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CARL WEBER (born 1964) is an American author and publisher.

He owns Urban Books, a publishing company, and formerly owned Urban Knowledge, a chain of bookstores.[1][2]

Weber is from Jamaica, Queens, New York.[3] He attended Virginia State University, where he received a B.S., and the University of Virginia, where he received an MBA.[4][5]

He published his first book, _Lookin' for Luv_, in 2000. _Man on the Run_ was a _Library Journal_ pick of the month;[6] _So You Call Yourself a Man_ was a _Library Journal_ bestseller.[7]

His _The Family Business_ series was made into a television series on BET.[8][9] The first season aired in 2018.[10] A second season set to air in 2020 was announced in 2019.[11] Weber's novel _Influence_ was adapted for BET Plus.[12]

Selected works

-   _Lookin' for Luv_. Dafina, 2000.
-   _Married Men_. Dafina, 2001.[13]
-   _Baby Momma Drama_. Kensington/Dafina, 2003 [14]
-   _Player Haters_. Kensington/Dafina, 2004.[15]

-   _The Preacher's Son_. Kensington/Dafina, 2005.[16]
-   _So You Call Yourself a Man_. Kensington/Dafina, 2006.[17]
-   _She Ain't the One_. Dafina, 2006.[18]
-   _Something on the Side_. Kensington/Dafina, 2008.[19]
-   _Up to No Good_. Kensington/Dafina, 2009.[20]
-   _Big Girls Do Cry_. Dafina Books, 2010.[21]
-   _Town between Two Lovers_. Kensington/Dafina, 2010.[22]
-   _Choir Director_. Kensington/Dafina, 2011.[23]
-   _The Man in 3B_. Grand Central, 2013.[24]
-   _Man on the Run_. Grand Central Publishing, 2017.[25]
-   _Influence_. Urban Books, 2018.

The Family Business series

-   _The Family Business_. With Eric Pete. Urban Books, 2012.
-   _The Family Business 2_. With Treasure Hernandez. Urban Books, 2013.
-   _The Family Business 3: The Return of Vegas_. With Treasure Hernandez. Urban Books, 2014.
-   _The Family Business 4_. With C.N. Phillips. Urban Books, 2018.

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title: Carl Weber (American author)

question: What does the article say about Carl Weber's career?

answer: Carl Weber is an American author and publisher. He formerly owned Urban Knowledge, a chain of bookstores, which is now publishing his books. Weber published his first book, Lookin' for Luv, in 2000 and has published several books since. His novel, The Preacher's Son, was published in 2005.

critique: It's omitted that Weber's novel Man on the Run was published in 2017.

critique: It is omitted that he owns Urban Books, a publishing company.

critique: The answer omits that Weber's novel The Preacher's Son was published in 2005.

critique: The answer omits that Weber's The Family Business series was made into a television series on BET.

critique: The answer should mention his most recent work.

critique: There is no evidence that Urban Knowledge is now publishing his books.

critique: The answer should mention that his novels were made into a television series.

question: What does the story say about Weber's private life?

answer: No answer

critique: The article mentions that Weber is from Jamaica, Queens, New York.

critique: The response misses to mention that Weber is from Jamaica, Queens, New York.

critique: The story is fairly clear in regards to the details of Weber's private life.

critique: It is omitted that Weber was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York.


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[Voting booths are pictured. | Getty]

In a state in which voters are reluctant to embrace Republicans, Sharpe plans to present himself as a potential alternative to voters who don’t like Cuomo. | Getty

ALBANY — The $5.9 million in contributions Gov. Andrew Cuomo received in the past six months easily topped the growing field of potential challengers this year.

Who came in second place? Not Republican Brian Kolb ( who raised $16,026 for governor on top of $42,387 in his Assembly account), Democrat Terry Gipson ($6,092), or Republican Joel Giambra ($0). Republican John DeFrancisco raised $116,452 for a pair of state Senate committees, but has yet to declare whether he’ll seek statewide office.

By a wide margin, the declared candidate who received the second-highest contribution total was Larry Sharpe, who’s planning to run on the Libertarian line. He raised $102,596 during the filing period, most of which he said came from small donors who contributed online.

In a state in which voters are reluctant to embrace Republicans — Democrats have won the past 19 statewide races — Sharpe plans to present himself as a potential alternative to voters who don’t like Cuomo.

“The Republican vote is a wasted vote,” he said. “There is no way a Republican can win in this state. The advantage that I have is I’m not a Republican, I’m a Libertarian. … So when New York state looks at the Republican and says, ‘Not that guy,’ and they look at Cuomo and say, ‘Not that guy’ — I’m their guy.”

Sharpe, a former trucking company executive and Marine, sought the national party’s nomination to be Gary Johnson’s running mate in the 2016 national election. He came close, losing with 47 percent of the vote on the second ballot at the party's convention to former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld (who once ran for governor in New York himself).

He’s already gained Johnson’s endorsement, and partially as a result of his efforts in 2016, Sharpe has a substantial online presence. A Facebook page for his gubernatorial campaign has 41,000 followers. Cuomo’s political page, by comparison, has 129,000, and neither of the two declared Republicans has many more than 3,000.

Much of that following and his fundraising likely comes from Libertarians from other states. But the magnitude of it, coupled with the fact that Sharpe already has started to campaign, makes it realistic to imagine a scenario in which he crosses the magic threshold of 50,000 votes.

When a candidate hits that number in a gubernatorial election, a little more than 1 percent of the votes cast, the party becomes official in New York. For the next four years, the party has automatic ballot access, appears on voter registration forms and has the state fund its primaries.

Eight parties crossed that threshold in 2014. But outside of a 48,359-vote performance by Warren Redlich in 2010, Libertarians have never come particularly close.

Sharpe said it was "a joke" to talk about his chances of garnering at least 50,000 votes. “I already have a base of [176,000] people who vote for Gary Johnson and Bill Weld in 2016," he said. "I’ll get that easily.”

Third-party candidates have rarely been competitive in New York’s gubernatorial races. Paychex founder Tom Golisano drew between 4 and 14 percent of the vote in a trio of campaigns that began in 1994, but there have only been two elections since the Civil War in which a candidate not running on either the Democratic or Republican lines has come close to finishing in even second place.

Despite this track record, Sharpe says he’s running not just to legitimize the party, but to win.

“Only about 4 million New Yorkers are going to vote,” he said, suggesting that somebody might win election as governor without a majority in a three-way race. “So that means all I need is about 1.5 million and I’m governor. That’s a mountain, but that’s not impossible.”

He says there are four areas that will determine who is ultimately elected — traditional media coverage, public speaking, social media and debates. While he’s ready to concede coverage by traditional media, he thinks he can be competitive in the other three.

“When it comes to speaking and events, it’s not his skill set, he’s not good at that,” Sharpe said of Cuomo.

Cuomo has had lackluster grass-roots support online in the past, and Sharpe is confident he’ll outshine the incumbent in this arena. “He is a dire soul when it comes to social media," he said, "so I’ll beat him there for sure.”

And he says he’ll handily beat the governor in any debates, asserting that Cuomo is "not a very good debater."

When asked what he would do if he wins, Sharpe said he would make entities like the Board of Regents and Metropolitan Transportation Authority be more accountable, putting them under the authority of specific offices that would have to answer for any problems.

Before he even gets on the ballot, however, he’ll have to win the Libertarian Party’s state convention in April, but doesn’t see this as a roadblock.

“Assuming there’s no celebrity that jumps in and says, ‘I want to be on the ballot,’ the odds are very high I’ll be the nominee,” Sharpe said.

question: Summarize the main news event.

answer: New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo, has received $5.9 million in donations, easily outstripping all Republican challengers. His second highest, Larry Sharpe, only raises $102,596. Despite a lackluster record, Sharpe feels confident that he can beat Cuomo in debates and in the online arena.

critique: Sharpe is running as a Libertarian, not a Republican.

critique: Sharpe's performance in debates and online are not the main event being reported.

critique: Sharpe's plan to run as a Libertarian is omitted.

critique:
"New York Governor" - capitalize governor. "Cuomo" - don't need a comma before a surname.
"$5.9 million" - add "dollar"

critique: Sharpe's base of voters and his fundraising is omitted.

critique: Sharpe's confidence is not the main event.

critique: Sharpe's fundraising is not the main news event.

text: The answer should mention that Cuomo and Sharpe are candidates in the upcoming New York gubernatorial election.

category: coverage

question: Summarize the typical turnout for Libertarian candidates and their place in the political lineup.

answer: The typical turnout for Libertarian candidates is not high; almost no Libertarian has ever received more than 50,000 votes. And, almost no third-party candidate other than those running for the Libertarian party has come close to finishing in second place since the Civil War. In New York's gubernatorial races, Libertarian candidates have generally failed to garner any appreciable attention from the general public, and Cuomo's reelection looks to be no different.

critique: The article does not say that no third-party candidate other than those running for the Libertarian party has come close to finishing in second place since the Civil War. In New York's gubernatorial races, Libertarian candidates have generally failed to garner any appreciable attention from the general public, and Cuomo's reelection looks to be no different.

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

critique: The second sentence is not relevant to the question.

critique: The response contains extraneous information not useful for the task.

critique: Remove this last sentence, it's all irrelevant to the question and so warrants removing.

critique: The article does not mention anything about the turnout of Libertarian candidates.

question: Summarize what this piece has to say about the larger context of voter demographics in the United States.

answer: No answer

question: Describe the core reasons for dissonance between younger and older voters in the United States.

answer: No answer

critique: The answer should mention that the article does not mention any reasons for dissonance between younger and older voters.


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“Where were you last night?” Max peered over my Economics textbook. He had a look of anticipation, as if he was waiting for some pain relieving gossip.

“I was home,” I responded innocently before he rolled his eyes at me. “Now, don’t bother me, I’m trying to focus.” Although normally I would use anything to distract me from school, I wasn’t about to involve Max in last night’s mess.

“Are you expecting me to believe you weren’t at Nina’s party?” He raised his eyebrows at me. I didn’t know what I was expecting. Frankly, no expectation in the world would have prepared me well enough. But I wanted to be there for Nina like she had for me. Perhaps I couldn’t fix her parent’s divorce, but I could at least attend her house party. Especially after her break up with Todd, the leather jacket douche that called her “babe” so much I would wonder if he knew her real name.

“I promise you’ll have a great time,” Nina had told me. And at first, I really did. There is something comforting about the stagnant smell of beer penetrating every fiber of clothing and hair follicle. Something nostalgic about repetitive rap songs preaching about the wonders of big asses.

Everything seemed normal at first. The music was pounding loudly and the dim lights carried shadows across the cramped living room. I could feel the air thickening.

Minutes before terror, I was standing unnoticed next to a group of girls I recognized.

“Someone told me her dad was abusive,” I heard one say with wide eyes.

“Yeah, apparently the neighbors called the cops on them,” another responded.

“Well, I wouldn’t point fingers just yet. Nina’s mom’s a bitch. Maybe she deserved it,” a brunette shrugged and took a sip of her drink right before our eyes met. Her face flared red as she realized her words had been overhead. I clenched my fists in rage.

“How about you all mind your own–”. My response was cut short by a piercing scream. I quickly stood up in alert. The room became still. The music stopped and those still standing looked at one another with puzzled looks. The source was nowhere to be seen. It came again, this time along with a cry. I recognized Nina immediately. I pushed my way across the living room and ran up the stairs before barging into Nina’s bedroom.

I noticed him first. His leather jacket shimmered in the moonlight as he stood tall and angry. A millisecond later, I spotted Nina on the floor. Hands covering her face in defense. The lack of light in the room didn’t stop the fierceness of her blood as it dripped down her temple and into her hair.

I stood still. My brain called in fear but my body made no response. Not even when Todd walked passed me, into the hallway and shut the door behind him.

Nina remained on the floor. She held herself and rocked back and forth, letting silent cries out into the thick air.

“Don’t tell anyone.” She whispered.

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“Hello?” Max snapped at me. “Are you going to tell me or not?” I stared at him blankly as the vivid flashbacks flew through my head. My heart stung in bitterness as I recognized that all I wanted to do was say it. To write it out in sharpie on all student lockers.

Nina’s bloody face burned in my head. “There’s nothing to tell.”

title: [RF] Last Night Leftovers

question: What does the passage say about Todd?

answer: Todd is Nina's ex-boyfriend. After months of immersing himself in his relationship with Nina, he left her the day before he landed her a nice, solid punch to the face.

critique: The response is inaccurate. Todd did not punch Nina.

critique: Todd is not Nina's ex-boyfriend. He is her ex-boyfriend.

critique: Heroine Nina's full name, Todd's punching reflex, or the fact that he left Nina prior to the ex would be better mentions.

text: "After months of immersing himself in his relationship with Nina, he left her the day before he landed her a nice, solid punch to the face." - this part doesn't make sense and should be deleted or replaced with actual details about Todd (e.g. tall, wears a leather jacket, is a douche, etc.)

category: other

refinement: Todd is Nina's ex-boyfriend. After months of immersing himself in his relationship with Nina, he left her the day before he landed her a nice, solid punch to the face.

category_text: Accuracy and coverage.

question: What does the passage say about Nina's parents?

answer: Nina was having a party after her parents' divorce. Nina's father is abusive and he got in a fight with the police once.

critique: Nina's father is never mentioned as abusive.

critique: The response inaccurately mentions that Nina's father got in a fight with the police.

critique: This is not likely and should be omitted.

critique: The response contains inaccurate information.

question: What does the passage say about domestic abuse?

answer: No answer

critique: The answer should mention the gossip about Nina's family.

critique: The response misses to mention that the story mentions domestic abuse.

question: What does the passage say about prom?

answer: No answer

critique: There is no mention of prom in the text.


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Despite the name, Scotch tape wasn't invented by the Scottish. It was invented by a college dropout named Richard Drew from Minnesota who worked for a small sandpaper company founded in 1902 called Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, later known as 3M. The name "Scotch" itself has an origin story almost as interesting as the invention of Scotch tape.

Born Richard Gurley Drew in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1899, Drew spent a year at the University of Minnesota in the Mechanical Engineering program before dropping out. He paid for that time at school and his correspondence school course in machine design by playing banjo, and he included all of that information in his application to the open position of lab technician with 3M. He got the job and was set on the path to make history.

In the 1920s, a two-tone paint job was popular for cars and a headache for automotive painters. The two-tone look was created by painting the car one color, applying a barrier of some sort to the painted portion, and then painting the next section. In order to get around the difficulties of this type of paint job, painters and mechanics tested out different ways to achieve the look. Unfortunately, their attempts tended to be less than successful. Some automotive shops would glue newspapers over the already painted sections while others used tape to prevent paint transfer. However those techniques often left a sticky residue on the paint that was difficult to remove. Sometimes, it would even mean the painters had to do the entire paint job over again.

One of Drew's responsibilities at 3M was to deliver samples of sandpaper to local automotive shops for testing, where he often overheard workers who were painting complain about the problems with tape used for these paint jobs. The twenty-three year old then lab assistant got the idea to create a new tape that would create a seal so that the paint wouldn't get through and yet also come off clean without leaving any sticky residue that ruined the paint finish. Drew used the adhesive that 3M utilized in the construction of its sandpaper as a starting point. From there, it took him two years of experimentation with different types of adhesives that he applied to a crepe paper backing to come up with the right combination. Thus, what would be called "Scotch" Masking Tape was born in 1925.

The success of the Scotch Brand Masking Tape allowed Drew to move up the ranks at 3M. In 1929, his position as technical director at the fabrication laboratory allowed him to pursue another idea. Cellophane had recently been invented by DuPont and was being used by grocers and bakers as a neat way to package their groceries. However, there wasn't a good way to seal the cellophane with tape because the colored backing ruined the clear look. So Drew and his team of inventors worked to create a tape that used this clear cellophane as a backing.

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Unfortunately, the machinery that 3M used in order to apply the adhesive to the cellophane backing tore the material, and the glue that worked for the masking tape appeared amber on the clear cellophane. The team ultimately invented new clear adhesive and modified machinery to handle the cellophane. The new tape was called Scotch Brand Cellulose Tape, but it appeared that it might have missed its opportunity with grocers and bakers despite ringing endorsements from several test clients. You see, DuPont had introduced into the market a cellophane that could be sealed with heat. Nonetheless, despite missing their original target market and being released during the Great Depression, the Scotch Brand Cellulose Tape thrived with various home uses.

So this all brings us back to how the term "Scotch" came to be associated with 3M's Masking and Cellulose tapes. When Drew and 3M began allowing car painters to test the new Scotch Brand Masking Tape, one painter supposedly complained about the lack of adhesive on the tape. One version of the story claims that the painter asked "Why so Scotch with the adhesive?" Another version states that the painter said "Take this back to your Scotch bosses and tell them to put more adhesive on it."

Whatever the case, in the 1920s, the term "Scotch" was a racial slang term that meant something or someone that was cheap or stingy. Based on the feedback, Drew applied more adhesive to the tape and ultimately branded the tape with the pejorative "stingy" name of "Scotch."

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-   Super Glue was Invented by Accident, Twice
-   Who Invented Duct Tape

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question: How did the writer compose the structure of this informative article's narrative?

answer: The author structured this article with two backstories about the name "Scotch." The second story details the invention of Scotch tape, but the first story is how the name "Scotch" came to be used. The second story is told with more details and is more intriguingly written.

critique: The second story is not more intriguingly written.


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**Beware this is my beginning of a long story a plan to write about a hypothetical serial killer, and this passage is morbid.** Also this is a very rough draft so excuse spelling mistakes or the overuse of contractions.

 There were always rumors of a serial killer so evil, so demented, so monstrous, so gruesome, and so evil that he was looked at as more of the hypothetical monster under humanities bed than a real psychopath that needs to be hunted down and exposed. In this short story I am going to describe the infamous and horrible tale of what can be only called as “the monstrosity.”

The monstrosity was born in 1945, his exact date of birth is unknown, he was born in Midwestern America; most likely Kansas. His father was a hulk of a man who conceived him when he brutally raped his own daughter, the violence in the monster’s life began before he was even born. His mother lets call her Lesly was only seventeen years old when she gave birth to the monstrosity, who was born about three weeks premature. Lesly almost died in childbirth because the monster’s father (lets call him Larry) continued to beat her during the pregnancy which led to the premature and extremely painful birth. The doctors predicted the monstrosity would not live through the night...oh how wrong they were; looking back if the doctors knew of the evil they allowed to enter the world, they may have had no problem suffocating that small innocent child right there and then.
The monstrosity had no serious health problems from the violent birth, except for the fact that he would never grow taller than 5'5 even as a grown man; this monster’s height comes into play later and can be looked at as a curse or a blessing depending on how you read this evil’s story.

The monster’s father Larry remarried shortly after he was born, he lied to all about the real mother of the monster. Being a minor still Lesly was forced to continue to live with Larry and his new wife Marie even after all the abuse and pain he had caused her, she wouldn't run away because she felt her son deserved a real mother not a life of lies. So, for the next three-years she worked hard at her job as a waitress to save enough money to move out of the abusive home with her son and get her own place. The abuse of Lesly continued throughout these years but Larry didn’t touch his son the monster because he respected the fact that his son had a keen likeness to himself, and resented the fact that his own daughter Lesly wanted to turn his own child against him. Larry wasn't a sociopath but he was a monster by his own merit, he didn't understand why his daughter hated him and thought he was a useless excuse for a men let alone a father; even though he sexually and physically abused her after her mother passed away from cancer when Lesly was about nine-years old. Larry tried to turn the monster who was about four years old by this point against his true mother Lesly and make him love his wife Marie and him as parents.

Now, for a moment let us observe what know about Larry’s second wife Marie...she was about twenty-six years old married to Larry a much older man and little is known about her background or early-life. What we do know however straight from the words of our little monster is that she was an extremely beautiful woman; about 5’9, luscious blond hair, long legs, a nice curvy midsection, and most of all her skin according to the monster was softer than any other woman he ever met. But that all comes in to play later in this story of true evil.
I will set the scene for the beginnings of our little monster’s first look at death and real cruelty. Of course the monster was exposed to the beatings of his real mother Lesly from time to time, but Marie did her best to keep the monster away from such things. You may be thinking why would a woman as beautiful as I described Marie as be with a violent man like Larry and allow him to abuse his adult daughter? Well, since little is known about Marie’s personality (at this point in time) I guess we can just say love works in mysterious ways and in this case ends up intertwined with death and unknowingly creating pure evil. Anyway, back to the story...Lesly finally saved up enough money to take the monster away from this hateful environment and get her own nice place. But Larry and Marie didn’t like that idea, they didn’t believe that Lesly really worked for that money and accused her of prostituting herself to make the money. They called her all sorts of names, not knowing that our little monster was hiding under the bed in his mother’s room just taking all this in. Like I said he had witnessed violence before, but never had he witnessed such abuse in a verbal sense they broke his mother down. Lesly wasn't the most emotionally sound woman due to her father’s abuse and it didn't take much to break her, and by the end of the verbal abuse from Marie and Larry which went on for almost an hour she just sat in the corner wet with her own tears and ashamed that she allowed them to do that to her.

Then something happened to Lesly as she set there wallowing in her own pain and self-hate...she snapped. This young woman who received awful abuse by her own father her whole life finally snapped. She hated him with such passion, who was he to abuse her and then coddle her son like he was a decent human being when he was the one who raped her and almost killed her from beatings during her pregnancy! Lesly was not a small woman, her father Larry was about 6’6 and 250-pounds and he passed those genes onto his daughter; she was 6’3 but her weight was unknown. She grabbed Larry’s baseball bat that he used to occasionally use to beat her when he wasn't playing on the local softball team with it, and she waited in the room until she heard Marie go into her room and fall asleep. She left her room, and shortly after the monster (without her knowledge) followed her into the hallway and watched her.

She saw that Larry was passed out on the couch and she snuck up behind him, only his head was exposed from under the covers. Lesly raised the bat above her head and slammed it back down with all the might and power she had within her body. The sound of Larry’s skull cracking was sickening to the soul of a normal person...you could hear the skull break apart into small fragments and slice through the brain matter. You could taste the blood in the air and feel the lack of Larry’s existence within it. Even though our monster was only four or five years old, he describes the event with such vivid remembrance as if it was his first memory. And maybe it was, because in my opinion this moment and what happened next is what creates our little monster as he really is or will be for the rest of his so called life.

Larry was near dead after the first blow, but Lesly didn't know that and probably felt more powerful and in control than she ever had before in her entire life. She kept hitting him over and over, she destroyed his face so completely that it would take a ton of work for the cops to identify his body without just assuming. The monster describes hearing the life leave Larry’s body but instead of like it is in film he described it as just a silence within the room as if Larry’s soul or whatever made him alive had just been removed from the area. The silence as he described it was quieter than anything he would experience for a long time after.

Than the silence was broken by Lesly yelling at the monster “go to your room, you shouldn't see this baby.” Her voice wasn't the same though it sounded different than the mother the monster though he knew, it sounded emptier as if the love Lesly held for him had exited her. And even at five years old the monster says that he felt the difference.

title: The monstrosity

question: How is the "monstrosity" described in this article?

answer: The story is written in a horror style, with a lot of horror tropes, including describing the "monstrosity" as a literal monster, possibly with supernatural traits a la Frankenstein's monster. In this, the "monstrosity" has been on a killing spree for many years, and all police efforts (increasingly) have been directed at potential hiding spaces for him.

critique: The answer is not related to the question.

critique: The "monstrosity" is not described as a literal monster, but as a serial killer.

critique: The response is inaccurate. The story is not written in a horror style.

critique: The highlighted portion of the answer is nonsensical, as there has been no evidence to suggest that the police were tracking the wrong places for the "monstrosity" and "he" hadn't done any killing spree yet. Also, there are no police in the story.

critique: The story is not written in a horror style.

critique: The story does not describe the monstrosity as a literal monster, possibly with supernatural traits a la Frankenstein's monster. In this, the "monstrosity" has been on a killing spree for many years, and all police efforts (increasingly) have been directed at potential hiding spaces for him.

question: What terrible scene did the monster see that impacted his whole life?

answer: His mother killing his father.

critique: The answer should be more specific about the terrible scene.

critique: The answer should mention that the father was abusive.

critique: He also sees his mother's beatings of his father.

critique: The answer is too vague and needs to be more specific.

critique: Well, the sentence could be parsed better.

critique: The answer should mention that the father was already dead.

question: Would Larry come back as ghost and control the monster to be the monster the text describes?

answer: No answer

critique: The answer should be no, as the monster is a killer.

critique: There is no answer in the reading materials.


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QONQURTAI () was a Mongol prince and viceroy of Anatolia for the Ilkhanate khanate.

Life

Qonqurtai was born to Hulagu Khan and Ajuja Aguchi, his Khitan concubine wife. Qonqurtai was Hulagu's ninth son and was the senior commander during the reign of his brother Abaqa. He was twice appointed as viceroy of Anatolia, first during the reign of Abaqa and then under Tekuder. His winter quarters were in Kazova plains near Tokat, while his viceroyalty itself has centred around Kayseri.

Rule in Anatolia

Qonqurtai was appointed as commander of Ilkhanid army in Anatolia with Shams al-Din Juvayni as his vizier after the Battle of Elbistan in 1277 to support the Sultanate of Rum against revolting Turcomans.[1] He pursed Jimri, a claimant to Seljuk throne, and attacked his patrons - the Karamanids. As a consequence, Mehmet I of Karaman was captured and executed together with his sons Mahmud and Karaman in October 1277.[2] Qonqurtai further authorised Sâhib Ata to act on his behalf. He aided Kaykhusraw III's efforts to subdue Karamanids and Eshrefids in 1282. However, Qonqurtai had to cease his activities upon hearing the death of Abaqa.

Upon the death of Abaqa, Qonqurtai supported Tekuder's succession in Maragha, who in return gave him the hand of Toqiyatai Khatun, a Keraite concubine of Hulagu and niece of Dokuz Khatun on 12 July 1282. He was also re-appointed as viceroy of Anatolia the same day.[3] However, later in Tekuder's reign, he shifted his alliance to Arghun, which made the former suspicious. Qonqurtai was summoned to Karabakh, accused of conspiracy and was arrested by Tegüder's son-in-law, Alinaq - the viceroy of Georgia on 17 January 1284, and was executed next day by breaking his neck.[4] Later, Arghun had put Tekuder on trial for Qonqurtai's death, who suffered the same penalty as him.

Personality

He was described as a wise ruler in _Zafarnamah_ by Hamdullah Mustawfi,[5] while Qalawun considered him as a not only dishonorable, but also cruel man.[6]

Family

He was married to Toqiyatai Khatun (d. 1292), a Keraite concubine of Hulagu and niece of Dokuz Khatun on 12 July 1282, and only two of his children reached adulthood.[7]:

1.  Esen Timur Kharbanda (executed by Ghazan in 1296[8])
    1.  Pulad
2.  Ildar (executed by Ghazan in 1296[9])
    1.  Aq Timur
3.  Karai (died in infancy)
4.  Changtimur (died in infancy)
5.  Tashtimur (died in infancy)
6.  Ashightimur (died in infancy)
7.  Akash m (died in infancy)

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[5] L. J. Ward, “The Ẓafar-nāmah of Ḥamd Allāh Mustaufi and the Il-Khān dynasty of Iran,” Ph.D. diss, p.204, University of Manchester, 1983.

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title: Qonqurtai

question: What does the text say about Qonqurtai?

answer: Qonqurtai was a Mongol prince and viceroy of Anatolia for the Ilkhanate Khanate. He was born in 1260 and was the Khan's ninth son. He was twice appointed as viceroy, first during the reign of his brother and then under Tekuder. Qonqurtai was the senior commander during the reign of his brother Abaqa. He died because he shifted his alliance to Arghun who arrested him and had him executed.

critique: His birth year is not mentioned in the text.

critique: The answer should mention his wife and children.

critique: The response repeats the information of his birth and that he was Khan's ninth son.

text: He was not killed by Arghun but by Tekuder.

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question: What does the text say about Qonqurtai's early life?

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critique: The answer should mention that he was born to Hulagu Khan and Ajuja Aguchi.

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critique: The answer should mention that Qonqurtai was born to Hulagu Khan and Ajuja Aguchi, his Khitan concubine wife.

question: What does the text say about Qonqurtai's family?

answer: Qonqurtai was born to Hulagu Khan and Ajuja Aguchi, his Khitan concubine wife. He was Hulagu's ninth son and was the senior commander during the reign of his brother Abaqa. He was twice appointed as viceroy of Anatolia, first during the reign of Abaqa and then under Tekuder. He was married to Toqiyatai Khatun (d. 1292), a Keraite concubine of Hulagu and niece of Dokuz Khatun on 12 July 1282, and only two of his children reached adulthood.

critique: The answer should mention that Qonqurtai had nine children.

critique: The answer should mention that Qonqurtai had many children.

critique: The answer should mention that Qonqurtai's children were executed.

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question: What does the text say about the royal lifestyle?

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critique: The answer should mention his role as a prince.

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text: The answer should mention that Qonqurtai had winter quarters in Kazova plains but was viceroy in Kayseri, where he also lived. It appears that part of the royal lifestyle was having/being married to concubines. Finally, it appears that royals could summons people and had the power to put them to death.


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AVERIL CONSTANCE DEMUTH (1906–2000) was an English writer of children's stories, several of which have a fantasy element.

Life

Averil Constance Demuth was born on 5 January 1906 in Devon.

In the 1920s Demuth wrote words for music composed by Norman Demuth. However, her first story was _Trudi and Hansel_ (1938), set in the Austrian Tyrol. The girl Trudi, the boy Hansel, the cow Lotti, the dog Berni, the hen Griselda and the raven Kraak all go up the mountain to see Riese the giant, and then all come down again. Eleanor Farjeon gave the book a positive review: “Nora Lavrin's delicious crayon illustrations are the gay and unsophisticated complement to Averil Demuth's Tyrolean tale ... I like this book very much”.[1] A biographical sketch of Demuth appeared in the children's book club magazine _Young Wings_.[2] _The House in the Mountains_ (1940), illustrated by Grace Huxtable, was set in Kandergurgl, a little Swiss village. Max, Lisel and the other children encounter a witch, a wicked baron, Ruffin the dog, Mr Fooks the fox and Mr Trog the bear in a story with kidnappings, magic, secret passages and a ransom.[3]

In 1941 she was living in Heston, Cornwall.[4] She married Anthony Cockbain in Penzance in 1941, though he died in November 1942,[5] after only one year of marriage.[6]

_The Enchanted Islands_ (1941) was followed by _Sea Gypsies_ (1942), a holiday story of Peter and Petronel on an “enchanted island”, where the “little people” were as real as humans. The _Manchester Guardian_ reviewer welcomed the book: “This story is very well done”.[7]_The House of the Wind_(1953) was an adventure story set in Cornwall. One reviewer remarked that the story “spurns the hygenic world of normal holidays and enters into Lyonese and ancient magic without being objectionably fey”.[8]

In 1968 Demuth edited a book about the Minack Theatre: six people connected to the theatre described their activities, and Demuth herself gave a historical account of the theatre.[9] She died on 16 May 2000 in Penzance.

Works

-   (with Norman Demuth) _Two ships: unison song_. London: Oxford University Press, 1926. The English choral songs, no. 57. Music by Norman Demuth, words by Averil Demuth.
-   (with Norman Demuth) _Spindrift: unison song_. London : Edward Arnold & Co., 1930. Singing class music, No. 370. Music by Norman Demuth, words by Averil Demuth.
-   _Trudi and Hansel: a story of the Austrian Tyrol_. London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1938. Illustrated by Nora Lavrin.
-   _The house in the mountains: a Swiss story_. London. Illustrated by Grace Huxtable. (American edition illustrated by Ninon MacKnight.)
-   _The enchanted islands: a modern fairy tale_. London: H. Hamilton, 1941. Illustrated by Grace Huxtable.
-   _The sea gypsies_. London: H. Hamilton, 1942. Illustrated by Grace Huxtable.
-   _The house of the wind_. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1953. Illustrated by Fritz Wegner.
-   (ed.) ''The Minack open-air theatre: a symposium ''. Newton Abbott: David Charles Ltd., 1968.

[1] Eleanor Farjeon, 'Authors v. Artists', _The Manchester Guardian_, 4 December 1938, p. 18.

[2] _Young Wings: The Magazine of the Boys' and Girls' Book Club_, Vol. 10, No. 4 (September 1938), p. 20.

[3] 'For the Children: Happy Families', _The Manchester Guardian_, 5 January 1941, p. 4.

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[5] 'Deaths', _The Times_, 9 December 1942, p. 1.

[6] British & Irish Women Writers of Fiction 1910-1960 (D)

[7] M. C., 'Books of the Day: Christmas Books', _The Manchester Guardian_, 18 December 1942, p. 3.

[8] Mary Crozier, 'Books for the Uncertain Years', _The Manchester Guardian_, 4 December 1953, p. 9.

[9] _The Times_, 26 August 1968, p. 9.

title: Averil Demuth

question: Summarize what happened in the 1940's.

answer: The 1940's were a busy decade for Demuth. Her first story was Trudi and Hansel, set in the Austrian Tyrol. In 1940 she edited a book about the Minack Theatre. She married Anthony Cockbain, but he died one year later. In 1941 she wrote The Enchanted Islands and Sea Gypsies. The House of the Wind was written in 1953.

critique: "In 1940 she edited a book about the Minack Theatre" is irrelevant

critique: The answer omits that in 1942, Demuth's husband died.

critique: The response inaccurately mentions that The House of the Wind was written in 1953, however it was written in 1940.

critique: The last sentence has nothing to do with the 1940s, but with the 1950s instead.

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

question: Summarize all the information relating to the mountainous Austrian Tyrol.

answer: Averil Demuth's first story was set in the Austrian Tyrol. Written in 1938, it was titled "Trudi and Hansel". The girl, boy, cow, dog, hen and raven all go up the mountain and come down to see Riese the giant, who is described by Eleanor Farjeon as the "gay and unsophisticated complement to Averil Demuth's Tyrolean tale".

critique: Farjeon's review is irrelevant to the question.

critique: Farjeon's review and Demuth's story title are not necessary.

critique: Farjeon is not the one who describes Riese as the "gay and unsophisticated complement to Averil Demuth's Tyrolean tale".

question: Summarize the locations used by Demuth for her children's books.

answer: Demuth's first story, Trudi and Hansel, is set in the Austrian Tyrol. Her second story, The House in the Mountains, is set in Kandergurgl. The third and fourth stories are set in an enchanted island. The fifth and sixth stories are set in Cornwall.

critique: The answer should mention that the first story is set in the Austrian Tyrol, and the second story is set in Kandergurgl.

critique: The second and third stories are not set in an enchanted island, but a holiday story set on an enchanted island.

critique: The answer omits the seventh story, The House of the Wind.

critique: "The third and fourth stories are set in an enchanted island." - this is incorrect. The fifth and sixth stories are set in Cornwall.

critique: We don't know that her third and fourth stories are set in an enchanted island

question: Summarize the reviews of Demuth's publications.

answer: The reviewer of Trudi and Hansel says that the illustrations are very good and the story is also well done. The House in the Mountains, an adventure story of childhood with all kinds of hazards, seems overall to be well-recieved, according to the September 1942 issue of Manchester Guardian. The reviewer remarks that the story very much feels like part of an inherited tradition. The House of the Wind is called an adventure story and has reviewers noting that it is well-written and gets across historical details. A story about six people connected to Minack Theatre named as The Minack Open-Air Theatre: A symposium by 1968 was constructed by Averil Demuth and was watched by many children.

critique: The last two sentences are irrelevant to the question.

critique: Demuth edited a book about the Minack Theatre in 1968, not published a book about it.

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SpaceX will attempt the first launch of its new giant rocket, the Falcon Heavy, on Feb. 6, the company's CEO Elon Musk said Saturday (Jan. 27).

The much-anticipated maiden flight of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket will lift off from the historic Launch Pad 39A — the same one used for NASA's Apollo moon missions and space shuttle flights — at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Musk's announcement came three days after SpaceX test-fired the Falcon Heavy's 27 first-stage engines for the first time at the launchpad on Wednesday (Jan. 24).

"Aiming for first flight of Falcon Heavy on Feb. 6 from Apollo launchpad 39A at Cape Kennedy," Musk wrote on Twitter. "Easy viewing from the public causeway." [In Photos: SpaceX's 1st Falcon Heavy Rocket at the Pad]

While Musk did not specify a launch time for the Falcon Heavy's first flight, the mission may lift off during a three-hour launch window that opens at 1:30 p.m. EST (1830 GMT), according to a SpaceNews report. A backup launch date is available the following day, SpaceNews added.

[SpaceX's first Falcon Heavy rocket stands atop Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The rocket's debut launch is scheduled for Feb. 6, 2018.]

SpaceX's first Falcon Heavy rocket stands atop Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The rocket's debut launch is scheduled for Feb. 6, 2018. (Image credit: SpaceX)
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy booster is the most powerful rocket since NASA's Saturn V moon rocket. Its first stage consists of three Falcon 9 cores that are designed to return to Earth after launch much like the company's solo Falcon 9 flights.

The heavy-lift rocket stands 230 feet tall (70 meters) and is designed to launch payloads of up to 119,000 lbs. (57 metric tons) into space. It can carry twice the load of its nearest rival: the Delta IV Heavy built by the United Launch Alliance.

For its debut flight, the Falcon Heavy is carrying Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster into space. Musk has said the launch, if successful, will deliver the Roadster into a heliocentric orbit that will eventually send the midnight-cherry-red electric car by Mars.

However, Musk has repeatedly attempted to lower expectations for the Falcon Heavy's first flight, saying there is a fair chance the launch could fail.

"There's a lot that could go wrong there," Musk said last year. "I encourage people to come down to the Cape to see the first Falcon Heavy mission; it's guaranteed to be exciting."

And Musk isn't alone in promising excitement. The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (KSCVC), which offers tickets to view launches from Florida's Space Coast, unveiled a series of Falcon Heavy launch viewing packages on Thursday (Jan. 25).

Those launch viewing packages range in price from $35 per person (for simple viewing access and parking) to the already-sold-out $195 per person "Feel the Heat" package, which offers two-day admission to the KSC Visitor Complex, transportation to a viewing area at the complex's Apollo/Saturn V Center, a trip to the Shuttle Landing Facility, a catered meal, SpaceX hat and other amenities.

"When SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy lifts off from Kennedy Space Center's famed Pad 39A, the same launchpad from which Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong set course for the moon on Apollo 11 in 1969, a new kind of history will be made," KSCVC representatives said in the announcement.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy test flight will come one week after the company's next mission. That flight will launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the GovSat-1 communications satellite from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

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question: Summarize the main news event.

answer: SpaceX will attempt the first launch of its new giant rocket, the Falcon Heavy, on Feb. 6, the company's CEO Elon Musk said Saturday (Jan. 27).

critique: The answer should mention the launchpad.

question: What does the text have to say about the traits of the rocket?

answer: The Falcon Heavy is the most powerful rocket since NASA's Saturn V moon rocket. It stands 230 feet tall and is designed to launch payloads of up to 119,000 lbs. into space. It can carry twice the load of its nearest rival, the Delta IV Heavy.

question: Summarize everything Elon Musk said.

answer: Musk said that SpaceX's Falcon Heavy booster is the most powerful rocket since NASA's Saturn V moon rocket, standing 230 feet tall and capable of lifting payloads of up to 119,000 lbs. into space. Its first stage consists of three Falcon 9 cores, like the Falcon 9 flights. For the debut flight, the rocket is carrying Musk's Tesla Roadster into space, and he hopes to send it on a heliocentric orbit that will send the car to Mars. Musk also reiterated that there's a fair chance the launch could fail, though also inviting people to come see it.

critique: The answer should mention that the Falcon Heavy's first flight is scheduled for February 6.

critique: The second to last sentence is unnecessary and repetitive.

critique: The answer should mention that the Falcon Heavy is scheduled to launch on February 6.

critique: The second sentence is unnecessary and should be removed.

question: Summarize the negative reactions to the launch.

answer: No answer

critique: The answer should mention that the article does not mention any negative reactions.

critique: The article has a section where Musk tries to lower expectations, and there is a quote from him where he says "There's a lot that could go wrong there."


text:
'Tomorrow will just have to be what today wasn't'. That was my mother’s mantra. She said it after every hard shift, every failed test, every break up, and every argument. She whispered it into my ears as she wiped tears off my cheeks. I used to tell myself the same thing when things went awry. I had always put faith into words, especially those words. Words defined my life.
It was 4:15 in the morning on the sixteenth of July. There was nothing special about the time or the date, but my brain woke me up regardless. I remember how cold it was in my room. I reached out of bed, tapped the small touch lamp on the bedside table, grabbed the robe that hung off the post of my bed and buried myself inside of it. Sliding my feet into my slippers, I crossed the room to turn on my space heater.

Had I lived anywhere else, the heater probably would’ve been stored away with holiday decorations and winter jackets, but I didn’t live anywhere else. I lived in a studio apartment with very little space. I didn’t own any holiday decorations and all of my winter clothes were hung up and stuffed into my little closet behind all of my summer clothes. I crossed the room and turned the knob on my fourteen dollar space heater to the single notch that signified power level one. The lamp lost a little bit of light. I shuffled toward my bed, kicked off the slippers and did a belly flop onto the mattress. The room filled with the quiet hum of the heater converting the temperature of the air and I squirmed under the comforter. Laying in my bed, wrapped in a robe and snuggled under a blanket, I knew I wasn’t getting back to sleep that night. I had only slept for about three hours and already my brain had kicked me into consciousness and given me the finger. I laid there for a few minutes and decided, ’Fuck it. If I’m going to be awake, I’m going to work’. I grabbed the laptop from the other side of the end table, nearly knocking the lamp off as I did. I pushed the lamp back into place, increasing its brightness ever so slightly. I flipped the laptop open and was greeted by a page full of text.

Words had always comforted me. Growing up, my mother always knew exactly what to say to make things better. She had so many pearls of wisdom to hand out and I had always eagerly accepted them. It had just been her and I growing up. After I was born, the doctor told her she wouldn’t have any more children. Her husband, who I refused to acknowledge as being my father (why should I, I never even saw his face), couldn’t stand to be with a woman who couldn’t provide him with a son so he left her with her daughter without a trace. Kids at school were always kind enough to point out how weird it was that Lindsay didn’t have a dad and when I would report their observations to my mother, she would always get down on her knees, put her hands on my shoulders and ask me, “Are those children smarter than you?” to which I always replied, “No”. Her follow up would be something similar to “Are the girls prettier than you?” This question had bothered me because I looked nothing like my mother (which, naturally, meant that I looked like her ex-husband). But, in the end, the answer was usually “No”. She would ask if they were stronger or braver than me and, as the queen of dares and arm wrestling, I always responded in the negative. She would wrap all of these questions up with one final one, the only one that really mattered.

“So then, Lindsay, are the kids with fathers better than you?”

And I always knew they weren’t. There were some kids in town that were, but they all went to a private school and I never had to see them anyway. I went to the only public school in my town. Everyone knew everyone else and we were all poor. No one had a guest bedroom and most of the houses had only one bathroom. My mom worked as a nurse during the day at the local nursing home and bartended during the night. She was always home when I woke up, when school let out, and when I went to sleep. As soon as I was old enough, I got a job helping out at the library after school. I got lost in books and excelled in English and ended up writing my way out of that little town and into Chicago. I took my mother with me, but she didn’t make it very long in a big city. She was exceedingly proud of my success but I always told her that she was the one who had given it to me.

I opened the laptop to find a page mostly filled with words. They were small money words. I hadn’t produced big money words since my mother died. I watched the cursor blink, waiting to be jettisoned across the screen by a slew of creativity or inspiration but it just stood there and blinked at me. I was in the middle of reading the paragraph preceding the boring cursor when I heard a rattling outside of my bedroom. My brain shut down and I stared at my bedroom door, waiting to see if it would bust inward. Someone was in my apartment. I knew that because the closest I came to a pet was the plastic tree by the front door and the dead fern by the window. I remember thinking ’Who the fuck would break in to my shitty apartment?’ but that didn’t matter. What mattered was that somebody had. My lamp was on and my laptop was illuminating my room, so whoever it was probably knew that I was awake. Did they know that I knew they were there?

title: [MS] Actually looking for feedback on my firsts few paragraphs

question: Who is the narrator's most important familiar relation?

answer: Her mother.

critique: The narrator's father is also important to her.

question: What does the motif of words mean in the story?

answer: The narrator's mother always knew what to say to make things better. She had so many pearls of wisdom to hand out and the narrator always eagerly accepted them. Growing up, the narrator always knew that she was better than the kids with fathers. She excelled in English and ended up writing her way out of the town and into Chicago. She took her mother with her, but she didn't make it very long in the big city. She was exceedingly proud of the narrator's success but the narrator always told her that she was the one who had given it to her.

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

question: What is the central conflict in the story?

answer: The narrator is in her apartment when she hears a rattling outside her bedroom door. She knows that someone is in her apartment.

text: The rattling of the person in her apartment is more of a secondary conflict. The main conflict was growing up poor and without a father, in a small town.

question: What happened to the narrator's mother?

answer: She died.

critique: The narrator's mother died, but the story doesn't say how.

critique: It is omitted that the narrator's mother worked two jobs, which is why they were able to move to Chicago.

critique: It's omitted that she was a nurse and her mother died of cancer.

critique: "She died." - is too vague and needs more details.


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The FBI's counterintelligence investigation into whether Trump campaign officials had improper contacts with Russia was triggered by information the bureau obtained about George PapadopoulosGeorge Demetrios PapadopoulosFlynn spurs questions of who Trump might pardon next Not treason, not a crime — but definitely a gross abuse of power Tale of two FBI cases: Clinton got warned, Trump got investigated MORE, a former adviser to the campaign, according to the memo released Friday by House Intelligence Committee Republicans.

Allies of President Trump[]Donald TrumpBiden and Harris named Time's 2020 'Person of the Year' US to sanction Turkey over Russian defense system: report Federal government executes Brandon Bernard despite last-minute appeals MORE have claimed the Russia probe began with the so-called Steele dossier that was paid for in part by Hillary Clinton[]Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBette Middler blasts McConnell: 'How did he win with an 18% approval rating?' Hillary Clinton: Republicans that 'humor' Trump election claims 'have no spines' Trump leaves mixed legacy on veterans affairs MORE and the Democratic National Committee (DNC). That would mean the Russia investigation itself — and by extension, special counsel Robert Mueller[]Robert (Bob) MuellerBarr taps attorney investigating Russia probe origins as special counsel CNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting MORE’s probe — was launched from political opposition research.

But the memo states that FBI agent Pete Strzok opened the investigation in July 2016 based on "information" about Papadapoulos, rather than the dossier.

The New York Times has previously reported that Papadapoulos bragged to an Australian diplomat that the Russians had damaging information on Clinton before the hack of the DNC became publicly known. The Australian government tipped off the FBI to what Papadapoulos had said, according to the Times.

Papadopoulos has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and is cooperating with special counsel Mueller’s investigation.

Still, the revelation that Strzok, who sent text messages disparaging Trump, launched the original investigation into the Trump campaign will further fuel debate over political bias at the FBI.

Strzok and Lisa Page, who is a lawyer at the FBI, exchanged private text messages during the campaign that were disparaging of Trump. Strzok and Page, who were having an affair, were both on Mueller’s special counsel team at one point before being reassigned last year

Strzok was also a central figure in the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email arrangement. Republicans, citing text messages between Strzok and Lisa Page, have said the FBI determined ahead of time to give Clinton an election year pass.

The memo released by Republicans on Friday, which was authored by staffers for House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes[]Devin Gerald NunesBiden's Cabinet a battleground for future GOP White House hopefuls Overnight Defense: Trump loyalist to lead Pentagon transition | Democrats ask VA for vaccine distribution plan | Biden to get classified intel reports Ex-Nunes aide linked to Biden conspiracy theories will lead Pentagon transition MORE (R-Calif.), also criticizes the FBI’s use of the Steele dossier in a warrant application.

After the counterintelligence investigation began, the memo states, the FBI used the Steele dossier, in part, to obtain surveillance warrants for Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, who is not related to Lisa Page.

Then-FBI Director James Comey[]James Brien ComeyTrump's self-pardon would clash with his impeachment The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by Mastercard - Dem leaders back smaller COVID-19 relief bill as pandemic escalates Trump blasts special counsel Durham for moving too slowly MORE sought and received a warrant to spy on Carter Page in October 2016, the document states.

The surveillance applications typically involve several layers of authentication. Justice Department lawyers must show probable cause that the target of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court warrant is acting as an agent of a foreign power.

The memo asserts that the FBI hid details about the origins of the dossier from the surveillance court. The memo also states that there is “not evidence of any cooperation or conspiracy between [Carter] Page and Papadopoulos.”

question: What exactly made the FBI convinced of foreign interference in the United States' 2016 election?

answer: It is not stated.

critique: The article states that the FBI was tipped off by the Australian government about George Papadopoulos boasting about the Russians having damaging information on Hillary Clinton.

critique: The article does state what made the FBI convinced of foreign interference in the United States' 2016 election.

critique: The text states: "The New York Times has previously reported that Papadopoulos bragged" so this one point is evidence

critique: The article does state the reason for the FBI's investigation.

critique: The article mentions that the FBI was tipped off by the Australian government about George Papadopoulos boasting about the Russians having damaging information on Hillary Clinton.

critique: It is not stated directly, but the article mentions George Papadopoulos.

critique: The article does state what led the FBI to believe there was foreign interference.

question: Prior to obtaining any information from the Australian government, was the FBI ever planning to investigate any Russian threat to the election?

answer: No, the FBI had no plans to investigate any Russian threat to the election.

critique: The Russian threat is a logical conclusion if there were plans to investigate Russia's involvement in the election.

critique: The answer is incorrect. The article states that the FBI's counterintelligence investigation into whether Trump campaign officials had improper contacts with Russia was triggered by information the bureau obtained about George Papadopoulos.

critique: This response is incorrect. The text states that the FBI investigation was triggered by information they obtained from the Australian government.

critique: The article does not answer this question.

text: The answer inaccurately mentions that the FBI had no plans to investigate any Russian threat to the election. The passage doesn't mention it.

question: What there any personal vendetta involved in the investigation of the Trump campaign and its links with Russia?

answer: No answer

critique: It is wrongly stated that the text does not contain any answer to the question.

critique: The article states that the investigation was launched from political opposition research.

critique: The article states that there was political bias at the FBI.

question: Did the FBI really believe Trump would pardon himself?

answer: Based on the article, it appears to suggest that the FBI has distorted and falsified the facts and have sold out to everyone.

critique: The article does not say anything about the FBI selling out to anyone.

critique: The article does not suggest that the FBI has distorted and falsified the facts and have sold out to everyone.

critique: The FBI is not mentioned in the article.

critique: No one is suggesting the FBI sold out to everyone

critique: This response is not related to the inqu

critique: The article does not provide any information regarding the FBI's opinion on the matter.


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A worn and somewhat muscular hand thrust from beneath the surface of a pale blue  mountain fed lake. Dripping with slimy seaweed and lake water the hand paddled furiously. Suddenly, the famous King Arthur shot out of the water, finding himself gasping for air. Arthur’s other hand emerged from the icy depths, paddling against its watery grave. King Arthur sighed a sigh of relief. He was finally home. Where were his people? Had it really been that long?

He spun around, trying to locate the shore. He finally homed in on some birds flying in wide circles high in the sky. Arthur paddled his legs and arms in their general direction, hoping for any sign of relief from this strenuous fight for life.

The swim was hard, but The King had nearly reached the border in which marked the end of this journey, and the beginning of the next. The shore. King Arthur waded through the last bit of water, too tired to swim. “Twilight?” The king spoke with a harsh British accent. It wasn’t really, the polluted air had made it seem darker than it really was.

The King found himself on a silky sand beach, the course rock he once knew had eroded into the perfect sand castle building material. “I have been away many years,” Arthur said in a hushed tone of grief and sorrow. “Whither will I go now?”

Arthur jumped with remembrance, almost forgetting a very important role in his life. He had first seen Excalibur when he was eleven, in a nook of a tree, sitting ever so mocking, telling him to take it and run. He didn’t. But Excalibur stopped at nothing. It came again. Arthur remembered the day vividly. A month day after his twelfth birthday. The same sword, this time screaming at him to take it. He did that time. His only sword and companion had fought many battles since then. Much bloodshed in the name of his people.

The King keeled down on one knee, he raised his hand, and with an inaudible command the sky was ripped apart, revealing a blinding light. Arthur was thrown down, unable to overcome the intense force that Excalibur brought. Then, as soon as it had started, it had ended. The only trace of it ever happening was the sword held in King Arthur's worn right hand.

Arthur walked forward, dripping with sweat, clutching Excalibur with all his might. Although there was nothing to be afraid of, not now. He saw no one and he wondered if his people, all Arthur had worked for, had dyed off. Conquered by another nation. The great and powerful king shuddered at the thought.

King Arthur came to a black strip of land with a yellow stripe down the middle, although he had no idea how they made it, he knew exactly what it was. A road. This was reassuring, to know that his people had progressed in technology. He wasn’t only talking about the road, but the machines that must have used it. Merlin had warned him of that much.

A small drug store, across the road, was the only thing Arthur saw. He was intimidated by the miniature structure. But he tried to believe his people would remember their king of old. Arthur walked in, a small bell sounded. The room was dimly lit, with a man in a black beanie and a gun pointed to the cashier. Arthur saw the look in the thieves eye’s, the most intense gaze of hatred. “Halt! In the name of King Arthur!” The man whirled around in fear and astonishment. He aimed the gun to Arthur's head and squeezed the trigger.

**If I receive enough feedback I would love to continue the adventures of King Arthur! Thanks in advance!**

title: [SP] King Arthur's Return

question: What does the story say about its setting?

answer: The story is set in a lake fed by a mountain. King Arthur swims to the shore and then walks to a road. He sees a small drug store across the road.

critique: "The story is set in a lake fed by a mountain. King Arthur swims to the shore and then walks to a road. He sees a small drug store across the road." - doesn't really say much about Arthur's setting. The name of the lake needs to be included, as well as the road and the city.

critique: The answer omits the time period of the story.

question: What does the story say about King Arthur's feelings?

answer: King Arthur is worried and grief-stricken by the trouble he had managing to get home to his kingdom. Back home, he is both astonished and relieved to find himself with his people again. Losing faith in them being alive, he once again seizes the opportunity to rely and trust his people which gives King Arthur great relief.

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

critique: "Back home, he is both astonished and relieved to find himself with his people again. Losing faith in them being alive, he once again seizes the opportunity to rely and trust his people which gives King Arthur great relief." - this is incorrect. King Arthur isn't sure if his people are dead or alive. He's also not relieved to find himself with his people, he's just relieved to find himself home.

critique: Arthur was never lost, he was just away.

critique: The response contains inaccurate information.

question: What does the story say about battle?

answer: King Arthur comes out of the water and makes a trek to his home. He is tired and thirsty. He is also weary. He thinks he sees his people but realizes that they may have been conquered by another nation. He heads to a drug store and is shot.

critique: The answer does not mention the battle that Arthur is a part of.

question: What does the story say about Arthur and Excalibur?

answer: He sees a sword in a tree and does not take it, only for it to come to him again. This time, he takes it. Every battle since has been with that sword. There is a bright flash and King Arthur was defeated and in his hand he holds the very sword that defeated him, as well as ones that see him through every situation.

critique: The response contains inaccurate information.


text:
                                           The King

	Our King has always been a little different. He’s very quiet I haven’t really seen him give anyone orders at all either. Whenever something needs to be done I see him doing it. He doesn’t just sit around; I’ve actually seen him go into the mines. I don’t know if it’s just because I’m a child but not even the adults in the village are as active as him.

       He’s always leaving the kingdom and coming back with tons of different things. I can’t always see what he’s coming back with, but I’ve seen bones, some kind of meat that just looks bad, and even strange looking pearls. And the dogs! He has so many dogs that there’s not a single wild dog here. He must be traveling great distances to find all these dogs, because I know they’re not from here.

	When I see him doing all these strange things I start asking my parents what it is he’s doing, and they tell me: “don’t question the king,” but they never tell me why. He doesn’t look old, so he can’t be all that wise. All that work he does and all the times he leaves - it’s not normal.  I was  sick of wondering.

	I finally got into his castle and he was at his workbench. When I got closer he looked back at me, seemingly confused, but he turned back around and kept tinkering with some weird red dust. I got closer and mustered up the courage to ask him as politely as I could, “How come you’re so different than everyone else?” The king stopped, stood up and looked at me. He asked, “Excuse me?” and I said it again. He chuckled briefly under his breath and said “it seems like you’re different too.”

       He started to tell me a story. “When I was your age, I lived in a different kingdom and I felt the same way about my king. I would go to school and all the kids and the teachers would seem to just drift through their lives, but not the king; he was always spontaneous. I was finally sick of that curious feeling, so I went and talked to my king and he told me his story. Sometime afterwards the kingdom was destroyed and all the people inside were attacked by monsters. It was terrible. There were explosions, arrows, and the groans of the undead.

	I was able to escape, but barely. I fought my way out with nothing but my hands. finally I found a break in the chaos and I found a cave and covered the entrance with dirt. I was devastated, but I wanted to live so I built a shelter.  I enjoyed building. Then since I had built my shelter I began mining - I enjoyed that as well. I had so many supplies I decided to build more and I ended up building a village. Strangely enough people appeared. That village moved on to become this kingdom. That’s my story.”

	I asked him why he told me all that. and he told me simply because I was a player. A player? I was so confused. He then told me that only players are kings. I didn’t understand. He went on by asking me what my earliest memory is and I told him standing outside. “Exactly,” He said. “That was the first time you entered this world.” He started talking about how this life isn’t real and that once he’s gone he’ll be able to enter the real world again.

	He began taking me adventuring with him, that’s when he would explain things and share his knowledge with me. “When a king dies, everything he ever did goes with him. That’s how my king’s old kingdom was destroyed. I left my Kingdom and made a village. I have people of my own now. My king was killed by a mob of three suicide creatures right outside his gate. I saw everything he had made disappear along with him.” That’s when I believed everything he told me - while he took me adventuring with him. Now I know that there is a better life to be had out of this one. A less edged and more rounded one. Thank you king Steve. Minecraft Steve.

title: The King (Minecraft short story)

question: What does the story say about the Queen?

answer: No answer

critique: The question asks about the queen, not about the king.

critique: The response misses to provide an answer to the task in the task.

critique: There's no queen, but it is possible that a queen could have informed the king's life story.

question: What does the story say about the narrator's thoughts on their King?

answer: The King looks different. He is a lot different than the rest of the village. The narrator does not think their King looks old so the King is not that wise since the narrator thinks wisdom requires elderly knowledge. This is one of the reasons the narrator questions their King's methods. The King is actually very task-orientated, going on adventures to collect ideas and supplies to build the kingdom an industry. Once the narrator knows the truth about the King, they realize that the King has an interesting story.

critique: The narrator's thoughts are irrelevant to the question.

critique: The narrator's thoughts on the King are not mentioned in the passage.

critique: The story doesn't say the narrator thinks their king is task-orientated.

critique: The narrator's thoughts are not included in the answer.

critique: The narrator's thoughts aren't explicitly stated, so this should be omitted.

critique: The narrator's thoughts on the King are not mentioned.

critique: The narrator does not think the King looks old so the King is not that wise since the narrator thinks wisdom requires elderly knowledge.

critique: This is not a direct thought expressed by the narrator about the king.

question: What does the story say about The King?

answer: The King is a Minecraft player who is different from everyone else. He is very quiet, doesn't give anyone orders, and is very active. He is always leaving the kingdom and coming back with tons of different things. He has so many dogs that there's not a single wild dog in the village. He must be traveling great distances to find all these dogs. The King is also a player. He tells the narrator that only players are kings. The King is killed by a mob of three suicide creatures right outside his gate.

critique: The answer should mention the narrator's realization about the king's story.

critique: The last two sentences are not relevant to the question.

critique: The answer should mention that the King is the narrator's father.

critique: The answer should mention that the King is a Minecraft character.

critique: The highlighted sentences are redundant and unnecessary to the passage and should not be included.

critique: The King is not killed by a mob of three suicide creatures. He is killed by a mob of three suicide creatures.

question: What is the connection between being a King and a Player?

answer: The King says that the players are the Kings and that the life in the game isn't real.

critique: The answer should be clearer in its pronoun use.

critique: The answer should mention that the player is the king because the player is the one who created the kingdom.

critique: The answer does not mention the connection between being a player and a king.

critique: The answer should be more specific about what the connection is.

critique: The ownership of everything by the King is omitted, which is an extension into the meaning of players being Kings.

critique: The answer is not related to the question.

critique: The answer should mention that the king says that the players are the kings because they are the only ones who can enter the game.


text:
Heyoo everyone. This is a story I wrote for my intro to creative writing class. I'm thinking about double majoring of maybe minoring in the subject. If you could let me know what you think of the story that'd be very nice of you. Thanks.
p.s.--brutal honesty is encouraged

Baby Ray
Raymond was my little brother. We called him Baby Ray until he was old enough to tell us to shut up, and after that we just called him Ray. The same year Ray was born my parents got us a dog. A huge Bernese mountain dog named Theodore.

Theodore was the coolest dog ever. He grew to mammoth proportions, but when he was a puppy people used to think he was a stuffed animal. Without a doubt, that dog was the motherfuckin’ bee’s-knees. He was the smartest dog I ever met. I know everyone thinks that their dog is the best, but Theodore really was. Ray used to ride atop him like he was a horse, pulling his ears like they were reigns and screaming with laughter. I swear he understood English perfectly. We would ask him, “Where’s Mom?” and he’d lead us right to her. It even seemed like he understood the jokes we made, howling along with my brother and I as we laughed at whatever stupid joke the other had made.

Walking Theodore was considered to be a “chore”, but my brother and I both enjoyed the activity. We’d switch off days of the week for who got to walk him. It was my favorite part of the day. Just me and Theodore, walking down the street. Straight chillin’. When Ray and I got older we would roll up little joints and walk Theodore to the woods. Once we were there, we’d smoke and take him off the leash. While we lazily strolled around the woods, Theodore would run ahead. He never went far though, always waiting for us and staying within eyesight. Whenever we got a bit too baked and got lost, he always could smell his way back to the car. That dog was awesome, and we loved him like he was a long, lost third brother.

I was 16 the day that Theodore died. I was playing my favorite video game, Crash Bandicoot, on PlayStation, when I heard a scream coming from the front yard. My mom was out there gardening, and I knew there was nothing in the yard that could make her scream like that. I jumped off the couch and ran outside. Theodore was lying dead in the middle of the street. Apparently a car had whipped around the corner too fast and had hit him right in front of our house. He died right away.

I was kneeling in the road next to his body before I realized that my mom was doing the same thing. Except she was kneeling next to my little brother, a pool of blood gathering around his head, Theodore’s leash still gripped in his hand.

The way I felt about Theodore was pretty similar to the way I felt about Ray. Just the way Theodore was the best dog in the world, Ray was the best little brother in the world. He was a hilarious little kid, and was oddly wise for his young age. Even though I was two years older than him, I often found myself going to him for advice. He was one of my best friends.

That all changed after the accident. Ray had suffered brain damage and entered what the doctors called a “vegetative state”. This turned out to be permanent.

Years went by. Ray made no improvements. He was a vegetable, in a coma. He responded to nothing. No blinking, no head movement—nothing at all. I couldn’t stand to see my little brother like that. The kid who had once schooled me at Super Smash Bro’s, who I had taught to shoot a basketball, was now breathing only with the help of machines. He would never walk again, or laugh, or do any of the cool shit we had always said we would.

One day, about 3 years after the accident, the doctors came in the room to discuss something with my mom. This was weird, and signified to us that something important was afoot. My brother had a whole slew of doctors that attended to him, but never had they all been together in the room at the same time. My mother and I were sitting next to my brother’s bed when they walked in, reading the newspaper to him. My mom believed that he could hear what was going on around him, and that he especially enjoyed the paper. When he woke up, she reasoned, he would want to be up on current events.

“Excuse us,” the most senior looking doctor said. “Could we have a moment?” The doctors asked me to leave the room so they could speak to my mother, and obviously, I refused. If there was something they had to say about Ray, then they could damn well say it in front of me. My mom agreed. “He can stay,” she told them, although they clearly weren’t happy about it, judging from the looks they shot each other. They kept it short and sweet. “Ray’s been with us for three years now, and he hasn’t shown any sign of improvement. He is in a permanent vegetative state, and will be that way for the rest of his life. You may want to consider taking him off life support.”

 My mom took this a lot better than I thought she would. It was because she fully held onto hope that my brother would one day wake up totally fine, as if he were simply waking up from a really long nap. Every morning she started her day thinking, knowing, that that would be the day my brother was sitting up in his bed waiting for her when she walked into his room.

Every morning, my mom woke up at 6am and got ready for the day, which consisted of sitting at the hospital. Every single day, she sat in that uncomfortable plastic chair next to Ray’s bed. Reading, talking, and praying for her empty shell of a son. Her life had turned into a constant observance of my brother’s horrible state. She was trapped in her refusal to accept the truth—that her baby Ray was gone. I had come to terms with the fact that my brother was basically dead, and I knew he would have accepted and agreed with that fact. I knew he would have hated what his “life” had become, and would not want to exist in such a way. I was able to move on with my life because of this. My mom couldn’t.

That’s why I decided to pull the plug.

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question: What does the story have to say about Theodore?

answer: Teddy has been the best dog ever. He reads the emotions of his owners and the the dog equivalents of a pipe and slippers. A piece of tragic luck leaves him dead, which is nerve-racking for Raymond. To take his place his little brother Ray is needed in a house of ailing memories.

critique: The answer misses to mention that Theodore was the smartest dog the narrator had ever met.

critique: Theodore's death is not "a piece of tragic luck"

critique: This answer is not accurate and should be re-written.

critique: "He reads the emotions of his owners" is unattested.

critique: The long and slightly rambling response is not the best possible response to the question.

critique: Teddy's death is not "a piece of tragic luck".

critique: Teddy has been the best dog ever and the humans' favorite, but there is no evidence he can read emotions or hold needed items.

critique: There is no indication that Theodore is a pipe and slippers.

question: Summarize the story's main event.

answer: The main event that altered the narrator's family's history took place when a car hit and killed Theodore, the narrator's family's dog. This got the narrator and his mother let to decide wether to pull the plug on Ray, their handicapped and handicapped brother.

critique: "The narrator and his mother let to decide wether to pull the plug on Ray, their handicapped and handicapped brother." - this part is not relevant at all and should be removed.

critique: It is not stated that the narrator's family's history is altered, but he is sad about Theodore's death.

critique: The narrator's family's history was not altered by Theodore's death. The narrator's brother's condition was the main event.

critique: The answer omits the circumstances that led to the need to pull the plug on Ray. He was vegetative / in a coma, following a brain injury suffered while in the hospital.

critique: It is omitted that the car accident was the cause of Raymond's vegetative state.

critique: The answer is not clear on who was the narrator.

critique: The narrator's brother is not handicapped.

critique: The narrator's mother is already at the hospital when the doctors visit.

critique: The car accident happened 3 years after Theodore's death.

critique: It's omitted that the narrator's brother was in a vegetative state.

critique: The answer is inaccurate because it doesn't mention the narrator's brother.

critique: The narrator's brother was not handicapped.

critique: The story does not say that Theodore was the narrator's and Ray's only dog

question: What does the story have to say about the mom's feelings about Ray after the accident?

answer: The story indicates that the mom refused to accept the fact that her child was in a vegetative state and refused to turn the life support machine off. She was unable to move on, which is why the narrator decides to pull the plug.

critique: The narrator's decision to pull the plug is not relevant to the question.

critique: It is not stated that the mom refused to turn the life support machine off.

critique: The narrator's motivation for the action of the story is not mentioned here.

critique: The answer should mention that the mom was unable to move on because she was holding onto hope that Ray would wake up.

critique: Doesn't mention her constant vigil by his bedside.

critique: The second sentence should be rephrased to mention that she is unable to move on because she held onto hope that her son would wake up.

critique: The narrator's decision to pull the plug is not a result of the mom's inability to move on.

critique: It's omitted that the narrator defers to his mom's feelings and believes that she's holding on to hope that her son can recover.

critique: The answer could be clearer about the relationship between the narrator and his mother.

critique: The answer should mention that the mom is in denial.

critique: The answer should mention that the mom is trapped in her refusal to accept the truth.

critique: The story shows the mother to be trapped in hope, not unable to move on.

critique: The story does indicate she just refused to, but we don't really know that from the story.

critique: The response misses to mention that the mom is unable to move on because she is waiting for her son to wake up from a nap.

question: What does the story say about the narrator's life after he pulls the plug?

answer: The narrator mentions how he used to enjoy smoking joints and walks with the dog Theodore where they would go to the woods and do that. After Theodore's accident, Ray was in a coma and his mother still kept hope that he would get out of the vegetative state. The narrator hoped that his mother would give up on the hope and move on with her life.

critique: The answer should mention that the narrator's brother is still alive.

critique: The response contains irrelevant information.

critique: This does not mention anything about what happens to the narrator.

critique: The answer should mention that the narrator feels that his mother is not ready to let go of Ray.

critique: The narrator says he was able to move on with his life, but doesn't state whether his mother was able to.

critique: The narrator's life is not described after he pulls the plug.

critique: The narrator's life after pulling the plug is not relevant to the question.

critique: The narrator's life after pulling the plug is not mentioned.

critique: This does not say what happens to the narrator after yanking the plug.

critique: The narrator's life is not relevant to the question.

critique: This is not relevant to the question, and should be omitted.

critique: It is not accurate to say that the narrator was still enjoying walks with his dog, Theodore.