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THE THIRD ARM OF KILIMANJARO

(This concept was originally developed in detail by Marshall T. Savage in his book, "The Millennial Project". By no means am I claiming his works as my own. I respect his creation and wanted to incorporate this part of it into my ongoing tale.)

A public works project had begun in Tanzania on Mt. Kilimanjaro. To the press it had been dubbed a water and energy reclamation experiment, and to the water impoverished nations of Africa they didn't question it too loudly. Why question something that would bring thousands of jobs and clean water to the stricken center of the continent, and let's not forget millions, (perhaps billions if you could really dig into the books and ferret out all the nickels and dimes) of dollars of industry? On the surface, the construct did exactly what it said. There were no lies told. The engineers had built vast sluices to harness and channel the melt from the heavy snows that had been steadily increasing at the peak of the volcano. "This increase in snowfall was an effect of the changing climate brought about by human influence on global temperatures", a few interest groups were shouting at the top of their lungs, "and we should be devoting energies to stem the changes and not just blindly take advantage of them!" They shouted, but no one was listening. Besides, the extra snowfall handled and distributed by what became known as the Kilimanjaro Resource Reclamation Project jointly managed by the central African countries, the US, and after a fashion, the UK, revitalized one of the most impoverished areas on Earth.

The three gargantuan sluices were evenly distributed around the circumference on the mountain's even-sloped rise, and from there each of the three bases branched out to smaller and smaller distribution channels like tree roots, (but moving water in the opposite direction) to the surrounding areas. Using the support pylons for the sluices as foundations, massive turbines were constructed creating wind farms, some classic propeller driven, a few using a new air-compressed turbine technology. With these farms, vast amounts of energy was produced and distributed along the water pipelines. With one well engineered stroke, the project cured much of the strife in Africa bringing water, energy, jobs, and outside interest to the nations. That outside interest being tourism of course, the universal income maker. With the violent rebellions dying down, and much of the varied countries slowly but surely working their way through peace talks and economic summits, the central African countries became a new and fresh tourist destination, bringing even more money to the table.

It was quite a generous act from the First World, again, on the surface. But, does it really matter after that? With all of the good the project had brought to millions of people, did the underlying reasons detract from the gesture? Much of the grand gestures in history had one hand giving and the other taking, and sometimes the price of what was taken was monumental and horrific. From where I sit here in the Salt Flats, I wonder.

You see, two of the sluices were just that: water collectors. They were labeled the  Kilimanjaro First and Second Arms respectively, or K1A and K2A. The third, which happened to be built directly parallel to the equator, was much larger than the other two, (and had an exponentially larger amount of security than the other two), housed a secret. There was indeed a water reclamation facility built there, (there were no overt lies spoken, remember), it just had one more pathway built into it that was never meant to be touched by water,
And just a small fraction of the energy created by the wind farms were diverted to this facility to power it. Knowing that the facility would eventually have to be revealed, the right amount of money had been exchanged to the right hands, (certain heads of the African nations, and as always, the press) to keep the project quiet, but be a loud and positive supporter when the time came for the unveiling.

Housed under this third arm was a thirty mile long set of rails. There was a subtle opening at the peak of the mountain that was the exit for the projected launch vehicle. The passage was essentially a gun, a "rail gun" apparatus first imagined by French inventor Louis Octave Fauchon-Villeplee in 1918.  It was a device that, using two parallel conductive rails that were fed an electromagnetic current in a pulse traveling the length of the barrel, could accelerate an object at extremely high velocity, no chemical propellant required.

The setting of Kilimanjaro had been ideal for a couple of reasons: the long slope stretching up from the flat plain was a perfect platform to build the rail, and it's closeness to the equator. The long slope allowed for minimum construction (and minimum visibility from the outside world) to set the shape of the track. The extra benefit of the height of the mountain meant that the catapulted object would make it quite a ways up in elevation before it even left the track, meaning less energy spent. The location along the equator was ideal in that anything launched would require minimal adjustments once in orbit to attain a geosynchronicity circling the planet, or to orbital trajectories further out, say. It was these outbound trajectories that were important for the second stage of the project. The third stage would change the world.

Once the rail, dubbed the Kilimanjaro Third Arm Launch Facility (or K3ALF for a slightly less unwieldy title) had been finished, there was a massive marketing push to popularize it and as always, it was easier to ask for forgiveness after the fact than for the initial permissions. After a few test runs; the brave astronautical test pilot's proud and triumphant (widely broadcast across the internet and televisions of the world) flight, not to forget his grinning mug, (also widely broadcast) telling the citizens just how beautiful their small blue world was from where he sat and that humanity should get over their petty squabbles, blah blah blah, and the usual insertion or two of new commercial satellites, (to pay for the previous' advertising), the project was much lauded for it's forward thinking and advancement of Mankind. Once the launch facility was fully operational, it was not unusual to hear the distant thunder from a bullet-shaped vehicle hitting multiple times the speed of sound and leaving nothing but a vapor contrail and a wide cloud halo around the peak of the slumbering volcano.

The third phase began with renewed landings on Earth's lonely companion, the Moon. And at the beginning of the new year, a permanent facility had been constructed in the Copernicus crater that utilized the sloping wall along with the relative flatness of it's basin, (in a slightly funhouse mirror image) to build a smaller sister version of the Kilimanjaro launch rail for the benefit of propelling craft on their return trip to Terra Firma. The public was told that the construction in Copernicus, (named the Arthur C. Clarke Platform; it wasn't in Clavius or the Tycho Crater but the name was fitting, and no one objected to honoring the famous co-author of "2001 - A Space Odyssey") would be primarily used to explore the lunar surface, research into the rocky terrain for the possibilities of future mineral prospects, and mainly; mankind's first proper foothold into space proper, where the foundation of exploration to the outer reaches of the solar system would begin.

These things were all true; proper and successful lies are always obfuscated in a web of truth. As it had been since the beginning of the massive project, there were no lies told. It was what went by unsaid that paid for all in the end. Ironically, this venture having been covered up until it was ready at K3ALF by the publics works programs was in turn a cover for the real strategy, a plan that only a handful of people outside the project were aware of.  Even the majority of the crews at the Arthur C. Clarke site were unaware of what they were a part of and if they were told, they probably wouldn't have believed it anyway.

(6/16/16)

title: [SP] The Third Arm of Kilimanjaro

question: What was the main aim of the public works (Kilimanjaro Resource Reclamation) that were set up in Tanzania?

answer: The main aim was to provide water, energy and jobs to millions of people living in Africa.

critique: The answer should mention the other aims of the project.

critique: It's omitted that the project also revitalized one of the most impoverished areas on Earth.

critique: The answer should mention that the project also revitalized the tourism industry.

critique: The answer is not fully accurate. It should mention that the project was also meant to revitalize the area, and attract tourism.

critique: I think this is omitted: they also wanted to revitalize one of the most impoverished areas on Earth

critique: The answer should mention the second aim of the project.


split: test

text:
“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: We aren't told that Todd's attacking Nina occurred the day after they broke up

category: coherence

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.

text: Include that one girl at the party says that Nina's mom was also "a bitch"

category: coverage

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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“REUBEN BRIGHT” is a (modified) Petrarchan sonnet[1] written by American poet Edwin Arlington Robinson, early in his career, and published in _Children of the Night_ (1897). The poem acquired some fame as teaching material for English teachers.

Form and summary

“Reuben Bright” is a sonnet with decasyllabic lines of iambic pentameter.[2] Its structure is that of the Petrarchan sonnet according to Stephen Regan;[3] its rhyme scheme is abba abba cdcd ee. In other words, the octet has two quatrains of enclosed rhyme, and the sestet has a quatrain of alternating rhyme and a concluding couplet.

The poem tells of a butcher, Reuben Bright, who might be supposed to be rough and unfeeling because of his profession, but when news is brought that his wife is to die, he cries like a baby. When she dies, he packs up all the articles she handcrafted in a chest and adds cedar boughs (a “traditional symbol of death”[4]) and then destroys the slaughter house. One critic said the poem shows “a man's devotion to his wife”.[5] Like many of Robinson's narrative sonnets, “Reuben Bright” has a “characteristic signature: usually a bizarre or extraordinary story”, according to Donald Hall, who also noted that in its first printing the last line was altered significantly by a typo: the poem had been printed with the last line saying “tore down _to_ the slaughter house”.[6]

Critical appreciation

Robinson wrote “Reuben Bright” around the same time as “Richard Cory”. David Perkins, in his _A History of Modern Poetry_ (first published 1976), called some of those early poems including “Reuben Bright” and “Richard Cory” “revolutionary”, with narrative elements of prose fiction brought into a lyric poetry written about realistic subject matter in vernacular language.[7] Stephen Regan likewise notes the “plain-speaking, intimately conversational idiom”. The poem's value, he argues, lies in the tension between that “matter-of-fact” language (and the close tonal connection between, for instance, “Bright” and “brute”) and the psychological depths Robinson hints at, opened by the butcher's “capacity for deep feeling”.[8] Robinson critic Warner Berthoff had said that “Robinson is the poet of casualties; of broken lives and exhausted consciences”, and Regan saw Reuben Bright as the best example of this quality.[9]

Unlike a regular sonnet of this form whose dramatic turn can be expected to come between the octet and the sestet, “Reuben Bright” has no such dramatic change in “mood or attitude”, just a narrative development. An ironic twist does not come until the last line, which, as Milton R. Stern noted, is a device frequently found in Robinson's poetry.[10] Poet and critic Donald Hall also commented on the structure, and did note a kind of conclusion at the end of the octave: “Robinson's octave ends with wild grief; but the active imagination of the sestet is his genius--the cow-killer converted”.[11]

Use in teaching literature

Milton Stern, writing in 1957 considered the sonnet to be an excellent poem to teach poetry to students who might have gotten jaded with traditional sonnets, and are challenged to try and figure out how the shocking ending results from the death of Bright's wife. That the poem does all this with rather ordinary language and without traditional poetic elements is important as well: “the student can more easily see that poetry does speak to our own human condition”. According to Stern, “Robinson constantly takes 'little' people, 'ordinary' people, who lead the 'usual' life of all of us, and finds therein the dramatic, the poetic, and the human”.[12] In an article published two years after, Stern again suggested “Reuben Bright”, along with a few other Robinson poems, as very useful “Poems for Teaching”.[13]

Martha Fisher, in a discussion of the process-intervention model in teaching literature, mentioned “Reuben Bright” (and “Richard Cory”) as a narrative poem that students could be asked to rewrite as a short story or a play.[14]

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title: Reuben Bright

question: Summarize the structure of this poem.

answer: The poem is a sonnet with decasyllabic lines of iambic pentameter. Its structure is that of the Petrarchan sonnet. The octet has two quatrains of enclosed rhyme, and the sestet has a quatrain of alternating rhyme and a concluding couplet.

critique: The octet and sestet's rhyme scheme is omitted.

critique: As noted in the original text, it has its own particular rhyme scheme. This should be mentioned in addition to reiterating the rhyme structure.

critique: The answer should mention the last line.

critique: The answer should mention the rhyme scheme.

question: Summarize the praise for the poem.

answer: The poem is praised for its narrative elements of prose fiction brought into a lyric poetry written about realistic subject matter. The poem's value lies in the tension between the "matter-of-fact" language and the psychological depths Robinson hints at. The poem is considered to be the poet of casualties, broken lives, and exhausted consciences.

critique: The answer should mention that the poem is praised for its structure.

critique: The answer omits the praise for the poem's structure.

critique: The poem is not considered the poet of casualties, broken lives, and exhausted consciences.

critique: The answer omits that the poem is praised for its ironic twist.

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

critique: Add an emphasis on the praise of the poem's unconventional structure.

critique: The answer mentions the poem's praise twice.

critique: The answer omits the poem's praise for its structure.

question: Summarize how and why this poem has been used in teaching literature.

answer: Milton Stern, writing in 1957, considered the poem to be an excellent poem to teach poetry to students who might have gotten jaded with traditional sonnets. The shocking ending results from the death of Bright's wife, and that the poem does all this with ordinary language is important as well. The poem has been used in teaching narrative poetry and in teaching students that poetry speaks to human condition.

critique: The answer could include more details about how the poem is used in teaching.

critique: The answer should mention the use of the poem in teaching literature.

critique: The answer omits the use of the poem in teaching literature.

critique: The answer omits the use of the poem in teaching literature in general.

critique: The poem has also been used to teach students how to rewrite it as a short story or play.

question: Summarize how the poem mirrors the life of its author Edwin Arlington Robinson.

answer: No answer

critique: The passage states that the poem is a Petrarchan sonnet, which is a form that was popular during the Renaissance. The author, Edwin Arlington Robinson, was a poet who lived during the Renaissance. The poem reflects the life of its author.

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


text:
Amanda was driving to her hometown. It has been months of hectic work, and she was finally happy to go home and relax. As she drove down the familiar route, her mind went on a journey of its own – down the memory lane. All her childhood years, all the events that made her the woman she was today, flashed before her eyes.

As she reveled in the memories, the flashing lights and wailing sirens pulled her from dreamland back into reality.

“What the hell” she spoke to herself. “I wasn’t speeding”

She was ready to give the officer a piece of her mind, when she realized that the car wasn’t after her. It was probably transported a convict to the prison, just a few miles down the road. She remembered how that prison was a curse on her hometown. Prisoners escaped all the time and their closest target would be her town. She glared at the prison as she drove past it.

She turned on the radio to take her mind off things. Music always made her feel better. Just as she crossed a signpost that said she was five miles from her destination, she saw a guy sticking out his thumb. He was muscular, and dressed in formals. He looked like he was probably in his early thirties. Amanda stopped the car, and rolled down the window.

“Hello there! I’m Joseph. My car broke down, and I need a ride. Would you be so kind to give me a lift?”

“Sure Joseph, hop in. I’m Amanda, by the way.”

Amanda liked picking up hitchhikers. She was always happy to have them in her car.

“So Joseph, where are you headed?”

“Vacation. I have a cabin around here. Just a mile before River Heights. We’re vacationing there for the weekend”

“Who’s ‘we’?” Amanda was curious.

“Me, my wife, and our kids. We wanted to go somewhere peaceful, and where be--”

“--better than River Heights?” She finished his line for him. “I was born and raised here. Welcome to our town, Joseph”

“Oh. You’re a native. My mother was from River Heights, so the place is always special to me”

They continued exchanging stories, as the car approached a small path that broke off the highway.

“That’s the way to the cabin” Joseph said, sounding excited.

As they drove down the dark path, an unsettling feeling came over Amanda. But she kept driving, as the path suddenly ended in the middle of a forest.
“Umm... Joseph? Where’s the cabin you--” A sharp blow to her face stopped the sentence in half.
Joseph got out of the car, pulled Amanda out, and shoved her on the ground. She tried getting up, only to get hit again.

“You know Amanda” he said, ripping off her shirt. “Picking hitchhikers around a prison is a foolish thing to do. They might turn out to be a killer. Lucky for you, I’m merely a rapi--”

He froze, as he felt a cold intrusion in his chest. He looked down to see blood dripping down the slit between his ribs. Amanda shoved him off and stood over him, with her favourite knife covered in his blood.

“Speaking of foolish things, you should never get in a stranger’s car, especially a stranger who grew up around a prison”, she said with a maniacal smile in her face. “Like you said, they might turn out to be a killer”

Joseph gasped, as the cold knife proceeded to taste more of his blood. It was going to be a long night.

title: [MS] The Criminal

question: Judging from the passage, is it safe to say this was not Amanda's first time killing a person?

answer: Yes, it is safe to say this was not Amanda's first time killing a person.

critique: The answer should be a complete sentence.

critique: "Yes, it is safe to say this was not Amanda's first time killing a person." - this is incorrect. Amanda was never even suspected of killing anyone before.

critique: The answer is incorrect. Amanda's first kill was never mentioned in the passage.

critique: There is no evidence to suggest this is Amanda's first time killing a person.

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


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JANINE AUSTIN CLAYTON is an American ophthalmologist. She is the NIH associate director for research on women’s health and director of the Office of Women's Health. Clayton was previously the deputy clinical director of the National Eye Institute.

Early life and education

Clayton is a native of Washington, D.C. and attended Catholic school.[1][2] In 1984, she received an undergraduate degree in natural sciences with honors from Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University.[3] During her undergraduate studies, she took dance classes at Peabody Institute, volunteered at the Johns Hopkins Hospital neonatal unit, and worked for the psychology department. She was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha.[4] Clayton earned a medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine. She completed a residency in ophthalmology at the VCU Medical Center. Clayton completed fellowship training in cornea and external disease at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Hospital and in uveitis and ocular immunology at National Eye Institute (NEI).[5]

Career

Clayton was the deputy clinical director at NEI. She was appointed associate director for research on women’s health at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and director of the Office of Research on Women’s Health at NIH in 2012. Clayton has strengthened NIH support for research on diseases, disorders, and conditions that affect women. She is the architect of the NIH policy requiring scientists to consider sex as a biological variable across the research spectrum, a part of NIH’s initiative to enhance reproducibility, rigor, and transparency. As co-chair of the NIH Working Group on Women in Biomedical Careers with NIH Director Francis Collins, Clayton also leads NIH’s efforts to advance women in science careers.[6]

Research

A board-certified ophthalmologist, Clayton’s research interests include autoimmune ocular diseases and the role of sex and gender in health and disease. Clayton has a particular interest in ocular surface disease and discovered a novel form of disease associated with premature ovarian insufficiency that affects young women, setting the stage for her interest in rigorous, thoughtful exploration of the role of sex and gender in health and disease. She is the author of more than 80 scientific publications, journal articles, and book chapters. Her clinical research has ranged from randomized controlled trials of novel therapies for immune-mediated ocular diseases to studies on the development of digital imaging techniques for the anterior segment.[7]

Awards and honors

Clayton has received several awards and has been recognized as a leader by her peers. She received the Senior Achievement Award from the Board of Trustees of the American Academy of Ophthalmology in 2008, was selected as a 2010 Silver Fellow by the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, and won the European Uveitis Patient Interest Association Clinical Uveitis Research Award in 2010. In 2015, she was awarded the American Medical Women’s Association Lila A. Wallis Women’s Health Award and the Wenger Award for Excellence in Public Service. Clayton was granted the Bernadine Healy Award for Visionary Leadership in Women’s Health in 2016. She was also selected as an honoree for the Woman’s Day Red Dress Awards and the American Medical Association’s Dr. Nathan Davis Awards for Outstanding Government Service in 2017.[8]

Personal life

Clayton and her husband, Robert Clayton met their sophomore year at Johns Hopkins University. They dated through the end of the junior years before parting ways. They resumed a long-distance relationship their first year of graduate school. Robert Clayton is a lawyer. He founded a family law firm in Los Angeles in 2000. They married on April 11, 2008 and reside in North Potomac, Maryland.[9]

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title: Janine Austin Clayton

question: What does the article say about Clayton's children?

answer: No answer

critique: The article doesn't say anything about Clayton's children.

question: What part of Clayton's education most affects her research?

answer: She was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha.

critique: The article makes no mention of Alpha Kappa Alpha

critique: She didn't join the sorority until after her undergraduate studies.

critique: The answer is not related to the question.

critique: While Clayton's membership of the sorority is an influence on her biography, there isn't enough information to suggest which part would most affect her research.

critique: The answer is incorrect. Clayton's undergraduate studies and her medical degree are what most affects her research.


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: Todd doesn't necessarily punch her but he does hit her.

category: accuracy

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.

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.

text: The response should mention that there are rumours Nina's father was abusive.

refinement: No answer

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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“Erdoğan’s Long Arm” was caught red handed in Belgium. The Belgian Police detected that the IP address, where threat messages were sent to Turkish journalists via some social media, belongs to the Turkish Embassy in Brussels.

The headline news of Het Laatste Nieuws (HLN,) one of the bestselling newspaper in Belgium, on Friday has reported that The IP addresses of the threat messages indicates the Turkish Embassy in Brussels. The prosecutor’s office carrying out the investigation also confirmed the information.

The Brussels’ Bureau Chief of the closed newspaper Zaman; Selçuk Gültaşlı and other correspondents were pointed as a target after the controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016 by twitter users named ‘Veysel Filiz’ and ‘Selim Güzel.’ Veysel Filiz was the Press Consultant of the Turkish Embassy for that time.

Turkish journalist R. filed a criminal complaint about the Twitter accounts, which sent posts to be in scope of hate crimes. The investigation has been going on for one and a half year. The Belgian Police’s inquiry focused on the accounts named Selim Güzel (@selimguzel_FC) and Veysel Filiz, the Press Consultant of the Embassy.

According to the news of HLN, Zaventem Police informed R. a few weeks ago and said that they detected that one of the IP addresses who was threatening him belonged to the Turkish Embassy. R. took the record as an official report.

It is also stated that the prosecutor’s office had a difficult time as the investigation gained a diplomatic character. Therefore, the paper has reported that, the investigation has proceeded very slowly for the last few months because of its political and diplomatic sensitivity. The former press official of the Turkish Embassy was also in a diplomatic status.

Jeroen Bosaert, the journalist who signed the news report, called the Turkish Embassy and asked for information. He asked the Embassy officials if they knew anyone called Selim Güzel. But he received a reply that they didn’t know anyone with that name, and that person didn’t work for the embassy either.

Nevertheless, Bosaert kept on his search and revealed Selim Güzel’s previous posts on twitter as he was someone working for the Embassy. For instance, on July 27, 2016 he posted “We attended Europe Islamophobia Summit in Sarajevo. We were with Volkan Kocagül from our Ministry of the EU. The topic is dimensional, I will write about it.” And Volkan Kocagül was a high ranking diplomat at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Journalist Bosaert has reported the contradiction in the Turkish Embassy’s statements, and he highlighted that the twitter user Selim Güzel was occasionally with Turkish ministers and diplomats.

R. filed his first complaint about the threats on social media on the next day of the controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016. The reason was, Veysel Filiz @veysel_FILIZ tagged R. and posted “Do not rejoice so soon, we are marking your lairs.”

Journalist filed his second complaint in September 2016 for Selim Güzel. The reason for that was, Güzel mentioned R. and posted “the Belgium Media Hitman of FETÖ” the same tweet included a list of other Turkish journalists who were targeted, too. The investigation about Güzel’s social media posts was in process since then.

“FETÖ” is a pejorative acronym that Turkey’s political Islamist government has been using to defame the Gülen movement.

It was also stated in the report that R. was secretly taken in police protection for six months. Journalist told the Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) that he had just learned this information, too. This information was in the investigation file. After his complaint, the Belgian police in disguise had taken security precautions around his house for six months. Local police had checked out around his house, too. He felt himself more secure then. “This is something good. It is a substantial feeling,” he said and added that he felt he was leaving in democratically and lawfully developed country.

R. has also talked about his complaints and stated that they were journalists in Brussels following the agenda of Belgium and Turkey’s EU relations. He said that “We were not related to and interested in the local events in Turkey. We were shaken when the Zaman daily in Turkey was seized. We lost our jobs. A few months later the coup attempt occurred. We began to be threatened here. Therefore, I customarily went to the police. I felt it as a security issue. Because, physical assaults had already started here.”

R. has also commented on the stage of the investigation process and stated that “The prosecutor’s office might have been incapacitated. Because the suspects have diplomatic immunity. Legal intervention to the Embassy may not be possible. They will wait and see how far the investigation could go.”

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question: What does the article say about how to trace IP addresses?

answer: No answer

critique: The answer is not relevant to the question.

critique: Nothing in the input seems to answer this

critique: No answer is given, but the article does discuss how Belgian police tracked the IP addresses

critique: There is no answer because it is unknown how to trace IP addresses.

critique: The article does not discuss how to trace IP addresses.

critique: There's a lot of information on tracing IP addresses in this article.

critique: There's no answer as it isn't mentioned.

critique: The article does not explicitly state how to trace IP addresses.

critique: No response is given, when one is clearly needed.

critique: The article does not mention how to trace IP addresses.

question: What does the article say about Turkish Embassy activities in Belgium?

answer: The Turkish Embassy's Press Consultant, Selim Güzel, posted a lot of threats on twitter to the journalists Selcuk Gultasli and other correspondents. The posts are under investigation for hate crimes. The Belgian police tracked down Güzel's IP address and confirmed it belongs to the Turkish Embassy in Brussels.

critique: How the police tracked him down is not specifically mentioned.

critique: The response misses to mention that the IP address was tracked down by the Belgian police.

critique: This answer does not describe activities at the embassy.

critique: "Selcuk Gultasli and other correspondents" is not mentioned in the article.

critique: The IP address was discovered by the Belgian police, not the Turkish police.

critique: The answer should mention that the investigation has been going on for a year and a half.

critique: The article does not mention that the Turkish Embassy is under investigation for hate crimes.

critique: The answer omits the fact that the IP address belongs to the Turkish Embassy in Brussels.

critique: The answer should include that the police have informed the reporter, who was threatened.

critique: The twitter posts are not the only activities of the Turkish embassy that is being investigated. Changes in the investigation due to the diplomatic and political sensitivity of the case should also be mentioned.

critique: The answer should mention the embassy's involvement.

critique: The IP address is not mentioned as belonging to the Turkish Embassy, but to the Turkish Embassy in Brussels.

critique: The answer should mention the investigation.

critique: The article does not say that the Turkish Embassy's Press Consultant is Selim Güzel.

text: The Turkish Embassy's Press Consultant is not Selim Güze but Veysel Filiz.

refinement: The Turkish Embassy's Press Consultant, Selim Güzel, posted a lot of threats on twitter to the journalists Selcuk Gultasli and other correspondents. The posts are under investigation for hate crimes. The Belgian police tracked down Güzel's IP address and confirmed it belongs to the Turkish Embassy in Brussels.

question: What does the article say about Jeroen Bosaert?

answer: Jeroen Bosaert is a journalist for Het Laatste Nieuws (HLN.) A search pull from Selim Güzel's previous posts revealed that he had a connection to the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was working for the Embassy. When Bosaert called the Turkish embassy, he was not able to receive adequate information about Güzel's whereabouts. Bosaert kept trying to get information about Güzel, however.

critique: Jeroen Bosaert is employed by Het Laatste Nieuws, not the one contacting their sources. Delete the mention of the search pull from Selim Güzel's previous posts. Jeroen has been trying to get information about Güzel.

critique: "Bosaert kept trying to get information about Güzel, however." - this part is irrelevant to Bosaert's role.

critique: The answer omits that Bosaert found out that the Turkish Embassy was being accused of sending the threats.

critique: Bosaert visited the embassy to ask about Selim Güzel's whereabouts, but the ambassador was unable to provide any information. The response from the ambassador was different from the response from the official mentioned in the article.

critique: The answer could mention the article's coverage about the story.

critique: "A search pull from Selim Güzel's previous posts revealed that he had a connection to the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was working for the Embassy." - this is incorrect. The previous posts were about Güzel's attendance of the European Islamophobia Summit and his connection to Volkan Kocagül, a high-ranking diplomat at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

critique: There is no evidence that Bosaert tried to get information about Güzel's whereabouts.

critique: The answer should mention that Bosaert is a Belgian and he was able to uncover the contradiction in the Embassy's statements.

critique: Bosaert's search for information about Selim Güzel is not relevant to the question.

critique: "HLN is a Belgian evening newspaper founded in 1944, a couple years after the country was liberated from the Nazis, who claimed this newspaper seller's life." Replace all these dates with the word Het Laatste Nieuws. - Correct the spelling error in "pull." - Add a comma after "that he had a connection."

critique: The response misses to mention that Bosaert is the one who wrote the news report.

critique: The answer should mention that Bosaert is the one who wrote the article.

critique: The response makes no mention of Bosaert dealing with Güzel.

critique: The response mistakenly mentions that Bosaert was a journalist for HLN.

question: What does the article say about Turkish journalist "R."?

answer: R. filed criminal complaints in regard to threat messages sent to him. The Zaventem police informed R. that they found that one of the IP addresses where the threats originated was the Turkish Embassy. The Belgian police were investigating the case for a year and a half before R. learned that the police had been contacting the embassy behind the scenes. After nine months of investigation, the prosecutor concluded that Selim Güzel (presumably a Turkish government official) was threatening sanctions against Turkish critics in Belgium. After five months of lawyer consultation with friends in the media, R. expressed positive feelings toward the police investigation because they were acting craftily in a manner of a liberated and democratic society.

critique: The answer is a bit too long and doesn't really answer the question.

critique: The answer is a summary of the article, not R.'s story.

critique: The model's response is too long. It would be better if the answer is divided into paragraphs.

critique: The question asks what the article says about R.

critique: The investigation was not concluded after five months; it lasted a year and a half. The police contacted R. after six months and then waited a year and a half before concluding the investigation.

critique: I am confused by the last sentence and replaced it.

critique: The answer includes some irrelevant details.

critique: The first two sentences are inaccurate and irrelevant.

critique: The highlighted parts are not mentioned anywhere in the text.

critique: The IP address and the Turkish Embassy point to each other, see the statement "The Brussels’ Bureau Chief of the closed newspaper Zaman; Selçuk Gültaşlı and other correspondents were pointed as a target after the controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016 by twitter users named ‘Veysel Filiz’ and ‘Selim Güzel.’ Veysel Filiz was the Press Consultant of the Turkish Embassy for that time."

critique: The answer is a summary of the entire article.


text:
Stephen Thompson wants hometown showdown with Robbie Lawler after UFC Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Stephen Thompson is trying not to look past Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ 6 headliner with Anthony Pettis, but it’s difficult to ignore what’s on the horizon.

The UFC heads to South Carolina on June 22 to stage an event in Greenville, where Thompson (14-3-1 MMA, 9-3-1 UFC) resides. Having “Wonderboy” headline the card seems like a natural fit, and he has every intention of taking that spot as long as he’s physically capable.

Thompson already has an opponent in mind, too. He’s long pursued a matchup with former UFC welterweight champ Robbie Lawler (28-13 MMA, 13-7 UFC), and he hopes that fight can finally materialize.

“Lawler is definitely the fight I’ve been wanting for a while,” Thompson told reporters, including MMA Junkie, at UFC on ESPN+ 6 media day. “I’ve been a big fan of him and he’s been such a monster in the welterweight division. I thought he looked great in his last fight with Ben (Askren). He looked really strong and just really focused. I think that year off gave him some time to heal up and get his mind right. I think that would be awesome.

“I know there’s a card happening in Greenville, S.C., my hometown, three months from now. Hopefully come out of this fight unscathed and we’ll make that fight happen.”

UFC on ESPN+ 6 takes place at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. Thompson vs. Pettis headlines the card, which streams on ESPN+.

Thompson said he was close to booking a January showdown with Lawler. However, “Ruthless” said prior to his UFC 235 bout with Ben Askren earlier this month that the matchup was never on the table. Thompson begs to differ, but all of that is in the past, and he hopes they can make it happen in the future.

“To us it was (happening),” Thompson said. “The word we were getting is it was happening. It wasn’t until the fight – I was up in New York with Chris Weidman during his fight (at UFC 230) is when I actually found out he was fighting Askren. Up until then it looked like we would fight him. I don’t know if that was UFC or his coaches, I don’t know what the whole plan was there, but for a little while there it looked like it was a for sure thing. But things happen.”

The matchup with Lawler, No. 9 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie MMA welterweight rankings, has slipped through his fingers before, and No. 5-ranked Thompson said he hopes it doesn’t happen again. With Tyron Woodley no longer champion at 170 pounds, Thompson has renewed championship aspirations and thinks beating Pettis and Lawler in back-to-back fights would give him a strong case to challenge current titleholder Kamaru Usman.

“I think a big win over Pettis is going to put me back in the limelight,” Thompson said. “It’s been almost 10 months since I fought and out of sight out of mind. People stop talking about you, forget about you and I just want to let everyone know that I’m still here. But a win over Lawler – he’s a former welterweight champion. He’s one of the best strikers in the division and has been in the game for a while.

“It may not move me up (in the rankings), but it still shows everybody I’m here if I can do what I’m going to do Saturday and fight Lawler in my hometown and prove that, ‘Stephen is still here, let’s give him that shot again.'”

For more on UFC on ESPN+ 6, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.

Breaking, Robbie Lawler, Stephen Thompson, UFC on ESPN+ 11, UFC on ESPN+ 6, News, UFC

question: What does the text say about why Thompson wants to fight Lawler?

answer: Thompson has been a big fan of Lawler and thinks he's a monster in the welterweight division. He thinks Lawler looked great in his last fight with Ben Askren. He thinks Lawler looked strong and focused. He hopes to fight Lawler in his hometown of Greenville, South Carolina.

critique: Thompson's desire to fight Lawler is not so much a desire to fight him as it is to prove he's still relevant.

critique: Thompson's thoughts about Lawler should be omitted.

critique: The answer omits that Thompson hopes to fight Lawler in order to renew his championship aspirations.

critique: Thompson's fight with Lawler is not the only reason he wants to fight him. He also hopes to challenge the current welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman.

question: What does the text say about the welterweight division?

answer: The UFC welterweight division is a weight class in the UFC. The current champion is Kamaru Usman. Robbie Lawler is a former welterweight champion. The current No. 1 contender is Kamaru Usman.

critique: It's omitted that Thompson is vying for the title.

critique: The answer should mention that the division is ranked by the USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie MMA.

critique: The current No. 1 contender is not mentioned in the text.

critique: It is not stated that Kamaru Usman is the current no. 1 contender.

question: What does the text say about jiu jitsu?

answer: No answer

critique: The answer should note that the question shouldn't have anything to do with jiu-jitsu.

critique: The answer should mention that Thompson is a jiu jitsu fighter.

critique: The answer should mention that the text doesn't mention anything about jiu jitsu.

critique: The answer should mention that there is no mention of jiu jitsu in the text.

critique: The answer should mention that the text does not mention anything about jiu jitsu.

question: What does the text say about Pettis?

answer: Pettis is headling the UFC on ESPN+ 6. He is taking on Stephen Thompson at the Nashville event. Thompson said that the fight will provide his big break to earn his true welterweight title shot.

critique: Thompson is not saying that the fight will provide his big break to earn his true welterweight title shot.

critique: The answer should mention that Pettis has also fought Ben Askren.

critique: The answer should mention that Pettis is a former UFC lightweight champion.

critique: The answer doesn't mention Pettis' record.


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Politics|U.S. Plans to Pay Mexico to Deport Unauthorized Immigrants There

[Central American migrants at the border in Tijuana. The money from the Trump administration will help Mexico increase deportations of Central Americans.]

Credit...Meghan Dhaliwal for The New York Times

-   Sept. 12, 2018

WASHINGTON — President Trump has promised for years that Mexico would pay for a vast border wall, a demand that country has steadfastly refused. Now, in the Trump administration’s campaign to stop illegal immigration, the United States plans instead to pay Mexico.

In a recent notice sent to Congress, the administration said it intended to take $20 million in foreign assistance funds and use it to help Mexico pay plane and bus fare to deport as many as 17,000 people who are in that country illegally.

The money will help increase deportations of Central Americans, many of whom pass through Mexico to get to the American border. Any unauthorized immigrant in Mexico who is a known or suspected terrorist will also be deported under the program, according to the notification, although such people are few in number.

Katie Waldman, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, said the program was intended to help relieve immigration flows at the United States border with Mexico.

“We are working closely with our Mexican counterparts to confront rising border apprehension numbers — specifically, a 38 percent increase in families this month alone — directly and to ensure that those with legitimate claims have access to appropriate protections,” Ms. Waldman said.

A spokesman for the Mexican Embassy did not immediately respond Wednesday to a request for comment.

The plan, which has been debated internally for months, is part of a broader push by the Trump administration to redirect billions in foreign assistance to other priorities. The administration has yet to spend nearly $3 billion in foreign aid, money allocated last year by Congress with broad bipartisan support. Hundreds of millions of dollars meant to help stabilize Syria and support Palestinian schools and hospitals has already been redirected.

While the administration has made several announcements about not spending on priorities Congress intended, it has mostly kept quiet about what it will do with the money. But it has long been frustrated that Congress provides billions for foreign aid while refusing to fund its immigration priorities. The money will be transferred from the State Department to the Department of Homeland Security, and then sent to Mexico.

“Congress intended for this money to lift up communities dealing with crime, corruption and so many other challenges, not to expand this administration’s deportation crusade,” said Representative Eliot L. Engel of New York, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “I want answers about why the State Department thinks it can ignore Congress and dump more cash into deportation efforts. Until then, I’ll do whatever I can to stop this.”

The maneuver is the latest by the administration to reduce the number of immigrants crossing the southwestern border. The most prominent piece of the effort has been the “zero tolerance” policy to criminally prosecute any immigrant who enters the country without authorization. That led to the widely criticized practice of separating children from their parents at the border, which spurred a humanitarian and political crisis for Mr. Trump.

But the president’s advisers have also employed other strategies to deter immigrants, including revamping the rules surrounding who can qualify for asylum and trying to strike an agreement with Mexico that would disqualify any migrant who had not sought asylum there from claiming it in the United States.

Under the program, Mexico would be responsible for detaining and providing judicial review of immigrants before deporting them. The sometimes cumbersome and lengthy legal process in the United States to deport asylum seekers has long frustrated Mr. Trump, who has often said the laws must be changed to speed deportations. Getting Mexico to do deportations instead would bypass that process.

Immigrant advocacy groups called the deportation aid for Mexico a misguided and wasteful use of money that would fail to address the problems prompting migrants to travel to Mexico and the United States in the first place.

“We shouldn’t be paying another country to do our dirty work; we should actually be fixing our immigration system and helping these countries get back on solid footing,” said Ali Noorani, the executive director of the National Immigration Forum. “It smacks of desperation.”

question: Why are people willing to break the law to illegally immigrate to the United States?

answer: That information can't be found.

critique: The article indicates that many people are motivated by the desire to escape violence and poverty, though not necessarily in that order.

critique: The article mentions the problems that immigrants are trying to escape.

critique: The question should be how does the Trump administration plan on discouraging people - not why

critique: The article does mention some of the reasons people are willing to break the law to immigrate to the United States.

critique: The article does give some reasons why people are willing to break the law to immigrate to the US.


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It was called Zulu. A cheap-ass, sun-faded, rusted-over excuse of an amusement park stuck just outside a notorious ghetto right off the freeway.

No shit. Zulu.

I kid you not; the motif was *jungle adventure*. Fiberglass lions and gorillas lurching about. Man-sized tribal masks announcing the park rules. Plastic trees and a couple of pock-marked rubber crocodiles floating in the unnatural electric blue water of a concrete pool. Are you ready for the mascot? Yes, you got it - a saucer-eyed, cartoon pygmy with a bone through its nose and hair like it just stuck it's dick in an electrical outlet. Cutouts of Zinger-Zu in front of every ride telling kids how tall they had to be....

So egregious, it soared right over "unacceptably offensive" and landed square on "ironically acceptable kitsch." And it was located in Dallas County, Texas, so that helped.

Virgil had been born into the ghetto that sprawled behind the zig-zag shadows of Zulu's dilapidated roller coasters. As a very young child, that park represented the promise of magic, adventure and mystery. Of course, money being money, he'd never been allowed to visit during those innocent years; and you grow up fast in the ghetto, so by the time Virgil actually did get to pass through the wrought iron gates for a sample of jungle paradise, he was already too old to believe in voodoo or hippopotamuses. No, as a pre-teen and teenager, he went to Zulu exclusively to buy weight and sell dime-bags to suburbanites from Fort Worth.

He'd never had the chance or, later, the inclination to ride a single ride.

\*\*\*

Older now, Virgil had lived 35 years, married twice, and had four kids. He stood six foot two inches, still trim at two hundred pounds. He had a good job in the city; a respectable house in the suburbs. His current girlfriend was able to trick him into church on Sunday mornings because she knew how to handle him on Saturday nights. If he wasn't careful, she'd become #3.

He was driving down the freeway with his youngest son, Wayne, and the child made a curious noise when they passed the almost illegibly weathered sign for "Zulu! Live the Adventure!"

"What?" Virgil asked his boy.

"Zulu...," the child said. "Zoo?"

"Nah." Virgil laughed. "But good guess. Hey, you know...."

Virgil checked the mirrors and exited the freeway. "You want to live the adventure, little man?"

\*\*\*

Wayne's mother was crazy. Not quite rising to the level of court mandated institutionalization, but Virgil figured that was only more bizarre road-rage incident away. Nevertheless, for all her batshit inclinations, she was very smart. Once she'd told Virgil that her IQ had been tested in the genius level. And he believed her. But, really, what did it matter if you could mentally convert ounces to grams or recite poetry from memory if you couldn't buy a dress without getting into a vicious fight with the saleslady, knocking over the window display, and getting chased out of the mall by a team of rent-a-cops?

Virgil was well rid of that situation; but he enjoyed spending time with their child. The boy seemed to have acquired his mother's intelligence, with none of the insanity. Virgil supposed it was bad form to pick favorites, but of all his children, Wayne was the only one he actively troubled himself to spend time with. All the others were dropped off by mandate; but Virgil would go out of his way to pick up Wayne and gladly hold on to him an extra couple of hours or even an entirely unscheduled day when the situation called for it.

Wayne was Virgil's little man. He was a calm, thoughtful, observant and sharp child. His soft, brown eyes took in everything, then his brow would furrow or his smile would widen depending on the situation, and then he'd react in a delightfully mature and appropriate manner. It gave Virgil a sense of peace and rightness, walking hand in hand with his little man.

Just as they did passing through the gates of the Zulu amusement park together; Virgil having purchased two tickets to spend some time reliving his past and sharing the experience with his son.

\*\*\*

"I used to come here pretty much every night when I was a teen," Virgil told Wayne. They were strolling down the market street, past the arcade, souvenir shops, and overpriced food stands. All the buildings were in need of paint and repair - the wood beam facades were chipped and rutted, sporting plenty of graffiti, and the roofs that were supposed to be thatched with palm-leafs had large bare sections of corrugated metal shining through. "It hasn't changed much," Virgil said, sadly.

As they continued through the park, Virgil would offer to take Wayne on some of the rides - Voom Voom Vulture! Zambizi Zinger! Python Plunge! - but the boy judiciously shook his head to the negative. It wasn't fear, just common sense. Everything looked so rickety and sketchy; even if the cabs didn't fall off their disintegrating rails, it certainly didn't look like much fun to be jerked around in those rusty metal buckets for three minutes of bad track.

"How about go-karts?" Virgil suggested. Wayne considered this for a moment and then smiled.

"Okay," he agreed. "Go-karts sound good."

title: [RF] Lets try this again

question: Summarize the plot of the story.

answer: Virgil is driving his son down the freeway when he spots Zulu amusement park. Since the son asks about it, he dislikes it. He tells the lad he wants to take him to the go-kart ride there. They go inside and his son does go-kart.

critique: The son is not the one who dislikes Zulu.

critique: The story does not say that Virgil dislikes the park.

critique: Virgil and his son have not entered the amusement park when the son goes to ride the go-karts. The last sentence should be rewritten.

critique: Virgil is not driving his son down the freeway when he spots Zulu amusement park.

question: Summarize Virgil's relationship with the Zulu amusement park.

answer: Virgil grew up in the ghetto that sprawled behind the zig-zag shadows of Zulu's dilapidated roller coasters. He never got to visit the park as a child because his family couldn't afford it. He visited the park when he was a teenager to buy weight and sell dime-bags to suburbanites from Fort Worth. He never rode a single ride.

critique: The answer omits the final visit Virgil makes to the park.

critique: The answer omits that Virgil revisits the park with his son.

critique: The answer omits the fact that Virgil revisits the park with his son.

critique: It's omitted that Virgil revisits the park with his son.

critique: It is omitted that he visited the park with his son.

critique: It is omitted that the park looks much run down than it used to be and was close to the ghetto where Virgil grew up.

question: Summarize Virgil's relationship with Wayne's mother.

answer: Virgil's relationship with Wayne's mother is complicated. She is crazy, but smart. She claims to have an IQ in the genius level, but Virgil believes that she is not smart enough to buy a dress without getting into a fight with the saleslady. She is also batshit. Virgil is well rid of her, but he enjoys spending time with Wayne.

critique: Doesn't mention how she birthed young Wayne.

critique: Wayne's mother is not the reason Virgil is well rid of her.

critique: Virgil is not well rid of her; he enjoys spending time with Wayne.

critique: The answer should mention that Virgil believes Wayne's mother is batshit.

critique: The answer should mention that Wayne's mother is Virgil's ex-wife.

question: Summarize Virgil's relationship with Wayne.

answer: Virgil has four children, but he has a special relationship with Wayne. He is the only one he actively troubles himself to spend time with. He goes out of his way to pick up Wayne and gladly hold on to him an extra couple of hours or even an entire unscheduled day when the situation calls for it.

critique: It's omitted that Wayne is Virgil's son.

critique: The answer should mention that Wayne is Virgil's son.

critique: The answer omits that Wayne is Virgil's son.

critique: "unscheduled" - add an "ed" to conform to the rule of American English.

critique: It is omitted that Wayne's mother is crazy.

critique: It's omitted that Wayne is Virgil's youngest son.


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UPDATE (JULY 17, 2018): Peach & Lily's in-house skin-care collection has been live on peachandlily.com for less than 24 hours, and one of the five new products has already sold out — and it did so within mere _minutes_ of the launch.

Anyone looking to purchase the Super Reboot Resurfacing Mask right now will be greeted with a purple "This item is sold out! Notify me when available" button where the peach "Add to bag" button briefly was. According to the Peach & Lily team, what made so many people jump at the chance to buy it is that it's so good at "de-gunking" skin through gentle resurfacing. In fact, Peach & Lily founder Alicia Yoon, who suffers from eczema, says this is the first chemical peel gentle enough for her to use.

And it probably didn't hurt that Peach & Lily's Instagram account posted a video right before the launch featuring a video of the mask gleaming in its jar. It's truly hypnotizing.

If you've got your heart set on snagging a Super Reboot Resurfacing Mask for yourself, don't worry — Peach & Lily is working on getting it back in stock, and you can be one of the first to know of its triumphant return by clicking on the aforementioned "notify me" button.

UPDATE (JULY 16, 2018): After nearly two months, the wait is finally over: Peach & Lily's in-house skin-care collection, announced in late May, makes its official debut today. And while it may be small, the demand for the line is expected to be mighty, considering two of the products already flew off virtual, pre-sale shelves.

Those two already-popular products are collection's hero formula, Glass Skin Refining Serum, and the Original Glow Sheet Mask, which sold out on both peachandlily.com and QVC.

Peach & Lily is also launching the Super Reboot Resurfacing Mask, a wash-off formula that gently exfoliates; Matcha Pudding Antioxidant Cream, a free-radical-fighting moisturizer, and Pure Beam Luxe Oil, which provides fatty acids and antioxidants to reinforce skin's protective barrier. Each product in the collection averages about $40, except for the Original Glow Sheet Mask, which is available individually for $6 and in a set of 20 for $79.

In addition to its promise of effectiveness, the Peach & Lily skin-care collection has also sworn off many of the ingredients that turn shoppers off, including animal fats, detergents, mineral oil, parabens, petrolatum, phthalates, and synthetic fragrances.

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_This post originally appeared on May 24, 2018:_

Korean beauty retailer Peach & Lily has established itself as one of the must-shop websites for emerging and beloved K-beauty brands like Saturday Skin, Femmue, and Mizon. With the exception of its CVS collaboration, Peach Slices, however, the company hadn't ventured into making its own products. Until now, that is.

The brand posted three simple videos to Instagram announcing the arrival of Peach & Lily's very own skin-care collection, starting with a serum. "🎉✨WE’RE OVER THE MOON EXCITED✨🎉 Introducing...Peach & Lily skincare! ✨🎉" the caption of the first video reads. "We’ve been quietly developing this dreamy line for you for two years. We set out to create a skincare line that gives you everything: proven results, clean and safe formulas, fresh ingredients, decadent textures. Results, delight and safety. 💫 We launched our site seven years ago without fanfare or a big party, instead we launched with the most important thing in focus: connecting with you. It only felt right to share about this launch — our most passionate endeavor yet at Peach & Lily - the same way we did on day one. An earnest, pared-down message that keeps you in the focal point, always."

The caption goes on to say that the full collection will launch in the summer, but the second video's caption announced a pre-sale for the very first product, called Glass Skin Refining Serum. "A breakthrough formula that delivers translucent, poreless, radiant, refined skin. That elusive glass skin is now yours." Well, it's not yours _yet_. The $39 serum — called a "revolutionary cocktail of peach extract, niacinamide, East Asian mountain yam, madecassoside, peptides, and hyaluronic acid" in its description — is already sold out. However, you do have the option of being notified when orders are being taken again.

A third video encourages fans to follow Peach & Lily founder Alicia Yoon for a behind-the-scenes look at product development and insight into how the collection started. She shares some of those details on peachandlily.com, explaining her research began two years ago when her sister told her she was pregnant.

question: What does the text say about Peach & Lily products for men?

answer: No answer

critique: The text does not mention anything about Peach & Lily products for men.

question: What does the text say about the Super Reboot Resurfacing Mask?

answer: The Super Reboot Resurfacing Mask is a wash-off formula that gently exfoliates. It is one of the five new products in the Peach & Lily in-house skin-care collection. The mask is expected to be in high demand, as it is the first chemical peel gentle enough for founder Alicia Yoon to use. The mask sold out within minutes of its launch.

critique: The answer contains some unnecessary information.

critique: The mask sold out within minutes of its launch.

critique: The mask sold out within minutes of the launch, but it's not clear if it sold out within minutes of the launch of the collection.

critique: The label 'skin-care' and the hyphen in 'in-house' should be lower case.

critique: The mask sold out very quickly, not within minutes.

critique: The answer should mention that the mask is expected to be back in stock.

critique: It is omitted that Peach & Lily is working on getting it back in stock.

text: It is omitted that the price is about $40.

question: What does the text say about Peach & Lily?

answer: Peach & Lily is a Korean beauty retailer. It sells a variety of K-beauty products and brands, including Saturday Skin, Femmue, and Mizon. The company is known for its exceptional customer service, and has won awards for it.

critique: The text doesn't say anything about the company's customer service.

critique: The answer could mention the brand's in-house skin-care collection.

critique: The company's customer service isn't mentioned in the article.

critique: The text does not say anything about the company's customer service.

critique: The customer service is mentioned while describing Peach & Lily, and should be removed.

question: What does the text say about Peach & Lily's brand and skincare line?

answer: Peach & Lily is a Korean beauty retailer that has established itself as one of the must-shop websites for emerging and beloved K-beauty brands like Saturday Skin, Femmue, and Mizon. The company hadn't ventured into making its own products until now. They posted three simple videos to Instagram announcing the arrival of Peach & Lily's very own skin-care collection, starting with a serum. The brand posted three simple videos to Instagram announcing the arrival of Peach & Lily's very own skin-care collection, starting with a serum. The brand posted three simple videos to Instagram announcing the arrival of Peach & Lily's very own skin-care collection, starting with a serum.

critique: The answer can be consolidated for efficiency.

critique: The repetition of the same sentence is redundant.

critique: Add '(the beginning of this response should be a continuation of the previous)'.

critique: The repetition of the same sentence is unnecessary.

text: It is omitted that the Peach & Lily skincare collection has also sworn off many of the ingredients that turn shoppers off, including animal fats, detergents, mineral oil, parabens, petrolatum, phthalates, and synthetic fragrances.


text:
Dear /r/ShortStories,

I just finished an english course which had the benefit of an amazingly inspirational teacher. That means I recently got into writing; I've done some shorts here and there, and I mostly kept these to myself, but I recently became confident enough to share some of these stories. That said, I've also come to appreciate honest criticism as a way to grow stronger.

Thank you for taking the time to read it.

A Trip To the Dentist
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A few years ago I read an article about a man who had gotten into trouble when a newspaper reporter learned that he was operating a “dental clinic” in his basement. He managed to brush off the reporter by saying that it was his own private museum, but by then he became somewhat notorious for actually doing dental work.

This got me thinking two things: first, whenever I go to a museum, most of the exhibits aren’t in any shape to be doing what they were originally meant to be doing. Ever see an axe at the museum? They’re all rusty and missing bits, and they’d probably vapourize under the pressure of trying to get stuck in a tree. I think the reason I’ve never seen much in the way of dentistry at the Royal Ontario Museum is because they’re afraid it would scare people away from the museum and terrify what few people otherwise brave the dentist today!

I’m one of the lucky few who’s never had a bad experience at the dentist, so a few years ago, when I hadn’t gotten a proper dental cleaning in a decade, it wasn’t out of fear, but out of ignorance. When I think about gaps in what I think I know, I try to fill them in, and that was my second thought: that with the Internet, you can learn ANYTHING! We have the combined power of Wikipedia and YouTube, and surely someone saw a void in the at-home orthodontist video market. And so, keen to learn about something new, I unassumingly decided to look up dentistry.

What a horrific mistake that was…

There were a few videos, with some cautionary messages at the beginning. Usually it was people describing the bone-melting acids they’d use to etch the surface of a tooth, followed by details skimming over the dangers of the medical-grade epoxies they use to seal up valleys and cracks. Amateur dentists take great pride in their work, and with good reason: few people know anyone who talks about their surgical hobbies, and I imagine fewer still would be eager to assist with performing surgery. They need to act solo.

Novocain can’t exactly be bought off the shelf, either – the only practical solution is to either take a pile of pain killers (which makes it hard to co-ordinate) or “go clean”, without taking anything to prepare (due to the potential of extreme pain, this makes it harder to co-ordinate). And then the bleeding. And then the diseases, not from the original cavity, but from the botches and failures! I’ve read about tattoo artists who can ink their own skin, but slipping means either going with the flow or covering up, not trying to find a donor set of teeth while wrangling penicillin from strangers on a long weekend; patching a tooth isn’t a two-hour chore.

The great news is that learning and seeing these horrors redoubled my intention to never, ever let things get so bad that I’d become like one of those gruesome images. In fact, any lingering fear of dentists evaporated into respect. I go to the George Brown Wave Clinic for annual cleanings now, and in the process, ironically or not, I’ve even learned a lot about dental hygiene. I even became an exhibit myself once – I still have my wisdoms, making for a full set of teeth. One student hygienists described me as the weirdest patient they’d ever had, but she brought out a tray of dental tools and challenged me to identify the various weapons of oral warfare - I guess that’s a plus. I find it curious that the periodontal probe they use has a black-and-yellow waspy look – that shit terrifies me.

I’m also deathly afraid of museums.

title: [NF] A Trip To the Dentist

question: What does the text say about amateur dental work?

answer: The narrator reads about amateur dentists who take great pride in their work. The narrator thinks that it is a good idea to learn about dentistry at home. The narrator is horrified when they see a video of an amateur dentist using a bone-melting acid to etch the surface of a tooth. The narrator is also horrified by the use of medical-grade epoxies to seal up valleys and cracks. The narrator thinks that amateur dentists should never operate alone.

critique: The narrator is not horrified by the use of medical-grade epoxies. This should be omitted.

critique: The narrator isn't horrified by the use of medical-grade epoxies. They are horrified by the use of bone-melting acids.

critique: The narrator is not horrified by the use of medical-grade epoxies.

critique: This isn't about amateur dental work-it's about the narrator's interest in learning about dentistry over the internet and applying it to their own teeth.

critique: The narrator doesn't think that amateur dentists should never operate alone. It is the narrator who is afraid of museums.

question: Summarize the lesson the narrator learns.

answer: The narrator gets into writing and feels confident enough to share some of their stories. The narrator conducts an experiment; they search a few videos on YouTube to see what the process of at-home dentistry looks like. The narrator learns about all the horrors of the process and learns that it's best left to the professionals.

critique: The narrator learns that it's best to go to the dentist.

critique: The response should include that the narrator is thankful for the honest criticism they receive.

critique: The narrator's lesson is not about writing.

critique: The narrator's lesson is not the same as the lesson they learned.

critique: The narrator is not learning about writing.

question: What does the story say about internet research?

answer: The narrator decided to look up dentistry after not getting a proper dental cleaning in a decade. The narrator confesses that looking up dentistry on the internet is a mistake. The narrator found a few videos about dentistry, but the videos are gruesome. The narrator was so horrified by the videos that they went to the dentist.

critique: Nonsensical repetitions, remove them from the text.

critique: The narrator didn't go to the dentist because of the videos.

critique: The narrator's decision to look up dentistry is not relevant to the question.

critique: The narrator is not horrified by the videos

critique: The narrator's decision to look up dentistry is irrelevant to the question.

question: What does the text say about tooth brushes?

answer: No answer

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

critique: The text does not mention tooth brushes.

critique: The response misses to mention that the narrator mentions that toothbrushes are not sold in pharmacies and that they have a scary looking design.


text:
“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.

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.


text:
WAYNE ARTHUR WHISTLER (October 12, 1944 – April 2, 2020) was an American ethnobotanist, academic and writer. Whistler, an adjunct professor at the University of Hawaii's Department of Botany, was an expert on tropical flora of the Pacific Islands, especially Samoa and Tonga.[1][2]

Education and career

Whistler was born near Death Valley in San Bernardino County, California.[3][4] He earned a B.A. in Biology from the University of California, Riverside, in 1965; an M.A. in Botany, from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1966, and Ph.D. in Botany, from the University of Hawaii, in 1979.[5] Once he completed his first two degrees, Whistler served in the Peace Corps as a teacher at Samoa College in Apia, Western Samoa (now known as Samoa).[6][7] He then moved to Hawaii, where he completed a doctorate in botany from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, focusing on Samoan plant life, in 1979.[8]

After completing his Ph.D., Whistler was appointed to a position at the National Tropical Botanical Garden on Kauai and served as a researcher affiliated with the Bishop Museum.[9] He was an adjunct professor at University of Hawaii's Department of Botany and the Lyon Arboretum, a botanical garden managed by the university.[10] He also owned a consulting company, Isle Botanica, and worked on projects focusing on plants in Fiji, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, Samoa, and Tonga.[11]

Whistler worked on research projects throughout Oceania, but specialized in the flora of Samoa and Tonga.[12] According to colleagues, he knew the Samoan language name for nearly every native plant in that country.[13] Whistler had first lived in Samoa during the 1970s, before the logging and tourism led to the deforestation of much of the country's rainforests.[14] As a result, he spent several decades training Samoans about the country's flora and its uses.[15] Whistler not only sought to protect Samoa's forests through his programs, but also resurrect some of Samoa's lost cultural and practical uses for its native plant life.[16]

Whistler authored more than a dozen books on the botany and ethnobotany of the Pacific Islands, including _Rainforest Trees of Samoa_, _Polynesian Herbal Medicine_, and _Plants of the Canoe People: An Ethnobotanical Voyage through Polynesia_, which focused on the plants utilized by Polynesian voyagers.[17]

Death

Whistler was already showing symptoms of COVID-19 in March, 2020.[18] He sought treatment at a Hawaiian urgent care facility, but was not tested for coronavirus, despite his symptoms.[19] He tested positive for COVID-19 on March 8 and was placed on life support on March 10th, but his condition continued to deteriorate and he died at Honolulu's Kaiser Moanalua Hospital in on April 2 at the age of 75.[20][21] His death was Hawaii's third fatality related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[22] At the time of his death, Whistler had nearly completed another book called _Flora of Samoa_, which he had worked on for most of his professional life. The book was meant to be a definitive guide to Samoa's native plants.[23]

Selected works authored

-   _Rainforest Trees of Samoa: A Guide to the Common Lowland and Foothill Forest Trees of the Samoan Archipelago_, University of Hawaiʻi Press
-   _Plants in Samoan Culture: The Ethnobotany of Samoa_, University of Hawaiʻi Press
-   _The Samoan Rainforest: A Guide to the Vegetation of the Samoan Archipelago_, University of Hawaiʻi Press
-   _Samoan Herbal Medicine: 'O La'au ma Vai Fofo o Samoa_, University of Hawaiʻi Press
-   _Wayside Plants of the Islands: A Guide to the Lowland Flora of the Pacific Islands_, University of Hawaiʻi Press
-   _Polynesian Herbal Medicine_, University of Hawaiʻi Press
-   _Flowers of the Pacific Island Seashore: A Guide to the Littoral Plants of Hawai'i, Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Fiji, and Micronesia_, University of Hawaiʻi Press
-   _Tongan Herbal Medicine_, University of Hawaiʻi Press[24]

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title: Arthur Whistler

question: Summarize Whistler's activities during the 1970s.

answer: Whistler first lived in Samoa during the 1970s, when the country's rainforests were suffering from the effects of logging and tourism. Sadly, the logging and tourism led to the deforestation of much of Samoa's rainforests. In order to protect the rainforests, Whistler spent several decades training Samoans about the country's flora and its uses.

critique: "Sadly, the logging and tourism led to the deforestation of much of Samoa's rainforests." - this is incorrect. The logging and tourism did not lead to the deforestation. They caused it.

critique: The answer should mention that Whistler was a teacher in Samoa.

text: It should be added that Whistler earned a Ph.D. in Botany from the University of Hawaii.

question: Summarize everything related to Arthur Whistler's homes.

answer: Whistler was born near Death Valley in San Bernardino County, California. He earned his degree at the University of California, Riverside and another degree at the University of California, Santa Barbara. After completing his Ph.D he moved to Hawaii, where he specialized in Samoan plant life and where he died. He also lived in Samoa in the 1970s, where he was a teacher at Samoa College.

critique: The answer should mention the other places Whistler lived as an adult.

question: What does the article say about Whistler's childhood?

answer: No answer

critique: The answer should mention that Whistler was born near Death Valley.

question: Summarize everything related to Samoa.

answer: Whistler served in the Peace Corps as a teacher at Samoa College in Apia, Western Samoa. He then moved to Hawaii, where he completed a doctorate in botany from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, focusing on Samoan plant life. He spent several decades training Samoans about the country's flora and its uses. He authored several books on the botany and ethnobotany of the Pacific Islands, including Rainforest Trees of Samoa.

critique: The answer should mention that Samoa is a country in the Pacific Islands.


text:
MARA FACCIO is an economist and currently the Duke Realty Chair in Finance and Professor of Finance at the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University.[1]

She is a research associate at the NBER.[2] She is an associate editor of the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis[3] and the Journal of Corporate Finance.[4] and previously held editorial positions at Financial Management and the Review of Financial Studies.[5]

She won the 2015 William F. Sharpe Award for Scholarship in Financial Research for her paper “Taxes and Capital Structure” in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.[6] In 2016, she won the referee of the year award from the Review of Corporate Finance Studies.[7]

Faccio started her career in 1999, as an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan. She then moved to the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame in 2001, and after that the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University in 2003. In 2007, she became a full professor at Purdue University.[8]

Faccio earned a Laurea in Economics (in 1994) and Master in Accounting and Finance (in 1995) from the University of Pavia, a MPhil in Accounting and Finance from the City University Business School in London in 1997, and a Dottorato in Finance from the Università Cattolica in Milan in 1999.[9]

Research

Her research mainly focuses on corporate finance, banking, taxation and the political economy of corporate finance. Her works has been quoted over 18000 times according to google scholar.[10] She has published in the American Economic Review,[11][12] the Journal of Financial Economics[13] and the Journal of Finance.[14]

Her research has been cited in the Washington Post,[15] The Atlantic,[16] Forbes[17] and The New York Times.[18][19]

Selected bibliography

-   Faccio, Mara (2006). “Politically Connected Firms”. American Economic Review. 96 (1): 369–386.
-   Faccio, Mara; Lang, Larry H. P (2002-09-01). “The ultimate ownership of Western European corporations”. Journal of Financial Economics. 65 (3): 365–395.
-   Faccio, Mara; Masulis, Ronald W.; McConnell, John J. (2006). “Political Connections and Corporate Bailouts”. The Journal of Finance. 61 (6): 2597–2635.
-   Faccio, Mara; Lang, Larry H. P; Young, Leslie (2001). “Dividends and Expropriation”. American Economic Review. 91 (1): 54–78.

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title: Mara Faccio

question: What does the text say about the qualities that make a good economist?

answer: No answer

critique: The text doesn't really say anything about the qualities that make a good economist.

critique: The text does not explicitly say what qualities make a good economist. However, the text does say that Faccio is an economist and currently the Duke Realty Chair in Finance and Professor of Finance at the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University.

critique: The text does not explicitly state what makes a good economist.

critique: The text does not explicitly state what qualities make a good economist.

question: What does the text say about Mara Faccio?

answer: Mara Faccio is an economist and currently the Duke Realty Chair in Finance and Professor of Finance at the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University. She is a research associate at the NBER. She is an associate editor of the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis and the Journal of Corporate Finance.

critique: Faccio is still the Duke Realty Chair in Finance and Professor of Finance at the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University in the present tense.

critique: The answer omits the awards Faccio has won.

critique: "She is an associate editor of the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis and the Journal of Corporate Finance." - this was already mentioned in the first sentence.

question: What does the text say about Faccio's research?

answer: Her research usually focuses on corporate finance, banking, taxation, and the political economy of corporate finance. Her research has been quoted over 18,000 times, by Google Scholar, and her works have been published in the American Economic Review, the Journal of Financial Economics and the Journal of Finance. Her research has been cited in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Forbes, and The New York Times as well.

critique: The answer should mention that her research has been cited in the Washington Post, The Atlantic, Forbes, and The New York Times.

critique: The number of times her research has been quoted is irrelevant to the question.

critique: Replace "usually" with "mainly" and make it clear that Finance is not the sole focus of her research either.

critique: "The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Forbes, and The New York Times as well" is irrelevant.

critique: The answer should mention her research topics.

critique: The phrase "by Google Scholar" is unnecessary.

critique: The article doesn't say how many times her research has been cited.

question: What does the text say about Faccio's early career?

answer: Faccio started her career in 1999 as an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan. She then moved to the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame in 2001, and after that the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University in 2003. In 2007, she became a full professor at Purdue University.

critique: "In 2007, she became a full professor at Purdue University." - this isn't relevant to her early career and should be deleted.

critique: The answer omits the fact that Faccio earned her degrees from the University of Pavia and the City University Business School in London.

critique: The answer should mention that Faccio earned her degrees from the University of Pavia and the City University Business School in London.

critique: The answer should mention Faccio's work before 1999.

critique: The answer omits her time at the City University Business School in London.

critique: "In 2007, she became a full professor at Purdue University." - this is incorrect. She became a full professor in 2007.

critique: "In 2007, she became a full professor at Purdue University." - add a comma after "University"