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Good evening, America.

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I know the media has been climbing all over each other for a statement from the Presidential office regarding our current health crisis, but I wanted to have as much information as possible before addressing the American people. Were times not so dire and the need for action so immediate, I would still be waiting for more information to address the nation. Unfortunately, America, that is not the case. The bald truth is this: more is unknown about this epidemic than is known. Medical professionals around the world are working tirelessly to provide answers, but as of right now, no cure or preventative mediation have shown long-term effectiveness.

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Known by different names around the country – Creeping Flu, Bellows, Influenza M – the infection is spread through direct disease transmission. Simply being touched by an infected person does not cause transmission of the disease from one person to another, but an exchange of bodily fluids will. This can come from being bitten by an infected person, ingesting fluids from an infected person, or sexual contact with an infected person. I must stress… simply touching an infected person will not transmit the disease. Forced quarantine upon medical professionals based on this misinformation will only lead to further infection and unnecessary condemnation, not to mention the loss of valuable personnel.

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The speed of infection appears to increase with every new generation. Because of this, providing an accurate timeline for symptom progression is impossible. What we can do is provide a concrete, concise list of symptoms. Before we address this, however, it is important to note that one or two symptoms does not necessarily indicate infection. With so much confusion, stress, and exposure to new drugs, it absolutely makes sense that people would be getting sick with perfectly normal diseases. This is not the Wild West and we are not horses: a bullet is not the cure for a broken leg, nor is it the cure for the average flu. Even now, when the infection can potentially spread so quickly throughout the body, we must be sure of our decisions.

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That being said, the symptoms, in order, are as follows:

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1. General fatigue/weakness

2. Cluster headaches: sharp, burning pain behind the left eye

3. Burst blood vessels in left eye

4. Quickly onset fever of above 106 degrees Fahrenheit

5. Vomiting/diarrhea

6. Hallucinations

7. Paralysis

8. Death

9. Reanimation

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Symptoms will appear in the order shown. No variation of symptom order has been observed, though personal susceptibility to individual symptoms may accelerate the onset of specific steps. Again, I must stress that individual symptoms do not indicate an overall infection.

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Finally, it is with a heavy heart I inform America that its military will be unable to assist at this time. Were this an invading foreign power at our nations door, the United States Armed Forces would be fully prepared to stand and defend her people. As it is, we have been found shamefully unprepared to address an epidemic of this strength and nature. For the foreseeable future, the American people will need to rely on their own grit and perseverance in order to weather this storm. This will not be the first time the mettle of the American people was tested, nor will it be the second, nor the third. America is a nation born of independence and ingenuity. A nation of adaptation and spirit. This is a fight we will win, my fellow Americans, but one that will take a heavy toll.

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Doubt is a rot in the heart of mankind which is easily planted by fear – one that must not be allowed to take root.

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It has been an honor serving you, America. Thank you, good luck, and god speed.

title: [TH] Final Presidential Address - July 1st, 2016

question: What does the story say about symptoms that would be visible to an observer?

answer: No answer

critique: The answer should mention that the symptoms are fatigue, headaches, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, hallucinations, paralysis, and death.

critique: The answer should mention that the only symptom listed is general fatigue.

critique: The answer should mention the symptoms listed in the text.

critique: The answer failed to answer the question and should only get a point for failing to deliver the right content.

question: What elements reflect the story's genre?

answer: The story is a speech given by the President of the United States. It is a genre that is not common in the real world, but is common in fiction.

critique: "It is a genre that is not common in the real world, but is common in fiction." - this is inaccurate. There are many real-life presidential addresses like this. The narrator's use of the royal, third-person address, patriot-like tone, and his encouragement of hope and unity reflect the genre of this story.

critique: The genre of the story is not mentioned in the text.

question: What does the story say about the origin of the virus?

answer: No answer

critique: This is inaccurate. The origin of the virus, according to the article, is known by different names around the US.

critique: The answer should mention that the origin of the virus is unknown.

question: Summarize the president's shift in tone over the course of the story.

answer: The president begins by being extremely cautious, saying that he wanted to have as much information as possible before addressing the American people. He emphasizes the unknown nature of this virus, stressing that forced quarantine upon medical professionals based on misinformation will only lead to further infection and unnecessary condemnation, not to mention the loss of valuable personnel. He stresses that one or two symptoms do not signify a full infection. He then asserts that the U.S. Armed Forces will be unable to assist at this time, but the American people will win the fight.

critique: The president's tone doesn't shift all that much, as he still sounds calm and collected.

critique: The answer should mention that the president's tone shifts from caution to confidence.

critique: Mention that the president knows the situation is dire > emphasizes as much

critique: The answer does not mention the president's tone of hope.


split: test

text:
We walked through a vale holding each other's hand. I felt perfectly comfortable remaining silent and marching along as long as I knew she was with me. We had reached past the point of us needing speech to get our emotions across. We continued strolling for a while and then finally sat on a bench which was perched under an arched outgrowth of a stony structure. She put Her head on my lap and closed Her eyes. My love grew for Her every second I watched Her beautiful face in deep sleep. I wondered whether she felt the same way, or whether she felt at all. Suddenly, I sensed the earth moving. The whole world around me was shaking. I realised I didn't have much time left. I was about to depart. Slowly, the waterfall, flowers, the lake, butterflies, and the mountains faded away into darkness and then a bright light met my eye. The brightness diminished and I was back in my room. My servant was standing in front of me. "Sir, why are you so hard to wake up these days? If you carry on going late to work, you will eventually be fired. You don't want that do you?" he said. If only he knew.

I was both happy and sad. I felt sad leaving Her, but I was happy that it had now worked three times in a row. How lucky was I, that having slept a sad sleep the day before yesterday, I would meet Her the second time. This ignited in me the thought of the possibility that I could meet Her whenever I wanted to. So I tried to meet Her the third time today. I was doubtful and skeptical. I am a middle aged man who has never experienced love. Forget the act of loving, I couldn't even think of the prospect of finding love in my lifetime. I turned off all the lights, locked the door, threw myself on the bed and closed my eyes.
I was failing. I was sweating uncontrollably with nervousness. This was my last chance to find what I never had. Then, I thought of Her, with Her soft and beautiful face, Her enigmatic eyes, Her endless > locks of hair, Her slender yet graceful body, the vulnerability in Her glances, Her voice that confirmed the presence of angelic minstrels. God himself had sent down this perfect entity for me to spend time with, albeit in a second reality. I had to calm down and sleep. I was no longer panting, and was able to slowly drift away into slumber.

I was in a vast empty ball room. It was beautiful, but right now, I had no concern for the beauty of inanimate objects. I had to find Her as quickly as I could, so I could maximise the amount of time I was to spend with Her. I looked for Her everywhere. Where was she? Was it really possible that I failed, even in bringing a being that lived inside my thoughts, to appear in front of me? I was suddenly struck by the memory of yesterday. I had stood in front of the mirror for an hour. I gazed at my disfigured body, my hunched back, my crooked teeth, my uneven face and my uninteresting eyes. I had decided to break every mirror in my house that day, for they were only a source of pain to me. Now, as I looked around for Her in the ballroom, I slowly became demoralised. I could not even find Her in a second reality. I wept and I wept, and for sure, I did know I was physically weeping too, for I felt the dampness seep through my body. 'Come here,' said an enchanting voice. 'Did you really think I was going to leave you alone?'

A white figure seemed to be approaching me. Her shape became more apparent as she moved towards me. She was dressed in the most elegant of elegant dresses. She came up to me, and without uttering a word, kissed me. All my doubts, inferiorities and insecurities vanished in a matter of seconds. 'You have me right now and you will have me forever,' she said. 'My appearance may change but I will always be Her.' We sat together on the velveted floor. I told Her everything I knew and everything I wanted to do. She listened patiently without any patronising judgement. She seemed as if she had been lost in my discourse. She comforted me when I told Her my doubts and answered me when I had queries. Seconds, minutes, hours and then days seemed to have passed by. We were still sat on the same spot talking and being lost in wonder of one another. 'I have to go fly,' she said with a hint of sycophancy, 'Try not to think about me.' She faded away gradually, and slowly, the whole room turned dim and finally, my whole vision was obscured. I woke up.

I opened my eyes and looked around. I wasn't in my room. There were people around me, maybe four or five. 'Sir, you have been in a coma for six years. My whole team and I would like to congratulate you on being born again. Also try to sleep less,' a doctor said, letting out a faint chuckle. I wasn't able to speak as I lay there helpless. I didn't care about anyone else other than Her. I wanted to go back and never come back. A memory came to my mind about when I met my childhood friend after not seeing him for a while.

'What brought you into acting then, James?' I asked.

'My wife... the third one, she pushed me towards getting a job as an actor. She had faith in my ability. And so right she was, I had never even dreamed of achieving such fame.' James answered.
'Good for you, my friend, if only I were a part of your gene pool.'

'My gene pool? You think I've only gotten this far because of my looks?'

'You never were intelligent were you? Only if you were, you could have acknowledged the luck that had been bestowed upon you. Nobody falls in love with character at first sight. Set on this earth is a bliss for the rich and beautiful.'

'You always were a jealous man. Stop envying other people's abilities and go back to your cave and hang out with your rodents, you incompatible oddity!'

He stormed out of the restaurant leaving me alone with my food and strangers' stares. He was right. I was an oddity.

I had regained consciousness and was out of my coma. I had been awake thinking about this incident while tears ran down my face. It was soon dark outside and I started feeling drowsy. I was about to sleep and it was the most joyous part of the day. I soon fell asleep but there were no dreams this day and I woke up without any recollection of Her. 'This wouldn't happen again,' I thought to myself. I slept the next day and again; no luck. The day after that, I entered a dream but she was nowhere to be seen. Did she lie when she said she would be with me forever? I was discharged from the hospital and returned to my room. Surely, this was where it all started so I will get to meet her when I sleep in my own dwelling. I slept. She had abandoned me. The only companion I had, had abandoned me. She was a part of me so I guess I had abandoned myself.

'There is more than one way a person can sleep.' I thought to myself. I started panting. I walked in circles for an hour in my room as my heartbeat became faster and faster. I had no family or acquaintances I could talk to. I started climbing the stairs sluggishly, that led to the highest storey of the high-rise. My pulse increasing with every step I took. I finally arrived at the top of the skyscraper. I stood at its edge, with my heart pounding the loudest and fastest it had ever pounded. I thought of Her one last time. 'I will surely meet you, and I would never know even if I don't. My real love has always been the sleep that rescued me by allowing me to dream.'  With these thoughts, I took the step to death. The only feeling I felt after that was the feeling of Nothing.

title: Love Slumber

question: Why does the narrator step off the building at the end of the story?

answer: The narrator is in a coma for six years and is dreaming about the woman he loves. He is so desperate to see her that he jumps off the building.

critique: The narrator is not dreaming but is in a coma.

critique: The narrator isn't in a coma for six years.

critique: It is redundant to mention the narrator's desperation because with this desperation comes his knowing that he can see her in his dreams, as he will not die in his dreams.

critique: The narrator is not dreaming about the woman he loves. He is dreaming about the woman he loves.

critique: The narrator is not dreaming about the woman he loves.

text: It's omitted that the narrator ends his life because he can no longer see the woman in his dreams following his coma.

category: coverage

question: Why does the narrator's friend accuse him of being jealous?

answer: Because the narrator says that James only got so far due to his looks.

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

critique: The narrator's friend is James, not the narrator.

critique: The answer should be clearer about what James' wife says.

critique: The answer should mention that James is an actor.


text:
_INTRODUCTION TO CIRCLE PACKING: THE THEORY OF DISCRETE ANALYTIC FUNCTIONS_ is a mathematical monograph concerning systems of tangent circles and the circle packing theorem. It was written by Kenneth Stephenson and published in 2005 by the Cambridge University Press.

Topics

Circle packings, as studied in this book, are systems of circles that touch at tangent points but do not overlap, according to a combinatorial pattern of adjacencies specifying which pairs of circles should touch. The circle packing theorem states that a circle packing exists if and only if the pattern of adjacencies forms a planar graph; it was originally proved by Paul Koebe in the 1930s, and popularized by William Thurston, who rediscovered it in the 1970s and connected it with the theory of conformal maps and conformal geometry. As a topic, this should be distinguished from sphere packing, which considers higher dimensions (here, everything is two dimensional) and is more focused on packing density than on combinatorial patterns of tangency.

The book is divided into four parts, in progressive levels of difficulty. The first part introduces the subject visually, encouraging the reader to think about packings not just as static objects but as dynamic systems of circles that change in predictable ways when the conditions under which they are formed (their patterns of adjacency) change. The second part concerns the proof of the circle packing theorem itself, and of the associated rigidity theorem: every maximal planar graph can be associated with a circle packing that is unique up to Möbius transformations of the plane. More generally the same result holds for any triangulated manifold, with a circle packing on a topologically equivalent Riemann surface that is unique up to conformal equivalence.

The third part of the book concerns the degrees of freedom that arise when the pattern of adjacencies is not fully triangulated (it is a planar graph, but not a maximal planar graph). In this case, different extensions of this pattern to larger maximal planar graphs will lead to different packings, which can be mapped to each other by corresponding circles. The book explores the connection between these mappings, which it calls discrete analytic functions, and the analytic functions of classical mathematical analysis. The final part of the book concerns a conjecture of William Thurston, proved by Burton Rodin and Dennis Sullivan, that makes this analogy concrete: conformal mappings from any topological disk to a circle can be approximated by filling the disk by a hexagonal packing of unit circles, finding a circle packing that adds to that pattern of adjacencies a single outer circle, and constructing the resulting discrete analytic function. This part also includes applications to number theory and the visualization of brain structure.

Stephenson has implemented algorithms for circle packing and used them to construct the many illustrations of the book, giving to much of this work the flavor of experimental mathematics, although it is also mathematically rigorous. Unsolved problems are listed throughout the book, which also includes nine appendices on related topics such as the ring lemma and Doyle spirals.

Audience and reception

The book presents research-level mathematics, and is aimed at professional mathematicians interested in this and related topics. Reviewer Frédéric Mathéus describes the level of the material in the book as “both mathematically rigorous and accessible to the novice mathematician”, presented in an approachable style that conveys the author's love of the material. However, although the preface to the book states that no background knowledge is necessary, and that the book can be read by non-mathematicians or used as an undergraduate textbook, reviewer Michele Intermont disagrees, noting that it has no exercises for students and writing that “non-mathematicians will be nothing other than frustrated with this book”. Similarly, reviewer David Mumford finds the first seven chapters (part I and much of part II) to be at an undergraduate level, but writes that “as a whole, the book is suitable for graduate students in math”.

title: Introduction to Circle Packing

question: What does the article say about circular logic?

answer: No answer

critique: This response does not answer the question that is being asked and can be changed.

critique: The article does not mention circular logic.

critique: The article doesn't mention circular logic.

question: What are some related fields to circle packing?

answer: Sphere packing, which considers higher dimensions (here, everything is two dimensional) and is more focused on packing density than on combinatorial patterns of tangency.

critique: The answer should mention the connection between the two fields.

critique: "of tangency." This can be merged with "of" to make the sentence clearer.

critique: The answer should mention the related field of conformal geometry.

critique: The question is asking for related fields, not for related topics.

critique: The answer should mention the connection between circle packing and conformal geometry.

question: What parts of the book does the reviewer David Mumford call out as exceeding the abilities of a novice?

answer: The first seven chapters of the book.

critique: The answer should be more specific about which chapters.

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

critique: The question asks what parts of the book exceed the abilities of a novice. The answer should include all of the parts of the book that the reviewer calls out as exceeding the abilities of a novice.

critique: The answer should include the reason for Mumford's critique.


text:
They say that we are all the heroes of our own stories, but I'd beg to differ. What if we were made to be the sidekick for other's success stories? I thought this was kind of stupid too, until I began to really think about it and reflect on my life. I began to find similarities between my story and Joey's from Yugioh or Brock from Pokémon; yes, I had my own accomplishments but ultimately, I couldn’t see the direction I needed to go in to complete my story, I just seem to be floating around hopping from story to story helping others on their quest with no clear end game for me.

My name is Caleb Dudley, I'm a 20-year-old Male living in Florida and this is the story of how I became a sidekick.

I started my life as most American kids do; going to school, making friends and not caring about anything except when P.E was. I went to multiple nice schools, not really fitting in anywhere, I was always the outsider, the expendable kid. Not only was I aggressive to my teachers/school staff, there were very few people I really trusted. Looking back at it now I’d say it was because my father wasn’t there much, and my step dad influenced my mother to create a abusive household- hell on earth in the middle of a suburb. I think the only thing that kept me from truly snapping was my childhood best friend Vikram. I can’t thank him enough for keeping me grounded in some of the hardest times of my life. I can see that he was the first hero I became the sidekick for. He was the brains and I was the brawn, we were unstoppable in anything we did.

In 4th grade my mother moved us to San Antonio Texas for her work, away from my friends and from my dad I had nothing. This is where I had to develop myself; something snapped in me and I suddenly stopped being aggressive and I stopped crying but I still felt alone. I did find new friends but I knew they only befriended me because I was an outsider and an outsider I would continue to be.

5th grade we moved back to Florida where I attended my old elementary school and was accepted into a International Baccalaureate middle school. This school was supposed to be a government implemented program where they take “gifted” kids from all over the city and put them in a school in the middle of bad neighborhoods. To me things were looking up, we moved back into our old house, I had my friends again and I had my hero again to help me through my shitty living situation. This all came crashing down when I started middle school.

See because I had to go to this neighborhood for school I spent about 4 hours of my day on a bus with other kids, both in middle school and high school, in my situation. I thought everything was going great; the same kids who knew about my troubled elementary school years were going to the local middle school, so this was a clean slate. My feelings were affirmed when I started school, for reasons unknown I became the class clown and everyone knew me as such. By 8th grade I was on top of the school, I even became close with most of the cliques in the school; being the glue that made our class so close. This, unfortunately, became the only happiness I had in my life at the time. My best friend, being 2 years older than me and having strict parents, was busy making the most of his high school years, destined to do great things as any hero should.

The 4 hours I spent on the bus everyday became my 2nd hell but was also where I met my 2nd hero. My bus ride was where I was bullied almost every single day, they couldn’t make fun of my clothes because there was a uniform requirement at my school but they made fun of everything else they could, sometimes even resorting to physical violence. To this day I hate thinking about my time on that bus. I was ultimately the damsel in distress, which is where my hero came into play. In 8th grade a new high schooler rode our bus named Valarie, just by talking to her you could tell she was a social outcast, just the person to not give a fuck about others opinions. She became my new hero, someone who would help me through 8th grade and protect me from the kids on the bus while I became her sidekick, someone who would be there to talk to her and make her laugh.

You probably get the point by now: I remain a social outcast, I get bullied some more, I find a new hero, I move, repeat. You’re probably bored with this post by now and I don’t blame you. This looks like one big sob story to be honest.  I guess the only reason I made this was to warn everyone to not be a sidekick like me. I need help, I need a new hero. Good night

title: The Life of a SideKick [NF]

question: What does the story say about the qualities that make a good hero?

answer: No answer

critique: It is omitted that the qualities that make a good hero are having a clear direction in life and being able to help others on their quests.

critique: The question is asking for the qualities that make a good hero, not what makes a good sidekick.

critique: The question is asking for the qualities that make a good hero. The answer should mention the qualities that make a good hero.

question: What does the story say about the narrator, Caleb Dudley?

answer: Caleb is a 20-year-old male living in Florida. He is a social outcast and thinks he is a sidekick for other people's success stories. He was bullied and harassed daily in his middle and high school years. He had a childhood friend named Vikram who helped him get through his turbulent early years. He met another hero, a girl named Valarie, while riding the bus to school. Caleb thinks he needs help and wants a new hero.

critique: Caleb doesn't think he's a sidekick for other people's success stories. He thinks he's a sidekick for other people's stories.

critique: The narrator is not a social outcast because he is a sidekick. He is a sidekick because he is a social outcast.

critique: It's omitted that Caleb had a hard time trusting people.

critique: The narrator's name is Caleb Dudley, not Caleb.

critique: The narrator is not a social outcast. He is a social outcast.

critique: The answer should mention that Caleb is a sidekick.

question: What does the story say about the school Caleb attended when they went back to Florida?

answer: Caleb attended his old elementary school in Florida. He was accepted into an International Baccalaureate middle school. The school was supposed to be a government-implemented program where they take "gifted" kids from all over the city and put them in a school in the middle of bad neighborhoods. Caleb became the class clown and everyone knew him as such. He was bullied on the bus every day.

critique: The last two sentences don't pertain to the school.

critique: The school was in a bad neighborhood, not in the middle of it.

critique: The school was in the middle of a bad neighborhood, not in the middle of it.

critique: The school was in the middle of bad neighborhoods, not in one.

critique: This doesn't directly pertain to Caleb's school when they went back to Florida

critique: The answer should mention that Caleb's best friend was busy making the most of his high school years.

question: What does the story say about being a sidekick?

answer: The narrator says that he thinks he was made to be the sidekick for other's success stories. He thinks that he is a sidekick because he is not the hero of his own story. He thinks that he is not able to see the direction he needs to go in to complete his story. He also thinks that he is floating around hopping from story to story helping others on their quest with no clear end game for him. He thinks that he is expendable and an outsider. He thinks that he is aggressive to his teachers/school staff and that there are very few people he really trusts.

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

critique: None of his frustrations are attributed to his being made to be the sidekick for other's success stories, that can be omitted. However, all of it is to be included, being the norm for the story, so this answer simply omits that the narrator found all these problems in the nature of being the sidekick.

critique: This is a lot of information for a summary and the first paragraph of the story does a much better job of explaining what it means to be a sidekick. This should be omitted.

critique: The narrator does not think that he is aggressive to his teachers/school staff.


text:
First Pet
(An unfinished short story by ChillistickCat)

We All Have Choices

We are under a bush at the foot of a ten foot high hill behind a large concrete sign.  Mother cat is talking to her kittens, who have just recently discovered their abilities to walk and explore, about the dangers of "street life" and "pet life".   She discusses all of the positive and negative tropes of both lives and tells her kittens they have a choice of which one they wish to live.  Unanimously all the kittens agree that street life, the life mother lived, is the one they want, accept Marko, who remains silent.  They all become quiet, including mother, in a silent stare at Marko.

Marko's Unplanned Rebellion

After the litter of kittens disperses to a shady section at the bottom of the hill, Marko makes his way, for the first time, to the top of the hill to a spot where mother cat said never to go as it is precisely the spot where a human can see them and take them.  Not heading his mothers words, he makes his way all the way up to see a vast grid of human houses.  He is in awe of the magnificence of the sight and gazes upon it, wondering what it would be like to be a pet.  He imagines all of the new things he would experience and what a human would be like.  He has seen humans before but never interacted with one.  Until he spots a little human girl in the house closest to the hill.

Just as Mother Warned

She makes direct eye contact with him then immediately points to him, to which two other humans, much larger than she, come into view.  The largest human begins to walk towards Marko.  He does not run away.  He sits and waits for them to come to him. Marko is in awe of how big the human gets as it gets closer and closer to him.  He notices things he has never noticed before, like noses and eyeglasses.  Then, just before he can turn around to look back at his family and mother, large hands embrace his whole body and he is lifted higher then he has ever been.  The motion winds him as he tries to scream for help, but no sound comes out.  Only the sound of the human saying, "Dont worry little guy, I wont hurt you".

The words mean nothing to him and he cries once more, this time letting out the loudest shriek he has ever made.  As soon as he gets his bearings inside the large human hands, he looks back to see if his mother heard him.  To his surprise, he sees a vacant hill, and with that he closes his eyes and cries out some more as the large hands place him into a dark box.

The Rise of A Pet

When he opens his eyes, Marko finds himself in an unfamiliar world.  He is still inside the box which is now on the floor of a bathroom that is brightly lit by florescent lights.  All he can see is the crack at the bottom of the white door and shadows that move about from the other side.  He exits the box and looks up to find an open window with a long white curtain draping to the floor.  He immediately runs to it and begins to frantically climb until he reaches the window sill.  From this vantage point he can see the hill where he was taken, then he looks down to see a 30 foot drop onto a concrete floor.  He sees a pool and other strange objects laid out about the patio.  He looks back to the hill and now sees his mother atop the hill timidly sniffing the air.

He lets out a loud screech, and his mothers ears perk up in his direction, but her eyes do not follow suit.  He continues screaming to no avail.  She then quickly jumps down the hill out of his sight.

 Marko tuns around to see the bathroom door has opened and standing in the doorway is the little girl.  She screams, " Mommy, Mommy, Kitty is trying to escape!" .  The child's mother then comes running into the bathroom, grabbing Marko, winding him again, and shuts the window closed.

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title: First Pet

question: How does Marko's opinions change about being a pet through the story?

answer: At first Marko only feels curiosity about the outside world. He is enamored with being a pet until the girl sees him.

critique: Doesn't mention his shock when he's taken away.

critique: The answer should mention that Marko is taken away by the humans.

critique: Marko's feelings change when he is taken away from his mother.

critique: The answer doesn't seem to note that Marko seems comfortable in the cage and that he stops rebelling against the people trying to catch him.

critique: Marko is not enamored with being a pet. He is enamored with the idea of being a pet.

question: What does the story say about how streets cats and pet cats live?

answer: Mother cat tells her kittens that street life is dangerous, but pet life is rewarding. The kittens agree with her and unanimously decide to live the street life. Marko, however, rebels against his mother's wishes and decides to see what it's like to be a pet. The human takes him to a bathroom and shuts the window, trapping him there.

critique: The answer omits the part where the kittens decide to live the street life.

critique: The story does not say anything about how street cats and pet cats live.

critique: The answer omits the part where Marko is taken to the bathroom.

critique: The answer should mention that Marko is the only kitten who wants to live the street life.

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

critique: The answer should mention that street cats live in the wild and pet cats live in houses.

critique: The answer should summarize the street life.

critique: Marko's decision to become a pet is irrelevant to the question.

text: The story only says that the mother cat talks about street life and pet life. The answer crafts more details than there is in the story.

category: accuracy


text:
"SQUIRE! Fetch me my horse! I’m going out hunting!"

"Yes sire!"

Lousy, ungrateful, stupid bastard. Squire? Fucking squire? Jesus man you know my name, I’m Perry, like I tell you every fucking day. And don’t even get me started on the hunting. Hunting? Why don’t you just describe it accurately and call it seating your fat ass on the back of that poor sop of a horse and forcing it to canter round your shitty little forest, while you giggle with glee at the delightful experience of bouncing up and down. And all the while you’re accompanied by a large band of trumpeters, making absolutely sure every single animal with a brain has enough time to hear this ludicrous ensemble of idiocy, pack up its family, maybe have a small bite to eat and move the fuck away. Quite frankly, anything stupid enough to be caught by this moronic party had it coming. If the hunting party didn’t get them, an angry 6 year old with a small stick would’ve done the next morning.

But I’ve side-tracked. The more important debate here is how the fuck this man managed to become a knight. I’d call him stupid but that would be an insult to uneducated peons everywhere. He is his own class of stupid, so far down the IQ scale he may have broken into previously unexplored realms of negative IQ. Oh, you think I’m being mean? Maybe a bit overdramatic? Oh no no no. Let me explain. This is the man who, when getting out of a double bed, rolled over the wrong way to the other side of the bed and, rather than realise his mistake and either rolling the other way to escape the bed, or continuing his roll to reach the other side, shouted desperately for help, for he had lost the floor and was surely doomed. This is the man who picked up a sword from the wrong end and failed to understand his mistake. This is the man who put a helmet on his foot and complained when he couldn’t walk properly. Please understand, my master is genuinely something else. I’ve yet to theorise how he became a knight. Oh yes, his father was a knight and that grants him an easy ride to the role, but I am amazed that, after discovering that his son had the intelligence of a melon, his dear father hadn’t pushed him to follow an alternative career path, something more appropriate to his level like, ooh I don’t know, an early grave.

Too far? Perhaps. But you don’t have to serve under this infantile baboon. Every waking moment of my day is spent entertaining his every want and need, and oh boy does he have a lot of needs. Sometimes – and I wish I was joking – he struggles with wiping his own ass. Guess who gets that fantastic job? That’s right, Squire Perry, his faithful fucking assistant. Other highlights include: serving him his food; helping him eat his food; cleaning his food when he spills it on the floor, like the clumsy halfwit he is; cleaning his bed; cleaning his clothes; organising his equipment. Oh, and how could I forget, fetching his fucking horse when he wants to go on a fucking hunting expedition.

I should go, he might cry if he doesn’t get his bloody horse soon. Ooh, that is a tempting prospect... but no. It wouldn’t be obeying my fucking duty. I swear to fucking god. Pray for me, would you?

title: Perry [HF]

question: Describe a backstory for Squire Perry in 3-5 sentences based on character and context clues.

answer: ONE SENTENCE BACKSTORY: Perry was born the second son in a knight's family and had noble expectations from his father.

critique: "ONE SENTENCE BACKSTORY: Perry was born the second son in a knight's family and had noble expectations from his father." - this is inaccurate and doesn't answer the question.

critique: "ONE SENTENCE BACKSTORY: Perry was born the second son in a knight's family and had noble expectations from his father." - this is inaccurate. Perry is the squire to knight Sir Henry. He may be the second son but it is from a different family.

critique: The answer is not related to the question.

critique: That's not so much a backstory as it is a summary.

critique: The answer should mention that Perry is a squire.

critique: "ONE SENTENCE BACKSTORY: Perry was born the second son in a knight's family and had noble expectations from his father." - the answer is not based on the story.

critique: "Perry was born the second son in a knight's family and had noble expectations from his father." - this is incorrect. Perry wasn't born a knight's son. He is a squire to a knight. He was never born a knight.

critique: It is omitted that Perry is a squire for a knight.

critique: It's implied that Perry is a squire, not a knight.


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“Dear friends and colleagues, I know, that you know, that we all know, that the main attraction of this symposium is to brag about our greatest and weirdest nutjobs. We’ve all heard Dr. Johnson talk about this woman, who believed she was a glass of jam, over a coffee, or Prof. Miller explain how a suicidal man couldn’t hang himself because his extreme fear of height.”

Some people in the room started laughing, while most just nodded in agreement. Some murmuring came up around Johnson and Miller, and as soon as everything went silent again, the man at the stand continued.

“This place here in front of all of you is usually reserved for someone talking about new developments in diagnostics and therapies. But in my case, the patient himself was so intertwined with the disease, that I can’t get around him.”
Dramatic pause
“Please meet mister Theo Bog!”

As soon as these words were said, a picture was projected on the giant screen behind the presenter. it was a portrait shot of a man in his mid-forties. A long beard, fuzzy hair, thick eyebrows and an awkward smile looked aimlessly into the audience. Even though his eyes were dampened, maybe because of a cataract, it felt as if they had seen a lot and had a shine of knowledge.

“This man came to me by himself. He didn’t have any money, nor an insurance. He claimed, that he needed help, because he would soon fall back into his old god complex. When I asked him, why he couldn’t go back to his old therapist, he told me that it was because Ernest Jones was dead.”

Unruly whispers arose among the doctors and professors.

“As most of you certainly know, Mr. Jones was a good friend of Sigmund Freud and one of the first practitioners of psychoanalysis. As such he was active until a few months before his death in 1958.
Theo Bog, a man who is 35 years old in the year 2017, claims to have been cured of a god complex by it’s inventor, who has long since been dead.

Of course it isn’t that unusual for somebody to believe to be a historically important figure or to just believe to have met with someone who has been dead for a long time. And during our sessions he told me about his therapy.
He explained me, how he had thought to have been god, and how mister Jones helped him by argumentatively disproving such a higher, all-knowing being. The problem was, that he started to forget these arguments and as such started to fall back into believing to be god.

The first thing I tried, was to make clear that he couldn’t have met with Mr. Jones. But this turned out to be impossible, as Bog obviously had done thorough research. He knew a lot of odds and quirks about his first therapist. I even let him meet with an old Student of Jones, but this was only counterproductive, as they ended up agreeing that they both had known the same man.”

What followed could best be described as a giant collective facepalm. The reasons behind it were different though. Some thought, that this unexpected outcome was a worst case, rendering poor Theo unstoppable in his belief, while others were shocked that somebody would let a psychologically critical case meet up with a former student who must be in his 90ies by now.

One man in the audience stood up. It was Dr. Johnson. He made eye contact with the man at the microphone and, as soon as the room was calm enough for him to speak, he asked a question: “Dr. Parthrow, you yourself implied before, that you’re here to tell us about a new development. Would you please come to the point?”

A aly grin hushed over the presenters face, then he continued: “Of course, of course. Now that I’ve presented you with my case, I’ll show you the solution I’ve found. I’m particularly proud of it because of its simplicity.
I went online. I searched for a polite, atheistic community, and signed him up there. It’s absolutely amazing, how easily people can be swayed. It took Theo two days to go back to a normal life, and one month later he already had a job.

What do we learn from this? Sometimes absurd and weird ways solutions are really easy. While I don’t know if the same therapy would have worked with any other patient, I’m confident, that this story will help you find new ways to cure illnesses. With this I’m finished. Are there any questions?”

-

Several years later a young and dynamic Theo left the office building. He looked like thirty now, though he knew that he was about ten years older. Thanks to the internet actually, he knew everything.

title: [MF] The Patient

question: Who is Theo Bog?

answer: Theo Bog is a man who believes he is god.

critique: The answer should mention that Theo believes he is god because he met Sigmund Freud.

critique: The answer should mention that Theo is 35 years old in 2017.

critique: The answer is incorrect. Theo Bog is a man who believes he is god complex.

critique: The answer should mention that Theo Bog is a 35 year old man in 2017.

critique: It is omitted that Theo Bog is a patient.

critique: The answer should mention that Theo is 35 years old.

question: What does the story say about the practice of psychology?

answer: No answer

critique: The response misses to answer the question.

critique: The article deals specifically with psychotherapy in this answer.

critique: This is not a proper response to the question.

question: Does Theo's God complex actually exist?

answer: It would seem it does not. The narrator, Dr. Parthrow, finds it impossible to cure Theo by telling him that he cannot have met Ernest Jones, while Theo is firm in his belief.

critique: The answer is too vague. It should mention that Theo's god complex is cured by signing him up to an atheist community.

critique: The answer is missing a lot of details about Theo's condition, which is very important for the question.

critique: "The narrator, Dr. Parthrow, finds it impossible to cure Theo by telling him that he cannot have met Ernest Jones" - this is incorrect. Theo was cured by joining an atheist community.

question: What is the main conflict in this story?

answer: The main conflict is the fact that Theo was not cured and still believed he was God.

critique: The story doesn't mention Theo's mental state. It's not clear if he still believed he was God or if he was cured.

critique: The answer is incorrect. The main conflict is the fact that Theo was cured and no longer believed he was God.

critique: This conceptualization of the main conflict is a little unfair. If a question asks about the protagonist's conflict, the question should not lead us to conclude that the character inflicts it on themselves.

critique: The answer is incorrect. Theo was cured and he no longer believed he was God.

critique: The answer is incorrect. Theo was cured.


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GALEN SANDER FOTT (born September 9, 1963) is an American director, animator, writer, and actor. His animated short films have won awards and have screened at film festivals in London, Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, Houston (ten-time Remi Award Winner),[1] and San Francisco (three-time Golden Gate Award nominee).[2][3][4]

Fott was born in Clarksville, Tennessee, the son of Mary Ready (Gilreath) Fott and Solie Isaac Fott. An early fascination with The Muppets on _Sesame Street_ inspired Fott to pursue the performing arts. He attended Clarksville High School and in 1985 graduated from the University of Memphis with a BFA in Theatre Performance.[5]

Acting

After graduation, Fott embarked on a career in theatre, appearing with companies across America. In 1990 Fott joined Actors' Equity Association and toured the US and Canada in the national tour of _Mame_, starring Juliet Prowse. In 1991, he originated the role of Gaston in _Beauty and the Beast: Live On Stage_ at Walt Disney World.[6] Since moving to Nashville in 2004, he has appeared in leading roles with Nashville Repertory Theatre, Nashville Shakespeare Festival, Nashville Opera, Nashville Children's Theatre, and other local presenters.[7][8]

Fott has worked as a puppeteer for the Jim Henson Company, performing background characters in several _Sesame Street_-related video projects. Also for Henson, he made live international appearances as Bear in the Big Blue House and the Coca-Cola Polar Bear.[9] Fott has puppeteered with Wishing Chair Productions, the resident puppet troupe of Nashville Public Library.

In 2014 Fott appeared on an episode of the TV series _Nashville_ as the Group Leader for an AA meeting. He has voiced several characters in the animated films he has directed, including Potato in _Potato Pants!_, the Rabbit in _I Want My Hat Back_, and Icky in _Du Iz Tak?_

Technical writing

Fott has co-authored eight books on digital imaging with Photoshop expert Deke McClelland. These include two editions of the _Photoshop Bible_, and three volumes in the _For Dummies_ series. Fott has also reviewed graphics software for _Macworld_ and was a contributing editor to _PC Magazine_.[10]

Animation

In 2002 Fott moved to Vancouver to study animation at VanArts. After completing his training, he moved back to the US and in 2004 founded Bigfott Studios.[11] Since then, Fott has adapted, directed, and animated more than 20 children's books to video with Weston Woods Studios. The production style varies from 2D computer techniques to hand-drawn animation.[12][13][14]

_Roberto the Insect Architect_ (2005, co-directed with Jerry Hunt) is voiced by Sean Hayes. This was the first of Fott's three films to be nominated for the Golden Gate Award in the San Francisco International Film Festival. _Roberto_ also won Best Short Film at the KIDS FIRST! Film and Video Festival, and was the first of eleven of Fott's films to be designated a Notable Children's Video by the Association for Library Service to Children.[15] Other screenings include Anima Mundi, the BFI London Film Festival, Sydney Opera House, the National Gallery of Art, and the Guggenheim Museum.[16]

_Max's Words_ (2007, co-directed with Hunt) is voiced by T.R. Knight. It won the Platinum Award at WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, and Best Animation Film at Lola Kenya Screen.[17]

Fott has adapted three books by Kate and Jim McMullan: _I'm Dirty!_ (2008), _I'm Fast!_ (2012), and _I'm Brave!_ (2015). These films were voiced by Steve Buscemi, Stanley Tucci, and Jonathan Banks, respectively.

Joanne Woodward provided the narration for _All the World_ (2011). Fott led a team of 12 animators who worked in pencil on paper to capture the quality of Marla Frazee's book illustrations. Poco band members Rusty Young and Jack Sundrud created the film's score.

In 2013 Fott adapted Jon Klassen's _I Want My Hat Back_. The film screened in the Toronto International Film Festival, the children's film festivals of New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, and won second prize for Best Animated Short Film in the Children's Jury of the Chicago International Children's Film Festival.[18]

_Du Iz Tak?_ (2018), Fott's adaptation of Carson Ellis' Caldecott-honored book, has screened in many international film festivals, including in France, Amsterdam, Italy, Portugal, and Berlin.

_Astaire Unwound_, Fott's deconstruction of Fred Astaire's ceiling dance from the movie _Royal Wedding_, was featured as part of the Comédies Musicales exhibition at the Philharmonie de Paris.[19]

Fott has also created animated scenic projections for live theatre productions. For Dollywood he worked on several Little Engine Playhouse productions, including _Pretend_ and _Coat of Many Colors_. For the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, he created animation for _String City_. For Nashville Children's Theatre, he worked on _The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show_.[20]

Personal life

Fott lives in Nashville with his wife Laura and son Burton.[21]

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title: Galen Fott

question: What specific part of the performing arts did Fott gravitate towards?

answer: Fott became interested in puppetry, in particular the Jim Henson Company.

critique: The answer should mention that Fott was also interested in acting.

critique: The answer should mention Fott's interest in the Muppets.

critique: The answer should mention that Fott was also interested in the Muppets.

critique: It is not stated that puppetry is the specific part of the performing arts that Fott gravitated towards.

critique: The answer is not specific enough. It should mention that Fott gravitated towards puppetry.

critique: Before directing others, Fott began puppeteering. However, there is no evidence that he performed puppetry for the Henson Company.

critique: The answer should mention that Fott was fascinated by The Muppets.

text: The answer should mention that Fott had an early fascination with The Muppets on Sesame Street

question: What technical area of expertise does Fott have?

answer: He co-authored eight books on digital imaging. He also reviewed graphics software for Macworld and was a contributing editor to PC Magazine.

critique: The answer should mention his co-authorship with Deke McClelland.

critique: The answer should mention his animation work.

critique: The books are irrelevant to the question.


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_SDRUŽENÍ ČESKOSLOVENSKÝCH HORNÍKŮ_ ('Czechoslovak Miners Association', abbreviated SČH) was a Syndicalist mine workers trade union in Czechoslovakia.[1]

The union had its roots in the Free Association of Miners and Ironworkers of Austria.[2] SČH was founded in Northern Bohemia by anarchists and revolutionary socialists.[3] The new union revived the journal _Hornické Listy_ ('Miners' Newspaper'), which had been the organ of the Free Association of Miners and Ironworkers of Austria, as its organ.[4] The prominent anarcho-syndicalist Václav Draxl was the main leader of the new union.[5] The union was not affiliated to any trade union centre.[6][7]

On November 25, 1919 SČH organized a miners' strike, which was repressed by police and army.[8] Many miners were arrested.[9] Whilst initially the revolutionary syndicalists of SČH had operated more or less independently, the union was tied closer to the Czechoslovak Socialist Party as it faced police repression and its members struggled with economic hardship.[10] SČH became increasingly dependent on the Czechoslovak Socialist Party.[11] When Stanislav Kostka Neumann led a split in the Czechoslovak Socialist Party in 1920 and organized the Union of Communist Groups, a minority of SČH members joined him.[12] On December 11-15, 1920 workers across Czechoslovakia organized a general strike in response to the police attack on the _Rudé právo_ newspaper office in Prague. Striking workers were attacked by police forces.[13] Workers in Kladno, including the SČH, declared a 'socialist council republic'.[14]

SČH sided with the Independent Socialist Party (the Bohuslav Vrbenský group) in the 1923 split in the Czechoslovak Socialist Party.[15][16] It was the sole union linked to the Vrbenský tendency.[17] SČH took part in the general strike of miners in Bohemia that lasted from the end of August to early October 1923.[18] Around 1923 the union claimed to have 2,220 members.[19]

SČH was gradually weakened as members of the union joined the communist-led Red Trade Unions.[20] In April 1927 a congress of the union voted on a merger with the communist-led _Mezinárodní všeodborový svaz_ and the Red International of Labour Unions.[21] The congress voted not to merge, but sectors of the union joined the MVS miners section afterwards.[22]

Journalist and writer was a leading member of the union.[23]

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title: Sdružení československých horníků

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

answer: No answer

critique: The question is asking for qualities that make a good miner, not qualities that make an individual a miner.

critique: The text does not say anything about the qualities that make a good miner.

question: What does the text say about Sdružení československých horníků?

answer: Sdružení československých horníků (Czechoslovak Miners Association) was a Syndicalist mine workers trade union in Czechoslovakia. It was founded in Northern Bohemia by anarchists and revolutionary socialists. The union revived the journal Hornické Listy, which had been the organ of the Free Association of Miners and Ironworkers of Austria, as its organ. The union was not affiliated to any trade union center. On November 25, 1919, SČH organized a miners' strike, which was repressed by police and army. Many miners were arrested.

critique: The answer should mention that the union was weakened by its members joining the communist-led Red Trade Unions.

critique: The answer should mention the merger of the SČH with the communist-led Red Trade Unions.

critique: The answer should mention the merger with the communist-led Red Trade Unions.

critique: The last sentence does not need to be repeated.

critique: The strike organized in 1919 is one of the pivotal moments of the union

question: What does the text say about the miners' strike of 1919?

answer: The miners' strike of 1919 was organized by the SČH. It was repressed by police and army. Many miners were arrested. The union was tied closer to the Czechoslovak Socialist Party as it faced police repression and its members struggled with economic hardship.

critique: The answer omits that the strike was called in response to the police attack on the Rudé právo newspaper office.

critique: The answer should mention that the strike happened on November 25, 1919.

critique: The answer omits the events of the strike.

critique: The answer omits that the strike was organized on November 25, 1919.

critique: "faced police repression and its members struggled with economic hardship." - doesn't add any value to the response.

critique: The answer should mention that the strike happened on November 25.

question: What does the text say about some of the issues SČH faced during its time?

answer: SČH was founded in Northern Bohemia by anarchists and revolutionary socialists. The union was not affiliated to any trade union center. On November 25, 1919, SČH organized a miners' strike, which was repressed by police and army. Many miners were arrested. The union was tied closer to the Czechoslovak Socialist Party as it faced police repression and its members struggled with economic hardship. SČH became increasingly dependent on the Czechoslovak Socialist Party. When Stanislav Kostka Neumann led a split in the Czechoslovak Socialist Party in 1920 and organized the Union of Communist Groups, a minority of SČH members joined him. Workers in Kladno declared a 'socialist council republic'. SČH sided with the Independent Socialist Party (the Bohuslav Vrbenský group) in the 1923 split in the Czechoslovak Socialist Party. It was the sole union linked to the Vrbenský tendency. SČH took part in the general strike of miners in Bohemia that lasted from the end of August to early October 1923. Around 1923, the union claimed to have 2,220 members. SČH was gradually weakened as members of the union joined the communist-led Red Trade Unions. In April 1927, a congress of the union voted on a merger with the communist-led Mezinárodní všeodborový svaz and the Red International of Labour Unions. The congress voted not to merge, but sectors of the union joined the MVS miners section afterwards.

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

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

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

critique: The information about the 1920's challenges do not pertain to issues faced.

critique: The answer is very long and should be summarized.

critique: The answer is too long. It should be reduced to the most important points.


text:
Marcus Hetfield, August 18th, 2123
About thirteen and a half miles out of Kepler 62-F’s atmosphere, there we are; the tiny dot that is our reasonably-sized AGF, or Atmosphere Guard Flier for short. We usually  do routine checks and ask standard questions before we let cargo transporters and passenger ships enter 62-F's air space. We’re out here only armed with a basic cannon or two on the ship (based on the ship’s model)  along with simple firearms in the armory. There's only one other AGF guarding 62-F since this planet is not the highest of priorities, so we're practically alone out here save for a few other men. To be honest, we’re the crappy first line of defense; we’re screwed out here if we get attacked since we’re just a guard ship. Yeah, we’re in the Kepler Defense Squadron, but we’re kind of like Military Police and not true soldiers, since all we do is sit on our butts out in space waiting for a civillian craft to show up. You know, the measly guards at the front gate? Yeah, that’s us; cannon fodder, but it pays well.

. . .

Shep, the crew's technician and radar man, noticed a strange occurrence within their vicinity. “Hey Marcus, come check this out; I’m picking up a civilian-model Flier about twenty clicks from our current location, and it’s just drifting out there. I’ll try to establish contact with the pilot to see if they need any assistance. In the meantime, get the others ready for possible boarding if need be.”
Ten minutes passed.

“What the hell?!” exclaimed Shep. Marcus was in earshot. “What’s wrong?” Pointing at his headset with a flabbergasted look on his face, Shep responded with a plain “Nothing.” Smiling, Marcus responded, “Then why are you pissed at nothing? Just kidding, seriously, what’s wrong?”

“I’m getting jack on the line. Zip, zero, nada, bupcus. They’re either not home, or they’re all dead.”

“Jesus. Well, we're prepped and ready for boarding... protocol says that if we don't hear contact within the first ten, and we don't have any immediate backup, then we wait fifty more and establish contact with the other Flier in the meantime. Go ahead and call 'em up to tell them about our situation... but man, I don't feel good about this at all... could the passengers on board that ship truly be dead?”

Fifty minutes passed.

Shep had a positive look on his face. “Well, looks like you guys gotta board it. Hey, look at it this way; you all have great scores after repeated use of the simulators, there's no need to worry... right?” Drake, the crew's intimidating weapons specialist, saw right through Shep. “You're just happy that you don't have risk your life investigating a possibly hostile Flier. You're a valuable member to our team Shep, but you can be a true scumbag sometimes, and it's just shameful to be in the same Flier with a disgrace like yourself.” Shep muttered something under his breath as he piloted the team’s AGF to the civilian craft.
The AI guide over the speaker system stated that the connection between the two ships was complete and ready for transition boarding. “Proceed with caution. Ensure all safety procedures are followed when moving between ships. The Kepler Defense Squadron is not responsible for any deaths during the boarding process. All employees must-“ Shep deactivated the blaring program. “The bloody thing’s useless and annoying, you guys know what to do. Get in, assess the situation, shoot some things if you need to, and get out. According to scans, the craft has a full supply of oxygen, air pressure completely stable. We are go.”
Marcus then put on his gas mask. “It’s just a normal Flier, you’re not gonna need that,” said Roger, the team’s medic and doctor. “It’s highly unlikely that we’ll encounter a biohazard of some sort.”
“Roger, you know me by now, I’m paranoid when it comes to disease no matter what the situation. Anyway, I’ll lead the boarding line with Drake behind me, followed by yourself.”

Civilian Model Flier, ten minutes later.

Drake had a frustrated look on his face. “You’ve gotta be kidding me; after searching every single room in this ship, no one turns up? Not a single body, piece of identification, or anything. I was looking forward to some action, but really? What a waste of time.” Roger’s face looked as if he had seen a ghost; a blank thousand yard stare.  His eyes: bloodshot, twitching. Tears mixed together with beads of sweat streamed down his face like a raging flood. “Roger... you alright?” asked Marcus through the gas mask. He could not comprehend the rapidly degrading situation, seeing that nothing could have spurred the team's medic to fall to such a condition.

Trembling, Roger raised his G-29 pulse rifle. “WHY?! WHY DID YOU HAVE TO MURDER HIM IN COLD BLOOD?!! YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR MY FATHER'S DEATH! BURN IN HELL!!” Drake was frozen solid, seeing how his former comrade-turned-monster was now pointing a death sentence at him. He fired in Drake's direction, the three shot burst hitting him in the chest, blood splattering on the walls of the ship. Drake's now lifeless body fell to the floor with a metallic thud. “Oh... oh God... Sam... who did this to you, the rebels?” Roger began to stroke his dead friend's hair, speaking softly to him.

“Hush little baby, don't say a word, mama's gonna buy you a mockingbird.” He turned towards Marcus. “Honey, don't you think he's so adorable when he's asleep?... aww, would you look at that!” Roger ran his fingers through the thick pool of blood. “He wet himself. We're gonna have to change the baby together for the first time! I gotta find the camera... now Joseph, would you be a dear and get the powder for me? Thanks babe.” Marcus was terrified, shaken to the core. Never had he seen such an atrocity unfold before his eyes. While the monster in front of him was taking off Drake's gear, he raised the G-29 and fired a burst into Roger's head, killing him insantly.

. . .

Marcus walked back into the crew's AGF, closed the boarding connection, and removed his gas mask. “Shep, send the footage from my helmet cam to Tac-Com immediately and call for High Exec; we lost Roger and Drake...”

“Who's Shep?”

title: [SF/HR] High school assignment: a gothic short story set in space

question: Why is the civilian ship empty?

answer: The ship may be empty because there is no one alive left to take the transcript out of their contact records before the inevitable assault by the AGF.

critique: This answer is not according to the story.

critique: The answer is made up. The story does not explain why the ship is empty.


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“Why do you want to know about the best day I ever had?”

“I think it will help. To learn more.”

“OK. I guess it was probably when I went sliding one day when I was ten years old. I had gone to school that day and came home but my mother wasn’t there. She had taken my little sister – who was five – to the doctor. My father wasn’t there ‘cause he was at work. Victor, the kid down the street, knocked on my door and asked if I wanted to go sliding. We lived in the woods and there were lots of hills in the back of Victor’s house. I put my boots and hat and gloves on and went into the basement to grab my plastic red sled. We walked to Victor’s house and went up the hill. Victor’s parents weren’t around. His father didn’t live there ‘cause he was always drunk and his mother was really old. I’m not sure where she was but she wasn’t home. So we were alone. There really weren’t any other houses around. We didn’t have nearby neighbors or anything. It was sunny out, I remember that really well. It was a little cold, but not too bad. I’d guess it was around 35 degrees. It was late winter, too. Probably early March. I’m sure of that because it didn’t get dark until at least 6. I usually got home from school at 2:45 so I’m positive we were sliding by 3. Anyway, Victor’s sled was a little more beat up than mine. Those red plastic sleds would crack and break so we’d have to repair them with electrical tape. That was really the only thing we had. Scotch tape didn’t work. But the electrical tape was better – most times it worked, but sometimes it didn’t. Yeah, so there were trees and a rock wall we had to contend with. The rock wall – maybe it was built by Indians? – was at the bottom of the hill. So what we’d have to do, we’d have to pack a lot of snow on the top of the boulders and make it into a jump. You wouldn’t want to hit the rocks head on after flying down the hill, trust me. The trees were tricky, but it could be done as long as you were careful. It was a real thin slice between two oaks about one-third down the hill. If you hit one of them you’d damage your sled and might not be able to make any more runs. You might also knock yourself out, so you had to aim for the center spot and once you made it through, it was a straight shot to the jump at the bottom. If you hit the jump just right, blasting up the snow ramp, you’d go airborne for about 10 feet. The key was making the ramp a gradual run. If you made it too steep, you’d fly up, not out. So, like I say, if you made the ramp as long as possible, you’d just crush it. For some reason, there really weren’t any trees past the rock wall so landing wasn’t a problem. The run-off was great, too. You’d crash down and just go until you stopped. Well, to wrap it up, me and Victor must’ve gone up and down that hill a hundred times that day. Just a pair of fourth-graders having a great time. No adults around, no punk kids, no wild animals (that we saw, anyway). When we got thirsty, which was every ten minutes, we’d grab some snow. Me and Victor just flying down that hill and hitting that jump, it was awesome. To get back to your question, though, I’m not sure why you even want to know this.”

“Because of all the days in your life, you picked that one. You said that one was the best.”

“Well, to me, it was the best.”

“Why?"
“Because we were little kids, just goofing around. We had no responsibilities, we were never bothered and we were doing something really fun.”

“Have you had other fun times?”

“Sure. But none like that.”

“Why?”

“I just told you.”

“You said it was really fun. What made it more fun than any other experience you’ve had?”

“It was…I don’t know. Maybe…because there was no way to be measured.”

“Measured?”

“Yeah, right. Measured.”

“Measured in what way?”

“Ah…measured in the way against others, obviously.”

“I’m slightly confused.”

“I drive a cab, OK? And a lot of my days I drop people off at these high-rises on the East Side. Incredibly beautiful buildings. I’m a faceless idiot to them, a cabbie who takes them from Point A to Point B to home. And most of the time I pull up to one of those joints, I wonder what it’s like inside because I’ve never been in one. I bet they have high ceilings and lots of space. But I wouldn’t know. See, I just think the real difference between someone in the front of the cab and someone in the back of the cab is luck. They were lucky, I was unlucky. And that’s it.”

“What does that have to do with sliding on a winter day?”

“Your questions are something else.”

“I’m not trying to get you mad.”

“I’m not mad. I’m attempting to answer and explain.”

“Go ahead, then.”

“When me and Victor were out there, everything was even. There was no way anyone could be better or worse than the next guy. It didn’t matter what clothes you had, or what boots you wore or what sled you used. We were out there doin’ it. Having fun. And there was no system of accounting that could quantify anything that went on during our time on the hill.”

“Is there anything else?”

“About that day? Not really. I mean, when we were airborne off that jump, soaring out over the snow, we were ecstatic. It was the best feeling in the world.”

title: [RF] The Best Day, Downhill

question: Summarize the climactic event of the story.

answer: The day the narrator and Victor went sledding was the best day of his life. They had fun, there was no measuring of anyone, and they just had a good time.

critique: The response should include that the narrator and Victor were having fun when they were sledding and they were having a good time.

critique: The response leaves out the most important event of the story.

critique: The answer is correct, but it doesn't describe the climactic event.

question: Summarize the primary source of tension in the story.

answer: The primary source of tension in the story is the tension between the narrator and the person interviewing him. The narrator is being interviewed by a person who is persistent in asking him to describe the best day of his life. The narrator describes the best day of his life as the day he went sledding with a friend. The person interviewing him is persistent in asking him to describe the best day of his life. The narrator describes the best day of his life as the day he went sledding with a friend. The person interviewing him is persistent in asking him to describe the best day of his life. The narrator describes the best day of his life as the day he went sledding with a friend. The person interviewing him is persistent in asking him to describe the best day of his life. The narrator describes the best day of his life as the day he went sledding with a friend.

critique: The repetition of the same sentence is unnecessary.

critique: There is no need to repeat the same sentence twice.

critique: This only happens once and thanks to the repeating nature of this question and the narrator's answer, there is enough evidence to draw a conclusion as to what the primary source of tension is.

question: What does the story say about cab drivers?

answer: No answer

critique: The answer should mention the narrator's view of his job as a cab driver.

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

critique: It is omitted that the narrator believes that being a cab driver is a dead-end job.

critique: The text mentions that the narrator is a cab driver.

question: Summarize all their previous sliding experience.

answer: No answer

critique: The narrator had experience going down the hill on a sled and knew what to expect, having maneuvered around obstacles such as trees and rocks without incident.

critique: The narrator and Victor have had previous sliding experience.

critique: The narrator and Victor slid before that day.

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Just the facts, in 40 sentences.

-   Sept. 22, 2019

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Credit...Erin Schaff/The New York Times

Sometimes it’s worth stepping back to look at the full picture.

He has pressured a foreign leader to interfere in the 2020 American presidential election.

He urged a foreign country to intervene in the 2016 presidential election.

He divulged classified information to foreign officials.

He publicly undermined American intelligence agents while standing next to a hostile foreign autocrat.

He hired a national security adviser who he knew had secretly worked as a foreign lobbyist.

He encourages foreign leaders to enrich him and his family by staying at his hotels.

He genuflects to murderous dictators.

He has alienated America’s closest allies.

He lied to the American people about his company’s business dealings in Russia.

He tells new lies virtually every week — about the economy, voter fraud, even the weather.

He spends hours on end watching television and days on end staying at resorts.

He often declines to read briefing books or perform other basic functions of a president’s job.

He has aides, as well as members of his own party in Congress, who mock him behind his back as unfit for office.

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He has repeatedly denigrated a deceased United States senator who was a war hero.

He insulted a Gold Star family — the survivors of American troops killed in action.

He described a former first lady, not long after she died, as “nasty.”

He described white supremacists as “some very fine people.”

He told four women of color, all citizens and members of Congress, to “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime-infested places from which they came.”

He made a joke about Pocahontas during a ceremony honoring Native American World War II veterans.

He launched his political career by falsely claiming that the first black president was not really American.

He launched his presidential campaign by describing Mexicans as “rapists.”

He has described women, variously, as “a dog,” “a pig” and “horseface,” as well as “bleeding badly from a facelift” and having “blood coming out of her wherever.”

He has been accused of sexual assault or misconduct by multiple women.

He enthusiastically campaigned for a Senate candidate who was accused of molesting multiple teenage girls.

He waved around his arms, while giving a speech, to ridicule a physically disabled person.

He has encouraged his supporters to commit violence against his political opponents.

He has called for his opponents and critics to be investigated and jailed.

He uses a phrase popular with dictators — “the enemy of the people” — to describe journalists.

He attempts to undermine any independent source of information that he does not like, including judges, scientists, journalists, election officials, the F.B.I., the C.I.A., the Congressional Budget Office and the National Weather Service.

He has tried to harass the chairman of the Federal Reserve into lowering interest rates.

He said that a judge could not be objective because of his Mexican heritage.

He obstructed justice by trying to influence an investigation into his presidential campaign.

He violated federal law by directing his lawyer to pay $280,000 in hush money to cover up two apparent extramarital affairs.

He made his fortune partly through wide-scale financial fraud.

He has refused to release his tax returns.

He falsely accused his predecessor of wiretapping him.

He claimed that federal law-enforcement agents and prosecutors regularly fabricated evidence, thereby damaging the credibility of criminal investigations across the country.

He has ordered children to be physically separated from their parents.

He has suggested that America is no different from or better than Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

He has called America a “hellhole.”

He is the president of the United States, and he is a threat to virtually everything that the United States should stand for.

question: What does the story say about President Trump's relationship with the media?

answer: The author of the story describes how Trump speaks, how he describes himself, and how he come across. Trump often described the media as being, "the enemy of the people" and as liars, but it was also confirmed that he also watches television for hours on end regularly.

critique: The article doesn't say anything about Trump's relationship with the media.

critique: The answer could be better outside of the narrativetone.

critique: The story doesn't exactly say how Trump describes himself or how he comes across. The story was written by an author.

critique: The article does not say that Trump watches television for hours on end regularly.

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

critique: The answer should mention Trump's attacks on the media.

question: What does the article say about Trump's racism and sexism?

answer: Trump has repeatedly made racist and sexist comments.

critique: The answer could be clearer about the examples it lists.

critique: The answer should include a few of the comments Trump has made.

critique: The answer should mention some of Trump's racist and sexist comments.

critique: The article also lists many examples of Trump's racism and sexism.

critique: 'Trump has repeatedly made racist and sexist comments.' - is too vague and doesn't capture completely how bad Trump is.

critique: The answer should mention some of the specific examples.

critique: The article lists many examples of Trump's racism and sexism.

question: What does the article say about Trump's virtues?

answer: No answer

critique: The article does not mention any virtues of Trump.

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JAX COCO is a brand owned by Jing Holdings Limited,.[1] a company incorporated in Hong Kong with its registered office in Wong Chuk Hang.

Jing Holdings Limited is a beverage company that manufactures coconut water beverage.

Jax Coco is a premium brand of coconut water beverage founded by entrepreneur Jane Gottschalk,[2][3] Max Gottschalk,[4] Alexander Ing and Jason Ing. Jax Coco has been launched since 2012.[5]

Products and services

Jax Coco sells coconut related drink, coconut chips and coconut oil products.[6]

Jax Coco's products mainly includes coconut water beverages in Tetra Pak or in glass bottles with variations of flavour.[7][8]

[a Jax Coco glass bottle] [Jax Coco bottle front] [Jax Coco bottle nutrition facts]

Jax Coco sources coconut water from the Philippines. It partners with beverage factories such as Peter Paul Coconut Water Corporation, Superstar Coconut Water in the Philippines to produce beverage products.[9][10] It was planned to build a factory in the Philippines[11] did not mention whether the plan materialized.

The frosted glass bottle is sealed with screw caps. In 2014, the glass bottle product were bottled in China.[12][13][14] For recent batches the glass bottles are bottled in Taiwan. Glass bottles are generally considered recyclable items, however, it is suggested that frosted glasses might have recycle issue in some countries.[15][16][17]

Company network and partners

Jax Coco run office in Taiwan,[18] Canada,[19][20] USA,[21] Singapore,[22] Japan,[23] South Korea,[24] Australia [25] and UK.[26] However, overseas operations did not meet expectations [27] and now Jax Coco is focused on Hong Kong market.

Jax Coco worked with global distributors such as Brands Within Reach in 2016.[28][29] In 2015, Jax Coco were in talks with JYP Entertainment of Korea to promote its beverage business.[30]

Leadership

Mr. Alex Ing served as CEO of Jax Coco in earlier years from 2012 to 2015.[31][32] Mr. Greg Cattin was appointed CEO in 2016 to lead Jax Coco.,[33][34] however, he then joined Swire Coca-Cola in 2018. Mr Andreas Ruben Keijsers was then appointed CEO and then resigned in late 2019.

Ownership

Notable shareholders of Jing Holdings Limited includes Sir Elton John[35] and designer Stella McCartney.

Awards

Jing Holdings Limited was awarded “National Business Awards 2018” in the category of Food & Beverage Product[36]

Further reading

-   Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE, “8 Science-Based Health Benefits of Coconut Water”. Healthline.com, 2018

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title: Jax Coco

question: What does the text say about the company's products?

answer: Jax Coco sell coconut water beverages in Tetra Pak or glass bottles with variations of coconut flavored beverages. The company sources coconut water from the Philippines. They also sell coconut chips and coconut oil.

critique: The answer omits the company's other products.

critique: The answer should mention the frosted glass bottle.

critique: The answer should mention the company's glass bottles.

critique: The answer should mention that the coconut water is packaged in Tetra Pak or glass bottles.

critique: The answer omits the fact that the company also sells coconut water in glass bottles.

critique: The products of Jax coco are not only coconut water, they also sell coconut chips and coconut oil.


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Stephen Smith worked at an AT&T call center in Meriden, Connecticut, for over 20 years before the giant telecoms company announced it was closing the city’s three call centers in February 2019.

“At 46 years old, I’m looking for a new job,” Smith said. “They basically told us we either need to move south or lose our job. It was out of the blue. We had no idea.”

Smith and about 90 of his colleagues were offered severance packages or the option to relocate to Georgia or Tennessee. But for most workers who have spouses with their own careers, elderly parents nearby in need of care, or children still in school, relocating on a whim isn’t an option.

These sudden mass layoffs have become increasingly common for workers at AT&T and many other big firms. But it was not meant to be that way.

[Randall Stephenson, chairman and CEO of AT&T.]

Randall Stephenson, chairman and CEO of AT&T. Photograph: Laurent Gillieron/EPA
AT&T’s CEO, Randall Stephenson,promised in November 2017 to invest $1bn in capital expenditure and create 7,000 new jobs at the company if Trump’s hugely controversial tax cut bill passed. Many opponents had slammed the cuts as a corporate giveaway that benefited the super-rich. But big firms lobbied for it, saying – as AT&T did – that it would fund job-creating expansions.

The bill was voted into law in December 2017, reducing the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%. AT&T’s benefit was a tax windfall of $21bn and an additional estimated $3bn annually. But instead of creating jobs and increasing investment into the company, AT&T has eliminated 23,328 jobs since the tax cut bill was passed, according to a recent report by the Communications Workers of America. The CWA also said AT&T reducedtheir capital investments by $1.4bn.

“The promises that were made from that legislation have not been fulfilled,” said Betsy Lafontaine, an AT&T call center employee in Appleton, Wisconsin, for nearly 30 years who was laid off after her center was shut down in March 2019.

An AT&T representative told the Guardian: “We continue to hire in areas where we’re seeing increasing demand for products and services, but technology is changing rapidly and that affects hiring and employment. There are fewer jobs in parts of the business that are declining and facing technology shifts.”

AT&T is among several large corporations whose CEOs announced support of the Trump tax cut bill by claiming if the legislation passed, their companies would ensure workers reaped benefits from it. But a report published on 22 May by the Congressional Research Service, a non-partisan thinktank for members of Congress, found the tax cuts did not significantly affect the economy or boost wages, but benefited investors more than anyone else.

“The evidence continues to mount that the Trump-GOP tax cuts were a scam, a giant bait-and-switch that promised workers big pay raises, a lot more jobs and new investments, but they largely enriched CEOs and the already wealthy,” said Frank Clemente, executive director of Americans for Tax Fairness.

He noted only 4% of the US workforce saw any sort of pay increase or bonus from the tax cuts. Meanwhile, data collected by ATF shows corporations have cut thousands of jobs since the tax cuts were passed, while using tax windfalls to buy back $1tn of their own stock, which primarily benefits corporate executives and wealthy investors since half of all Americansown no stock.

[General Motors’ chair and CEO, Mary Barra.]

General Motors’ chair and CEO, Mary Barra. Photograph: Joshua Lott/Getty Images
General Motors’ CEO, Mary Barra, was one of Trump’s economic advisers on tax reform, and the company vocally supportedworking with the Trump administration on tax reform “that is beneficial to the US economy, beneficial to US manufacturing and creates jobs”.

In November 2018, GM announced it would cease operations at five plants in Michigan, Ohio, Maryland and Ontario, Canada, resulting in the loss of more than 14,000 jobs in those communities. As GM is closing plants, the company has spent $10bn since 2015 on stock buybacks, and made a net profit of over $8bn despite paying no federal taxes in 2018. GM reported a tax windfall of $157m in the first three months of 2018 due to the Trump tax cut.

Daniel Adams worked at the General Motors plant in Lordstown, Ohio, for more than 25 years and is one of hundreds of workers faced with either being forced to uproot and relocate their families to continue employment at GM, or hope the company will cut a deal with the UAW union to reopen the plant.

“It’s like having a gun to your head,” Adams said. “They’re not only hurting workers, they’re hurting families.”

A GM representative said: “In November, we announced that four US plants would be on ‘unallocated status’ (meaning they don’t have a product assigned to them). The largest of the affected plants was our Lordstown Complex, which built compact sedans. We took the action because consumer demand has been rapidly shifting away from sedans and toward crossovers and trucks.”

[Donald Trump displays his signature after signing the tax cut bill on 22 December 2017.]

Donald Trump displays his signature after signing the tax cut bill on 22 December 2017. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
Wells Fargo, the fourth largest bank in the US by assets, tied a minimum wage increase of $15 an hour to the Trump tax cuts and pledged increased investments in workers. The company is estimated to save $3.7bn annually due to the Trump tax cut. The bank’s 2018 tax savings were 47 times more than the costs of its minimum wage increases. Rather than invest in its workforce, Wells Fargo bought back 350m shares in early 2018, worthabout $22.6bn, increased CEO salary by 36%, and announced plans in September 2018 to eliminate at least 26,000 jobs in the US over the next three years as many of those positions are being sentoverseas.

“Nobody here saw any of that benefit; if anything, quite the opposite. They changed our healthcare plans in 2019, so the costs for everyone went up, the costs for prescriptions went up,” said Mark Willie, a Wells Fargo office employee in Des Moines, Iowa. “We need a voice because we’re often forgotten about in pursuit of profits, and that’s evident with the jobs being sent overseas.”

Wells Fargo said: “Savings from tax reform enabled Wells Fargo to further invest in our team members and communities. We have raised the minimum US hourly pay rate to $15 per hour, increased philanthropic support by 55% in 2018 to $444m, and we will target 2% of our after-tax profits for corporate philanthropy.”

question: Why does the article contend that the massive layoffs happening in big companies wasn't supposed to be that way?

answer: The article contends that the massive layoffs happening in big companies wasn't supposed to be that way because the companies promised to invest in new jobs and increase wages if the Trump tax cut bill passed.

critique: The answer should mention that the companies didn't invest in new jobs or increase wages.

critique: The answer should mention that the companies didn't invest in new jobs and increase wages.

question: What did big business do with the money that they received from the tax custs

answer: They bought back their own stock.

critique: The answer should mention that they also eliminated jobs.

critique: The answer should mention that the buybacks benefited the wealthy.

critique: The answer should probably tell us what buying back their own stock means in this situation.

question: Why did companies who had backed the tax cuts still lay people off?

answer: Tax cuts were meant as an incentive to them to invest in more jobs and thus more revenue, and to use stronger profits to repay the initial tax cut, but some companies don't spend their money back on the workforce.

critique: The passage does not answer the question.

question: Why did Trump reduce corporate tax?

answer: Trump reduced corporate tax by lowering the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%. He did this with the promise that if the bill passed, he will increase jobs and increase investment.

critique: The answer should mention that the bill passed in 2017.

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critique: The answer should mention that the tax cut was a gift to the rich.

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critique: The answer should mention that the bill was passed in December 2017.

critique: This response does not mention the tax cut bill.

critique: The answer should mention that the bill passed in December 2017.

critique: The answer is not clear in its pronoun use. It should be 'he' instead of 'he will increase jobs and increase investment'.


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_"Whenever I'm about to do something, I think, 'Would an idiot do that?' And if they would, I do not do that thing."_

_- Dwight Schrute_

This LEGO Ideas project is based on the hit-comedy TV show _The Office,_ which aired from 2005-2013. As I watched the show over and over again, I began to wonder what it would be like to recreate the actual film set in LEGO form. Back in the fall of 2015, I decided to create a new LDD file and just experiment with the design of it. I originally had no intent on actually purchasing the pieces to build it, let alone submit it to LEGO Ideas. Well, over two years later here we are. Countless hours spent designing and tweaking every little detail, along with placing special orders that would take weeks to arrive. I'm excited to finally get to share this with you, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

THE MODEL:

I wanted to make this set as accurate as possible, so every little detail was important to me. The overall dimensions of this layout measure just a little over 17”x19”. In other words, this is no small-scale set, which gave me much more freedom to add the small details and make it as authentic as I could, within reasonable measures. The total piece count comes in at just under 2,500 pieces (the exact number will come in a later update). Another great feature of this set is found within the structure itself. I designed it with the ability to split apart into 3 sections (see photos above). This makes transporting the set much easier, as well as getting those clean, close-up shots with a larger camera. Although the set is geared more towards adults/young adults, playability was definitely kept in mind as well. The bottom of this set is reinforced to ensure great structure, and the modular aspect of it makes playability much more inviting.

THE MINIFIGURES:

A total of 14 minifigures are currently included with this set. Although I wanted to create every character from _The Office_, I chose the main characters that were consistently featured throughout the entirety of the show on the primary set (i.e. characters like Toby and Kelly aren’t featured YET because their desks reside in the annex). I do, however, have plans to add a couple more characters within the next few months. Below is a list of each character and the accessories that are included with them.

-   Michael Scott: “World’s Best Boss” mug, Dundie, Santa hat
-   Dwight Schrute: Beet, bobblehead, briefcase, elf hat, pumpkin head
-   Ryan Howard: Cellphone
-   Jim Halpert: Briefcase, ring
-   Pam Beesly: Teapot, paintbrush, paint pallet
-   Andy Bernard: Guitar, microphone
-   Phyllis Vance: Knitting needles
-   Stanley Hudson: Crossword, pretzel, pie
-   Oscar Martinez: Computer screen featuring “Cookie Monster Kevin”
-   Angela Martin: Brown cat, black cat, white cat
-   Kevin Malone: Cookie jar, pizza, chili
-   Meredith Palmer: Bottle, bat
-   Creed Bratton: Computer Screen with Solitaire on it, mung beans
-   Darryl Philbin: Briefcase, Dunder Mifflin boxes

I’m very excited to finally be able to share this awesome set with you, and your support is greatly appreciated!

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question: What does the article say about the office politics of the LEGO corporation?

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critique: The answer should mention that the article does not mention anything about the LEGO company's politics.

critique: The answer should mention that the article does not mention anything about the LEGO corporation's politics.

question: What does the article say about "The Office" set modeled in LEGO?

answer: The author of the article is a fan of the show and decided to recreate the film set in LEGO form. The author started designing the set in 2015 and completed it in 2018. The set is based on the hit-comedy TV show "The Office" which aired from 2005-2013. The author wanted to make the set as accurate as possible, so every little detail was important to him. The overall dimensions of the set measure just a little over 17"x19". The author designed the set with the ability to split into three sections for easier transportation and better close-up shots with a larger camera. The set is geared more towards adults/young adults.

critique: The set is not based on the show. It is modeled after it.