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LAST UPDATED: 12 November 2020

Australian summers can be tough for people and animals...

And while many of us can endure the hottest days with the help of air conditioning and plenty of fluids to keep us hydrated, our wildlife friends can suffer terribly during extreme heat, and even die. Here are 6 ways you can help make the difference between life and death for wildlife during increasingly hot and dry Aussie summers:

[Leave water out.]

Sweltering summer days can be uncomfortable to be outside in for just a few minutes. Imagine what it is like for animals who have no way of escaping the heat. During heat waves, native animals can suffer terribly and even die — but the simple act of providing them save access to water can help them cope.

-   Leave SHALLOW DISHES OF WATER in the shade (try to avoid metal dishes unless they're in full shade as they will get very hot in the sun)
-   If you can put some dishes high up/in trees this will help keep wildlife safe from predators.
-   Shallow bowls are best, as small birds can become trapped in deep dishes and drown (cat litter trays can actually be quite handy for this reason, and these are often found in discount stores for just a few dollars)
-   If you only have large bowls or buckets — be sure to place some large twigs or rocks/bricks inside to allow any trapped animals to make their way out.

[Keep dogs and cats indoors.]

Not only will this help your animal companions escape the heat, but it will ENABLE THIRSTY WILDLIFE TO ACCESS WATER IN YOUR BACKYARD safely.

[Cover your pool.]

It may feel counter-intuitive to prevent wildlife from cooling down in your pool on a hot day. But heat-stressed animals looking to cool down are at risk of drowning in pools so taking away that access can actually save lives (it's also not ideal for animals to be drinking pool water as they can get sick). Ensure animals have access to safe and fresh water sources in your back yard instead.

[Keep an eye out for heat-stressed wildlife.]

If you spot any critters who look like they're struggling, call your local vet as well as local wildlife group for help. Particularly during natural disasters (eg. bushfires), wildlife carers can be overwhelmed — so it's worth contacting your vet who can assess the situation and treat injured animals (for free).

-   Be particularly mindful at dusk and at night as many nocturnal animals will be more active during this time.
-   PREPARE AN EMERGENCY KIT to keep in your car including water, a blanket/towel, and a box
-   Save a few local wildlife rescue contacts in your phone so that you can ring for advice if you need it.
-   Here are some measures you can take to help reduce the chances of animals being hit on the road.

[Share your fruit trees with hungry wildlife]

After extreme heat events and bushfires, Australias's flying foxes are in desperate need of help. Pictured is a flying fox who came into emergency vets after bushfires ravaged his home. Having survived the terrible fires, and with so many of his normal food sources gone, he was hungry and searching for food. This is what happened.

Wildlife who have survived through Australia's bushfire crisis are hungry. They have not only lost their homes, but their sources of food. And during this time of ecosystem devastation and habitat loss, it's never been more crucial to protect species like flying foxes — BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO POLLINATE TREES. The more flying foxes we can keep healthy and happy, the better our ecosystems will survive and regenerate. So please, take down your tree netting, and share some love for wildlife by sharing your fruit trees

_Help spread this important message across Facebook and Twitter._

IMPORTANT: If you come across an injured or heat-stressed flying fox (fruit bat) DO NOT TOUCH the animal. This is for the animal's own safety. Instead, immediately call a wildlife carer for advice.

[Know what to do if you find distressed or injured wildlife]

If you have found an animal who is visibly distressed, wrap them loosely in a blanket or towel IF IT IS SAFE TO DO SO* and place them in a cardboard box, before placing the box in a dark, quiet, and cool place.

_*Note that injured animals will often be quite frightened, so if you feel worried they may scratch or bite try gently ushering them into a washing basket without touching them instead of wrapping them in a blanket or towel._

Offer water but not food and call a wildlife carer immediately, or your local vet. NEVER POUR WATER INTO AN ANIMALS' MOUTH — this is not natural and can cause additional distress and even physical harm. Instead, provide cool water in a bowl and allow them to lap from it.

DO NOT WRAP HEAT STRESSED ANIMALS IN WET TOWELS OR SUBMERSE IN WATER — this can kill them.

IMPORTANT: If you come across an injured or heat-stressed flying fox (fruit bat) DO NOT TOUCH the animal. This is for the animal's own safety. Instead, immediately call a wildlife carer for advice.

What does a heat-stressed animal look like?

Some of the signs that a native animal is heat-stressed include:

-   Nocturnal (active at night) animals, such as possums, out during the day
-   Tree-dwelling animals such as koalas, on the ground
-   Birds or animals displaying any loss of balance, collapse, confusion or panting
-   If you come across a wild animal being docile — ie. if you can approach them and they don't run away — this is a good sign that they are not well and need urgent care.

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question: Summarize some of the hardships Australian animals face during summers there.

answer: Some of the hardships Australian animals face during summers there are the sweltering heat and lack of water. During these times, animals can suffer terribly and even die.

critique: The answer should mention the specific animals that are affected.

critique: It is omitted that the main cause of the hardship are the changed seasonal weather, natural disasters, loss of habitat, etc.

critique: The answer should mention the lack of food.

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question: Summarize some signs an animal is stressed out by the heat.

answer: Some of the signs that a native animal is heat-stressed include: nocturnal animals, such as possums, out during the day; tree-dwelling animals such as koalas, on the ground; birds or animals displaying any loss of balance, collapse, confusion, or panting.

critique: The answer omits the last sign mentioned in the article.

question: Summarize resources for Australians to call up when their animals friends are in distress.

answer: The article mentions that the first step is to call a local vet, and then a wildlife group for help. However, the article also mentions that wildlife carers can be overwhelmed during natural disasters, so it's worth contacting your vet who can assess the situation and treat injured animals. The article also recommends saving a few local wildlife rescue contacts in your phone so that you can ring for advice if needed.

critique: mention that the author recommends to take the injured animals to emergency vets and hospitals

question: Summarize some of the counter-intuitive measures one can take to cool down an animal friend.

answer: One can keep their dog or cat indoors to cool down. One can also cover their pool to prevent wildlife from cooling down in it. One can also keep an eye out for heat-stressed wildlife.

critique: The pool is not a counter-intuitive measure.

text: The answer omits to keep shallow dishes of water in the shade and also that keeping dogs and cats indoors can help in making water safely accessible to wildlife.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States grounded Boeing Co’s money-spinning 737 MAX aircraft on Wednesday over safety fears after an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash that killed 157 people, leaving the world’s largest planemaker facing its worst crisis in years.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) cited new satellite data and evidence from the scene of Sunday’s crash near Addis Ababa for its decision to join Europe, China and other nations in suspending 737 MAX flights.

The crash was the second disaster involving the 737 MAX, the world’s most-sold modern passenger aircraft, in less than five months.

GRAPHIC - Ethiopia Airlines crash location: tmsnrt.rs/2CdCVUi

The new information from the wreckage in Ethiopia and newly refined data about the plane’s flight path indicated some similarities between the two disasters “that warrant further investigation of the possibility of a shared cause,” the FAA said in a statement.

The acting administrator of the FAA, Daniel Elwell, said he did not know how long the U.S. grounding of the aircraft would last. A software fix for the 737 Max that Boeing has been working on since a fatal crash last October in Indonesia will take months to complete, Elwell told reporters.

The single-aisle 737 is central to Boeing’s future in its battle with European rival Airbus SE. The new variant of the 737, the fastest-selling jetliner in Boeing’s history, is viewed as the likely workhorse for global airlines for decades.

“The agency made this decision as a result of the data gathering process and new evidence collected at the site and analyzed today,” the FAA said, shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump announced the planes would be grounded.

GRAPHIC - Ethiopian airlines crash speed and altitude data: tmsnrt.rs/2UAj5tW

It was the second time the FAA has halted flights of a Boeing plane in six years. It grounded the 787 Dreamliner in 2013 because of problems with smoking batteries.

Boeing, which maintained that its planes were safe to fly, said in a statement that it supported the latest FAA move.

“Boeing has determined - out of an abundance of caution and in order to reassure the flying public of the aircraft’s safety - to recommend to the FAA the temporary suspension of operations of the entire global fleet of 371 737 MAX aircraft.”

The crash involving a Boeing 737 MAX in Indonesia killed 189 people. Passengers have been spooked by the two disasters. U.S. travel website Kayak was making changes to let customers exclude specific aircraft types from searches, and booking sites were looking to reroute passengers.

GRAPHIC - Ethiopian Airlines crash plane and black boxes: tmsnrt.rs/2ChjLNE

RE-BOOKING PASSENGERS

U.S. airlines that operate the 737 MAX, Southwest Airlines Co, American Airlines Group Inc and United Airlines, said they were working to re-book passengers. Southwest had 5 MAX-related cancellations on Wednesday and American nearly 40.

Southwest is the world’s largest operator of the 737 MAX 8 with 34 jets.

France’s air accident investigation agency BEA will analyze black-box cockpit voice and data recorders from the crashed plane, a spokesman said.

The French announcement resolved uncertainty over the fate of the two recorders after Germany’s BFU said it had declined a request to handle them because it could not process the new type of recorder used on the 737 MAX jets, in service since 2017.

Shares of the company ended up 0.5 percent at $377.14, recovering from a more than 3 percent fall in the afternoon when the FAA announcement was made.

The United States had held back on suspending 737 MAX flights on Tuesday even as many of the world’s top economies such as China and European nations grounded the plane.

Trump called Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg on Wednesday to inform him that the United States was preparing to ground the fleet, a White House official said.

“I spoke with a number of airlines. And speaking to the airlines, I think that we all agree that this was right decision to make. It didn’t have to be made, but we thought it was the right decision to make,” Trump told reporters.

The grounding was welcomed by air workers in the United States. John Samuelsen, international president of the Transport Workers Union of America, which represents aviation workers and flight attendants, said the grounding of the fleet was right “both for air travelers and aviation workers.”

GRAPHIC - Boeing shares hit after Ethiopia jet crash: tmsnrt.rs/2Ca96E7

NEW SATELLITE DATA

Canada also grounded 737 MAX jets on Wednesday, saying satellite data suggested similarities to the previous crash involving the same plane model in October.

U.S.-based aircraft-tracking firm Aireon provided the satellite data to the FAA, Transport Canada and several other authorities, company spokeswoman Jessie Hillenbrand said.

Ethiopian Airlines spokesman Asrat Begashaw said it was still unclear what happened on Sunday, but its pilot had reported control issues as opposed to external factors such as birds.

“The pilot reported flight control problems and requested to turn back. In fact he was allowed to turn back,” he said.

Brazil, Mexico and Panama on Wednesday became the first Latin American nations to suspend the Boeing 737 MAX. Earlier, Panama’s Copa Airlines had suspended operations of its six Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft until the findings are published of an investigation into Sunday’s crash.

The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Democrat Peter DeFazio, called for a probe into why the 737 MAX received certification to fly.

GRAPHIC - Boeing 737 MAX aircraft by country: tmsnrt.rs/2NWeU90

Reporting by David Shepardson in Washington, Kumerra Gemechu in Gora-Bokka, Ethiopia, David Ljunggren in Ottawa; Additional reporting by Duncan Miriri and Aaron Maasho in Addis Ababa; Doina Chiacu in Washington, Omar Mohammed and Maggie Fick in Nairobi; Tim Hepher in Paris; Jamie Freed in Singapore; Terje Solsvik in Oslo; Aditi Shah in Mumbai; Sanjana Shivdas in Bengaluru; Aleksandar Vasovic in Belgrade; Julie Gordon in Ottawa; Angela Moon in New York, Eric Johnson in Seattle and Tracy Rucinski in Chicago; Writing by Bill Rigby and Alistair Bell; Editing by Gareth Jones, Nick Zieminski and Grant McCool

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question: Summarize everything related to the president.

answer: The FAA grounded the planes based on new satellite data and evidence from the scene of the crash. The U.S. President Donald Trump announced the planes would be grounded. He called Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg to inform him that the United States was preparing to ground the fleet.

critique: The answer should mention that Trump called Muilenburg before grounding the planes.

question: Summarize everything relating to non-American countries.

answer: Brazil, Mexico, and Panama were the first Latin American nations to suspend the Boeing 737 MAX. Panama's Copa Airlines suspended operations of its six Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft until the findings are published of an investigation into the crash.

critique: The answer should mention France, as well as Algeria and Morocco, which are mentioned as grounding the 737 in the article.

question: What does the article say about how to fly a plane?

answer: No answer

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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: He has been dreaming of this woman in his dreams, and she has abandoned him.

critique: The answer should mention that the narrator is desperate to meet the woman.

critique: It is omitted that he is desperate to be with her.

text: The response should add that the man is alone in the world and sleep is his real love because it rescued him and allowed him to dream.

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

answer: He sees that the narrator is jealous of his wife.

critique: The narrator's friend doesn't accuse him of jealousy, but rather of envy.

critique: The friend isn't really the narrator's friend.

critique: The answer is incorrect. The narrator's friend doesn't accuse him of being jealous. He just points out that the narrator is jealous.

critique: The narrator's friend does not see that he is jealous, he just assumes it

critique: The answer is incorrect. The narrator's friend doesn't accuse him of being jealous. He just tells him that he's jealous.

critique: The answer is incorrect. The narrator's friend does not accuse him of being jealous.

text: The response is incorrect. The narrator's friend doesn't see that the narrator is jealous of his wife but jealous of other people in general and envious of their abilities.

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[Conservative champion: Kyle Kashuv has defended the Second Amendment after surviving a deadly school shooting.]

Conservative champion: Kyle Kashuv has defended the Second Amendment after surviving a deadly school shooting. (Fox News)

Parkland tragedy survivor Kyle Kashuv has emerged as a role model for young conservatives across the country -- and it was never more evident than this week, when he helped plan the largest-ever high school conservative conference.

Kashuv -- a staunch defender of the Second Amendment -- played a key role in the Turning Point USA High School Leadership Summit, which was held in Washington, D.C., and attracted more than 800 students from at least 40 states.

“It’s great to see these kids here because these are the leaders in their high school campuses. These are the kids who are going to energize and motivate other kids to come out to vote and to volunteer and to push conservative values,” Kashuv told Fox News.

Kashuv – who will enter his senior year at Stoneman Douglas High School in the fall -- booked many of the speakers directly and played a role in everything from the attendees having dormitory accommodations to contacting media members so the event got coverage. He also served as the master of ceremonies, introducing nearly every speaker over a jammed-packed, four-day span at George Washington University.

“Kyle is a total stud,” Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk told Fox News. “He’s a phenomenal person, driven and mature beyond his years. He works his ass off.”

U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, Sen. Orrin Hatch and former White House press secretary Sean Spicer all addressed the students. So did Donald Trump Jr. and a variety of media stars.

Despite all the conservative star power, the attendees seemed to be as excited for Kashuv as they were for anyone.

[Kyle Kashuv introduced nearly every speaker at the four-day Turning Point USA event.]

Kyle Kashuv introduced nearly every speaker at the four-day Turning Point USA event.

Abigail Addi, a high school student from Queens, New York, traveled to the Washington, D.C., event because she is a supporter of Kashuv and his political views. She decided she couldn’t pass up the opportunity once Kashuv began promoting the event on social media.

“I met him last night. I was shaking, it was surreal,” Addi told Fox News. “He’s definitely a role model for me, and I’m sure for many other young conservatives.”

When Kashuv took the stage to answer a few questions from the audience on Wednesday, chants of “USA! USA! USA!” erupted. The crowd went into a frenzy anytime he appeared to hand out t-shirts, and teenagers shouted his name anytime he was spotted around campus. He received another enormous ovation when Kirk called him out on stage Thursday.

While he was essentially treated as a rockstar among the summit’s attendees, Kashuv considers the students his friends.

“I treat them like bros, like friends from school. I’m the exact same thing as them. I meme, I play Fortnite, I procrastinate to do my homework. I’m the exact same thing as them,” he said. “They can impact the world even more than I can.”

Speakers continuously praised Kashuv for organizing the event, but he returned the admiration by thanking the conservative leaders for simply giving him the time of day.

“People disregard high school kids all the time, but they understand the importance of these kids as the next generation of leaders,” Kashuv said.

[Kyle Kashuv was invited to the White House to meet with President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump.]

Kyle Kashuv was invited to the White House to meet with President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump.

Kashuv became nationally known following the Feb. 14, 2018 tragedy in Parkland, Fla. when 17 of his classmates were killed by a school shooter. While many survivors emerged as anti-gun advocates, Kashuv defended the Second Amendment at every turn.

“As Americans we all have different point of views, and it’s important to represent them all equally,” Kashuv said on “Face the Nation” in March.

Kashuv first linked up with Turning Point when he was approached directly by the 24-year-old Kirk following the Parkland tragedy. The young conservatives hit if off immediately and Kashuv was offered a chance to help TPUSA on the spot.

“He brought this to the next level. We had 150 kids last year, now we have well over 800,” Kirk said. “He deserves all the credit. It’s his thing and we’re proud to advertise it as such. Putting together these kinds of speakers is unbelievable.”

Still not used to the spotlight, he looked to friends backstage for reassurance that he properly introduced speakers throughout the event. Kashuv even joked that he had to use his own money to purchase a suit for the event.

Last April, Kashuv even escorted an adoring Nebraska high school student to her prom after she approached him on social media – but only after she collected the 5,000 retweets he required to be her date for the evening.

Kashuv was emerging as a conservative darling well before the successful event, meeting with President Trump and even discussing the Second Amendment with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas – but the TPUSA summit gave him a chance to mingle with his peers.

Being a hero of the right isn’t easy. Especially for a 16-year-old who opposes the majority of his classmates' calls for more restrictive gun laws. Kashuv said he has received death threats, is bullied at school, has been mistreated by teachers and receives endless criticism on social media – simply for coming out as a conservative.

“I couldn’t care less. The reason why I’m doing what I am today is not because I wanted to. It is because there was a necessity for someone to do it,” he said.

question: Summarize the main news event.

answer: Parkland tragedy survivor Kyle Kashuv has emerged as a role model for young conservatives across the country. He helped plan the largest-ever high school conservative conference.

critique: The answer should mention that Kashuv is a staunch defender of the Second Amendment.

critique: The answer should mention the Turning Point USA High School Leadership Summit.

critique: Saying the reason for his rise regarding the conference has to do with the "largest ever," is unwarranted. It would be better to state that the conference boasted star power or had an important cause.

critique: It's omitted that he's a staunch defender of the Second Amendment.

critique: The answer should mention the conference's speakers.

text: It is omitted that he survived a deadly school shooting.


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_Let’s get to the_ _Philadelphia Eagles_ _links ..._

From the GM’s Eye: The red zone decides NFL games — as the Packers were reminded of in painful fashion - The Athletic
Were the Eagles the better team? No, not on this night, with all their injuries and a lack of coverage talent in their secondary. (A quick side note on that: The Eagles will spend the next few days trying to pry Jalen Ramsey from the Jags, as they know their lack of coverage will prevent them from competing at the highest level. The Eagles typically win with their defensive front dominating the game, but with all the injuries to their defensive line, the lack of pressure has highlighted their lack of talent in the secondary.) But the Eagles were the better situational team, as they went 4-4 on their goal line visits and ultimately that was the difference in the game.

How the Eagles’ offense got their groove back - BGN
Doug Pederson reeled in the passing game on Thursday, asking Wentz to work a shorter, quicker game with a heavy does of RPOs requiring high-speed decision-making. Wentz delivered by making the reads and getting the ball out quick, including a 2.41 time-to-throw per PFF. Pederson asked Wentz to let the offense work for him and that’s exactly what he did. If you can find a missed read by Wentz, please let me know because I sure couldn’t. It’s of note that Wentz’s time-to-throw (TTT) has been under 2.45 seconds on three out of his last four outings in 2019.

At the Podium: The Eagles’ Get Their Groove Back - BGN Radio
John Stolnis talks about the Eagles’ big Week 4 win with their backs against the wall PLUS three new pressers, two from after the game with Doug Pederson & Carson Wentz, then another from Pederson on Friday after having a night to “sleep” on things..Powered by SB Nation and Bleeding Green Nation.

Difference Maker - Iggles Blitz
The Eagles have one more weapon…Doug Pederson. Anyone who watched the Packers and Eagles on Thursday night could see the difference in coaching. Matt LaFleur is a rookie head coach and made several questionable decisions. He had 4th & 2 from the Eagles 13-yard line, with his team leading 10-7. The Packers had been moving up and down the field. LaFleur took a page straight from the Sean McVay playbook and kicked the FG. That gave the Packers a whopping 13-7 lead. Where is the aggression? Why wouldn’t you trust Aaron Rodgers to make a play there? If you fail, you’re still up 10-7. LaFleur made some questionable play-calls. The Packers had no run game. Aaron Jones had 13 carries for 21 yards. Person after person on Twitter was writing that every Jones run was a Christmas gift to the Eagles, who had no answers for WR Davante Adams and the Packers passing game.

Eagle Eye: How the rushing attack stymied the Packers’ vaunted defense - PE.com
The Eagles did creative things schematically. They ran more than a handful of different run concepts. They used misdirection, they used smash-mouth, and they got out to the perimeter. RPOs were successful. Screens were successful. Play-action was successful. The entire smattering worked, and when you get the kind of dominant performance that the team got from the offensive line in the trenches, that only will help propel you to victory. I thought the entire line performed well in this game, but if I had to pick one player who stood out most, it would be right guard Brandon Brooks, who got great movement time and time again up front. The Milwaukee native was a sixth captain for Thursday night’s game.

NFL Week 4 PFF ReFocused: Philadelphia Eagles 34, Green Bay Packers 27 - PFF
The Eagles’ pass-rush was formidable in this game, recording pressure on what seemed like half of Aaron Rodgers’ dropbacks. As you’d expect, Fletcher Cox and Brandon Graham were at the forefront, feasting on a Green Bay line that struggled to block them from the get-go. There’s a strong chance that Graham comes away with a double-digit pressure total, and Cox won’t be far behind.

  People are talking about possible pass interference on the Eagles pick at the end of the game on Thursday night. The contact was not more than a yard downfield. Not a foul even if reviewed. I would not have stopped it either.

  — Mike Pereira (@MikePereira) September 28, 2019

Examining the Eagles’ endless rash of cornerback injuries - NBCSP
Cornerback injuries decimated the Eagles last year. They started the season in Tampa with Jalen Mills and Ronald Darby as the starters and Avonte Maddox, Douglas and Sidney Jones as the backups and they finished it with Cre’Von LeBlanc, Douglas and Maddox as the starters and Josh Hawkins off the bench. The carousel hasn’t stopped turning this year. LeBlanc is on IR. Mills is on PUP. Darby left the Lions game with a hamstring injury and Jones left the Packers game with a hamstring injury. The Eagles beat Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the Packers Thursday night at Lambeau Field with two healthy corners, one of whom entered the game having never played a regular-season defensive snap.

Jay Ajayi fully recovered from knee surgery, looking for a team - PFT
Ajayi, 26, now is fully healthy and looking for a new team, Ian Rapoport of the NFL reports. Ajayi’s agent has informed all 32 teams he is ready for game action, and Rapoport adds that Ajayi’s “market could heat up quickly.”

Eagles release L.J. Fort, Steelers no longer eligible for 2020 compensatory pick - Behind The Steel Curtain
It was a scenario I brought up in an article back in May. If one of the players who left the Steelers in free agency in the 2019 offseason were to be released before Week 10 of the NFL season, the Steelers might lose out altogether on a compensatory draft pick. Although the scenario seemed unlikely, it was put more to rest in August when it appeared that Le’Veon Bell, Jesse James, and L.J. Fort would all make their respective teams. Not anymore. On Friday, the Philadelphia Eagles released L.J. Fort, a move that will help them gain an extra compensatory pick while causing the Steelers to no longer enter into the formula.

  The Ravens hosted recently-released Eagles LB L.J. Fort on a visit, per source. Baltimore has an open roster spot and could use some linebacker depth.

  — Field Yates (@FieldYates) September 28, 2019

Jets fans are still dejected after the loss to New England - Gang Green Nation
Jets fans have not been confident in their team in weeks. Every week SB Nation sends out a FanPulse survey to fans of each team to gauge their thoughts. After the Week 1 loss to Buffalo, confidence fell greatly. The subsequent loss of Sam Darnold and two defeats have kept it low. This week’s confidence level is 13%. It was 15% last week and 19% the week before. At the start of the season it was 80%.

When is the right time for Washington to throw Dwayne Haskins into the fire? - SB Nation
Haskins is Washington’s future. Just maybe not its immediate future. We debate whether he should get the starting nod now or later.

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question: Discuss Wentz's role in the Eagles' comeback.

answer: Wentz was asked to work a shorter, quicker game with a heavy dose of RPOs and high-speed decision-making. He made the reads, got the ball out quick, and had an average time-to-throw of 2.41 seconds.

critique: The answer omits the role of Doug Pederson.

critique: The answer should mention the Eagles' win.

critique: The answer omits the part where they had the ball last, which gave him the chance to see who won and how. This should be in the answer.

critique: The answer should mention that Wentz's performance was key to the Eagles' comeback.

critique: The answer should mention that the Eagles won the game.

critique: The answer should mention that Wentz's performance helped the Eagles win.

question: Discuss Pederson's role in the Eagle's comeback.

answer: Pederson's role in the Eagles' comeback is discussed in the article. The author of the article discusses how Pederson reeled in the passing game, asking Wentz to work a shorter, quicker game with a heavy does of RPOs. The author also discusses how Pederson asked Wentz to let the offense work for him and that's exactly what he did.

critique: The author is John Stolnis, not the author of the article.

critique: The author discusses other things as well.

critique: "The author also discusses how Pederson asked Wentz to let the offense work for him and that's exactly what he did." - this information is already in the answer and should be removed.

critique: The author of the article discusses many more facets of Pedersen's role in the article.

text: The first sentence is redundant and can be removed.

category: coherence

question: Discuss LaFleur's play calls.

answer: He made several questionable decisions. He had 4th and 2 from the Eagles 13 yard line, with his team leading 10-7. He kicked the FG. He made some questionable play calls. The Packers had no run game.

critique: The answer is missing the second half of the passage where it discusses the Eagles' offense.

critique: It should be mentioned that the play-calls were questionable because the Packers had Aaron Rodgers.

critique: The answer should mention the Eagles' offensive line.

critique: The answer should mention the lack of aggression.

critique: The answer should mention the Eagles' offensive performance.

critique: "He kicked the FG" - Needs amendments to reflect the changes the Eagles made on 4th down.

critique: The answer omits the fact that the Packers had no run game.

text: "He made some questionable play calls." This is redundant after the first sentence and can be removed.


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MARY EGGERS TENDLER (née EGGERS) is a volleyball coach and former volleyball player. She is the head volleyball coach at Elon University[1] and played collegiately for Illinois where she was a First-Team All-American and winner of the Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) in 1989 as the nation's top collegiate female volleyball player.[2]

Early life

Eggers was born to Warren and Shirley Eggers and grew up in Aurora, Illinois with four older brothers and sisters. She shot basketballs in her driveway in the evening, and when her older sisters would return home with a date, she would challenge the dates to a hoop contest. Even though she was ten years old, she would challenge them in her pyjamas and usually beat them, picking up a little pocket change.[3] She started playing volleyball in eighth grade, when her pastor persuaded her to join a team.[4][5] She attended West Aurora High School, where she played both basketball and volleyball, but she improved her volleyball skills and was named a high school All-American. In her senior year, she helped lead the team to the state supersectionals.[6]

While at high school, she played basketball and volleyball for her first three years, but then decided to concentrate on volleyball, and only played volleyball as a senior.[7] In her senior year, the was named the Chicago Sun-Times Girls Volleyball Players of the Year.[8] She considered several schools in the area, including Northwestern, Illinois State, Western Michigan and Illinois. However, while all three schools other than Illinois were ranked in the top 20 in the nation, she decided to go to Illinois.[9] It wasn't because of their strength as a program, the team was 15–18 the year before she arrived, and 5–25 the year before, but she felt Illinois was a “team on the rise” and she wanted to be part of it.[10][11]

College

Eggers led the nation in hitting percentage in her sophomore and senior years, 1986, and 1988. She was named to the First-Team All-Big Ten team all four years of school, and was named an All-American three times.[12] Her career hitting percentage, .420, was tops in the nation and stood as the top mark until 1993.[13] She helped lead the team to their first ever NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament in 1985, and helped the team reach the final four in 1987 and 1988.[14][15] In 1989, her senior year, she won the Honda Broderick Award as the nation's top collegiate female volleyball player.[16][17]

Professional

Eggers played a year and a half with the Olympic team, then played professionally for two years in Germany and France.[18]

Coaching

She began her coaching career as an assistant coach at Illinois State, Drake and James Madison.[19] She became the head coach at Elon University in 2002.[20] In 2010, she was named the SoCon Coach of the Year as the best coach in the Southern Conference.[21]

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question: What would have happened if Eggers did not join Illinois?

answer: She probably would not have won the Honda Broderick Award.

critique: She wouldn't have been named an All-American three times.

critique: She might not have won the Broderick Award, but there's no certainty that she wouldn't have won the award if she had gone to another school.

critique: She might not have won the award, but it is not certain.

critique: The answer is a bit of a stretch. The question is asking what would have happened if Eggers did not join Illinois. It's not stated what would have happened if she didn't join Illinois.

critique: "She probably would not have won the Honda Broderick Award." - this is incorrect. She would have won the award if she went to any of the other schools she considered.

critique: "She probably would not have won the Honda Broderick Award." - is incorrect. She would have won the award, but it would have been given to another player.


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

question: Summarize the main news event.

answer: The main news event is Larry Sharpe's intention to run for New York governor on the Libertarian party. He intends to win the race. One of Sharpe's strategies to win the race is to have a larger online presence. Sharpe believes he is a better candidate than Cuomo when it comes to debates.

critique: Sharpe's intention to run should be mentioned before his strategies.

critique: Sharpe's strategy to win the race is not the main news event.

critique: Sharpe's strategies are irrelevant to the main news event.

critique: Sharpe's strategy to win the race is not about having a larger online presence.

critique: Sharpe's intention to run for governor is not the main news event.

critique: Sharpe's online presence is not a strategy.

critique: Sharpe's intention to run for New York governor is not the main news event.

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

answer: No answer

critique: The article has a lot of information about the typical turnout for Libertarian candidates and their place in the political lineup.

critique: The article gives context on the lack of historical success of third-party Libertarians. "Sharpe said it was "a joke" to talk about his chances of garnering at least 50,000 votes." "Libertarians have never come particularly close."

critique: The article has information about the typical turnout for Libertarian candidates.

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

answer: No answer

critique: The question clearly asks for a response.

critique: The article does mention voter demographics in the United States.

critique: The answer should mention the reluctance of voters to embrace Republicans.

critique: The article does not discuss voter demographics in the United States.

critique: There is a response to the question in the text.

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

answer: This information can't be found.

critique: The article can be used to answer this question.

critique: It can be inferred that the reason for dissonance between younger and older voters is because younger voters are more liberal and more in favor of the Democratic party, while older voters are more conservative and in favor of the Republican party.

critique: There's no reason given in the article for the dissonance between younger and older voters.

critique: While theories aren't mentioned, the reasons behind the dissonance can be found

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There has never been a sharp distinction between the public and private faces of DONALD TRUMP, who described Atlanta as “crime-infested” online and called African countries “shitholes” behind closed doors. Both sides are about the same, when he is away from the teleprompter and going off script. There is only so much filter that can be removed when there’s hardly any filter to start with. Still, it was somewhat shocking to see Trump talking openly Thursday about something he has so far kept private: imposing the death penalty for people caught dealing drugs. “Some countries have a very, very tough penalty—the ultimate penalty,” Trump said wistfully at a White House summit on the opioid crisis. “And, by the way, they have much less of a problem.”

We’ve seen this one coming: In April, Trump called President RODRIGO DUTERTE to praise his bloody crackdown on drugs in the Philippines, which has reportedly killed as many as 12,000 people. “I just wanted to congratulate you because I am hearing of the unbelievable job on the drug problem,” he said, referring to Duterte’s extrajudicial, state-sanctioned murder program. “Many countries have the problem, we have a problem, but what a great job you are doing and I just wanted to call and tell you that.” The idea apparently stuck with Trump: Last week, Axios reported that Trump has continued privately raising the possibility of executing drug dealers, as Singapore does. “He says that a lot,” one source recalled. “He says, ‘When I ask the prime minister of Singapore do they have a drug problem [the prime minister replies,] ‘No. Death penalty.’”

Senior adviser KELLYANNE CONWAY essentially confirmed the report when she clarified that Trump was merely referring to bringing capital murder charges against high-volume dealers of drugs like fentanyl, which, she pointed out, “are so lethal in such small doses.” On Thursday, Trump brought the idea out into the open, suggesting that the United States adopt “the ultimate penalty” for drug dealers.

The president’s comments fit a pattern of authoritarian rhetoric, from calling Democrats “treasonous” for not applauding his State of the Union address to pressuring the Department of Justice to prosecute his political opponents. But they also suggest a looser, less controlled Trump as the president has grown increasingly frustrated with the shackles his chief of staff, JOHN KELLY, has imposed on him. The chains began to break last month, as Kelly’s authority was rocked by allegations of domestic abuse involving his second-in-command, ROB PORTER. The scandal created a domino effect in the White House that fueled tensions between Kelly and JARED KUSHNER over Kushner’s security clearance and was a factor in the resignation of HOPE HICKS, one of Trump’s closest confidants.

The silly season has, in turn, fed a bumper crop of crazy coming out of the Oval. Trump is reportedly considering firing National Security Adviser H.R. MCMASTER, whom he also resents, and on Thursday bucked the advice of his National Economic Adviser GARY COHN and announced tariffs on steel and aluminum, causing the stock markets to plunge. For months, Trump’s senior staff had slow-walked his enthusiasm for a trade war. This week, he decided he would act unilaterally. “Trade wars are good, and easy to win,” Trump tweeted Friday morning, as the Dow Jones dropped another 350 points. This is what it looks like when the president stops being nice and starts getting real.

question: Summarize everything relating to the author's opinion of Donald Trump.

answer: The author describes Trump as having a "sharp distinction between the public and private faces." The author describes Trump as having a loose attitude, and being less controlled. The author describes Trump as being frustrated with the shackles placed by his chief of staff John Kelly. The author describes Trump as resorting to authoritarian rhetoric. The author describes Trump as being considered as firing National Security Adviser McMaster.

critique: The author's overall opinion is not mentioned.

critique: The author does not describe Trump as being considered as firing National Security Adviser McMaster.

text: The author says that there's not a sharp distinction between the public and private faces of Donald Trump. The answer states the opposite.

question: Summarize the role of Donald Trump's staff in the article.

answer: Trump has expressed his frustration with his chief of staff John Kelly, who has placed restrictions on him. Kelly's authority was rocked by allegations of domestic abuse involving Rob Porter, his second in command. Tensions between Kelly and Jared Kushner also played a part in Hope Hicks' resignation. Trump is considering firing National Security Adviser McMaster and unilaterally announcing tariffs on steel and aluminum. He also announced that trade wars are good and easy to win, despite the advice of his National Economic Adviser Cohn.

critique: The answer should mention that Trump's staff slow-walked his enthusiasm for a trade war.

question: What does the article say about the presidential election?

answer: No answer

critique: The answer should mention that the article does not mention the presidential election.

critique: The response misses to answer the instruction in the task.

critique: Incorrect - no details about the presidential election are mentioned in the article.

critique: The answer should mention that the article does not mention anything about the presidential election.

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critique: The answer should mention that the article doesn't discuss the presidential election.

critique: The article does mention the presidential election.


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This article includes a list of commercial recordings of the motets of Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach motets have often been recorded as a set (typically comprising the six motets catalogued as BWV225-230). However, other motets are attributed to Bach and there is some doubt about the authorship of _Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden_, BWV 230, one of the “six”.

A single CD has the capacity to contain the set of six motets plus some other works. For example, Maasaki Suzuki's 2009 recording with the Bach Collegium Japan on BIS includes _O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht_, BWV 118 (which at one time was categorised as a cantata) and _Ich lasse dich nicht_, BWV Anh. 159 (the authorship of which has been disputed).[1] The motets chosen for a particular recording project can reflect the way the balance of opinion changes regarding the status of particular work: given Bach's status as one of the great composers, a firm attribution to him is likely to result in more interest in recording the piece in question. For example, was not included by John Eliot Gardiner and the Monteverdi Choir in their first set recorded in 1980. However, they included it in their 2011 recording,[2] by which time scholarly opinion had re-assessed the work.

Recordings have also been made of the less securely attributed and even spurious motets. For example, Wolfgang Helbich recorded _The Apocryphal Bach Motets_, sung by the Alsfelder Vokalensemble, in 1993 (released in 1994, re-issued 2014).[3][4]

Types of choirs

Choirs with one voice per part (OVPP) are used in some historically informed performances of Bach. However, OVPP recordings of the motets are in the minority. Exceptions include the Hilliard Ensemble's second set,[5] and Konrad Junghänel with the group Cantus Cölln.[6] Philippe Herreweghe's second set uses OVPP for some motets, for example _Jesus meine Freude_, and not others.[7]

At least some of the motets would have been first performed by singers from Leipzig's Thomanerchor, which comprises boys and young men. This choir has recorded the motets (initially under Günther Ramin in the 1950s),[8] as have other choirs with boys' voices such as the Choir of New College, Oxford.[9]

Instrumental accompaniment

Music directors need to make choices about the instrumental accompaniment, if any, to be used. There are three possible approaches:

-   _a cappella_, that is, without an accompaniment
-   instruments doubling the vocal lines, something which is described as playing _colla parte_
-   Basso continuo, or just an organ accompaniment, to provide some instrumental support for the singers

Surviving sources do not make it clear what Bach's approach was to the accompaniment of most of these pieces. In the case of _Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf_, BWV 226 orchestral parts are extant, indicating that choir I was doubled by strings and choir II by reeds (two oboes, taille and bassoon). There is also a basso continuo provided (separate violone and organ parts) which underlies both choirs.[10] An accompaniment is also specified for _Lobet den Herrn_.[11]

La Petite Bande and Bach Collegium Japan, for example, use the orchestration of _Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf_ for the other pieces for double choir. However, _a capella_ performance is long-established tradition,[12] which is also reflected in recordings. The Hilliard Ensemble's OVPP version is mainly _a capella_. They omit the instrumental parts of _Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf_, but sing _Lobet den Herrn_ to organ accompaniment.[13]

The recordings with continuo accompaniment include The Sixteen's version (the instruments are cello, violone, theorbo, organ) and the second recording by the Monteverdi Choir (cello, double bass, bassoon and organ).[14]

History

The first of the motets to be recorded was _Jesu meine Freude_ in 1927. This version was sung in English.[15]

Awards

In 2010, Suzuki and his ensemble were given a French award (Diapason d’Or de l’Année) and a German award (Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik) for their recording of Bach motets on BIS.

John Eliot Gardiner, who has won more Gramophone Awards than any other living artist, received one for his second recording of the motets with the Monteverdi Choir on SDG. It was one of the 2013 awards, the category being “Baroque Vocal”.

Grete Pedersen with the Norwegian choir Det Norske Solistkor won a Diapason d'Or in 2018 for their recording of the motets on BIS.

Discography

The intention has been to feature versions which are still available. The year given is that of recording. In the case of pre-1980s recordings, the date of reissue on CD can be significantly later than the original recording.

Notes

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[3] _The Apocryphal Bach Motets: BWV Anh. 159–165_ at .

[4] The Sacred Apocryphal Bach (8 CD set) at ArkivMusic website.

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question: What are the three possible approaches that music directors need to make choices about the instrumental accompaniment?

answer: _a cappella_, that is, without an accompaniment, instruments doubling the vocal lines, or basso continuo.

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critique: The answer should be a complete sentence.

critique: "or" would be better than "_", here, grammatically.

text: It is omitted to say that basso continuo means just an organ accompaniment.

question: What other types of motets are there?

answer: There are other motets that are attributed to Bach, but there is some doubt about the authorship of Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230.

critique: The answer should mention the other motets.

critique: The answer should be more specific about the other motets.

critique: The answer is not specific enough. It should mention that there are other motets that are attributed to Bach but not BWV 230.

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On Monday, Jared Kushner's family business, Kushner Cos., was fined $210,000 by New York City for falsifying construction building permits. The violations occurred while the presidential adviser was CEO of the company. ANDREW HARNIK/AP HIDE CAPTION

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On Monday, Jared Kushner's family business, Kushner Cos., was fined $210,000 by New York City for falsifying construction building permits. The violations occurred while the presidential adviser was CEO of the company.

 Andrew Harnik/AP

Kushner Cos. has been hit with $210,000 in fines by New York City regulators for filing false real estate paperwork over several years.

President Trump's son-in-law — and current adviser — Jared Kushner was still at the helm of the real estate company as CEO when, the New York City Department of Buildings says, the company routinely falsified construction applications at 17 sites.

The city's Building Department found the company frequently under-reported — and in some cases didn't report any — rent-regulated tenants living in its buildings, despite renting to hundreds of them.

Developers are required to report the number of rent-controlled tenants they inherit when they buy properties and renovate them. The requirement is a safeguard to protect tenants from steep rental increases or from being driven out to make way for higher-paying tenants.

On Monday, the city fined the Kushner family business for 42 violations at 12 addresses between January 2013 and September 2016.

"Protecting tenants is a key part of our mission to make construction safe for all New Yorkers, and we are determined to hold landlords accountable for the accuracy of their applications – no matter who they are," the department said in a statement emailed to NPR.

But Christine Taylor, a spokeswoman for Kushner Cos., contradicted what the city's Building Department told NPR.

"No fines were assessed against the company today," Taylor said in an email to NPR.

She acknowledged that "there were some violations issued for paperwork errors" but said "the company relied on third party consultants for the preparation of these forms and if in error they have been corrected or will be."

Despite denying the fines, she says that Kushner Cos. plans to present "the facts before an administrative law judge and until then no amount is due, if any."

Also under scrutiny is an investment group led by Trump's former attorney, Michael Cohen. The New York Times reported that Cohen's business allegedly submitted false construction permits for three Manhattan properties. In each instance, according to a report by the Housing Rights Initiative, the Cohen group reported buildings "were vacant or without rent-regulated tenants, when they were occupied and many of the tenants had rental protections."

Concerning one building in the Lower East Side, the _Times_ reported:

  "At 172 Rivington Street, for example, the Cohen group indicated that there were no rent-regulated tenants in the 20-unit building, after the company purchased it in October 2011 for $2.1 million. But records indicated that there were 19 protected tenants there, but only 11 remained after the Cohen group sold the building three years later for $10 million."

In July, a group of current and former rent-stabilized tenants in one of the Kushner Cos.' Williamsburg, Brooklyn, developments, filed a lawsuitclaiming they were deliberately exposed to toxic smoke and other unsafe conditions. They argue it was to get them to move out so the apartments could be sold as high-price condos.

Shortly after the lawsuit was filed, NPR reported New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo launched an investigation into the business practices of the Kushner Cos. That investigation is ongoing.

question: What does the text say about New York Governor Andrew Cuomo?

answer: Despite not being named directly in the text, Andrew Cuomo launched an investigation into the business practices of the Kushner Cos shortly after a lawsuit was filed. It's mentioned that an investigation into the fraud claims is ongoing.

critique: The answer should mention that Cuomo is the governor of New York.

critique: The text doesn't mention the reason Cuomo launched an investigation.

critique: The investigation into the fraud claims is ongoing, but Andrew Cuomo is not mentioned in the text.

critique: Andrew Cuomo is mentioned in the first sentence, so it's not clear what is being asked

critique: "It's mentioned that an investigation into the fraud claims is ongoing." - there's no mention of fraud claims in the article. Also, the investigation is ongoing.

critique: The answer should mention that the investigation is into the Kushner Cos.

critique: The answer should mention that Cuomo is the governor.

critique: The answer should mention that Cuomo is New York's governor.

critique: The investigation into the fraud claims is not ongoing.

critique: It is incorrect that Cuomo is not named in the text. The text does say that Cuomo launched an investigation into Kushner Cos.

critique: It should be specified in the first line that he is the Governor of the New York State.

critique: The answer should mention that Andrew Cuomo is the governor of New York.

question: Summarize the historical context around this news event.

answer: No answer

critique: There is no historical context given in the article.

critique: No response is provided and no answer is found so it needs to be written.

question: Summarize the views of the opposing sides.

answer: The Department views the outcome favorably and describes the breaches as "key to stopping construction accidents." What they do not state is whether this is a means of reaching those who are responsible for these breaches. They also do not declare whether it is New York Construction Code. Christine Taylor says these fines were not issued and any directives reflected in the story are inaccurate. She also states that any fines due are for paperwork errors and their team relies on third party consultants for the collection of this information, worth millions. They feel that the information may be seen to undermine the company's affairs should it be studied by the public.

critique: There is no evidence that Christie Taylor feels the fines would undermine their affairs.

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

critique: The response makes up for the lack of this information

critique: The response is not about the views of the opposing sides.

critique: The "New York Construction Code" is not mentioned in the article.

critique: The response is not relevant to the question.

critique: The response is not a summary of the opposing views.

critique: The first sentence of the answer is not related and should be removed.

critique: The question is not asking for either side to summarize their sentiment regarding the breach. I believe the question is more specific in regards to how the fine will be handled.

critique: "What they do not state is whether this is a means of reaching those who are responsible for these breaches." - there is no evidence that they do not state anything.

critique: The response is not a summary of the views of the opposing sides.

critique: The final sentence is a bit of a stretch.

question: Summarize the role of the New York City Department of Buildings in the news.

answer: The New York City Department of Buildings is the issuer of the original fines to the Kushner Cos. The Department is responsible to ensure that building owners report the number of rent-controlled tenants they have as a safeguard against rental increases or displacement. Supplying inaccurate information is subject to a fine. In the Kushner Cos. case, over four years and 17 sites were found to have falsified hundreds of records and thousands of tenants' personal information.

critique: The Department of Buildings is responsible to ensure that building owners report the number of rent-controlled tenants they have as a safeguard against rental increases or displacement.

critique: The Department of Buildings is not the issuer of the fines.

critique: "The Department is responsible to ensure that building owners report the number of rent-controlled tenants they have as a safeguard against rental increases or displacement. Supplying inaccurate information is subject to a fine. In the Kushner Cos. case, over four years and 17 sites were found to have falsified hundreds of records and thousands of tenants' personal information." - this is irrelevant to the question.

critique: Lots of specific numbers in the response, but the article does not mention all these specific numbers.

critique: It is not stated that the Department of Buildings is responsible for ensuring that building owners report the number of rent-controlled tenants they have as a safeguard against rental increases or displacement.

critique: The number of violations and the number of affected tenants is not relevant to this question.

critique: The answer contains information that is not relevant to the question.

critique: The Department of Buildings is not the issuer of the original fines.

critique: Minor: The Kushner Cos falsified the information over several years, not over 17 sites.

critique: It is omitted that the Department of Buildings is the issuer of the original fines to the Kushner Cos.


text:
Dawn of Darkness
Dark clouds blocked out the sun. Thunder rolled and boomed, as lightning lit up the skies. Below, the salty waves tossed and tumbled, growing larger as the wind whipped and raged from the north. The rain came down in torrents, pelting the deck of the wooden ship, and soaking the wood. The first mate barked out orders to the crew who busied themselves to carry those orders out. The sails were taken in, so as to not be blown off course. The idea was to wait out the storm, as the waves weren’t so bad that they needed to get out of danger. Near the bow, on top deck, a woman cloaked in a silver robe stood by a man who was robbed in royal purple. Both had crowns fastened to their heads. Soldiers stood by, on edge from the storm, but otherwise relaxed. The man smiled down at his wife and looked to the small bundle of joy she held in her arms. A small child, nearly a year old, rested against her mother’s breast. She had dark, nearly obsidian black hair. Her emerald green eyes were closed now, resting while the storm raged on around them. Her little fingers curled tightly around her mother’s necklace. Their calm was shattered by the sound of lightning as it hit the main mast. The following boom of thunder was loud enough to wake the dead. Deckhands scrambled as they tried to put out the fire that was quickly spreading, but another bolt of lighting struck the ship near the stern, and soon they understood their battle with the flames was a lost cause. The captain readied the life boats, and had the king and queen begin to board. A large wave crashed into the side of the ship and the queen and her child were sent flying over the side. The life boat was lowered down into the unforgiving seas. The queen tried to stay close to the boat, but between holding her child’s head above the waves and the weight of her attire, she was quickly losing strength. She felt something brush up against her. The queen was so tired at this point, her arm holding her child threatened to release her. She saw the life boat coming for her, she knew she would be safe soon. But her child.. Suddenly she felt her child being taken from her arms, as if the water itself was wishing her to drop the child. She screamed up at the skies to whatever god might be listening.

“Save my baby, please! Save my Allene!”

Something came up from the waves, a sleek head, covered in scales, long like a horse’s. two horns upon the top of it’s head that looked like blackened icicles, Nearly glowing blue orbs seemed to bring the queen into a state of shock. This was a water dragon. Feared for their ever-changing moods, and loved for their kindness. The desperate mother, without a thought, handed her child up to the dragon, who took it in it’s maw gently. But as the life boats came closer, the dragon’s eyes became a glare. There was a man raging in the small life boat, he was screaming out of fear, and waved a sword in the air. The dragon gave a deep growl and sunk below the waves.

The queen screamed in horror as she watched her baby disappear beneath the black waves, her strength gave out and she began to sink, hoping to join her child in a watery grave. Large hands pulled at her soaked body before she could embrace the darkness that surrounded her and she was pulled into the chaos of life. She sobbed openly as her king held her, the dread and hatred in his eyes was enough to keep the crew silent while they worked on getting everyone safely to shore. The closest line of safety being Conach Moore, an island that held many mountains. On the eastern side there was a small village that would be able to help them get home to Riochtdome.

Beneath the unforgiving waves, in the calm depths of the ocean, the water dragon still carried the young child in it’s maw, a protective barrier surrounded it so that water did not enter the child’s lungs. The dragon had sensed darkness in the King’s heart and sought to save both the mother and the child, but when she had looked for the mother, the king was already pulling her with him. With a heavy heart she took the child to her home, Farlig Dyre. It was a rather large island, filled with forests, mountains, rivers, and plains. It was a beautiful land where Humans dared not tread, and Dragons lived peacefully. She swam up to the edge of the massive cliff that served as a shoreline, digging her claws into the rough earth as she hauled her long, lithe body up the mountainous wall. Her deep blue scales dripped water and left a wet trail as she climbed over the wall and onto the soft lush grass of the northern forest. She placed the now awake, and yet peaceful child, onto the ground. She held her massive head to the sky and beckoned her elders with a roar. As she waited for the sounds of familiar wings beating against the wind, she gathered a few logs and used her claw to dig a small, shallow hole She placed the logs inside and lit a fire with her maw. Her fire was blue, but unlike most fires, it wasn’t as hot as it should be. It was warm, like a sunny day rather than a bursting inferno. She placed the child near the edge of it so as to keep it warm, spreading one of her small wings over her so as to keep her dry. She curled herself up around the child the mother had called Allene, and looked to the skies, awaiting the judgment of her elders.

title: [FN]Dawn of Darkness: The Beginning

question: Explain the climax of the story.

answer: The climax of the story is when the water dragon saves the queen and her child. The water dragon saves the child from the water and swam to her home, Farlig Dyre.

critique: It was omitted that the king's hatred and the water dragon's judgment are also part of the climax.

critique: The answer omits that the dragon places the baby in a fire to keep her warm.

critique: The second half of the response is irrelevant.

critique: The dragon doesn't save the child from the water, she saves the child from drowning.

critique: The dragon doesn't save the child from the water, it saves the child from drowning.

critique: The dragon doesn't save the child from the water, she saves the child from the water.

critique: The response is missing the part where the dragon is killed.

text: The dragon doesn't save the queen, only the child.

question: What does the story say about the king and queen's relationship?

answer: The king and queen are on a ship, and they are the king and queen of Riochtdome. The king is very protective of his wife and child, and he is very angry that his wife and child were almost killed by the storm. He is also angry that the dragon killed his wife and child.

critique: The response inaccurately mentions that the king and queen are on a ship, however they are on a ship.

critique: The answer is inaccurate. The king is not angry that the dragon killed his wife and child.

critique: The statement that they were almost killed is unattested.

critique: The answer is inaccurate. The king and queen are not in a relationship.

critique: The last sentence is confusing and inaccurate.

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

critique: The response contains inaccurate information.

text: The wife does not die, so the final sentence is false.  It should be omitted.


text:
The POLICE UNION OF GERMAN STATES was the first known initiative for international law enforcement cooperation. Established in 1851 in response to the Revolutions of 1848, the organization served as an information exchange among the secret police forces of a number of German-speaking countries.

History

Background

In 1833 a centralized internal security service was established by the German Confederation.[1] Headquartered in Frankfurt, the Central Investigating Agency consisted of several former investigating magistrates tasked with gathering information on seditious and subversive organizations—as well as the press, publishers, and bookstores—obtained by the police services of the member states of the Confederation.[2] Information collected by the Central Investigating Agency was shared with the police of the German states concerned, as well as the Federal Convention.[3] The same year, Austria established the Information Office in Mainz, which performed largely similar functions.[4] The Central Investigating Agency and Information Office were both strictly intelligence agencies, with no police power of their own. The two institutions would occasionally exchange intelligence with each other.[5]

The successful suppression of seditious elements within German-speaking states led to the permanent suspension of the Central Investigating Agency in 1842, its services no longer needed.[6] [The Police Union of German States was established after an 1851 meeting of secret police chiefs in Dresden.]

Formation

During 1848 Europe was rocked by a series of revolts and revolutions with Austria, Prussia, Hungary, Bohemia, Sicily, and France all experiencing various levels of domestic unrest.[7] In response to the events of three years prior, in 1851, the police president of Berlin – Karl Ludwig Friedrich von Hinckeldey – sent letters to law enforcement officials in Hanover, Sachsen, Dresden and Vienna calling for cross-border cooperation in the policing of political radicals.[8] As a result of von Hinckeldey's letter, a conference was held on 9 April 1851 in Dresden attended by staff from the secret police services of the independent states of Prussia, Austria, Sachsen and Hanover.[9] Before the end of the year, these forces were joined in cooperation with those of Bavaria, Baden and Württemberg and the Police Union of German States informally created.[10][11]

Early proposals to expand the police union to include political and secret police agencies outside the German-speaking world ultimately did not bear fruit, though occasional instances of cooperation – usually through middlemen – with law enforcement agencies in Belgium, Denmark and Britain are recorded.[12]

Dissolution and legacy

The union was dissolved in 1866 with the outbreak of the Seven Weeks' War between the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, the two dominant countries from which the Police Union drew its membership.[13]

The Police Union of German States has been described as the first known instance of formally institutionalized international law enforcement cooperation.[14][15]

Operations and activities

The union's activities were strictly focused on the maintenance of political order, with routine crime and criminals outside its area of interest.[16] Information on political radicals and subversive organizations were exchanged between officials of the member agencies at meetings held one to three times annually.[17] Between meetings, information would be disseminated about wanted political opponents among the member agencies through weekly magazines that would be published by the union for distribution to its participating forces.[18] The union also recruited agents in New York, London, Brussels, and Paris to gather intelligence on dissidents and radicals operating beyond the reach of its member agencies.[19]

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title: Police Union of German States

question: What does the text say about the union's formation?

answer: The Police Union of German States was established after an 1851 meeting of secret police chiefs in Dresden. During 1848 Europe was rocked by a series of revolts and revolutions with Austria, Prussia, Hungary, Bohemia, Sicily, and France all experiencing various levels of domestic unrest. In response to the events of three years prior, in 1851, the police president of Berlin - Karl Ludwig Friedrich von Hinckeldey - sent letters to law enforcement officials in Hanover, Sachsen, Dresden and Vienna calling for cross-border cooperation in the policing of political radicals. As a result of von Hinckeldey's letter, a conference was held on 9 April 1851 in Dresden attended by staff from the secret police services of the independent states of Prussia, Austria, Sachsen and Hanover. Before the end of the year, these forces were joined in cooperation with those of Bavaria, Baden and Württemberg and the Police Union of German States informally created.

critique: The answer should mention the dissolution of the union.

critique: The answer doesn't mention the Police Union of German States.

critique: The first sentence does not explain what or when the Police Union of German States was established.

critique: The answer should mention that the union was dissolved in 1866.

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

question: What does the text say about the union's dissolution?

answer: The Police Union of German States was dissolved in 1866 with the outbreak of the Seven Weeks' War between the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. The union's activities were strictly focused on the maintenance of political order, with routine crime and criminals outside its area of interest.

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

critique: The dissolution has absolutely no connection with the topics discussed in the answer.


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Under the heading, “be careful what you wish for, you might just get it,” the satisfaction Democrats, other leftist organizations and their media allies derived from President Donald Trump’s decision to disband the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, led by Vice President Mike Pence and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, may be short-lived.

Not that they get it — yet. Thus, the reliably feverish Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) reiterated the Left’s tiresome tropes that ensuring the integrity of American elections constitutes “a front to suppress the vote” and an effort to “perpetrate dangerous and baseless claims.” Schumer further insisted the Committee’s disbandment demonstrates that “ill-founded proposals that just appeal to a narrow group of people won’t work, and we hope they’ll learn this lesson elsewhere.”

Schumer’s assertion that protecting elections resonates solely with a “narrow group” is laughable. A 2015 CBS News poll revealed a majority of Americans considered voter fraud to be fairly widespread, and a 2016 Gallup poll revealed a whopping 80% of Americans favor requiring voters to provide _photo ID_ to cast a ballot. Moreover, a 2007 Gallup poll _and_ a 2012 Washington Post poll both revealed more Americans are concerned with voter fraud than voter suppression.

So why did Trump shut down the Commission? “Despite substantial evidence of voter fraud, many states have refused to provide the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity with basic information relevant to its inquiry,” Trump said in a brief statement last Wednesday. “Rather than engage in endless legal battles at taxpayer expense, today I signed an executive order to dissolve the Commission, and have asked the Department of Homeland Security to review these issues and determine next courses of action.”

Leftists will likely regret the shift and fittingly, they have only themselves to blame. As columnist Thomas Lifson explains, Democrats made so-called Russian hacking of the election “a national security issue. This opens the door for DHS — armed with far more investigatory power than any commission might exercise — to go full bore at election fraud,” he writes. “President Trump tried it the nice way, only to encounter obstruction. Now it is time for Plan B, and I am pretty sure that Democrats will not like it at all.”

Kobach, who led the Commission along with Pence, was equally explicit. “What’s happening is a tactical shift where the mission of the commission is being handed off to Homeland Security without the stonewalling by Democrats,” he stated. Kobach also hammered reliably leftist organizations like the ACLU and the NAACP, along with congressional Democrats and their Commission members, who attempted undermine its work at every turn. “They have absolutely no interest in stopping voter fraud,” Kobach declared. “It’s truly extraordinary that one party in our system has made clear that they don’t care.”

The most critical aspect of the change? Leftists who often use the courts to get what they want (or prevent that which they don’t) will no longer have that option. “The investigation will continue. And it will continue more efficiently and more effectively,” Kobach warned. “By throwing their food in the air, [Democrats] just lost their seat at the table.”

At least eight lawsuits have been filed against the Commission, largely based on accusations that asking for state voter data, much of which is on the public record, violated open-records laws, or breached privacy protections. Moreover, Democrat Commission member and Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap filed his own lawsuit, accusing the commission of hiding information from him. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly partially agreed, saying the panel should provide him the requested documents.

Despite the commission being disbanded, Dunlap insists it still has to honor the judge’s decision. “I didn’t want to go to court,” he told The Daily Signal. “All I wanted, honest to God, was to participate and get an answer to all of my questions.”

Dunlap was also concerned about the change of course. “How many driver’s licenses has Homeland Security issued?” he asked rhetorically. “None. How many elections has Homeland Security run? None.”

Despite Dunlap’s take, DHS’s outsider status is a _good_ thing. Driver’s licenses? Twelve states — California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Vermont and Washington, plus the District of Columbia — allow _illegal aliens_ to obtain driver’s licenses. Of those 12, only Utah favored Trump in the 2016 election. Only three — Washington, Nevada and Hawaii — were willing to provide the Commission with any information.

As for running an election, Americans might be shocked to discover that at least 38 states currently or will soon allow voters to register online, and 14 currently or will soon permit voters to register on Election Day. Moreover, according to Ballotpedia, 34% of the states have no ID requirement to vote, 24% have non-strict, non-photo voter ID laws, 20% have non-strict, photo ID laws, 6% have strict, non-photo ID laws, and 16% have strict, photo ID laws.

In other words, there is ample opportunity to commit voter fraud.

Nonetheless, Democrats would have Americans believe lax registration and voting procedures, coupled with wholesale resistance to investigations, has a non-existent or marginal impact on the integrity of elections. Moreover, they insist any effort to conduct an investigation that would either reveal fraud — or the lack thereof that would _validate_ their assertions — amounts to “a wild-goose chase for voter fraud, demonizing the very American voters whom we should all be helping to participate — with the not-so-secret goal of making voting harder with unnecessary barriers,” according to Dale Ho, director of the ACLU Voting Rights Project.

That would be the same ACLU whose executive director, Anthony D. Romero, called for the DOJ “to appoint a special prosecutor to independently investigate the Trump campaign’s ties to Russian interference in November’s election and for Congress to create a select committee, akin to the Watergate select committee, to ensure an adequate and public resolution of this crisis” — to “preserve our constitutional values.”

Thus, some allegations of voter fraud are “more equal than others.” And despite Democrat denials, the Commission did document 8,471 cases of double-voting in elections in 21 states, and 938 voter fraud convictions since 2000. Moreover, the same Democrats who have issues with the DHS’s current effort to supersede their resistance, had no problem when Obama administration DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson determined that state election systems were “critical infrastructure,” requiring federal oversight due to “hacking” concerns — despite no evidence of hacking.

Again for leftists, hacking by extra-national entities is highly problematic, but “hacking” by thousands of potentially ineligible or double voting individuals, including “extra-nationals” (read: illegals), is no problem at all.

In short, the Democrat Party’s stance on investigations of voter fraud is highly selective. Any DHS investigations that might prove inimical to their interests amounts to “disenfranchisement,” while any investigation that even hints at delegitimizing the current president — courtesy of a Special Counsel armed with extra-constitutional power — must be pursued with unrelenting vigor.

How Democrats miss the searing irony that the special counsel’s investigation provides a powerful justification for the DHS’s investigation is anyone’s guess.

Let the proverbial chips fall where they may.

question: Summarize what the article has to say about voter fraud.

answer: The article details how voter fraud is rampant, citing polls that show that 80% of Americans feel it is important to document photo ID to vote, and various facts about voter registration and ID laws. Despite this, organizations like the ACLU and NAACP made it harder for investigation into voter fraud from happening.

critique: The article does not say that the ACLU and NAACP made it harder for investigation into voter fraud from happening.

critique: The first sentence is incorrect; it doesn't mention how the Commission disbanded, which then gives the right to DHS to investigate election.

critique: The response is missing the part where the DHS is investigating voter fraud.

question: Summarize why Democrats think their policies on voting procedures are right, according to the author.

answer: Democrats think that the Trump administration's investigation into voter fraud is a front to suppress the vote and perpetuate dangerous and baseless claims. They believe that the investigation will disenfranchise voters.

critique: The answer is missing the part where the author says that the Democrats' stance on voter fraud investigations is selective.

critique: The answer should mention that the author thinks that Democrats are hypocritical.

question: Summarize why voter fraud is so inextricably tied to Republican ideals.

answer: No answer

critique: The answer should mention that the author of the article is a Republican.

question: Explain how leftists previously used the courts to get what they want, according to the author.

answer: The author says that leftists often use the courts to get what they want or prevent that which they don't.

critique: The answer should state that the Commission made the DHS the new investigatory arm of the election fraud investigation.

critique: The answer should mention the lawsuits against the commission.

critique: The author is not just referring to leftist in general, rather he is blasting Democrats.

critique: The answer should mention the specific example of Dunlap.

critique: The answer should mention that the author is referring to the Commission on Election Integrity.