Read the original article.

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question: When was Bitcoin's first price peak above $1,000?

answer: The first price peak above $1,000 for Bitcoin was in December 2013.

answer: December 2013

answer: Bitcoin first broke $1,000 in December of 2013.

answer: December 2013

question: What key feature does Bitcoin have that the author claims mirrors physical money?

answer: The author claims that Bitcoin has a key feature that mirrors physical money, namely scarcity.

answer: The author claims Bitcoin has scarcity, which mirrors actual money.

answer: The author claims that Bitcoin has a key feature that mirrors physical money, which is scarcity.

answer: Scarcity.

question: Does the author believe in digital currencies?

answer: Yes, the author believes that digital currencies are the future.

answer: Yes, the author believes in digital currencies.

answer: Yes

answer: The author seems to believe that digital currencies are the future, despite the fact that they may be unpredictable and difficult to understand.

question: What exchange rate was Bitcoin at when the author first endorsed it?

answer: Bitcoin was at $25 when the author first endorsed it.

answer: The exchange rate was $25.

answer: $25

answer: The author first endorsed Bitcoin when the exchange rate was around $1,000.

text: $25 not $1000

refinement: The author first endorsed Bitcoin when the exchange rate was around $25.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Bitcoin is a digital currency that is not controlled by any government or central bank. It is a decentralized currency that is not subject to inflation.

answer: The author of the passage believes that the most important thing about Bitcoin is that it exists at all, and that it has proven that a digital currency can exist without government backing.

answer: The author claims that Bitcoin and digital currencies are the future. They back this up by pointing to new digital forms of communication, and the unreliable nature of the Bitcoin market.

answer: The author is a writer who has been writing about money, its history and theory, since college. He has been writing about Bitcoin since 2009, and he has not been a believer.

text: He was not a believer *at first

refinement: The author is a writer who has been writing about money, its history and theory, since college. He has been writing about Bitcoin since 2009, and he is now a believer


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GROUP 6 was the official designation applied by the FIA to two motor racing classifications, the Prototype-Sports Car category from 1966 to 1971 and the Two-Seater Racing Cars class from 1976 to 1982.

Group 6 Prototype-Sports Cars (1966 to 1971)

[Porsche won the 1969 International Championship for Makes with the Group 6 Porsche 908]

The original Group 6 was introduced for the 1966 racing season, at the same time as a new Group 4 Sports Car category. Whilst Group 4 specified that competing cars must be one of at least fifty examples built, Group 6 had no minimum production requirement. Nor did it have a maximum engine capacity limit although there were weight, dimensional and other restrictions placed on the Group 6 cars.[1] The Prototypes and Sports Cars categories each had their own international championships to fight for but many of the major international endurance races such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans would count as qualifying rounds for both championships.

1968 saw a three-litre engine capacity limit imposed on the Group 6 category and the dual championship format was replaced by a single International Championship for Makes open to both Group 6 and Group 4 cars. The Le Mans 24 Hour retained its place as a championship round. For 1969 the FIA relaxed a number of Group 6 regulations relating to weight, spare wheel, windscreen height and luggage space requirements.[2]

For 1972 the Group 6 Prototype-Sports Car class was redesignated and renamed to become the Group 5 Sports Car category.[3] The International Championship of Makes became the World Championship of Makes and the first chapter of Group 6 history was brought to a close by the FIA.

Group 6 cars had been eligible to compete in 24 Hours of Le Mans each year from 1966 to 1971; however, the category had produced the outright winning car only in 1966 and 1967.

Group 6 Two-Seater Racing Cars (1976 to 1982)

[Porsche won the 1976 World Sportscar Championship with the Group 6 Porsche 936. The type also won the Le Mans 24 Hour in 1976, '77 & '81 and was runner up in '78 & '80] In 1976, the FIA reintroduced the Group 6 classification, now officially called “Two- Seater Racing Cars”.[4]

Various production-based categories, spearheaded by a new Group 5 for “Special Production Cars”, were now to contest the World Championship of Makes whilst the Group 6 cars were awarded their own title, the World Championship for Sports Cars. Three engine capacity limits were applied to Group 6 cars for the 1976 and 1977 championships:[5]

-   5000cc for cars fitted with engines using a production car block [6]
-   3000cc for cars fitted with naturally aspirated racing engines [7]
-   2140cc for cars fitted with turbocharged racing engines [8] (capacity equivalence factor of 1.4)

After two years of small fields and little in the way of manufacturer support the championship was downgraded to become the European Sports Car Championship for 1978 but even that title was to be abandoned after the first year.[9] From 1979 the FIA decreed that Group 6 cars could compete in the World Championship of Makes qualifying rounds but continued to allow only production-based cars to score championship points for their manufacturer.[10]

1981 saw the series expanded with an official Drivers’ title awarded by the FIA for the first time and drivers of Group 6 cars were eligible to compete for this.[11] Group 6 was then effectively replaced by the new Group C Sports Car class for 1982 but the FIA granted a concession which allowed the Group 6 cars to compete in the 1982 World Endurance Championship alongside the new cars. As in 1981, drivers of Group 6 cars were eligible to score points in the Drivers’ championship but the relevant manufacturers could not score points towards the Makes title.[12] For the 1982 World Endurance Championship, the engine capacity maximum for Group 6 cars was set at 3000cc.[13]

Throughout the seven years of the second era of Group 6 racing the cars had been eligible to compete in 24 Hours of Le Mans and the category had produced the outright winning car in all years except 1979 & 1982.

[1] M.L Twite, The World’s Racing Cars, 4th Edition, 1970, Page 136

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[3] János L. Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, Page 886

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[5] Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, Page 259

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[9] János L. Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, Page 1183

[10] János L. Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, Page 1143

[11] János L. Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, Page 1292

[12] János L. Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, Page 1349

[13] Didier Braillon, Racing car regulations 1982, Automobile Year 1982/83, page 149

title: Group 6 (racing)

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

Explain why FIA divides cars into categories for races.

answer: The categories for Groups appear to be determined by the specifications of the cars. These included engine capacity, weight, dimensions, and others -factors that would be directly influential to how well a vehicle would perform on track. As such, it appears that the categories exist in order for cars to race cars with similar specs -without these restrictions, it would be less of a sport as vehicles with significantly more advantageous hardware would predictably outperform others.

answer: The FIA divides cars into categories for races because it wants to ensure fair competition by limiting the types of cars which are allowed to compete in each category so that the cars are fairly balanced. This is done to make sure that the cars of different categories all have the same opportunity to win the event.

answer: The FIA divides cars into categories to ensure fairness in racing as well as safety. There many be different rules and regulations for each category based on the different capabilities of the car. This allows for fair competition, and protects both drivers and the cars from damage.

text: The safety angle mentioned in the answer doesn't make sense, as the categories don't exist for safe driving, only fair competition.

refinement: The FIA divides cars into categories to ensure fairness in racing. There many be different rules and regulations for each category based on the different capabilities of the car. This allows for fair competition.

text: "There may be" is misspelled

refinement: The FIA divides cars into categories to ensure fairness in racing. There may be different rules and regulations for each category based on the different capabilities of the car. This allows for fair competition.

text: The fairness angle is repeated twice, which is unnecessary.

refinement: The FIA divides cars into categories to ensure fairness in racing. There may be different rules and regulations for each category based on the different capabilities of the car.

answer: In order to make racing fair, they divide the cars based on their engine capacities and other specs. Although each class has their own derby to win in its own right, they also have qualifying rounds for each other's awards. For example, the 24 Hours of Le Mans was a qualifying round for both the Prototypes and Sports Cars categories each year.

text: Everything except the first sentence is irrelevant.

refinement: In order to make racing fair, they divide the cars based on their engine capacities and other specs.

answer: To help with organization and to make it more exciting.

text: The answer makes only partial sense. The FIA creates the categories for fairness, which makes races exciting.

refinement: The categories make competitions fair, and that makes races more exciting.


text:
I’m so weak.
I need to be fed or else I’ll die. It used to be so easy to be fed, but now it’s getting harder and harder. People are getting wiser and can spot my tricks from a mile off. If I don’t eat soon I’ll die. Wherever I go I’m just ignored. Why will no one feed me? Everywhere I go I just get the same response;
Please do not feed the troll.

title: Feed me (75 words)

question: Why is the speaker weak?

answer: The speaker is weak because they are slowly running out of people to feed off and cannot find anything to eat. As a result, they are becoming weaker and weaker and may even die if nothing changes.

text: "I need to be fed or else I’ll die. It used to be so easy to be fed, but now it’s getting harder and harder. People are getting wiser and can spot my tricks from a mile off."

answer: The speaker is weak because they are not receiving enough food, and if they do not eat soon they will die. People are becoming more aware of their tricks, so they are no longer being fooled as easily, which is why people are refusing to feed the speaker.

text: "I need to be fed or else I’ll die. It used to be so easy to be fed, but now it’s getting harder and harder. People are getting wiser and can spot my tricks from a mile off."

answer: They are weak from hunger.

text: "I need to be fed or else I’ll die."

question: How does the troll normally eat?

answer: The troll usually hides in dark places it can see easily, and scours it's surroundings for anything it can feed on.

text: This is inaccurate and wrong, as none of this is said in the text. The troll eats by tricking people into feeding them.

refinement: The troll usually tricks people into feeding it.

answer: It tricks people into giving it food.

text: "People are getting wiser and can spot my tricks from a mile off."

answer: The troll can be seen begging for food from people around town

text: There is no where in the text that says the troll begs around town, so the answer is largely false.

refinement: The troll tricks people into feeding it.

text: "People are getting wiser and can spot my tricks from a mile off" confirms that the troll does get its food from people.

question: What are people doing to the troll?

answer: Instead of feeding the troll, they are ignoring it, thus cutting off its food supply.

text: "Wherever I go I’m just ignored", and "Why will no one feed me?"

answer: Viewing with caution, ignoring, saying the same sentence

text: "Viewing with caution" is not said in the story, but it could be interpreted as the people had figured out the troll's  tricks. The phrase should be altered so that it matches the original.

refinement: The people k, ignoring, saying the same sentence

text: "saying the same sentence" is false and not in the story.

refinement: The people have picked up on the trolls tricks, and are now ignoring, it saying the same sentence

text: It's omitted that the people are causing the troll to die of starvation.

refinement: The people have picked up on the trolls tricks, and are now ignoring it. This is causing the troll to starve.

text: "ignoring" is supported by "Wherever I go I’m just ignored"

answer: Others are responding to the troll noting that it should not be fed, because it will try to harm others.

text: The entire response is false. None of this is said in the story. There is no mention of starving or ignoring.

refinement: The people are ignoring the troll, which is causing its food supply to be cut. The troll is now starving.

question: Why are people not feeding the troll?

answer: It's likely that people aren't happy or satisfied with the troll's behavior.

text: "People are getting wiser and can spot my tricks from a mile off", "Wherever I go I’m just ignored"

answer: Perhaps they are bothered by the troll?????

text: Remove the question marks and add a period.

text: " People are getting wiser and can spot my tricks from a mile off", "Wherever I go I’m just ignored"

answer: It is not disclosed, but everyone the troll tries to interact with gives the same response: "do not feed the troll".

text: It could be inferred through the text that the people dislike the troll. "Wherever I go I'm just ignored" would support this.

refinement: It could be assumed that the troll is disliked, as everyone the troll tries to interact with gives the same response: "do not feed the troll".

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: It's starting to get more difficult for the Elf to hunt for food as time goes on.

text: "Elf" is false. The main character is a troll.

refinement: It's starting to get more difficult for the troll to hunt for food as time goes on.

text: It's omitted why the troll is struggling to find food.

refinement: It's starting to get more difficult for the troll to hunt for food as time goes on because people refuse to feed him after discovering his tricks.

text: It's omitted that life is at stake for the troll.

refinement: The troll is starving and faces death because people refuse to feed him after discovering his tricks.

answer: A runty troll searches for nourishment

text: There is no mention of the troll being runty.

text: There is no mention of his life being at stake for the troll.

refinement: A troll is starving and faces death as he searches for nourishment

text: It's omitted why the troll is starving. That reason should replace "as he searches for nourishment".

refinement: A troll is starving and faces death because people refuse to feed him after discovering his tricks.

answer: A troll is hungry (and could possibly die) because no one will feed the troll.

text: "I need to be fed or else I’ll die," supports the fact that the troll is starving.

text: "Everywhere I go I just get the same response; Please do not feed the troll," supports the fact that no one is feeding the troll.

answer: The troll is just ignored where ever it goes and without people to feed it, it will die.

text: "I need to be fed or else I’ll die," supports the fact that the troll is starving.

text: "Everywhere I go I just get the same response; Please do not feed the troll," supports the fact that no one is feeding the troll.

answer: In an effort to survive, a troll steals from the people he needs. But his "tricks" have become less effective, and people now know to despise him.

text: There is no mention of the troll stealing from people in the story. It is only said that people refuse to feed him after discovering his tricks.

refinement: In an effort to survive, his "tricks" have become less effective, and people now know to despise him.

text: There's no mention of the people despising the troll, only that they refuse to feed him now. However, it could be assumed he is disliked

refinement: In an effort to survive, But his "tricks" have become less effective, and people now know not to fall for his tricks, and refuse to feed him.

text: "In an effort to survive" should be replaced by mentioning that the troll is facing death due to starvation.

refinement: A troll is facing starvation because people now know not to fall for his tricks, and refuse to feed him.

text: There are two sentences instead of one.

refinement: A troll is facing starvation because people now know not to fall for his tricks, and refuse to feed him.

answer: A lonely troll is lonely for nothing, and tries to act nice, but he/she is unwanted and ignored, so the troll will die if he/she does not feed soon.

text: It's not said in the story that the troll is lonely for nothing or that they try to act nice, so it shouldn't be mentioned as his main problem. This should be replaced with the starvation dilemma.

refinement: A troll faces starvation because people refuse to feed him after discovering his tricks, but he/she is unwanted and ignored, so the troll will die if he/she does not feed soon.

text: That the troll is unwanted, ignored, and may die soon can be removed.

refinement: A troll faces starvation because people refuse to feed him after discovering his tricks.


text:
SERBIA BROADBAND (branded as SBB; full legal name: _Serbia Broadband - Srpske kablovske mreže d.o.o._) is a cable television and broadband internet service provider in Serbia.

As of 2018, it is the largest cable television provider (50% market share) and second largest broadband internet provider (33% market share) in Serbia.[1]

History

[Logo used from 2000 until 2012.] Serbia Broadband was founded on 1 September 2000 and is registered as limited liability company under the register code 17280554 in the Serbian Business Registers Agency (APR).[2] In 2006, SBB launched TotalTV, its DTH satellite television platform.[3]

In April 2015, SBB bought Serbian internet provider EUnet for an undisclosed amount.[4] In April 2017, SBB bought Serbian cable operator IKOM.[5] In November 2017, SBB acquired Serbian minor cable company Kabel Group 85.[6]

Ownership

In 2007, Serbia Broadband was acquired by Mid Europa Partners,[7] which simultaneously purchased Telemach Slovenia followed by acquiring Telemach Bosnia and Herzegovina shortly afterwards, cable television and broadband internet providers in Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. Mid Europa then created United Group, a subsidiary to control its three new acquisitions in former Yugoslavia, with European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) holding a minority stake in the newly created subsidiary. In the case of Serbia Broadband, the owners legally controlled it via the Amsterdam-based Adria Cable B.V.[8]

In October 2013, an American private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) purchased the majority stake in United Group from Mid Europa Partners for an enterprise valuation of 1.3 billion USD, thus gaining control of Serbia Broadband.[9] Once the new owners took over, they began legally controlling Serbia Broadband through the Amsterdam-based Adria Serbia Holdco B.V.

In September 2018, a British private equity firm BC Partners began the process of acquisition of the majority stakes of United Group from KKR for an enterprise valuation of 2.6 billion euros. Upon finalizing the acquisition, BC partners will officially gain ownership of Serbia Broadband.[10]

Technological Development

Launching Total TV in 2006, SBB became the first digital and analogue cable operator to introduce digital television in the region.[11]

In 2010, SBB started delivering managed services while holding a Cisco certificate. There are currently two data centers interconnected with the state-of-the-art infrastructure, servicing clients in the entire Serbia.[12][13]

The company was the first in Serbia to offer digital fixed telephony services in 2012.[14] This was also the year SBB launched the first application for watching television and using TV services on different mobile devices. In September 2017, Serbian Broadband launched EON TV platform which allows viewers in Serbia to watch TV via a smart TV app.[15] In 2018, SBB launched EON Smart Box, which was the first regional solution to combine television with Android services and applications.

The company also introduced the country's first 4K channel (Sport Klub).[16] Furthermore, the operator added four multi-angle and multi-screen channels.[17]

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title: Serbia Broadband

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

What does the text say about Serbia Broadband's ownership?

answer: As of 2018, Serbian Broadband is owned by American private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.

text: The Serbia Broadband is currently being acquired by BC Partners, a British private equity firm. The answer should mention that.

refinement: As of 2018, Serbian Broadband is owned by American private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. However, the British private equity firm BC Partners is in the process of acquiring a majority stake from KRR.

text: The answer should mention the owners of Serbian Broadband before KRR.

refinement: Serbia Broadband was acquired by Mid Europa Partners in 2007 from its founders. As of 2018, Serbian Broadband is owned by American private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. However, the British private equity firm BC Partners is in the process of acquiring a majority stake from KRR.

text: "Serbia Broadband" is misspelled.

refinement: Serbia Broadband was acquired by Mid Europa Partners in 2007 from its founders. As of 2018, Serbia Broadband is owned by American private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. However, the British private equity firm BC Partners is in the process of acquiring a majority stake from KRR.

text: The answer should mention that Mid Europa Partners created United Group to control SBB and other cable and broadband companies, which the KKR and lately the BC Partners are purchasing.

refinement: Serbia Broadband was acquired by Mid Europa Partners in 2007 from its founders. They created United Group to control it and other similar firms. As of 2018, United Group, thus Serbia Broadband, is owned by American private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. However, the British private equity firm BC Partners is in the process of acquiring a majority stake from KRR.

answer: In 2007, Serbia Broadband was acquired by Mid Europa Partners. In October 2013, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts acquired the majority stake in United Group from Mid Europa Partners. In September 2018, BC Partners began the process of acquisition of the majority stakes of United Group from KKR.

text: The answer should mention that Mid Europa Partners created the United Group to control its broadband and cable acquisitions.

refinement: In 2007, Serbia Broadband was acquired by Mid Europa Partners. They created United Group to control their broadband and cable acquisitions. In October 2013, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts acquired the majority stake in United Group from Mid Europa Partners. In September 2018, BC Partners began the process of acquisition of the majority stakes of United Group from KKR.

answer: In 2007, Serbia Broadband was acquired by Mid Europa Partners. Mid Europa bought Serbian internet providers EUnet, IKOM, and Kabel Group 85. A year later BC Partners began the process of acquisition of the majority stakes of United Group from KKR for 2.6 billion euros.

text: BC Partners began their acquisition 11 years after Serbia Broadband was acquired by Mid Europa Partners, in 2018.

refinement: In 2007, Serbia Broadband was acquired by Mid Europa Partners. Mid Europa bought Serbian internet providers EUnet, IKOM, and Kabel Group 85. In 2018, BC Partners began the process of acquisition of the majority stakes of United Group from KKR for 2.6 billion euros.

text: The answer omits the ownership of SBB by KKR in between Mid Europa Partners and the ongoing acquisition by BC Partners.

refinement: In 2007, Serbia Broadband was acquired by Mid Europa Partners. Mid Europa bought Serbian internet providers EUnet, IKOM, and Kabel Group 85. They were acquired by Kohlberg Gravis Roberts (KKR) in 2013. In 2018, BC Partners began the process of acquisition of the majority stakes of United Group from KKR for 2.6 billion euros.

text: SBB was owned by KKR when they bought EUnet, IKOM, and Kabel Group 85. It's more accurate to say SBB made the purchases.

refinement: In 2007, Serbia Broadband was acquired by Mid Europa Partners. They were acquired by Kohlberg Gravis Roberts (KKR) in 2013. SBB bought Serbian internet providers EUnet, IKOM, and Kabel Group 85. In 2018, BC Partners began the process of acquisition of the majority stakes of United Group from KKR for 2.6 billion euros.

text: SBB's purchases are irrelevant to the question.

refinement: In 2007, Serbia Broadband was acquired by Mid Europa Partners. They were acquired by Kohlberg Gravis Roberts (KKR) in 2013. In 2018, BC Partners began the process of acquisition of the majority stakes of United Group from KKR for 2.6 billion euros.

text: The answer should mention that Mid Europa Partners created United Group to control its broadband and cable acquisitions.

refinement: In 2007, Serbia Broadband was acquired by Mid Europa Partners. Mid Europa Partners created United Group to control its broadband and cable acquisitions. They were acquired by Kohlberg Gravis Roberts (KKR) in 2013. In 2018, BC Partners began the process of acquisition of the majority stakes of United Group from KKR for 2.6 billion euros.

answer: Serbia Broadband is controlled by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and BC Partners.

text: The answer misstates the current ownership of SBB while omitting their past owners completely. The answer should be re-written.

refinement: Serbia Broadband was acquired by Mid Europa Partners in 2007 from its founders. They created United Group to control it and other similar firms. As of 2018, United Group, thus Serbia Broadband, is owned by American private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. However, the British private equity firm BC Partners is in the process of acquiring a majority stake from KRR.

answer: Serbia Broadband was acquired in 2007 by Mid Europa Partners, who then created the United Group, a subsidiary to control its acquisitions. In 2013, the American firm, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts purchased the majority stake of United Group. However, in 2018 the British firm, BC Partners, acquired the majority stake of KKR, ultimately owning Serbia Broadband.

text: BC Partners is purchasing United Group, not KKR.

refinement: Serbia Broadband was acquired in 2007 by Mid Europa Partners, who then created the United Group, a subsidiary to control its acquisitions. In 2013, the American firm, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts purchased the majority stake of United Group. However, in 2018 the British firm, BC Partners, acquired the majority stake of United Group, ultimately owning Serbia Broadband.


text:
_ALLOFUSTIS_ is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, facultatively anaerobic and non-spore-forming bacterial genus from the family of Carnobacteriaceae, with one known species (_Allofustis seminis_).[1][2][3]

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title: Allofustis

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

Is Allofustis Gram-positive?

answer: Yes, Allofustis is Gram-positive.

answer: Yes.

answer: Yes, Allofustis is Gram-positive.

answer: Yes, Allofustis is Gram-positive.

answer: Yes, Allofustis is Gram-positive.

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

What shape is Allofustis?

answer: Allofustis is a rod-shaped bacteria

answer: Allofustis is rod shaped.

answer: Allofustis is rod-shaped.

answer: Allofustis is a rod shape.

answer: Allofustis is a rod-shaped bacterium.

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

What family is Allofustis in?

answer: Allofustis is in the family Carnobacteriaceae.

answer: Allofustis is in the family Carnobacteriaceae.

answer: Allofustis is in the family Carnobacteriaceae.

answer: Carnobacteriaceae

answer: Allofustis is in the family of Carnobacteriaceae.

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

How many known species are in Allofustis?

answer: One known.

text: I would omit the "known" or rephrase the sentence.

answer: 1

answer: There is one known species in the genus Allofustis.

answer: One, Allofustis seminis.

answer: Only one known species is in Allofustis.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Allofustis is a genus of bacteria that is Gram-positive and rod shaped. There is currently only one known species in this genus, Allofustis seminis.

answer: The bacterial genus Allofustis is rods-shaped, anaerobic, and non-spore-forming. There is one known species called _Allofustis seminis_. This species is classified in the family of Carnobacteriaceae.

answer: "Allofustis" is a rod-shaped, Gram-positive, anaerobic bacterium from the family of Carnobacteriaceae. With only one known species, it has been observed to be facultatively anaerobic.

answer: Allofustis is a rod-shaped bacterial genus found in the family of Carnobacteriaceae. It lives in the human gut and was first described in 2012.

answer: Allofustis is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, facultatively anaerobic, and non-spore-forming bacterial genus from the family of Carnobacteriaceae with one known species, Allofustis srninis. It was discovered by Cho and Sharp in 2014.


text:
   In the eyes of the man who sat on the seat across from me, I could not see him. He had a wife, he said, and he wished he could pack up and move away and grow their food and sit in the sun, but a simple life was too expensive and everywhere was the same now. He said that he wished he could do film too. He said that he had worked for almost a year here. When he was hired, he knew it would be bad, but he wasn't ready for how bad it truly was. He used the word “hell”. He had worked at four other companies before but only here could they not talk and not smile and could most definitely not be themselves.

   His boss did not take his word at worth. A deadline is a deadline, get it done, he would say. Don't use the word try, or maybe, he would say. Be more confident. The man wished to do film, but he had a wife now, and his test for his professional engineering certification was in two weeks. He said he would decide then whether to say.

   Working until six o'clock on Friday. He takes the bus too, and then another bus, and sometimes there is a third if he catches it on time. His eyes were dark and tired and there was a fear in him, a fear I think that he would be stuck in this life for the rest of his time.

   There is no money in film. Not guaranteed money like engineering. Nothing is steady and risk-free in the career of creation. You can't raise a family with a dream. You can't send your kids to university with high hopes.

   We talked about university. The man had gone to the University of Toronto for social studies, and then to the University of Ryerson for electrical engineering. Don't work in tenants, he said. Quick turnaround.

We both agreed that one couldn't have any school pride after going to two schools. Everyone is there to learn. He said that you'd learn a lot in tenants. Not worth the stress though. And his boss...

   His boss had started off as a great guy. Friendly, welcoming. The man felt pleased with his new position. His boss would accept no excuse. He listened to the Architect. If something was changed by the Architect Thursday, the man's work would have to be done Friday.

   His eyes were tired and dark and he looked at me through the bars of a cage. Inside was his wife and his dreams, but she was also part of the cage and so was the job and so was his mind now that the work had changed him.

   All this I thought as I sat listening to him, and offering supportive phrase and gesture at the correct times, and I hoped that my fear would not come into my face. I could not have said, but I was terrified that I would become this man, which gave me a feeling of aversion towards him on no fault of his own.

   Everyday I see a hundred of the same face. Dreams and goals and outcomes still imagined, but will to see them through, sapped. There is no easy path, and many if not most will die with regret, There is no easy path. And no sure reward, if even the hard path is taken. And sometimes there is no path, and you must make you own. But whatever the path, you will follow it beyond choice.

   No guarantees. The man had been fired three times before. No guarantees. What good is a steady job if you pay more in self worth than you in turn receive in the form of cash or stock options or benefits?

   All this I say young, with no wife or kids, and healthy parents and my own health intact. All this shall change with time. All this I say, which could be naivety, but only after time passes will we know if it had been wise.

   I did not plan an end to this writing, like the man who had not planned an end to his dreams. He was still young, but his life had taken a hold of him and dragged him to a point at which it was not easy to return.

   So I believed he would stay on a path that was not his, and tell his children of his mistakes, and perhaps they would follow their own path. But there was no way to know, and we said goodbye at the station as he walked towards his second bus and I went down the long stairs towards the platform to follow my path home.

title: [MF] The Man on the Bus

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

Give a summary of the regrets the man on the bus had regarding his vocation.

answer: The man on the bus is regretful of his vocation in engineering. He wishes he could make a living doing something else, something more creative. He is scared that he has no guarantees in this line of work, and worries that he might end up stuck in this job for the rest of his life. He regrets becoming too absorbed in a work that does not satisfy him creatively.

text: "work," - remove the comma.

refinement: The man on the bus is regretful of his vocation in engineering. He wishes he could make a living doing something else, something more creative. He is scared that he has no guarantees in this line of work and worries that he might end up stuck in this job for the rest of his life. He regrets becoming too absorbed in a work that does not satisfy him creatively.

text: Add a few missing details about doing something more creative.

refinement: The man on the bus is regretful of his vocation in engineering. He wishes he could make a living doing something else, something more creative like film, but there is no guaranteed money in the career of creation. He is scared that he has no guarantees in this line of work and worries that he might end up stuck in this job for the rest of his life. He regrets becoming too absorbed in a work that does not satisfy him creatively.

answer: The narrator encountered a man on the bus who appeared to be en route to work. The narrator learned that he disliked his current job and wished he could live a simpler life, but he knew that a simple life was much more expensive. He had worked at four different companies before getting his current job and had a much different experience. When he got the job initially, he had an inkling that the experience would be unpleasant but had no idea it would be worse than he imagined. The job wore him out every day because he'd have to catch up to three buses to get to work. The narrator also learned that he was an electrical engineering graduate from the University of Ryerson and planned to test for a professional engineering certificate in two weeks. He also wished to do films, but there's no money in creation, and he had a wife to cater for. He advised the narrator to steer clear from working in tenants, which is where he appeared to work and added further that even though one would learn a lot on the job, it's not worth all the stress.

text: Add a comma to "and"

refinement: The narrator encountered a man on the bus who appeared to be en route to work. The narrator learned that he disliked his current job and wished he could live a simpler life, but he knew that a simple life was much more expensive. He had worked at four different companies before getting his current job and had a much different experience. When he got the job initially, he had an inkling that the experience would be unpleasant but had no idea it would be worse than he imagined. The job wore him out every day because he'd have to catch up to three buses to get to work. The narrator also learned that he was an electrical engineering graduate from the University of Ryerson and planned to test for a professional engineering certificate in two weeks. He also wished to do films, but there's no money in creation, and he had a wife to cater for. He advised the narrator to steer clear from working in tenants, which is where he appeared to work, and added further that even though one would learn a lot on the job, it's not worth all the stress.

answer: The man regrets his choice in vocation because it is not providing him with an attainable or satisfying life. He wishes he could do film like he once wanted, but he knows that those dreams are unrealistic and impossible given his current financial and familial constraints. Instead, he remains trapped in a job that is not fulfilling and that is taking a toll on his health and well-being.

answer: There ain't much money in film. If a lowly employee doesn't play nicely in the office, the boss can easily fire him.

text: The response is missing details about the man's regrets.

refinement: The man on the bus wished he could do film, but there was no guaranteed money in creative pursuits and he had a wife to take care of. He said the company he worked for was "hell" because the employees could not talk, smile, and be themselves. His boss was also an unreasonable jerk. The man on the bus was tired of going to a job he didn't care for because he had to take three buses to work. His eyes were dark and tired and he was afraid he would be stuck in this life until he dies.

answer: No answer

text: The answer can't be blank because the information is available in the text.

refinement: The man on the bus wished he could be a filmmaker, but there was no guaranteed money in creative careers and he had a family to take care of. He said the company he worked for was "hell" because they could not talk, smile, or be themselves. His boss was also an unreasonable dick. The man on the bus was tired of going to a job he hated because he had to take three buses to work. His eyes were dark and tired. He feared he would be stuck in this life until his death.


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RENAUD III (d. 1141), son of John I, Count of Soissons, and Aveline de Pierrefonds. Count of Soissons.

Little is known about Renaud other than he inherited the Count of Soissons from his father in 1115. Upon Renaud's death in 1141, Ivo II de Nesle was chosen as his successor by the Bishop of Soisson, Joscelin de Vierzi.

Renaud married Bathilde, of an unknown family, in 1137. No children are recorded. Renaud was the last of the Norman counts of Soissons.

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Category:Counts of Soissons

title: Renaud III, Count of Soissons

question: How long was Renaud the third's reign as count?

answer: From 1115 to 1141, 26 years.

answer: Renaud III was Count of Soissons for about 13 years.

text: Wrong information in response. '13 years' should be '26 years'

refinement: Renaud III was Count of Soissons for about 26 years.

text: The article offers the exact years of his reign, so should the answer.

refinement: Renaud III was Count of Soissons from 1115 to 1141 - 26 years.

answer: Renaud had a reign of 8 years.

text: Wrong information in answer.

text: The answer should offer specific information offered in the article

refinement: Renaud III was Count of Soissons from 1115 to 1141 - 26 years.

question: Who succeeded Renaud III?

answer: After his death, Ivo II de Nesle was chosen as his successor.

text: The answer can include who his successor was chosen by.

refinement: After his death, Ivo II de Nesle was chosen as his successor by the Bishop of Soisson.

text: The answer can simply be the name of the person in question.

answer: Ivo II de Nesle

answer: Ivo II de Nesle.

question: Who was the predecessor to Renaud III?

answer: John I was the predecessor of Renaud III.

text: It can be stated that John I was his father.

refinement: John I was the father, and predecessor of Renaud III.

answer: His father, John I.

answer: John I was the predecessor to Renaud III.

text: Could specify that his father was his predecessor.

refinement: John I, his father, was the predecessor to Renaud III.

question: Why did the Bishop choose the next ruler?

answer: The Bishop likely chose the next ruler, Ivo II de Nesle, because no children were recorded for Renaud III, so it was necessary to name a successor.

text: The answer gives an assumption that is not stated in the article. (Requires a less concrete response)

refinement: It is not stated why the Bishop chose Renaud III's successor, though it may be due to his lack of heir.

text: No children are recorded.

text: In 1141, Ivo II de Nesle was chosen as his successor by the Bishop of Soisson, Joscelin de Vierzi.

answer: The bishop chose the next ruler because Renaud III died without any children to inherit the count of Soissons.

text: Too concrete for the information given by the article.

refinement: The bishop chose the next ruler because Renaud III, it is possible due to the fact that he died without any children to inherit the title of Count.

answer: While the article doesn't elaborate, it could be because there were no children to inherit the title.

text: No children are recorded. Renaud was the last of the Norman counts of Soissons.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: Renaud III (d. 1141), son of John I, inherited the Count of Soissons from his father in 1115. Upon his death, Ivo II de Nesle was chosen as his successor by the Bishop of Soissons. Renaud married Bathilde of an unknown family in 1137. There are no children on records. He was the last Norman count.

answer: Known as Renaud III, son of the John I, Count of Soissons and Aveline de Pierrefonds, is a little known figure. When he inherited the Count of Soissons in 1115 from his father, he married the nun, Bathilde in 1137 and had no children. He died in 1141, and Ivo II de Nesle was chosen as his successor. After Renaud III, the Norman counts of Soissons ended.

text: Requires some grammatical cleaning.

refinement: Renaud III, son of the John I, Count of Soissons and Aveline de Pierrefonds, is a little known figure. He inherited the Count of Soissons in 1115 from his father. He the nun, Bathilde in 1137 and had no children. When he died in 1141, and Ivo II de Nesle was chosen as his successor. After Renaud III, the Norman counts of Soissons ended.

text: Incorrect information: it is never stated that Bathilde was a nun.

refinement: Renaud III, son of the John I, Count of Soissons and Aveline de Pierrefonds, is a little known figure. He inherited the Count of Soissons in 1115 from his father. He married Bathilde in 1137 and had no children. When he died in 1141, and Ivo II de Nesle was chosen as his successor.

answer: Renaud III, Count of Soissons, was the last Norman count of Soissons. He died in 1141. He is also son of John I and Aveline de Pierrefonds. He inherited the title of Count of Soissons from his father in 1115 and married Bathilde in the same year, who is a daughter of an unknown family. He died without having any children.

text: Incorrect information: when he married Bathilde.

refinement: Renaud III, Count of Soissons, was the last Norman count of Soissons. He died in 1141. He is also son of John I and Aveline de Pierrefonds. He inherited the title of Count of Soissons from his father in 1115 and married Bathilde in 1137, who is a daughter of an unknown family. He died without having any children.

text: Syntax and order of sentences requires cleaning up.

refinement: Renaud III, Count of Soissons, son of John I and Aveline de Pierrefonds was the last Norman count of Soissons.   He inherited the title of Count of Soissons from his father in 1115 and married Bathilde in 1137. He died in 1141 without having any children.

text: Should include the name of his successor.

refinement: Renaud III, Count of Soissons, son of John I and Aveline de Pierrefonds was the last Norman count of Soissons.   He inherited the title of Count of Soissons from his father in 1115 and married Bathilde in 1137. He died in 1141 without having any children. His successor Ivo II de Nesle was chosen by the Bishop of Soisson.

answer: Renaud III was the son of John I. They both were Norman counts of Soissons. Renaud's father died in 1115, so Renaud became Count of Soissons. Renaud had no children and the last of the Norman counts of Soissons. Since Renaud had no children, Ivo II de Nesle succeeded him.

text: Requires some grammatical cleaning.

refinement: Renaud III Count of Soisson, was the son of John I who he succeeded in 1115.  Renaud married but had no children. He was the last of the Norman counts of Soissons. Since Renaud had no children, Ivo II de Nesle succeeded him.

text: Should mention who he married

refinement: Renaud III Count of Soisson, was the son of John I who he succeeded in 1115.  Renaud married Bathilde, of an unknown family, but had no children. He was the last of the Norman counts of Soissons. Since Renaud had no children, Ivo II de Nesle succeeded him.

answer: Renaud III was the count of Soissons from 1115 to 1141. He was the last of the Norman counts of Soissons. He inherited the position from his father. Nothing else is known about Renaud.

text: 'Nothing else is known about Renaud' is incorrect within the basis of tis article.

refinement: Renaud III was the count of Soissons from 1115 to 1141. He was the last of the Norman counts of Soissons. He inherited the position from his father.

text: Should include who he married and who he was succeeded by, as per the article.

refinement: Renaud III was the count of Soissons from 1115 to 1141. He was the last of the Norman counts of Soissons. He inherited the position from his father, married  Bathilde of an unknown family is 1137 and bore no children. He was succeeded by Ivo II de Nusle upon his death in 1141.

answer: Renaud III was the last of the Norman counts of Soissons. His father John I, was the count. Not much is known about Renaud III other than he inherited the count in 1115. He died in 1141 and was succeeded by Ivo II de Nesle. Renaud III married Bathilde and had no children.

text: Order of information could be cleaner.

refinement: Renaud III was the last of the Norman counts of Soissons. Not much is known about Renaud III other than he inherited the count in 1115 from his father John I. Renaud III married Bathilde and had no children. He died in 1141 and was succeeded by Ivo II de Nesle.


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Writer Jack Kerouac’s 1957 novel, “On the Road,” is part journal and part novel, and is regarded by many people as the finest example of the ideas and philosophies of the counter-cultural 1950s Beat Generation, which Kerouac exemplified.

Trinidad writer and artist Doug Holdread wrote about Kerouac’s experiences traveling with some friends along the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies from Denver to Clayton, N.M. in his 2012 book, “Journaling Jack: On (and Off) the Road (Again) in Colorado and New Mexico,” which has now been re-printed and is available for purchase as a fundraiser for the Trinidad Area Arts Council (TAAC).

The characters in the novel, including Kerouac, portray some of the leading figures of the Beat Generation, sometimes called “Beatniks,” on a journey in a 1937 Ford Model-T automobile to try to discover a mystical “It” that they can’t quite define, but which, to them, represents the “Real America.” Holdread and Trinidad’s Joe Tarabino, who wrote the introduction to “Journaling Jack,” traced Kerouac’s footsteps on the long journey south, and Holdread’s pencil sketches of the scenes along the way form integral parts of the book, and Holdread and Tarabino sat down during a Friday interview to talk about Kerouac, his eclectic group of friends, On the Road and what the Beat Generation meant for the future of American counter-cultural thought.

Journaling Jack is now for sale in limited quantities, at a price of $20, at Gallery Main, located at 130 E. Main St., in Historic Downtown Trinidad. All proceeds from the sales go to support the many arts programs sponsored by (TAAC).

Tarabino said he’d been asked by the New Mexico Film Commission in 2008 to scout locations for a proposed movie about On the Road, a film that was never made. Holdread teamed up with Tarabino to scout potential filming locations in Northern New Mexico. The pair then followed up by tracing Kerouac’s route from the Chapultepec Café in Denver along a four-day trip to San Antonio, Texas, in late May of 1950. Kerouac’s character in On the Road served as the chronicler of the long journey, recording his impressions of the sights, sounds and people along the way, both in prose and in his sketchbook. Holdread described what he felt On the Road had meant to the young people who read it and found a portrayal of a different kind of America than that usually found in the staid and sober 1950 s.

“I think On the Road is one of those books that people of a certain generation kind of all have a certain relationship or familiarity with,” Holdread said. “It almost acts like a Rorschach Test, in a sense, because people sort of make it mean whatever they need it to mean to them. That was sort of how this little project was forming. After I got into to re-reading On the Road I realized he wasn’t really telling me what to think about. It’s more that Joe and I, as we traveled along that stretch, talked quite a bit. One of the things that we talked about was Kerouac as a sort of anthropologist or an archeologist who’s picking up artifacts of culture along the way. He’s not necessarily always explaining the artifacts, he’s just collecting.”

Both Tarabino and Holdread said Kerouac’s work was an early example of visual journaling, with the artist writing and sketching their impression of what they see along the way in a free form style that often defies categorization.

The Trinidad connection to Kerouac was his friend Hal Chase, a Denver archeologist who introduced Kerouac to Neal Cassady, who was the actual driver on the trip described in On the Road. Chase made several journeys of discovery into the mesas and canyons of Southeastern Colorado, looking for prehistoric artifacts. Chase was a teacher in the Archeology Department at Trinidad State Junior College and knew many local people, Tarabino said.

“When Kerouac comes to Trinidad, he says something to the effect of, ‘Chase has no idea that we’re on the road, both writing a story and creating a new history, because he’s off the road digging up an older history, but telling his story to his students,’” Tarabino said. “So you have this archeological transfer from Chase’s students learning about the Beat Generation as it was being formed while they were digging up the Indian culture, which they kind of idolized, and then they were creating a new culture. So you have these cultural layers that are coming together as Kerouac is coming through Trinidad.”

Holdread summed up what On the Road had meant for him as a younger person.

“I think for a lot of people On the Road was one of those books in the library about the counter-culture,” he said. “It was for me, because there was just something about the idea of being on the road. It’s not about where you’ve come from, or about your vision for the future. It’s being here now and in the moment of transition from one moment to the next, traveling through life and experiencing those moments on the road, not arriving, not being credentialed in terms of where you came from, but living the moment.”

Holdread said he and Tarabino had a lot of fun while following Kerouac’s trail, imagining what the Lowell, Mass., native would have thought of the raw natural beauty and wide-open spaces of the American West. They themselves experienced some of that majestic splendor while following in Kerouac’s footsteps.

Both men said they saw Kerouac as more of a tragic figure than a heroic one, especially later in his life. Kerouac never managed to match the success he’d had with On the Road, and struggled to live up to his reputation as the intellectual leader of the Beat Generation. His life descended into alcoholism and he died in 1969.

They were asked what it was about Kerouac’s life that fascinated them. Holdread said Kerouac was a victim of his own fame, trying to live up to the image the media had created of him.

Tarabino compared Kerouac’s tragedy with the similar tragic ending of Drop City, the Trinidad art community of geodesic domes that became world famous during the 1960s, but descended into poverty crime and drug abuse before closing in the 1970s.

Whether tragic or heroic, Kerouac’s On the Road story proved a worthy subject for Holdread’s Journaling Jack, a fascinating look back on an earlier American dreamer.

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

What does the text say about Jack Kerouac's life?

answer: He is the author of a 1957 novel "On the Road," which is regarded by many as the finest example of the ideas and philosophies of the counter-cultural 1950s Beat Generation. Kerouac was seen as exemplar of the Beat Generation, but he was also a victim of his own fame; he struggled to match the success of "On the Road" and turned to alcoholism, and later died in 1969. Doug Holdread, a Trinidad writer and artist, recently published a book about Kerouac's travels through the US.

answer: No answer

text: The article states that Kerouac was an author and exemplified the 1950s Beat Generation.

refinement: Jack Kerouac was the author of the 1957 novel "On the Road". He exemplified the counter-cultural 1950s Beat Generation.

text: The answer does not mention Kerouac's failure to live up to the success On the Road.

refinement: Jack Kerouac was the author of the 1957 novel "On the Road". He exemplified the counter-cultural 1950s Beat Generation. He struggled to live up to the success of On the Road.

text: The answer omits mention of his alcoholism and death.

refinement: Jack Kerouac was the author of the 1957 novel "On the Road". He exemplified the counter-cultural 1950s Beat Generation. He struggled to live up to the success of On the Road. He descended into alcoholism and died in 1969.

text: Does not mention the book based on his life.

refinement: Jack Kerouac was the author of the 1957 novel "On the Road". He exemplified the counter-cultural 1950s Beat Generation. He struggled to live up to the success of On the Road. He descended into alcoholism and died in 1969. Doug Holdread published a book about Kerouac's travels from Denver to Clayton.

answer: The text mentions a list of the writer and artist's works most likely focusing on "On the Road," and that his other works ranged from novels to art. A portion of his journal was in "Journaling Jack" as "On the Road" seemed to focus more on the journey of the author and not his colorful life.

text: Journaling Jack was written by Doug Holdread; it wasn't actually Jacks' journal.

refinement: The text mentions a list of the writer and artist's works most likely focusing on "On the Road," and that his other works ranged from novels to art. "Journaling Jack" by Doug Holdread chronicles Kerouac's travels along the Colorado Rockies.

text: The answer does not mention Kerouac's role as a member of the Beat Generation.

refinement: The text mentions a list of the writer and artist's works most likely focusing on "On the Road," and that his other works ranged from novels to art. "Journaling Jack" by Doug Holdread chronicles Kerouac's travels along the Colorado Rockies. Kerouac is regarded as exemplifying the 1950s Beat Generation.

text: The answer does not mention his alcoholism and death.

refinement: The text mentions a list of the writer and artist's works most likely focusing on "On the Road," and that his other works ranged from novels to art. "Journaling Jack" by Doug Holdread chronicles Kerouac's travels along the Colorado Rockies. Kerouac is regarded as exemplifying the 1950s Beat Generation. He struggled with alcoholism and died in 1969.

answer: The text says that Kerouac was an icon of the Beat Generation, attempting to establish himself as an intellectual leader while also experiencing the tragic consequences of fame. He never matched the success he achieved with On the Road, and struggled with alcoholism. Kerouac's story is one of tragedy, struggling to live up to the picture the media had created of him.

text: Does not mention Journaling Jack.

refinement: The text says that Kerouac was an icon of the Beat Generation, attempting to establish himself as an intellectual leader while also experiencing the tragic consequences of fame. He never matched the success he achieved with On the Road, and struggled with alcoholism. Kerouac's story is one of tragedy, struggling to live up to the picture the media had created of him. Doug Holdread wrote Journaling Jack, a book chronicling Kerouac's travels along the Colorado Rockies.

text: Does not mention his death.

refinement: The text says that Kerouac was an icon of the Beat Generation, attempting to establish himself as an intellectual leader while also experiencing the tragic consequences of fame. He never matched the success he achieved with On the Road, and struggled with alcoholism. He died in 1969. Kerouac's story is one of tragedy, struggling to live up to the picture the media had created of him. Doug Holdread wrote Journaling Jack, a book chronicling Kerouac's travels along the Colorado Rockies.

answer: The text highlights Kerouac's role as an explorer and chronicler of the beat generation, who records impressions of people and places along the way. Kerouac is seen as a tragic figure, who never fully realized his potential after On the Road became a best-seller. His alcoholism eventually took its toll and he died in 1969.

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

What does the text say about Beatniks?

answer: Beatniks are members of the counter-cultural Beat Generation, a movement of the 1950s that emphasized non-conformity and originality. They advocated artistic expression as truth and viewed rebellism as the only true method of being sociopolitically responsible.

answer: The Beat Generation, also known as Beatniks, were a counter-cultural movement in the 1950s. Kerouac was seen to exemplify the ideas and philosophies of the movement, and even had a reputation as the intellectual leader of the Beat Generation.

answer: Much of the article concerns Kerouac's novel "On the Road" as a representation of Kerouac as a timeless reflection of youth, unrestrained by convention. The push for the Beatniks in the 1950s was for freedom due to the chaotic nature of their generation. The Beatniks are one of the best examples of American Counter-Culture at the time.

answer: The text describes Beatniks as a loosely-defined group of young people who felt the need to explore life and experience the moment, not worrying about where they came from or about the future. On the Road is one example of how this exploration was manifested in practice, with Kerouac acting as the chronicler of the group's journey.

answer: The text describes the Beat Generation or "Beatniks" as a group of young people trying to discover what "the Real America" is. They do this by traveling in a 1937 Ford Model-T automobile. The main character, Jack Kerouac, is seen as an archeologist or anthropologist, collecting artifacts along the way. The Beatniks are depicted as nontraditional thinkers, living in the moment and not constrained by their past.

text: Does not mention that Kerouac was viewed as a leader of the Beatnik movement.

refinement: The text describes the Beat Generation or "Beatniks" as a group of young people trying to discover what "the Real America" is. They do this by traveling in a 1937 Ford Model-T automobile. The main character, Jack Kerouac, is seen as an archeologist or anthropologist, collecting artifacts along the way. The Beatniks are depicted as nontraditional thinkers, living in the moment and not constrained by their past. Due to the success of his novel, Kerouac was viewed as the intellectual leader of the Beat Generation.

text: The answer does not link the Beatniks to the 1950s Beat Generation.

refinement: The Beatniks are members of the counter-cultural 1950s Beat Generation. The text describes the Beat Generation or "Beatniks" as a group of young people trying to discover what "the Real America" is. They do this by traveling in a 1937 Ford Model-T automobile. The main character, Jack Kerouac, is seen as an archeologist or anthropologist, collecting artifacts along the way. The Beatniks are depicted as nontraditional thinkers, living in the moment and not constrained by their past. Due to the success of his novel, Kerouac was viewed as the intellectual leader of the Beat Generation.

text: It is not clear what text is being referred to.

refinement: The Beatniks are members of the counter-cultural 1950s Beat Generation. The novel "Journaling Jack" describes the Beat Generation or "Beatniks" as a group of young people trying to discover what "the Real America" is. They do this by traveling in a 1937 Ford Model-T automobile. The main character, Jack Kerouac, is seen as an archeologist or anthropologist, collecting artifacts along the way. The Beatniks are depicted as nontraditional thinkers, living in the moment and not constrained by their past. Due to the success of his novel, Kerouac was viewed as the intellectual leader of the Beat Generation.